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School Is In—Cannabis School, That Is
by Josh Jardine As Labor Day approaches, you may be asking yourself, "What did I learn this summer, aside from the fact that no one in Portland seems to grasp that a linen shirt is a viable...
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Afrodaddy’s Jazz Club is Willing Itself into Reality
by Chad Walsh The Brothers Blanchard: Kwame, Tyson and Stephen, Jr. at what they hope will soon be the site of Afrodaddy’s Jazz ClubCarmen BlanchardIn the age of internet fundraising, it’s no longer...
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Thorns Shatter Seattle Reign 2-1
by Erin O'Regan The Riveters were in full force in Seattle!Photo courtesy Portland Thorns FCFor the first time since 2013, the Portland Thorns defeated the Seattle Reign 2-1 in Seattle. BACK FLIPS AND...
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Don't Miss Revolution Comedy (and Help Impeach Trump) TONIGHT!
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Guys, if you are like me (and most other sane people on this planet), you want to IMPEACH DONALD TRUMP, TOUT DE SUITE. But it's going to take time and effort—which is why you...
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Sonic Mania Is Great—Because It Was Made by a Fan
by Morgan Troper SegaFew, if any, video game icons have fallen from grace as dramatically as Sonic the Hedgehog.Sonic went from being one of the most recognizable game characters in existence—and 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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Game of Thrones Recap! Riding the Waves in "The Dragon and the Wolf"
by Ned Lannamann "It looks as though something has come between us, sister dear, but it may in fact just be camera placement!"HBOThe seventh season of HBO’s Game of Thrones concluded with a bang last...
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Live Review: Project Pabst at Tom McCall Waterfront Park, Aug 26 & 27
by Mercury Music Staff Natalie BehringNatalie BehringProject Pabst: the hottest, dustiest music festival where it's impossible to actually get drunk. I’ve always managed to have a blast, and this year...
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Savage Love Letter of the Day: Is Seven Too Early For a Kink?
by Dan Savage My seven-year-old son started getting really into gauze, splints, and bandages when he was three, and by the time he was four it became very clearly sexualized. He gets a boner when he...
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Donald Trump Said He Had "No Deals" In Russia, But His Trump Organization...
by Eli Sanders The art of parsing the meaning of the deal.Getty ImagesRemember this?Russia has never tried to use leverage over me. I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH RUSSIA - NO DEALS, NO LOANS, NO NOTHING!—...
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New Stranger Things S2 Trailer Enlists Ronald Reagan in Apparent Effort to...
by Sean Nelson Any decent story set in the 1980s could only have one villain.Courtesy photo/ JOSEPH SOHM/SHUTTERSTOCKI liked season one of Stranger Things quite a bit. It was an excellent evocation of...
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Is Goat Yoga the Greatest of All Time Yoga? Kinda!
by Jenni Moore CD SkehanThis week in The Most Portland Shit Ever, I tried goat yoga at a local family farm. “What the hell is goat yoga?” you might be asking. It’s a fad that started in 2016 in which...
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Good Morning, News: Harvey's Not Done, North Korea Fires Over Japan, and...
by Dirk VanderHart (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)The latest official death toll from now-Tropical Storm Harvey is 10, but there's no telling what rescuers—including some from Oregon—will find...
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6 things to do for August 29 by Mercury Staff AJJ For many, AJJ (FKA Andrew Jackson Jihad) is one of folk-punk’s defining bands. Starting with 2007’s People Who Eat People are the Luckiest People in...
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HUMP! 2017 Call For Submissions!
by Dan Savage HUMP! 2017 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONSAmateur filmmakers, actual filmmakers, sex-positive singles/couples/throuples/quads, wannabe porn stars, kinksters and other creative types are hereby...
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It's Back... the I, Anonymous Show!
by Mercury Staff America—and especially Portland—loves the Mercury’s weekly I, Anonymous column and blog in which anonymous people (like YOU) spill your guts and reveal your most private thoughts,...
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Coffee and Good Food? Here are Two Places That Do It Right.
by Thomas Ross Guilder CafeDAN COLEAs far as my western American mind- set goes, if you’re not at a café to wake up, you’re there to meet a friend, or work quietly on a laptop, or even just geek-out...
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The Finale of Twin Peaks: The Return Is This Sunday, and We've Got Some...
WARNING: Spoilers Abound by Ciara Dolan She's still got the moves!ShowtimeThis Sunday is the two-part finale of Twin Peaks: The Return, and there are still a lot of unanswered questions. Knowing David...
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The Hollywood Theatre Is Screening Paul Thomas Anderson's New Haim...
by Ciara Dolan Paul Thomas Anderson is at it again. After directing three videos for Radiohead's 2016 album A Moon Shaped Pool—one of which, "Daydreaming,"played in 35mm at the Hollywood Theatre last...
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The Food Vendors at the Portland Taco Festival Didn't Have a Very Good Time...
by Emilly Prado Portland Taco FestivalIt's an event that already lives in infamy: Last weekend, the two-day Portland Taco Festival was cut short after hundreds of angry attendees, furious feedback,...
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