Where Cultures Meet
Unraveling the complexities and delights of Fijian food at the Big Elephant. by MJ Skegg There are more than 330 islands in Fiji in the South Pacific—and I haven’t been to any of them. So when I came...
View ArticleThis Week’s Featured I, Anonymous!
“Is your financial plan just to play until someone pays you to go away?” by Anonymous Have you ever considered NOT bagpiping? Look, I get it. We all need to make some cold hard cash to get by. That’s...
View ArticleHall Monitor: Jumping Ship
Even more agencies are bailing from Portland’s problematic, expensive police records system. by Dirk VanderHart Say what you want about Clackamas County, but its various police departments are very...
View ArticleWhat’s She Mad About Now?
First they came for our Goslings. by Courtenay Hameister Missouri House Votes to Tighten Abortion Regulations Even FurtherJefferson City, MO (AP)—Last week Missouri’s house voted to tighten their...
View ArticleFrom Slacktivism to Activism
Resistance events for the week of July 5-11. by Emilly Prado This week’s edition of From Slacktivism to Activism is an online exclusive! To ensure maximum visibility, our volunteer spotlight will run...
View ArticleGood Morning, News: Tensions Escalate with North Korea, Portland vs. Hate...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! Jet black Benz, plenty of friends, and all the Philly steaks you can eat. LET'S GO TO PRESS.Happy 5th of July everyone! Get back to work, and good luck...
View ArticleThings to Do Wednesday!
7 things to do for July 5 by Mercury Staff La Luz, Savila La Luz is history’s greatest surf rock band. Whew, now that we got that out of the way—they formed in Seattle in the early 2010s, then moved...
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Timbers v. Chicago Match Preview
by Abe Asher Molly J Smith/Portland TimbersWinless in five games, and having parted ways with head athletic trainer Nik Wald this week, the Portland Timbers face another stiff test tonight at...
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La Luz Discusses Their Move to Los Angeles
by Emilly Prado LA LUZ Changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes.Andrew ImanakaIt’s been over a year since La Luz left their hometown of Seattle and took their seismic sounds to Los Angeles. Trading...
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Don't Miss the I, Anonymous Show with Lez Stand Up... TONIGHT!
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!TONIGHT Wednesday, July 5, it’s the Mercury’s I,...
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Emma Chasen Is on a Mission to Educate Budtenders
by Josh Jardine Emma ChasenJake MoffettIt’s hard out there for a budtender. They’re expected to know dizzying amounts about all the products their dispensary carries—the lineage of dozens of different...
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The Unbearable Witness of Katy Perry
by Amber Cortes Katy Perry is empowered or something.The prodigal, problematic pop princess Katy Perry has returned with her fourth major-label album, Witness, becoming the second female pop star this...
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Emma Ruth Rundle's Temporary Portland Homecoming
by Robert Ham EMMA RUTH RUNDLE A temporary homecoming.Gus BlackSupposedly, Emma Ruth Rundle lives in Portland. The gothic folk singer/songwriter relocated here from Los Angeles last summer, just prior...
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Register Now for the Summer's Biggest River Party... the Big Float!
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Get ready to get wet, Portland, because the best river event of the year is going down on Saturday, July 15... the annual Big Float! For those new to town, the Big Float is a...
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Savage Love Letter of the Day: My Husband's Into Teen Porn, Teens We Know,...
by Dan Savage I'm a faithful reader of your column and really value your advice. I'm a 46-year-old woman and the mother of a young daughter. I'm married to an addict (alcohol and porn). I've stood by...
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Awesome Tapes from Africa Showcases Beautiful, Incredible, and Bizarre Songs
by Ben Salmon BRIAN SHIMKOVITZ (AKA AWESOME TAPES FROM AFRICA) Thurs 7/6 HoloceneJulia BerlinAll Brian Shimkovitz did was start a music blog. Granted, this was back in the early 2000s, when starting a...
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New Tenant Protections Are Likely to Die in the Oregon Senate
by Dirk VanderHart As Oregon continues to grapple with an affordable housing shortage, the Oregon Senate appears ready to kill renters' best hope for new protections in this year's legislative...
View ArticleI'm Super Tired, Y'all
by Anonymous This has been a rough year all around. There is a complete d-bag in the White House. I'm something of a weapons proliferation nerd and so the current North Korea situation has me slightly...
View ArticleIllegal Fireworks
by Anonymous To my neighbors who felt they had the right to use illegal fireworks. After 6 nights in a row of your law breaking behavior you have made a new enemy. I no longer enjoy fireworks, I now...
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Good Morning, News: International Plant Smuggling in Portland, the Montana...
by Doug Brown Good morning, Portland. Crank up that box fan and click these links. Dominic DevenutaFirst up is this week's feature (out in print as of yesterday) by... me. It's about a federal...
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