Reasons I Text
by Anonymous Because on and on you went. You texted and asked if you could call because you don't like texting. I'm not against talking. I'm for whatever works. But when I answered your call at 5 am,...
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The Abortion Rate is the Lowest It's Been Since the '70s. It'll Probably Go...
by Megan Burbank SAY IT WITH ME NOW: Birth control makes abortion rates go down. Birth control makes abortion rates go down. Birth control—istock / areeya_annHere's NPR:The report by the Guttmacher...
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Things to Do Tonight!
by Mercury Staff Reel Music For more than three decades, the NW Film Center's Reel Music series has assembled some of the best contemporary and classic music documentaries. This weekend, Reel Music...
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Savage Love Letter of the Day: Lifelong Straight Guy Wants To Recreate...
by Dan Savage I'm about eight years older than you and am in good shape for a man my age. Better than most my age. I have been straight for most of my life. I'm still very attracted to women very...
View ArticleCold as Ice
by Anonymous It seems as though this weather is freezing people's hearts and brains. If your dumb ass can't drive well enough in the snow to keep from crashing into the truck we just put 6k into then...
View ArticleOne Day at a Time
FOUR MORE YEARS! FOUR MORE YEARS! FOUR MORE—Sorry, Dears. Something’s in Our Eye. by Ann Romano MONDAY, JANUARY 9Welcome back to One Day at a Time, dears—where, as ever, we’re happy to be your...
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Things To Do Film
This week: 1984, a 50-foot-tall woman, and Mormons in space. by Mercury Staff 1984 As the world plunges into actual dystopia, the Hollywood Theatre is keeping us sane. Conspicuously showing on the...
View ArticleAnnette Bening Shines in 20th Century Women
That's right. The women are smarter. by Marc Mohan “WE’RE A GENERATION of men raised by women,” sneered Fight Club’s Tyler Durden. To which Mike Mills would probably reply, “I know! Awesome,...
View ArticleThe Short Films—and Dark Dreams—of Vu Pham
Featuring drugs, cults, and space suits. by Suzette Smith THEY’RE ALL BAD PEOPLE. I’d like to say that the characters in Portland-based director Vu Pham’s short films are “morally complex”—but really,...
View ArticleThe Creative Music Guild’s Extradition Series Explores Purity, Spaciousness,...
The Creative Music Guild’s Extradition Series curator Matt Hannafin makes room for experimental classical works that would otherwise go unheard. MUSIC SCENES exist as a series of concentric circles....
View ArticleJohn K. Samson, Winnipeg Ambassador
The Weakerthans frontman's new album revisits Neil Young's On the Beach. by Ben Salmon NEIL YOUNG has always hovered in and around the works of singer/songwriter John K. Samson. Young grew up in the...
View ArticleSneaker Wave
The latest in Portland hip-hop. by Jenni Moore TREND ALERT: Portland’s collection of hip-hop and (sometimes) soul-focused monthlies is having a domino effect! First there was the Thesis at Kelly’s...
View ArticleThings to Do Music
Noteworthy shows for the week of January 18-24. SUPER PICKCATE LE BON, TIM PRESLEY (Missisippi Studios, 3939 N Mississipi) Last year Welsh musician Cate Le Bon released her fourth full-length, Crab...
View ArticleBetween the Buns: Burgers and Betrayal
Michael Keaton plays The Founder of McDonald's. by Ned Lannamann THE STORY of McDonald’s is as American as that fast-food restaurant’s version of apple pie—a dubious, deep-fried log of chemically...
View ArticleNariko Ott Heads East
The perpetually mustachioed comedian stops in on his way out. by Robert Ham FOLLOW THE LOCAL comedy scene long enough and you’ll pick up on this simple pattern: A young stand-up rises through the...
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Hall Monitor: Wheeler’s Testy Early Term
How will the new mayor handle his biggest test yet? by Dirk VanderHart FOR PORTLAND’S brand new mayor, the tests have come early and often.No sooner had Ted Wheeler assumed office on January 1 than...
View ArticleNew Year, New Work at Fertile Ground
Check the temperature of Portland theater with the annual festival. by Megan Burbank THE FERTILE GROUND festival of new theater arrives this week, and with it one of the lone, weird blooms amid...
View ArticleHeadwaters Is Bringing Haute Hotel Dining Back
Finicky Seas At Paley’s New Downtown Seafood-Forward Restaurant by Andrea Damewood THE SEA be a rough mistress: she giveth great bounty, but turn ye back on her and she’s liable to suck yer whole crew...
View ArticleGet Out of Your Libation Rut with Aromatized Wines
There's a a slew of vermouths at Locale on N. Mississippi by MJ Skegg DO YOU need to expand your drinking repertoire, up your booze game, or get yourself out of a libation rut? Then aromatized wines...
View ArticleLetters to the Editor
“This guy is obviously petty, unhinged, and off his rocker.” DEAR DANRE: “Savage Love” [Savage Love, Jan 11]. “I recently stopped reading your advice column due to its current focus on homosexuality,”...
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