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The Big Sick: You’ll Laugh! You’ll Cry! You’ll Ponder the Ethical...
by Ned Lannamann It might already be too late for you, but I wonder what it would be like to go into The Big Sick knowing nothing about it. Not that it’s full of twisty-turny mysteries you don’t want...
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This Weekend's Style Event (and Learn to Sew with Heather Treadway!)
by Elizabeth Mollo REIFhausSundaze Collective—a monthly fashion pop-up curated by Sarah Radcliffe of The Yo! Store, and featuring a rotating lineup of local designers and makers—is back for their July...
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I Didn't Think Oregon's Abortion Coverage Bill Would Pass. It's a Big Deal...
by Megan Burbank The Reproductive Health Equity Act would require insurance companies to cover abortion as well as a host of reproductive health care services.Sebastian Kaczorowski / GettyIf you...
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Everybody ♥s Riesling (Tomorrow, at Least)
by MJ Skegg delectus / Getty ImagesLast year, Portland's Teutonic Wine Company was behind "I ♥ Riesling," an ambitious, all-day celebration of Oregon Riesling. They've scaled it down this year, but...
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Landlords Just Failed In Their Attempt to Dismantle Portland's Renter...
by Dirk VanderHart Commissioner Chloe Eudaly, who introduced the city's renter relocation ordinance, speaking in FebruaryDirk VanderHartPortland's divisive rental relocation ordinance rides on—until...
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The Short Film God, from Neill Blomkamp's Oats Studios, Is Worth Four Minutes...
by Erik Henriksen Oats StudiosYesterday, Oats Studios posted God, a four-minute, darkly funny short that finds Neill Blomkamp's frequent collaborator Sharlto Copley playing God. You should watch...
View ArticleDearest Neighbor
by Anonymous Hi. I was the guy who spent an hour sweeping up you and your family's firework wastes from the 4th off of the street today, 3 days after the fact because you decided to not do it. I saw...
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The Little Hours: Of Nuns and Nunsploitation
by Ciara Dolan Though nuns are often portrayed as beacons of purity, they’re anything but in The Little Hours, Jeff Baena’s film set at a convent in medieval Italy. These sisters unleash torrents of...
View ArticleThe Walls Have Eyes
by Anonymous I bought my house about 6 months ago and I think there are tiny pinhole cameras throughout the house. How do I know this? Well, the old fella who owned the house knew the neighbors and...
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by Anonymous About two months ago, as I was heading home from an 8 hour shift working at a homeless shelter by bicycle, you changed my life by hitting me with your car and leaving me there alone,...
View ArticleNext time, please grow the fuck up.
by Anonymous I'm guessing you're, what, 21? 22? And that shiny new RAV4 or whatever dumb-ass SUV-lette you were driving was bought by your parents you were driving around Montavilla. Decent choice for...
View ArticleKeep Your Stupidity to Yourself
by Anonymous Can you idiotic right-wingers quit telling people to, "Get out of my country!"? Jesus H. Christ. There's morons here yelling it, and there's countless Youtube videos of other morons who...
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Things to Do This Week: July 10-13
by Mercury Staff This week seems like a somewhat low-key, laid-back sort of affair, with a large handful of interesting and enlightening events taking place all around this fair city. And then...
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7 things to do for July 10 by Mercury Staff David Lynch: A Retrospective A friend once told me he imagined David Lynch as a nice dad who’d serve you quinoa while discussing the benefits of...
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Good Morning, News: Oregon Wildfires! Ancient Astronauts! Russia Offered...
by Erik Henriksen Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images• Bumbling halfwit Donald Trump had himself quite a weekend at the G20 summit in Hamburg, leaving us with headlines that range from heartening to...
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Whoa, Jay Z's Coming to Portland
by Ciara Dolan Kevin Winter / Getty ImagesThis morning Jay Z rolled out the dates for a massive North American tour in support of his 14th studio album, 4:44, which went platinum in its first week....
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PDX Pop Now! Announces 2017 Lineup
by Ciara Dolan It's that time of year again: PDX Pop Now!—Portland's only three-day, all-ages festival—returns to AudioCinema under the Hawthorne Bridge July 21-23. There'll be two outdoor stages, a...
View ArticleWe're All Going to Die, New York Magazine Edition
by Dan Savage Hey, remember when the New Yorker scared the shit out of everyone in Seattle—and Tacoma, Portland, Eugene, Salem, Olympia, Seaside, Long Beach, and Vancouver—with that article about the...
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Donald Trump Jr.'s Behavior Is "Borderline Treason," Says Former Bush Ethics...
by Eli Sanders Borderline. Feels like I'm going to lose my mind...Win McNamee / Getty ImagesMeeting with a Russian national who promises you dirt on Hillary Clinton during a US presidential campaign?...
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Defend the Open Internet: Net Neutrality Day of Action is July 12
The open internet is under threat again, but net neutrality activists and tech companies are not going down without a fight. by Amber Cortes Net neutrality activists protesting against the FCC’s Ajit...
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