In-Fest-ation: It’s Beer Fest Season Again/Still
In-Fest-ation: It’s Beer Fest Season Again/Still by Brian Yaeger While there are those who love to kvetch about Portland’s many beer festivals, they keep proliferating. In fact, visit...
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“We cannot let this fear prevent us from stepping in and speaking up where we see hate.” TRIMET ATTACKRE: “Following Hate Speech, Two Dead and One Wounded at Hollywood Transit Center” [Blogtown, May...
View ArticleWhat’s She Mad About Now?
A Memo from GOP HQ by Courtenay Hameister M E M O R A N D U M TO: Republican Candidates FROM: GOP HQ SUBJECT: Self-defense techniquesIt has been brought to our attention that some of you are being...
View ArticleFrom Slacktivism to Activism
Resistance events for the week of May 31-June 6. by Emilly Prado THURSDAY, JUNE 1Our City, Our Voice With the help of artist and PSU professor Sabina Haque, Madison High students from have explored...
View ArticleThe Body Horror of Illness, Poverty, and Time
I should have listened to Anne Elizabeth Moore. by Suzette Smith I started reading Body Horror:Capitalism, Fear, Misogyny, Jokes while preparing to have my stomach cut open and a weird little dude—I...
View ArticleFear Will Never Conquer Us
Scenes from the Hollywood Transit Memorial for Three Brave Heroes by Suzette Smith At 6:15 pm on a 90-degree Saturday, the Hollywood Transit Center already felt full to the brim. The square lawn of...
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Night Market brings local artists offline and under one roof. by Mamie Stevenson Somewhere in Bangkok, an empty warehouse sits alongside an abandoned railway. The tracks remain, but the train never...
View ArticleSean M. Johnson Visualizes the Afterlife
Burials captures death, transcendence, and the LGBTQIA+ community. by Emilly Prado Death is the end of life, but in many cultures the instant we take our last breath marks the moment our souls...
View ArticlePortland’s Pretty
Welcoming In God We Trust to Portland. by Marissa Sullivan Surprise! Another New York thing is here. Am I mad about it? Not in the slightest. Let’s be honest: Portland has a lot of exports. (Brooklyn...
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The Federal Government Won't Revoke Permits For an Alt-Right Rally This...
by Dirk VanderHart This post has been updated.The organizers behind a "Portland March Against Sharia" scheduled for June 10 have canceled the event, opting instead to move it to Seattle. The move...
View ArticleGood Morning, News: Hate Crime Suspect's Crazy Arraignment, and Hero's Mom...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! Why oh why must it be this way? Before you can read me, you gotta learn how to see me. LET'S GO TO PRESS.Authorities have a timeline for the vicious MAX...
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Green Box's Subscription Program Brings Weed to Your Doorstep
by Josh Jardine Green BoxTo succeed in Oregon’s cannabis industry, you simply cannot have enough perseverance. Budding entrepreneurs will need to navigate the myriad of regulatory agencies, and have...
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Micah Fletcher, Survivor and Hero of the MAX Attack, Wrote a Poem From His...
by Claire Holley Micah Fletcher in court for Jeremy Christian's arraignmentPool photo by Beth Nakamura/The Oregonian/OregonLiveMicah Fletcher, the 21-year-old sole survivor of Friday's brutal stabbing...
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Portland Literary Community Rallies Around Micah David-Cole Fletcher
by Megan Burbank Poets take care of their own.Suzette SmithIf you've read anything about Micah David-Cole Fletcher, the survivor of last Friday's stabbing on a MAX train near the Hollywood Transit...
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A Proposal to Allow Rent Control in Oregon is Probably Dead
by Dirk VanderHart The rent control dream appears dead. After the Oregon House of Representatives earlier this year passed a bill that would kill the state's pre-emption on local limits on rent hikes,...
View ArticleRegarding This Week in Appropriation: Kooks Burritos and Willamette Week
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Dear readers: Due to new information that has recently come to light, we have taken down our blog post, “This Week in Appropriation: Kooks Burritos and Willamette Week.” It was...
View ArticleThings to Do Comedy: June 2017
Funny Things to Do All Month Long by Chipp Terwilliger Michael Ian Black The Doug Fir presents a intimate evening of stand up with comedian, actor, and author Michael Ian Black, best known for being a...
View ArticleThings to Do Food: June 2017
How to Eat, Drink, and Be Merry for the Month of June by Mercury Staff Portland Beer Week The sixth annual celebration of all things beery and beautiful in the Pacific Northwest, with a wide range of...
View ArticleSmelly Situation
by Anonymous A certain cafe on Hawthorne needs to either fix the fan in their bathroom or fix the window so that it opens. I'm sick and tired of going to the restroom and nearly suffocating from the...
View ArticleThis Week's Resistance & Solidarity Events
by Emilly Prado THURSDAY, JUNE 1Our City, Our VoiceWith the help of artist and PSU professor Sabina Haque, Madison High students from have explored how the city’s East/West divide and investment...
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