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The Best of POP QUIZ PDX: How Much Do YOU Know About...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/24

See how well YOU score in this week's super sassy trivia quiz! by Wm. Steven Humphrey HELLO, FUN LOVERS! 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 very special "Portland Fun Guide" edition, we're testing your knowledge on our city's most famous locations, and how much YOU know about them! Think you're

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Good Morning, News: How to Have Fun in Portland,...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/24

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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For fuck’s sake!

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/24

by Anonymous Watch your fucking backpack! I am sick of being hit in the head, arm, or shoulder by a purse or backpack because some oblivious douche canoe cannot be bothered to pay attention! You are on a public bus, with people! Wake up!

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The Mercury Presents: The Portlander’s Guide to FUN!

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/24

Turn your frowns upside down(s) with our roadmap to finding the good time you deserve. by Wm. Steven Humphrey [Read all of the articles in our Portland Fun Guide HERE! Looking for a print copy? Look at this handy-dandy map! Don't feel like stepping out? Get the Mercury delivered straight to your door.—eds.] Look, we get it: with everything going on in the world, having fun, being happy, or even feeling the

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Be a Hero in Your City!

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/24

How to be civically engaged and care for your community in the age of Trump. by Courtney Vaughn [Read all of the articles in our Portland Fun Guide HERE! Looking for a print copy? Look at this handy-dandy map!—eds.] For many, Donald Trump’s second term in office has been a dizzying descent into chaos. The unraveling of our federal government, and disregard for the Constitution is unconscionable. It’s also been a

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See Your City on a Bike!

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/24

Explore the often unseen Portland with these four routes that cover a variety of situations. by Taylor Griggs [Read all of the articles in our Portland Fun Guide HERE! Looking for a print copy? Look at this handy-dandy map!—eds.] Everyone knows Portland is a great city for biking. But once you have your bike, and you’re on the street getting ready to push the pedals, you may find yourself wondering: Where should I

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Things To Do And See With EBT

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/24

Arts For All makes checking out many of the city’s cultural institutions a lot less expensive! by Nolan Parker [Read all of the articles in our Portland Fun Guide HERE! Looking for a print copy? Look at this handy-dandy map!—eds.] Did you know that as someone receiving food and/or cash assistance from the State of Oregon, you are automatically able to take advantage of the Arts For All—a program that allows

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Group Therapy

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/24

Finding friends (and fun!) in Portland with group activities. by Corbin Smith [Read all of the articles in our Portland Fun Guide HERE! Looking for a print copy? Look at this handy-dandy map!—eds.] Group activities: they lead to friendship, romance, creative fulfillment, exercise, and exposure to nature. But getting involved can seem strange, alien. That’s why the Portland Mercury, your favorite newspaper, is here

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Big Love For Portland’s Small Venues

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/24

Our city’s small capacity venues rule and so do you… it’s a match made in heaven! by Mercury Music Staff [Read all of the articles in our Portland Fun Guide HERE! Looking for a print copy? Look at this handy-dandy map!—eds.] Seeing artists like Doja Cat and Portugal. the Man in small capacity venues before they blow up is incredibly memorable not (only) because it’s a bragging point, it’s also

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Keep Portland Reel Weird

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/24

Your guide to the city’s independent movie theaters. by Dom Sinacola [Read all of the articles in our Portland Fun Guide HERE! Looking for a print copy? Look at this handy-dandy map!—eds.] At the Oscars in March, Best Director Sean Baker took the stage with a warning: “Right now the theater-going experience is under threat. Movie theaters, and especially independently-owned theaters, are struggling, and it’s

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Portland’s Best Tourist Destinations (for the...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/24

Discover hidden gardens, historic neighborhoods… and entertaining truck stops? by Abe Asher [Read all of the articles in our Portland Fun Guide HERE! Looking for a print copy? Look at this handy-dandy map!—eds.] Portland is not known for big-ticket tourist attractions. We have a few, to be sure, but the real draw of the city is its approach to life—creative, independent, unhurried, and green. So if you have

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Chaos Tonight!

