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Portland’s Cutest Creatures
Let’s say nice things about the city’s most adorable critters! by Elinor Jones [Welcome to our second annual "SAY NICE THINGS ABOUT PORTLAND" issue! Read it online here, or if you like physical,...
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Say Nice Things About Local Drag Artists (Proudly Representing Portland All...
You might not know these performers (yet), but these drag artists consistently embody Portland’s strange and timeless beauty. by Andrew Jankowski [Welcome to our second annual "SAY NICE THINGS ABOUT...
View ArticleSay Nice Things About… Portland’s Themed Bookstores!
Whether you’re into sci-fi, romance, or weirdness, Portland has a bookstore for YOU! by Lindsay Costello [Welcome to our second annual "SAY NICE THINGS ABOUT PORTLAND" issue! Read it online here, or...
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AfroVillage Does the Real Work on Portland’s Homeless Crisis
Founder LaQuida Landford shows up for Oregon’s most vulnerable ‘round the clock. by Donovan Scribes (fka Donovan Smith) [Welcome to our second annual "SAY NICE THINGS ABOUT PORTLAND" issue! Read it...
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Say Nice Things About… Biking in Portland
Things have changed since the early 2000s (not to mention 1896), but biking in Portland is still magical. by Taylor Griggs [Welcome to our second annual "SAY NICE THINGS ABOUT PORTLAND" issue! Read it...
View ArticleThe Evolution of Sleater-Kinney
Indie rockers reflect on 30 years as a band, and why they still call Portland home. by Courtney Vaughn [Welcome to our second annual "SAY NICE THINGS ABOUT PORTLAND" issue! Read it online here, or if...
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(Portland Chefs) Say Nice Things About… Portland Chefs
Portland’s premier restaurant and cart owners hype up the local food and chefs they love! by Andrea Damewood [Welcome to our second annual "SAY NICE THINGS ABOUT PORTLAND" issue! Read it online here,...
View ArticleWhy I (Still) Love Portland
A former Portlander returns to survey the city’s damage—and rebirth. by Ian Karmel [Welcome to our second annual "SAY NICE THINGS ABOUT PORTLAND" issue! Read it online here, or if you like physical,...
View ArticleSay Nice Things About Portland… Again!
It’s time to take Portland back from the buttholes. Here’s how. by Wm. Steven Humphrey [Welcome to our second annual "SAY NICE THINGS ABOUT PORTLAND" issue! Read it online here, or if you like...
View ArticleGood Morning, News: Say Nice Things About Portland, New Job Day Bob Day Here...
by Suzette Smith 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...
View ArticleThe Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Portland This Weekend: Apr 12-14 2024
Paris, Texas, Cherry Blossom Bazaar, and More Cheap & Easy Events Under $15 by EverOut Staff Take a break from doing your taxes and go have some thrifty fun this weekend. We've gathered all the...
View ArticlePublic Pleas to Save Portland Street Response Dominate City Budget Session
As Portland prepares to slash bureau budgets ahead of 2024-25 fiscal year, residents make their case for investments in alternative response programs and gun violence reduction. by Courtney Vaughn As...
View ArticleThis Week In Portland Food News
Mezcal, Chilorio, and Sicilian Pizza by EverOut Staff This week, we're celebrating the arrival of the new Tamale Boy sibling Colibri and XO Bar's new mezcal and tequila bar The High Ground. Plus, read...
View ArticleLet's Eat... the Mercury's PIZZA WEEK Is Happening NOW! 🍕😍
by Wm. Steven Humphrey Let the bells ring and the confetti fall: PIZZA WEEK IS BACK, BAY-BEE! And the best pizza pie makers in Portland are ready to strut their pizza stuff! Happening right now and...
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YOUR SUNDAY READING LIST: Wheeler Backpedals on Homeless Plan, "Uncommitted"...
by Wm. Steven Humphrey GOOD 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...
View ArticleCrunch Crunch
by Anonymous To the owner of the Audi Q5 with studded tires driving around our pothole-pocked street this April — first off, your car doesn’t need them. All wheel drive and some decent snowflake tires...
