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The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: September 8-14

Portland Mercury ·

2025/09/08

Scope fancy puppets, eat fancy tomatoes, and swap clothes with a stranger—in that order. by Lindsay Costello Hiiii, your schedule for the week is here! The city’s events are delightfully chaotic this week, with everything from exhibitions exploring trans care and textiles to performances by several legends: Jinkx Monsoon, Karen Slack, and handmade puppets. Plus, a sustainable feast flips off food waste, and

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Fresh Cuts, the New Floral Design Workshop Series...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/09/08

The Mercury is teaming with Fresh Cut Flowers for a new music and floral design workshop series… with Rico Nasty! by Nolan Parker Floral design is hot right now, as is Rico Nasty. Ever dream of combining the two? Here’s your chance—the Fresh Cuts floral design workshop series launches September 24 at Crystal Ballroom with an intimate performance by Rico Nasty ahead of her near sold out show that same

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THE TRASH REPORT: White House Trash Dump, State News,...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/09/08

Line up for the week's hottest pile of garbage-y gossip! by Elinor Jones Hello Trash Pandas, and welcome to the Trash Report! I hope you are living and thriving, which are two words that should rhyme, but don't. Let's start pronouncing "thriving" like "living" and say it means both? Does that count as a portmanteau if it's just changing the pronunciation? Also, don't you guys think that when a woman comes up with a

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Good Morning, News: Dignity Village Celebrates 25th...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/09/08

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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YOUR SUNDAY READING LIST: Eviction Interrupted,...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/09/07

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.) • Eviction of Disabled Veteran Halted After Intervention From

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Comic Con

Portland Mercury ·

2025/09/06

by Anonymous This is seriously my favorite holiday. You all look amazing. Never stop being your fabulous selves. I love you so much.

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Water is a a Human Right...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/09/06

by Anonymous ...not some cash cow for city hall to use for nicer trappings and life's finer things. Portland Water Bureau has one fucking job, One...to deliver clean, safe water to the residents. Apparently it can do neither, all while billing the recipients some of the highest rates in the country. City Hall, you have no business billing people for something that we cannot live without. Water is a Human Right.

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Oregon City Fred Meyer

Portland Mercury ·

2025/09/06

by Anonymous Last week the state gave $20,000 to retail crime prevention. Oregon City Fred Meyers became so excited they arrested two people for allegedly stealing a bottle of water. Taking to the senior citizen, they handcuffed him and threw in jail, he claimed to be having a migraine and was sick, he says he bought the water and stuck it in his bag, just to be thrown in jail. Why aren’t they going after Fentynl dealers and child

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Street View: The Band-Aid Bill

Portland Mercury ·

2025/09/05

Nobody really likes the Democrats' transportation funding package. But Republicans are wrong when they say it's not a compromise. by Taylor Griggs The Oregon House of Representatives managed to squeak through the latest version of a long-awaited transportation funding package earlier this week. But nobody’s popping champagne yet—and they probably won’t be anytime soon. That’s partially because momentum on the

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Second Run Portland: Gakuryū Ishii’s August in the...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/09/05

The folkloric Japanese film screens alongside Hungarian psychedelia and Edward Yang’s Yi Yi this month. by Lindsay Costello This month, Portland venues will close out summer with a psychedelic swirl of films merging myth and magical adolescence. Teen girls time-travel and chat with dolphins; cosmic heroes emerge from horse goddesses. Meanwhile, here on earth, a sex worker undertakes her own journey from a

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

Portland Mercury ·

2025/09/05

Clinton Street Fair, Gays Eating the Rich Carnival, and More Cheap & Easy Events Under $15 by EverOut Staff Labor Day may have come and gone, but summer ain't over yet! Make your weekend a fun one at cheap and easy events from the Clinton Street Fair to the Portland Dragon Boat Festival and from a Gays Eating the Rich Carnival to the start of Geek Week PDX. Scroll through our top picks of the week for more

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PSU Sheds Staff After Expedited Return-To-Office...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/09/05

With rapid changes to in-person work policies in pursuit of a more “vibrant” campus, some PSU employees say they've been left behind. by Kevin Foster Staff at one of Portland's largest employers say they were caught off guard by a dramatic change in timeline for a return-to-office mandate. In late July, a number of Portland State University (PSU) employees were notified they’d need to return to working

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Good Morning, News: Activists (and Officials) Bring...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/09/05

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I KNOW I’m not alone

Portland Mercury ·

2025/09/05

by Anonymous I would like to give a HUGE Thank You to my co-workers…Thank YOU ALL who participated in bullying and harassing me for over the past year. It has been quite an education experiencing Professional Adults acting like 14 y//o mean girls actually DO exist. I remain baffled, yet despite this you have taught me resilience, to use my voice, to stand up and NOT be ignored/silenced/ or retaliated against. Game On Bitches!!! Your jobs

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Elected Officials, Advocates Urge Oregon’s...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/09/05

Local lawmakers want Oregon’s US representatives to support a legislative effort to curtail spending in Israel amid its ongoing siege on Gaza. by Taylor Griggs Mohanad, a Palestinian who currently lives in Oregon, says he is proud of his adopted home in the United States. But during the last two years, Mohanad has spent most days worrying about his family in Gaza, including his mother, who lives with multiple

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UPDATE: Eye-Popping Eyes & Ears Reframes, Moves to...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/09/04

Bijan Berahimi talks to us about curating his massive survey of visuals in music at PNCA, now on view at Wieden+Kennedy by Nolan Parker UPDATE 9/4, 2 pm: The spectacular Eyes & Ears: A Survey of Visuals in Music 2020-2024 closed at the Pacific Northwest College of Art in February. If you didn't get a chance to check out the original show, Bijan Berahimi of FISK—curator of Eyes & Ears—is locking in with

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Ticket Alert: Zara Larsson, Earl Sweatshirt, and More...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/09/04

Plus, Celeste Barber and More Event Updates for September 4 by EverOut Staff Go on, treat yourself to tickets this week! Swedish pop girlie Zara Larsson brings her Midnight Sun tour to Portland next spring. Former Odd Future member Earl Sweatshirt will promote his fifth album Live Laugh Love on his 3L World Tour. Plus, Aussie comedy queen Celeste Barber is running back her Backup Dancer set, adding more US tour

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Oregon Lawmakers Make Another Go at a Transportation...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/08/29

Legislators are expected to consider a roughly $6 billion bill that includes a gas tax increase and road use fees for EVs. The work is off to a slow start.by Taylor Griggs With no quorum, Oregon's special legislative session was stalled Friday, when lawmakers were supposed to reconvene to find a funding solution for Oregon’s transportation system. While some initially thought Governor Tina Kotek could wrangle

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DA and PPB Refuse to Pursue Man With Warrants

Portland Mercury ·

2025/08/29

by Anonymous The DA and PPB continues fail trans and LGBT people. There is a man who has warrants for property damage at a business and is also terrorizing and torturing, kidnapping a transgender man, and law enforcement does not care. It has been almost a MONTH, with multiple case numbers, and restraining orders, and this man is still loose terrorizing the business’ employees. Once again law enforcement proving to be useless and not

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

Portland Mercury ·

2025/08/29

Art in the Pearl, Oregon State Fair, and More Cheap & Easy Events Under $15 by EverOut Staff The long weekend is in reach, so take a break from your labors to hit up stress-busting events from Art In The Pearl to Flock Block Party and from the final days of Bike Summer 2025 to the Oregon State Fair. Our top picks guide suggests more fun things to do this week. FRIDAY FILM Bill Plympton Presents Slide +

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