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/24

A tour of Portland’s funniest comedy game and talk shows. by Kate Murphy [Read all of the articles in our Portland Fun Guide HERE! Looking for a print copy? Look at this handy-dandy map!—eds.] Mentioned here many times over, Portland is a comedy town where traditional stand-up thrives. These days, alternative-format unscripted comedy shows put on by stand-ups are taking the spotlight—and we’re here for it

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Six Essential Events for Black Culture and Community...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/24

Celebrating Blackness with rodeo, music, brunch, and more! by Jenni Moore [Read all of the articles in our Portland Fun Guide HERE! Looking for a print copy? Look at this handy-dandy map!—eds.] Contrary to popular belief, Portland’s Black community has a significant presence in the city, and the impact and influence of Black culture on the city’s food, arts, and music scenes is undeniable. These six events are

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Ticket to Ride

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/24

A guide to Portland’s most scenic TriMet bus trips. by Lindsay Costello [Read all of the articles in our Portland Fun Guide HERE! Looking for a print copy? Look at this handy-dandy map!—eds.] After years of depending on TriMet to get around Portland, I’ve developed a complicated relationship with the city’s transit system. One can direct many valid criticisms TriMet’s way—it’s plagued by asshole fare cops, a

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Four Kinds of Dive Bars You'll Find in Portland

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/24

Categorizing beloved drinking institutions for fun and arguments. by Suzette Smith [Read all of the articles in our Portland Fun Guide HERE! Looking for a print copy? Look at this handy-dandy map!—eds.] Portland has so many dive bars, and folks feel passionately about each one. But the word "dive" can encompass many vibes. Generally, a dive possesses a lack of pretension and a promise of cheaper-end drinks. The

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Showing Up and Showing Out

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/24

The many ways Portland’s queer and trans people take care of each other. by Blair Stenvick [Read all of the articles in our Portland Fun Guide HERE! Looking for a print copy? Look at this handy-dandy map!—eds.] I’ve lived in Portland as an out queer person for more than a decade now, and the longer I live here, the more in awe I am of the way Portland queers show up, speak up, spread joy, and do the

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Play—With Your Food

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/24

Three food-filled Portland-area recreational places to get your game on. by Janey Wong [Read all of the articles in our Portland Fun Guide HERE! Looking for a print copy? Look at this handy-dandy map!—eds.] We’ve all heard the saying “don’t play with your food”—and when it comes to the literal sense, we as upstanding humans adhere to the wise words. But that doesn’t mean mealtime has to be all starched white

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Dinner and a Show!

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/24

Portland’s top places to get your grub (and entertainment) on. by Andrea Damewood [Read all of the articles in our Portland Fun Guide HERE! Looking for a print copy? Look at this handy-dandy map!—eds.] Portland needs a Medieval Times. Like, what city would get MORE into the idea of swigging ale, chomping a turkey leg, and watching people joust in period specific costumes? Feels right up our alley. That being

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Sorry… Shutting Down All Systems

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/24

Portland’s best quiet places (when one needs to disassociate). by Elinor Jones [Read all of the articles in our Portland Fun Guide HERE! Looking for a print copy? Look at this handy-dandy map!—eds.] Sometimes when life gives you lemons, you can make lemonade. Other times, you just look at the lemons and deeply seethe at your misfortune. Like, lemons? Again with the fucking lemons? WHAT HAVE I DONE TO DESERVE

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Hear In Portland: Night Heron Album Release, Seun...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/23

Read all about what’s on the music forecast, Hear In Portland! by Jenni Moore Now that we’re in the thick of Portland's pollening and have been enjoying some ridiculously gorgeous days, we’ve also been loving some new tunes perfectly primed for sunny weather soundtracks. This week we’re bumping a gorgeous new single by soul songstress Veana Baby, looking forward to Portland band Night Heron’s album release

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