Look out, people hoping for a vaccine! The CONSPIRACY THEORISTS are heading your way! Courtesy FX Here’s your daily roundup of all the local and national news about COVID-19. (Like our coverage? Please consider donating to the Mercury to keep it comin’!) • As of today, the Oregon Health Authority reported a total of 3,416 […]
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The Best Things to Do (While Staying Home and Staying Safe) in Portland: Wed May 13
The Stranger‘s Silent Reading PartyEvery Wednesday at 6 pm we’re going to throw these parties, at least until stay-at-home is over. Attendees at the first Zoom silent-reading party included famous actors, writers, composers, artists, families, teenagers doing their homework, people staring into space listening to the music because it was just so beautiful, cats, and […]
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Today’s Coronavirus News: “Optimistic” Plans for Timbers & Pendleton Roundup, and Fauci Issues Cryptic Corona Warning
Dr. Anthony Fauci warns Senate about reopening too soon Alex Wong / Getty News Here’s your daily roundup of all the local and national news about COVID-19. (Like our coverage? Please consider donating to the Mercury to keep it comin’!) • As of today, the Oregon Health Authority reported a total of 3,358 positive/presumptive coronavirus […]
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The Best Things to Do (While Staying Home and Staying Safe) in Portland: Tues May 12
The Salon of ShameThe “Salon of Shame” is a Seattle institution, and one not about to be cut short by coronavirus. Indeed, the cheerful exploitation of our younger selves’ awkward adventures in adolescence translate just fine online, and so: “Shame Across America,” (streaming at 6pm, $17) an online compilation of the finest cringe comedy a […]
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Today’s Coronavirus News: Cops Clear Oregon Beach, Counties Apply to Reopen, and a White House COVID Infestation
“Yeah… face masks are for you other guys.” Win McNamee/Getty Images Here’s your daily roundup of all the local and national news about COVID-19. (Like our coverage? Please consider donating to the Mercury to keep it comin’!) • As of today, the Oregon Health Authority reported a total of 3,228 positive/presumptive coronavirus cases, and a […]
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The Best Things to Do (While Staying Home and Staying Safe) in Portland: Mon May 11
Rick Diamond/Getty Images Movie Madness University ONLINEOne of the most feel-good film stories of the last 10 years didn’t happen on a movie screen, but behind one—when the Hollywood Theatre successfully took over Movie Madness, the local video rental store that’s more like a movie museum, a hallowed hall of learning for anyone seeking to […]
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The Best Things to Do (While Staying Home and Staying Safe) in Portland: Mother’s Day!
Serial MomTime to settle in on the day and enjoy yourself some fine mom-themed entertainment, and not only is Serial Mom a great choice for the holiday, it’s also a good intro to Kathleen Turner if all you know about her is that she was the voice of Jessica Rabbit. Written and directed by John […]
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The Best Things to Do (While Staying Home and Staying Safe) in Portland: Sat May 9
The 15th Annual HUMP! Film Festival We at HUMP! were crushed to cancel our originally planned Spring re-screening, with the coronavirus crisis forcing us all inside. But after receiving enthusiastic support and permission from the filmmakers to show their films online, we knew that the show must go on! Even if we can’t watch together […]
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Today’s Coronavirus News: Oregon’s Reopening Plan 101, COVID in the White House, and Say Hello to the “Trump Depression”
Here’s your daily roundup of all the local and national news about COVID-19. (Like our coverage? Please consider donating to the Mercury to keep it comin’!) What a nice house… too bad it’s got a COVID infestation. Prasit photo / Getty • As of today, the Oregon Health Authority reported a total of 3,068 positive/presumptive […]
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The Best Things to Do (While Staying Home and Staying Safe) in Portland: Fri May 8
The I, Anonymous ShowThe long-running Portland Mercury column “I, Anonymous” is famous for asking readers to send in their most whacked-out rants and scandalous confessions—anonymously! In this special LIVE-STREAMED edition of The I, Anonymous Show, your host Kate Murphy will read some of the wildest and uncensored I, Anonymous submissions we’ve ever received. And even […]
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Today’s Coronavirus News: Gov. Brown’s New Reopening Plan, Trump Buries CDC Rules, and SBA Runs Out of Money (Again)
Gov. Kate Brown discussing the newest measures Oregon will be taking to safely reopen. Governor’s Office Here’s your daily roundup of all the local and national news about COVID-19. (Like our coverage? Please consider donating to the Mercury to keep it comin’!) • As of today, the Oregon Health Authority reported a total of 2,989 […]
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Things to Do (While Staying Home and Staying Safe) in Portland: Thurs May 7
UploadOnce upon a time, a producer on the American remake of The Office decided he wanted to make mainstream sitcoms that were dedicated to being hilarious and sweet and smart. So he went off and made Parks and Recreation, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine and his magnum opus of optimism and philosophy, The Good Place. This story […]