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The Top 47 Events in Portland This Week: June 10–16,...

Portland Mercury ·

2024/06/10

Portland Book Week, Cavetown & Mother Mother, and More by EverOut Staff It's a new dawn, it's a new day, it's a new week...and we're feeling good. Go forth and enjoy yourself at events from Portland Book Week to Juneteenth Oregon and from Cavetown & Mother Mother at Edgefield to John Malkovich in The Music Critic at the Symphony. MONDAY FILM Mississippi Records Music & Film: Chess of the WindIf Chess of the

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THE TRASH REPORT: Commence Tiny Bitch Summer!

Portland Mercury ·

2024/06/10

Line up for your bowl of the week's hottest (and trashiest) gossip! by Elinor Jones Hello, baby angel Trash Pandas, and welcome to The Trash Report! I'm your girl, Elinor Jones. I am really glad that June is Pride Month because if the month was up for grabs, I could be tempted to be one of those people who try to celebrate "birthday month;" since I know I cannot compete with Pride, I mostly ignore my birthday, like

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Good Morning, News: Vasquez's Sneaky Backroom Deal,...

Portland Mercury ·

2024/06/10

by Wm. Steven Humphrey The Mercury provides news and fun every single day—but your help is essential. 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 us. Thanks for your support! GOOD MORNING, PORTLAND! Get ready for another week of gorgeous weather, with sunny-sun skies and highs hovering around 78-80 all the damn way

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Breweries Are Not a Playpen

Portland Mercury ·

2024/06/10

by Anonymous You look miserable. Your husband is deep in his phone screen. You half-heartedly interact with who I would guess is his mother. And she appears to be the only one sort of watching your kids, who both screech and stampede the brewery patio like banshees. Breweries are not a playpen for your kids. It seems that you have developed the skill of tuning them out, and I have no doubt that is helpful. But I worked 40 hours this week

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YOUR SUNDAY READING LIST: City Council Candidates,...

Portland Mercury ·

2024/06/09

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.) • Meet the City Council Candidates This week marked the first day to

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He Isn't the DA Yet, but Nathan Vasquez Already...

Portland Mercury ·

2024/06/08

Local groups cry foul after Vasquez scores backroom deal for drug prosecution funding. by Courtney Vaughn A handful of local advocacy and nonprofit groups are denouncing a recent budget increase for the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office to pay for an anticipated uptick in criminal prosecutions of drug crimes. A letter signed by Safety and Justice Oregon, Portland for All, Next Up Action Fund, Unite

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This Week In Portland Food News

Portland Mercury ·

2024/06/07

Oatmeal Cookies, Vegan Ice Cream, and Rainbow Pizza by EverOut Staff Get ready for a sugar rush this weekend with the arrival of a new Kate's Ice Cream location and the pandemic-borne bakery Nate's Oatmeal Cookies. Plus, the short-lived Il Paffuto says goodbye, and Kann chef/owner Gregory Gourdet gets a fancy new gig in New York. For more ideas, check out our food and drink guide. NEW OPENINGS Kate's Ice CreamThe

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

Portland Mercury ·

2024/06/07

Grand Floral Parade, Dead Guy Music Fest, and More Cheap & Easy Events Under $15 by EverOut Staff A couple of the Portland Rose Festival's biggest events—the Grand Floral Parade and the Dragon Boat Races—are happening this weekend. Or perhaps the Dead Guy Music Fest or My People's Market 14 are more your scene. For more ideas, check out our guide to the top events of the week. FRIDAY COMEDY Kickstand Comedy In

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Good Morning, News: Suspected Serial Killer in Court,...

Portland Mercury ·

2024/06/07

by Courtney Vaughn The Mercury provides news and fun every single day—but your help is essential. 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 us. Thanks for your support! GOOD MORNING, PORTLAND! Keep your shades on because today’s high is 87 degrees. 😎🌶 No, it’s not summer yet. living her best life

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Clip Your Fingernails

Portland Mercury ·

2024/06/07

by Anonymous Hey dude it's me, your friend from work. or maybe I'm a friend of a friend. or maybe we hangout at the same bar. It doesn't matter how we know each other, the important thing is the message, not the messenger. And I have an important message for you. You gotta clip your fingernails once a week. Maybe you won't do it every week, but that's the goal. And I get it, you're keeping them clean. Maybe polished. Maybe not that

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Ticket Alert: Cyndi Lauper, Gracie Abrams, and More...

