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UPDATE: National Guard Deployment Paused Again in...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/25

A district judge was expected to rule whether to allow out-of-state troops to deploy to Portland. Then, in a Friday twist, an appeals court temporarily halted any deployments until October 29.by Courtney Vaughn Updated: 5:44 pm October 24. Originally published 2:04 pm October 24. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has paused any deployment of National Guard troops to Portland until Tuesday evening, October 28. The

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Mercury Endorsement: Vote Yes on the Portland Parks Levy

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/25

Portland parks are on the ballot in this November's special election. by The Mercury Election Strike Force Portland voters only have one decision to make in this November’s special election and it should be a relatively easy one. But that doesn’t mean this year’s special election for a new Portland parks levy is without complexity. We’ll get to those nuances, but first, let’s be clear: the Mercury recommends voting

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Trail Blazers Fandom Goes Hard For Home Opener

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/24

A photo essay featuring fans before the first regular season game at Moda Center. by Corbin Smith As I sat in the Portland Trail Blazers' press room and watched Chauncey Billups answer anodyne questions about if Matisse Thybulle was going to suit up for the Blazers’ home opener, no one had any idea that in 12 hours time he was going to be arrested by the FBI for allegedly serving as a front man for Mafia-controlled

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

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/24

QDoc Film Festival, Fall Wild Mushroom Show, and More Cheap & Easy Events Under $20 by EverOut Staff We're taking weekend planning off your plate with fun event suggestions from the QDoc 2025 Film Festival to the World Famous Kenton Club Honky Tonk and Chili Cook-Off and from Portland Fruit Tree Project's Free Cider Fest to the Oregon Mycological Society's Fall Wild Mushroom Show. Plus, our weekly top picks

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Good Morning, News: Trump Pardons Binance...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/24

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: And good morning RAIN—today. Rain—tomorrow! Rain—Sunday! That's just Portland being Portland; let's hit the news! IN LOCAL NEWS:• On Thursday afternoon,

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Ticket Alert: The Last Dinner Party, Echo & The...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/23

Plus, Daniel Tosh and More Event Updates for October 23 by EverOut Staff Need a dose of escapism? Plan your next big outing with the latest batch of ticket releases. London indie rockers The Last Dinner Party will play tunes from their sophomore album From the Pyre at the Schnitz. British post-punk band Echo & The Bunnymen brings “more songs to learn and sing” to Portland. Plus, comedian Daniel Tosh hits the

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Trail Blazers' Head Coach Chauncey Billups Arrested...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/23

The latest details and what it means for the young team's coming season. by Nolan Parker Of all the squares on Portland’s “Let’s Get Rid of Trail Blazer Head Coach Chauncey Billups” bingo card—Mafia ties, extortion, and illegal gambling perhaps weren’t on the top of the list. Last night—October 22, 2025—the Portland Trail Blazers played the Minnesota Timberwolves, losing the energetic home game 114 to 118. Though

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

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/23

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: No Kings Mania, Moist Pumpkins, and...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/23

See how well YOU score on this week's super fun trivia quiz! by Wm. Steven Humphrey HEY THERE, SMARTY BUTT! 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 the honkin' HUGE No Kings March, French legal terms, and the local heroes who have

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Antifa World Headquarters

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/23

by Anonymous 115 SW Ash Street Portland, OR 97286. Send money. [Editor's Note: The Mercury—AKA Antifa World Headquarters—hasn't been at this address for years, but you can forward your donations here. Also, as a reminder, if you are "anti" antifa, you are "pro" fascism. Please make a note of it.]

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Good Morning, News: Blazer Coach Arrested in...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/23

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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What To Flirt To, What To Cry to at QDoc 2025

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/22

HR Smith Say yes to the hot mess relationship that was the creative force behind Culture Club. by HR Smith It's so freaking hard to see documentaries in a theater, queer or otherwise. However, in a world so cold, QDoc—Portland Queer Documentary Film Festival—is a hot little campfire. In fact, QDoc is the only festival in the US devoted exclusively to queer documentaries. Founded in 2007 by filmmaker David Weissman

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Strangers in the Nights

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/22

How two singles nights are changing the way Portlanders are finding love, friendship, and hookups. by Ben Coleman “Have you ever fallen for someone you weren’t initially attracted to?” asks a large laminated flashcard in the center of a tastefully distressed wood table. The table is in the back corner of the “music room” of the SoHo House member’s club, itself located in a fashionably distressed brick building

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Theater Review: In Dancing on the Sabbath, the Viewer...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/22

Shaking the Tree’s new Grimm fairy tale adaptation implicates its audience in a silent system of surveillance. by Lindsay Costello “I wonder what might have happened if we’d intervened,” an audience member mused at the end of Shaking the Tree’s latest production, Dancing on the Sabbath. At check-in, we'd received a note on letterhead from the Office of Royal Protection—its black logo depicting an eyeball

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Hear In Portland: Ural and Leon Thomas Pull Up, Wynne...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/22

Read all about what’s on the music forecast, Hear In Portland. by Jenni Moore Holy strong Portland, folks! I don’t have much to say other than: Be a good neighbor, keep resisting fascism at every level, and Happy Halloween! This week we’re looking forward to an Ural Thomas & the Pain 12-year anniversary show, as well as digging into Wynne’s new mixtape, and adding Leon Thomas’ December show to our

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Good Morning, News: Hundreds of Thousands of...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/22

by Taylor Griggs The Mercury provides news and fun every single day—but your help is essential. 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 us. Thanks for your support! Good morning, Portland. Today's weather? Low 60s, a little sun. But there's a pretty big storm on the way this weekend, so expect a bunch of rain

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The 'Big Beautiful Bill' is Gutting Oregon’s SNAP...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/22

Sweeping eligibility changes take effect this month. Meanwhile, the government shutdown could leave hundreds of thousands of recipients with no benefits at all in November. by Abe Asher Tens of thousands of Oregonians may be at risk of going hungry due to Republican cuts in funding and changes in eligibility requirements for the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) taking effect this month—with the

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SAVAGE LOVE: Full Spectrum

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/21

A boy on the spectrum is into niche sexual material—what's a parent to do? by Dan Savage I’m the parent of a 14-year-old boy who is on the autism spectrum. Recently, I discovered that he has been searching online for some niche sexual material. Because of his autism, he tends to hyper-fixate on things, and I’m concerned about what might happen if I ignore this. Could it affect his future sexual development or

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THE BLACK BYLINE: The Drake v. Kendrick Verdict, and...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/21

Fighting for The Culture in a new era of hip-hop lawsuits and artificial intelligence. 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.] “No matter what these people say about me, my

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Good Morning, News: The Court Ruling Nobody Wanted,...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/10/21

by Courtney Vaughn The Mercury provides news and fun every single day—but your help is essential. 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 us. Thanks for your support! Good morning, Portland! We’re in for a pleasant, mostly sunny day with a high of 65 degrees and a low of 46. It’s been a doozy of a news cycle, so

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