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Save The World! Eat Ugly Produce!
by Andrea Damewood Imperfect ProduceFood waste is a big problem in the United States, with "expired" foods being chucked from stores and refrigerators by the billions of pounds. According to a new...
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by Anonymous "Trump doubles down, says "both sides" to blame for VA. violence.""Lincoln Memorial Vandalized with spray paint.""The best free tourist attraction in every state.""Baby sitter busted for...
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“I live in the suburbs, and you know what? I like it here.” by Anonymous I moved to Portland 10 years ago. I grew up in a small town in the Midwest, and the opportunity to move anywhere else seemed...
View ArticleWhat’s She Mad About Now?
Putting together your “Fire and Fury” preparedness kit. by Courtenay Hameister Many people were caught by surprise last week when President Donald J. Trump stated that if North Korea continued to...
View ArticleWhat You May Have Missed at the Alley 33 Fashion Event
A play-by-play—with pictures!—of the outdoor fashion show. by Cassie Ridgway This year marked the seventh annual Alley 33 Fashion Event: a huge outdoor fashion show that focuses on Portland-based...
View ArticleEast European Wines on the Rise
East European wines on the rise by MJ Skegg There’s much contemplation in wine circles about the next hot wine region (Is it Cyprus? Morocco? Uruguay? My back yard?) At times, though, it seems like a...
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“Every 30 seconds, Louie is gaining like 10 votes. It’s a little bit fishy.”A RIGGED ELECTION?RE: “The Mercury’s Cutest Pet Photo Contest,” part of our Pet Issue [Feature, Aug 9], in which Mercury...
View ArticleSavage Love
Quickies by Dan Savage I’ve been wondering:Since there are lesbians out there who occasionally crave cock, does the reverse also happen? Are there gay men who occasionally crave pussy?This...
View ArticleFrank Cassano’s Imbecile Parade!
Frank Cassano asks, “What are you doing for the solar eclipse?” by Frank Cassano {{ image:1, align:left, width:200 }}Thinking ahead, I booked an eight-bedroom cabin in wine country so my family would...
View ArticleFrom Slacktivism to Activism
Resistance events for the week of August 16-22. by Emilly Prado WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16Brown Girl Rise Fundraiser Twice a month Black and Brown girls come together to learn about social justice, health,...
View ArticleSneaker Wave
Rasheed Jamal’s latest sounds both gritty and inspired. by Jenni Moore Arkansas native Rasheed Jamal (a Portlander since 2008) might be my favorite rapper in town—his “country rap” pairs extremely...
View ArticleIt’s Never Too Late for Guantanamo Baywatch
Guantanamo Baywatch’s Desert Center moves beyond surf. by Ryan J. Prado If Guantanamo Baywatch’s blistering surf instrumentals and seething punk sermons ever seemed rooted in one place, the Portland...
View ArticleThe Return of Zeke
After hibernating for 13 years, the Seattle band is ready to unleash Hellbender. by Aris Hunter Wales During punk rock’s renaissance in the 1990s, it was common for labels to release compilations...
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Things To Do Film: August 18-24
This Week: The Princess Bride, Cutter's Way, and Queer Horror: Death Becomes Her. by Mercury Staff Annabelle: Creation Even if it ends with some incongruous gore and an oafish tie-in to the other...
View ArticleTaking a Chance with Brigsby Bear
Grizzly. Man. by Ben Coleman The bear looks dumb. I get it, I do. You don’t want to see some dumb-looking bear movie! And it’s got that nerd from SNL in it. Not that one. The other one. The one with...
View ArticleIn This Corner of the World Is a Cute Movie About Hiroshima
The latest animated film from Sunao Katabuchi. by Suzette Smith There’s an elephant in the room throughout Sunao Katabuchi’s latest animated film, In This Corner of the World. That elephant is the...
View ArticleSteven Soderbergh’s Logan Lucky Is a Goddamn Delight
Fast and sort of furious. by Erik Henriksen “I just don’t think movies matter as much anymore, culturally,” infamously unpredictable filmmaker Steven Soderbergh told the Guardian in 2013—one of the...
View ArticleWhose Streets? is Vital to the Resistance
Ferguson, revisited. by Jenni Moore Most of us remember scrolling through news about the Ferguson protests on Twitter in 2014, but Sabaah Folayan and Damon Davis’Whose Streets? fills in the blanks of...
View ArticleI Told You This Would Happen!
BEHOLD THE END OF DAYS! by Nostradamus So Merlin was over the other night, because it was the season finale of The Bachelor, and we always watch The Bachelor, because it’s kind of our thing, even...
View ArticleHow to Make Your Own Eclipse
It’s super easy, everybody. by Elinor Jones Let’s say you want to experience a solar eclipse, but you’re busy on Monday. Maybe you have to work, or don’t want to miss any of The Price Is Right. I get...
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