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

Portland Mercury ·

2025/09/25

by Mercury Promotions 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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Portlanders Join Flotilla Aiming to Break Israel's...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/09/25

A Global Sumud Flotilla coalition is headed to Gaza with hopes of delivering much-needed supplies and food. Local residents say they’ve already been hit with drone attacks. by Kevin Foster Paul Reid and Stephen, both Portland residents, are among the hundreds of people from around the world who set sail in the Mediterranean Sea late last month. The two Portlanders joined the Global Sumud Flotilla, a fleet of

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POP QUIZ PDX: What If They Gave a Rapture, and Nobody...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/09/25

Plus Trump insults, celebrity typewriters, and boy band danger in this week's fun trivia quiz! by Wm. Steven Humphrey HELLOOOO, SMART STUFF! 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 we'll be testing your knowledge on celebrities who love Portland, dipshit presidents who HATE Portland, and... wait. Did

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Good Morning, News: Mayor Brings Back Camping Ban,...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/09/25

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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Democracy Dying in Tigard

Portland Mercury ·

2025/09/24

by Anonymous Mayor Lueb was the 2nd Leftist to resign from office in Tigard since 2022. I still miss Singh on the city council. What started out looking diverse in 2022 when Portland felt the need to go conservative and got screwed, now is more conservative looking. I feel so unrepresented and wish I were. Our current city council are primarily the fiscally conservatives who could achieve gentrification and more inequity. Mayor Lueb was

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Album Review: Helen’s The Original Faces in the...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/09/24

From visionary Portland musicians Liz Harris, Jed Bindeman, and Scott Simmons, their 2015 LP is a mysterious road trip into the setting sun. by Lindsay Costello The experimental composer Liz Harris—best known as Grouper—is Western Oregon’s resident ghost, conjuring delicate whispers and heavy drones that have haunted the bioregion for two decades. Her work drifts between the otherworldly and the intimate, from

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Do we have a child?

Portland Mercury ·

2025/09/24

by Anonymous You have a radio head tattoo on the back of your neck. We both lived on s.e. 28th ave. We spent only one night together but I saw you months later in the frozen food section at Fred Meyer and you were pregnant. Was it mine? This was over 10 years ago. I’m in my late 40s now and never had any children. Just curious. I don’t even remember your name anymore as it’s been so long.

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Hear In Portland: Karma Rivera’s New Album (and...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/09/24

Read all about what’s on the music forecast, Hear In Portland. by Jenni Moore Well folks, we are now officially in fall! Meaning it’s a smart idea to make note of the shiniest concerts of the winter in advance, allowing us to mentally and physically prepare for spirited and chilly outings. One such gem is Cardi B at Moda Center on February 19, which also marks the rapper’s Portland debut. On the more

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Good Morning, News: Portland TV Stations Reject...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/09/24

by Taylor Griggs If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution to the Mercury. Without you, there is no us. We are very grateful for your support. Good morning, Portland. Once again, it was too hot yesterday. Temperatures are expected to be in the low 80s today (still too hot, but a little cooler) and perhaps autumn weather will finally follow after

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Seattle Area Trans Women Are Being Attacked by Groups...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/09/24

Portland bias crime data shows similar trends, with LGBTQ+ people at higher risk of assault by men. by Vivian McCall This story was first published in The Stranger. Warning: This story contains descriptions of violence. “Go to Pony, go to Pony, go to Pony—there’s more people there,” said a frantic woman as she approached Madison Carstens and her friends next to the Maserati dealership on 12th and Union Street in

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A Snapshot of Portland's DIY House Show Scene

Portland Mercury ·

2025/09/23

Buckman Publishing collectsChoice Cuts from Corbin C's immense archive. by Suzette Smith Corbin C doesn't think of himself as a photographer, even if Buckman Publishing just released a 170-page book of his snapshots, Choice Cuts: Disposable Camera Archives 2015-2023. "First and foremost, I'm a showgoer," he says. "I love going to shows. I love dancing at shows. I love being at the front, right up by the

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SAVAGE LOVE: Think of the Children

Portland Mercury ·

2025/09/23

She's been non-monogamous for years—so should she tell her kids? by Dan Savage I need help figuring out how to tell my kids I am non-monogamous. I’ve been non-monogamous for over five years and have been married for nearly fifteen years. My husband and I have three kids together, the oldest of which is now 14. My husband and I have not been sexually active for nearly eight years, but we’re best friends,

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Good Morning, News: Kaiser Staff Gear Up For Strike,...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/09/23

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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It's time we talked about immersive theatre.

Portland Mercury ·

2025/09/23

by Anonymous Dear PDX directors and producers: just because your cousin's friend's aunt from Canada went to Sleep No More one time and told you about it, doesn't mean you can slap the "immersive" label on any and all productions. Making an audience stand for a show that could have been done from a stage is like a meeting that should have been an email. Sure, standing and watching can be one part of an immersive experience, but it alone

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The Time-Based Art Festival Is Still Alive

Portland Mercury ·

2025/09/23

With virtual landscapes, textile talismans, and sonic architecture, TBA 2025 centered artists who reshape space. by Lindsay Costello If this year’s Time-Based Art Festival (TBA) had a goal, it might’ve been to twist our perceptions of the everyday. Angelo Scott’s Omni Rail turned the Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) into an echoing instrument; Freddie Robins’ Apotropaic elevated cardboard and wool into

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The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/09/22

The autumn equinox brings fuzzy textiles, Spike Lee joints, and Portland Playhouse’s season opener. by Lindsay Costello Warmish days be damned, because Christian Girl Autumn has officially begun. This week offers many reasons to head indoors, like Spike Lee's Kurosawa-inspired film Highest 2 Lowest, Amanda Lepore's club kid glamour, and '70s art rockers Sparks. Plus, Freddie Robins installs knitted horses at

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Charlie Kirk: Full of S__t!

Portland Mercury ·

2025/09/22

by Anonymous I've been watching some of these Charlie Kirk videos that have been popping up since he died, and woah. He is not a reliable source of information, he just used shady debate tactics and bad argument logic against young people who didn't know much so he could "win" debates. He actually thought drawing parallels of the MAGA movement to the Nazis' treatment of minority groups was equivalent to drawing parallels between dog

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A Silent Treatment

Portland Mercury ·

2025/09/22

Jeannie Vanasco’s new memoir grapples with the agony of mother-daughter love. by Katie Lee Ellison This piece was first published by our sister publication The Stranger. Jeannie Vanasco has unintentionally built a reputation for an unusual degree of grace and forgiveness than your average human (me). Most notably, her second book, Things We Didn’t Talk About When I Was a Girl, is one in which she investigates

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Good Morning, News: Christian Nationalists Hold...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/09/22

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YOUR SUNDAY READING LIST: ICE Breaks City Rules,...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/09/21

Catch up on the Mercury articles you may have missed this week!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

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