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May. 9
Print Edition for the week of
May. 9 - 15, 2018
Vol. 18, No. 52
Ben Coleman
News
Did Multnomah County Violate an Employee’s First Amendment Rights?
The county may have wrongfully fired an employee for sharing public, albeit controversial, data
by Alex Zielinski
City Council Begins Planning for Portland’s Looming Earthquake
One Building at a Time.
by Kelly Kenoyer
Music
Record Review: Unknown Mortal Orchestra,
Sex & Food
The Avant-Pop Band’s Latest Is a Snapshot of Our Current Era
by Robert Ham
Horse Feathers Talks Folk Itches and Identity Crises
The Portland-Born Folk Institution Shares
Appreciation
by Ben Salmon
The 17 Best Concerts to See in Portland This Week: May 9-15
All Hail P!nk, Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s Hometown Show, and the St. Johns Bizarre
Resistance & Solidarity
The 10 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: May 9-12
Scope the Arts at Gamanfest, Hear from Alok Vaid-Menon’s “Femme in Public,” and Remember Keaton Otis
by Emilly Prado
Movies & TV
Measure of a Man
Review: A YA Story About an Actual YA
He Doesn’t Overthrow a Single Dystopian Regime!
by Ben Coleman
The Ruth Bader Ginsburg Documentary
RBG
Captures the Woman, the Meme, and Everything in Between
Justice Is Served
by Elinor Jones
The 26 Best Films to Catch in Portland Theaters This Week: May 11-17
Xenomorphs, Wallace and Gromit, Local Shorts, and More
by Mercury Things to Do Staff
Visual Art
GeekCraft Expo PDX: For Kinder, Gentler Nerds
The Triumphant Return of Portland’s Most Accessible Geek Gathering
by Megan Burbank
Comedy
One Hulk’s Opinion
More Editorial Endorsements from the Incredible Hulk
by The Incredible Hulk
Books
Rock ’n’ Roll Requiem: Steven Hyden’s
Twilight of the Gods
The Journeyman Music Journalist Documents the Decline of Classic Rock
by Ned Lannamann
Theater & Performance
Portland Opera’s
Rigoletto
Is a Safe but Worthwhile Choice
With Top-Tier Vocal Talent, Verdi’s Classic Has Energy and Texture
by Robert Ham
Feature
With Municipal Broadband, Cities Are Taking Back the Internet—and Making It Faster and Cheaper. Can Portland Do the Same?
What If Portlanders—Not Corporations—Owned Our Internet?
by Erik Henriksen
Last Supper
A Return to Italia
Three Longtime Italian Mainstays with New Chefs
by Andrea Damewood
I, Anonymous
This Week’s Featured I, Anonymous!
Flaky
by Anonymous
Cannabuzz
Why Is YouTube Cracking Down on Cannabis Videos?
In Which We Re-Learn That Giant Mega-Corporations Are Not Our Friends
by Josh Jardine
Sold Out
Gimme, Gimme MOORE!
We Review MOORE Custom Goods’ Spring/Summer Fashion Show
by Bryce Black
One Day at a Time
Brace Yourselves for Kanye. And Rudy!
And
Trump’s Doctor!
by Ann Romano
Letters
Letters to the Editor
Your weekly dose of old lady rants and invective name-calling!
Savage Love & Sex
Savage Love
Pedestrian AF
by Dan Savage
What’s She Mad About Now?
Question: Is the Current President Qualified to Manage a TGIFridays?
by Courtenay Hameister
The Waiting Game
A Guide to Patio Seating Etiquette
Always Ask.
by Chad Walsh
Around and Around (A Vinyl Column)
Make Time for the Creation’s
We Are Paintermen
The Pioneering British Group’s Only Album Is Back on Vinyl
by Ned Lannamann