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Crunch Crunch

Portland Mercury ·

2024/04/15

by Anonymous To the owner of the Audi Q5 with studded tires driving around our pothole-pocked street this April — first off, your car doesn’t need them. All wheel drive and some decent snowflake tires will allow you to get to the top of Timberline, much less your West Hills driveway, during the briefest of our ice storms. Also, end of March was the time to take them off, not mid June. When I hear the crunch of your approach on our dry,

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YOUR SUNDAY READING LIST: Wheeler Backpedals on...

Portland Mercury ·

2024/04/14

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.) • Say Nice Things About Portland... Again! It's back! Check out the

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This Week In Portland Food News

Portland Mercury ·

2024/04/13

Mezcal, Chilorio, and Sicilian Pizza by EverOut Staff This week, we're celebrating the arrival of the new Tamale Boy sibling Colibri and XO Bar's new mezcal and tequila bar The High Ground. Plus, read about the impending return of Bark City and Pizza Thief's upcoming takeover of the Great Notion Brewing kitchen. For more ideas, check out our food and drink guide. NEW OPENINGS Colibri by Tamale BoyTamale Boy owner

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Public Pleas to Save Portland Street Response...

Portland Mercury ·

2024/04/12

As Portland prepares to slash bureau budgets ahead of 2024-25 fiscal year, residents make their case for investments in alternative response programs and gun violence reduction. by Courtney Vaughn As the city of Portland prepares to make deep cuts to avoid a projected budget deficit for the 2024-25 fiscal year, Portlanders are pressuring city council to keep Portland Street Response off the chopping

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

Portland Mercury ·

2024/04/12

Paris, Texas, Cherry Blossom Bazaar, and More Cheap & Easy Events Under $15 by EverOut Staff Take a break from doing your taxes and go have some thrifty fun this weekend. We've gathered all the best events under $15, from Sci-Fi Film Festival 2024 to Cherry Blossom Bazaar and from Paris, Texas to Piano Queen. For more ideas, check out our guide to the top events of the week. FRIDAY FILM Mean Girls (2004) with

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Start Planning Now... the Mercury's PIZZA WEEK Starts...

Portland Mercury ·

2024/04/12

by Wm. Steven Humphrey 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! So starting MONDAY April 15 until SUNDAY April 21, 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 Portland's finest purveyors of pizza pies... for a mere three

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Let's Eat... the Mercury's PIZZA WEEK Is Happening...

Portland Mercury ·

2024/04/12

by Wm. Steven Humphrey 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 and until SUNDAY April 21, 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 Portland's finest purveyors of pizza pies... for a mere three

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Good Morning, News: Say Nice Things About Portland,...

Portland Mercury ·

2024/04/12

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! It's Friday. And looking at the weather, it's just gonna be nice forever now. High of 66-degrees today. 72 on Saturday!

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Say Nice Things About Portland… Again!

Portland Mercury ·

2024/04/12

It’s time to take Portland back from the buttholes. Here’s how. by Wm. Steven Humphrey [Welcome to our second annual "SAY NICE THINGS ABOUT PORTLAND" issue! Read it online here, or if you like physical, paper-y things, you can find it in more than 50 locations all around the city!—eds] First of all, thanks to everyone who’s been saying nice things about Portland! And to those who’ve been spreading all

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Why I (Still) Love Portland

Portland Mercury ·

2024/04/12

A former Portlander returns to survey the city’s damage—and rebirth. by Ian Karmel [Welcome to our second annual "SAY NICE THINGS ABOUT PORTLAND" issue! Read it online here, or if you like physical, paper-y things, you can find it in more than 50 locations all around the city!—eds] I sat in my car outside of the Mercury offices. It was the beginning of March and I was afraid to open my door. It was

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(Portland Chefs) Say Nice Things About… Portland Chefs

Portland Mercury ·

2024/04/12

Portland’s premier restaurant and cart owners hype up the local food and chefs they love! by Andrea Damewood [Welcome to our second annual "SAY NICE THINGS ABOUT PORTLAND" issue! Read it online here, or if you like physical, paper-y things, you can find it in more than 50 locations all around the city!—eds] Community over competition is a phrase you hear a lot if you spend time in the Portland

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The Evolution of Sleater-Kinney

