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YOUR SUNDAY READING LIST: The Unwelcome Return of the...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/11/02

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.) • City of Portland Begins Enforcement of ‘Public Camping’ Rules This

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I love free expression, but...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/11/01

by Anonymous Whenever I see the Labubu Cybertruck it just ruins my day. I wish they'd change it to something else.

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We’ll one day tell our story

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/31

by Anonymous I have an extra ticket to see Lucius on November 18th and am looking for a date who doesn't just like their music—they feel it. I'm searching for someone with a zest for life who appreciates the duo’s harmonies and thoughtful lyrics as much as the collective energy of a live show. Are you the type of person who lets the bass drum vibrate through your feet and body? Can you name where a feeling lives in your body and dance

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

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/31

Cargo's Dia de los Muertos Celebration, World Vegan Month, and More Cheap & Easy Events Under $20 by EverOut Staff It's Halloweekend part two, and boy have we got some tasty treats for you. Spend some free time at events from The Blumenauer Bridge Witching Hour Celebration to Cargo's Annual Dia de los Muertos Celebration and from A Larger Reality: Ursula K. Le Guin to the start of World Vegan Month. There's

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Portland Responds to SNAP Shutdown Delays and Funding...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/31

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program dollars are delayed. These organizations, markets, restaurants, and cafes are trying to fill people's plates. by Suzette Smith Oregonians that rely on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) dollars will likely find their accounts running low this November. Whatever's in there won't disappear, but new deposits will likely be delayed. There's more than one reason

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Do You Believe in Life After Cars?

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/31

“Cars ruin everything.” by Taylor Griggs “Cars ruin everything.” That’s the bold opening line of Life After Cars, the new book by celebrated transportation media figures Sarah Goodyear, Doug Gordon, and Aaron Naparstek. The writers make a case for that initial assertion, detailing the various ways cars—or, more specifically, car culture as we currently know it—ruin childhoods, destroy wildlife,

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Album Review: Puritan Themes, the Second Psych...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/31

A cosmic road trip shifting between physical and interior worlds. by Jonathan Ludwig According to the Puritan Themes press release, the album’s lead single “Chain Gang,” is “an imaginary take on if Cat Stevens had smoked a ton of salvia and taken a much darker route within the world of dense, story-telling songwriting.” Experiences with salvia can be impactful. Fun trips where textures replicate themselves across

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Good Morning, News: Portland City Council Scandals,...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/31

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: Happy Halloween! So, of course, today will be cloudy with highs in the mid-50 degrees. Then it's time to build character, because after 5 pm we're

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Mayor Wilson Puts Portland Housing Bureau Director On...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/31

Social housing expert Helmi Hisserich has been the Bureau’s director since 2024, but Wilson remains ‘laser focused’ on temporary overnight shelters by Jeremiah Hayden Mayor Keith Wilson has put Portland Housing Bureau Director Helmi Hisserich on leave, effective immediately. City Administrator Michael Jordan sent an email to city councilors and city leadership on October 30 announcing Hisserich’s

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City of Portland Begins Enforcement of ‘Public...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/30

The same day federal SNAP benefits expire for over 15,000 homeless Multnomah County residents, Mayor Wilson piles on penalties for being homeless in Portland. by Jeremiah Hayden Note: This story has been updated to include comments from Multnomah County District Attorney Nathan Vazquez. This weekend, the city of Portland is resuming enforcement of its local laws governing when, where, and how homeless Portlanders

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Ticket Alert: Miguel, 5 Seconds of Summer, and More...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/30

Plus, Florence + The Machine and More Event Updates for October 30 by EverOut Staff Get ready, 'cause here they come! R&B artist Miguel brings chaos (and his fifth album Caos) to the Keller Auditorium next March. Aussie boy band 5 Seconds of Summer travels stateside for their Everyone’s a Star world tour in summer 2026. Plus, tickets for Florence + The Machine’s Everybody Scream tour go on sale next week. Read

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Happy Halloween! What to Do October 30-November 2

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/30

Do This, Do That and Mercury Music Picks go full Frankenstein with event recommendations for Halloweekend! by Lindsay Costello LINDSAY COSTELLO: What're you up to this Halloweekend? NOLAN PARKER: Idk yet, there's so much on! Papi's got a Día de los Muertos gig on in NE and Nonbinary GF are headlining a medieval punk show at High Limit Room. She/her about town, Jenna Fletcher is also chirping about a queer dance

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

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/30

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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An Amphibian Resistance

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/30

There’s a movement leaping into action through Portland’s inflatable frog protest mascots. Their real-life amphibian counterparts are resisters, too, but they need our help. by Suze Wehr Earlier this month, the image of a courageous inflatable frog standing alone before militarized law enforcement during a protest at Portland’s ICE facility filled the newsfeeds of folks in Oregon (and around the world)

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POP QUIZ PDX: Haunted Portland, Celebrity Axe...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/30

See how well YooOOOOOooou score on this week's terrifying trivia quiz! 👻 by Wm. Steven Humphrey GREETINGS, TRIVIA NERDS. 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 last week's big events, including shocking ICE revelations, creepy coach crimes, and celebrity axe

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Fundraiser for City Councilor Displaced by Fire...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/30

An outpouring of donations flowed in for a District 1 councilor after a catastrophe, but state rules complicate things for public officials on the receiving end. by Courtney Vaughn Updated: 2:50 pm October 30 An online fundraiser for Portland City Councilor Candace Avalos amassed more than $14,000 in just a day, after a fire destroyed part of her home. The outpouring of support was a reflection of Portlanders’

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Good Morning, News: Feds Have TERRIBLE Day in Court,...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/30

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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Bugonia Is a Good Time Yorgos Lanthimos Film

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/30

Dom Sinacola by Dom Sinacola Bugonia, the ninth and latest feature from Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos, distrusts the human body. Bodies, for Lanthimos, are ill-fitting shells. Uncomfortable carapaces. We wear them, often awkwardly, because we have to, but we’re typically struggling with the urge to take them off, trade them out, or—having failed to control our own—control those of others. Bodies betray us, fall

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What Wanders Through a Body?

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/29

A new exhibition at Portland gallery Lumber Room compiles corporeal works by Louise Bourgeois and Isabelle Albuquerque. by Lindsay Costello The myth of feminine hysteria didn’t start in a Victorian sanatorium. Long before Freud heard about it and thought it sounded super legit, ancient Greek doctors imagined the uterus as a restless “wandering womb,” traversing the body and wreaking emotional havoc. In The

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Tony-Nominated "Musical About Corn" Shucked Is a...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/29

TJ Acena by TJ Acena Similar to Hollywood, Broadway has spent the last decade mining existing intellectual property for most of its biggest hits. This feels especially obvious to West Coasters because those are the ones that tend to come through on national tours. But every so often a completely original work breaks through. You might know Shucked as "that musical about corn." And you wouldn't be wrong. The

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