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Mia Birk takes bike share to New York—and sparks bedlam in Gotham.

Cover Story Three weeks ago, an invading fleet arrived in Manhattan. Nearly 6,000 cobalt-blue bikes appeared in gleaming silver docks. They materialized in Brooklyn, too, near co-ops and bodegas. Citizens ... More

Jun 12, 2013 12:01 am by AARON MESH

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No License To Vote

A bill tying voter registration to driver’s licenses is stuck in neutral.

Politics A bill that could register as many as 600,000 new Oregon voters is in danger of dying without a vote. The state’s top elections official, Secretary of State Kate Brown, wants anyone who gets a ... More

Jun 12, 2013 12:01 am by NIGEL JAQUISS

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Pass The Sniff Test

If you’re just looking at the roses, you’re missing half their charm.

Culture All roses look pretty, but not all roses smell pretty. Any schmuck can admire the petals, but those who want to enjoy the sweet smell have to be a little more strategic about things. Portland is ... More

Jun 12, 2013 12:01 am by KAITIE TODD

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Top Five Bands Too Old To Be Playing Warped Tour

Top 5 Reel Big Fish (pictured)Ska is overdue for another ironic revival, but until it actually happens, the average Warped-goer is going to wonder what the paunchy Ace Ventura impersonator playing music ... More

Jun 12, 2013 12:01 am by MATTHEW SINGER

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Breakfast Like a King

Now 35 years old, Bijou remains Portland’s top power breakfast.

Food Reviews & Stories Much of this city's shape was determined within the walls of Bijou Cafe. Not just inside the kitchen of the stalwart bruncherie, one of the first Portland restaurants to push organic and local prov ... More

Jun 12, 2013 12:01 am by MARTIN CIZMAR

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Murmurs: Testing Hales, On Civil Rights And Police Reform.

Murmurs Mayor Charlie Hales faces a decision about what to do regarding Baruti Artharee, his chief public safety adviser and liaison to the Police Bureau. As first reported on wweek.com, Artharee has ac ... More

Jun 12, 2013 12:01 am by WW Editorial Staff

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Vanifest Destiny: Stealth Bomber

First rule of vandwelling: Don’t let anyone see you vandwelling.

Culture The cops may be on to me. It’s 10:30 on Monday night and I’m walking “home” to the van where I’ve lived for a week. I’ve got one eye on a police cruiser as a black-and-white Radio Cab ... More

Jun 12, 2013 12:01 am by PETE COTTELL

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Alien Boy

Man of Steel makes clear Superman just wasn’t made for these times.

Movie Reviews & Stories Seventy-five years ago, as the Greatest Generation geared up to save the planet from tyranny, a figure of Christ-like perfection standing up for Earth’s right to exist was precisely what pop cul ... More

Jun 12, 2013 12:01 am by MATTHEW SINGER

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Somewhere In Time (Portland Center Stage)

Let’s do the time warp again.

Performance Between writer’s block and a brain tumor, Richard Collier’s head is in bad shape. He has fled to a hotel in Michigan, where he stumbles on a portrait of a breathtaking starlet from some 60 y ... More

Jun 12, 2013 12:01 am by REBECCA JACOBSON

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Drank: Apple Beer (Buckman Botanical Brewery)

Drank The boundaries between beer and cider are blurring. Cidermakers now add hops to their libations; brewers pour apple juice into their beer (or, in the case of Redd’s Apple Ale, made by MillerCoors, � ... More

Jun 12, 2013 12:01 am by REBECCA JACOBSON

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This Is the End

The end is nigh.

Movie Reviews & Stories With the underrated and misunderstood Pineapple Express, Seth Rogen, James Franco, Danny McBride and co-screenwriter Evan Goldberg made a rock-solid American counterpart to Shaun of the Dead and Hot F ... More

Jun 12, 2013 12:01 am by AP KRYZA

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Reiterations and Rifts

Pretty but deadly.

Visual Arts Toxins and microbes and spores traveling through the air, wreaking havoc: It’s a phenomenon as ancient as the great historic plagues and as current as ricin-laced letters. But put any of these ... More

Jun 12, 2013 12:01 am by RICHARD SPEER

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Dr. Know: Man's Best Temp

Dr. Know They’ve taken down the “Temporary Dog Play Area” signs at Northwest 12th Avenue and Overton Street. Now where do I take my temporary dog to play? She’s not much of a dog, but she’s all I ... More

Jun 12, 2013 12:01 am by MARTY SMITH

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Marisa Anderson: Sunday, June 16

For a rootless roots musician, words are very unnecessary.

Music Stories Somewhere on Marisa Anderson’s résumé is the phrase, “Once portrayed the ass-end of a jaguar.” It was the mid-1990s, a few years after the Northern California-born guitarist dropped out ... More

Jun 12, 2013 12:01 am by MATTHEW SINGER

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Headout Picks: 6/12/13

Headout Picks WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12BIKE SMUT 7[PORN] Ever want to watch someone have sex with a bicycle? On a bicycle? The Bike Smut amateur sex film fest (bikeporntour.blogspot.com), in its seventh year, is dubious ... More

Jun 12, 2013 12:01 pm by WW Culture Staff

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UPDATE: Treat helped instate Alta Bike Share at both of her previous posts.

First rule of vandwelling: Don’t let anyone see you vandwelling.

A bill tying voter registration to driver’s licenses is stuck in neutral.

Mia Birk takes bike share to New York—and sparks bedlam in Gotham.

State records reveal norovirus outbreaks are common in long-term care facilities.

Top selling albums and songs in Portland, June 10-16

UPDATE: Treat helped instate Alta Bike Share at both of her previous posts.

UPDATE: Treat helped instate Alta Bike Share at both of her previous posts.

Top selling albums and songs in Portland, June 10-16

Lineup! Getcha free all-ages music festival lineup here!

A short documentary film on Warped Tour fans at the Portland Expo Center.

Top selling albums in Portland, June 3-9.

Not a guide to Portland’s best restaurants—just seven Portland diners.

Not a guide to Portland’s best restaurants—just seven Portland diners.

Not a guide to Portland’s best restaurants—just seven Portland diners.

Not a guide to Portland’s best restaurants—just seven Portland diners.

Eugene-based Chez Ray, the Dead's cook, now roasting beans.

State records reveal norovirus outbreaks are common in long-term care facilities.

Mia Birk takes bike share to New York—and sparks bedlam in Gotham.

A bill tying voter registration to driver’s licenses is stuck in neutral.

If you’re just looking at the roses, you’re missing half their charm.

The deadliest sins of seven strangers who stopped being polite long, long ago.

Who’s playing Warped Tour? Beats us. So we went to the mall to find out.

Now 35 years old, Bijou remains Portland’s top power breakfast.

First rule of vandwelling: Don’t let anyone see you vandwelling.

Man of Steel makes clear Superman just wasn’t made for these times.

After dark, the love is no longer blind.

Hit refresh again

Let’s do the time warp again.

New York warehouse space, 2004

The end is nigh.

Pretty but deadly.

The new and the old, inside and out.

You Can Ride A Beam Of Light Like A Musical Strum (Mindwave)

For a rootless roots musician, words are very unnecessary.

601 (Amigo/Amiga)