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New Strawberry Just Dropped!

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Hawks Reimagined

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The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Portland This Weekend: June 5–7, 2026

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Café No Saint Does Brunch Better

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Spin Cycle: Near, Far, Wherever You Are

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Farewell to Foie Gras

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“Chaotic” Middle School Assembly Underscores PPS’ AI Problem

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Ticket Alert: Gracie Abrams, Bryson Tiller, and More Portland Events Going On Sale This Week

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Paradoxical Sound

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FREE TICKETS THURSDAY: Win Tix to Heavenly, Wolfmother, Holi Summer Fest, and MORE!

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Good Morning, News: Oaks Park Invites Names for New Ride, Donald Trump Buffalo Looks Like More Beautiful Version of US President

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Could Oregon Get Swept Up In Redistricting Wars?

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After Months of “Political Football,” Council Funds Housing for Black Portlanders

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THE BLACK BYLINE: An Open Letter to Gov. Tina Kotek

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Good Morning, News: Supreme Court Okays Racist Gerrymandering, Early Results in California Governor’s Race, and Lots of Local Bird News

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Off to the (Dragon Boat) Races

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SAVAGE LOVE: Quickies

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Good Morning, News: Drag Queen’s Legal Battle With a Corporate Namesake, Ozempic Brain, and Trickery Fueling Initiative To Hire More Cops

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Thank You for Your Failure, Cheesecake Factory

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Author Daniel Lavery Hopes We All Meet New People

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Kick Off Portland Pride with the Portland Mercury and Diva Drag Brunch

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Elections Complaint Alleges Canvassers are Intentionally Misleading Public About Police Funding Initiative

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The Mercury Brings Home Six Journalism Awards

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The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for June 1-7

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THE TRASH REPORT: With Liberty and Sweaty Shirtless Men for All!

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Good Morning, News: Shooting Rampage in Sandy, Portland Fire Stops Superstar Clark, and Trump’s Terrrrrible Friday

4d ago·1 min read·95 words

Portland Fire Soundly Defeats Indiana Fever; Goes Two-for-Three in Home Series

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The Best Things To Do in Portland This Month: June 2026

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The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Portland This Weekend: May 29–31, 2026

May 29·1 min read·91 words

Horrors of the Northwest

May 29·1 min read·71 words

Good Morning News! Oregon’s Low Vax Rates, DOJ Sues Oregon Over License Plates, Pam Bondi Testifies on Epstein, US and Kenyan Judges Each Block Trump Efforts

May 29·1 min read·118 words

Lost In Space With Third Rail’s X

May 29·1 min read·77 words

PIGCON Shows Off the Best (and the Weirdest) of Portland’s Indie Game Scene

May 28·1 min read·89 words

Merrow Pop-Up Serves Fresh Fish, “Sexy” Vegetables, and Italian Chili Crisp

May 28·1 min read·85 words

Ticket Alert: Kehlani, 6LACK, and More Portland Events Going On Sale This Week

May 28·1 min read·96 words

FREE TICKETS THURSDAY: Win Tix to The Lemon Twigs, RX Bandits, Mary Gauthier, and MORE!

May 28·1 min read·93 words

Portland City Council Adopts New Law Enforcement Mask Ban, ID Requirements

May 28·1 min read·85 words

Good Morning, News: Council Passes Anti-Masking Ordinance, Portland Fire Win Three in a Row, and Trump’s Revenge Tour Continues

May 28·1 min read·101 words

Paving a Residential Street

May 27·1 min read·72 words

Mercury Music Picks: Sierra Ferrell For Real, Quasi Score Japanese Silent Film, and Michelle Zauner Cries in Tomorrow

May 27·1 min read·99 words

Good Morning, News: A Deadly Chemical Plant Explosion, the DOE’s War on Nursing, and a Suspected Portland Serial Killer is Charged Again

May 27·1 min read·107 words

Net Benefits: The Future of Public Tennis in Portland

May 27·1 min read·81 words

Portland Timbers Coach Is Out; Club Searching for Replacement

May 26·1 min read·81 words

Eff Airbnb

May 26·1 min read·68 words

SAVAGE LOVE: Doom and Groom

May 26·1 min read·75 words

Good Morning, News: Oregon Islands for Sale, Pope Leo Pens Lengthy AI Warning, and RIP, Sax Legend Sonny Rollins

May 26·1 min read·104 words

The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for May 25-31

May 25·1 min read·87 words

Hey you, the one I’m always talking to …

May 25·1 min read·82 words

DMV Shenanigans

May 24·1 min read·68 words

Who’s Who in the Portland Fire

May 22·1 min read·75 words

Spin Cycle: Songs From the Wild

May 22·1 min read·75 words

Likely Ivy’s Stellar Mini Cupcakes Have an Unlikely Secret

May 22·1 min read·81 words

The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Portland This Memorial Day Weekend: May 22–25, 2026

May 22·1 min read·95 words

The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Portland This Memorial Day Weekend: May 22–25, 2026

May 22·1 min read·95 words

Good Morning, News! Centrist Dems Seem To Have Lost; Oregonians Cool With Taxes, Actually; Ebola; And Stephen Colbert Signs Off

May 22·1 min read·106 words

Protect Oregonian’s Access to OHSU

May 22·1 min read·74 words

Ticket Alert: Chance the Rapper, Orville Peck, and More Portland Events Going On Sale This Week

May 21·1 min read·95 words

FREE TICKETS THURSDAY: Win Tix to CityFair, Tab Benoit, Racing Mount Pleasant, and MORE!

May 21·1 min read·91 words

Childish Idiot

May 21·1 min read·70 words

Good Morning, News: City Council Budget Bonanza, Providence Dumps Insurance Plan, and Trump Threatens Another Castro

May 21·1 min read·95 words

Possible Amnesia Over Lost Population of Portland

May 21·1 min read·78 words

Dear 22-Year-Old Me (Or You)

May 21·1 min read·74 words

Mercury Music Picks: Boot Scoot Your Boogie at Friends in Low Places

May 20·1 min read·87 words

GZA Makes Up for Lost Time at Hawthorne Theatre

May 20·1 min read·81 words

Reporting Live (Continued): City Council’s Contentious Budget Meeting

May 20·1 min read·79 words

Good Morning, News: Oregonians Reject Gas Tax Hike, Senate Works to Block Strikes On Iran, and Guess Which Union is Targeting Portland’s Police Accountability Board?

May 20·1 min read·113 words

Cop Union Alleges City Councilor Interference in New Police Oversight System

May 20·1 min read·85 words

The Mercury’s 2026 Primary Election Night Live Updates!

May 20·1 min read·79 words

Paralyzed By Hope: The Maria Bamford Story Is Judd Apatow’s Attempt To Make a Beloved Comedian More Famous

May 19·1 min read·99 words

Portland City Councilors are Tearing into Mayor Wilson’s Proposed Budget. Here’s What Could Change.

May 19·1 min read·91 words

SAVAGE LOVE: Borders Crossed

May 19·1 min read·72 words

Reporting Live: City Council’s Contentious Budget Meeting

May 19·1 min read·77 words

Good Morning, News: Three Killed in Shooting at San Diego Islamic Center, Nobody Wins in Musk v. Altman Case, and It’s Election Day

May 19·1 min read·113 words

Flashbulb Freaks in the Front

May 19·1 min read·74 words

Updated Version of Success

May 19·1 min read·72 words

Judge Barfy

May 19·1 min read·68 words

Portland’s Newest Women’s Sports Team, the Cherry Bombs, Win First Match

May 19·1 min read·85 words

The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for May 18-24

May 18·1 min read·89 words

The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for May 18-24

May 18·1 min read·89 words

THE TRASH REPORT: On Sweatpants, Underpants, and Toilets (But Cute!)

