Catherine Hardwicke (mostly) delivers as filmmaker and feminist.
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Miss You Already Is the Best Beaches Since Beaches
Catherine Hardwicke (Mostly) Delivers as Filmmaker and Feminist
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Here We Go Magic Downsizes
Luke Temple Takes on the Straight and Narrow
Luke Temple takes on the straight and narrow.
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Kowloon Walled City Is More Than a Hobby
Getting Nerdy with the Sludgy Behemoth
Getting nerdy with the sludgy behemoth.
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It’s Happening Tonight!
STUNTS—For your mid-week entertainment, watch as crazy daredevils—including 17-time X Games medalist Travis Pastrana—launch themselves through the air on motorcycles, bicycles, trikes, and weird things like a reclining chair at Nitro Circus Live. The arena will be set up like a 1920s three-ring circus and there will be fire. SHELBY R. KINGModa Center, 1 N […]
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Good Morning, News: Coos County Hearts Guns, Ohio Hates Pot, and is National Stress Awareness Day Stressing You Out?
GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! I pray you give me strength to carry on. ‘Cause I know what it means to walk along the lonely street of dreams. LET’S GO TO PRESS. Portland City Council gears up today to consider restrictions on fossil fuel transport—and they could turn out to be the strongest in the nation. In […]
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It’s Happening Tonight!
MUSIC—It’s easy to take Patty Griffin for granted. The singer/songwriter is so consistent, so masterful at turning American folk music tropes into gripping short stories that you can’t go wrong with any of her albums. If she’s easy to overlook, tonight’s the perfect time to stop doing that, when she plays a Portland show in […]
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Today in “BOOOO!”: Utah News Station Fakes the News
Look, I used to work for a local TV news station, so I know first-hand how upper management wants to boost ratings no matter what—but the level of sensationalistic fakery in this Utah Fox affiliate’s news story is a bit… too… much! Background: A dangerous crosswalk becomes the subject of an expose for the news […]
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West Daily, North St Bags, and 2015’s Chinatown Pop-Ups: Portland’s Fashion and Retail News Roundup
• West Daily is one of the most promising up and coming apparel designers in Portland (I profiled him not so long ago on the occasion of a fall womenswear release), and designer Jason Calderon has unveiled plans for a Style + Performance Shirt that repels water and allows for stretch while retaining a crisp, professional […]
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Good Morning, News: Potential Keystone XL Pause, the City’s Misspent Utility Money, and a Tragically Angry Bull
For a second time, a Multnomah County judge has ruled the City of Portland illegally spent ratepayer money from its sewer and water utilities on extraneous causes—like sending employees to help with Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath—while also finding the city legitimately spent some disputed money. It’s the latest turn in a winding civil suit over utility […]
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Mayor Charlie Hales Wants To Spend $1 Million Turning An Old SW Portland Army Center into a Shelter
Dirk VanderHart Quinn Colling, an outreach worker with JOIN, chats up a homeless man in SW Portland in January 2015. Mayor Charlie Hales is making good on his pledge to put millions towards the city’s housing “state of emergency.” At least, he’s hoping to. A supplemental budget [pdf] the mayor’s bringing to Portland City Council […]
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Five Days Until the HUMP! Film Festival: Win Tickets!
Let the countdown begin! It’s only five days until the world’s best dirty amateur movie festival takes over Portland for two consecutive weekends of funny, diverse, sexy porn at the Revolution Hall! WIN TICKETS FOR HUMP! Here’s what Dan Savage has to say about it: “When’s the last time you sat next to strangers in […]
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Coming Soon: The Anonymous Hack of the KKK
Says Anonymous… Today we have shut down servers, gotten personal information on members of the KKK, and infiltrated your twitters and websites. And this is just the beginning. On November the 4th we will be having a twitter storm, spreading awareness about the operation. And on the 5th we shall release more than 1000 Ku […]