Get Your Cuke On!
A rundown of Oregon's cucumber beers, just in time for summer. by Brian Yaeger Oregon brewers—and Oregon beer drinkers—have always been early adapters, which explains why you don’t have to search very...
View ArticleGood Morning, News: Secret GOP Heathcare Plan Bombs, and Trump's Personal...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! I need it cause you know that I'm a fiend, gettin' freaky in my Bentley limousine. LET'S GO TO PRESS.One of Commissioner Dan Saltzman's top aides is...
View ArticleMen Riding BMX Bikes
by Anonymous What's all the grown dudes and middle aged men riding around my neighborhood on little boys bmx bikes? I'm between Burnisde and Stark in montavilla. We have lots of sketch people in the...
View ArticleThings to Do Wednesday!
9 things to do for June 28 by Mercury Staff Portland Thorns vs. FC Kansas City A rough start to the Thorns’ last home match brought the team’s six-game unbeaten streak to a grinding halt, yet even...
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Tonight: Half Waif's Classical-but-Danceable Synth-Pop
by Ciara Dolan HALF WAIF Wed 6/28 Doug FirLANDON SPEERSJust a couple of weeks ago, Nandi Rose Plunkett—who sings and plays keyboards in the alt-country outfit Pinegrove—penned an essay for Esquire...
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Baby Driver Is the Coolest Ride of the Summer
by Ned Lannamann Putting well-known songs in your movie is a tricky thing. Bad directors lean on them like crutches, crossing their fingers that a well-placed jam will do the heavy lifting. Only a...
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Weed Butter—the Really, Really Easy Way
by Josh Jardine MAGICALBUTTER.COMI’ve been making cannabis-infused edibles for friends and patients for 25 years, and it’s always brought me great happiness to hear about how they provide pleasure and...
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Why Does Ryan Adams Hate the Planet Jupiter?
by Ciara Dolan JUPITER PHOTO BY NASA/GABRIEL FISET, RYAN ADAMS PHOTO BY RACHAEL WRIGHTThough alt-country heartbreaker Ryan Adams is best known for writing sprawling Americana epics—most recently on...
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One Day at a Time: Steve Bannon Objectifies Spicey
by Ann Romano Alex Wong / GettyTUESDAY, JUNE 20RUMOR ALERT! Inept White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer, AKA “Li’l Spicey,” might be getting shit-canned! According to CNN, the White House is...
View ArticleWhere's My Cat?!?
by Anonymous My cat has disappeared. Possibly maybe it is dead and gone. There's a lot of things that can befall an outdoor cat. But I have a hunch you catnapped my little buddy. He's super cute and...
View ArticleMy Coworker is on a Fetish Dating Website...
by Anonymous ...and now my mind is blown. I won't use the name of the site. It's basically social media but people post nude and sexy pictures, and there's local events and happenings, etc. It's all...
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Together at Last: The I, Anonymous Show and Lez Stand Up!
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey What do you get when you pair two of Portland’s funniest comedy shows on one stage? A nuclear explosion of laughs, that’s what!On Wednesday, July 5, it’s the Mercury’s I,...
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The Way Local Courts Shackle Prisoners Is Unconstitutional, a Recent Ruling Says
by Dirk VanderHart MULTNOMAH COUNTY gets a lot of use out of its shackles.As a matter of course, prisoners who have hearings in the county courthouse have their hands cuffed, their legs in irons, and...
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Good Morning, News: Unconstitutional Shackling in Multnomah County, the Lying...
by Doug Brown Good morning, Portland. Let's get these links. Ashley Nicole DeleonFirst up, out in print as of yesterday, is Dirk VanderHart's story about the shackling of inmates in courthouses....
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Things to Do This Weekend: June 30-July 2
by Mercury Staff What genius put the Fourth of July on a damn Tuesday!? That's just screwing everything all the hell up. Is this our long-awaited Fourth of July Weekend? I mean, I guess it can be, if...
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This Week's Style Events
by Elizabeth Mollo WM GoodsWM Goods will open up their shop for a very special event tonight with Alison Wu of Wu Haus that will include a beautiful food spread, Tea Bar infused cocktails, Soma...
View ArticleThings to Do Thursday!
12 things to do for June 29 by Mercury Staff ChoreographyXX You might not know it since they get carried around by men a lot while pretending to be swans or whatever, but ballerinas are the true...
View ArticleIf You Hate Piers Morgan, You'll Like This
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Piers Morgan is quite the turd, wouldn't you say? For example, here's a tweet he wrote about the Women's March.Imagine if there were a load of men-only marches today?The...
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Action/Adventure Theatre Will Be Closing Next Month
by Megan Burbank Last year's No Man's Land, Action/Adventure's serialized play about a Catholic high school.In a press release sent late yesterday, Action/Adventure Theatre Managing Director (and...
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Some Tips for Breaking into the Recreational Cannabis Biz
by Will Patterson BUBAONE / GETTY IMAGESDear Pot Lawyer,How can I break into the recreational cannabis business?Becoming a success in the Oregon cannabis industry isn’t out of your reach. Like any...
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