Project Art: End of Summer Edition
The residency program bridges Portland and Japan. by Eleanor Ford THOUGH YOU MIGHT not know it, August will be a very engaging month for international contemporary art in Portland. A brand-new...
View ArticleA Status Update from Ian Karmel
Checking in with the stand-up and erstwhile Portlander. by Robert Ham LIKE MANY OF US, stand-up comics go through the balancing act of chasing a creative dream while also paying the bills, seeking...
View ArticleI, Anonymous
Stop “living the dream.” WHY DO PEOPLE say “Living the dream!” when you ask how they’re doing? What the fuck does it even mean? Did you really grow up dreaming of working in some corporate cube-farm...
View ArticleThe Mercury Pet Issue Presents... PETS IN ACTION!
Meet the Pets in Action photo contest winners, and check out the Mercury pet issue! Congratulations, Sadie! Here's the winner of our Mercury"Pets in Action" photo contest! And while you're here, check...
View ArticleSausage Party: A Reminder That Fine Cinema Is a Powerful and Subtle Art Form
Wait, sorry, that should read, “Sausage Party is dumb and racist.” by Wm. Steven Humphrey IF YOU ACCIDENTALLY take kids to the Seth Rogen adult animated feature Sausage Party, don’t fret. There are...
View ArticleAn Appreciation of Michael Ironside (and Scanners)
Ironside approaches! by Andrew Wright DEAR LORD, that voice. Any proper appreciation of Michael Ironside should begin with that voice, which fashions an entire Home Depot’s worth of gravel into...
View ArticlePete’s Dragon Is Significantly Friendlier Than Daenerys’ Dragons
I mean... Daenerys’ dragons are kind of dicks. by Erik Henriksen ANYONE LOOKING to compare this Pete’sDragon with the 1977 original would do well not to—in part because the 1977 version is garbage,...
View ArticleGhostbusters > Ghost Team
I ain’t afraid of no bros. by Ciara Dolan OLIVER IRVING’S Ghost Team—available now on Google Play, and playing at Portland's Cinema 21 next week—steers toward a crossroads of Safety Not Guaranteed and...
View ArticleAnthropoid’s Botched Assassination
A historical thriller gets it partly right. by Ben Coleman ANTHROPOID is a fantastically paced, impeccably accurate historical thriller nestled inside a longer, less disciplined film. That central...
View ArticleMake Your Pet Pay Rent!
Its days of freeloading are OVER. by Erik Henriksen SURE, “pet rent” is just one more way for your rich landlord to fuck you over. But it’s not going away, so it’s time to have a serious conversation...
View ArticleGood Morning, News: Justice Department Roasts Baltimore Police, Trump Denies...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! Gimme all your numbers so I could phone ya. Your girl actin' stank, then call me over. LET'S GO TO PRESS.Malheur Refuge hillbilly traitor Ryan Bundy is...
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Win Tickets to Tomorrow Night's Rooftop Screening of Attack the Block!
by Erik Henriksen Before Stranger Things... well, before Stranger Things there were a lot of things. But some of the same DNA that makes Stranger Things so much fun—watching a lovable group of kids...
View ArticleMotorcycle Bros
by Anonymous Yo Bros! Yo Brahs!. Wasssssup bro brahs?! You dewds call yourself the "Rocker Folk," right brodie brahs? Question: what are you doing in that garage? Are you repairing motorcycles to make...
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G.L.O.S.S.’ Trans Day of Revenge Fights Back
by Emilly Prado G.L.O.S.S. Downright pissed.Photo via G.L.O.S.S.' BandcampWHILE MANY PUNK COMMUNITIES pride themselves on being anti-establishment and -oppressive institutions, the scene has...
View ArticleSavage Love Letter of the Day: Gay Virgin Comes Out & Gets Out From Under
by Dan Savage I am a 34-year-old gay male who just came out last year. Long story short, I grew up in a horrible conservative church and felt a lot of shame about being gay for the longest time. I've...
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It's Time to Meet Portland's Most Intriguing Cat Ladies
by Megan Burbank Wendy Weiss and Jasper.MICHELLE MITCHELLCat City: That’s what we should really call Portland, one of the nation’s cat-lady strongholds. Cat ladies get a bad rap, perhaps because a...
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After A Fraught Hearing, Terminal 1 Might Be Portland's Largest Homeless...
by Dirk VanderHart The warehouse at Terminal 1, 2400 NW Front, might be a 400-person shelter by this fall.City of PortlandFor all the remarkable things about the debate over Northwest Portland's...
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Watch a Portland State Football Walk-On As He Learns He's Getting A Scholarship
by Doug Brown These videos are always cool. Here's Portland State football coach Bruce Barnum announcing to his team yesterday that (now former) walk-on running back Mitchell Thompson is getting a...
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Good Morning, News: Terminal 1, Tonight's Perseid Meteor Shower, and the...
by Doug Brown Good morning, Portland. Please click on these links. Thank you. SadieAndy BrownOut in print since yesterday is our Pet Issue. It's great, and you should definitely pick up a copy or...
View ArticleYour Problem with #BurgerWeek? YOU'RE NOT EATING BURGERS FAST ENOUGH.
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey We're just over halfway though Portland's favorite week of the year, BURGER WEEK. And already some of you candy-asses are vocalizing complaints such as this:I've eaten 7...
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