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Get Ready, Tummy! The Mercury's NACHO WEEK Is Coming...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/06/12

Fill up your hungry belly with delish, creative nachos from the city's best chefs! by Mercury Promotions Oh, hello... and hurrah! It’s time for the Portland Mercury’s Nacho Week! Not only are nachos the platonic ideal of bar food, they also present a wonderful canvas for creativity: Crunchy tortilla chips (or tots or what have you) provide a base for whatever toppings your heart desires! The Portland Mercury’s

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Ticket Alert: Marina, Turnstile, and More Portland...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/06/12

Plus, More Event Updates for June 12 by EverOut Staff We’ve got another batch of newly announced events to throw atcha. Pop princess Marina supports her freshly released sixth album on tour this fall. Hardcore punk rockers Turnstile swing by Edgefield on their Never Enough tour. Plus, New Zealand electronic group Leisure says “welcome to the mood” at the Crystal Ballroom. Read on for details and set a reminder for

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FREE TICKETS THURSDAY: Enter to Win Free Tix to See...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/06/12

by Mercury Promotions Who's ready to have some fun? Well, the Mercury is here to help with FREE TICKETS to see some of Portland's best concerts and events—our way of saying thanks to our great readers and spread the word about some fantastic upcoming performances! (Psst... if you want to say thanks to the Mercury, please consider making a small monthly contribution to keep us alive and kickin'!) And oh boy, do we have some fun events

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Tour de Force Productions’ Fool for Love Is Spare,...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/06/12

Meghan Daaboul's new Portland theater company started off easy with some devastating Sam Shepard. by John Rudoff Playwright Sam Shepard opens the script for his 1983 Fool for Love with a thick paragraph of setting direction, describing details as small as just how much the bathroom door should be ajar. But his first direction is his most important: “This play is to be performed relentlessly, without a break.” With

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POP QUIZ PDX: Deceptive Dems, Dragon Boat Draggin',...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/06/12

See how well YOU score on this week's super-fun trivia quiz! by Wm. Steven Humphrey HELLLOOOO, SMARTY BUTT! It's time once again to put your brainy-brain to the test with this week's edition of POP QUIZ PDX—our weekly, local, sassy-ass trivia quiz. And in this edition, we're testing your knowledge on a variety of topics including deceptive Democrats, dragon boat draggin', and will you buy my stuff when I die? LET'S

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Good Morning, News: City Council Redistributes Cops'...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/06/12

by Wm. Steven Humphrey If you’re reading this, you probably know the value of the Mercury’s news reporting, arts and culture coverage, event calendar, and the bevy of events we host throughout the year. The work we do helps our city shine, but we can’t do it without your support. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution, because without you, there

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Even More! 2025 Pride Events: Bingo, Disco, and a...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/06/11

Also, queer Asians celebrate at a wife-and-wife owned wine bar and Wonderwood Springs hosts Ye Olde Gay Faire! by Nolan Parker Everyone knows Portland Pride starts in June—despite the parade kicking up zir heels in July. Pride is already here, and the Merc is keeping a rolling calendar of event picks you might love. In this installment: a dedicated meet-up for queer Asians at a wife-and-wife owned wine bar, bingo

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Don’t Miss BlackOut—the Special City Club Event!

Portland Mercury ·

2025/06/11

A panel of Black Portlanders discussing the state of racial justice. by Mercury Staff Were you moved by the powerful voices found in BlackOut: A Five-Year Retrospective on Portland’s Racial Justice Movement—the glossy magazine from creator Donovan Scribes with the Portland Mercury, curated and written by Black Portlanders? Now you can go even deeper with a special City Club event featuring Scribes and three

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Profile Theatre’s Mother Russia Finds Humor in Collapse

Portland Mercury ·

2025/06/11

Lauren Yee’s farce blends slapstick, surveillance, and Soviet nostalgia, but its critique of capitalism stops short of a fresh indictment. by Lindsay Costello It’s 1992, and two young Russian men are mid-worship of a Filet-O-Fish sandwich. They fall to their knees and claim massive, moaning bites with sexual fervor. “How is it so soft?” one marvels. “Is this what capitalism tastes like?” Lauren Yee’s Mother

