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Meet the diverse Portland designers kicking off this year's Portland Fashion Week. by Marjorie Skinner SINCE ITS INCEPTION, Portland Fashion Week (PFW) has been the subject of controversy. In an...
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The New Co-Op's fruits of the jungle heart. by Marjorie Skinner Portland Fashion Week kicks off on Wednesday, October 6 (see Feature, pg. 11), but that's not the only thing worth buzzing about. Dawn...
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Portland's Most Successful Locally Grown Comedian Returns by Andrew Tonry MERCURY: Along with Andy Wood and Kim Brady, you're credited as a cofounder of Portland's Bridgetown Comedy Festival. How did...
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View ArticleFilm ShortsFilm Shorts
In which we hit it and quit it. PORTLAND LESBIAN & GAY FILM FESTIVALRuns through Saturday, October 9 at Cinema 21, the Hollywood Theatre, and the Living Room Theaters. For more info, see Film,...
View ArticleMy Name Is Rachel CorrieMy Name Is Rachel Corrie
Revisiting the life and death of Rachel Corrie. by Alison Hallett I WAS A STUDENT at Evergreen in 2003, the year Rachel Corrie was killed. She died in Rafah, in the Gaza Strip, killed by an Israeli...
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From Hollywood to Eastern Oregon, and all the bull in between. SMOKE CHAMBER The real question is why does anyone file a complaint in the first place ["Smoke Out," News, Sept 23]? Let's face it, a lot...
View ArticleUnder the SeaUnder the Sea
A trip beneath FIN's waters is expensive and over too soon, but still worth the journey. by Patrick Alan Coleman A dinner at FIN begins with these guidelines: The menu changes regularly, plates are...
View ArticleTicket to the ManTicket to the Man
Victims trying to use Oregon's unique citizen initiated ticket system find cops don't know the law. by Sarah Mirk OREGON IS THE ONLY state in the nation that lets its citizens—not just police—write...
View ArticleThe Misters of PopThe Misters of Pop
Seminal New Zealand band the Clean hits the States. by Ned Lannamann IT'S ONE OF THE most indelible riffs in pop music: a four-note descending phrase so simple and catchy that it's astounding no one...
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The Social Network: David Fincher does not want to be Mark Zuckerberg's friend. by Erik Henriksen ONCE UPON A TIME, Facebook was cool. This is an important, if increasingly difficult, thing to...
View ArticleBack in the FoldBack in the Fold
Metal icons Raven awake from a major-label nightmare. by Aris Wales TO REMAIN RAW and untamed is as important to heavy metal as denim, leather, and Ronnie James Dio. Unfortunately, every once in a...
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The Portland Lesbian & Gay Film Festival returns. by Brad Buckner NOW IN ITS 14th year, the 2010 Portland Lesbian & Gay Film Festival opens with the Allen Ginsberg flick Howl, closes with the...
View ArticleRiver HouseRiver House
Sarahlee Lawrence's River House is an important addition to our region's literature. IT'S VERY SIMPLE: If you call Oregon your home—not just Portland, but this whole big awkward schizophrenic...
View ArticleMy, What a Busy Week!My, What a Busy Week!
My week, it busied me. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 FAIRY TALES—A collection of modern fairy tales featuring writers like Aimee Bender, Neil Gaiman, and Chris Adrian? Yes, please. Tonight's release party...
View ArticleIf You Lived Here, You'd Be Home NowIf You Lived Here, You'd Be Home Now
Arcade Fire's big songs for little boxes. by Ezra Ace Caraeff FORGET THEIR Maple Leaf citizenry—Arcade Fire are an American band. Between the Butler brothers' Texas roots, their apotheosizing of Bruce...
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This Week's Mercury Music SectionThis Week's Mercury Music Section
Another week, another Mercury music section to ignore while you chug down another bottle of that Queen Latifah water. Arcade Fire releases The Suburbs, a conceptual record based entirely on the 1989...
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This Week's Mercury Music Section
Another week, another Mercury music section to ignore while you chug down another bottle of that Queen Latifah water. Arcade Fire releases The Suburbs, a conceptual record based entirely on the 1989...
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Party in the Park with LifesavasParty in the Park with Lifesavas
What are you doing right now? Wrong answer. You should be calling in sick because we are one day away from October, it's 80 degrees outside, and Lifesavas are about to play a free show in the park...
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Hey, in 10,000 years, when the rock we're on has become finally and thoroughly screwed, maybe a lucky few of our descendants will have braved the sadness of space and made it here. Or maybe we'll find...
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