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Good Morning, News: Maryland Senator Meets with...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/18

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! There're still a couple days left in Pizza Week—don't forget to snack! IN LOCAL NEWS:• Portland Trail Blazer Toumani Camara is in the running for NBA Defensive Player of the Year. Music editor Nolan Parker

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When a child knocks, ask them if they are okay

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/18

by Anonymous Can children really be volunteers? Or are we just pretending they can because it sounds better than what it is? We have laws to protect kids from being overworked, but all of that disappears the moment we call it volunteering. Suddenly, unpaid labor becomes noble, no matter how many hours it drains. Who benefits from that? And who’s counting those hours? If a child needs permission to go on a field trip, how can they give

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Oops I did it again

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/18

by Anonymous I never loved you. I created an idealized version of a you that doesn't exist and proceeded to fantasize about something happening between us. I thought you were part of it but maybe I was delusional and caught up in how good if felt to feel seen. I became enamored with a photograph of you that looked back at me with the same desire I had. It started to be the only thing that made me cum. It was exciting and sexy and all the

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Choosing is a sin

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/18

by Anonymous One things I keep in mind is that among the first audiences for anything we say or compose is ourselves. So what I think I’m saying to someone else, I’m really saying to my self first… including this. Maybe the same is for other people as well. Also, maybe we could relax have fun and trust each other more. We don’t have to be scared of each other. Sometimes people need avenues to vent a little steam. Sometimes this is done

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Imago's Salome Is Tied Together by the Dance of the...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/17

Jaiden Wirth and Max Bernsohnreprise the onstage intensity we recently saw between them in A Streetcar Named Desire. by John Rudoff Oscar Wilde originally wrote Salome in French because he predicted it would be quickly banned in Victorian-era England. (He was correct.) Wilde revised an English translation, but he never saw his play produced in either language—by that time, he'd been imprisoned for "gross

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Ticket Alert: The Marías, Lucy Dacus, and More...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/17

Plus, Ice Cube and More Event Updates for April 17 by EverOut Staff We’re putting newly announced events on your radar—lucky you! The Marías will bring their bilingual indie pop to the Moda Center this summer. Lucy Dacus, queer icon and one-third of boygenius, is on tour supporting her fourth solo album Forever is a Feeling. Plus, N.W.A legend Ice Cube will speak truth to power on a retrospective tour of his

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Whizzing Past Me On The Springwater Corridor

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/17

by Anonymous Overheard on the Springwater Corridor: "He likes to push people down stairs? And he wants me to take him to the Grand Canyon?!?!"

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Photo Essay: Scenes from Pizza Week

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/17

It’s Pizza Week, a time to reflect and meditate on the meaning of pizza in all of our lives. by Corbin Smith Pizza: light of our lives, food divine, perfection in a slice. It is said in Virgil’s Aeneid, that Aneas—exiled from his home after the destruction of Troy by the Greeks—ate pizza on the travels to the Roman homeland. Since that mighty spearman chowed down, pizza has sat at the center of the world’s

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Choice

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/17

by Anonymous you won’t believe where i come from. you won’t understand why i exist or what looks through my eyes. i have never needed you to understand. i have needed you to listen, reflect, and act. but, you didn’t. if i had treated you like a puzzle, and cajoled you with just-so-precise supplication, would you have lived up to your values? instead i treated you like a person capable of moral thought and conscious choice, and you chose

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

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/17

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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POP QUIZ PDX: Sassy-Ass Trivia About Naughty...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/17

See how well YOU score on this week's super fun trivia quiz! by Wm. Steven Humphrey WHAT'S THE DEETS, MARSHMALLOW PEEPS? 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 naughty landlords, Trump-inspired bullshit, and... congrats! You get to

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Update: Using K9, Tear Gas, and Robots, Police Arrest...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/17

Following crisis negotiations that ended without arrest earlier in the week, police returned to NW Portland for a tense arrest of an unhoused man with warrants. by Courtney Vaughn Updated: 8:40 am Thursday, April 17 Portland police officers returned to Northwest Portland Wednesday afternoon, to effectuate the arrest of a man involved in an armed standoff earlier in the week. Police used a bevy of weapons, including

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Good Morning, News: Houseless Numbers Jump, OSU...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/17

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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Sinners: the Vampire Musical With a Cunnilingus Tutorial

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/16

In which acclaimed director Ryan Coogler keeps alive the tradition of hiding art in a vampire movie. by HR Smith As a director and screenwriter, Ryan Coogler has built a career as an unparalleled interpreter of other people’s intellectual property. With Creed, he became the first person who isn’t Sylvester Stallone to write a film in the Rocky franchise. With Black Panther, he nailed the near-impossible assignment

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Tech Workers at Adidas Claim Late Payments, Other...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/16

Contract workers at Adidas allege labor issues that reflect broader problems in the corporate IT world. by Abe Asher When an information technology (IT) technician was beginning their career in IT services at Designer Shoe Warehouse, they had a notion that one day they wanted to end up in Portland. “The dream was to come here and work at Nike or Adidas,” the IT worker (referred to in this story as "IT manager")

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Define the Relationship

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/16

by Anonymous Literacy refers to the ability to read, write, understand, and communicate effectively across various forms of language, including written, oral, visual, and digital modes. It encompasses both foundational skills and the capacity to apply them in real-life contexts. While individuals may possess the skills associated with reading and writing, literacy also includes the active and functional use of those skills. Therefore,

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Good Morning, News: White House Targets PSU...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/16

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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I'm Confused By Your Price Increases (1/2)

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/15

by Anonymous Thinking of more than one business in particular who raised their prices, sometime before Trump was elected a second term, citing an increase in costs all around. I was assured as a customer that this was unavoidable and that you were trying to keep prices as low as possible (still a valid scenario that I understand and have empathy for for most of you, especially for food carts and the smallest businesses alike). However,

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I'm Confused By Your Price Increases (2/2)

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/15

by Anonymous Some larger businesses like New Seasons whose prices have always been a slap in the face, I've come to expect this from (F.U. by the way, for leading me to believe for years that a higher price tag was necessary for you to treat your workers in an exceptionally well manner, which turned out to NOT be the case). But also some other mid level businesses as well. I suppose this is just capitalism? Would I do the same in your

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Where to Get Food for Easter 2025 in Portland

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/15

Brunch, Hot Cross Buns, and More by EverOut Staff Spring has sprung, which means Easter Sunday (April 20) is just around the corner. Eggs are still at a premium, so forgo the Easter egg hunt this year in favor of seasonal treats like carrot cake, hot cross buns, and more. Whether you're looking for baked goods for your Easter table or you want to leave making brunch to someone else, you'll find a tasty option here

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