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YOUR SUNDAY READING LIST: Traffic Safety Woes, Return...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/05/18

by Wm. Steven HumphreyGOOD 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.) • Advocates, Transit Agencies Say Oregon Legislators' Transportation

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Photo Review: Alien Boy vs. Grails

Portland Mercury ·

2025/05/16

Two rad Portland bands, one night… Choose your fighter! by Nolan Parker Whose idea was it to hold release shows for Alien Boy and Grails on the same night, at different venues a mile apart? I’d like to speak to your manager, please! On May 9, Alien Boy unveiled their incredibly fun, emotionally vast You Wanna Fade? at Polaris Hall with LA’s Phony, and Conspire doing their thing, while Grails previewed their

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I'm here for you

Portland Mercury ·

2025/05/16

by Anonymous The only energy I can muster in this world sometimes is just enough to get through the day. I go to work, advocate for the community I care about, volunteer when I can. I try to keep the house in order, stay connected with friends and family. But often, I feel so anxious that social events feel like rolling the bolder up the mountain. I’d rather stay home with a good book or create something beautiful than try to push

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The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Portland This...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/05/16

Mt. Tabor Art Walk, Portland Mercury's Highball, and More Cheap & Easy Events Under $15 by EverOut Staff Pinching pennies this month? We got you! There's still plenty to do this weekend on the cheap, from The Portland Mercury's Highball to the Workers for Shoofly Bake Sale and from Sandler in the Park to the Mt. Tabor Art Walk. For more suggestions, check out our top event picks of the week. FRIDAY FILM Josie

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Good Morning, News: Schmidt Show to Become Podcast,...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/05/16

by Suzette Smith If you appreciate the Mercury's interesting and useful news & culture reporting, consider making a small monthly contribution to support our editorial team. Your donation is tax-deductible. Good Morning, Portland: We're looking at some classic Portland weather for the weekend: Clouds and rain. Temperature highs in the low 60s and mid-40 degrees at night. Sounds like a great time to enter a log lady contest. IN LOCAL

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With Vision Zero Resolution, City Councilor Wants...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/05/16

Since Portland pledged to eliminate traffic fatalities in 2015, deadly crashes have hit 30-year highs. Councilor Tiffany Koyama Lane wants the city to reaffirm its commitment to addressing the crisis. by Taylor Griggs Just about 10 years have passed since Portland City Council first adopted a Vision Zero resolution in June 2015, setting the goal to eliminate traffic deaths and serious injuries on the city’s

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I Try.

Portland Mercury ·

2025/05/16

by Anonymous We’ll see what kind of character they have Friday night. I’m exhausted and can’t make any decisions until I resolve that. So that means I can’t advocate for them during this time either. I’m incredibly disappointed on so many levels, it’s very hard not to take this personally. I’m still a really good bowler though.

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Pavements Is Not Just A Pavement Movie, It’s All...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/05/15

Biopic, doc, concert, museum, musical—Alex Ross Perry's documentary contains five views of the '90s rock band winding around one another. by Dom Sinacola Pavement has always been a band of uneven proportions. Forever on the precipice of the big time, the group never appeared to try hard enough, to want to be understood enough, and their creative output—off-kilter indie rock that sounded both revolutionary and

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Ticket Alert: Kali Uchis, Lorde, and More Portland...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/05/15

Plus, X Ambassadors and More Event Updates for May 15 by EverOut Staff Text your group chat and make a plan to grab tickets to these newly announced shows before they sell out! “Telepatía” songstress Kali Uchis kicks off her tour in Portland this August. What was that? Lorde will bring ultrasounds to the Moda Center. Plus, the X Ambassadors pay a visit to the Crystal Ballroom for the 10th anniversary of their debut

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Criminals Need To Be Charged Accordingly

Portland Mercury ·

2025/05/15

by Anonymous Why is it that these powerful and high profile people never get charged for their serious crimes? Instead the media creates a circus the whole world gets wrapped up in, containing our society's squeamish attitudes and fascination with sex. Donald Trump incited an insurrection (among many other things). Never got charged except for his stupid sexcapades with Stormy Daniels. Currently we have P. Diddy. Guilty of assault and

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

Portland Mercury ·

2025/05/15

by Wm. Steven Humphrey 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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Good Morning, News: Supreme Court vs. Federal Judges,...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/05/15

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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Log Recognize Log: World Forestry Center Celebrates...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/05/14

Log recognize log. by Lindsay Costello In 1905, Portland held a four-month, World’s Fair-size celebration to commemorate the Lewis and Clark Expedition, unveiling as an attraction a log cathedral that housed exhibits on local wildlife and artifacts. This was the Forestry Building, and it burned to the ground in 1964. What we know now as the World Forestry Center opened less than a decade later, when civic leaders

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Album Review: A New Look at Old Joy

Portland Mercury ·

2025/05/14

Yo La Tengo’s score for Kelly Reichardt’s Oregon-made indie classic is out on vinyl for the first time via Mississippi Records. by Patrick Riley Speaking onstage at the Hollywood Theatre, Mississippi Records co-founder Eric Isaacson recalled hearing the sound of Yo La Tengo’s Ira Kaplan digging through boxes, searching for a recording made 20 years ago. Isaacson had called him to gauge interest in

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Good Morning, News: Blazers For Sale, Updates on the...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/05/14

by Taylor Griggs If you’re reading this, you probably know the value of the Mercury’snews 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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Friendship Thrives in This Golden Age of Pathetic Men

Portland Mercury ·

2025/05/13

Modern life is a cage, masculinity is in crisis, Friendship is very much like I Think You Should Leave. by Dom Sinacola In writer-director Paul Schrader’s Grand Guignol of white guy shame, 1979’s Hardcore, George C. Scott is Jake VanDorn, a middle-aged small business owner from Grand Rapids, Michigan who must travel to California to rescue his teenage daughter from the porn industry. A boring and arguably pathetic

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Mercury Music Picks: Hyperpop’s Enfant Terrible Alice...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/05/13

Plus electronic music daddies, PNW favorites, and Portland music news! by Nolan Parker Jesus, it’s already mid-May! Time’s not linear but this year is just whizzing by! I hope everyone kissed their mammies, buried the hatchet, or were able to do something nice for themselves on Sunday! Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, and birthdays are celebrations of life that—even if you don’t get on with your parents or dislike being

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Boyfriends (Portland Trail Blazers) For Sale!

Portland Mercury ·

2025/05/13

Who wants to throw down and buy the team? by Nolan Parker It was announced this morning—May 13, 2025—that the Portland Trail Blazers are up for sale. This is part of a long term plan by the owner of the NBA franchise, the Paul G. Allen Estate, to sell all of its sports holdings, fully moving its assets into the philanthropic sector. Shared via the team’s Instagram account, the estate has released the

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SAVAGE LOVE: Hurt People

Portland Mercury ·

2025/05/13

His throuple blew up in his face, leaving him heartbroken. But after moving on, guess who comes crawling back? by Dan Savage I’m a 33-year-old gay man in a big city. I am currently in a five-month relationship with a wonderful, sweet man who loves me very much. I love him too. Prior to this I was in a throuple for three years. That relationship was toxic. I was the new addition to the throuple, and I was more in

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Good Morning, News: Peacock Bully Behind Bars, Oregon...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/05/13

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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