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The deliverance of Drew Grow and the Pastors' Wives. by Ned Lannamann AT THIS SUMMER'S Doe Bay Festival, held on Orcas Island in the stunningly beautiful San Juan Archipelago off the coast of...
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Lying liars and the lying lies the lying liars lie about. by Ann Romano MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 Dear readers! Mark this day on your calendar, because future generations will always remember this date as...
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The Virginity Hit? More like The Virginity Shit. by Ned Lannamann TO QUOTE A MUCH better movie about sex (Boogie Nights, in which Burt Reynolds' character Jack Horner says): "If it looks like shit,...
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Facing the fall season with Barbara Seipp's Isaac Hers. by Marjorie Skinner "This collection is the first where I feel I really found my voice," says Barbara Seipp of the fall 2010 edition of her...
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Matthew Barney's Cremaster Cycle: Artsy-fartsy cinemagoers rejoice! by Zac Pennington THERE WAS A TIME, roughly a decade ago, when the relative merits of a certain five-part film series were among the...
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In which we hit it and quit it. Bollywood Bike-In Bollywood flicks screened outside, with proceeds going to the Q Center and Mercy Corps. Q Center. Bran Nue Dae A romantic comedy/supposed...
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Zack Snyder wastes everybody's time with The Owls of Ga'Hoole. by Erik Henriksen WE CAN ALL AGREE that owls have an image problem, yes? Whenever you see an owl, it's (A) reading, (B) rambling on about...
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The People's Biennial is a welcome pocket of accessibility at the TBA Festival. by Matt Stangel IN ITS INAUGURAL SHOWING, the People's Biennial is an exhibition formed by curators Jens Hoffmann and...
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Oh no, it's You Again, mediocrity. by Marjorie Skinner IT'S NOT ENTIRELY easy, when you think about it, to make the case that cheerleaders ever recovered their place as a dominant social caste in...
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"How absurd!" Portland's booze ban won't make downtown any more acceptable for rich old ladies. by Denis C. Theriault SCORE ONE for the old biddies and their jizz-filled fears of a downtown absolutely...
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It Gets Better by Dan Savage I'm a gay male and have been seeing a terrific guy for a couple of months. Two years ago, during an uncharacteristically wild few months in my life, I had a threesome with...
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This week: cartoon metal played by kids, a Ghostbuster in the flesh, and Polish sausage! THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 WORDS—Margaret Atwood is a poet and author of over 30 books, who's been coined "Canada's...
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C'mon. Give Madden and NCAA Football a chance, huh? by Earnest "Nex" Cavalli THERE ARE two kinds of people who buy football games. The first are the stereotypical superfans who paint their houses...
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Laws around new bike lanes and paths can be confusing. Here's a rundown of some of your legal questions. by Sarah Mirk AS MORE BIKES—and bike lanes, bike boxes, and hilarious bike shorts—get on the...
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The end of summer brings both rain and the second annual Tacoville Awards. by Patrick Alan Coleman AS SUMMER ENDS, so too does this year's search for Portland's perfect taco. I've criss-crossed the...
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Jack Goes Boating: A quiet social drama about boring people is, unsurprisingly, boring. by Alison Hallett JACK GOES BOATING is a quiet, closely observed social drama about the lives of real people,...
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Mapping the global pop of the Very Best. by Mike Barthel DURING THE 20TH CENTURY, the arts went through a phase in which it was fashionable to foreground the mechanics behind the creation, from the...
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