Aminé, Dodgr and Blossom On the Tonight Show!
by Jenni Moore I had just got done recommending that someone check out super-dope local emcee The Last Artful, Dodgr when I saw my Twitter feed was on fire. It appeared that Portland hip-hop was...
View ArticleYour Meetings
by Anonymous Your meetings are bogus. Just like every other meeting where people meet to discuss what they hope to get done, and nothing gets done. You waste time and get paid to talk about your...
View ArticleThings to Do Tonight!
by Mercury Staff Pride Night: Blazers vs. Bulls It’s the first of what will be an annual Pride Night at the Moda Center, celebrating the importance of our strong local LGBTQ community, as Portland...
View ArticleSteal from Your Local Grocery Store... They Don't Care
by Anonymous Thank you drug users and whom are smart enough to know that my local grocery store is overwhelmed with thieves and cannot keep up with you losers and your backbacks full of stolen food....
View Article"Awash in False Conspiracy Theories and Petulant Immaturity, Liberals Put...
by Christopher Frizzelle Bernie supporters in July 2016, at the height of conspiracy theories about the DNC. If you still believe those conspiracy theories, you have some reading to do.Gregory...
View ArticleA Local Man Is Asking Portlanders to Give to Cops, Following Protests
by Dirk VanderHart Police wall off demonstrators from an Interstate 5 on ramp on Thursday, November 10.When self-identified anarchists began taking bats and clubs to Pearl District windows on Thursday...
View ArticleSold Out
Check out these November/December style events! by Elizabeth Mollo LET THE HOLIDAY SHOPPING shitshow commence!!!Adorn’s SE Division location will celebrate its second year with a party that includes a...
View ArticleThings To Do Film
This week: The Edge of Seventeen, The City of Lost Children, and Michael Rooker haunting your goddamn dreams. The Animation Show of Shows There’s a high number of stop-motion films in this year’s...
View ArticleFantastic Beasts: Will Somebody Crucio Eddie Redmayne?
Just, like, a little bit? Just enough to teach him a lesson. by Bobby Roberts “I’M ANNOYING,”says Eddie Redmayne to Dan Fogler in the opening half-hour of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the...
View ArticleCurse of The Love Witch
Sex magick shouldn’t be this dull. by Kjerstin Johnson HAD ANNA BILLER’SThe Love Witch come out in 1965, it would be part of the feminist cult-film canon. The vampy Elaine (Samantha Robinson) destroys...
View ArticleLoving Isn’t Enough
Jeff Nichols’ historical romance feels vacant. by Ned Lannamann THIS IS A HECK of a time for a movie like Loving. The historical drama/romance, from director Jeff Nichols, examines the lives of...
View ArticleNot Your Basic Rice Ball
Artisanal spam and soy-spiked grilled snacks at Musubi. by Andrea Damewood For some reason, 7-Eleven only brings its A-game to Japan. Every single convenience store has eminently edible sushi, hot...
View ArticleI, Anonymous
Keep Portland “weird.” by Anonymous CAN SOMEONE explain to me what is “weird” about Portland? Because all I see are white yuppies who play dress-up. The dog and cat “moms,” the yoga pants, the beards,...
View ArticleExploring Oregon’s ‘Other’ Wine Country
Exploring Oregon’s ‘other’ wine country. by MJ Skegg OVERSHADOWED BY the achievements of its big sibling to the north, Southern Oregon is a wine region in search of an identity. The territory begins...
View ArticleI’m Just Visiting
Hatred wins. by Hutch Harris Last week, I wrote my column a day before the election. I, like anyone else who follows the news and polls, believed Hillary Clinton was to become our next president. The...
View ArticleLetters to the Editor
“I am fired up and ready to fuck some shit up for the midterms and 2020.”WHY WE MARCHRE: “Why Protesting Trump Now Is So Important” [Blogtown, Nov 10]. “On Tuesday, theworld witnessed America elect a...
View ArticleWhy We March
The Mercury on why revolting against Trump’s presidency is the most moral thing to do right now. by Mercury Staff “It’s the economy, stupid.”That’s the reason given from Trump supporters across the...
View ArticleNo, New York Times, I Will Not Give President Trump “a Chance”
Why Donald Trump doesn’t deserve a chance. by Bobby Roberts Last Thursday morning, the New York Times ran an editorial by Nicholas Kristof, titled “Gritting Our Teeth and Giving President Trump a...
View ArticleWondering What You Can Do? A Lot.
Here are some good places to start. by Megan Burbank Amid all of the messages of sadness and anger and disbelief I’ve received in the wake of last Tuesday’s presidential election, there’s one more...
View ArticleWhy Protesting Trump Now Is So Important
The world is watching. by Ned Lannamann For the last week, thousands have taken to Portland’s streets in addition to the thousands more across the country, to protest our electoral system’s selection...
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