Savage Love Letter of the Day: Love Isn't a One-Hit Wonder
Who's the love of his life? by Dan Savage I'm inching up on 49 years old with a girlfriend 20 years younger than me. I was married to another woman for 10 years before we split/divorced (amicably...
View ArticleTo the young woman who wrecked on her bike...
by Anonymous Last Friday as I was biking on the 205 trail, I came upon a young woman who just had a nasty bike wreck and was crying for help. Her arm was obviously broken in a few places and her eye...
View ArticleICYMI: Pics from Saturday's Undisputable Geniuses of Comedy Show!
by Kathleen Marie Did you miss this weekend's amazing "Undisputable Geniuses of Comedy"showcase at Revolution Hall? If so, too bad—because it was gut-busting funny, and a great way to see Portland...
View ArticleTBA Review: Erin Markey's Boner Killer Lives Up to the Hype
by Noah Dunham Sean Schumacher / Courtesy of Portland Institute for Contemporary ArtThere were lines out the door for both ticket holders and those waiting in standby for Erin Markey's TBA show....
View ArticleSlow Slow Drivers Everywhere!!!
by Anonymous Why? How is this even possible? There has to be some kind of explanation concerning the vast number of people driving ridiculously slow from one end of town to the other. I'm talking...
View ArticleGood Morning, News: Jeff Sessions Hits Town, Bumbling Trump Lawyers, and...
by Dirk VanderHart JEFF SESSIONS: Likes to scold pot plants. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is emerging from his cozy, cookie-scented tree bole to visit our fair city today, in what looks like it'll...
View ArticleThings to Do Tuesday!
7 things to do for September 19 by Mercury Staff Tennyson, Photay Until his death in 1892, Alfred Lord Tennyson was a towering figure in poetry and—wait. That's not right! Old Alfred has been replaced...
View ArticleThis Week on Nextdoor (with Special Guest Frank Cassano!)
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View ArticleFood Review: Alto Bajo and Lo Bar Live Up and Down to Their Names
by Thomas Ross Jason DesomerI’m not sure I get the name of the Hi-Lo Hotel. Online the hotel, from Marriott’s “Autograph Collection,” is billed in a half-assed buzzword mélange as being “crafted” as...
View ArticleJeff Sessions Delivers a Drawling, Hysterical, Fear-Mongering Message to...
by Dirk VanderHart Probably emphasizing some point about how you're about to be attacked by an undocumented immigrant.Dirk VanderHartJeff Sessions had fear-mongering tidings of doom for Portland's...
View ArticleWatch Out: Zombie Obamacare Repeal Is Back, On the Move, and May Be Close to...
TrumpCare is back. REPEAT: TrumpCare is back. by Eli Sanders Senator John McCain, Obamacare savior-turned-nemesis?Mark Wilson / Getty ImagesIf you thought the Republican effort to repeal Obamacare had...
View ArticleSome Dude Tries to Kiss Alvvays Frontwoman Molly Rankin, Reminds Us All to...
Reminder: Don't try to kiss anyone unless they say they want to kiss you too. by Anna Kaplan Don't kiss her unless she says she wants to kiss you!Rick Kern / GettyOn Saturday night in Antwerp,...
View ArticleOne Day at a Time
It’s just so insensitive to talk about climate change! (And Ted Cruz masturbating.) by Ann Romano MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11Welcome back to One Day at a Time, dears—Your Beacon of Hope Amidst Global...
View ArticleThe Party Review
I attended a toddler’s birthday in the park. by D. Martin Austin I can say with absolute confidence that I can better identify birds by their song than distinguish one three-year-old’s caterwaul from...
View ArticleJust Stop It: Cannabis Industry Edition
Are you a weed professional doing any of these things? Just... No. by Josh Jardine When I’m not writing this weekly “weed comedy” column, I’m involved in numerous other aspects of the cannabis...
View ArticleCivil Forfeiture Could Threaten State-Level Cannabis Programs
Congress is at odds with Attorney Jeff Sessions on a new policy. by Will Patterson Dear Pot Lawyer,What’s going to happen now that the attorney general has rolled back Obama’s civil forfeiture...
View ArticlePortland’s Pretty
Portland shop girls show off their style. by Marissa Sullivan It’s been over a year since my shop boy roundup, and I meant to get back to it MUCH sooner, but I tend to be the type of Street Style...
View ArticleSavage Love
Dicks Deluxe by Dan Savage I am a 35-year-oldstraight guy. I met a nice lady through the normal methods, and we hit it off and have grown closer. I think we are both considering “taking it to the next...
View ArticleDaniel Norgren Taps into Roots Music’s Mystic Shimmer
Swedish singer/songwriter Daniel Norgren is bringing his folksy blues stateside. by Ben Salmon If you dig into singer/songwriter Daniel Norgren’s background, it’s not hard to trace the roots of his...
View ArticleDowntown Boys Discuss Labor and Liberation
Downtown Boys’ new album wages war on injustice. by Emilly Prado Downtown Boys aren’t interested in freedom unless everyone’s invited. Since the Providence, Rhode Island, punk band formed in 2011,...
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