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Posted inGeneral
Welcome to Portland!
A Guide for the Newcomers to Town
An indispensable guide for anyone who’s new to Portland.
Posted inNews
A Thirsty Company and a Hungry Town
Pure Water Is Pure Gold for Cascade Locks, but Nestlé’s Rep Is Muddy
Nestlé wants Oregon water, but does Oregon want Nestlé?
Posted inTheater & Performance
Boys’ Club
Sleek Suspense and Unexamined Ambivalence in The Invisible Hand
Sleek suspense and unexamined ambivalence in The Invisible Hand.
Posted inTheater & Performance
Who’s Afraid of Virginia’s Three-Way?
Threesome: Complicated, Necessary, Could Be Sexier
Threesome is complicated, necessary, and could be sexier.
Posted inFeature
The Portland Mercury Presents…The PDX Approved Survey Results and Portland’s Most Underrated!
Your top Portland picks… our most underrated picks… everyone’s happy!
Posted inQueer
Gay in Iran
How a Canadian TV Documentary Ruined My Life
“A TV documentary outed me to the world—and while I was living in Iran. That’s a problem.”
Posted inNews
And the Survey Says…
We Asked, They Answered: City Hall Staffers Open Up—and Unload!
City hall staffers finally open up—and unload!
Posted inPolitics
How to Get Shit Done in Portland
Advice from City Hall’s Resilient Workaholic, Mayor Sam Adams, to the Incoming Administration
Advice from resilient workaholic Mayor Sam Adams.
Posted inNews
Nothin’ but Net Profits
Worried Nike Will Flee, Governor Proposes a Special Tax Deal
Governor John Kitzhaber wants some special tax treatment for Nike.