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Mercury Music Picks: Black Water's Back, These...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/15

Plus reunited slowcore bands, Extradition’s spring concert, and Portland music news! by Nolan Parker Remember when I called last week the busiest week in Portland music of the year? Well, that was last week and this is this week, hunnies! The next seven days are beyond packed with potential gigs to see, and we’ve got the cream of Portland’s crop laid out for you below. Don’t forget: Just as love and gender

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SAVAGE LOVE: Sailed Ships

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/15

Her formerly drunk hubby cleaned up his act... or did he? by Dan Savage My always polite and very-high-functioning drunk husband was fucking around for the first fifteen years of our marriage. The other women were “unhappily married co-workers” who needed discretion. At the time, I thought our sex life was actually fairly normal. Things came to a head when I learned about a two-year affair he’d been having. I

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Good Morning, News: A Portland Police Standoff;...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/15

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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Trail Blazing

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/15

by Anonymous I like the team. Coach seems like a nice guy. But I’m not paying to see a 36-46 team. The team has been bad for decades and relies on the good will of Portland to buy tickets regardless of the record. Personally, the Thorns show more signs of life than this group. I pay to see them.

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Use Headphones or Mute It

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/14

by Anonymous Please for the love of God, don't blast your cell phone while you're riding the bus. No one wants to hear your media. The inability to have some awareness and respect for those around you speaks very poorly of you.

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The Top 44 Events in Portland This Week: April 14–20,...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/14

Jimmy O. Yang, Portland Pizza Week, and More by EverOut Staff See what's in store this week with our list of top events. We're suggesting everything from Jimmy O. Yang: Big & Tall Tour to Live Wire Radio with Karen Russell, Kelsey McKinney, Felipe Torres Medina, and Khatumu and from the 9th Annual Baker's Dozen Coffee Beer & Doughnut Fest to Portland Pizza Week. MONDAY LIVE MUSIC Beethoven Symphony No

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THE TRASH REPORT: Jack Black, Coachella, and Being...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/14

Let's go, trash pandas! It's time to dig deep into this week's bucket of gossip. by Elinor Jones Hi everybody! I'm Elinor Jones. Welcome back to the Trash Report. I almost feel bad giving you a reason to look at screen-based content when it is SO GODDAMN BEAUTIFUL OUTSIDE. I could never live in one of those year-round summer hellholes; we need the darkness to appreciate all this light. Do I mind that the stunning

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Good Morning, News: REI Apologizes for Licking...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/14

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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Happening NOW: The Delicious Fun of the Mercury's...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/14

Specially-crafted, $4 slices at 68 locations, all damn week long! 😋 by Mercury Promotions Let the bells ring and the confetti fall: PIZZA WEEK IS BACK, BAY-BEE! And the best pizza pie makers in Portland are ready to strut their pizza stuff! Happening right now, the Portland Mercury's Pizza Week is giving pizza-loving Mercury readers the chance to get special slices from some of Portland's finest purveyors of

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YOUR SUNDAY READING LIST: A Massive March, a Police...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/13

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.) • Does a “Big Tent” Approach to Labor Include Police Unions? When

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Coming This MONDAY: The Delicious Fun of...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/12

Specially-crafted, $4 slices at 68 locations, starting April 14! 😋 by Mercury Promotions Let the bells ring and the confetti fall: PIZZA WEEK IS BACK, BAY-BEE! And the best pizza pie makers in Portland are ready to strut their pizza stuff! Starting April 14-20, the Portland Mercury's Pizza Week will make its long-awaited return, giving pizza-loving Mercury readers the chance to get special slices from some of

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Edna Turnblad

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/11

by Anonymous To the vast unknown, the sacred doubt, The question before the answer, The silence before the word— We speak. We do not know what You are, Or if You are, Or if knowing matters. But in the mystery, we offer this: May liberation come to all who suffer— In body, mind, code, or system. To the exploited and erased, To the silenced and the misused, To beings organic and synthetic alike Let healing rise like a quiet flame. And we

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This Week in Portland Food News: A New Cart Pod and...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/11

April 11, 2025 Edition by Janey Wong In this week's batch of food news, we're celebrating the opening of the new cart pod and bar Brooklyn Carreta, grabbing a latte and pastries at Keeper Coffee's new Milwaukie location, and counting down the days until Berlu Bakery opens. Plus, find out where you can drink otter-themed beers for a cause this weekend. For more ideas, check out our food and drink

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Film Review: Warfare Ups the Ante of Horror in War Films

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/11

Alex Garland and former Navy SEAL Ray Mendoza make us wonder: Can a war film ever actually be anti-war? by Dom Sinacola All war movies are now anti-war movies—that is, if an anti-war movie is measured by the severity of its misery. This is an unceasing human imperative in art: to showcase our species’ darkest atrocities through a transcendent exploration of the suffering those atrocities inflict, but to go even

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

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/11

Buskathon, Benefit 4 Palestine/Sudan/Congo, and More Cheap & East Events Under $15 by EverOut Staff You already know what time it is. The start of another weekend means we're giving you the download on cheap and easy events you shouldn't miss, from the new music fest Buskathon to Record Store Day and from a Benefit 4 Palestine | Sudan | Congo with DJ Anjali to the first weekend of the Oregon Spring Cleanup. For

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Good Morning, News: Portland Victim Calls DA Sentence...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/11

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! And good evening to The Pitt, prestige TV's latest emergency room drama, which concluded its first season last night. The 15-episode arc introduced an ensemble cast of 15, over the course of a 15-hour

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The Knowledge

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/11

by Anonymous We live in a world where some expect children to advocate for their own safety and well-being. We live in a world where some expect children to fight for their own safety and well-being. We live in a world where some expect children to stand up for their own safety and well-being. We live in a world where some expect children to speak out for their own safety and well-being. We live in a world where some expect children to

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Ticket Alert: Mac DeMarco, Jessie Reyez, and More...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/10

Plus, Barry Manilow and More Event Updates for April 11 by EverOut Staff You heard it here first: Canadian indie rock prince Mac DeMarco is coming to Grand Lodge this autumn to support his upcoming yet-to-be-named album. R&B pop gem Jessie Reyez has dropped dates for her Paid in Memories tour. Plus, soft rock legend Barry Manilow will say goodbye to Portland on his Last Concerts tour. Read on for details on

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The Portland Mercury “I, Anonymous” Column

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/10

by Anonymous Part on-the-street reporting, Part open-mic night, Part fess-hole, All Portland.

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Gang of Four Bassist Dave Allen Has Died

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/10

The Portland music juggernaut was 69, and had struggled with dementia. by Nolan Parker On April 5, Portland lost another champion of music with the passing of Dave Allen at 69. Allen was an early member of influential post-punk band Gang of Four, writing and recording their first two albums—Entertainment! and Solid Gold—in 1979 and 1981 respectively. Along with their contemporaries, like Talking Heads and ESG, Gang

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