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Elvis Is KingElvis Is King
Tonight, Dante's is hosting the celebration of John "Elvis" Schroder's 48th year. For the uninitiated—Portland's own Elvis has performed spirited sets of Presley songs at the Portland Saturday Market...
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Nora CatherineNora Catherine
Jewelry artist Nora Catherine is gearing up for a two-day trunk show of her couture pieces at Tony Allen Fine Jewelry (604 NW 12th) today and tomorrow only, 1-7 pm. "Tony Alan has been a mentor to me...
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A judge bars a key witness from a terrorism trial because prosecutors found out about him while the defendant was being—ahem—"interrogated" in a secret CIA prison. Obama to liberals: "Guys! Guys! I...
View ArticleTodd Palin Is Terrible at Writing E-Mails
The Mudflats has the scoop (but you can also read about it here and here): Sarah Palin endorsed a Teabag Senatorial candidate named Joe Miller in Alaska. In a TV appearance, Miller was asked if he...
View ArticleSL Letter of the Day: Does It Count?
My name is Brock. I live with my girlfriend and her best friend. It’s like a less funny Threes Company. We were having a debate the other day that I decided could be resolved by you, given that your...
View ArticleToday in the Painful Lessons of Physics
Ever tried swinging so high on a swingset that you accomplished a 360 degree rotation? No? Because it's "impossible"? LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE FEAT THAT HAS PLAGUED SCIENTISTS FOR CENTURIES HAS...
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Tonight: Comedy Is OK's 1st AnniversaryTonight: Comedy Is OK's 1st Anniversary
It's Celebration Time, Boyz! A lot has happened in Portland comedy over the last year aside from the opening of a new club. Lots of local, independent, semi-regular shows have been popping up outside...
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It's Happening Tonight!It's Happening Tonight!
SHHH!—If a librarian with her own action figure doesn't strike you as the height of badassery, you might be living in the wrong city. Librarian Nancy Pearl is smart, witty, and... well, she has her...
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Tonight in MusicTonight in Music
Aladdin Theater—Cowboy Junkies, The Watson Twins, 8 pm, $35, all ages Alberta Rose Theatre—Victoria Williams, Marvin Etzioni, Lewi Longmire, Mike Wilcox, 8 pm, $12 Doug Fir—Sea Wolf, Sera Cahoone,...
View ArticleSham Marriage
I love the argument that gays and lesbians have the "same right" to marry as everyone else—because, hey, we're just as free to marry opposite-sex partners as straight people are. But when an American...
View ArticleGenerous HelpingsGenerous Helpings
The luckiest eater in Portland asks that you help spread the bounty to everyone. by Patrick Alan Coleman FOR THE LAST 30 MONTHS I've had one of the most enviable jobs in Portland: I've been paid to...
View ArticleInternational BoredomInternational Boredom
How So Cow did it himself. by Travis Ritter FOUR YEARS AGO, So Cow's Brian Kelly was just a regular 24-year-old Irishman teaching English in South Korea when he started recording some songs he had...
View ArticleFashion Week ComethFashion Week Cometh
Your handy guide to 2010's Portland Fashion Week! by Marjorie Skinner The strange, stilettoed beast that is Portland Fashion Week (PFW) is in full swing. Although it is Portland Fashion Week, the...
View ArticleDon't Ask, Don't Tell?Don't Ask, Don't Tell?
A student teacher is booted from a Beaverton school after mentioning gay marriage. by Sarah Mirk ON SEPTEMBER 15, Beaverton School District officials delivered a curt message to student teacher Seth...
View ArticleTom McCarthy's CTom McCarthy's C
A little bit incestuous, and very very ambitious. by Andrew R Tonry IN 1898, on a lush, pastoral estate in rural England, Serge Carrefax is born. Serge's father, a boisterous inventor and physicist,...
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In which we hit it and quit it. PORTLAND LESBIAN & GAY FILM FESTIVALRuns through Saturday, October 9 at the Hollywood Theatre. For more info, see last week's Mercury and plgff.org. Role/PlayAn...
View ArticleI Love Television™I Love Television™
Too... many... wives! by Wm. Steven Humphrey There is a case to be made for and against polygamy. THE CASE FOR: (1) Sex. Duh. And lots of it. Say you decided to have 24 wives instead of one: Now, I'm...
View ArticleUp & ComingUp & Coming
This Week's Music Previews THURSDAY 10/7 CORIN TUCKER BAND, THE GOLDEN BEARS (Aladdin Theater, 3017 SE Milwaukie) See My, What a Busy Week! GUIDED BY VOICES, TIMES NEW VIKING (Crystal Ballroom, 1332 W...
View ArticleSavage LoveSavage Love
Closing the Door by Dan Savage My husband has a cuckold fetish, which we have indulged through two drunken threesomes with two of his best friends. The first time, he really had to talk me into it....
View ArticleBoy, InterruptedBoy, Interrupted
Going crazy with It's Kind of a Funny Story. by Ezra Ace Caraeff CRAIG GILNER (Keir Gilchrist) is depressed and wants to end his life. Sort of. Before hurling himself into the East River, the...
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