Galaxy Dance Festival’s Experimental, International Vibe
Polaris Dance Theatre’s annual festival makes the world of dance accessible. by April MacKay Summer in Portland is the season of the festival: beer festivals, food festivals, music you totally...
View ArticleCerveza, Oregon-Style
Locally made Mexican-style beers are great for beating summer heat. by Ned Lannamann Historical records suggest that the first brewery in the New World to make beer as we know it was located in...
View ArticleJackrabbit Hops Over the Top
SF celeb chef shows you can take decadence too far. by Andrea Damewood Jackrabbit is perhaps best characterized by its signature dish: half a pig’s head, severed from mid-cranium down but otherwise...
View ArticleEat This!
The vegan donut shop to die for. by Andrea Damewood Of course the city’s only vegan donut shop sells out constantly.What’s better is they’re good enough to merit the lines—no matter your dietary...
View ArticleIn Quad We Trust
Adult skate parties get it jukin’. by Santi Elijah Holley They arrive one by one, beginning at 11 pm on a Saturday night.They greet each other with smiles, hugs, and high-fives. The DJ steps into his...
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Good Morning, News: A Water Treatment Reprieve, a Mayoral Recall Threat, and...
by Dirk VanderHart As we trudge toward our painful fate as liquids, I wanted to say it's been a pleasure, dear readers. Liquids don't write or read news digests, so it looks like this is our last time...
View ArticleThings to Do Wednesday!
8 things to do for August 2 by Mercury Staff The I, Anonymous Show! It’s back! One of Portland’s funniest (and sauciest) comedy nights, the I, Anonymous Show, returns for its August outing, with more...
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The Best Movies in Portland Theaters! (Or, The Best Excuses to Sit in a Dark...
by Erik Henriksen It's going to be 105° today. I'm going to Valerian and probably never leaving the theater. I don't know what you're seeing, but if you go to Valerian, don't sit next to me. Your body...
View ArticleAre You Kidding Me?
by Anonymous So you pay way too much for a building in what used to be a predominately minority neighborhood. Then you paint a giant mural on it featuring a giant "Don't Tread On Me" image of...
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Portland Burger Week 2017: The New Seasons Burger
by Mercury Staff AT LAST. After an entire year of waiting—you’ve been so patient!—the Portland Mercury’s Burger Week is almost here!From Monday August 7-Saturday August 12, at over 40 of Portland’s...
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TONIGHT! It's the I, Anonymous Show at Curious Comedy!
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey It’s back! TONIGHT! One of Portland’s funniest (and sauciest) comedy nights, the I, Anonymous Show, returns tonight (Wed Aug 2) for its August outing with more of the crazy...
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We Tried Out Level+'s Dank Drinks
by Josh Jardine Level+Portland is really good at certain things—coffee, cannabis, and that sense of smugness whenever bikes, beards, or microbrews are discussed. (“I’ll take ‘Fixed Gear Red Whisker...
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Aminé's Debut LP (Mostly) Lives Up to Its Great Expectations
by Santi Elijah Holley It’s hard to think of any debut, especially from a Portland artist, with bigger expectations than Aminé’s Good for You. After his breakout single “Caroline”—which has earned...
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The City's Going to Bat for Its Innovative, Maybe-Unconstitutional Ban on New...
by Dirk VanderHart FRANÇOIS VIGNEAULTPortland's about to try to salvage the nation's strongest limitations on new fossil fuels facilities from the junk pile. This morning, City Council voted...
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The Mercury's Picks for Pickathon 2017
by Ciara Dolan A-WaA-WAI can only conjure one word for the music of A-Wa: badass. Watch the music video for the Israeli popstars’ breakout single “Habib Halbi”—the title track of their 2016 debut—and...
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Pickathon Is Portland's Favorite Holiday
by Ciara Dolan VERONICA ROSEWhen the first Pickathon took place in 1999, few likely guessed it’d still be going strong nearly 20 years later.Much has changed about the festival since those early days,...
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It's Fucking Hot Out, So The County Is Opening More Cooling Centers
by Doug Brown yokeetod / getty imagesYou're aware that it's fucking miserably hot outside right now, and it will be for the next several days. Now spread the word to people vulnerable to heat-related...
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Portland Is Going to Build a Massive Filtration Plant for Its Oft-Lauded...
by Dirk VanderHart The humble ultraviolet wave, it seems, never had much of a chance. From the first moments of a lengthy hearing Wednesday afternoon on what option for federally mandated water...
View ArticleMy Turn to Be Whiny
by Anonymous I was kind and loving, supportive and empathetic to your problems. I gave you all of my heart, but I got little in return. You had so many issues, I kept mine to myself. I hid my hurt,...
View ArticleJet Skis and Boats
by Anonymous Feels like waving from a boat, even talking with my closest friends.And then I'm drowning. Been treading water for hours and I just don't have any strength left. The lucky ones are...
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