Secret Drum Band Is Inspired by the Rhythms of the Natural World
Secret Drum Band releases its debut LP, Dynamics. by Ben Salmon For Lisa Schonberg, the process of composing music often starts with her body still and her ears open.“I’m just, like, really into...
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Shelley Short’s Pacific City teeters at the edge of life, the earth, and certainty. by Ciara Dolan Portland singer/songwriter Shelley Short’s new record, Pacific City, has an unlikely beginning. In...
View ArticleThings to Do Music: August 23-29
Noteworthy shows for the week of August 23-29. WEDNESDAY 8/23IDINA MENZEL (Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 1037 SW Broadway) Legendary vocalist Idina Menzel unfortunately isn’t performing in Broadway...
View ArticleHow Portland Is Driving Away New Residents of Color
Portland isn’t taking care of their people of color—so I left. by Zahir Janmohamed At a lecture in Portland last October, Isabel Wilkerson—the Pulitzer Prize-winning author who wrote about the great...
View ArticleWhy the Larry O'Dea Shooting Still Matters
His lies (and lies by omission) linger as Portland awaits a new police chief. by Dirk VanderHart IN THE LAST year, no case has demanded the attentions of Portland’s civilian police oversight office...
View ArticlePublic Transit Racism Is Once Again in the Spotlight
Are cops doing enough to curb bigoted behavior? by Doug Brown IT'S BEEN three months since a double slaying on an eastbound MAX train brought national attention to Oregon’s bigoted history, but...
View ArticleHall Monitor: Nick Fish’s Next Fight
Faced with a cancer diagnosis, the city commissioner is staying on the job—and mulling next steps. by Dirk VanderHart During a recess in last week’s Portland City Council session, I chased down Mayor...
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Homelessness services are up! Rogue swoosh artist pays! by Mercury Staff PORTLAND'S EFFORTS to house homeless people while preventing others from slipping into homelessness have worked—just not well...
View ArticleFrom Slacktivism to Activism
Resistance events for the week of August 23-29. by Emilly Prado WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23The Unusual Suspects: A Benefit for Black Lives Matter Give a hearty laugh and round of applause at the inaugural...
View ArticleThings to Do Wednesday!
8 things to do for August 23 by Mercury Staff Fade to Light: A Multidimensional Fashion Event There’s a simple secret to the glory of Fade to Light, the twice-yearly (and Mercury co-sponsored)...
View ArticleGood Morning, News: Supporters Walk Out of Trump's Phoenix Rally, and...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! So you do what you gonna do? Come on and talk to me. Promise you won't even have an attitude. I'll let you sit right next to me. LET'S GO TO PRESS.The...
View ArticleDick-Head-Fake-Bike-Messenger Directing Traffic
by Anonymous Instead of acting like an indignant butthole and directing traffic around yourself going over the Hawthorne Bridge during the evening commute, why don't you do us all a favor and get out...
View ArticleWeather Forecast for Tonight - DARK
by Anonymous Hey, Rob Hill, 101.1 FM, do your job. I would think a weather personality would forecast and give us the weather, not ask US if it's going to be nice, hot, or the start of an eclipse...
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Timbers v. Colorado Match Preview
by Abe Asher Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland TimbersJust five days removed from their biggest win of the season over the New York Red Bulls, the Portland Timbers are back in action at Providence Park...
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Just Like Normal Church—But With Weed
by Josh Jardine IG0RZH / GETTY IMAGES COMPOSITIONBy most standards, I would be considered a heathen. Dictionary.com, that wormhole for word nerds, provides the primary definition for “heathen” thusly:...
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Movie Review: Ingrid Goes West and the Golden Age of Aubrey Plaza
by Ciara Dolan If Wednesday Addams were a millennial, she’d be played by Aubrey Plaza. Just look at Parks and Recreation, where Plaza played the sullen intern April Ludgate, or Scott Pilgrim vs. The...
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Get Your Tickets Now for the Undisputable Geniuses of Comedy 2017!
by Mercury Staff It’s back! The biggest night of Portland comedy is returning to Revolution Hall on Saturday, September 16!It’s the Portland Mercury’s Undisputable Geniuses of Comedy 2017, featuring...
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Today in Game of Thrones: George R.R. Martin Is Too Busy Writing to Even...
by Erik Henriksen FUN FACT! They're related.Via Metro:Game of Thrones is currently the most popular show on television. But while fans are eagerly anticipating the finale of its seventh season, and...
View ArticleFriends who keep trying to push products
by Anonymous I'd like to continue to be your friend. We seemed to work together well during that last project and have a number of things in common. But for the last year, whenever I suggest we meet...
View ArticleThings to Do Thursday!
8 things to do for August 24 by Mercury Staff This Is Spinal Tap The annual summer Top Down: Rooftop Cinema series on top of Hotel deLuxe’s parking structure is one of the most fun movie-watching...
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