Prepare yourself for the Portland Mercury’s HIGHBALL! Brace yourself for 41 specially crafted cocktails available March 19-25… for only $5 each! We’ve teamed up with over 40 of the finest bars and restaurants in Portland—along with our cocktail-lovin’ pals at Beam Suntory—to bring you this one-of-a-kind boozetacular! At each of Highball’s locations, you’ll find specially […]
Bri Brey
In a perpetual state of about to go HAM on these chilipeno chips. Former social media manager for @portlandmercury, trying not to harvest hate clicks.
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Things to Do Tonight Instead of Watching the State of the Union
GETTY IMAGES Some dumb president is giving some dumb speech tonight, and when it’s over, we will all be collectively dumber for having watched it. In solidarity with Mercury pal Earl Blumenauer (Hi, Earl!) and 12 other Democratic representatives, I’m skipping it. We know all that turd cares about are the ratings, so let’s tune […]
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Save the Date: Portland’s World Naked Bike Ride 2018 is June 23
Via World Naked Bike Ride Portland Facebook The official World Naked Bike Ride Portland Facebook page has announced the 2018 date for one of the city’s weirdest, nudie-ist, and most well-attended events. Mark your calendars for Saturday, June 23! Here’s everything you need to know about the WNBR, you’ve got the next six months to […]
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Critiquing Christmas: Puppets, Choirs, and A BABY CAMEL at the Grotto
BABY CAMEL!! Bri Brey If you’re looking to get Christmas AF, the shiniest, brightest, most Catholic-ist joint in Portland is the Grotto’s 30th Annual Christmas Festival of Lights. It’s home to Southeast’s finest light display, hottest shopping center for ceramic angels, and exotic petting zoo. Here’s what’s to expect: As you enter, don’t be alarmed […]
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Critiquing Christmas: The Grotto’s Christmas Festival of Lights
Puppets, Choirs, and A BABY CAMEL
Lights, puppets, choirs, AND A BABY CAMEL.
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Sufjan Stevens Wrote a Song About Tonya Harding and It Will Make You Cry
Sufjan Stevens has a known obsession with Oregon. In 2015 Stevens released Carrie & Lowell, which featured a stock of Oregon tie-ins. In interviews, he’s discussed his many trips to Oregon during his formative years with his mother Carrie, the albums’ namesake. Steven’s latest Oregon muse… Tonya Harding. According to a press release accompanying the […]
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HUMP! Springs Eternal
Dan Savage’s 13th Annual Amateur Porn Film Festival Kicks Off This Week
Dan Savage’s 13th annual amateur porn film festival kicks off this week.
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Another Angle of Portland Police’s Questionable Use of Distraction Grenades At This Weekend’s Protests
From Doug Brown’s Video It was a volatile Sunday in Portland and Vancouver. From our reporter Doug Brown who covered this weekend’s protests: Local demonstrations caught national heat for a day that included both a Trump supporter nearly plowing through protesters with his American and Confederate flag-adorned pickup truck, and the president’s large adult son […]
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You Can Name Oaks Park’s Newest Roller Coaster; What Could Go Wrong?
Oaks Park Portland’s quaintest little amusement park needs your help! Oaks Park announced on their Facebook page last week that it will be getting a new roller coaster (projected to open in the spring of 2018), and they want you to name it! I can’t possibly imagine anything that could go wrong with this naming […]
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Today in Demolition: The Ancient Order of United Workmen Temple
You will be missed. Bri Brey An iconic Portland building is being demolished today: The Ancient Order of United Workmen Temple on the corner of SW 2nd and Taylor appears to be coming down. The 125-year-old building was designed by Justus Krumbein, a prominent Portland architect who also designed the second state capitol in Salem. […]
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Nope, Can’t Watch the Eclipse There
NASA Are you not leaving Portland for the eclipse because you don’t want to wear a diaper while stuck in traffic for 15 hours just to see three minutes of yarn pouring out of the sun? That’s okay! You can see 99.4 percent of this meteorological event from right here inside Portland. It’s no totality, […]
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Is Portland “The Most Politically Violent City in America”? Politico Thinks So.
From Politico Tensions in Portland’s political climate are high, to be sure, but are we the most politically violent city in the country? Politico seems to think so, and an article published today by Casey Michel makes some convincing points about the city’s history of racism, a decade of Antifa activity, and escalating tensions between […]