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Progressive, But Not on Palestine

Portland Mercury ·

2025/07/25

by Anonymous Oh, how money from the Israel-right-or-wrong lobby has bought us a group of cowardly Dem D.C. Representatives. House Resolution (HR) 3565 or “Block the Bombs” is to stop the sale or transfer of defensive arms such as bunker-busting bombs, tank ammunition, & white phosphorus. Of the 26 representatives who’ve signed on to sponsor this bill, nary a Dexter, Bonamici, Salinas, Bynum, nor Hoyle can be found!! For shame,

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“There Is No Money”: I-5 Rose Quarter Project Slated...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/07/25

ODOT has permission to start initial work on the freeway expansion project, but state transportation leaders say there isn’t enough money to finish it. by Taylor Griggs The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) has lost the majority of the funding it was counting on to construct the first phases of its I-5 Rose Quarter project. With a hostile federal administration and chaos in the Oregon Legislature,

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Ticket Alert: Kaytranada x Justice, Waterparks, and...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/07/24

Plus, Some Like It Hot and More Event Updates for July 24 by EverOut Staff Funky R&B musician Kaytranada is teaming up with French electronic duo Justice for a joint tour that will have the crowd on its feet to do the “D.A.N.C.E.” Pop-rockers Waterparks make a splash on their Prowler tour. Plus, Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical Some Like It Hot comes to the Broadway in Portland stage this September. Read

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Photo Essay: A Smashing Good Time at PDX Steamroller...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/07/24

Linocut printmaker Jane Pagliarulo knows how to drive a steamroller now, but she didn't the first time she rented one. by Corbin Smith Laura Master working on a linoleum print. Corbin Smith It’s Sunday afternoon, and Laura Master is hunched over a large piece of linoleum in the parking lot of the NW Marine Art Works studio omniplex, deep in the heart of the Northwest Industrial District. She's using a gouge to

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

Portland Mercury ·

2025/07/24

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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The Fixin’ To Flips Instead of Folding

Portland Mercury ·

2025/07/24

The St. Johns bar ditches live music, adds a ball. by Robert Husseman In a press release from June 5, owners of the Fixin’ To, Bart and Marli Blasengame, announced an operational pivot for the much loved St. Johns bar and live music venue: The sizable backroom of the bar would no longer be hosting concerts. This comes after the owners initially put the business and building up for sale last year. Fixin’ To's shift

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POP QUIZ PDX: Sassy-Ass Trivia About Psychiatric...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/07/24

See how well YOU score on this week's local trivia quiz! by Wm. Steven Humphrey HI THERE, BRAINY BOTTOM! 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 local (British) "sport," Portland's greedy capitalists (and their baby toys), and GUESS WHO'S BACK IN TOWN? 😍 But first

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Good Morning, News: Ghislaine Is Back, Obama...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/07/24

by Elinor Jones 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 no

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Bookshop Mother Foucault's Crowdfunds To Buy Its...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/07/24

A new nonprofit, l'école buissonnière, formed around the shop to fundraise and expand programming. by Suzette Smith Its shelves are filled, the stage is built, and now Mother Foucault's wants to buy. The vintage bookshop announced Tuesday that it's seizing a chance to purchase the building it currently occupies, at 715 SE Grand. That opportunity expires on September 21, if it can't raise $300,000 for a

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TriMet Announces Major Service Cuts Starting This Fall

Portland Mercury ·

2025/07/23

Portland’s public transit agency was already in a dire financial situation. The Oregon Legislature's failure to pass a transportation funding bill didn't help. by Taylor Griggs TriMet is experiencing a significant fiscal crisis, and it’s forcing the public transit agency to cut service by 10 percent over the next two years, with reductions coming as soon as this fall. Bus frequency, especially in the early

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Good Morning, News: Oregon Lawmakers to Address...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/07/23

by Taylor Griggs If you’re reading this, you probably know the value of the Mercury’snews 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 no

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New Scoops on the Block

Portland Mercury ·

2025/07/22

Three recently opened Portland ice cream shops worth the brain freeze. by Rachel Cavanaugh Portland has always had a penchant for flamboyant frozen treats. Even before the era of olive oil swirls and goat cheese berry scoops, kids and adults alike poured into places like Farrell’s for comically enormous sundaes (paraded to your table with sirens and singing) and the Carnival (later “the Carrousel”) for

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SAVAGE LOVE: Fading Away

Portland Mercury ·

2025/07/22

What to do when a friend won't stop talking about their amazing sex life (and it's making you miserable). by Dan Savage I’m a cis bisexual American woman in my 30s, married to a man. I’ve been living in Europe for the past decade. I’m self-employed, and it’s a pretty lonely existence sometimes. I don’t speak the local language well. It’s a very tight-knit culture, and everybody seems like they’ve had their friend

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Mercury Music Picks: Project Pabst and the Music...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/07/22

Plus a Portland supergroup album release and Lollipop Shoppe launches a free music series. by Nolan Parker We in the thick of it now, y’all! Project Pabst and Pickathon are right around the corner, the summer concerts are heating up at the Square and Edgefield, and being in and around water is top priority. Like many in Portland, I love cruising around the PNW in summer visiting friends and family, losing myself

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Good Morning, News: A Police Standoff at a Local...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/07/22

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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Can an AI Goliath Help Oregon Stay Competitive in the...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/07/21

As Gov. Kotek throws $10M at Nvidia for AI training in universities, academics urge a realistic, judicious approach to the evolving technology. by Abe Asher As the uses of artificial intelligence rapidly expand, Oregon's leaders want its future workforce to stay competitive—despite the possible dangers of the technology taking away the very jobs they seek. In late April, Governor Tina Kotek announced that the state

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Do This, Do That: How to Have a Súper Ultra...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/07/21

The Mercury's event picks for July 21-27: Bike rides and hot shows! Power, ponies, and booty bangers! by Mercury Staff Good afternoon, my lieges. Your suggested itinerary for this week is as follows: Emo bike ride—I have your least waterproof mascara at the ready—or an Oasis book without Oasis at the forefront of its story. Perhaps I can interest you in a comp drop or a sketch fest? A World Naked Bike Ride or a

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THE TRASH REPORT: Kiss Cams at the Coldplay Show, and...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/07/21

Get ready for your weekly dose of trash! by Elinor Jones Hello, and welcome back to the Trash Report! I am Elinor Jones, and I am so glad you are here. I, for one, am living for today's cool weather because I recently got a horrific sunburn and need to be 150% clothed for the foreseeable future (we call this "the full Sister Act, plus one-half"). It is very stupid why I allow this to happen to myself when I also

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Good Morning, News: Portland's Transpo Woes Worsen,...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/07/21

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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Hello babies. Welcome to Earth.

Portland Mercury ·

2025/07/20

by Anonymous So the great exodus from the Republican party is beginning at the local level across the country. Let's do our best to balance kindness and empathy while not slouching on standards of truth and reconciliation. This is hard stuff we are all going through. A change is gonna come. We get to decide right now how long the process will be, whether we want to inflict new wounds on people fleeing harmful dynamics, or if we want to

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