Portland’s Ultimate Donuts
Love donuts? Try some of Portland’s best! by Craig Dorfman In the 14 years since Tres Shannon—a founding member of Portland’s famed Voodoo Doughnut—stuck Cap’n Crunch to his creation and called it...
View ArticleTom Cruise’s The Mummy: Because New Ideas Are Hard
The first installment of the “Dark Universe” franchise is pretty shaky. by Ned Lannamann There’s a lot riding on the Tom Cruise-starring reboot of The Mummy. It’s the inaugural film in the “Dark...
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Jeremy Christian, In Second Court Appearance, Shouts Self Defense Claim
by Dirk VanderHart Accused murdered Jeremy Christian appears in court this morning. POOL PHOTO BY Stephanie Yao Long/THE OREGONIAN/OREGONLIVEFor the second time since he allegedly murdered two men and...
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TONIGHT! It's the I, Anonymous Show at Curious Comedy!
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Fresh off its riotous and hugely successful performance at the Bridgetown Comedy Festival, the I, Anonymous Show is back and at a new venue…Curious Comedy Theater (5225 NE...
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You Must Read James Comey's Prepared Testimony
It's the fullest accounting so far of what went down between President Trump and his fired FBI director. by Eli Sanders He took a lot of notes about his conversations with Trump, and now it's time to...
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The Best All-Ages Shows in Portland This Week
by Delaney Motter CORINNE BAILEY RAEALEXANDRA VALENTIWED JUNE 7Corinne Bailey Raew/Jamila Woods; Wonder Ballroom, 128 NE RussellWhen I was about 10 in the mid-’00s, my mother made her official...
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Police Chief Mike Marshman Stayed Home During Sunday's Tense Rallies
by Dirk VanderHart An anti-hate demonstration outside City Hall on Sunday—one of three rallies in response to a "free speech" rally at Terry Schrunk Plaza. Dirk VanderHartWhen Police Chief Mike...
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Good Morning, News: Comey's Testimony, Immigrants in Community Court, and...
by Doug Brown James ComeyGood morning, Portland. It's Comey testimony day!Here's the live feed of the former FBI director's congressional hearing on President Trump and Russia:Follow along with the...
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Tweet Storm: Comedians on Comey
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey If you haven't noticed, Twitter is currently LIT and unable to chat about anything other than Comey testifying before the Senate intelligence committee. Here are just a few...
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Authorities Investigating Racist Threats Against North Portland Festival
by Dirk VanderHart goodinthehood.orgWARNING: This post contains offensive language and racially based threats. The organizers of a long-time North Portland multicultural festival are working with...
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Jury Nullification Could Protect Pot Businesses from the Feds
by Vince Sliwoski MATT_BENOIT / GETTY IMAGESDear Pot Lawyer,If the federal government starts suing cannabis businesses, do those people have a shot?They do, and it’s not an impossibly long shot. To...
View Article10 for $10: Your Best Bang for the Buck Shows, June 9-11
by Mercury Staff Sweeping Exits, Little Star, Alien Boy, Babe Waves Sweeping Exits’ upcoming album, Glitter & Blood, is about to be released after two and a half years in the making. This local...
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This Weekend's Style Events
by Elizabeth Mollo A couple of fun events this weekend!Red LuckOne Imaginary Girl will host a pop-up shop for Red Luck, a vintage company that, "extends their space to artists to extend their work to...
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Following Dispute, Portland's Final Budget Has $1.4 Million More For...
by Dirk VanderHart There was more money for Portland's homeless crisis, after all. When Portland City Council formally adopts Mayor Ted Wheeler's first budget this afternoon, it will contain a big...
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Seattle Issues Permit to Organizers of "March Against Sharia" Originally...
by Heidi Groover Note: This article was first published by our Seattle-based sister paper the Stranger. The scene in Portland on Sunday. dirk vanderhartOrganizers of a right-wing "March Against...
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One Day at a Time: Oh, Waiter? We Need a Refill for Our Goblet of Male Tears.
by Ann Romano JARED KUSHNER White male tear receptacle.GettyMONDAY, MAY 29Welcome back to One Day at a Time, dears, where we grow strong by drinking the tears of whimpering men. And this week’s...
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Does the Trump Administration Hate the Aviation Industry?
by Megan Burbank He's got no respect for the miracle of flight.DigitalVision / GettyThe Trump administration has given us no shortage of reasons to be concerned, but while today's Comey revelations...
View ArticleOpen Mic
by Anonymous So I went with my gf to checkout open mic and holy shit are you fucking serious? I'm pretty sure if that room was filled with me and my buddies drunkenly pretending to be doing a standup...
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Good Morning, News: More Overt Racism, a Militia-Cop Love Fest, and Comey...
by Dirk VanderHart Things not going great in the Rose City, folks. An unhinged caricature of a racist threat landed at the headquarters of the Good in the Hood festival on Wednesday, upsetting...
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Things to Do This Weekend: June 9-11
by Mercury Staff This weekend could be called the calm before the storm—the storm being a tsunami of love in the form of Pride Week, breaking on Portland's waterfront and splashing all over the...
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