From Slacktivism to Activism
Resistance events for the week of Feb 22–28. by Emilly Prado WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22Our Community Can End Homelessness: Here’s HowThe Central Library will be hosting three local advocates to provide a...
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The sun is returning. Put down your dystopian literature and get out there with our guide to arts and culture by Megan Burbank I don’t know about you, but in November, my capacity to appreciate...
View ArticleTo the Shire!
Appreciating John Yeon, Portland’s unsung hero of architecture. by Robert Ham Compared to his contemporaries like Walter Gropius and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, architect John Yeon’s legacy is a modest...
View ArticleIn The Black, Intisar Abioto Documents Connection, Community, and Place
The Black Portlanders photographer traces Black roots in Portland and beyond. by Emilly Prado Look closely and you can begin to make out Intisar Abioto’s reflection looking back at you through her...
View ArticleThe Shirley Jackson Project is Like a Collection of Ghost Stories
Portland comic artists share their passion for Shirley Jackson, Queen of Gloom. by Suzette Smith “Something I find particularly wonderful is the fact that Shirley Jackson drew cartoons,” Rob Kirby...
View ArticleInside Stream PDX’s Mobile Recording Studio
How an Airstream trailer on NE MLK is making podcasting more accessible. by Kjerstin Johnson “There’s something decidedly disarming about an Airstream trailer,” says Justen Harn, executive director of...
View ArticleRethinking the Canon
Portland writer/artist Dao Strom discusses a new local effort to showcase authors of color. by Kjerstin Johnson “It’s definitely a time in this country when it’s important to give visibility to...
View ArticleLaura E. Hall, Escape Artist
Get trapped with Portland’s leading escape room designer. by Ben Coleman There’s part of a Victorian mansion hidden inside a certain warehouse a few blocks east of the Willamette. Go through a...
View ArticleMove Over, Maru. Make Way, Lil Bub!
It’s Oregon Cats’ Time to Shine at a New Cat Video Festival by Kjerstin Johnson The Facebook likes have cooled. The Instagram hearts feel hollow. Face it: Most people just can’t handle how great your...
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Good Morning, News: Trump Goes Deportation Crazy, Wheeler Admits Cops...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Mayor Wheeler is ready to admit that Portland Police have been overzealous with protesters.Doug BrownGOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! If it's not a letter sent from you, then I don’t...
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Savage Love Letter of the Day: Overcoming Abuse & Finding Partners Who Aren’t...
by Dan Savage Do you have any advice on how to develop healthy sexual boundaries when you have a long history of people not letting you?I was sexually abused by a relative starting when I was a child...
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Demonstrators, Calling for Ted Wheeler's Resignation, Once Again Shut Down...
by Dirk VanderHart Activists called for Mayor Ted Wheeler's resignation this morning in front of City Hall. Dirk VanderHartAs promised, a group of demonstrators upset over Mayor Ted Wheeler's early...
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Weyes Blood's Front Row Seat to Earth Is Doomsday Folk
by Ciara Dolan WEYES BLOOD WATCH OUT LADY THERE’S A DINOSAUR BEHIND YOUKatie MillerNAMED AFTER Southern Gothic novelist Flannery O’Connor’s book Wise Blood, Weyes Blood (AKA Los Angeles musician...
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Portland Mercury's Highball Drink Recipes Are Here: Fireside, Fortune, Gold...
by Mercury Staff It’s almost time for... HIGHBALL!Brace yourself for over 40 specially crafted cocktails… for only $5 each!All of the tantalizing drink recipes are available online! Check out what...
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Bands I Pretended to Like for Boys. Part Nine: Dave Matthew
I Don't Listen to Dave Matthews Anymore, but I'm Glad I Did by Kathleen Tarrant This one's a little different, but I think it's important.I was 9, in that blissful last stretch before puberty,...
View ArticleDidn't Mean to Startle You
by Anonymous To the guy in the white van whose mirror I bumped,You were waiting in a long line of cars at a stop sign and I snuck by on the right. In the process, I bumped your side view mirror with...
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Trump Yanks Back Protections for Transgender Youth
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Sara D. Davis / GettyEvery day one thinks, "President Trump cannot sink any lower"—and yet? Once again he distinguishes himself as simply a terrible human being without an...
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Good Morning, News: Spring Arts Guide, Homelessness Law, and City Council...
by Doug Brown Good morning, Portland. Let's get started with these links. First up, out in print as of yesterday (pick up a copy!), is our spring arts guide. Read it! K. MarieNews Editor Dirk...
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"March 4 Trump" Rally in Lake Oswego Sounds Like They Might Need Some Help
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey From FacebookAccording to the Lake Oswego Review, local businessman Kevin "The Geek" Gerwin (nationally known for posting a sign in his store window telling liberals to "go...
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Get Out: Clever, Scary, and Very Of-the-Moment
by Eric D. Snider Get Out is a feature-length version of the not-quite-joking sentiment among African Americans that the suburbs, with their overwhelming whiteness and cultural homogeneity, are eerie...
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