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Musicfest NW Diaries: Friday (Videos! Photos! Twitterings!)
Day Three! We're Dying! In a good way! Today's contributors include (in no particular order) Kelly Clarke, Robert Ham, Nilina...
BY LocalCut    Saturday 6:04 PM  
Trailer of the Week: I Served the King of England
Those who enjoyed the Czech political farces of Milos Forman screened last month by the Northwest Film Center should be excited...
BY Alistair Rockoff    Saturday 4:16 PM  
The Musicfest Diaries: Thursday
Who needs an intro. Our whole flock of freelancers were out last night, and they've got all sorts of stories to share with you....
BY LocalCut    Friday 8:28 PM  
Lunch & Munch With PPS Supernintendo Carole Smith
Portland Public Schools superintendent Carole Smith closed the first week of the school year with a speech at the weekly...
BY Tony Piff    Friday 4:53 PM   1

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Musicfest NW Diaries: Friday (Videos! Photos! Twitterings!)
Day Three! We're Dying! In a good way! Today's contributors include (in no particular order) Kelly Clarke, Robert Ham, Nilina...
BY LOCAL CUT    Saturday 6:04 PM  
The Musicfest Diaries: Thursday
Who needs an intro. Our whole flock of freelancers were out last night, and they've got all sorts of stories to share with you....
BY Local Cut    Friday 8:28 PM   3
Bladen County Update: MFNW Showcase and Other News
Local buzz-label Bladen County Records holds its MFNW showcase tonight at RonToms, featuring 12 of the label’s bands and...
BY David Robinson    Friday 4:01 PM   1
The Old Believers, "The Blizzard" (Eskimo and Sons cover, unreleased)
Walking down to where the mounted police keep their horses the other day, we had to wait for a train to pass. As it did, we waved...
BY ARYA IMIG    Friday 12:57 PM  

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Back To Fool
For dozens of Portland students, going back to school means shopping for books and clothes … And P.E. credits?
BY BETH SLOVIC
OMFG IT'S MFNW!
BY CASEY JARMAN, MICHAEL MANNHEIMER, ROBERT HAM, WHITNEY HAWKE, MATTHEW GRAHAM AND TONY PIFF
MFNW Movies
This year’s fest contains two extra treats.
BY AARON MESH AND JOE WATTS
Rogue of the Week
Mayor Tom Potter
Fool me twice.
BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Losing Faith
A young Marine finds his candidate in Denver.
BY NIGEL JAQUISS

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OMFG IT'S MFNW!
BY CASEY JARMAN, MICHAEL MANNHEIMER, ROBERT HAM, WHITNEY HAWKE, MATTHEW GRAHAM AND TONY PIFF
SCOOP
Gossip should have no friends
BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
CONSUMER
The Coffee Files
That daily cup of joe is burning a hole in your gut. What about your wallet?
BY ANNA DUKEHART
BICYCLING, COURTS
DIY Justice
In Oregon, The Man lets you be The Man, too. Here’s how to play traffic cop.
BY COREY PEIN
Murmurs
News That’s Pregnant When Teenagers Are, Too.
BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
EDUCATION
Back To Fool
For dozens of Portland students, going back to school means shopping for books and clothes … And P.E. credits?
BY BETH SLOVIC
CONGRESS
Congressional Cribs
WW takes a tour of our federal lawmakers’ D.C. homes and finds a barn, a boat and a suburban McMansion. Play along.
BY BETH SLOVIC
The Score
Elephants Suffer, On All Fronts.
BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Letters to the Editor
Inbox
BY WW'S BELOVED READERS
Rogue of the Week
Mayor Tom Potter
Fool me twice.
BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
ELECTION '08, POLITICS
Losing Faith
A young Marine finds his candidate in Denver.
BY NIGEL JAQUISS
 

Headout Picks
Barack To School Fashions
What Obama will you be wearing this fall?
BY BYRON BECK
Slavoj Zizek. Violence
That obscure object of Violence.
BY WW EDITORIAL STAFF
Whole Lotta La Femme
Backstage at a big-time “female” Beauty pageant.
BY BYRON BECK
Hot Seat
Sean Healy
An art wunderkind speaks on finally growing up, making aluminum tigers and turning fear into art.
BY RICHARD SPEER
T.B.Ah-ha!
Discovering the best of Pica’s 2008 TBA fest.
BY BRETT CAMPBELL, MARY CHRISTMAS, KELLY CLARKE, MATT GRAHAM, MATT KORFHAGE, BEN WATERHOUSE AND HEATHER WISNER
Get in My Belly
Belly does American eats right.
BY LIZ CRAIN
Horse Feathers. House With No Home
Summer’s over: The new Horse Feathers album has dropped.
BY ROBERT HAM
Parenthetical Girls. Entanglements
Portland’s Girls sidestep and pick up the pieces.
BY ROBERT HAM.
Rock Solid
The Shaky Hands want you to reconsider “rock.”
BY MICHAEL MANNHEIMER
Brew Views
Top 5 Movies to Watch in Theater Pubs This Week:
BY AARON MESH
Will Success Spoil Portland?
The city’s movie renaissance could continue this fall—if we don’t jump the piranha.
BY AARON MESH
Ed Ruscha at the Portland Art Museum
An edgy elegy to youth from a pop art original.
BY RICHARD SPEERV
Nena Baker. The Body Toxic
A thin new book builds a thin, old case against the chemical industry.
BY MATT BUCKINGHAM
Headout Picks
Barack To School Fashions
What Obama will you be wearing this fall?
BY BYRON BECK
MFNW Movies
This year’s fest contains two extra treats.
BY AARON MESH AND JOE WATTS


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Drink Guide 2008
Willamette Week’s 2008 Drink Guide
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Portland music insiders take our local scene to the chopping block—and come out with 10 new faves.
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