Are We Paying Too Much Tax on Weed?
by Vince Sliwoski 400TMAX / GETTYDear Pot Lawyer,I pay a lot of tax for this weed I’ve been buying! Are we doing this right?I think we are, but it’s complicated, and smarter people than me have strong...
View Article10 for $10: Your Best Bang for the Buck Shows, May 26-28
by Mercury Staff CityFair Every year the Rose Festival crams the month of June with parades, concerts, dragonboat races, and beauty pageants—and it all starts with CityFair. Jam-packed with amusement...
View ArticleA Sun-Kissed Playlist for Your Enjoyment This Memorial Day Weekend
by Ciara Dolan Matt WongIt's almost Memorial Day Weekend, and the forecast says temperatures will hover around 90 degrees. Whether you're cooking up some corndoggies,indulging in libations on a patio,...
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View ArticleGood Morning, News: Unhinged Attacker Wins Congress Seat, Semen Hurler...
by Dirk VanderHart It went down like you knew it would: A day after choke-slamming a Guardian reporter because he was asked a question, Republican Greg Gianforte will be Montana's sole member in the...
View ArticleThings to Do This Weekend: May 26-28
by Mercury Staff This Memorial Day weekend is laden with opportunities to appreciate, celebrate, and indulge in pure genius; The Hollywood pays tribute to both the gone-too-soon Jonathan Demmeand the...
View ArticleTimbers v. Seattle Match Preview
by Abe Asher Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland TimbersWe've arrived at the first derby of the 2017 season, and neither the Portland Timbers nor the Seattle Sounders — MLS' last two champions — are in quite...
View ArticleWin Tickets to Minority Retort Featuring David Gborie
by Megan Burbank We're giving away two tickets to tonight's Minority Retort comedy showcase at the Hollywood Theatre. Minority Retort, the city's only regular showcase for comedians of color, always...
View ArticleDon't Forget: Portland's Wilhelm Mausoleum Opens Its Doors to the Public on...
by Courtney Ferguson Wilhelm's Mausoleum Courtney FergusonIt's almost here! Memorial Day is the one day of the year that the Wilhelm Mausoleum (6705 SE 14th) opens to the public. Monday's open house...
View ArticlePirates of the Caribbean Must Be For... Someone? Right?
by Erik Henriksen Who is this movie for? It is not for innocent children. They do not know who this skull-faced, mascara-slathered man is, prancing and mugging on a boat. It is not for adults, who, in...
View ArticleThe Portland Business Alliance is Weirdly Obsessed with "Better Naito"
by Dirk VanderHart Dirk VanderHartThe Portland Rose Festival will begin this evening, marking the city's unofficial tip-toe into summer and imbuing Tom McCall Waterfront Park with a miasma of...
View ArticleThis Month's Sound + Vision Features the Chilled-Out Instrumentals of Notel...
by Emilly Prado SAVILA Tues May 30 Mississippi StudiosCourtesy of the artistWhen Notel dropped their first single earlier this month, the band’s chilled-out, beachy instrumentals quickly made waves...
View ArticleBeatles for Sale: Sgt. Pepper's 50th Anniversary
by Ned Lannamann It was 50 years ago today, give or take, that the Beatles inaugurated the Summer of Love. On June 1, 1967, a newly mustachioed Fab Four released Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club...
View ArticleThis Weekend's Style Events
by Elizabeth Mollo Vintage Portland Pop-Up SaleAfter shuttering their brick and mortar location in 2013 Lulu's Vintage is back in town and teaming up with Living Threads Vintage for the weekend-long...
View ArticleAdvocates to Sheriff: Keep Your Guns Out of the Unity Center
by Dirk VanderHart Jason SturgillAs Portland police officers refuse to relinquish their guns when entering Portland's new mental health hospital, advocates are asking Multnomah County Sheriff Mike...
View ArticleHold the Phone—Carly Rae Jepsen's "Cut to the Feeling" Is the Song of the Summer
by Ciara Dolan THANK YOU, CARLY RAE JEPSENAlberto E. Rodriguez / GettyI've never really understood why the indie music sphere considers Carly Rae Jepsen an underrated pop icon. "Call Me Maybe" on an...
View ArticleI, Anonymous Classic: I'm Robbing Your House This Weekend
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Happy Memorial Day weekend, everybody! Just a quick reminder that it will be hot, you will leave your windows open, you'll be out of town, AND YOU WILL BE ROBBED.A Burglar's...
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by Anonymous Facebook is the best and worst thing to ever happen to society. A long time ago, a friend was trying to get me on it. I didn't want to. I was still learning about email and the internet...
View ArticleFollowing Hate Speech, Two Dead and One Wounded at Hollywood Transit Center
by Erik Henriksen Visitor7 / Wikimedia CommonsDetails are still coming in regarding a heinous crime this afternoon at Northeast Portland's Hollywood Transit Center.Two were killed and another was...
View ArticleSuspect in Portland Hate Crime Murders is a Known White Supremacist
by Doug Brown Jeremy Christian, now accused of hate crime murders, at the right-wing "March for Free Speech" on April 29Doug BrownThe man accused of the brutal hate crime slayings of two people at the...
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