Print Edition for the week of
Dec. 23 - 29, 2010

Vol. 11, No. 31
Levi Pitters

News

Fake Gun, Real Death

Police Kill Man Holding BB Gun

The Shelter Bed Shuffle

What Do Sex-Trafficking Victims Really Need? Long-Term Care.

Hall Monitor

First, They Came for Tallboys...

In the Shadows

Holy Grotto!

In Other News

Music

The Year in Lists

2010. Five Records at a Time.

Up & Coming

This Week's Noteworthy Shows.

Movies & TV

Western Promises

The Coens' True Grit: Yep, Westerns Are Still Badass

His Majesty Colin Firth

The King May Stutter, but The King's Speech Doesn't

What America Deserves

The Impotence of Being Fockers

Troubled Waters

Undertow: More Than Just Brokeback on the Beach

Film Shorts

In Which We Hit It and Quit It

Food and Drink

Will Patrons Come Home to Roost?

Roost: Understated, Underrated, and Under-Attended

Visual Art

Between Two Escalators

Galleries invade Pioneer Place

Books

Girl, Interrupted

Blake Nelson Serializes a Girl Sequel

Feature

Peacock Lane: A Critical Overview

The Mercury's Most Annoying Critics Review Selections from Portland's Favorite Holiday Group Art Show

Peacock Lane: A Critical Overview

The Mercury's Most Annoying Critics Review Selections from Portland's Favorite Holiday Group Art Show

I, Anonymous

Bummed Out

Blogtown

Christine O'Donnell Is Not a Witch

The Fuckiest Things of 2010: "Christine O'Donnell Isn't Me"

Burnside's Galaxy Karaoke Lounge To Be Demolished

It's a Film! It's a Play! It's NT Live!

My Very Favorite Christmas Movie

Light Cycles, Shoryukens, And IP Cross-Pollination, Oh My!

Stupid, Stupid Baby: Little Doctor No

Muppets with Human Eyes Are Scaring the Crap Out Of Me

Can You Grow Nerves in Long Fingernails?!

This Week's Mercury Music Section

Last Minute Christmas Shopping to Do?

Good Morning, News!

Reading "Savage Love" Can Be Hazardous to Your Relatonship

Make a Real Rorschach Mask

Kids Say the Most Face-Punchiest Things

Tonight in Music

Foodie Phone Sex

Good Afternoon, News!

Your Daily Blazer: Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead Tired

Drunks Fall on Football Fans; Fans Sue the World

Year In Eater 2010

Arguably the Most Important Year-End (American) Film List of Them All: The National Film Registry Selections

Contribute to Our Portland Story Volume 2

Walt Kelly's A Visit From St. Nicholas

Comedy Tonight @ Mudai

SL Letter of the Day: Can't Help You

Labyrinth with Sock Pockets

What I Did Over Xmas Vacation

Planning for First Hangover of 2011

Your Daily Blazer: Trade Rumors! Trade Rumors!

Does The Daily Show Make A Difference?

Good Morning, News!

TriMet is Free on New Years Eve

Sold Out

2011 Style Forecast

One Day at a Time

The Week in Review

New Column!

Savage Love & Sex

Savage Love

Honor Thy Mother

I Love Television

I Love Television™

Rudolph Redux