Ages of Aquarius
In Kleber Mendonça Filho’s latest, the past clashes with the present. by Ciara Dolan BRAZILIAN DIRECTOR Kleber Mendonça Filho’s gorgeous Aquarius centers on Clara (Sônia Braga), a 65-year-old retired...
View ArticleThe Deceptive Simplicity of Torrey Pines
Seattle filmmaker Clyde Petersen on his coming-of-age tale. by Joshua James Amberson OVER THE PAST 15 years, Seattle artist Clyde Petersen has built up a unique catalog of creations. Perhaps best...
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Things To Do Film
This week: Jet Li, Christmas Vacation, and Spartacus and Sleeping Beauty in 70mm! by Mercury Staff AquariusSee review, this issue. Cinema 21.Arrival In the bright light of something shiny and new,...
View ArticleYou’ve Been to Worse Parties Than This
Office Christmas Party is a surprisingly fun time. by Ned Lannamann THERE’S NOTHING more depressing than a bad office Christmas party. The music is schmaltzy, the eggnog has a skin growing on it, and...
View ArticleAdvocates Are Making Their Strongest Pitch Yet for New Homeless Villages
The city’s top architects are on board. Will it matter? by Dirk VanderHart INA FRIGID ROOM off of North Mississippi, Mark Lakeman had come to give a pep talk.“We’re done playing around, and we’re...
View ArticleHigher Scrutiny Leads to Lower Morale For Local Cops
A new survey reveals a disconnect between the police bureau and reform efforts. by Doug Brown FOR A BUREAU that’s hemorrhaged employees and struggled to recruit new ones, the results of a survey of...
View ArticleHall Monitor—In Under the Wire
Facing serious time constraints, this city council faces its most hectic week ever. by Dirk VanderHart CITY COUNCIL dynamics are a tricky thing—presenting occasional glimpses of beauty and hilarity...
View ArticleIn Other News
2016’s first fatal police shooting. Reading Frenzy is closing. by Mercury Staff A PORTLAND POLICE officer killed an apparently armed man on Tuesday morning in East Portland’s Glenfair neighborhood,...
View ArticleJustice Delayed
Oregon is finally processing its rape kit backlog, but that’s just the beginning for changing the way we handle cases of sexual assault. by Megan Burbank Last spring, the Oregon Legislature passed two...
View ArticleAfuri’s High Concept, High Dollar Izakaya
Swank, ambitious Japanese outpost is a new chapter in Portland dining. by Andrea Damewood AFURI, the latest cult Japanese chain to hang a shingle in Portland, draws lines of tourists and locals alike...
View ArticleEat This!
Hot shit for the chilehead on your holiday shopping list. by Heather Arndt Anderson FUN-HATING Sylvester Graham called spicy foods “some of the most powerful of the class of artificial stimulants” and...
View ArticleLetters to the Editor
The breeders strike back. POPPING THE BUBBLERE: “The ‘Liberal Bubble’ Is a Ridiculous Myth” [Blogtown, Dec 5]. “Now that the white working class has enabled a Manhattan billionaire to dick-swing his...
View ArticleI, Anonymous
FK you too. PERHAPS YOU, like me, are pissed because the electoral college will put Trump in office even though Hillary won the popular vote. Maybe you’re angry that he’s a narcissistic bully and a...
View ArticleJust Visiting
A brief history of Logan Lynn. by Hutch Harris At 37, Portland musician Logan Lynn is many things: a respected songwriter, mental health advocate, and LGBTQ icon. But at the young age of 14, Logan...
View ArticleA Cure for Holiday Theater Season
Scroogey, cheer up! With strippers, Christmas elves, and the case for ballet. by Megan Burbank I KNOW. You hear me grouse about holiday theater season constantly, with all the gray-mustachioed...
View ArticleJustin Hocking Goes Underground
In Reclamation, the Portland writer explores the subterranean. by Joshua James Amberson RECLAMATION: ESSAYS, the new chapbook from Portland author Justin Hocking, looks under the surface—into caves...
View ArticleIt is Getting Real
by Anonymous After the holidays I will find another job. It will not easy to accomplish my escape and still hold on to this great career that is a sinking ship. I just got my 6 month review and I was...
View ArticleGood Morning, News: Snow's A-Coming, Abortion Under Attack, and Trump is...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! And need I say I can't break away, you control every little thing I do. I used to be a swinger, until you wrapped me 'round your finger. LET'S GO TO...
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Beer and Cannabis Go Great Together. Who Knew?
by Josh Jardine ISTOCK / HYRMA AND GIOCALDEA FEW MONTHS BACK, I was at a cannabis dinner event. I got to talking with the gentleman sitting across from me, and he mentioned he was a brewery owner with...
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Oregon is Finally Processing Its Rape Kit Backlog, But That's Just the...
by Megan Burbank JENNIFER ILETTLast spring, the Oregon Legislature passed two bills reforming how the state handles cases of sexual assault. One struck down the statute of limitations in cases of...
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