In City of Ghosts, Syrian Journalists Fight ISIS with Words
The tragedies—and triumphs—of Raqqa’s citizen journalists. by Emilly Prado Hamoud al-Mousa wears a sleek black suit as he holds the 2015 International Press Freedom Award that was given to him and the...
View ArticleWith Endless Poetry, Alejandro Jodorowsky Paints a Self Portrait
And it’s a visual stunner. by Robert Ham Straight male filmmakers are drawn to the semi-autobiographical coming-of-age film like cats to a cardboard box: even if it makes little sense for them to do...
View ArticleLady Macbeth: Oh Great, It’s Ted Bundy in a Hoopskirt
Where’s the real Lady Macbeth when you need her? by Megan Burbank If you’re a Janeite (Austen or Eyre), you might be tempted by Lady Macbeth, the tale of a child bride on some desolate heath. But...
View ArticleMultnomah County’s Crowded Jails Mean Early Inmate Releases
The county’s jail capacity is at its lowest in decades. by Doug Brown As the summer heats up, Multnomah County’s two jails are packed to the brim.They’re so full, in fact, that 20 inmates were...
View ArticleMuay Thai Saved My Life
I was deep inside an existential clusterfuck—until Thai boxing rewired my brain. by Rachel Petrovich The first time I walked through the gym door, I was a 44-year-old disaster.My 17-year marriage was...
View ArticleThis Week’s Featured I, Anonymous!
“I bought my house about six months ago and I think there are tiny pinhole cameras throughout the house.” by Anonymous I bought my house six months ago and I think there are tiny pinhole cameras...
View ArticleThe Party Review
A gathering of Portland’s black comics. by D. Martin Austin Everyone knows Portland is notoriously white. So I couldn’t have been more thrilled to attend a potluck for Portland’s growing community of...
View ArticleDöner Kebab Forever
Spitz Specializes in the Turkish granddaddy of all street food. by Thomas Ross Döner kebab is an iconic street food sight: a conical stack of meat cooking on a vertical, rotating spit. Immigration...
View ArticleRosé Your Way
Frozé, brosé or mixed with Sprite: Drink your rosé however you want. by Andrea Damewood For better and for worse, rosé has blown the fuck up.Sure, that’s meant an influx of terrible pink wines, like...
View ArticleAt Elizabeth Leach Gallery, No More Boring Art
John Baldessari’s Picaresque Conceptual Work Comes to Portland by Megan Burbank If you don’t like self-serious artists, John Baldessari’s your man. A household name in conceptual art, Baldessari’s...
View ArticleMeet Me in the Bathroom and New York’s Last Gasp of Cool
Lizzy Goodman’s oral history falls prey to the format’s shortcomings. by Ned Lannamann Credit where it’s due: The scope of Meet Me in the Bathroom is truly impressive. Journalist Lizzy Goodman’s...
View ArticleTongues’ New God Flow
Portland’s Anders Nilsen debuts a new comic, with Greek drama, god drama, and strange wars. by Suzette Smith Portland artist and author Anders Nilsen has been working up to this. An award-winning...
View ArticleLetters to the Editor
“We came here to get away from you.” THE LAMEST VOLCANORE: “Jerks Need to Shut Up About OMSI’s Baking Soda Volcano”[Blogtown, July 24], Editor-in-Chief Wm. Steven Humphrey’s impassioned defense of...
View ArticleFrom Slacktivism to Activism
Resistance events for the week of July 26-August 1. by Emilly Prado WEDNESDAY, JULY 26Rally to Save America’s Postal Service Like the organizers at Communities and Postal Workers United, we can’t...
View ArticlePortland’s Pretty
Heavy hitters at the new Know. by Marissa Sullivan Let’s see... where does one start when describing the Federale, Máscaras, and Savage Family Band show to a person who’s never heard them? Welp, at...
View ArticleThings to Do Wednesday!
8 things to do for July 26 by Mercury Staff Re-run Theater: Miami Vice Fest 6 The next time some jackass starts blathering on about how we're in “the golden age of television,” remind them of one...
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Good Morning, News: Trump's Transgender Ban, GOP's Health Care Flop, and More...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! But where the hell do you get off telling me your mama said I'm not what you need? Tell you what, since she knows it all, then that's where you need to...
View ArticleAtomic Blonde Is Cooler Than You and Your Crusty Old Dude Spies
Spies on spies on spies. by Elinor Jones Atomic Blonde isn’t subtle. On about the 89th shot of Charlize Theron walking coolly down a Berlin street wearing sunglasses to an ‘80s new wave hit, I...
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Portland Burger Week 2017: Burgers of North Portland
by Mercury Staff Alameda Brewing Co.: Not-Cho-BurgerMEGAN NANNAAT LAST. After an entire year of waiting—you’ve been so patient!—the Portland Mercury’s Burger Week is almost here!From Monday August...
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Girls Trip Review: A Turnt-Up Celebration of Black Womanhood
by Jenni Moore Girls Trip doubles as a $19-million ad for the Essence Festival (I’ll be attending next year), but I was pleased that the comedy isn’t just a Black woman’s rendition of The Hangover,...
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