May 18·1 min read·83 words

Good Morning, News: Election Day Is Tomorrow, Trump’s Terrible Approval Ratings, and Mount St. Helen’s Explosive Anniversary

May 18·1 min read·97 words

Punk Rock Posers

May 17·1 min read·70 words

Portland Fire Nets a Win (and a Loss) Against the Liberty

May 15·1 min read·85 words

Three Must-Try New AAPI-Owned Eateries: Dear Lola, After Ours, and Bangkok Belly

May 15·1 min read·91 words

The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Portland This Weekend: May 15–17, 2026

May 15·1 min read·91 words

Good Morning, News! PCC President Out, Muji PDX Unionizes, Cuba Out of Oil, and Trump Looks Weak in China Visit

May 15·1 min read·107 words

PCC President Resigns, Ending Turbulent Stint

May 15·1 min read·75 words

Ticket Alert: Journey, Band of Horses, and More Portland Events Going On Sale This Week

May 14·1 min read·81 words

The Price of the Ticket Is Cost-Conscious

May 14·1 min read·77 words

Coming Soon: The Delicious Cocktails of the Mercury’s HIGHBALL Week!

May 14·1 min read·83 words

Moda Center Funding

May 14·1 min read·70 words

FREE TICKETS THURSDAY: Win Tix to Seahaven, Therapy Gecko, The Church, and MORE!

May 14·1 min read·96 words

POP QUIZ PDX: Killer Bees, Angry Volcanoes, and Other Disastrous Disasters

May 14·1 min read·87 words

Good Morning, News: War Powers Resolution Gains Support (Still Fails) and Portland Metro Chamber Threatens Suit Over Arts Tax

May 14·1 min read·104 words

The Mercury 2026 Music Issue: “All Genres, All Generations, All Genders”

May 14·1 min read·89 words

Justin Townes Earle’s Portland Years

May 14·1 min read·77 words

Mercury Music Picks: The Portland Mercury Music Issue Launch Party!

May 13·1 min read·10 words

Culture vs Cost of Living

May 13·1 min read·5 words

Good Morning, News: The Latest Moda Center Funding Fight, Trump’s Laughable Plan To Lower Gas Prices, and the Video Game You Didn’t Know You Needed

May 13·1 min read·25 words

It’s the Men…

May 13·1 min read·3 words

RFK Jr. thinks we aren’t depressed!!

May 13·1 min read·6 words

Council Budget Talks Highlight Tension Over Proposed PCEF Moda Center Investment

May 13·1 min read·11 words

Food News: Longtime Güero Cook Detained by ICE

May 12·1 min read·8 words

SAVAGE LOVE: Straight Up

May 12·1 min read·4 words

Good Morning, News: Watch Out for Yellow-Legged Hornets, Lawsuit Calls Out Trump’s Tacky Reflecting Pool Plans, and We’re All Conspiracy Theorists Now

May 12·1 min read·22 words

Youth Crisis Line is Not at Risk of Closing, Despite Proposed Cuts

May 12·1 min read·12 words

The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for May 11-17

May 11·1 min read·12 words

Good Morning, News: Kotek’s Increasing Unpopularity, Fans Flock to Portland Fire, and Trump vs. the Gas Pumps

May 11·1 min read·17 words

Portland Fire Blaze Their Own Trail

May 10·1 min read·6 words

New Federal Logging Plan Could Decimate Oregon’s Old Growth Forests

May 9·1 min read·10 words

Category Is: Attending Your First Ball

May 8·1 min read·6 words

The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Portland This Weekend: May 8–10, 2026

May 8·1 min read·14 words

Good Girl Is the Central Eastside’s New “Slutty Goth Dive Bar”

May 8·1 min read·11 words

Spin Cycle: Call It By Its Name

May 8·1 min read·7 words

Good Morning News! Oregon Wins Tariff Case, NW Natural Shenanigans, Voting Is Getting Harder for Black Americans, A Prayer for Rudy Giuliani

May 8·1 min read·22 words

Ticket Alert: Foster The People, LP, and More Portland Events Going On Sale This Week

May 7·1 min read·15 words

Mercury Music Picks: Cabaret Voltaire’s Portland Debut, Yuvees Back in Town, and Texas Is—in Fact—the Reason

May 7·1 min read·16 words

They Thought They Were Leaving Prison Early. Then They Weren’t.

May 7·1 min read·10 words

FREE TICKETS THURSDAY: Win Tix to Brent Gunter, Melody’s Echo Chamber, Accessory, and MORE!

May 7·1 min read·14 words

POP QUIZ PDX: Foie Gras, New Elk Drama, and the Gas Station Food of Your Dreams

May 7·1 min read·16 words

Stop Making the Same Mistake

May 7·1 min read·5 words

Good Morning, News: Hillsboro Desperate for Data Centers, Farmers Market Flurries, and—Weird!—War Leads to Oil Profits

May 7·1 min read·16 words

Jibz Cameron Becomes Dynasty Handbag

May 7·1 min read·5 words

A Blue Heron Under the Influence

May 6·1 min read·6 words

Good Morning, News: Portland Arts Tax Reform, Trump Airport, and Trauma Bonding Over Spirit Airlines Memories

May 6·1 min read·16 words

SAVAGE LOVE: Quickies

May 5·1 min read·3 words

Portland’s Top Public Safety Leader Is Leaving

May 5·1 min read·7 words

Good Morning, News: Protesters Stun Outside Met Gala Red Carpet, Portlanders Protest Local Tech Used by Israeli Military, and Progressive City Councilors Appear Innocent of Alleged Ethics Violations

May 5·1 min read·28 words

Protesters Push City To Investigate Firm That Appears To Supply Drone Tech to Israel

May 5·1 min read·14 words

You don’t seem to mind that I’m a lot.

May 5·1 min read·9 words

Pass the Mayonnaise

May 5·1 min read·3 words

The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for May 4-10

May 4·1 min read·12 words

Curbside Serenade Makes Portland’s Street Corners More Musical

May 4·1 min read·8 words

To Whoever Tagged My Fence

May 4·1 min read·5 words

THE TRASH REPORT: Hot Music Goss for Hot Days, Plus Jimmy Carter, FDR, and Cardi B Makes Three

May 4·1 min read·18 words

Good Morning, News: Attack at the MAC, Spirit Airlines Shuts Down, and Lying Giuliani in Critical Condition… Probably

May 4·1 min read·18 words

Shaking the Tree’s Glass Menagerie Shines Despite the Darkness

May 1·1 min read·9 words

The Long-Awaited Return of Electronic-Music Innovators Cabaret Voltaire

May 1·1 min read·8 words

Highlights from Portland City Council’s Foie Gras Ban Hearing

May 1·1 min read·9 words

The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Portland This Weekend: May 1–3, 2026

May 1·1 min read·14 words

My Own Space

May 1·1 min read·3 words

Good Morning, News! May Day, Wild Metro Chamber Polls, Our Endorsements, and Infowars’ Disappearance (Conspiracy?)

May 1·1 min read·15 words

Totally Real Portland Holiday 503 Day Returns

May 1·1 min read·7 words

Ticket Alert: Shaboozey, Logic & G-Eazy, and More Portland Events Going On Sale This Week

Apr 30·1 min read·15 words

The Mercury’s May 2026 Election Endorsements

Apr 30·1 min read·6 words

Your Mercury May Election Cheat Sheet!

Apr 30·1 min read·6 words

FREE TICKETS THURSDAY: Win Tix to Wild Nothing, ZooBrew, St. Lucia, and MORE!

