AltWeeklies Wire
Does Greek Cusina Owner Really Have a Legal Case Against the City?new
THE EMBATTLED Greek Cusina closed its doors on January 1, after a year and a half of paying more than $200,000 for near-constant city-imposed fire inspections. Now, Ted Papas is now seriously considering filing a lawsuit in federal court against the person he squarely blames for the closure: City Commissioner Randy Leonard.
The Portland Mercury |
Amanda Waldroupe |
01-07-2010 |
Business & Labor
No Luck Club: Seattle Authorities Crack Down on Asian Dance Clubnew
Who is Justin Toa? A psychotic arsonist? A dangerous gangster? Hardly--he's a 20-year-old Asian guy with two-toned hair and a spotty traffic record from his teenage years. Why are the authorities after him? Because he runs a 16-and-over hip hop club.
The Portland Mercury |
Allie Holly-Gottlieb |
12-31-2009 |
Performance
Know Your Decade: Take Our Quiz and Kiss the '00s Goodbyenew
Think you're a genius at remembering everything that happened over the last 10 years? Take this quiz of pop culture and news from the last decade to see how much you really know.
The Portland Mercury |
Wm. Steven Humphrey, Patrick Alan Coleman and Mercury staff |
12-31-2009 |
Commentary
Portland's LGBT Mormons Explain Who They Are, What They Wantnew
Jason Giles, leader of the Portland chapter of LGBT Mormon group Affirmation, says Portland's gay Mormon community is more robust, cohesive, and visible than in similar cities like San Francisco.
The Portland Mercury |
Sarah Mirk |
12-17-2009 |
LGBT
The Last Frontier: Portugal. The Man Are Like No Othernew
In lieu of resting on the crutch of their regional association, the band turned the calendar pages of 2009 by recording a pair of albums—The Satanic Satanist, their most successful release to date, and American Ghetto, due out next spring.
The Portland Mercury |
Ezra Ace Caraeff |
12-17-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: American Ghetto, Portugal. The Man
Money, Environmental and Political Worries Halt Big Bridgenew
AFTER YEARS OF steamrolling steadily in the same direction, the controversial Columbia River Crossing (CRC) plan has hit gridlock as leaders of the I-5 bridge replacement project clearly split last Friday.
The Portland Mercury |
Sarah Mirk |
12-10-2009 |
Transportation
Foodie Giltnew
Chris Carriker has had five months in the Gilt Club kitchen as the new executive chef. His focus is on seasonal dishes divvied up among small plates, which can be mixed and matched at a diner's leisure.
The Portland Mercury |
Patrick Alan Coleman |
12-10-2009 |
Food+Drink
Brothers Brings the War Homenew
Director Jim Sheridan's adaptation has a contemplative steadiness far more common in European films than American ones.
The Portland Mercury |
Alison Hallett |
12-07-2009 |
Reviews
The Messenger's Bad News Comes in Threesnew
Because life, especially in wartime, can be understatedly described as "messy," it's perhaps feasible to excuse The Messenger's disarray.
The Portland Mercury |
Marjorie Skinner |
12-07-2009 |
Reviews
Tags: Oren Moverman, The Messenger
Califone's Multimedia Funeralnew
There's always been something cinematic about Califone, but not in the traditional Hollywood widescreen sense.
The Portland Mercury |
Ned Lannamann |
12-07-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Prostitution Report: Jail Doesn't Worknew
The key to cleaning up prostitution in Portland isn't making more arrests or slapping streetwalkers with steeper fines.
The Portland Mercury |
Sarah Mirk |
12-07-2009 |
Sex
'Precious': Who Wants Some Oprah-Approved Ghetto Tourism?new
Sexual abuse and incest are realities, and there's no reason why art shouldn't confront them. But when pop culture addresses them (and Precious, with its against-all-odds cheerleading and music-video casting, is very much a pop-culture commodity), the results deserve scrutiny.
The Portland Mercury |
Alison Hallett |
11-19-2009 |
Reviews
Tags: Precious, Lee Daniels
Want to Kill Someone in Oregon? Use Your Carnew
Without strict punishments and tough enforcement of dangerous driving, lawyers and alternative transportation advocates say that even fatal traffic crimes often fall through the cracks of the state's justice system.
The Portland Mercury |
Sarah Mirk |
11-13-2009 |
Transportation
Girls is the Sound of a Rock Redemption of a Cult Upbringingnew
Thanks to the money he raised by playing songs he'd secretly learned off the radio, Christopher Owens was able to escape the insular Christian religious cult Children of God.
The Portland Mercury |
Ned Lannamann |
11-13-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
'Pirate Radio': Good Music. Terrible Movie.new
Rock 'n' roll is great. But no matter how powerful, majestic, or even life changing three chords and the truth can be, rock 'n' roll cannot save Pirate Radio.
The Portland Mercury |
Ezra Ace Caraeff |
11-13-2009 |
Reviews
Tags: Pirate Radio, Richard Curtis
