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[What follows is one of the many articles in the Mercury‘s Black Innovators & Changemakers 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.] “Judson and I met in Hoboken, New Jersey, working […]
This time last year I was sitting in a quiet cafe trying to decide if Portland was any different from anywhere else. This was one of those eclectic, slightly hippie-ish coffee shops that used to be more common: colorful walls, mismatched armchairs, a big chalkboard advertising a local chess night and a knitting club. It […]
“Have you ever fallen for someone you weren’t initially attracted to?” asks a large laminated flashcard in the center of a tastefully distressed wood table. The table is in the back corner of the “music room” of the SoHo House member’s club, itself located in a fashionably distressed brick building hidden away in Southeast Portland. […]
[Find the Mercury‘s 25th Anniversary Issue (in print) near you by using this handy-dandy map, and read all of our anniversary stories here.—eds.] The first issue of the Portland Mercury debuted in June 2000, coinciding with a rare alignment of six planets and the introduction of the Nokia brick phone. No, it wasn’t founded in the […]
Portland has a lot of transplants, but for whatever reason there aren’t a ton of transplant communities. Big cities like New York, Chicago, and LA have dozens of ethnic and cultural enclaves, a Little Italy here, a Little Ethiopia there. Historically Portland did have a few of those kinds of neighborhoods in the early 1900s, […]
Portland has a lot of bars and a lot of bartenders. And a lot of those bartenders aren’t dudes, despite the somewhat bro-y atmosphere food service gets sometimes. Femme bartenders put up with a lot and don’t always have an opportunity to earn accolades beyond the after-shift tip pool. Enter Speed Rack, self-described as “an […]
[Editor’s note: Read all our holly jolly HOLIDAY GUIDE articles here. Looking for a print copy? Good! You can find it in more than 500 spots across Portland with this handy map!] It was December 25, 2013, and everyone in the gay steakhouse was getting amiably drunk. It was one of those Portland winters that […]
New artsy thing in the Lloyd Center alert: Through December 23 Secret Room Workshop Pop-up will host art shows, present workshops, and sell riso-printer art.
The space is tidy, the art is intriguing, and the patrons all seemed pretty engaged with it.
What’s considered holiday food by the Jewish diaspora probably has as many answers as there are members of the Jewish diaspora, but a recurring theme are meat-heavy mid-century mains that at least vaguely conform to a kosher diet. This is largely thanks to the many European emigres who passed through the East Coast deli zone […]
What’s It Like at the Shrek Rave? We Sent a Writer.
Jodie Foster voice: “They should have sent a poet.”
As Judith Butler once wrote, “gender is a kind of imitation for which there is no original,” and there is no better example of this than a bunch of Zillennials transmogrifying Mike Myers’ occasionally problematic mocap antics into a vibrant drag show.
Gender-Swapped Costumes and Smash Mouth Beats Take Over the Dance Floor
Are these corn maze reviews? Yes. Are these corn maze contemplations? ALSO YES. Here are five Portland-area corn mazes, ranked by difficulty and quality of rustling stalks.
ranked by navigational difficulty and the quality of their stalk rustling.
Nostalgia isn’t the only reason to play old games. There’s also the satisfaction that comes from shooting meticulously animated low-poly cyber dragons. Here’s what we think you should look for at the 2023 Portland Retro Gaming Expo.
Portland Retro Gaming Expo is one of the most approachable cons in town, thanks in part to how much there is to actually do there.
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