Fashion Do’s and Don’t You Dares
A newbie’s guide to dressing in Portland. by Elizabeth Mollo WELCOME TO PORTLAND! Chances are you’ve heard that Portland has become THE fashion capital of the Northwest—or at least I like to think it...
View ArticleWhere to See a Play (Without Wanting to Murder Oneself)
Shut up! It can be done, and your date will be so impressed. by Megan Burbank IF YOU’RE PLANNING on voluntarily stepping out to the theater (the kind featuring real people), I’m going to assume one of...
View ArticleA Guide to Portland Places You Should Never Go
(While I’m there.) by Erik Henriksen WELCOME TO PORTLAND! For decades, those of us who are natives and long-time residents have had Portland to ourselves—and now, you’re discovering what makes our...
View ArticleNew Portland Food for New Portland Humans
Eat these dishes to get a taste for the town. by Andrea Damewood OH HAI! You’re here because Portland is so very hip, so very now and so very tasty! You’ve seen those Insta shots of fried chicken on...
View ArticleUse Bike Share—But Don’t You Dare Mess Up!
A helpful guide to Biketown success. by Dirk VanderHart THE LAYOUT of your modest new city can be tricky at first, newbie, and we Portlanders—while still outwardly courteous—are maybe a touch more...
View ArticleA Newcomer, Helping Newcomers
Advice from a somewhat new person who doesn’t know what he’s talking about. by Doug Brown I MOVED TO PORTLAND about six months ago for this job (at least I’m not from California, amiright?). If you’re...
View ArticleGood Morning, News: Bye-Bye 48-Hour Rule, Colin Powell's Hacked Emails, and...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! How ya doin? "Fine," she replied. I sighed, "I like to do the wild thing." LET'S GO TO PRESS.Mayor Charlie Hales may have a much needed win on his hands...
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Locking Biketown Bikes In Trees Simply Will Not Do
by Dirk VanderHart I'll admit: I wasn't not amused when, upon launch of the city's Biketown system, someone took it upon themselves to flip an entire rack's worth of bikes. It seemed a puckish...
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Born to Sing
by Jenni Moore XENIA RUBINOS She does a mean “Vision of Love.”CAMILO FUENTEALBAXENIA RUBINOS started singing basically when she started talking.“I guess it was a life dream to be a singer,” she tells...
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Meek to Chic
by Cameron Crowell PORCHES I’m seein’ double here!PALEY FAIRMANIN 2013, Porches released a beautiful record called Slow Dance in the Cosmos that assuredly fell in the indie-rock category. Since then,...
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City Council Just Voted to Save Downtown's Joyce Hotel. Here's Why That's...
by Dirk VanderHart The Joyce HotelMercury staffHere's one stark fact to consider about Portland's loss of housing affordability.Back in 2002, there were more than 1,000 "market-affordable" units...
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Savage Love Letter of the Day: Skip That White Wedding
by Dan Savage Half of my extended family are white supremacists and one of them is getting married soon. I have learned it's pointless to initiate fights about their beliefs, but they tend to start...
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TBA Review: Royal Osiris Karaoke Ensemble's Stealthy Mindfulness and Toxic...
by Megan Burbank Yes, that's Elliot Rodger in the middle, embodying that reddest of red flags: Adult men who call women "girls," and can't say the word without a verbal sneer.PICA via FlickrIn 2014,...
View ArticleSorry Sweetheart
by Anonymous Hey Babe... I'm sorry, but not really excited, that your recently graduated from who-gives-a-fuck university in nowhere (Wisconsin/ Illinois/ Ohio or whatever) sister and her...
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The Mother of 15-Year-Old Fallon Smart Gave Wrenching Testimony Before City...
by Dirk VanderHart The death of 15-year-old Fallon Smart has recharged calls for road safety in Portland in the last month. Smart, an incoming Franklin High sophomore, was crossing SE Hawthorne near...
View ArticleIn Which We Revisit the Woods of the Blair Witch
And get sad because they're exactly the same. by Courtney Ferguson SURE, THERE WAS NOTHINGtechnically wrong with Gus Van Sant's 1998 remake of Psycho, but it sure did lack a certain something. The...
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Good Morning, News: Jay-Z, Bike Helmets, and My Little Pony
by Doug Brown Good morning, Portland. I'd really appreciate if you'd do me a kindness and click on these links.Check out this Jay-Zvideo op-ed on the War on Drugs in the New York Times:Out in print...
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So You've Been Publicly Shamed (In This Week's Letters to the Editor)
by Erik Henriksen ADAM WICKHAMRE: “East Portland Tenants Are Shaming Their Rent-Hiking Landlord In Front of His Neighbors” [Blogtown, Sept 8]. “East Portland tenants desperately trying to fight a...
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Last Chance: Get Your Tickets for the "Undisputable Geniuses of Comedy"...
by Mercury Staff The Portland Mercury and Revolution Hall presents... THE UNDISPUTABLE GENIUSES OF COMEDY!Guys! Tickets are going super fast for the Portland comedy show of the year, The Undisputable...
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Feasting on Beer—Portland Brewers at This Year's Feast Festival
by Brian Yaeger Park Kitchen's Boilermaker Sundae with Breakside Smoked Porter at Feast SmokedFeast Portland is a food festival. (It’s chiefly about chefs and relatively regarding restaurants, but...
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