Stay up to date on Portland news and politics. Looking for fun? Here are the best Things to Do in Portland today. Getty / Drew Angerer / Staff MAIL-BOMB SUSPECT UNDER ARREST—”A man in Florida has been arrested in connection with the suspected mail bombs sent to high profile figures,” says the Washington Post. “A […]
Erik Henriksen
With honor and distinction, Erik Henriksen served as the executive editor of the Portland Mercury from 2004 to 2020. He can now be found at henriksenactual.com.
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Here Are the Results of Portland’s E-Scooter Survey
All her life, she’d dreamt of a man wearing jeans and sandals who would sweep her off her feet in the most majestic way possible. Getty / Mario Tama / Staff As the city heads into the final month of its pilot project to see how much everyone loves and/or loathes e-scooters, the Portland Bureau […]
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Dungeons & Dragons Art & Arcana: A Visual History Offers a Fun, Weird Glimpse Into the Fun, Weird History of D&D
From Dungeons & Dragons: Art & Arcana, art by Michael Komarck “I grew up in the 1980s, and despite what Stranger Things would have you believe, in those days, Dungeons & Dragons wasn’t cool. In fact, mentioning it at all opened you up to various forms of societally accepted ridicule and potential physical altercations,” writes […]
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Good Morning, News: Knight Pays Knute, the Lay Low Gets Robbed, and a TUNA CONSPIRACY??
Directly and indirectly, Nike co-founder Phil Knight has now given roughly $3.5 million to Republican gubernatorial candidate Knute Buehler. Getty / Drew Angerer / Staff ALT-RIGHT SHOUTS, NO ONE LISTENS—This Monday, the alt-right agitators of Patriot Prayer are planning a rally on the campus of Vancouver’s Clark College. The college’s response? They’re shutting down for […]
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Planned March Demands Vancouver Stop Sending Alt-Right “Dildos” to Portland
stopsendingdildostoportland.com “It’s going to be something to see,” says Martin Connolly. “Dildos flying all over Vancouver.” Connolly is the man behind the “Stop Sending Dildos to Portland” march that will take place in Vancouver, Washington, on Saturday, October 27. Conceived on Reddit, the goal of the protest is, as its poster proclaims, “to tell Vancouver […]
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John Carpenter’s New Halloween Score Is Great, Surprising No One
Getty / Awakening / Stringer “I came from music. My father was a music teacher. I grew up with it,” Halloween director John Carpenter told the Mercury‘s Aris Hunter Wales in 2016, shorty before he came through Portland to perform songs from his albums Lost Themes and Lost Themes II. “My first love is cinema. […]
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The Biggest Question About First Man: How the Fuck Do You Pronounce “Gemini”?
Damien Chazelle’s follow-up to La La Land, First Man, opened last weekend, and stars Ryan Gosling as Neil Armstrong as he goes to the Mooooooon! There was a lot of stuff I liked about First Man, and some stuff I didn’t like, BUT THE BIGGEST QUESTION ABOUT FIRST MAN REMAINS UNANSWERED. Much of First Man […]
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The Old Man and the Gun Review: Watching Robert Redford Rob Banks Is a Goddamn Delight
Based on a true story, the latest from David Lowery (Aint Them Bodies Saints, A Ghost Story, and 2016’s under-appreciated Pete’s Dragon) reteams the filmmaker with Robert Redford, who plays Forrest Tucker, the charming, handsome leader of a trio of geriatric bank robbers. Forrest’s partners in crime are Teddy (Danny Glover) and Waller (a fantastic […]
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Good Morning, News: Hurricane Michael, Garden Gnomes, and Beto Gonna Get Ya
Getty / Joe Raedle / Staff HURRICANE MICHAEL—The death toll rose to 11 today in the wake of the Category 4 hurricane that smashed its way across the Florida panhandle, writes the New York Times. The stories and photographs from the region are devastating. “THE STORY MISSING FROM THE REPORTS”—30-year-old Samuel E. Rice, who was […]
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First Man Review: Damien Chazelle and Ryan Gosling Go from La La Land to the Moooooon
The space stuff is great. When La La Land director Damien Chazelle’s biopic about Neil Armstrong focuses on NASA’s insanely ambitious and dangerous plan to put a man on the moon, it thrums with thrill and threat—from the astonishing scope of space to the claustrophobic confines of the command module, the best parts of First […]
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Trailer Premiere: The 45th Northwest Filmmakers’ Festival (Starring Drag Clown Carla Rossi!)
Thanks to our pals at the NW Film Center, we’ve got your very first look at the trailer for the upcoming 45th Northwest Filmmakers’ Festival. YOU’RE WELCOME, PORTLAND. Directed by Alicia J. Rose, the trailer stars Portland’s beloved and inimitable drag clown, Carla Rossi, and it is delightful. The Northwest Filmmakers’ Festival starts Wed Oct […]
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Clinton Street Video Will Close in November
Via Facebook After 23 years in business, Clinton Street Video will close its doors on Saturday, November 17. The news comes via Facebook, where the store also announced they’ll be selling off some of their films starting Saturday, November 3, and that their neighbor across the street, the Clinton Street Theater, will be hosting a […]