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Portland Playwright Mikki Gillette Imagines Warhol...

Portland Mercury ·

2024/05/30

Mikki Gillette's new play Blonde on a Bum Trip is a robust work of pop art history, authentically delusional comedy, and tender realism. But do yourself a favor and read the wiki before you see it. by Andrew Jankowski We generally remember Andy Warhol's art as brightly-colored paintings of soup cans or his nearly five-minute performance of eating a hamburger in "Andy Warhol Eating a Hamburger." But at his

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

Portland Mercury ·

2024/05/30

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 DOLLS! SPORTS!...

Portland Mercury ·

2024/05/30

See how well YOU score on this week's super fun trivia quiz! by Wm. Steven Humphrey LET'S GO, BRAINY BRITCHES! 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 local celebs who are literal dolls, remembering the late, great Bill Walton, and SLOTHS. (And in

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Good Morning, News: Cops Get $1 Million for More Riot...

Portland Mercury ·

2024/05/30

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! Hey, sun lovers! Get ready for a couple of gorgeous-to-mostly-gorgeous days with a high of 72 today and 78 (!)

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City Will Spend an Estimated $1.1 Million on...

Portland Mercury ·

2024/05/30

Stockpiling weapons and the return of Portland's crowd control team is reigniting dialog about how police respond to protests. by Courtney Vaughn As city bureaus are undergoing budget cuts to address a projected funding shortfall in the next budget cycle, the city of Portland will spend an estimated $1.1 million on shields, munitions, and training for police. In what was termed as an "emergency vote" on Wednesday,

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A Live, Human-Free Bicycle Advocacy Bot

Portland Mercury ·

2024/05/30

by Anonymous Computer programs in a website can do a lot of useful tasks. They can take your email address for newsletters, send out newsletters, and communicate your name, debit card and information to your bank to take a monthly donation. It can publish online articles. It can list "advocacy", "programs", "partners" and "education". It can list "Contact Us" information, and can even link to it. Where it fails is when a live human being

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Get Ready! The Mercury's HIGHBALL WEEK Starts Monday,...

Portland Mercury ·

2024/05/29

$8 inventive cocktails from 29 of Portland's best barkeeps... all damn week long! by Wm. Steven Humphrey CALLING ALL BOOZE LOVERS! It's the triumphant return of the Portland Mercury's HIGHBALL! That's correct: Get ready for an ENTIRE WEEK (June 3-9) of specially crafted, original cocktails mixed by the best bartenders in town… and get this, they're only $8 each! 🤯 We've teamed up with the finest bars and

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Good Morning, News: Mysteries on the Oregon Coast, US...

Portland Mercury ·

2024/05/29

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! You can expect light rain on and off today with a high of 66 degrees—which would be the perfect drinking weather if the

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Ten Years of Food Reviews (and One Apology)

Portland Mercury ·

2024/05/28

Portland food critic Andrea Damewood revisits three restaurants and one food cart that have deliciously endured. by Andrea Damewood Take a moment to remember spring 2014. “Happy” by Pharell topped the Billboard charts, and The Lego Movie was peak cinema. Skinny jeans were awesome, and I was 29 years old. I rented in Northeast Portland, and I also published my first column as the food critic for the Portland

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SAVAGE LOVE: Slick Moves

Portland Mercury ·

2024/05/28

"My sex pal won't stop mishandling our lube." Can Dan help this person navigate their slippery situation? by Dan Savage I’m frustrated. I’m transmasc and use silicone “attachments.” My partner is AMAB. Also relevant: We have very old hardwood floors, non-laminated. For YEARS, I have expressed frustrations about the careless ways my partner handles silicone lube. Multiple times, he has created dangerous slippery

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The Top 34 Events in Portland This Week: May 28–June...

Portland Mercury ·

2024/05/28

Red Hot Chili Peppers, Monet to Matisse, and More Top Picks by EverOut Staff This week, we're closing May out strong and diving right into June, thanks in part to stellar events from the Red Hot Chili Peppers' Unlimited Love Tour to Kamasi Washington and from Monet to Matisse: French Moderns to Portland Center Stage's production of the Tony Award-nominated Clyde's. TUESDAY LIVE MUSIC Red Hot Chili Peppers:

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Good Morning, News: Former Trail Blazer Dies,...

Portland Mercury ·

2024/05/28

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! Hopefully you enjoyed the holiday weekend. If you didn’t, just remember, it’s officially corn season! View

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AIPAC Buys Blumenauer's Seat

Portland Mercury ·

2024/05/26

by Anonymous I want to weep over how Susheela Jayapal, an early advocate for a Gaza ceasefire, lost big this primary. She was outspent by Maxine Dexter’s campaign several times over, with funding tied predominantly to the pro-Israel lobby AIPAC (through anonymous spending with undisclosed donors), per reporting of the Intercept and the Mercury. Dexter told the Willamette Week on Election Day that she hasn’t compromised her values “for

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YOUR SUNDAY READING LIST: The Biggest Election News...

Portland Mercury ·

2024/05/26

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.) • DA Mike Schmidt Concedes in Primary Election Marked by Big Spending,

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PSU Student Union?

Portland Mercury ·

2024/05/26

by Anonymous PSUSU dismantled? It must have been critiquing the university in a way that the university itself could no longer look the other way. Remember students, union strong, means you have power. That's why every day we're seeing more unions being formed in the workplace. It's strange that the PSU Student union went away during this unionizing moment in history. The PSU Student Union can be resuscitated, it just needs you and then

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Supreme Illogic

Portland Mercury ·

2024/05/25

by AnonymousImagine a country with fifty states, each of which operates semi-autonomously, even concerning national issues, such as the election of the chief executive and members of the national legislature. Now imagine that each of these states is allowed to write laws that determine who may and may not vote, where they must live for those votes to actually matter in the outcome, and for whom they may and may not vote. Stop imagining

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Which Shoe Drops First

Portland Mercury ·

2024/05/25

by Anonymous Here are some of the things I expect to happen within the next ten years. Any one of these could end life on planet Earth, or at least alter it for the worse to such a degree that survival might seem a curse. 1. Full-blown fascism arrives and becomes entrenched in the United States. On the international stage, traditional alliances collapse as nations realign. Nationally, democracy withers and dies, and civil rights are

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Proposed Ballot Measure to Repeal Police Oversight...

Portland Mercury ·

2024/05/24

Judge greenlights police union initiative to scrap and replace Portland’s independent oversight board—which was approved by voters—after striking down a previous PPA measure. by Courtney Vaughn A police union proposal that would effectively repeal and replace Portland’s voter-approved police oversight board now has legal approval to proceed with signature collecting for the November ballot. On

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Private or Public?

Portland Mercury ·

2024/05/24

by Anonymous Regarding public universities.... What constitutes a public good? Is there a point where transparency of too much privatization of a public institution should be made known? Has the federal and the state officials failed in keeping public colleges even 50 percent public? Structural adjustments professors forced into precarious job settings, and programs disappearing while real estate becomes more attractive and

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This Week In Portland Food News

Portland Mercury ·

2024/05/24

Ice Cream, Frozen Custard, and Chicken Curry Puffs by EverOut Staff There's plenty to be excited about this week, from a convenient new Thai option to the upcoming opening of Naomi Pomeroy's frozen custard shop. Plus, discover where to find mango sticky rice sundaes and strawberry Pocky macarons. For more ideas, check out our food and drink guide. NEW OPENINGS AND RETURNS Phaya Thai ExpressThe team behind

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