Not In Our House
by Anonymous To the asshole usher in section 103 at the Sept 2nd Portland Thorns match shame on you! You do not berate people in ADA seating and question their disabilities. This does not happen in...
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It's the Funniest Show of the Year... The Undisputable Geniuses of Comedy!
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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What’s She Mad About Now?: Does Your Neighborhood Have a Nazi Problem?
by Courtenay Hameister ALLISON KEREKThey say if you see one cockroach, that’s a sign there are hundreds nearby. So if the Shitshow in Charlottesville and the continuing non-response from our president...
View ArticleSHARE THE ROAD
by Anonymous People in cars: "motorcyclists are a problem. They give me a heart attack when they ride past"... Really? So the guy in the monster truck that could literally crush you is okay but my...
View ArticleHousemating rituals
by Anonymous I can hear you two through the wall during your nightly sessions. Starts off with casual talking, intermittent giggling, then transitioning to guttural noises. Occasional shreaks like...
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Good(?) Morning, News: The Gorge Fire Keeps Spreading, the Air Is Acrid and...
by Dirk VanderHart Fires burn unchecked in the Columbia River Gorge on Monday.whereinthegorge.comThe Gorge Is On Fire: Lots of it. Overnight, winds continued to push the Eagle Creek fire west. There...
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Win Tickets for Tomorrow's I, Anonymous Show!
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey 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...
View ArticleThings to Do Tuesday!
7 things to do for September 5 by Mercury Staff Haim, LPX It’s amazing to me when siblings A) share the same talents and B) can tolerate each other long enough to make art. In that sense, the sisters...
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Things to Do This Week: September 5-7
by Mercury Staff It's an interesting week we got here! A lot of us just finished a four-day weekend and now there's this three day week before another three days of weekend hits, and this week has...
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Thorns Shellack Spirit 4-0
by Erin O'Regan Whoever was in charge of blood smoke earned their keep on Saturday.Photo courtesy Portland Thorns FCThe Portland Thorns shut the Washington Spirit down 4-0 in a magnificent show of...
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Want to Donate to People Fighting and Fleeing the Columbia Gorge Fire? Here...
by Dirk VanderHart whereinthegorge.comWildfire continues to rip westward through the Columbia River Gorge, spanning something like 4,800 acres (and leaping the Columbia River), turning the sun into a...
View ArticleLeave it Outside
by Anonymous So you forgot your bike lock ehh? Not my problem, you leave it outside. Don't come rolling your bike into my place of work with your lame ass "oopsie, I forgot my lock". Bullshit. Leave...
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Should We Ban Fireworks? Let’s Look at the Pros and Cons
by Ned Lannamann Getty / NenadpressMost fireworks are illegal in Oregon. The ones that aren’t are pretty benign. But as anyone who’s lived through a Fourth of July in Oregon knows, there are plenty of...
View ArticleYou Burned the Gorge Down
by Anonymous You little teenage shit heads, playing with fireworks, filming it, and laughing. You, and all of you in your little motley crew, are fucking pieces of shit. 150 hikers had to sleep in the...
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DACA Done: A Day of Protests as Trump's Cruelty Continues (Updated)
by Doug Brown Immigrant-rights organizer Juan Rogel speaks at an anti-ICE rally in MarchDoug Brown***Original story: 11:28 am***President Donald Trump and his administration are continuing their reign...
View ArticleThe IPRC’s Narrow Escape
How the publishing organization faced Portland’s rental crisis—and survived. by Suzette Smith In the end, the thing that saved the Independent Publishing Resource Center (IPRC) from becoming yet...
View ArticleSoul Food, Redefined
Salimatu Amabebe’s Nigerian pop-ups are spicing up Portland’s vegan food scene. by Jenni Moore A month or so ago, after watching a slew of deeply troubling documentaries, I decided to convert from...
View ArticleAllergic to Hops? You Can Still Drink Beer
All is not lost for those sensitive to hops. by Dustin Guy A backlash has been bubbling among craft beer drinkers against one of the industry’s longtime stalwarts: the IPA. You may have read articles...
View ArticleThe Party Review
I attended a birthday that was too cool for school. by D. Martin Austin The first thing one must learn about hipster parties is that it’s much easier to be too early than it is to be too late. I was...
View ArticleLetters to the Editor
This week: Comedy bribes... and trouble in Tacotown! THOSE SWEET COMEDY BRIBESRE: “The Mercury’s Fall Arts & Culture Guide” [Aug 30], our guide to Portland’s upcoming literary, storytelling,...
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