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Portland's Emergency Naked Bike Ride in Photos

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/13

Elayna Yussen and Suzette Smith by Elayna Yussen Despite a day of near-constant rain, organizers of Portland's Emergency World Naked Bike Ride went ahead with their plans to protest on Sunday—the clouds miraculously parting just before the meetup time of 2:30 pm. Hundreds showed and rode in the buff or in solidarity with the buff. The ride's summer version is a protest against dependence on oil that celebrates body

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THE TRASH REPORT: Ben Affleck, Elisabeth Hasselbeck,...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/13

Plus! Are Charli XCX and Lorde scheming against Taylor Swift? 👀 by Elinor Jones Hi! Welcome back to the Trash Report, your latest spin on news and gossip and whatever other stories were optimized to land in one of my feeds in a way that compelled me to say "hmm, I bet I could write something funny about that." Isn't it interesting that the stories that work best for The Trash Report are the ones that come about on

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Good Morning, News: Feds Ramp Up Violence in...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/13

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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Holy moly, I'm not over it

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/13

by Anonymous This is so silly to care about because the world is such shit but goddamn when I see you I am such a fool. I want to be close to you. I want to talk and laugh and just spend time near you. I like when it feels like you look at me. Like you are interested in who I am. But its also obvious that you're not willing to be alone with me. Like it's nice that I see you, but we can't flirt or be near one and other . You like to feel

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YOUR SUNDAY READING LIST: City Attorney Lashes Out at...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/12

by Wm. Steven HumphreyGOOD 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.) • Portland City Attorney to US DOJ: “Please Do Not Fail America” In

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The 2nd Amendment Includes the Right to Bear Ass

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/11

by Anonymous Exercise your rights, Emergency World Naked Bike Riders!

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Kindness

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/11

by Anonymous How do I become kind again? I mean unrequited, uncompromising, and unconditionally kind? I have completely lost it. Bruised, battered, beat, and busted down, I've created such a fortress around me that I don't even let kindness in, that is if I even see it at all. But when I do see it, you can be sure it feels odd, and I even shut myself off to it because I'm so numb to giving or receiving kindness. I truly don't believe in

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Oregon Music Hall of Fame Honors New Inductees While...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/10

The event will honor inductees including Portugal. The Man, Yob, Mary-Sue Tobin, and Jim Brunberg. by Robert Husseman On Saturday, Oct. 11, music luminaries from across the state will congregate at Aladdin Theater to formally honor the Oregon Music Hall of Fame’s 2025 inductees. The Oregon Music Hall of Fame's, or OMHOF's, volunteer board elects singers, instrumentalists, engineers, and other music industry

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

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/10

Emergency World Naked Bike Ride, Indigenous Peoples Day Weekend, and More Cheap & Easy Events Under $15 by EverOut Staff Skip the pesky work of planning and dive straight into the weekend with curated picks from the Emergency World Naked Bike Ride to Indigenous Peoples Day Weekend and from the Kerns Fall Roundup to Rubinette Produce Market's Apple Fest. As always, there's more to explore in our guide to this

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Portland's Emergency World Naked Bike Ride Location...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/10

Suzette Smith by Suzette Smith Organizers of the World Naked Bike Ride, and a number of other local groups, came together last week to plan an emergency demonstration—they're hoping to draw crowds to inner Portland on Sunday for an Emergency World Naked Bike Ride to protest the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in South Portland. Specifically, they're getting on bikes in the buff to ask Portland's City

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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

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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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