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Good Morning, News: Oregon State Rep. Hòa Nguyễn Has...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/10

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: Get out your booties, 'brellas, and clear ponchos, Portland. We're looking at a rainy weekend. Temps are unlikely to crack into even 60 degrees,

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Ticket Alert: Doja Cat, Dancing with the Stars, and...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/09

Plus, YUNGBLUD and More Event Updates for October 9 by EverOut Staff Don’t miss out on these tickets if you’re the jealous type. “Queen of Pop-Rap” Doja Cat supports her fifth album Vie on her upcoming Tour Ma Vie. Dancing with the Stars pros will foxtrot, quickstep, and samba on the Moda Center floor. Plus, tickets are on sale for English rocker YUNGBLUD’s Idols world tour. Read on for details on those and other

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ICE Targets Chicago’s Homeless Community

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/09

Plus, law enforcement attempts to stifle free speech, and barring the feds from making arrests at the county courthouse. by Chicago Reader staff [This roundup of news about ICE and the incursion of federal agents and troops in Chicago comes from our sister paper, the Chicago Reader—eds.] Feds target unhoused Chicagoans Since September, at least six unhoused Chicagoans have been abducted by federal agents. That

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

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/09

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: Trump Fails TWICE, "Antifa" Cops, and...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/09

See how well YOU score on this week's "war ravaged" trivia quiz! by Wm. Steven Humphrey CALLING ALL SMARTY BOTTOMS! 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 this verrrrrry busy week in "war ravaged" Portland, including Trump's multiple failures, "antifa" judges and

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Good Morning, News: Portland Troop Deployment Goes to...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/09

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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Paradise Blue Is a Story of Displacement Told as Noir

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/09

Suzette Smith by Suzette Smith In Dominique Morisseau's Paradise Blue, the year is 1949, Detroit's Black Bottom neighborhood hasn't yet been demolished to make way for a highway, and the city's jazz joints are piping with potential. That heat draws femme fatale Silver (Cycerli Ash) from far away New Orleans, and she saunters into the play's Paradise Club with a knowing eye, asking for a room to rent. Despite the

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Portland-Area Kaiser Permanente Workers Could Strike...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/08

Thousands of employees voted to strike if the health care workers can’t reach a labor agreement with Kaiser before Tuesday. by Abe Asher Healthcare workers at Kaiser Permanente in Oregon and Southwest Washington are set to strike for five days beginning next Tuesday if they are unable to reach a contract agreement with the care consortium. The Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals (OFNHP),

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Hear In Portland: Cosmos Dark at Improvisational...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/08

Read all about what’s on the music forecast, Hear In Portland. by Jenni Moore Greetings, residents of this war-ravaged city! With all the things going on around the world, in this country, and in Portland specifically, it’s admittedly hard—even for me, this column’s author—to focus on pleasures like art and music in a time when authoritarianism is rapidly infecting our society’s institutions, all while our

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Good Morning, News: Kristi Noem Thinks We're Idiots,...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/08

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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Second Run Portland: Phantasm’s Freaky Mortician...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/08

Plus, city theaters pregame for Halloween with Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s neo-noir Cure and a fashionable giallo classic. by Lindsay Costello Yes, it’s October, and yes, that means it’s time to watch something that leaves you a little unsettled. But that doesn’t mean settling for the same old slashers. (Okay… some slashers can stay. More on that below.) This month, indie theaters dig a little deeper, offering

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THE BLACK BYLINE: I’ve Never Joined the Naked Bike...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/07

White whimsy, federal troops, and what Portlanders should really be focused on. by Donovan Scribes (fka Donovan Smith) [What follows is a new column from Donovan Scribes, a writer, producer, former VP of the Portland chapter of the NAACP, and the editor of the Mercury's print issue BlackOut: a 5 Year Retrospective of Portland’s Racial Justice Protests.—eds.] This week, against the backdrop of attempts by the

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Mercury Music Picks: Nonbinary Girlfriend Play Free...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/07

Plus an Improvisation Summit, getting Nourished by Time, and Portland music news! by Nolan Parker Whose idea was it to book Autechre, Nourished By Time, Lucinda Williams, and Fleshwater all on the same night? And then, the very next night, Turnstile, Amyl & The Sniffers, Speed, and Jane Remover?? At least those last four are on the same bill.... Having a friend visiting you from a city you used to live in and

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SAVAGE LOVE: The Cuckening

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/07

He loves being cucked, she loves getting some extra "D"—but what to do about... JEALOUSY? by Dan Savage I’m a bi girl in a serious relationship with a bi guy, and said bi guy has a major thing for being cucked. We’ve had a few threesomes before, but only with bisexuals and the focus was on all three of us equally. Recently, though, we had a 2-on-1 threesome with a straight guy, and it was GOOD for me. Really

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Good Morning, News: Portland City Attorney Goes Off...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/07

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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Portland City Attorney to US DOJ: “Please Do Not Fail...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/06

City’s legal team says federal police are brutalizing protesters, and the government is weaponizing its longstanding settlement agreement with the city. by Courtney Vaughn Portland’s city attorney says federal police are brutalizing protesters, and the government is weaponizing its longstanding settlement agreement with the city. In response to an investigation launched last week by the federal government

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

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/06

New performance art pairs well with Portland Fermentation Festival's kimchi and kombucha. by Lindsay Costello Sure, a certain someone claims you live in a war-torn hellscape pockmarked by domestic terrorists, fire, and whatever brimstone is. But it's a gorgeous day, right?! You've got many reasons to wear your little fall outfit this week, as the leaves gently turn and the National Guard is less gently told they

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Good Morning, News: Trump Tripped Twice by Federal...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/06

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Judge Once Again Denies Trump’s Attempt to Deploy...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/06

US District Judge Karin Immergut issued a second restraining order after Trump sent California National Guard troops to Oregon, in an attempt to circumvent the courts. by Courtney Vaughn Less than 24 hours after a federal judge granted a temporary restraining order to prevent the deployment of Oregon’s National Guard to Portland, the same judge issued an additional restraining order to prevent troops from any other

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Frustrated by Court Loss, Trump Sends 300 California...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/05

One hundred members of the California National Guard have reportedly arrived already, with more to follow. A lawsuit to stop the move is already underway. by Wm. Steven Humphrey UPDATE (OCT 5, 8 pm): The same federal judge that ruled in favor of the state's temporary restraining order to block Trump's attempts to send Oregon National Guard members to Portland, has also blocked the administration from deploying

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