On Thursday night, Sarah Shapiro got home and lifted her tomcat, Grand Theft Auto, to find her hands covered in blood. After rushing him to Dove Lewis, she came back for her other, female cat, Alibi, who was also found to have abdominal wounds. Both cats required surgery, and Grand Theft Auto, at last report, […]
Marjorie Skinner
Marjorie Skinner is the Portland Mercury's Managing Editor, author of the weekly Sold Out column chronicling the area's independent fashion and retail industry, and a frequent contributor to the film and other arts and feature sections of the paper. She has been writing about Portland life and culture for the Mercury since 2001, produces one of Portland's largest annual spring fashion shows, and occasionally answers emails.
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Stay Wild‘s 4th of July Kook Out
If you’re still playing the field as far as 4th of July weekend plans, I hereby submit this for your consideration: As you may know, longtime Mercury Art Director Justin “Scrappers” Morrison left us a few months ago to concentrate fully on his own publication, Stay Wild, which is devoted to making sure your life […]
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This Week’s Letters Section!: “Rent Control Needs to Be Expanded, Not Repealed”
LEVI GREENACRES CONTROL ISSUES RE: “Out of Control” [News, June 17], arguing the potential benefits of adopting rent control policies in Portland. HI MERCURY—An old friend/sparring partner of yours here, recently returned to Portland after six harsh years in San Francisco, where I trained as a tenants rights counselor at the SF Tenants Union. I […]
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Party’s Over
Ted 2: Thou Shalt Not Breed
A teddy bear who says “motherfucker” is only funny once.
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Ray’s Ragtime and the Downtown Vintage Corridor
Over the past decade, a great deal of effort has been successfully invested in downtown’s shopping corridor. There were dark days of the recession when too many retail spaces sat sad and empty, until a concert of private and governmental forces came together to activate them through holiday pop-ups and attract the larger companies that […]
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The Lit-ness Test
The Results of the Mercury Weed Survey!
The results of the Mercury Weed Survey!
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This Week’s Style Events
Hot weather sometimes makes it hard to shop for—and wear—clothes, but you will thank yourself later if you take advantage of the end of season sales that are cropping up all over. Me, I like to spend my summers in the off-off-season preparing for winter. Case in point: the shearling jacket I bought off the […]
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New In: Fashion/Retail/Design News with Portland Made, Stephanie Simek, Wildfang, and More
Now that the Open Season shows have wrapped (check out photos and recaps of Altar, Brady Lange, Reif, and Adam Arnold), let’s get you caught up on the news from Portland’s design and retail world: —Kelley Roy of ADX and Portland Made is coming out with a new book (also see: Cartopia, which she co-authored […]
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Photos from Last Night’s Last Open Season Show: Adam Arnold
Last night Adam Arnold closed out this year’s Open Season fashion series with one hell of a party. There were psychedelic liquid lava projections on two walls by Kevin Noonan, booming house music, cheap, flowing booze, a bubble machine, and the welcome, cooling dark of the windowless Canton Grill lounge. Arnold has a serious side […]
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Photos from Last Night’s Open Season Show: Reif
Last night’s three-segment presentation of the latest clothing from Lindsey Reif’s Reif line couldn’t have gone more smoothly. Beginning with spring/summer, moving into REIFbasik, and ending with fall/winter, I love the effect of the runway setup at Rontoms, wherein you first catch sight of a striking young woman as she strolls past the large front […]