Apr 30·1 min read·13 words

POP QUIZ PDX: Ghost Taxis, Animatronic Horrors, and Where the Hell Is My (Robot) Husband?

Apr 30·1 min read·15 words

Good Morning, News: Oregon’s Mountain-Fed Streams Hunger for Your Life, New Fees for Portland Streets and Sauvie Island

Apr 30·1 min read·18 words

Portland City Council Officially Adopts Transportation Utility Fee

Apr 30·1 min read·8 words

Second Run Portland: Reality Be Damned

Apr 29·1 min read·6 words

Survival Mode

Apr 29·1 min read·2 words

Home Forward CEO Resigns Amid Scrutiny Over Travel

Apr 29·1 min read·8 words

SpongeBob Versus the Apocalypse

Apr 29·1 min read·4 words

Good Morning, News: Blazers Get Destroyed in Playoffs, Comey Gets Indicted (Again), and Local Foie Gras Ban Back on the Menu

Apr 29·1 min read·21 words

Mayor Wilson’s Economic Development Budget is a Balancing Act of Cuts and Cash Infusion

Apr 29·1 min read·14 words

Food News: Portland Food Cart Owner Detained by ICE

Apr 28·1 min read·9 words

The person with the untied shoe will be okay

Apr 28·1 min read·9 words

Frederick Wiseman’s Close-Up

Apr 28·1 min read·3 words

Untold: Jail Blazers Dunks on Portland

Apr 28·1 min read·6 words

Where to Play Pickleball in Portland

Apr 28·1 min read·6 words

SAVAGE LOVE: Hurdles

Apr 28·1 min read·3 words

Good Morning, News: No More Tear Gas Restrictions, Blazers Need a Miracle, and Remembering The Ronettes’ Nedra Talley Ross

Apr 28·1 min read·19 words

Lengthy Post

Apr 28·1 min read·2 words

The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for April 27-May 3

Apr 27·1 min read·13 words

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Déjà Vu

Apr 27·1 min read·6 words

Good Morning, News: Central Catholic Walkout, Another Trump Assassination Attempt, and a Bad Blazers Weekend

Apr 27·1 min read·15 words

Public Money, Private Profits

Apr 26·1 min read·4 words

Reddit Sucks Ass

Apr 26·1 min read·3 words

Hell Yeah!

Apr 26·1 min read·2 words

Blazers Miss Out on Opportunity To Take a Series Lead

Apr 25·1 min read·10 words

Yanni’s Greek Donuts Serves Up Tradition, Best Eaten Hot

Apr 24·1 min read·9 words

Spin Cycle: Go Your Own Way

Apr 24·1 min read·6 words

The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Portland This Weekend: Apr 24–26, 2026

Apr 24·1 min read·14 words

Good Morning News! Blazers Game 3, City Council Grills Housing Admin, Transpo Fee Expected To Pass, and Even Kash Patel Thinks This Is Weird

Apr 24·1 min read·24 words

Portland Moves To Shake Up Transportation Funding With New Utility Fee

Apr 24·1 min read·11 words

Council Grills City Administrators About Unbudgeted Housing Funds During First Oversight Hearing

Apr 24·1 min read·12 words

Ticket Alert: Teddy Swims, Chicago, and More Portland Events Going On Sale This Week

Apr 23·1 min read·14 words

Breaking: Portland Mercury to Host “Party of the Year” May 14

Apr 23·1 min read·11 words

FREE TICKETS THURSDAY: Sir Woman, Faetooth, Robert Lester Folsom, and MORE!

Apr 23·1 min read·11 words

Good Morning, News: Senate Republicans Push ICE Funding, City Councilors Protest NDA Pressure, and More ‘Will They Won’t They’ Ceasefire

Apr 23·1 min read·20 words

Press Me to Your Heart, I’m in a World Apart

Apr 23·1 min read·10 words

With Portland Public Schools’ Budget in Peril, All Eyes Are on the State

Apr 22·1 min read·13 words

What Arts!!!

Apr 22·1 min read·2 words

Leeks are Yucky

Apr 22·1 min read·3 words

Good Morning, News: Exotic Animal Abuser Pleads Guilty, Whistleblower Fired After Questioning ICE Contracts, and a Portlander’s Horrific Trader Joe’s Orange Juice Encounter

Apr 22·1 min read·23 words

Who’s Playing Portland Pride 2026?

Apr 22·1 min read·5 words

Getting High on Her Own Supply

Apr 22·1 min read·6 words

Lost In the Sea of the Lost

Apr 21·1 min read·7 words

SAVAGE LOVE: The Reveal

Apr 21·1 min read·4 words

Pipe Dreams and Pizza Crusts Will Dive into the Wacky World of Organ Grinder Pizza

Apr 21·1 min read·15 words

Good Morning, News: Bye to Old MAX Trains, Lori Chavez-DeRemer Out as Labor Secretary, and Kash Patel Hasn’t Heard of the Streisand Effect

Apr 21·1 min read·23 words

I Don’t Like Her, But I Feel Bad

Apr 21·1 min read·8 words

Leaving the Station: TriMet Retires Its Oldest MAX Trains

Apr 20·1 min read·9 words

The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for April 20-26

Apr 20·1 min read·12 words

THE TRASH REPORT: Like a Prayer from a ’90s Movie or a Prayer for Pop Goddesses in Lingerie

Apr 20·1 min read·18 words

Locked In

Apr 20·1 min read·2 words

Good Morning, News: Trump Forced to Return $166B in Tariffs, Spurs Dunk on Blazers, and Robots Can Now Outrun You

Apr 20·1 min read·20 words

YOUR SUNDAY READING LIST: Terrible Tats, Bad (Political) Actors, and Who’s Paying Through the Nose for a New Moda?

Apr 19·1 min read·19 words

Cart Blockers

Apr 18·1 min read·2 words

Women’s Treatment Center Announces Permanent Closure After Abruptly Halting Services

Apr 17·1 min read·10 words

Nice Time Makes Nice Pasta, Indeed

Apr 17·1 min read·6 words

The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Portland This Weekend: Apr 17–19, 2026

Apr 17·1 min read·14 words

THE BLACK BYLINE: What My Grandma’s Garden Taught Me About AI and the End of the World

Apr 17·1 min read·17 words

Good Morning News! Lloyd Center To Close, Trail Blazers in the Playoffs, Pulp Fiction Prayers, Your $4K For War, New Tom Waits Anyone?

Apr 17·1 min read·23 words

Another Runner in the Night

Apr 17·1 min read·5 words

Lloyd Center Mall Announces Official Closing Date in Portland

Apr 17·1 min read·9 words

Ticket Alert: Sombr, The Strokes, and More Portland Events Going On Sale This Week

Apr 16·1 min read·14 words

Should Portlanders Pay Hundreds of Millions for a Refurbished Moda Center? City Councilors Say “Not So Fast”

Apr 16·1 min read·17 words

FREE TICKETS THURSDAY: Sci-Fi Film Fest, Cut Worms, Wu Lyf, and MORE!

Apr 16·1 min read·12 words

POP QUIZ PDX: Spinning Bread, Badass Blazers, and Your Regrettable Tattoo

Apr 16·1 min read·11 words

Good Morning, News: Jury Finds Live Nation a Harmful Monopoly, Oregon National Guard Members Headed to Middle East, and AI Val Kilmer Still Seems Bad

Apr 16·1 min read·25 words

Ethics Commission Dismisses Complaints Over Peacocks’ Legal Representation

Apr 15·1 min read·8 words

What Lies Beneath Sean Christensen’s Mount Saint Helens?

