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Good Morning, News: Protesters Break Into PSU...

Portland Mercury ·

2024/04/30

by Courtney Vaughn GOOD MORNING, PORTLAND! We could be in for thunderstorms today, as we get pelted with rain and chilly temps. Today’s high is a chilly 53 degrees. We're still reeling from yesterday's Steel Bridge train derailment and bridge closure, but life moves on. In LOCAL NEWS: Police called a late night press conference Monday at Central Precinct, to announce that Portland State University leadership has asked them to break up

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Monét X. Change's Life Be Lifin’ Tour Delayed, "But...

Portland Mercury ·

2024/04/29

In the decade since Kevin Bertin called Portland’s Alberta neighborhood their stomping grounds, like has life'd the comedian, singer, and drag artist around the world. Whenever Bertin goes toe to toe with a bigger personality –whether it’s their best friend, Bob the Drag Queen; the drag legend Lady Bunny; or even the Queen of Pop herself –they win hardest when they stick true to themselves. This sounds easy enough, but Bertin concedes that it’s an

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Portland Freight Train Derailment Spotlights...

Portland Mercury ·

2024/04/29

A Union Pacific freight train derailed on the east end of Portland's Steel Bridge Monday, halting traffic for several hours. Advocates say it could've been a lot worse. by Taylor Griggs A Union Pacific (UP) freight train derailed around 6 am Monday morning on the east end of the Steel Bridge, halting all travel across the bridge for more than four hours. While the bridge reopened to all modes of traffic after local

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The Top 41 Events in Portland This Week: Apr 29–May...

Portland Mercury ·

2024/04/29

21 Savage, Alison Roman, and More Top Picks by EverOut Staff This week is gonna be another wet one, but on the bright side, there are plenty of stellar events happening indoors. Plan your week with us with everything from 21 Savage's American Dream Tour to Ben Schwartz & Friends and from Rip City Comedy Fest to Alison Roman Gives Solicited Advice (Live). MONDAY LIVE MUSIC Mannequin PussyYou can go ahead and file

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THE TRASH REPORT: President Jokes vs. Ex-President...

Portland Mercury ·

2024/04/29

It's time to dig deep into this week's receptacle of garbage-y gossip! by Elinor Jones Hello, Trash Pandas, and welcome to another edition of The Trash Report. I've had some serious blues lately and I'm not totally sure why. The likely culprits are: 1) it felt like spring for a second and I opened up my light receptors, but then the weather turned grey again so I absorbed melancholy, or 2) the times we live in,

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Good Morning, News: Train Derailment Closes Steel...

Portland Mercury ·

2024/04/29

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! Expect more mercurial (heh) weather for the next couple days with rando showers and a chance of thunderstorms with

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YOUR SUNDAY READING LIST: Another Gonzalez Flop, Sexy...

Portland Mercury ·

2024/04/28

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.) • City Council Formulates New Public Camping Rules For the Unhoused;

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This Week In Portland Food News

Portland Mercury ·

2024/04/26

Loco Moco, Seafood Pan Roasts, and A Sports Bra Expansion by EverOut Staff In this week's edition of food news, we're delving into plate lunches and pan roasts, looking forward to the opening of a new vinyl bar, and celebrating the Sports Bra's potential national expansion. Plus, find out where to grab strawberry matcha and raspberry butterscotch blondies this weekend. For more ideas, check out our food and drink

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

Portland Mercury ·

2024/04/26

Independent Bookstore Day, 82nd Avenue of Roses Parade & Carnival, and More Cheap & Easy Events Under $15 by EverOut Staff Don't know what you're doing this weekend? You will after skimming our weekend guide, which features low- and no-cost events from Portland Independent Bookstore Day to the 82nd Avenue of Roses Parade & Carnival and from HeART of Portland: A Portland Public Schools Arts Showcase and

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Let Go After 5 years for Cancer and Pregnancy

Portland Mercury ·

2024/04/26

by Anonymous I worked for you for five years. You gave me raises and promotions. The whole team took pictures with my toddler daughter at our all staff meeting. Carrying her around like a little football. Later, a group of teenage girls disguised as middle aged women you hired came forward and told you they want me gone so they can hire their friends. I told you two weeks ago that my husband has cancer and I’m pregnant with my second

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The End of Edgefield

Portland Mercury ·

2024/04/26

by Anonymous Wow Elvis Costello is coming to PDX and he's not playing at the urine soaked Roseland but my favorite concert venue Edgefield. Got to get tickets, but something has changed! Oh it's the seating, they took the area close to the stage and filled it with chairs for $400 a seat upper class twits. Nothing says concert to me like watching self inflated dolts take pictures of themselves, attempt to awkwardly dance, and leave to

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Good Morning, News: Grizzly Bears Are Back (Soon) (In...

