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Portland City Council is Using City Codes to Fight...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/17

Two new resolutions will bolster local sanctuary law and strengthen protections for immigrants and protesters.by Courtney Vaughn Two resolutions approved by Portland City Council on Wednesday aim to strengthen the city’s sanctuary status and use all available legal resources to resist deployment of any federal military presence. What was approved Councilors unanimously approved a Protect Portland Initiative, which

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Good Morning, News: Pentagon Spokesperson Hates...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/17

Suzette Smith 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: It's weekend weather time! Nice today; high of 62! FOG tomorrow? Just in the morning; water vapor is like that

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Hit and run on S.E. 35th Place

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/17

by Anonymous You with the yellow car, I bet you feel really good about yourself for hitting the “rich guy” with the BMW and completely screwing up the front end. Well, let me explain something to you, asshole, I inherited that car from my deceased father. I couldn’t afford something like that. Also, I am disabled. That is the car that I use to go to my doctors appointments, and run errands, while trying to survive in an overly expensive

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Imago’s Design for Living Explores Success Through...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/16

John Rudoff by John Rudoff When the closeted British actor and playwright Noël Coward wrote Design for Living in the early 1930s, being gay was a crime in New York and London. Police weaponized entrapment. And Depression-era class warfare simmered with resentment against the artistic and creative classes—“Bright Young Things” who didn’t stand in bread lines and who lived decadent and self-indulgent lives. Onto this

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Ticket Alert: St. Vincent, Peaches, and More Portland...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/16

Plus, The Wiz and More Event Updates for October 16 by EverOut Staff Ready for a fresh batch of tickets? Singer and skilled guitarist St. Vincent has been tapped to headline the 2026 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival. Electroclash icon Peaches supports No Lube So Rude, her first album in over a decade, on tour next year. Plus, tickets for Tony Award-winning musical The Wiz go on sale next Monday. Read on for details on

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

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/16

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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Comedy Q&A: Guy Branum on Telling Queer Stories

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/16

Elinor Jones by Elinor Jones Guy Branum isn’t a comedian you know from a specific thing; he’s a comedian you know from everything. If you watch good TV (Hacks, Platonic), listen to funny podcasts (Lovett or Leave It, Las Culturistas), or are otherwise dialed into what is happening in fun/gay/cool pop culture, Branum is a person whose name you hear and go: Oh yay, he’s in this! Branum is on so many shows that it’s

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POP QUIZ PDX: Naked Bike Rides, ICE Dipshits, and...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/16

See how well you score on this week's sassy-ass local trivia quiz! by Wm. Steven Humphrey CALLING ALL RESISTANCE FROGS! 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 alllll the crazy stuff that happened this week, including "the inflatable resistance," blood-thirsty ICE

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Good Morning, News: Judge Extends National Guard...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/16

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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A Night of Terror: Civil Disobedience Met With...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/15

Federal agents brutalized press and protesters, firing repeated crowd control munitions during weekend protests. by Kevin Foster Portland’s protest antics have made national headlines in the past week. The chicken suit; the giant inflatable frog; and the growing flurry of other inflatable animal costumes have put a spotlight on the benign nature of most anti-ICE protesters. Yet federal agents are responding with

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UPDATE: Judge Extends Restraining Order Blocking...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/15

US District Judge Karin Immergut ruled October 15 that a restraining order issued earlier this month will be extended by two weeks. by Courtney Vaughn Updated 1:03 pm October 15 A temporary restraining order prohibiting the deployment of National Guard troops to Oregon has been extended. On Wednesday, October 15, US District Judge Karin Immergut extended the temporary restraining order (TRO) she’d granted on

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The Strange Sublime Cinema of Motern Media and Evil...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/15

Dom Sinacola by Dom Sinacola Toward the end of Evil Puddle, protagonist William Van Rhyn—played by Matt Farley—gives out Farley’s phone number. It's his actual digits, replete with area code. This isn't the first time he's done this either. Contrary to the predilections of most people who star in movies, Farley actually wants to talk to his audience. Call it up, and you'll find you have a direct line to one of the

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Album Review: We're Heading to the Lake With...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/15

From bedroom beatmaking to touring the US with a band that has bad SEO and good sound. by Ryan J. Prado In an age where search engine optimization is a vital consideration for news headlines, business upstarts, and pretty much all creative endeavors, you’d be forgiven if you thought that a band called Guitar would drift into eternal, unsearchable obscurity. But ask Guitar brainchild Saia Kuli about the would-be

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Good Morning, News: Speaker Mike Johnson Afraid of...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/15

by Taylor Griggs 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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Mercury Music Picks: Whoopin’ It Up with ICP, Going...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/14

Plus sacred choral music, Portland’s Omni Gardens, and Portland music news! by Nolan Parker So who was at Turnstile, Amyl & The Sniffers, and Speed last Wednesday? Half the Mercury staff was there… it’s the kind of show that makes you never want to miss another show ever again. The lead dude in Sydney, Australia’s Speed was fucking strapped, looking like a kangaroo about to beat you down in the pit

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Terry's Triumphant Tune at Oregon Music Hall of Fame...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/14

OMHOF Board President Terry Currier and music education were celebrated at the 2025 induction celebrations! by Robert Husseman Midway through an inductee-led performance at Oregon Music Hall of Fame’s 2025 ceremonies Saturday, October 11 at Aladdin Theater, Jim Brunberg had some words for Terry Currier. Currier’s own words, to be precise. Brunberg, co-founder of Mississippi Studios and Revolution Hall, was jamming

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SAVAGE LOVE: Love and Leashes

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/14

Insecure subs, bisexual shaming, and a competition for gayest T-shirt in the land! by Dan Savage Flashback: My last serious girlfriend was kinky. I am pretty vanilla — I’m not a natural sub — but I was game. We got into D/s play, and we went to some big fetish parties together. Her favorite “foreplay” was having me kneel between her legs while she showed me guys on dating apps she’d matched with and make me beg for

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Good Morning, News: The Crime of Squeaky Sneakers, A...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/14

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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Meet the Groups Helping Immigrants Impacted by ICE

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/14

A statewide rapid response network is coordinating to alert communities about immigration enforcement and provide legal resources. by Abe Asher If people in the Portland area think they’ve spotted ICE, there’s a number that many organizations, such as the ACLU, suggest they call: the Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition hotline. The Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition (PIRC) was founded two decades ago by a group of

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

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/13

This week: mushroom education, cut-up comedy, and plenty of contemporary art. by Lindsay Costello Not typically the type to check out gallery shows? Consider stretching your self-image this week. Lumber room will exhibit organic works by Louise Bourgeois (of gigantic spider sculpture fame), and Emily Counts' gleaming ceramic moth flutters into the city. Plus, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art will open their

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