Apr 15·1 min read·8 words

We Picked Out Which Cast Member Is Which Golden Girl in Savannah Sipping Society

Apr 15·1 min read·14 words

Mercury Music Picks: Hip-Hop Royalty the Pharcyde and Emo Heartthrobs AFI Are in Town

Apr 15·1 min read·14 words

Good Morning, News: The Blazers Are Headed to Playoffs, AI Ruins a Legal Case, and Taxes Ruin Everyone’s Day

Apr 15·1 min read·19 words

Ethics Commission Fines Homelessness Influencer Over State Violations

Apr 15·1 min read·8 words

Food News: Smashburgers at Steely’s and Chicago Tavern Pizza at Proof Launch This Week

Apr 14·1 min read·14 words

The Christophers Is Another Small Masterwork by Steven Soderbergh

Apr 14·1 min read·9 words

SAVAGE LOVE: Outward Bound

Apr 14·1 min read·4 words

Why Portland Author Justin Hocking Calls Toxic Masculinity “Extractive”

Apr 14·1 min read·9 words

Stick a Fork In It

Apr 14·1 min read·5 words

Good Morning, News: Locals Push Back Against Zenith, Portland Fire Goes International, and Trump Has a Christ Complex

Apr 14·1 min read·18 words

Off With Their Heads!

Apr 14·1 min read·4 words

Talked Out

Apr 13·1 min read·2 words

The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for April 13-19

Apr 13·1 min read·12 words

Advocates Reject Zenith Energy Investigation in Letter Delivered to Mayor’s Office

Apr 13·1 min read·11 words

Good Morning, News: Orbán Loses, Blazers Win, and Pope Leo Isn’t Scared of Pathetic Trump

Apr 13·1 min read·15 words

Gym Time

Apr 12·1 min read·2 words

YOUR SUNDAY READING LIST: Rehab Cruelty, Ritz Carlton to Pay Up, and the Shrimp Burger of Your Dreams

Apr 12·1 min read·18 words

A Modest Transportation Plan

Apr 11·1 min read·4 words

Blazers Sink the Clippers Battleship for All the 8th Seed Marbles

Apr 11·1 min read·11 words

Red Hen Bagelry Brings Delightfully Chewy Bagels to Northeast Portland

Apr 10·1 min read·10 words

Spin Cycle: Get Up to Get Down!

Apr 10·1 min read·7 words

The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Portland This Weekend: Apr 10–12, 2026

Apr 10·1 min read·14 words

Good Morning, News! Money Helps With Poverty, We 🌹 Portland Arts, Top “Hillbilly Elegy” Diplomat to Pakistan, ICE and Other Dumbass Trump News

Apr 10·1 min read·23 words

“Portland Nice” Is on Full Display in Carol Triffle’s Latest Musical Comedy

Apr 10·1 min read·12 words

Ticket Alert: Of Monsters and Men, Parcels, and More Portland Events Going On Sale This Week

Apr 9·1 min read·16 words

Coming April 20: The Delicious Fun of the Mercury’s PIZZA WEEK!

Apr 9·1 min read·11 words

FREE TICKETS THURSDAY: Cory Wong, ps goner, Drew and Ellie Holcomb, and MORE!

Apr 9·1 min read·13 words

POP QUIZ PDX: Featuring Myths, Monsters, and the Unwelcome Return of Rene Gonzalez

Apr 9·1 min read·13 words

Study: Rent Assistance is the Most Requested Support Service Among Homeless Residents

Apr 9·1 min read·12 words

Good Morning, News: Mercury Transportation Issue Drops and Broadway Bridge Reopens? In the Same Week? Curious.

Apr 9·1 min read·16 words

The Mercury‘s JOYRIDE Issue Is Out Now!

Apr 9·1 min read·7 words

The (Somewhat) Amazing Race

Apr 9·1 min read·4 words

Street View: Lightning Round

Apr 9·1 min read·4 words

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Apr 9·1 min read·4 words

The Road to Improvement

Apr 9·1 min read·4 words

BikePortland at 21

Apr 9·1 min read·3 words

The Highway That Never Was

Apr 9·1 min read·5 words

Taking the Fast Lane on 82nd Avenue

Apr 9·1 min read·7 words

Le Tour de Portland

Apr 9·1 min read·4 words

A Place To Skate and Belong

Apr 9·1 min read·6 words

Apple Hunters! Had Me in My Apple Feelings

Apr 9·1 min read·8 words

Kicked to the Curb: Substance Abuse Patients Ordered to Leave As Treatment Center Abruptly Closes

Apr 8·1 min read·15 words

Mercury Music Picks: Mix Master Mike Chops It Up and Forty Feet Tall Get Higher at High Limit Room

Apr 8·1 min read·19 words

A Useful Ghost Is About So Much More Than Sex With a Vacuum Cleaner

Apr 8·1 min read·14 words

Good Morning, News: Ritz Carlton Owner Will Finally Pay Up, Trump Backtracks on Genocide Threat, and a Glimmer of Hope For Ditching Fossil Fuels

Apr 8·1 min read·24 words

Ritz Carlton Building Owner To Finally Pay City For Affordable Housing Projects

Apr 8·1 min read·12 words

SAVAGE LOVE: Show and Tell

Apr 7·1 min read·5 words

Good Morning, News: Rene Gonzalez Sues Portland, Artemis II Astronauts Start Their Journey Home, and Trump Threatens to Destroy Iran and Take Down Human Civilization

Apr 7·1 min read·25 words

Deal Or No Deal?

Apr 6·1 min read·4 words

The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for April 6-12

Apr 6·1 min read·12 words

Snakes on the Dance Floor

Apr 6·1 min read·5 words

The Book on My Nightstand

Apr 6·1 min read·5 words

Barbara Forever Puts the Body-ody-ody in Body of Work

Apr 6·1 min read·9 words

THE TRASH REPORT: Bryon Noem’s Huge Balloon Jugs, and Other Sundries

Apr 6·1 min read·11 words

Good Morning, News: Trump’s Latest Unhinged Rant, Mayor Asks Neighboring Counties for Homeless Cash, and It’s Thong Weather in Portland

Apr 6·1 min read·20 words

YOUR SUNDAY READING LIST: PoMo Staff Gets Screwed, the Return of Turn! Turn! Turn!, and Glorifying the Elk

Apr 5·1 min read·18 words

The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for March 30-April 5

Mar 30·1 min read·13 words

Keep Your Frenemy’s Brain Closer

Mar 30·1 min read·5 words

THE BLACK BYLINE: The Prodigal Elk Statue — And What It Really Means for Portland

Mar 30·1 min read·15 words

Good Morning, News: Tens of Thousands Attend "No Kings" Protest, Another Disappointed Right-Wing Influencer, and Trump Threatens to Bomb Iran's Drinking Water

Mar 30·1 min read·22 words

Cut and Dry

Mar 30·1 min read·3 words

Old legends

Mar 30·1 min read·2 words

YOUR SUNDAY READING LIST: Trump Crushes Curler's Dreams, Extra Mad March Madness, and What's Happening with Portland's Music Venues?

Mar 29·1 min read·19 words

Spin Cycle: Three Albums of Transition and Calm in the Face of Oppression

Mar 27·1 min read·13 words

Fertile Ground Explores the Final Frontier

Mar 27·1 min read·6 words

I know, I know, I know

Mar 27·1 min read·6 words

Too much Schnitzer

Mar 27·1 min read·3 words

The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Portland This Weekend: Mar 27–29, 2026

Mar 27·1 min read·14 words

Good Morning, News! PCC Strike May Impact International Students, Klamath Salmon Return 👏, House to Consider Senate DHS Bill, ICE at Airports 🤓, and Wikipedia Bans AI Content 👍

Mar 27·1 min read·29 words

Get Tickets Quick! The Undisputable Geniuses of Comedy Show Is TONIGHT, Friday March 27!

