Blade Runner 2049: Revisiting the Past, Remaking the Future
Seriously, what DO androids dream of? by Erik Henriksen Nobody wanted Blade Runner.1982’s box office belonged to E.T. and Rocky III. Audiences shrugged when the dark, dour Blade Runner hit theaters;...
View ArticleLoving Vincent: Let’s Ear It for the Boy
This movie is better than that headline. by Robert Ham We’ve already had a few fine cinematic attempts to tell the story of the brilliant yet tortured Vincent Van Gogh, including the 1956 masterpiece...
View ArticleThe Mountain Between Us: Stranded on a Mountain with Idris Elba and Kate Winslet
That lady from Titanic can’t catch a break! by Ben Coleman How much time do you want to spend with Idris Elba and Kate Winslet on a mountain? That’s the only question you need to ask yourself here....
View ArticleThings to Do Film: Oct 6-12
This Week: My Little Pony: The Movie, Lady Kung Fu, and The Reagan Show. All the Rage A documentary following physician John Sarno through an almost 50-year career treating back pain by focusing on...
View ArticleOkay, Cupid
A Portland entrepreneur curates online profiles for the romantically frustrated... but does it work? by Mamie Stevenson Soon after meeting Ladan Radafshar for what was a very brief interaction, she...
View ArticleThis Week’s Featured I, Anonymous!
“One month out of the year, we’re graced with this beautiful occurrence—yet I have to listen to the sounds of children screaming like it’s a goddamn Chuck E. Cheese.” by Anonymous Watching Vaux’s...
View ArticleOur Questions for Danielle Outlaw
Portland’s new police chief speaks about her priorities, commuting cops, and protest policing by Doug Brown Danielle Outlaw, a 42-year-old former Deputy Chief of the Oakland Police Department, was...
View ArticleHall Monitor: The 10-Month Checkup
Three takeaways as Mayor Ted Wheeler extends Portland’s housing emergency. by Dirk VanderHart TEN MONTHS at the helm of a city will shift your outlook.Mayor Ted Wheeler came into office in January...
View ArticleThe City is Winning Authority to Drug Test Its Workers
It’s the first time managers have been able to test many employees, and it could lead to problems. by Dirk VanderHart CITY EMPLOYEES from six labor unions filled City Council chambers last week to...
View ArticleThe Party Review
I attended a double-Virgo birthday. by D. Martin Austin This week’s party was a dual birthday celebration at a sex-positive house. Yes, the house itself was sex positive—or so said the...
View ArticleLetters to the Editor
“Don’t get fooled, work tirelessly, and maybe you’ll pull off what my generation couldn’t.” RENT TO OWNRE: “Dibs!” [Hall Monitor, Sept 27], in which News Editor Dirk VanderHart reported on Commissioner...
View ArticleFrom Slacktivism to Activism
Resistance events for the week of October 4-10. by Emilly Prado WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4Pinta y lucha: El muralismo y la lucha en Chile/Paint and Struggle: Muralism and Radical Politics in Chile UMLEM is...
View ArticleIchiza Kitchen & Tea House Brings Tokyo to Herbivores
Ichiza Kitchen & Tea House brings Tokyo to herbivores. by Andrea Damewood Tucked to the side of the Vtopia vegan cheese shop and behind a curtained door, stepping into Ichiza Kitchen & Tea...
View ArticleMove Over, Pumpkin Spice! It’s Portland’s Best Fall-Flavored Coffee Drinks
Move over, pumpkin spice! It’s Portland’s best fall-flavored coffee drinks. by Andrea Damewood I have nothing against the pumpkin spice latte—except that I can’t finish one. The proprietary blend of...
View ArticleFrom Portland Chefs, Two Surprisingly Accessible New Cookbooks—And One...
Maya Lovelace’s pimento mac ’n’ cheese and Ava Gene’s salad niçoise in your kitchen? It can be done! by Andrea Damewood If there’s a piece of advice I could give someone who wants to tackle a recipe...
View ArticleFrom Magic Realism to Spatial Imaginaries
October’s Art Shows and Performances to Have on Your Radar by Megan Burbank It’s weird advice that always works: If you’re feeling sad, go see some art. When the news sucks and nothing seems okay,...
View ArticleThings to Do Wednesday!
8 things to do for October 4 by Mercury Staff Damian ”Jr. Gong” Marley Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley has recently collaborated with Jay-Z on “Bam,” a major highlight from 4:44, and Skrillex on “Make it Bun...
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Good Morning, News: Girlfriend of Las Vegas Shooter Questioned, and Rex...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey REX TILLERSON Refuses to deny that Trump is a "moron."GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! You used to say it'll be okay. Suggest little nice things I should do. And when I go home at night...
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Rolling a Rose Blunt in the Rose City
by Josh Jardine @simple_sashaThere are, to put in in exceedingly charitable trems, a great number of challenges I face in my day to day life. The struggle is real (for me), be it basic housekeeping,...
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Veg Week: Half-Price Vegan Entrées at Laughing Planet, Loyal Legion, &...
by Mercury Staff Welcome to the Portland Mercury’s first-ever Veg Week—a week designed not only for vegans and vegetarians, but for all Portlanders who want to enjoy some of the best, most inventive...
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