Portland Mercury ·

2024/06/06

Plus, Bob the Drag Queen and More Event Updates for June 6 by EverOut Staff Flamboyant singer and cultural icon Cyndi Lauper’s first tour in a decade will also be her final. Nepo baby Gracie Abrams will kick off a tour for her soon-to-be-released second album, The Secret of Us, in Portland this fall. Plus, get ready for Bob The Drag Queen to walk into the Newmark Theatre purse first. Read on for details on those

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Hear in Portland: Soulful Singer Dani Danger Releases...

Portland Mercury ·

2024/06/06

Hear in Portland this week: • acclaimed local rapper Donte Thomas casually drops four new songs, NBD! • We are immediately in love again with Dani Danger's new track "Break This Spell" • Aminé's Best Day Ever sounds like it might actually be a Best Weekend... by Jenni Moore While on a larger scale the music world is brimming with extraneous drama and disconcerting current affairs, we think a

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Meet the Portland City Council Candidates: District 4

Portland Mercury ·

2024/06/06

These candidates are running in the district composed of Portland's west side and some Southeast neighborhoods. by Courtney Vaughn Updated: June 6 This page will be updated as new candidates file for election. Thanks to a charter reform measure passed by voters in 2022, Portland is getting a new form of government, and it will come with a brand new districting system. In November 2024, Portlanders will vote for

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

Portland Mercury ·

2024/06/06

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 Questions About the Sexy...

Portland Mercury ·

2024/06/06

Ahoy, there! See how well YOU score (on the quiz, not with the sailors)! by Wm. Steven Humphrey AHOY THERE, BRAINY PANTS! 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 this week, your brain will be tested on how much you know about the SEXY, SEXY sailors of Fleet Week (as well as other unsexy non-sailor related

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Ponder the Mysteries of Greg in Middletown Mall

Portland Mercury ·

2024/05/31

Third Rail Repertory Theatre closes out their season in a mall wasteland.by John Rudoff Middletown Mall is a marvelously bland name for a generic no-place middle-America shopping mall in the late ’90s. It is here that playwright Lava Alapai sets her scene and where Third Rail Repertory Theatre takes us for its final production of the 2023-24 season. While you may be initially drawn in by the energy of four

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This Week In Portland Food News

Portland Mercury ·

2024/05/31

Smash Burgers, A New Hot Pot Spot, and Phin Caphe's Upcoming Beaverton Location by EverOut Staff This week, we're celebrating the arrival of Pleasure Burger's new location and the hot pot purveyor Seventeen Hot Pot, plus Phin Caphe & Boba's impending expansion to Beaverton. Plus, get ready for The Portland Mercury's Highball 2024 and find out where to get vegan chopped cheese doughnuts. For more ideas, check out

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

Portland Mercury ·

2024/05/31

Starlight Parade, Pedalpalooza Kick-Off Ride, and More Cheap & Easy Events Under $15 by EverOut Staff If an easy, breezy weekend is what you're after, we've got all the makings here, with events from the CareOregon Starlight Parade to Pedalpalooza's Kick-Off Ride and from a Powell's Books Warehouse Sale to Ye Olde Gay Faire at Wonderwood Springs. For more ideas, check out our guide to the top events of the week

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Good Morning, News: Donald Trump Is America’s First...

Portland Mercury ·

2024/05/31

by Suzette Smith The Mercury provides news and fun every single day—but your help is essential. 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 us. Thanks for your support! Good Morning, Portland! I happen to think the city should have a ceremonial bong that sits in a place of prominence in the mayor's office—and that's

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Ticket Alert: Justice, Dwight Yoakam, and More...

Portland Mercury ·

2024/05/30

Plus, Unwound and More Event Updates for May 30 by EverOut Staff French electronic duo Justice will make you D.A.N.C.E this fall in support of their forthcoming album, Hyperdrama. Country music legend Dwight Yoakam has also announced a stop in Bend this September. Plus, Unwound will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the seminal post-hardcore album, New Plastic Ideas. Read on for details on those and other newly

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