Mar 27·1 min read·14 words

Ongoing PCC Strike Could Threaten Legal Status of International Students

Mar 27·1 min read·10 words

Ticket Alert: Jungle, Bob Dylan, and More Portland Events Going On Sale This Week

Mar 26·1 min read·14 words

A Highly Anticipated New York-Style Bagel Shop Opens This Spring

Mar 26·1 min read·10 words

FREE TICKETS THURSDAY: Win Tix to On Cinema, Dar Williams, Satsang, and MORE!

Mar 26·1 min read·13 words

Good Morning, News: Fire at Tom's Restaurant & Bar, Higher Court Says Gas and Chemicals at Portland ICE Are Back On, and the Lindy West Book Discourse Dozens Are Talking About

Mar 26·1 min read·31 words

Mercury Music Picks: Hardcore Shortiez Destroy HLR, Larry Brings His Flask to Showdown, and It's Spring Break in Kenton

Mar 26·1 min read·19 words

A Portland Curler’s Fight For Her Right to Compete

Mar 25·1 min read·9 words

Good Morning, News: Another Attorney Punished for AI, Dems Flip Florida State House Seat in Trump's District, and Trump Just Voted By Mail

Mar 25·1 min read·23 words

Anatomy of a March Madness Upset

Mar 24·1 min read·6 words

SAVAGE LOVE: Much Obliged

Mar 24·1 min read·4 words

Win Two Free Tickets to See This Friday's Geniuses of Comedy Show!

Mar 24·1 min read·12 words

TriMet, Car Collisions, and Carbon Emission....

Mar 24·1 min read·6 words

What a delight to see you

Mar 24·1 min read·6 words

Good Morning, News: Oaks Park Reopens, Bill Cosby Sued For Sexual Assault, and DHS Has a New (Worse?) Leader

Mar 24·1 min read·19 words

Easy Like Sunday Morning

Mar 24·1 min read·4 words

The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for March 23-29

Mar 23·1 min read·12 words

THE TRASH REPORT: Tacky Columns, Tacky Shoes, and Zach Braff Said WHAT?!

Mar 23·1 min read·12 words

Good Morning, News: Trump Sends ICE Agents Into Airports, PPS Shortens School Year, and Mail-In Voting Goes Before Supreme Court

Mar 23·1 min read·20 words

Comeback Kitchen, Portland Edition

Mar 23·1 min read·4 words

If we ever get out of here

Mar 23·1 min read·7 words

YOUR SUNDAY READING LIST: Tax (and Eat) the Rich, Where to Get Gigantic Quesadillas, and Studying to Be a PhD in Poly

Mar 22·1 min read·22 words

For Adrenaline and Freedom

Mar 22·1 min read·4 words

Dishonorable Work

Mar 21·1 min read·2 words

Just Wanking Off

Mar 21·1 min read·3 words

Dirt

Mar 21·1 min read·1 words

Get Tickets Quick! The Undisputable Geniuses of Comedy Show Is Next Friday, March 27!

Mar 21·1 min read·14 words

Get Tickets Quick! The Undisputable Geniuses of Comedy Show Is THIS FRIDAY, March 27!

Mar 21·1 min read·14 words

Cesar Chavez had Left the Left

Mar 20·1 min read·6 words

One Step Forward, Two Steps Back for Portland's Music Venues

Mar 20·1 min read·10 words

The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Portland This Weekend: Mar 20–22, 2026

Mar 20·1 min read·14 words

Good Morning, News: Chuck Norris Dies, City Councilor Sends Very Spicy Emails, Homeless Services Org Needs Support After Four Recent Fires, and Buzzfeed Let AI Prompt Its Downfall

Mar 20·1 min read·28 words

Art Snack: You Know and Like the Locals Behind This Women's Sports Film Fest

Mar 20·1 min read·14 words

On Tilt

Mar 20·1 min read·2 words

Local Homeless Service Provider Regroups After Fires

Mar 20·1 min read·7 words

Why not just stop naming things after people?

Mar 19·1 min read·8 words

Ticket Alert: Bleachers, Maren Morris, and More Portland Events Going On Sale This Week

Mar 19·1 min read·14 words

The Sun Ra Arkestra Descends Upon Hollywood Theatre

Mar 19·1 min read·8 words

FREE TICKETS THURSDAY: Win Tix to The Belair Lip Bombs, Skullcrusher, Bluebird Improv, and MORE!

Mar 19·1 min read·15 words

POP QUIZ PDX: Parks and (Emotional) Wrecks

Mar 19·1 min read·7 words

Good Morning, News: Afroman Vindicated, Blow Pony's Final Party, and Why Is Jon Ossoff Sternly Jabbing at That Paper?

Mar 19·1 min read·19 words

Consent to cuts?

Mar 19·1 min read·3 words

re: "Evil Plan"

Mar 19·1 min read·3 words

Cesar Chavez is No Longer Acceptable

Mar 19·1 min read·6 words

Mercury Music Picks: Bijoux Cone's Homecoming, and Canadian Piss and Brazil's Sessa Are in Town

Mar 18·1 min read·15 words

Blow Pony Rides Into the Sunset

Mar 18·1 min read·6 words

Good Morning, News: TSA Official Threatens Airport Closures, Women Tell of Sexual Abuse by Cesar Chavez, and Will Oregon Step Up and Tax the Richest of the Rich?

Mar 18·1 min read·28 words

Sponge City USA

Mar 18·1 min read·3 words

Tired of being angry all the time

Mar 18·1 min read·7 words

Trouble On 39th Avenue

Mar 18·1 min read·4 words

The Stank

Mar 18·1 min read·2 words

Tax the Rich? Oregon Voters Could Weigh In on First-of-its-Kind Wealth Tax

Mar 17·1 min read·12 words

Your New Favorite Cat Painting Is Joseph Jones’ “Pink T-shirt”

Mar 17·1 min read·10 words

Open & Shut: The Latest in Portland Restaurant News, March 1-17

Mar 17·1 min read·11 words

Nudity In the U.S. Part 3/3

Mar 17·1 min read·6 words

SAVAGE LOVE: Homework

Mar 17·1 min read·3 words

Good Morning, News: Trump Administration Appeals Portland Tear Gas Ban, Oregon's Republican Legislators Aren't Showing up for Work, and National Counterterrorism Center Director Resigns Over Iran War

Mar 17·1 min read·27 words

True Basketball Sickos Descend on Portland

Mar 16·1 min read·6 words

The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for March 16-22

Mar 16·1 min read·12 words

Good Morning, News: PDX Shuts Down DHS Propaganda (Twice), FBI Raids Home of Eugene TikToker, and Goodbye Rain... Hello Heat Dome!

Mar 16·1 min read·21 words

YOUR SUNDAY READING LIST: It's Dame Time... for a New Bar, How to Combat "Portland Nice," and Welcome to Spring (Arts)

Mar 15·1 min read·21 words

Operation Epstein Files

Mar 14·1 min read·3 words

Machetes Brings Mexico City Nostalgia (and Giant Quesadillas) to Hey Love

Mar 13·1 min read·11 words

Pioneer Place Mall Escalators

Mar 13·1 min read·4 words

The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Portland This Weekend: Mar 13–15, 2026

Mar 13·1 min read·14 words

Introducing Spin Cycle, the Mercury's New Album Review Column

Mar 13·1 min read·9 words

Good Morning, News! Moda Center Lobbyists' Money Grab, Crappy Willamette News, π Day, Iran War Going According to God's Plan (Horribly), and NYC Mayor Condemns Anti-Muslim Rhetoric (We Do Too)

Mar 13·1 min read·30 words

Once in a Dead Moon

Mar 13·1 min read·5 words

Ticket Alert: Grupo Frontera, Yebba, and More Portland Events Going On Sale This Week

Mar 12·1 min read·14 words

FREE TICKETS THURSDAY: Win Tix to Lacuna Coil, Jacqueline Novak, The Wonder Years, and MORE!

