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Feb. 21
Print Edition for the week of
Feb. 21 - 27, 2018
Vol. 18, No. 41
Leeor Wild
News
In Texts to Business Lobby, Mayor's Office Pledged to Dramatically Increase Portland's No-Sit Sidewalks
"Whatever It Takes," Mayor Ted Wheeler Wrote Last Year, After Columbia Threatened to Pull Out of Downtown
by Dirk VanderHart
Hall Monitor: The Housing Bureau Goes Fishing
As Apartment Projects Slow, Can the City Convince Developers to Offer Cheap Units?
by Dirk VanderHart
Music
All-Ages Action!
This Week in All-Ages Music
by Ciara Dolan
Bedouine’s Quietly Defiant Folk
The LA Songwriter’s Debut Was One of 2017’s Hidden Gems
by Ben Salmon
Record Review: Various Artists,
Gold Brix Tape 01
A Woozy Collection of Songs from Portland Pop Bands
by Robert Ham
Special Explosion’s Teenage Rock Star Dreams Are Over
On
To Infinity
, the Indie Rock Prodigies Grapple with Adulthood
by Morgan Troper
The 25 Best Concerts to See in Portland This Week: February 21-27
Symphonic Masterpieces, Despondent Powerviolence, and Japanese Psych-Rock
The Lovable Vermin of Patsy’s Rats
The Former Portland Band Plays Scrappy, Feisty Pop-Punk
by Ryan J. Prado
Movies & TV
Game Night
Review: It's Fine. Totally Fine.
Appreciate the Little Things, Like Comedies That Aren’t Terrible
by Ned Lannamann
John Oliver and David Letterman Make TV Great Again
Thanks, John and Dave!
by Erik Henriksen
Primal Rage: Bigfoot Reborn
Review: Not Cool, Bigfoot. Not Cool
For Real. Not Cool
by Ciara Dolan
The 18 Best Films to Catch in Portland Theaters This Week: Feb 23-Mar 1
Idiocracy
,
A Fantastic Woman
,
The Black Power Mixtape 1967–1975
, and More
by Mercury Staff
Books
Steve Almond: “The Hippies Were Fucking Right”
The
Bad Stories
Author Reckons with the American Myths That Got Trump Elected
by Sophie Ouellette-Howitz
Theater & Performance
This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing
Reworks the Fairy-Tale Princess Trope
The Latest from CoHo Theatre Elevates a Nursery-Rhyme Plot Into Something Moving and Complex
by Nancy Slavin
Sleep No More! Shaking the Tree’s
Macbeth
is Here!
A Satisfyingly Dark Vision of Shakespeare’s Blood-Soaked Tragedy
by Megan Burbank
Feature
An Excellent Day for an Exorcism
Accompanying an Exorcist on a Home Cleansing
by Santi Elijah Holley
Last Supper
Badass in the Kitchen
Their Spaces May Be Small, But These Women Chefs Cook Big
by Andrea Damewood
A Yes in Any Language
Oui! Wine Bar + Kitchen is Small and Speaks Loudly
by Andrea Damewood
Lush Life
Discovering Hood River’s Winery Gems
Oregon's Up-and-Coming Wine Country
by MJ Skegg
I, Anonymous
This Week’s Featured I, Anonymous!
Tie Your Dog to Your Bike? Congrats on Having a Terrible Idea!
by Anonymous
Ask a Pot Lawyer
The Lawsuit Against Jeff Sessions
Five Plaintiffs Filed a Terrific Case Against Cannabis Prohibition
by Vince Sliwoski
Cannabuzz
Oregon’s US Attorney Held a Cannabis Summit
And Everyone Was Invited! (Except the Press.)
by Josh Jardine
One Day at a Time
All Hail Stormy Daniels, Our Goddess and Savior!
by Ann Romano
New Column!
Match the Scandal!
Can you match the Trump cohort to his/her multiple scandals?
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Letters
Letters to the Editor
This Week: Screaming Children, Taxed Gas, and TACO WARS
I, Anonymous Blog
Crime and Punishment
by Anonymous
THERE ARE NIGHTMARES THAT MAKE MORE SENSE
by Anonymous
The Title Goes to....You're Jaded!
by Anonymous
Smells Like Teen Spirit
by Anonymous
Twitter
by Anonymous
Somebody, Anybody, Love Me
by Anonymous
Signs, Signs, Everywhere
by Anonymous
Snow Has Two Sides
by Anonymous
Facebook Stalking
by Anonymous
Hubris
by Anonymous
The Title Goes To....
by Anonymous
"Leftist" Purge Fulfills a Fascist Urge
by Anonymous
In Regards To: "Love Me" Post
by Anonymous
Don't Forget to Wipe
by Anonymous
Chain Letter
by Anonymous
Savage Love & Sex
Savage Love
Bi & Biphobia
by Dan Savage
The Party Review
My First Super Bowl
by Mx. Dahlia Belle
From Slacktivism to Activism
The 11 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: February 21-27
Celebrate Lunar New Year with Asians 4 Black Lives, Dine for Puerto Rico Relief, and Volunteer with Growing Gardens
by Emilly Prado
Portland’s Pretty
Hot Style at
Unmentionable: A Lingerie Exposition
What Do You Call Your Unmentionables?
by Marissa Sullivan