View ArticleGood Morning, News: Ethics Complaint Against DA Candidate Vasquez, Rise Up...
by Wm. Steven Humphrey 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...
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THE TRASH REPORT: On Volcanic Embarrassment and Board Game Movies, With...
Let's dig deep into this week's pile of the hottest gossip! by Elinor Jones Gear up, Trash Pandas! It's me, Elinor Jones, welcoming you to this column: The Trash Report. It's Tax Day today, which is...
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Photo Essay: Biking in Circles at the Ladds 500
The seventh "First Annual" Ladds 500 attracted more than 1,000 people to Southeast Portland's Ladd's Addition for a non-competitive relay race. by Taylor Griggs The Ladds 500 is an annual bicycle...
View ArticleThe Top 39 Events in Portland This Week: Apr 15-21 2024
Chastity Belt, Record Store Day, and More Top Picks by EverOut Staff Clear your calendar: With events like Record Store Day 2024 and stoner-friendly festivities like 420 Toke-Tacular 2: Electric...
View ArticleGood Morning, News: Police Get a New Babysitter, Trump's Lawyers Get...
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...
View ArticleSAVAGE LOVE: Priced Out
Her boyfriend wants permission to hire sex workers. Is this a case of irreconcilable differences? by Dan Savage My boyfriend wants my permission to see sex workers. He did this quite a bit before we...
View ArticleNext Wednesday, It's the Hilarious TWO EVILS Comedy Game Show!
Guest starring super special guest comedian ZAK TOSCANI! by Wm. Steven Humphrey Are you looking for a hilarious, live comedy show where YOU can walk away with a fabulous PRIZE (or two)?Well, you're in...
View ArticleMike Norris Out as Portland Thorns Coach in Staff Shakeup
Norris will become the club’s technical director; General Manager Karina LeBlanc promises “global search” for new head coach. by Abe Asher Mike Norris is out as Portland Thorns head coach just four...
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New Plan Seeks to Help Lower Southeast Portland “Rise”
The Lower Southeast Rising Plan would add transit access, infrastructure and more housing. Residents worry it could transform neighborhood affordability and character. by Taylor Griggs Juxtaposed with...
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Good Morning, News: A New Plan for Southeast Portland, Women's Sports...
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...
View ArticleThe Hype About The People’s Joker Is Entirely Warranted
The hilarious debut film feature from Vera Drew, The People’s Joker, packs a lot into its 92-minute runtime—action, animation, DC comic parody deep cuts, some truly vicious and necessary jabs at some...
View ArticlePortland Will Pay Nearly $1.6 Million for Independent Monitor to Oversee...
Mark P. Smith & Associates will take over monitoring of Portland Police Bureau’s adherence to federal directives. The team includes a former violence prevention leader for the city. by Courtney...
View ArticleCareer Hype
by Anonymous I applied for a position posted on my LinkedIn page, a public service job with a major Multnomah County organization. I'm fine with the job I have but since I had most of the listed...
View ArticleGood Morning, News: Gonzalez' Latest Cruel Power Grab, Cops Cost Portland...
by Wm. Steven Humphrey 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...
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POP QUIZ PDX: Sassy Ass Trivia About Nike Scandals, More Nike Scandals,...
See how well YOU score on this week's super fun local trivia quiz! by Wm. Steven Humphrey HOWDY-DO, SMARTY TROUSERS! It's time once again to put your brainy-brain to the test with this week's edition...
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FREE TICKETS THURSDAY: Enter to Win Free Tix to See the Mission UK,...
by Wm. Steven Humphrey 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...
View ArticleTo the Luuwit Park Karen from Hell
by Anonymous I refuse to explain myself and the special needs of my seriously physically disabled son to anyone, because that feeling is humiliating and degrading. So, let’s just say that my son was...
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Despite Record-High Traffic Crash Deaths, PBOT Leaders Say Vision Zero Is...
