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Project Pabst Is Back in a Big Way This Summer

Portland Mercury ·

2025/02/25

New music editor Nolan Parker admits that they were not really plussed on the 2024 Project Pabst line-up, but this 2025 one slaps. Line-up drop coming at you like a street-walking cheetah, with a heart full of napalm! by Nolan Parker After a seven year sabbatical, Project Pabst reemerged once again in the summer of 2024, taking over a portion of Tom McCall Waterfront Park for the signature Portland festival thrown

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Good Morning, News: Providence Strike Ends, Climate...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/02/25

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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Climate Advocates Will Appeal the City’s Zenith Decision

Portland Mercury ·

2025/02/25

A coalition of climate organizations and Portland residents plan to challenge Zenith’s land use approval with the state Land Use Board of Appeals, citing a lack of public process. by Taylor Griggs The city of Portland may be required to defend its decision to grant Zenith Energy a key land use credential to the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA), following a legal challenge from a coalition of climate

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Matt Braunger’s Elevator Pitch

Portland Mercury ·

2025/02/24

The Portland-born comedian explains why seeing his upcoming show is a pretty good idea. by Melissa Locker Matt Braunger thinks you should go see Matt Braunger at the Aladdin Theater on March 1st. “Why? Because you're going to see a hilarious stand-up,” Braunger says in his elevator pitch, “someone who's been doing it 20-plus years, is constantly evolving, and is a son of the soil who has worked altruistically, but

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The Top 43 Events in Portland This Week: Feb 24–Mar...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/02/24

Tyler, The Creator, Deftones, and More by EverOut Staff Looking for things to do? Don't worry, we got you. This week, we're pointing you towards events from Tyler, The Creator's CHROMAKOPIA: THE WORLD TOUR to the Deftones and from Tim Heidecker's On Cinema Oscar Special to Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? MONDAY FILM Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me“Through the darkness of future past, the magician longs to see, one

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Author Q & A: Omar El Akkad on Gaza, Power, and the...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/02/24

The award-winning author discusses his urgent new book and why we must resist the impulse to forget. by Emma Pattee It all began with a tweet. In October 2023, weeks after Israel began bombing Gaza, the writer Omar El Akkad shared a video showing a destroyed city street in Gaza. El Akkad wrote, “One day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold

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THE TRASH REPORT: Would You Rather: Diet Coke with...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/02/24

Dig deep into the latest (and trashiest!) pile of gossip. by Elinor Jones Hello, and welcome to the Trash Report! I am Elinor Jones, AKA Mother Trash Panda, AKA a bag of flesh wrapped in athleisure and covered in blankets. I told myself I was not going to buy any new clothes this year—just trades or vintage—but it's only February and I did not factor in quite so much aggressive relaxing. Stretchy pants were not cut

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"Dear Elon Musk: Here's What I Accomplished Last Week"

Portland Mercury ·

2025/02/24

Mercury Editor Wm. Steven Humphrey answers Elon Musk's threatening weekend email to federal employees. by Wm. Steven Humphrey [Editor's Note: On Saturday evening, February 22, billionaire White House advisor Elon Musk sent an email (from OPM, the Office of Personnel Management) to 2.3 million US federal employees, telling them to send "approx. 5 bullets" describing what they accomplished at work last week, and to

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Good Morning, News: Soaking Windy Weather, New City...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/02/24

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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YOUR SUNDAY READING LIST: PPB vs Trump's FBI, a...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/02/23

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.) • Will Portland Police Cooperate with Trump’s FBI? “My family was

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I Feel for These Guys

Portland Mercury ·

2025/02/23

by Anonymous I was handed the feared termination "pink slip" at a federal agency in 1996. I kicked the trash can on my way out of the room. Luckily, I was able to use the civil service appeal system, to convince the administrative law judge (ALJ) that I was providing a unique, essential service. So three months out of work, with a nice trip to San Fran in the middle. But all the fed workers fired now will swamp the appeal system, &

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Who are you?

Portland Mercury ·

2025/02/22

by Anonymous I'm neurodivergent and I want you to think more about your behavior. Being neurodivergent means my brain works differently than most people’s, and because of this, I have faced many challenges that others might not try to understand. I have been the target of hurtful workplace gossip. People have spread rumors and fearmongered about me because I do not act like everyone else. I have also been the victim of planned and

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Y'all know me, still the same OG

Portland Mercury ·

2025/02/22

by Anonymous I had really hoped they would figure it out by now. But alas, different people have different learning styles, and it wouldn't be very inclusive of us it we didn't provide the opportunity for some to learn the hard way. This message is primarily geared to those with empathy and anxiety: IN the COMING days and weeks you may see some strange things, these could be upsetting and emotional to endure. Rest assured it will all

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This Week in Portland Food News

Portland Mercury ·

2025/02/22

An Izakaya, A Wood-Fired Steakhouse, and A Farm-to-Table Spot by EverOut Staff This week, we're delving into a few new fancy dining destinations, including a Las Vegas-born izakaya, a locally minded neighborhood spot from the team behind Abbey Road Farm, and a wood-fired Italian steakhouse from a Top Chef star. Plus, learn about an upcoming barbecue cart and a stylish supper club. For more ideas, check out our food

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Will Portland Police Cooperate with Trump’s FBI?

Portland Mercury ·

2025/02/21

The Police Bureau’s relationship with a federal anti-terrorism task force triggered a broader conversation about illegal surveillance, racial profiling, and Islamophobia. by Courtney Vaughn For years Portland Police Bureau has cooperated with the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF), but with a new federal administration intent on broadening the JTTF’s scope and power, city leaders are uneasy about PPB’s

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What is on the other side of the fear?

Portland Mercury ·

2025/02/21

by Anonymous Are you here with me, buffeted between outrage and despair? I feel tightness in my chest, hot tears that flow without warning, wiry energy that animates my arms and legs towards fight, towards flight. Disorganization catalyzed by an all-too-successful campaign of terror. The chaos of these times rips through us like fire and burns away the parts of us that cannot withstand the heat. Know, somewhere deep in your body, that

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

Portland Mercury ·

2025/02/21

Zwickelmania, J. Graves, and More Cheap & Easy Events Under $15 by EverOut Staff Whether your weekend's slightly busy or wide open, we're suggesting some cheap and easy events worth your time, from Zwickelmania to J. Graves and from a Printer Party at Sonny's House to And Still We Rise: Fundraiser Supporting the Trans Community. For more ideas, check out our roundup of this week's top

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Good Morning, News: Asteroid, Come Back! Kash Patel...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/02/21

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! Get excited about sandwiches because the Mercury's Sandwich Week returns in early March. I have nothing to do with the food weeks—send your compliments to sales—but I do like a nice melt. Now, plz melt with me

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The Long Road Back: A 2025 Portland Timbers Preview

Portland Mercury ·

2025/02/21

After a humiliating end-of-season defeat, can the Timbers return to their winning ways? by Abe Asher The last time the Portland Timbers took the field for a competitive match, they suffered what was easily among the most humiliating defeats in club history: a 5-0 drubbing, at home, in a playoff game, against a Vancouver Whitecaps team that was about to fire its coach. On Sunday afternoon, February 23, the Timbers

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Immigrants

Portland Mercury ·

2025/02/21

by Anonymous A good third of the country is ready to kill immigrants as they view them as foreign invaders, mass perpetrators of heinous crimes, job usurpers, and parasites feeding hoggishly at the public trough. Of course, none of this happens to be true. This is the crooked tale told by political operatives to create a distraction such that the real political aims of the party in question remain well hidden from the voting public. In

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