Sold Out: July Style Events
Alley 33, Native Fashion Now, and more. by Elizabeth Mollo IT'S OFFICIALLY SUMMER, and with the (almost) nonstop sunshine comes a flurry of activity from the Portland fashion scene, including lots of...
View ArticleHall Monitor: The New Housing Frontier
Portland's about to consider some big changes to its housing strategy. We'll need more. by Dirk VanderHart BY THE TIME Portland City Council convened on the afternoon of Thursday, June 30, there...
View ArticleSavage Love
"I thought we were good; turns out things were too good to be true." by Dan Savage My wife and I have been married for 14 years and in a committed (I assumed) relationship for 17 years. Sex between us...
View ArticleLeagues of Their Own
Bowling used to be huge in Portland. But the sport, and its players, are changing. by Richard Percy HEAR THE ROLL, the crash, the mechanical reset. Smell the shoe deodorizer and the odors it can’t...
View ArticleI, Anonymous
How Do You Like Them Apples? I WENT TO the grocery store today to buy some snacks and an apple. As I approached the entrance, there were four people standing there, stopping everyone: "Street Roots...
View ArticleEverything as Fuck
Stoned in Amsterdam. by Ian Karmel HELLO, DEAR READER. Dear sweet, sensual reader. Beloved, strong, even-keeled reader. READER TALLER THAN A TALL HORSE AND TWICE AS MIGHTY, CONSTANTLY BIRTHING AND...
View ArticleYes, Portland Has a Biennial
And the Portland2016 Biennial is Oregon’s biggest art show ever. by Megan Burbank GET AN ART HISTORY professor talking, and they’ll almost certainly start telling yarns about their favorite massive...
View ArticleTin House’s Perfect Literary Summer Hangout
The annual summer reading series is back—with Joy Williams, Michelle Tea, and more! by Joshua James Amberson OF ALL the events that make Portland summers ecstatic and overwhelming, Tin House’s outdoor...
View ArticleAmy Miller Is Back
To record her first comedy album, that is. by Robert Ham TECHNICALLY SPEAKING, Amy Miller doesn’t live here anymore. Back in March, she and fellow stand-up Sean Jordan held a big "Friendship and Pizza...
View ArticleGood Luck Not Eating Everything in Sight at the Addictive Hat Yai
Thai. Fried chicken. Thai fried chicken! (And curries! And roti! And spice!) by Andrea Damewood I'D ALREADY downed a cup of gelato and two sizable tacos when I found myself near Hat Yai on NE...
View ArticleDrink This! Townshend's Pacific Northwest Fernet
Portland has a fernet of its very own. by Andrea Damewood Critic's note:This occasional entry is about stuff that I eat or drink that you should eat or drink, too. It may be about items that are...
View ArticleLetters to the Editor
"Here's an idea: Find your own up-and-coming shithole."BOND. HOUSING BOND.RE: “City: Proposed $258.4 Million Housing Bond Amounts to 1,300 Units” [Blogtown, June 28]. “The City of Portland now has...
View ArticleLush Life: Bloody Mary vs. Michelada
Portland’s best spots to get your red on. by Thomas Ross THE MEAL-IN-A-GLASS mishmash of ingredients in a Bloody Mary is important for a truly successful hair-of-the-dog hangover cure, because if...
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Good Morning, News: Police Chief News, Brexit is Bad for Pets, and Donald...
by Megan Burbank The Brexit vote is really cramping this cat's style.Peter Forster via Wikimedia CommonsICYMI: Following news that he'd once choked his stepson, Portland's new police chief, Mike...
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Burger Week 2016: Here Are the Restaurants Where You’ll Cram Burgers Into...
by Erik Henriksen BURGER WEEK IS COMING. Set aside August 8-August 13, because that’s when you’re going to be doing little more than cramming burgers into your face.“BUT WHERE?” you scream. “AND WHO'S...
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“Get ‘Em Out By Friday” by Genesis Is the Best Song About Getting Kicked Out...
by Morgan Troper Peter Gabriel as "The Flower."Last week my house was served a 90-day, no-cause eviction notice, meaning I’m one more Portlander who has been fucked by the city’s cabal of evil...
View ArticleFor All The Alton Sterlings Of The World
by Anonymous I hope in my lifetime to see the American people rise up against their police forces. The Police are the biggest threat to the American people, hands down. We do not need their...
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There's (Finally) A Homeless Shelter Coming to East Portland
by Dirk VanderHart The Hansen Building—either a vital shelter or a death trap, depending on which county official you ask.Multnomah CountyThere's been a flurry of activity around homeless shelters...
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Hold Your Horses—Rescheduling Weed Isn’t Happening Just Yet
by Josh Jardine HEY, YOU GUYS, did you hear? The federal government is about to make weed legal. No, for reals, I saw it on Facebook, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is going to totally make...
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On The Magic, Deerhoof Embodies Adventure
by Jeni Wren Stottrup DEERHOOF Its members live in different cities, but you’d never guess it from this photo! ASHA SHECHTERDEERHOOF'S experimental pop is mired in a pure punk sense of adventure. For...
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