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Timbers Roll Past LA In The Portland Sun
by Abe Asher Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland TimbersThe Portland Timbers entered Sunday's brunch-time clash with the once-vaunted LA Galaxy without a home win in 56 days, below the Western Conference red...
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Stumptown Improv Festival, Day 3: Big Bang, Border Disputes, and Introducing...
by Suzette Smith The Imports approximating... basketball?Suzette SmithFor the third—and last 😢—day of the Stumptown Improv Festival, I decided to take the plunge and watch all three sets. And I’m glad...
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Landline Review: Please Join Me in Happily Crying.
by Megan Burbank If movies about benignly dysfunctional families are a fast-track to crying for you, prepare yourself appropriately for Gillian Robespierre’s Landline, which stars Edie Falco and Jenny...
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Unite Oregon's Kayse Jama Will Also Challenge Sen. Rod Monroe, Filings Suggest
by Dirk VanderHart FacebookAdd Kayse Jama to the list of people looking to unseat state Sen. Rod Monroe. Jama, the executive director of Unite Oregon and a longtime community organizer, announced over...
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City Council Will Consider Killing the "48-Hour Rule"—Once Again—on Wednesday
by Dirk VanderHart Portland police investigate the officer-involved shooting of Quanice Hayes in February.Dirk VanderHartPortland police could press forward with immediately compelling statements from...
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Mike Marshman Out, Oakland's Danielle Outlaw In as New Portland Police Chief
by Doug Brown Danielle Outlaw, Portland's new police chiefPortland Police Chief Mike Marshman will be out of a job soon, as Mayor Ted Wheeler announced today that he's picked Oakland Deputy Chief...
View ArticlePushed Out
by Anonymous To fellow transplants now transplanted elsewhere:I moved to Portland 10 years ago. I grew up in a small town in the Midwest, and the opportunity to move anywhere other than the Midwest...
View ArticleStuff I've Seen So Far Today, Sat 8/5
by Anonymous Thousands of pairs of jorts (in various cut off lengths)A vagrant (IMO) couple eating dumpster dived food on the sidewalk by a Trimet booth with their well fed looking pooch. Dozens of...
View ArticleYou're Welcome
by Anonymous I'll bet your still pissed I chased you away. I'll bet you still think of all kinds of smart mouth, shitty things you want to say to me. What you should do is thank me. Not 10 minutes...
View ArticleNeighborhood Block Parties
by Anonymous You and your 7-8 neighbors, some balloons and a few card tables positioned in the middle of the street. That's it, some party! yet you go through the hassle of getting a permit to block...
View ArticleHiaku Number Four
by Anonymous Wearing glasses upSide-down top of head I don'tNeed them to see lies[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
View ArticleNot Downtown
by Anonymous I'm so glad I do not live in Downtown Portland, i can not stand any of these people here.[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
View ArticleTo the #9 Bus Driver at 2:45 pm today
by Anonymous You saw me bustling to the 5th and Davis bus stop. We made eye contact. You were supposed to stop since it's the first stop on your route. You blew past me as I was running to the glass...
View ArticleSure Is A Hot One
by Anonymous "It's hot out."Everyone fucking knows. Say something more specific, you fucking turd.How does the heat make you feel?You know what? I don't care. It makes me feel hate for you and your...
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Good Morning, News: Meet Chief Outlaw, Trump's Foundering Support, and More...
by Dirk VanderHart Danielle Outlaw, your new police chief. Portland, we're skipping the pleasantries today to get straight to all of the news. I know a lot of you read these for the pleasantries, but...
View ArticleThings to Do Tuesday!
7 things to do for August 8 by Mercury Staff Detroit It’s July 1967. The Summer of Love, right? All across America, young people are smoking dope, holding Be-Ins, and growing hair at a rate previously...
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13 Minutes Review: Downfall Director Oliver Hirschbiegel Returns to Nazi...
by Andrew Wright Downfall, director Oliver Hirschbiegel's exploration of Adolf Hitler's final days, succeeded by going deep, fully acknowledging its subject's unimaginable monstrousness while also...
View ArticleConflict Files
by Anonymous I've been reminded that I'm not unique. There are just "so many people." No shit. But thanks for reading.When I got to St. Helens, I had already been to five other facilities. There was...
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New Column: Ask a Motorist Stuck on the Hawthorne Bridge for 45 Minutes!
RAPIDEYE / GETTY IMAGESDear Motorist Stuck on the Hawthorne Bridge for 45 Minutes: My parents are visiting Portland for the first time. Can you suggest any cool places to take them? —Janice R.,...
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The Best Moments of Pickathon 2017
by Mercury Music Staff Charles BradleyKatie SummerPriestsNatalie BehringTy SegallKatie SummerThis year’s Pickathon could’ve been hellish, with smoky skies and 100-degree temperatures. Despite the...
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