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Good Morning, News: More Asylum Seekers Arrested in...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/06/11

by Taylor Griggs If you’re reading this, you probably know the value of the Mercury’s news reporting, arts and culture coverage, event calendar, and the bevy of events we host throughout the year. The work we do helps our city shine, but we can’t do it without your support. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution, because without you, there is no

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He got toe-jam football

Portland Mercury ·

2025/06/10

by Anonymous The opium trade was not trade. It was a weapon used to break the spirit of a nation. The British saw China standing strong, self-sufficient, culturally rich, and they knew they could not compete with strength alone. So they chose poison. They flooded China with opium, knowing full well what it would do. They watched as it ate away at families, communities, and governance. When the Chinese tried to resist, Britain responded

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Staff at PeaceHealth Southwest Say Job Cuts Could...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/06/10

The health care provider is slashing 1% of its workforce. Impacted employees say it will only strain the hospital system and prolong patient stays. by Abe Asher Kris Burleigh, a unit coordinator in the emergency department at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver, Washington, was enjoying the final day of a vacation in April when her phone rang: After more than 24 years of work, she was told, she was

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SAVAGE LOVE: The Boyfriend Experience

Portland Mercury ·

2025/06/10

Her boyfriend confessed to making a secret Bumble account. Should she listen to the TikTok mob and dump him? by Dan Savage My boyfriend went on a trip abroad with his friend (also a guy). After he came back, he showed me that he made a Bumble profile while he was there. I didn’t feel like anything was off or ask him to show me; he volunteered. He said that he was just curious to see how popular he would be in the

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Good Morning, News: Oregon Legislature Wipes Medical...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/06/10

by Courtney Vaughn If you’re reading this, you probably know the value of the Mercury’s news reporting, arts and culture coverage, event calendar, and the bevy of events we host throughout the year. The work we do helps our city shine, but we can’t do it without your support. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution, because without you, there is

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Gestapo Thugs: Here and Abroad

Portland Mercury ·

2025/06/10

by Anonymous THE ICE SOLDIERS of Trump’s army are running around the country in dark vans with tinted glass, abducting people willy-nilly, like some bad script re-write of Costa-Gavras “Z” or “Salvador” (with Jim Belushi) …just more disappeared gone to places I can’t even spell without Google—e.g., Djibouti (OPB, 6/7/25) …AND then the “Orange Mastermind” ups the ante by reacting to LA’s anti-ICE protests by sending in the NATIONAL GUARD,

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The Top 32 Events in Portland This Week: June 9–15, 2025

Portland Mercury ·

2025/06/09

8 Seconds Rodeo, Portland Book Week, and More by EverOut Staff We're locked in for another week of exciting events, with top picks from the 8 Seconds Rodeo to the second annual Portland Book Week and from the perfectly ripe James Beard Strawberry Shortcake Week to WasabiFest PDX. For more suggestions, check out our June events guide. MONDAY EXHIBIT Earthen Elegance: The Ceramic Art of BizenThe Portland Japanese

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The Trash Report: GIRLS (Trump and Elon), GIRLS (J....

Portland Mercury ·

2025/06/09

Get your bowls, it's time for a steaming ladle of hot, gossipy garbage. by Elinor Jones Hi babies, and welcome back to the Trash Report! This is the last week of school for families in the area, which means the days of "I can't wait 'til summer" will soon give way to "what are we doing today" and "can you text _____'s mom for a playdate" and "when does school start again?" But enough about my human child; I must

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With Newfound Sway in City Hall, Portland’s...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/06/09

Amid a local budget crisis and national chaos, Portland DSA has big goals. For the first time, it also has a group of allies on City Council. by Taylor Griggs How do you solve a problem like an unprecedented city budget deficit? Over the last few months of budget planning, Portland leaders suggested a host of ways to close the roughly $93 million gap, from closing community centers and cutting positions in the

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Good Morning, News: Homeless Sweep Turns Violent, a...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/06/09

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YOUR SUNDAY READING LIST: Police Cronyism, Gay Things...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/06/08

by Wm. Steven Humphrey GOOD MORNING, SUNDAY! It's the perfect time to catch up on some of the great reporting and stories the Mercury churned out this week! (PRO TIP: If you despise being "the last to know," then be one of the first to know by signing up for Mercury newsletters! All the latest stories shipped directly to your email's in-box... and then... YOUR HEAD.) • Police Bureau Terminates Consulting Contract With Former

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