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Issue #33.47

| Published on Wednesday October 3rd, 2007

Issue Menu: September 26th, 2007 | October 10th, 2007

 

Listings #33.47
Listings information for the week of Wednesday October 3rd, 2007:

Screen: Screen Listings
Performance: Performance Listings
Words: Readings & Book Events
Visual Arts: Visual Arts Listings
The IT List: Parties, Fairs, Festivals and other events
Outdoors: Outdoor Events

On the Cover
Crafty Bitches
BY BETH SLOVIC | Portland’s antidote to the mythical Soccer Mom.
23 comments
News
[Media]
Horror Show
BY COREY PEIN | Faith takes on reason in the latest anti-meth media blitz.
13 comments
[Election '07]
Lighting Up The Constitution
BY BETH SLOVIC | On one side of Measure 50, Lance Armstrong and poor kids. On the other, Big Tobacco. In the middle? Just the Constitution.
15 comments
[Race]
Skin Cancer
BY KRISTA STRYKER | A white supremacist group comes to Portland to celebrate its 20th anniversary.
17 comments
[Multnomah County]
Moaner Lisa
BY PAUL LEONARD | A little commuting help for Multnomah County Commissioner Lisa Naito.
4 comments
[International]
Mission of Burma
BY JONAH SANDFORD | Far from Myanmar, refugees try to tell Portland what’s going on in their former home.
0 comments
[Healthcare]
Prescription for Conflict
BY MIRIAM WIDMAN | The State has a trio of investigations into Big Pharma. But legislators say the Justice Department blocked a better solution.
1 comment
[Funny Business]
The Shoe Must Go On
BY ETHAN SMITH | Nike makes shoes aimed for sale to Native Americans. WW considers other niche markets for the Swoosh.
5 comments
Rogue of the Week
Western Oregon University
WW EDITORIAL STAFF | A lesson in overreaction.
8 comments
Murmurs
Blah-blah-blogging along.
WW EDITORIAL STAFF
4 comments
The Score
A mixed week for petty criminals.
WW EDITORIAL STAFF
0 comments
Letters to the Editor
Inbox
BY WW'S BELOVED READERS
6 comments
Culture
Queer Window
Queen James
BY BYRON BECK | Club kid-cum-kids’ author heads to town—hide!
19 comments
NIGHT CABBIE
“Oh, puke”
BY NIGHT CABBIE
9 comments
SCOOP
Gossip Should Have No Friends
WW EDITORIAL STAFF
0 comments
Made
[Advertising Feature]
Project No. 10—Red's Urn
BY LAYNE STRATTON
0 comments
Table Scraps
[Dish]
Openings, closings and dishy gossip
WW EDITORIAL STAFF
0 comments
Hot Seat
Jonathan Kozol
BY BETH SLOVIC | Famed author on fasting, race and who’s worse for education: Bush or Gates.
0 comments
[Music]
Lazy Daze
BY AMY MCCULLOUGH | Graves’ Greg Olin talks fried chicken, growing up and listening to Phish.
0 comments
[Music]
The Old Believers, Wednesday, Oct. 3
BY ANNIE BETHANCOURT | The Old Believers’ name belies their age—but not their souls.
1 comment
[Music]
LOCH LOMOND, Paper The Walls (Hush Records)
BY BRANDON SEIFERT | The recording history of Loch Lomond is a curious thing.

 

0 comments
[Music]
SANDPEOPLE, Honest Racket (Self-released)
BY CASEY JARMAN | Portland mega-crew finally kills ‘em...with kindness.
1 comment
[Music]
SCOUT NIBLETT, This Fool Can Die Now (Too Pure)
BY PAIGE RICHMOND | Striking a balance between eccentricity and confidence.
0 comments
Here Comes Your Fan
[Music]
Girl Power!
BY AMY MCCULLOUGH | Is being a woman all it takes to “rock”?
9 comments
[Screen]
The Long Goodbye
BY AARON MESH | Sean Penn gives Chris McCandless one last embrace.
1 comment
[Screen]
Lust, Caution
BY AARON MESH
5 comments
[Performance]
Open Season
BY BEN WATERHOUSE | Three theaters, four murders, no happy endings.
3 comments
[Performance]
Paul Taylor Dance Company, Wednesday, Oct. 3
BY HEATHER WISNER | White Bird marks a milestone with the company that started it all.
0 comments
[Dish]
Cravings: Cannoli
BY NINO MARCHETTI | Searching Portland for an Italian pastry you couldn’t refuse.
5 comments
[Dish]
Chaos Cafe
BY ANNIE BETHANCOURT | Mischief, thy name is vegan mac.

 

0 comments
Eat Me
[Dish]
Public Marketing?????
BY MIKE THELIN | What’s missing from the push for a portland public market? The public.
11 comments
[Words]
Foreskin’s Lament
BY KELLY CLARKE | Believing in God can be such a bitch sometimes.
0 comments
Q & A
Last Kiss
BY PAUL DIRKSEN
1 comment
Remotely Controlled
[Screen]
TV Roulette
BY DANIEL CARLSON | Rooting for the winners and nailing the losers of TV’s fall lineup.
3 comments
Headout Picks
[Culture]
WW Picks
WW EDITORIAL STAFF
0 comments
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