1. Go to a protest.2. Attend one of these local events. 3. Read this book. Or this book. OR ANY BOOK. 4. Write your sweetheart/neighbor/friends a Mercury valentine. 5. Smoke a joint and then read this review of the Avatar ballet. 6. Get happy hour with your friends. 7. Drink at one of these dive […]
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.
Posted inMusic
Win 2 Weekend Passes to Sabertooth Psychedelicstonerrockmicrofest
We’re excited to be a sponsor of this year’s Sabertooth psychedelicstonerrockmicrofest! This weekend, February 3+4 the Crystal Ballroom will host the likes of Thee Oh Sees, The Black Lips, Ezra Furman, Moon Duo, Boogarins, and more! We want to give you a FREE weekend pass to see all of it. Just enter below, or buy […]
Posted inPortland
Where Are They Now, the “Most Fuckable People in Portland” circa 2002
This photo has been circulating on Reddit via user SpringwaterBikeThief: VIA SPRINGWATERBIKETHIEF ON REDDIT We at the Mercury immediately recognized the list as the handiwork of our 2002 Portland Sex Survey! The post brought up some lingering questions about the most fuckable folks and what they were up to now so we did a little […]
Posted inPortland
Sad? Watch This Video of a Polar Bear Who Loves Snow
..and these snow-loving otters, and seals and elephants at the Oregon Zoo in Portland yesterday. What are you waiting for? Press play on both of these videos below at the same time for dramatic background music. SQUEEEEEEEE! Meanwhile, I’m over here like…
Posted inResistance and Solidarity
Here’s How To Support the DC Women’s March Without Leaving Portland
As the days wistfully slip away from us, and a nacho cheese Dorito-dusted shadow begins to loom over 2017, we at the Mercury want to remind you not to lose hope. There are tons of ways to stand up, monetarily, or physically to the incoming racist, sexist, idiot of a president. A Donald Trump protest […]
Posted inPortland
The Mercury Staff Favorite Stories of 2016
We wrote a lot of stories this year. Most of them were flipping awesome, but some of them were even better than that. Here are the staff-favorite stories from the Portland Mercury in 2016. From December: Hilliard and Johnny Cash. PHOTO PROVIDED BY THE OREGONIAN The Original Portland Challenger: The Life of William A. Hilliard, […]
Posted inPortland
The Mercury‘s Most Read Stories of 2016
As if you wanted to relive this year, here are the top 10 most read stories from our site. DOUG BROWN 1. TRUMP PROTESTS: Cops Helped A Massive Anti-Trump Protest Shut Down I-5 on Wednesday 2. CLEAN UP AFTER TRUMP PROTESTS: Portland Activists Have Raised More than $32,000 to Pay For Thursday Night’s Vandalism 3. […]
Posted inPortland
In Case You Forgot What Snow in Portland Looks Like…
Portland is abuzz with rumors that it may snow tomorrow! ⛄❄️❄️❄️⛄ For other cities this may be a run-of-the-mill winter occurrence, but not in Portland! Your Twitter feed and Instagram are about to 🔥 light up🔥 with pictures of frost-covered flowers and cars! Just in case you’ve forgotten what snow looks like in Portland (IT […]
Posted inFashion
Want That “Wild Feminist” Tee? Buy It Today and $5 Goes to Standing Rock
If you’re anything like me—or our food critic Andrea Damewood—you’ve been eyeing Wildfang’s Wild Feminist branded clothing. Andrea even requested the crew sweatshirt in our staff’s holiday gift wish list! Here’s what she had to say: Wild Feminist Crew Sweatshirt Judging by the way Wild Fang’s merchandise is depleted, I know I’m not the only […]
Posted inMovies & TV
It’s Not Too Late to Watch Gilmore Girls!
Notes on Gilmore Girls, from a Gilmore Woman
Notes on Gilmore Girls, from a Gilmore woman.
Posted inMovies & TV
How to HUMP!
A Guide to the Film Festival Where Everyone is Sexy and Porn isn’t a Dirty Word
A guide to the film festival where everyone is sexy and porn isn’t a dirty word.
Posted inNews
The Bundy Brothers Were Just Ruled Not Guilty
It’s official: Ammon Bundy and six others have been acquitted of charges linked to the nearly six week-long armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge near Burns, Oregon earlier this year. From the New York Times: Ammon and Ryan Bundy and five of their followers, charged in the armed takeover of a federally owned […]