Portland Mercury ·

2024/04/26

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! My notes from yesterday, about today's news, simply read: "moilun rogue’s windmill blades fell off," so that's the sort of

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Hear in Portland: Could the New Anthem for Women’s...

Portland Mercury ·

2024/04/26

The long-awaited Nasalrod split album is finally here; get frenetic at the Polaris Hall vinyl release show. by Jenni Moore This week, a Portland rap prodigy releases her first-ever single, Nasalrod's long-awaited vinyl split has arrived, and Blossom teases a rock song from her new album! Come get into the new music news that’s happening Hear in Portland. MUST LISTEN: New release(s) from a Portland-relevant

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What Would You Do With $15 Million of City Money?...

Portland Mercury ·

2024/04/25

If a participatory budgeting campaign gets off the ground, residents would be able to spend 2 percent—about $15 million—of the city’s budget each year on community projects. by Taylor Griggs If Portland residents were given access to a percentage of the city’s budget to work on projects most important to them, what would they choose? According to participatory budgeting (PB) advocates, the results

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Ticket Alert: Charli XCX & Troye Sivan, Maggie...

Portland Mercury ·

2024/04/25

Plus, Neil Young & Crazy Horse and More Event Updates for April 25 by EverOut Staff Friends and frequent collaborators Charli XCX & Troye Sivan are teaming up to make their fans sweat. Indie pop singer-songwriter Maggie Rogers asks that you don’t forget her—or to buy tickets to her upcoming tour. Plus, Neil Young & Crazy Horse will swing through Bend this summer for a plugged-in set. Read on for details on

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Commissioners Introduce Dueling Homeless Ordinances;...

Portland Mercury ·

2024/04/20

Mayoral candidates Gonzalez and Rubio have unveiled starkly different ordinances for regulating camping in Portland, as the city tries to fix legal issues with its prior rules.by Courtney Vaughn Two weeks after Mayor Ted Wheeler’s office unveiled a heavily revised ordinance to address restrictions on homeless camping in Portland, other commissioners are floating their own versions. Despite the various plans on the

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This Week In Portland Food News

Portland Mercury ·

2024/04/19

Bolognese Fries, Cider, and Calamansi Cream Puffs by EverOut Staff From banana pudding tiramisu to Fruit Loop Danishes and from calamansi confections to rainbow cookie-flavored gelato, this edition of food news presents an array of distinctive sweets that we can't wait to try. Get the scoop on all the latest culinary happenings, including the spaghetti-western-flavored Gabbiano's sibling Take Two, the new cider

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With Scant Evidence, City Commissioners Point to...

Portland Mercury ·

2024/04/19

Transportation advocates say putting the blame on victims is a distraction from the real causes of traffic deaths. by Taylor Griggs On October 21, 2023, James Brian Fenimore was walking on the sidewalk on SE 82nd Avenue near Burnside Street, heading to run an errand, when a drunk driver veered off the street and struck him with a minivan. Fenimore died as a result of the crash. According to Montavilla News,

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Heck Yes to More Pacific Northwest Non-Alcoholic Beer!

Portland Mercury ·

2024/04/19

From the founder of Suckerpunch comes a zero-proof craft brewery focused on local hops and flavors. by Blair Stenvick Zero-proof drink entrepreneur Andy McMillan has a story he tells where, in 2021, he approached several Portland breweries about teaming up on a non-alcoholic craft beer. He got “laughed out of the room,” he says, by brewers who didn’t see NA beer as real beer. A few years later, that seems like

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

Portland Mercury ·

2024/04/19

Making Earth Cool: Earth Day Celebration, Record Store Day, and More Cheap & Easy Events Under $15 by EverOut Staff Celebrate Portland's favorite holiday, 4/20, by blazing up and heading to one or more of the ultra-chill events we've rounded up here, from Making Earth Cool: Earth Day Celebration to Record Store Day 2024 and from an Oregon Spring Cleanup to The Portland Mercury's Pizza Week 2024! FRIDAY LIVE

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