Support Smart, Local Journalism
Make a Small Monthly Donation
Anthony Hudson is a Grand Ronde and Siletz artist, writer, and former clown. His first book, Lamp Back: Plays and Other Grievances—collecting nearly a decade of Carla Rossi performances and more—is being published this fall by Northwestern University Press.
Congratulations, fellow 2026 survivors! We’ve made it to Leo season—a time also known as Madonna’s birthday (all hail Confessions II)—and to late summer, when questions like “Do you want another beer?” and “What’s the water level at Rooster?” tend to be replaced by “Do you smell smoke?” or “Is that my house burning down?” As […]
Happy Solar Return, America—you’re 250 years young, but you don’t look a day past 1950. Unfortunately, Mercury is in Gatorade until July 23, making communication fraught with misunderstandings, misgivings, and electrolytes. You might notice strange side-eye from your neighbors as you raise the Blue Lives Matter flag, or cheerful conversations about our nation’s proud heritage […]
Happy Pride, Portland! I know, I know—technically we celebrate Pride in July, unlike the rest of the country, because we like to keep Portland “weird” (à la Austin, Texas), and we’re still too hip to follow trends like celebrating annual occasions at the correct time. The legendary Stonewall Riots, in which Martha P. Washington and […]
What follows is one of the many articles in the Mercury‘s 2026 Music Issue. Find a print copy here, subscribe to get a copy mailed to you here, and if you’re feeling generous and want to keep these types of articles coming, support us here.—eds. Good news, Ozians! After the breakaway success of my humble astrology column led to […]
[What follows is one of the many articles in the Mercury‘s 2026 Transportation issue. Find a print copy here, subscribe to get a copy mailed to you here, and if you’re feeling generous and want to keep these types of articles coming, support us here.—eds.] Great news, everyone! The breakout success of my humble astrology […]
“Like sands through the hourglass, these are the stars of our lives…”—Nostradamus Ours is an unprecedented time in astrological studies. Astrologers are setting themselves on fire in the streets. Conjunction-junctions are appearing with functions unseen since the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Civil War, French Revolution, and the (First) American Revolution. Saturn’s move into […]
Sign up for our newsletter for news recaps, updates, and more!
