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

Portland Mercury ·

2025/12/18

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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POP QUIZ PDX: The Best Trivia Questions of 2025—Part...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/12/18

Test your noggin on the wildest and weirdest local events of the past year! by Wm. Steven Humphrey HELLO THERE, SMARTY PIE! 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 EVERYTHING (waves arms listlessly in the air) that happened in the year 2025! (LOOK. I know you're

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Good Morning, News: Jessica Vega Pederson Will Not...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/12/18

by Suzette Smith If you appreciate the Mercury's interesting and useful news & culture reporting, consider making a small monthly contribution to support our editorial team. Your donation is tax-deductible. You can also subscribe and have our papers delivered! Good Morning, Portland: Y'know, sometimes it doesn't rain in Portland. BUT THAT IS NOT THE CASE RIGHT NOW OR FOR THE FORSEEABLE FUTURE. Get your booties on, Portland. Let's hit

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With Marty Supreme Josh Safdie Gives Us Another Movie...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/12/17

This one goes out to all my insecure little dudes. by HR Smith Watching Marty Supreme reminded me of a time I was invited to watch a trio of shorts written, filmed, and edited by a group of teenagers in a summer film workshop. The first short quickly set up its protagonist as a loser, shunned by his peers, until he proved them wrong, and ended the story surrounded by a group of girls (played by all the girls at

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Portland Students Walk Out of Class to Protest ICE...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/12/17

Lincoln High School students marched from their campus to City Hall, where they rallied against recent abductions and deaths in ICE custody. by Courtney Vaughn Lincoln High School students walked out of class Tuesday afternoon to rally against recent ICE activity in Portland. Roughly 80 students marched from their downtown campus to Portland City Hall, where they gathered to chant, give speeches, and observe a

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City Council Staff Form New Labor Union

Portland Mercury ·

2025/12/17

Jeremiah Hayden by Jeremiah Hayden Updated December 17 at 4:55 pm to include comments from Council President Elana Pirtle-Guiney. Staff from Portland City Council offices have announced plans to unionize their workplace. In an emailed statement provided to the Mercury Wednesday, a spokesperson said City Council aides and operations staff have decided to unionize with the Communication Workers of America (CWA) Local

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Drive-Thru Debacle Threatens to Keep Historic Dairy...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/12/17

A franchisee has been duking it out with the city over his right to keep a drive-thru at an ice cream shop on SE Division. by Taylor Griggs Over the past few years, Portlanders have heard little about the plan to rebuild the old Dairy Queen on Southeast Division and 56th Ave. The Dairy Queen, which was demolished in 2019 after more than 50 years in business, was always supposed to be reborn in its spot across the

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City Council May Investigate Administration Over...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/12/17

Jeremiah Hayden by Jeremiah Hayden For the first time under the city’s new form of government, Portland City Council could soon exercise its authority to investigate official acts by city staff. Councilor Mitch Green filed a resolution December 16 seeking to launch an investigation to determine why nearly $21 million in funding collected by the Portland Housing Bureau (PHB) between 2021 and 2024 went undisclosed in

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Good Morning, News: New Seasons Workers Secure Labor...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/12/17

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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Photo Essay: Eye on the Northwest Marine Art Works

Portland Mercury ·

2025/12/16

Photo Essay: Eye on the Northwest Marine Art Works by Corbin Smith In Portland's industrial Northwest District, a complex of buildings called Northwest Marine Art Works (NWMAW) covers an impressive two acres of former factory space. Built in 1911, as a prune processing plant, the buildings transformed into a nautical ironworks during World War II, and in the decades that followed churned out parts for boats, dams,

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Cool Job Alert: The Mercury Is Hiring a Managing Editor!

Portland Mercury ·

2025/12/16

It's a great job for those who are organized and love working with writers. by Wm. Steven Humphrey Whoopee-doo, great news: The Portland Mercury continues to grow like gang-busters, and we're hiring a MANAGING EDITOR to join our smart, scrappy, kick-ass editorial team. Are YOU an organized person, with newsroom and preferably managerial experience (or perhaps its someone you know)? Then check out the following job

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Strike Averted: New Seasons Grocery Workers Secure...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/12/16

After threatening to strike, unionized workers voted Monday to ratify a contract with increased wages and better health insurance protections. by Abe Asher Just three weeks ago, Ava Robbins, cheese clerk at the New Seasons location in Concordia and co-chair of the New Season Labor Union, was preparing for a protracted, holiday-season strike. “A few months ago at the bargaining table, we said we can’t let this drag

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Mercury Music Picks: Matt Dorrien's InNOGural...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/12/16

Nolan Parker by Nolan Parker Holiday parties are every night of the week these days, y’all nogged out yet? Personally, I fuck with the holiday season. The friends and family in town, the food, the parties, the gift-giving and affection-showing, and the general merriment of the season lend themselves to a pretty good time. Smoke some pot and walk down Peacock Lane! Eat mushrooms and stroll through The Grotto! Drop

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SAVAGE LOVE: Good Working Order

Portland Mercury ·

2025/12/16

This week: a case of the "ex," a gay awakening, and a very soggy mattress. by Dan Savage My partner is still in love with her ex. For ten years she believed him to be the love of her life. It’s been two years since they split and there’s no possibility of them getting back together because he betrayed her in the most despicable possible way. It was the kind of betrayal that sends most people to jail. That’s all

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Good Morning, News: PGE Wants to Screw Over...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/12/16

by Taylor Griggs 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! The rain continues today, though the soaking weather may, kindly, pause for most of the day and return at night. So your

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

Portland Mercury ·

2025/12/15

Did somebody say "gay folk art"? by Lindsay Costello You're already busy this week, but you just got busier: Earl Sweatshirt, Yves Tumor, and a few key members of the Twin Peaks cast are in town. And not that there's anything wrong with Portland holiday standards (trudging down Peacock Lane, looking for a bar with a fireplace), but we've got some solid suggestions for other things to do. For instance, you can meet

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THE TRASH REPORT: The Year In Trash!

Portland Mercury ·

2025/12/15

Let's dig through the trash can of 2025 for the year's hottest gossip. by Elinor Jones Hello, Trash Pandas! It’s me, Elinor Jones, with a special end-of-the-year Trash Report. This year certainly was something, wasn’t it? To put it in perspective, when the year began, Joe Biden was still the president (remember him?!), and Blake Lively was just entering into litigation with former costar Justin Baldoni stemming

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Good Morning, News: Legacy Workers Slam Hospital's...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/12/15

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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Who might these smelly brutes be?

Portland Mercury ·

2025/12/15

by Anonymous Particularly thuggish appearing creepoids who look as though they've stuffed motel towels under their shirts, driving big ass SUV pieces of shit decked out with spot lights (but nothing designating them as an official p.o.s.) currently populating the cheap motels around Delta Park. Emphasis "cheap."

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YOUR SUNDAY READING LIST: A Cop Under Arrest, Nurses...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/12/14

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.) • Legacy Staff and Nurses Union Say Hospital Policies Harm

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