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WILLAMETTE WEEK: IN THE PAPER

BICYCLING
Braking The Fixie
After the Legislature failed to fix the "fixies" law, the tickets continue to fly in Portland.
BY NICHOLAS DESHAIS

CIVIL RIGHTS
Mail Trail
Look who knows you've forwarded their email.
BY PAUL LEONARD

COPS
In Cold Blood
A dead boyfriend, a frozen body and a murder trial for a brutal killing.
BY JAMES PITKIN

ANIMALS
License To Tattle
To report or not to report rabies vaccinations, that is the question.
BY RACHEL SCHIFF

EDUCATION
Sunday School
Reading, writing...and, on Sunday, religion in Portland Public Schools.
BY DON MCINTOSH

POLITICS
Bush League
Commutation plus eternal war still equals a safe presidency.
BY NICHOLAS DESHAIS

CULTURE
The Word Made Flesh
Multnomah Bible College reverses its ban on tattoos. Christians rejoice.
BY PAIGE RICHMOND

ARCHITECTURE
Division's Division
Portland's crazy quilt of design review plays out on one street.
BY MIKE THELIN

MUSIC
Pure Awesomeness
Jonny Ragel may not dunk, but he's conquered his inner Satriani.
BY AMY MCCULLOUGH

MUSIC
The Rainy States, Wednesday, July 11
The Rainy States' positive outlook predicts sunny skies ahead.
BY AMY MCCULLOUGH

MUSIC
PONDEROSA, PONDEROSA (self-released)
Local banjo-'n'-cello duo beckons Portland to take its pants off.
BY CHELSEA MORRISEY

MUSIC
Fist Fite, Friday, July 13
Hitting fast-forward with Portland's next big thing.
BY MICHAEL BYRNE

MUSIC
The Truly Me Club, Popstar On The Lam (Sonic Boom)
The Truly Me Club's debut is laced with love.
BY TRAVIS RITTER

SCREEN
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman
Timothy Spall has another good cry.
BY AARON MESH

SCREEN
The Trouble With Harry
Is that evil inside the boy wizard, or raging hormones?
BY AP KRYZA

PERFORMANCE
Portland Int'l Piano Festival: Jeremy Denk
Meet the thinking-man's pianist with an iPhone.
BY STEPHEN MARC BEAUDOIN

VISUAL ARTS
First Thursday: A Tale of Two Davids
David Eckard and David Geiser effuse and eviscerate.
BY RICHARD SPEER

WORDS
The Back Room
The literary bacchanal changes hands and releases a new anthology.
BY WAYNE BUND

WORDS
Diana Abu-Jaber Wed., July 11 at Powell's Books
The author trades an Arab-American experience for the myth of fingerprints.
BY KELLY CLARKE