Advocates who have been tracking the city’s response to traffic fatalities aren’t so sure. by Taylor Griggs Nearly 10 years ago, the city of Portland first committed to a Vision Zero plan, setting a...
View ArticleTicket Alert: Future, St. Vincent, and More Portland Events Going On Sale...
Plus, More Event News and Updates for April 18 by EverOut Staff Rap’s auto-tune auteur Future is coming to Portland with Metro Boomin to support their second collaborative album, We Still Don't Trust...
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Good Morning, News: Fire in the Disco! Fire in the Attic (of the Timberline...
by Suzette Smith 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...
View ArticleThe Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Portland This Weekend: Apr 19–21, 2024
Making Earth Cool: Earth Day Celebration, Record Store Day, and More Cheap & Easy Events Under $15 by EverOut Staff Celebrate Portland's favorite holiday, 4/20, by blazing up and heading to one or...
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Heck Yes to More Pacific Northwest Non-Alcoholic Beer!
From the founder of Suckerpunch comes a zero-proof craft brewery focused on local hops and flavors. by Blair Stenvick Zero-proof drink entrepreneur Andy McMillan has a story he tells where, in 2021,...
View ArticleWith Scant Evidence, City Commissioners Point to Fentanyl as Potential...
Transportation advocates say putting the blame on victims is a distraction from the real causes of traffic deaths. by Taylor Griggs On October 21, 2023, James Brian Fenimore was walking on the...
View ArticleThis Week In Portland Food News
Bolognese Fries, Cider, and Calamansi Cream Puffs by EverOut Staff From banana pudding tiramisu to Fruit Loop Danishes and from calamansi confections to rainbow cookie-flavored gelato, this edition of...
View ArticleCommissioners Introduce Dueling Homeless Ordinances; Experts Say None Get to...
Mayoral candidates Gonzalez and Rubio have unveiled starkly different ordinances for regulating camping in Portland, as the city tries to fix legal issues with its prior rules. by Courtney Vaughn Two...
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YOUR SUNDAY READING LIST: Cops Get Million Dollar Babysitter, "Vision Zero"...
by Wm. Steven Humphrey GOOD 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...
View ArticleTo the woman who bathes in baby's blood
by Anonymous I had just sang the Beatles, and walked off the karaoke stage. You were dancing in the crowd, I kept noticing you. Your hair is gold blonde, and you had on a classy long coat. When I...
View ArticleGood Morning, News: Dueling Homeless Plans, Commish Blames Fentanyl (and...
by Wm. Steven Humphrey 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...
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THE TRASH REPORT: Presidents, Poets, Josh Hartnett, and YOU!
Time to dig into this week's pile of hot, garbage-y gossip! by Elinor Jones Welcome back to the Trash Report! I am mother Trash Panda, Elinor Jones, coming to you live from this metaphorical dumpster...
View ArticleThe Top 40 Events in Portland This Week: Apr 22–28, 2024
TEDxPortland, José González, and More Top Picks by EverOut Staff We've got a special delivery: all of the best events Portland has to offer this week in one handy roundup. Find details on everything...
View ArticleEnter to WIN FREE TICKETS to See This Wednesday's "TWO EVILS" Comedy Show!
With super special guest star, ZAK TOSCANI! by Wm. Steven Humphrey Are you looking for a hilarious, live comedy show where YOU can walk away with a fabulous PRIZE (or two)?Well, you're in luck,...
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Photo Essay: Portlanders Young and Old Celebrate Earth Day With Making Earth...
Under the pomp and ceremony of a costume parade on a beautiful spring day lay a deep reservoir of disquiet for what the future might hold. by Justin Yau On Saturday, a parade of Portlanders marched...
View ArticleGood Morning, News: NYPD Sweeps Gaza Protests at Universities, The Sports Bra...
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...
View ArticleSAVAGE LOVE: Mask 4 Mask
"I post fetish content on the internet. How worried should I be that someone, like a future boss, might find out?" by Dan Savage I’m a cis gay man in Canada. Other than my supportive enby partner of...
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