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Black Violin Strings Together Hip-Hop and Classical
by Emilly Prado BLACK VIOLIN Chipping away at preconceptions every time they hop onstage.Colin BrennanA summertime golf game between two high-school band teachers decided the musical fate of Wilner...
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Portland's Newest Council Members Are Considering a Budget Move Cast Out...
by Dirk VanderHart IT TOOK Amalia Alarcón de Morris nine years at the helm of the Office of Neighborhood Involvement (ONI) to work up to her final annual pay of nearly $144,000.David Austin reached...
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Savage Love Letter of the Day: PrEP and Prejudice
by Dan Savage I went on PrEP recently. I’ve always had plenty of safe fun and had never felt the need to put PrEP into the mix, but a few months ago a poz guy hit me up on Grindr. He disclosed his...
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Mike Pence Casts Tie-Breaking Vote to Gut Family Planning Funding for Planned...
by Megan Burbank Pence REALLY wants to legislate women's health, despite apparently only knowing one woman personally.Mark Wilson / GettyWoman-hating ghoul Mike Pence was called to the Senate today,...
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How to Feel About Dave Chappelle’s New Comedy Specials
by Jenni Moore Al Bello / GettyWhen I sat down last week to binge-watch both of Dave Chappelle’s new Netflix specials (The Age of Spin and Deep in the Heart of Texas), I was mentally prepared to be...
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Everything You Need to Know About the New Ghost in the Shell
by Erik Henriksen First, here's "Ghost in the Shell: Asian City Too White,"Charles Mudede's not-so-glowing review:The race thing is not handled very well in this live-action adaptation of one of the...
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This Is a Big Fucking Deal: Flynn Wants Immunity
by Dan Savage WATCH: Last September, General Flynn told @chucktodd: "When you're given immunity that probably means you've committed a crime."pic.twitter.com/nepnx0Cpr1— Yashar (@yashar) March 30,...
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Blazers Recap: The Blazers Ground The Rockets, 117-107!!!
by Aris Hunter Wales Now that the Trail Blazers are holding the eighth seed in the western conference by a hair, we can all just collectively hold our breath for the rest of the regular season....
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Good Morning, News: Flynn Flips, ICE Swoops In, and Blow That Damn Thing Up!
by Dirk VanderHart Michael Flynn, Donald Trump's former national security adviser, wants immunity. He's offering to testify before the various House and Senate panels investigating the Trump...
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Things to Do This Weekend: March 31-April 2
by Mercury Staff This weekend features one of the dumbest fucking holidays humanity has ever invented: National "Lie Straight to People's Faces Like a Total Asshole Under the Mistaken Impression...
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Timbers v. New England Match Preview
by Abe Asher Craig Mitchelldyer-Portland TimbersAfter losing their first game of the season last weekend in Columbus, the Portland Timbers return home to face the New England Revolution on Sunday...
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Netflix's Five Came Back Examines Five Hollywood Directors During World War II
by Ned Lannamann NetflixThree-part documentary series Five Came Back went up today on Netflix, and if you’re just not feeling The Boss Baby, maybe this is a good weekend to skip the theater, stay...
View Article10 for $10 (Or Less): The Best Bang for the Buck Shows, March 31-Apr 2
by Mercury Staff The Liberators: Pie Night! For one night only, you can take in the delights of Portland’s premier improvisers the Liberators AND treat yourself to dessert! That’s right: Siren Theater...
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Win Tickets to Spike Lee's Bamboozled!
by Erik Henriksen Spike Lee's BamboozledThis weekend, the NW Film Center kicks off their "Constructing Identity: Black Cinema Then and Now" series—which, as we note in Things To Do Film, offers a...
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To Death—and Beyond—with Netflix's The Discovery
by Erik Henriksen In the near future, we have scientific proof that there’s life after death.It isn’t clear what—or where—that afterlife is. It’s certain, though, that some part of us continues after...
View ArticleThings to Do Comedy: April 2017
Funny Things to Do All Month Long by Chipp Terwilliger Reggie Watts I don’t know how to describe what it is that Reggie Watts does, other than to maybe say he effortlessly yanks together utterly...
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With Cannabis, Try Not to Annoy Thy Neighbor
by Sean Clancy Getty / Natan BolckmansDear Pot Lawyer,With cannabis in the crosshairs on a federal level, do you have any good, all-around advice for local consumers and businesses to stay out of...
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Tinariwen Brings the Desert Blues to Portland
by Chris Sutton TINARIWENANTIDENGUE FEVERCHEAN LONGWhen the original alchemists invented the guitar, they probably had no idea the impact their creation would have on modern society. This sacred wand...
View ArticleThings to Do Food: April 2017
How to Eat, Drink, and Be Merry for April by Mercury Staff Portland Pizza Week Listen, Portland. We love you. And we love pizza. So the Portland Mercury is teaming up with dozens of local pizza shops...
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The Morrison Bridge Is About to Ruin Your Summer. Here's Who You Should Blame
by Dirk VanderHart Jason FischerDon't say we didn't warn you, Portland. Beginning in August 2013, this newspaper exhaustively covered the unfolding debacle on the Morrison Bridge. Sometimes you cared....
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