Mar 12·1 min read·15 words

POP QUIZ PDX: The Idiots of ICE, Demolishing Ice Rinks, and a Very Funny Joke About Vanilla Ice

Mar 12·1 min read·18 words

Good Morning, News: Global Oil Prices Soar, Former Trail Blazer Running for Governor... Again, and Is This "Scathing Rebuttal" Just Good Boundaries?

Mar 12·1 min read·22 words

Mikki Gillette’s Riot Queens Requires Us to Read More Queer History

Mar 12·1 min read·11 words

The Mercury's 2026 Spring Arts Preview: We Need Art to Survive

Mar 12·1 min read·11 words

NEA Cuts: One Year Later

Mar 12·1 min read·5 words

Jessie Rose Vala Channels Ecological Grief Into The Pollinators

Mar 12·1 min read·9 words

Reading the Room at Cooley Gallery’s IF

Mar 12·1 min read·7 words

Find Your Passion for Graphic Design at Volumes

Mar 12·1 min read·8 words

Kevin Sampsell's New Novel Looks at the World Through a Baby in the Night

Mar 12·1 min read·14 words

Spring 2026 Movies To Put on Your Calendar

Mar 12·1 min read·8 words

Meet the 2026 Mercury Undisputable Geniuses of Comedy!

Mar 12·1 min read·8 words

Philip Glass Spreads His Wings on the First Complete Recording of 1000 Airplanes on the Roof

Mar 12·1 min read·16 words

This Portland Bookstore Has Really Good Breakfast

Mar 12·1 min read·7 words

The Faults in Our Stars

Mar 12·1 min read·5 words

Do This, Do That: Spring Arts 2026

Mar 12·1 min read·7 words

Mystic crystal revelation

Mar 12·1 min read·3 words

Everything Free!

Mar 11·1 min read·2 words

A Comedy of Turnovers Ends in Blazers Heartbreak

Mar 11·1 min read·8 words

Mercury Music Picks: Big Stone Fruit Energy This Week With Peaches and Cherry Cheeks, Lo Steele's New Album, and Toody Cole at Star Theater

Mar 11·1 min read·24 words

THE BLACK BYLINE: Your Guide to “Portland Nice”—And How to Avoid It

Mar 11·1 min read·12 words

Good Morning, News: Dame's New Cocktail Lounge, Trump Floats Plan to Deport US Citizens, and Rihanna's Attempted Shooter is Behind Bars

Mar 11·1 min read·21 words

Fair Transit = Fareless TriMet

Mar 11·1 min read·5 words

Damian Lillard Opens a Sports Bar in a Swanky Downtown Portland Hotel

Mar 10·1 min read·12 words

SAVAGE LOVE: Poly Under Duress

Mar 10·1 min read·5 words

Good Ole Mooch City

Mar 10·1 min read·4 words

Good Morning, News: Weird City Hall Power Dynamics EXPOSED, Elephants Delicatessen Caught Fire, and the Trump Administration Doesn’t Know What It’s Doing in Iran (or Anywhere, for That Matter)

Mar 10·1 min read·29 words

Inside the Race for County Chair: Financial Woes, Homeless Services, and Capitulating to Trump

Mar 10·1 min read·14 words

Sprained

Mar 10·1 min read·1 words

In the Shadows: Records Show Labor Leader’s Campaign to Influence City Councilors

Mar 10·1 min read·12 words

The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for March 9-15

Mar 9·1 min read·12 words

THE TRASH REPORT: Rashes, Wigs, Zendaya's Wedding, and Timothee's Breakfast

Mar 9·1 min read·10 words

Good Morning, News: The City's Pothole Crisis, Portland Fire Basketball May Be Delayed, and the US (Most Likely) Bombed an Iranian Girls' School

Mar 9·1 min read·23 words

Panic Invites Players for a Big Walk in Its Downtown Portland Offices

Mar 9·1 min read·12 words

Last Chance: Enjoy the Delicious Fun of the Mercury's SANDWICH WEEK! 🥪

Mar 8·1 min read·12 words

YOUR SUNDAY READING LIST: Preschool for All Theory Debunked, the Fate of Lloyd Mall, and Who Wants a "Butter Hole"?

Mar 8·1 min read·20 words

Pixar Underdog Hoppers Is Undeniably Delightful

Mar 7·1 min read·6 words

At Mako Matcha Mill, Tea Leaves Are Pulverized Right Before Your Eyes

Mar 6·1 min read·12 words

Theater Review: A Mirror Fractures, Like a Kaleidoscope

Mar 6·1 min read·8 words

Update: Portland Design Commission Accepts Master Plan for the Lloyd Center Mall

Mar 6·1 min read·12 words

The Lloyd Center

Mar 6·1 min read·3 words

The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Portland This Weekend: Mar 6–8, 2026

Mar 6·1 min read·14 words

Good Morning, News: Preschool for All Tax Update, Oregon Legislature Looks to Slash Safe Routes to School Funding, and Kristi Noem is OUT

Mar 6·1 min read·23 words

Maggie Gyllenhaal's New Frankenstein-Inspired Film Doesn’t Always Make Sense, but It’s a Helluva Movie!

Mar 6·1 min read·14 words

Second Run Portland: Films for Literary Types

Mar 6·1 min read·7 words

Bruce Campbell on Death, Dying, and the Evil Dead

Mar 5·1 min read·9 words

The Hair

Mar 5·1 min read·2 words

Ticket Alert: Joji, Gorillaz, and More Portland Events Going On Sale

Mar 5·1 min read·11 words

New Preschool for All Data Challenges Idea That Wealthy People Are Fleeing County

Mar 5·1 min read·13 words

FREE TICKETS THURSDAY: Win Tix to Colony House, Lala Lala, Colby Acuff, and MORE!

Mar 5·1 min read·14 words

Good Morning, News: Senate Rejects War Powers Bill, House Takes Its Shot, and Is There Some Way to Save the Lloyd Center Mall's Community Hub?

Mar 5·1 min read·25 words

Should Portland Try to Save Lloyd Center Mall?

Mar 5·1 min read·8 words

Above The Sand, Going Under

Mar 5·1 min read·5 words

Mercury Music Picks: Montreal Madman Bloodshot Bill, Tortoise Night 2, and Portland Jazz Fest are All Here!

Mar 4·1 min read·17 words

Good Morning, News: U.S. Can't Explain Missile Strikes on Iranian School Girls, Kristi Noem Gets Grilled By Senators, and Portland Gets a New Korean Pastry Spot

Mar 4·1 min read·26 words

Admire from afar

Mar 4·1 min read·3 words

Legislators Temporarily Cut Data Centers From Oregon Tax Break Bill

Mar 4·1 min read·10 words

Hey Bus Dickface

Mar 4·1 min read·3 words

Initiative to Divert Clean Energy Funds to Cops Moves Ahead Under Constrained Timeline

Mar 3·1 min read·13 words

SAVAGE LOVE: Quickies

Mar 3·1 min read·3 words

A Bakery Specializing in Viral Korean Salt Bread Is Coming Very Soon

Mar 3·1 min read·12 words

Introducing the Portland Mercury’s New Managing Editor, Katherine Chew Hamilton!