Portland Mercury ·

2024/04/12

Indie rockers reflect on 30 years as a band, and why they still call Portland home. by Courtney Vaughn [Welcome to our second annual "SAY NICE THINGS ABOUT PORTLAND" issue! Read it online here, or if you like physical, paper-y things, you can find it in more than 50 locations all around the city!—eds] Fourteen years ago, Corin Tucker was sure her band Sleater-Kinney would never reunite. In 2006, the group

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Say Nice Things About… Biking in Portland

Portland Mercury ·

2024/04/12

Things have changed since the early 2000s (not to mention 1896), but biking in Portland is still magical. by Taylor Griggs [Welcome to our second annual "SAY NICE THINGS ABOUT PORTLAND" issue! Read it online here, or if you like physical, paper-y things, you can find it in more than 50 locations all around the city!—eds] Portland has been a bike city since the 1890s, just after the invention of the modern

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AfroVillage Does the Real Work on Portland’s Homeless...

Portland Mercury ·

2024/04/12

Founder LaQuida Landford shows up for Oregon’s most vulnerable ‘round the clock. by Donovan Scribes (fka Donovan Smith) [Welcome to our second annual "SAY NICE THINGS ABOUT PORTLAND" issue! Read it online here, or if you like physical, paper-y things, you can find it in more than 50 locations all around the city!—eds] Before I get started, (and piss people off), I should start by saying this:

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Say Nice Things About… Portland’s Themed Bookstores!

Portland Mercury ·

2024/04/12

Whether you’re into sci-fi, romance, or weirdness, Portland has a bookstore for YOU! by Lindsay Costello [Welcome to our second annual "SAY NICE THINGS ABOUT PORTLAND" issue! Read it online here, or if you like physical, paper-y things, you can find it in more than 50 locations all around the city!—eds] As someone who briefly braved the trenches of bookstore work (I was a “generalist” at Powell’s during

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Say Nice Things About Local Drag Artists (Proudly...

Portland Mercury ·

2024/04/12

You might not know these performers (yet), but these drag artists consistently embody Portland’s strange and timeless beauty. by Andrew Jankowski [Welcome to our second annual "SAY NICE THINGS ABOUT PORTLAND" issue! Read it online here, or if you like physical, paper-y things, you can find it in more than 50 locations all around the city!—eds] What better cheerleaders could Portland ask for than drag

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Portland’s Cutest Creatures

Portland Mercury ·

2024/04/12

Let’s say nice things about the city’s most adorable critters! by Elinor Jones [Welcome to our second annual "SAY NICE THINGS ABOUT PORTLAND" issue! Read it online here, or if you like physical, paper-y things, you can find it in more than 50 locations all around the city!—eds] Tired: Portland is weird. Wired: Portland is sexy! Inspired: Portland is CUTE! Sure, we’re a messy collection of

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Say Nice Things FUN PAGE: Can You Find Time-othy the...

Portland Mercury ·

2024/04/12

Time-othy the Chrono Goblin is causing trouble in Portland's past, present, and future... so find the little fucker, QUICK!! by Steven Wilber [Welcome to our second annual "SAY NICE THINGS ABOUT PORTLAND" issue! Read it online here, or if you like physical, paper-y things, you can find it in more than 50 locations all around the city!—eds] Expand by clicking the pic or this link!

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Bark Mulch

Portland Mercury ·

2024/04/11

by Anonymous Regarding the giant piles of mulch that appear in parking spots all over the neighborhoods this time of year, but quickly migrate into the middle of the street and limit car and bike traffic: dudes. I'm happy you killed your water-sucking lawns, and I bet you didn't realize you'd need to re-mulch every year or two to prevent your yard from turning into weed central (not the cannabis kind). But seriously, wait to have it

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Ticket Alert: Aerosmith, Fuerza Regida, and More...

Portland Mercury ·

2024/04/11

Plus, Wanda Sykes and More Event News and Updates for April 11 by Audrey Vann Aerosmith will walk this way on their Farewell tour and you won’t want to miss a thing! California-based regional Mexican quintet Fuerza Regida have also dropped dates for their Pero No Te Enamores tour. Plus, comedy longtimer Wanda Sykes will bring the laughs on her Please & Thank You tour, but expect more cutting cynicism than

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