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Calling All Creatives! Submit Your Brilliant Short Flick to One of Our FOUR Movie Fests!

You: A smart, sexy, endlessly amusing oddball looking for a creative way to make some moolah AND get low-key famous at the same time. Us: A smart, sexy, endlessly amusing media company with FOUR great film fests that are perfect for your short movies about sex, scary stuff, cannabis, or fantastical true stories! That’s right, […]

Posted inFood and Drink

Beat the Heat with a $5 Boozy Frozen Drink from the Mercury‘s Summer of Slushies!

IT’S FINALLY HERE… the coolest, most delicious event of the summer! The Portland Mercury and Jim Beam proudly present the Summer of Slushies! Get boozy, frozen, custom-made slushies at your favorite bars during the month of Julyโ€”and for only $5 each! Check out all of these delicious concoctions RIGHT HERE! Want to find a delicious, […]

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Gonna Be a Hot One This Weekend… So How about a $5 Frozen Boozy Slushie?

IT’S FINALLY HERE… the coolest, most delicious event of the summer! The Portland Mercury and Jim Beam proudly present the Summer of Slushies! Get boozy, frozen, custom-made slushies at your favorite bars during the month of Julyโ€”and for only $5 each! Check out all of these delicious concoctions RIGHT HERE! Want to find a delicious, […]

Posted inMovies & TV

Get the Best of All Worlds (Sex, Blood, and Weed) with the MERCURY’S SUMMER MOVIE MASHUP

If you love sex, weed, and having the crap scared out of you, do we have a movie event for you! It’s called the MERCURY‘S SUMMER MOVIE MASHUPโ€”and it’s got all this fun and more! Here’s how it works: We’re combining THREE of our world-famous film festivals into one big, sexy, stoney, scary movie showcase. […]

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Get $5 Frozen, Boozy Cocktails All Damn Month Long with the Mercury‘s SUMMER OF SLUSHIES!

IT’S FINALLY HERE… the coolest, most delicious event of the summer! The Portland Mercury and Jim Beam proudly present the Summer of Slushies! Get boozy, frozen, custom-made slushies at your favorite bars during the month of Julyโ€”and for only $5 each! Check out all of these delicious concoctions RIGHT HERE! Want to find a delicious, […]

Posted inMovies & TV

Are You a Smart, Fun Oddball Looking for a Money-Making Creative Outlet? Have We Got FOUR Film Fests for You!

You: A smart, sexy, endlessly amusing oddball looking for a creative way to make some moolah AND get low-key famous at the same time. Us: A smart, sexy, endlessly amusing media company with FOUR great film fests that are perfect for your short movies about sex, scary stuff, cannabis, or fantastical true stories! That’s right, […]

Posted inFood and Drink

STARTING NOW! Get $5 Boozy Frozen Cocktails All July with the SUMMER OF SLUSHIES!

IT’S FINALLY HERE… the coolest, most delicious event of the summer! The Portland Mercury and Jim Beam proudly present the Summer of Slushies! Get boozy, frozen, custom-made slushies at your favorite bars during the month of Julyโ€”and for only $5 each! Check out all of these delicious concoctions RIGHT HERE! Want to find a delicious, […]

Posted inSavage Love

New Savage Lovecast: Save the Lesbian Bars! With Lea DeLaria

After a dazzling “sexcess” story, we launch into three tales of dreadful parents. Conservative, manipulative, disrespectful, bigoted parents. If you have this kind of parent, our hearts go out to you. Are you a thoughtful gift giver? This woman is, and she REALLY wishes her boyfriend would reciprocate… On the Magnum: Save the lesbian bars! […]

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