Mar 3·1 min read·10 words

Good Morning, News! State Transpo Bill Passes, Tear Gas Lawsuit Continues, Portlanders Protest War, Bovino's Comeuppance?, and Word of the Day: "Jettatura" (No Reason)

Mar 3·1 min read·24 words

The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for March 2-8

Mar 2·1 min read·12 words

Am I Karen?

Mar 2·1 min read·3 words

Happening NOW: The Delicious Fun of the Mercury's SANDWICH WEEK! 🥪

Mar 2·1 min read·11 words

Good Morning, News: City Defends Keeping ICE Facility Open, DHS Defends Tear Gas in Court, and Trump Defends Surprise War in Iran

Mar 2·1 min read·22 words

Parasocial Nightmare

Mar 2·1 min read·2 words

YOUR SUNDAY READING LIST: Backtracking Councilors, an Asian Zine Festival, and Cardi B Gives Portland Props!

Mar 1·1 min read·16 words

The Best Things To Do in Portland This Month: March 2026

Feb 28·1 min read·11 words

Portland City Administrator Tells Staff ICE Facility Will Remain Open

Feb 27·1 min read·10 words

THE BLACK BYLINE: Portland Police Union Insults Our Intelligence

Feb 27·1 min read·9 words

Good Morning, News: Detention Facility Fee Shenanigans, Hip New Moda Center $$$, Mamdani Gets Trump to Release Student AND Housing $$$, Clintons Questioned Over Epstein

Feb 27·1 min read·25 words

Critics Fear Mayor Could Sabotage New Detention Facility Law

Feb 27·1 min read·9 words

Ticket Alert: PDX Live, Earth, Wind & Fire, and More Portland Events Going On Sale This Week

Feb 26·1 min read·17 words

Portland’s First-Ever Azn Zine Fest Is Coming to Fubonn This Weekend

Feb 26·1 min read·11 words

Fortuity

Feb 26·1 min read·1 words

FREE TICKETS THURSDAY: Win Tix to Whitney, Indigo De Souza, Jarrod Lawson, and MORE!

Feb 26·1 min read·14 words

Good Morning, News: ICE Officer in Portland Threatened to Shoot Motorized Bike Pursuer, Central City Roundtable or Best Friends Club, and Big Pink Owner Buys Another Downtown Building

Feb 26·1 min read·28 words

Oregon’s Wildlife is at Risk. Increasing the State’s Lodging Tax Could Help

Feb 26·1 min read·12 words

Mayor's Roundtable Aims to Reinvigorate Central City, With or Without Key Stakeholders

Feb 26·1 min read·12 words

Mercury Music Picks: Sun Ra Arkestra, Dry Socket, and Far Too Many More to Name!

Feb 26·1 min read·15 words

Good Morning, News: Trump’s SOTU Flop, a NYC Snowball Fight Riles Cops, and Portland Will Pay You to Rent Out Part of Your Home

Feb 25·1 min read·24 words

Good Morning, News: Trump’s SOTU Flop, a NYC Snowball Fight Riles Cops, and Portland Wants You to Rent Out Part of Your Home

Feb 25·1 min read·23 words

Art Snack: Feed the Mass Opens Old Town Offices, Portland Frog Brigade in Washington DC

Feb 24·1 min read·15 words

SAVAGE LOVE: Out With It

Feb 24·1 min read·5 words

Things Are Weird

Feb 24·1 min read·3 words

Good Morning, News: Oregon House Republicans Delay Progress in Salem, US DOJ Hid Trump’s Presence in the Epstein Files, and in Today’s Most Shocking (Not) News, Kristi Noem Is a Liar

Feb 24·1 min read·31 words

PDX Live Is Back at the Square This August!

Feb 24·1 min read·9 words

The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for February 23-March 1

Feb 23·1 min read·13 words

THE TRASH REPORT: Men in Jail, Men on Ice, and Cardi B in Portland

Feb 23·1 min read·14 words

Good Morning, News: Councilor Smith Backtracks on "Arming Council" Idea, Chaos Follows Killing of Mexican Cartel Boss, and Trump's Supreme Court Ruins His Tariff Fun

Feb 23·1 min read·25 words

Love them, but let them go

Feb 22·1 min read·6 words

YOUR SUNDAY READING LIST: Trump & ICE Can't Stop Losing, Zenith Energy Cleared by City, and Meet Portland's Black Innovators!

Feb 22·1 min read·20 words

Flashing Yellow Lights

Feb 21·1 min read·3 words

Portland City Council Votes To Reshape Its Committee Structure

Feb 21·1 min read·9 words

My Bad?

Feb 21·1 min read·2 words

Councilor Smith Walks Back Her Statement Amid Public Outcry

Feb 21·1 min read·9 words

Councilor Smith Defends Alarming Statement Following Run-In With City Hall Protesters

Feb 21·1 min read·11 words

The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Portland This Weekend: Feb 20–22, 2026

Feb 20·1 min read·14 words

Good Morning, News: Councilor Wants a Gun at City Hall, No Consequences for Zenith Energy, New Dame D.O.L.L.A. (Sunglasses), and Dude, Where's My Tariffs?

Feb 20·1 min read·24 words

Shout out to Sheridan's

Feb 20·1 min read·4 words

City Issues Report Clearing Zenith Energy of Alleged Violations

Feb 20·1 min read·9 words

Circles Of Life

Feb 20·1 min read·3 words

David Hockney Is So Changeable

Feb 20·1 min read·5 words

Won't You Please Please Help Me

Feb 19·1 min read·6 words

Thanks Councilors

Feb 19·1 min read·2 words

The Employed

Feb 19·1 min read·2 words

Ticket Alert: Tame Impala, Bruce Springsteen, and More Portland Events Going On Sale This Week

Feb 19·1 min read·15 words

Coming Soon: The Delicious Fun of the Mercury's SANDWICH WEEK! 🥪

Feb 19·1 min read·11 words

Album Review: Coastal Conjurings on Derek Hunter Wilson’s Sculptures

Feb 19·1 min read·9 words

FREE TICKETS THURSDAY: Win Tix to Fellow Travelers, JOSEPH, Rodney Crowell, and MORE!

Feb 19·1 min read·13 words

POP QUIZ PDX: Sassy-Ass Trivia about Dame Lillard, the Dumbshits of ICE, and (Surprise!) It's Your Birthday!

Feb 19·1 min read·17 words

Don’t Be Sad, the Waterfront Blues Festival Is Back

Feb 19·1 min read·9 words

Land of Fake

Feb 19·1 min read·3 words

Good Morning, News: Prince Andrew Arrested, Dog at the Olympics, and Feds Investigate PPS for Caring About Black Students

Feb 19·1 min read·19 words

Art Snack: In a Shocking Twist, Mother Foucault's Nonprofit Will Buy That Building After All

Feb 19·1 min read·15 words

Art Snack: In a Shocking Twist,  Mother Foucault's Nonprofit Will Buy That Building Afterall

Feb 19·1 min read·14 words

Oregon Democrats Want to Nix Trump’s Tax Cuts From State Code

Feb 19·1 min read·11 words

Mercury Music Picks: Birthdays for Commonwealth Skate and Mallbrawlreds, Rare Portland Appearances by Derek Hunter Wilson and Visible Cloaks

Feb 19·1 min read·19 words

Good Morning, News: Oregon Judge Extends Tear Gas Restrictions, Eric Trump's Shady Attempt to Profit Off a Government Contract, and What Are the Odds Of a Timbers Win?

