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Tinariwen Brings the Desert Blues to Portland
by Chris Sutton TINARIWENANTIDENGUE FEVERCHEAN LONGWhen the original alchemists invented the guitar, they probably had no idea the impact their creation would have on modern society. This sacred wand...
View ArticleThings to Do Food: April 2017
How to Eat, Drink, and Be Merry for April by Mercury Staff Portland Pizza Week Listen, Portland. We love you. And we love pizza. So the Portland Mercury is teaming up with dozens of local pizza shops...
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Shop To Resist Trump
by Elizabeth Mollo Wolf ChildThis week we released our annual Shop Local Guide, and instead of just listing all the awesome shops we have in Portland, we decided to put a political bent on it because,...
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The Morrison Bridge Is About to Ruin Your Summer. Here's Who You Should Blame
by Dirk VanderHart Jason FischerDon't say we didn't warn you, Portland. Beginning in August 2013, this newspaper exhaustively covered the unfolding debacle on the Morrison Bridge. Sometimes you cared....
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Portland Palindrome Champ Mark Saltveit Gives Up His Crown (For Now)
by Temple Lentz THE PALINDROMISTAfter an intense competition in Stamford, Connecticut last weekend, the world has a new palindrome champion. Sure, you may not have known that there was a World...
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Yesterday, Michael Flynn Asked For Immunity. Today the Question Is, Why?
by Ana Sofia Knauf Fired, but far from staying out of the news cycle.MARIO TAMA / GETTY IMAGESYesterday, Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn was back in the news—this time wanting...
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Hey, Southeast Portland! Here's the Locked, Unmanned Kombucha Facility You...
by Megan Burbank Today, at my neighborhood bus stop, I witnessed something terrible. Here it is:FUCK THIS SHIT.MBThat's right! It's an unmanned Kombucha taproom you have to use your credit card to get...
View ArticleYou Are Not a Crossing Guard!
by Anonymous People of portland please stop holding up your hand when crossing the road like you left your orange flag at school. Whenever I see this behaviour I want to act in defiance and floor it....
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Not An April Fool's Joke: Trump Declares April Sexual Assault Awareness and...
by Ana Sofia Knauf Donald "Grab Them By the Pussy" Trump, everyone.MARIO TAMAIn an announcement released today, President Donald Trump declared April 2017 to be National Sexual Assault Awareness and...
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I See London, I See Frantz, I See a Bulge In Those Pants!
by Robert Ham Several times in Frantz, director François Ozon’s requiem for post-World War I Europe, Philippe Rombi’s score returns to a refrain that sounds like a piano seeking out and nearly...
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Blazers Recap: The Home Team's Strong Offensive SPF Renders The Suns...
by Aris Hunter Wales There was probably a handful of fans that missed the announcement Friday evening that the Trail Blazers’ pride and joy Jusuf Nurkic had sustained a non-displaced leg fracture in...
View ArticleMainstream is a Wasteland
by Anonymous Was a time mainstream had some relevance and importance. It at least had more appeal to me. This world has gone to shit. news is mostly bad news and good news is well, ever so nauseating....
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Photos & Video: Protesters Arrested at a Donald Trump Rally in Vancouver
by Doug Brown Joey Gibson from "Patriot Prayer" led the Trump rallyDoug BrownIt got a little nuts in Vancouver this afternoon. Right wingers gathered in Esther Short Park shortly after noon Sunday for...
View ArticleThe Human in the Mirror
by Anonymous On being a social servant.Humans are nice, understanding, have nice smiles to make my day. Then there's the small percentage. Humans are entitled, demanding. No, is not an answer. The...
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Things to Do This Week: April 3-6
by Mercury Staff This first week of April is a damn good week if you're someone who loves art. Not just art as in "paintings hanging on walls," although Jeremy Okai Davis' opening at p:ear Gallery is...
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Good Morning, News: Arrests at Vancouver Trump Rally, Russian Subway...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey BILL O'REILLY"Today's top story: I'm gross and cannot be fired." Slaven Vlasic / GettyGOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! Try to talk to him, can't get through. Every day he's a different...
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Timbers Drop Two Points Late Against New England
by Abe Asher Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland TimbersThough they produced stretches of free-flowing soccer and got another fabulous goal out of Diego Valeri, the Portland Timbers didn't quite bring it on...
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The Walking Dead Recap: This Means War!
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Hello! Did you watch last night's Walking Dead season finale, which was simultaneously fun and terrible? Good. Let's chat about it after the jump, and beware: There are tons of...
View ArticleBus Bitching
by Anonymous The last thing I fucking need at the end of my work night is someone muttering under their breath "Rude!" just because no one asked me to move. I'd happily move if asked, but no you...
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R2DToo Has Been Served With an Eviction Notice
by Dirk VanderHart Less than a week before Right 2 Dream Too is supposed to leave its longtime home, the six-year-old camp is facing formal eviction. R2DToo Chairperson Sarah Chandler confirms to the...
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