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Aug. 29
Print Edition for the week of
Aug. 29 - Sep. 4, 2018
Vol. 19, No. 16
Airbrush by Matt Stanger / photo by Meg Nanna
News
Are TriMet’s Fare Enforcement Tactics Constitutional?
Transit and Civil Rights Advocates Don't Think So.
by Alex Zielinski
A City-Backed Program is Helping Prep Young Adults for Construction Jobs
And Portland's Booming Housing Industry Needs Them More Than Ever.
by Kelly Kenoyer
Music
Robin Bacior’s
Light It Moved Me
Is an Exploration of Subtlety
The Portland Singer/Songwriter Delves into Illuminating Jazz Sounds
by Ben Salmon
The 18 Best Concerts to See in Portland This Week: August 29-September 4
From Cat-Chella to the Revolution to Bey Day
EP Review: Mini Blinds,
Dust
The Portland Indie Pop Band Reintroduces Itself
by Ciara Dolan
Alien Boy’s Debut Funnels Agony into Art
Sleeping Lessons
Is Full of Pop Hooks and Devastating Feelings
by Chris Stamm
Movies & TV
Jack Ryan
Review: Hey, John Krasinski Is Good at Playing a Straight Arrow!
Fortunately, the Amazon Series Has Other Stuff Going on, Too
by Ned Lannamann
Juliet, Naked
Review: Of Aging Hipsters and the Women Who Tolerate Them
In Which a Mansplainer Gets Womansplained
by Elinor Jones
Searching
Messes with Tech and Conventions
Unconventional Filmmaking in Service of a Conventional Story
by Ben Coleman
The 22 Best Films to Catch in Portland Theaters This Week: August 31-September 6
Can't Hardly Wait
,
Samurai Rebellion
, and More!
by Mercury Things to Do Staff
Comedy
Don’t Miss the September Edition of...
The I, Anonymous Show!
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Lush Life
Crawling the Columbia
Move Over, Willamette! Drinking Away the Summer on the Columbia
by Thomas Ross
I, Anonymous
This Ain’t San Diego
by Anonymous
Cannabuzz
Do Cannabis Dispensaries Attract Crime?
Another Prohibition Argument, Cannalyzed™!
by Josh Jardine
Sold Out
Review: The Final Art Institute Fashion Show
Buckle Up, Because We Have a
Lot
of Designers to Cover!
by Bryce Black
One Day at a Time
It’s Ann’s final One Day at a Time... ever!
by Ann Romano
Letters
Letter from the Editor
Coming September 13—a Brand New Biweekly
Mercury
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
I, Anonymous Blog
Its been THREE months. Where are the milkshakes?!
by Anonymous
Girlcott Hood to Coast
by Anonymous
Let's call the cops on the club, shall we dear?
by Anonymous
Shut Up Already
by Anonymous
Fuck Your Lazy Twitter Journalism
by Anonymous
Burgerville BS
by Anonymous
Worthless TriMet Security
by Anonymous
Misfire
by Anonymous
Thank you, Mr. President!
by Anonymous
Vision of beauty on Hawthorne
by Anonymous
A note to the Movie People.
by Anonymous
Stop asking
by Anonymous
"Take Care"
by Anonymous
You got it done, so proud of you!
by Anonymous
Slow Walkers
by Anonymous
Hi, Casey
by Anonymous
Pow!
by Anonymous
I'm Just... Disappointed
by Anonymous
Horrible Parents
by Anonymous
Hi Psycho, it's Casey
by Anonymous
Why do you still live here, really?
by Anonymous
White Mercedes Uber driver
by Anonymous
Let me take care of that for you *POP*
by Anonymous
Asshat Campers on Mt Hood
by Anonymous
Technically Speaking
by Anonymous
Rothfuss
by Anonymous
Conswooshion
by Anonymous
Painful Sax
by Anonymous
You May Have Noticed
by Anonymous
I smiled the whole way to work
by Anonymous
You Need to Adapt
by Anonymous
It Wasn’t a Question of Bicycle Rights
by Anonymous
Savage Love & Sex
Savage Love
Quickies
by Dan Savage
What’s She Mad About Now?
Trump Announces Presidency Was an Elaborate Prank Show Called
Trump’d
by Courtenay Hameister
From Slacktivism to Activism
The 14 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: August 29-September 12
Music for Housebound Adults, a Trivia Night for AIDS Walk Portland, and One Year after the Eagle Creek fire
by Emilly Prado
Around and Around (A Vinyl Column)
The Band’s
Music from Big Pink
Turns 50
A Vinyl Reissue and Deluxe Box Set Feature a Larger-Than-Life Remix
by Ned Lannamann
Fall Arts 2018
Presenting F-ARTS, the Portland Mercury’s Fall Arts Guide
Summer’s Over! It’ll Never Be Hot Again! What’s There to Do?
by Mercury Arts Crew
Illustrator, Cartoonist, Graphic Designer, Comedy Writer, Fake Wedding Facilitator Jenny Vu
An Introduction
by Suzette Smith
Chelsea Cain’s Twitter Tricks and
Man-Eaters
Hints
How the Portland Writer Vanquished an Internet Outrage Cycle and Returned to Comics Creepier and Cooler Than Ever
by Megan Burbank
Composer Katherine Balch Brings Coziness and Science to the Symphony
by Robert Ham
Mohamed Asem’s Revealing Memoir of Airport Detention
Asem Experiences Racism and Self-Reflection in
Stranger In the Pen
by Rich Smith
All the Amazing Things at the 2018 Time-Based Arts Festival
LA Choreographer Milka Djordjevich, NY Video Arts Monologist Gregg Bordowitz, S1 DJs and Holocene’s Fin de Cinema
by Suzette Smith
Shaking the Scene
Their New Season Proves that Shaking The Tree is Portland’s Most Daring Theater Company
by Robert Ham
Meet Portland’s Undisputable Geniuses of Comedy 2018!
And Get Your Tickets Now for the September 8 Show at Revolution Hall!
by Wm. Steven Humphrey