Feb 18·1 min read·28 words

Judge Extends Temporary Restraining Order in Class-Action Suit Against DHS

Feb 18·1 min read·10 words

Update: Supporters to Rally Thursday Over Funding Cuts to Innovative PCC Music Program

Feb 17·1 min read·13 words

Timbers Preview: A Season of Questions

Feb 17·1 min read·6 words

SAVAGE LOVE: Thirds

Feb 17·1 min read·3 words

Dan Rayfield Joins Oregon ACLU Case Against Feds, False Spring is Over, and Rev. Jesse Jackson Has Died

Feb 17·1 min read·18 words

Portland Protesters and Journalists are Suing Trump and the DHS. Oregon’s Attorney General Just Stepped in to Help.

Feb 17·1 min read·18 words

The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for February 16-22

Feb 17·1 min read·12 words

What You Don't Want to Hear

Feb 16·1 min read·6 words

Good Morning, News: Cop Union Wants That Sweet Climate Money, ICE and DHS Loses Funding, and RIP to the King of Enchanted Forest

Feb 16·1 min read·23 words

YOUR SUNDAY READING LIST: Celebrating Black Innovation, Secret Valentines, and Dating Corpses

Feb 15·1 min read·12 words

The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Portland This Weekend: Feb 13–15, 2026

Feb 13·1 min read·14 words

Did YOU Get a Mercury Reader Valentine? Check and See! 👀

Feb 13·1 min read·11 words

Good Morning, News! New Mercury in Print, Feds Keep Changing Tactics, Neighbors of Portland ICE Facility Tell It to the Judge Today, EPA Wants To Kill Us, Senate Dems... Did Something?

Feb 13·1 min read·31 words

Emerald Fennell Has Made the Least Fucked-up Version of Wuthering Heights

Feb 13·1 min read·11 words

Meet The Off Beat: Portland's Newest All-Ages Music Venue

Feb 13·1 min read·9 words

Local Tavern Employee’s Detention Reflects Shifts in ICE Tactics in Portland

Feb 12·1 min read·11 words

Ticket Alert: The Black Keys, Holly Humberstone, and More Portland Events Going On Sale This Week

Feb 12·1 min read·16 words

Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie the Mercury Review

Feb 12·1 min read·10 words

FREE TICKETS THURSDAY: Win Tix to Glitterer, Grieves, FIA, and MORE!

Feb 12·1 min read·11 words

Good Morning, News: US Border Czar Announces Minnesota Surge Wind Down, Washington DC Guard Troops to Stay Another Year, and Republican Lawmakers Want to Increase Voter Paperwork

Feb 12·1 min read·27 words

Don't Miss the Mercury's Black Innovation Issue—On the Streets NOW!

Feb 12·1 min read·10 words

Ten Black Portland Innovators and Changemakers You Should Know

Feb 12·1 min read·9 words

Twenty-Eight Moments in (Recent) Black Oregon History

Feb 12·1 min read·7 words

Ronin Roc on Why He Sees Black Art as “More Than February”

Feb 12·1 min read·12 words

THE BLACK BYLINE: Kamala Harris, and Why the History of “First Blacks” Is Complicated

Feb 12·1 min read·14 words

The Secret Is in the Sauce

Feb 12·1 min read·6 words

Album Review: Nonbinary Girlfriend Evolves on Sophomore Album IM NOT PRETTY

Feb 12·1 min read·11 words

Mercury Clip 'n' Send Valentines!

Feb 12·1 min read·5 words

Mercury Music Picks: Valentine's with André 3000, The Off Beat Grand Opening, and Nonbinary Girlfriend's Album Release Party

Feb 12·1 min read·18 words

Former City Hall Staffer Files Discrimination Complaints Against Councilor’s Office

Feb 12·1 min read·10 words

Funding Cuts May End Innovative PCC Music Program

Feb 11·1 min read·8 words

Good Morning, News: Leach Botanical Garden at Risk, Dems Dodge Indictment, and New Yorkers Defy Trump's Order to Remove Pride Flag From Stonewall Inn

Feb 11·1 min read·24 words

Rubber stamp

Feb 11·1 min read·2 words

I Just Watched Nine Hours of Epstein Files Footage

Feb 11·1 min read·9 words

The Landmark Saloon Calls It Quits

Feb 11·1 min read·6 words

Portland Trail Blazers Send Philly’s Cheesy Asses Packing

Feb 10·1 min read·8 words

For Human Use Isn't Really About Dating Corpses

Feb 10·1 min read·8 words

Good Morning, News: Oregon Primate Center May Close Up Shop, Portland Named Its Snow Plows, and Here's the Latest Way the Trump Admin Plans to Ruin the Earth

Feb 10·1 min read·28 words

The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for February 9-15

Feb 10·1 min read·12 words

Get a Friday the 13th Tattoo at One of These Portland Shops

Feb 9·1 min read·12 words

Portland-Raised Playwright Kallan Dana on Her Lynchian Thriller Racecar Racecar Racecar

Feb 9·1 min read·11 words

Literary Arts Announces 2026 Oregon Book Award Finalists

Feb 9·1 min read·8 words

THE TRASH REPORT: Love Is Trash (Except, of Course, for Heated Rivalry)

Feb 9·1 min read·12 words

Good Morning, News: Portland's Hidden Bank Stash, Keep the Blazers in Portland, and Bad Bunny Gives Joyous Finger to White Supremacy

Feb 9·1 min read·21 words

YOUR SUNDAY READING LIST: Portland's Epstein Connection, ICE Gasses Children, and EEK! MUMMIES!!

Feb 8·1 min read·13 words

Let's see if you bastards can do 90

Feb 7·1 min read·8 words

Update: Portland Housing Bureau's Unspent Funds Reach $106 Million

Feb 6·1 min read·9 words

The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Portland This Weekend: Feb 6–8, 2026

Feb 6·1 min read·14 words

Good Morning, News: MultCo DA Doesn't Wanna FAFO, Police Shooting in the Pearl, Breaking: Democracy Dies in Darkness, and Shorting the Bitcoin Economy

Feb 6·1 min read·23 words

When this old world starts getting me down

Feb 6·1 min read·8 words

Man Fatally Shot By Police in NW Portland

Feb 6·1 min read·8 words

For you know not what to say

Feb 6·1 min read·7 words

What Can the Multnomah County District Attorney Do to Stand Up to Trump?

Feb 6·1 min read·13 words

Portland’s Newest Music Festival and Conference Comes Out Swinging

Feb 6·1 min read·9 words

Ticket Alert: Andrea Bocelli, Metric/Broken Social Scene/Stars, and More Portland Events Going On Sale This Week

Feb 5·1 min read·16 words

Second Run Portland: In Picnic at Hanging Rock, Valentine’s Day Turns Mysterious

Feb 5·1 min read·12 words

Where to Celebrate Lunar New Year 2026

Feb 5·1 min read·7 words

FREE TICKETS THURSDAY: Win Tix to Two Feet, UPDATING, Cristela Alonzo, and MORE!

Feb 5·1 min read·13 words

Good Morning, News: Trump-Loving Suspect Indicted for Police Shooting, 2026 Winter Olympics Begin Friday, and Is Oregon Ready for Waymos?

Feb 5·1 min read·20 words

Mercury Music Picks: Dante's Turns 26, Self Group Collective Turns 16, MJ Nebreda Turns It Out

Feb 4·1 min read·16 words

Mercury Music Pick: Dante's Turns 26, Self Group Collective Turns 16, MJ Nebreda Turns It Out

Feb 4·1 min read·16 words

How a Portland-Based Psychiatrist Ended Up in the Epstein Files

Feb 4·1 min read·10 words