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Ned Lannamann is a writer and editor in Portland, Oregon. He writes about film, music, TV, books, travel, tech, food, drink, outdoors, and other things.
More than 80 authors will appear at the 2025 festival.
Even the most dyed-in-the-wool Portland music historian can be forgiven for letting Zipper slip through the cracks. After all, there’s so much of Fred Cole’s music to keep track of (and thank goodness for that!)—from the 1960s psychedelia of the Weeds and the Lollipop Shoppe, to the glorious, shambling rock he made with wife Toody […]
“You can never go home,” sings Matt Sheehy during the climax of “Afraid of Summer,” a familiar warning on the dangers of revisiting the past. It’s one of several songs on DRRT—the 2012 debut album from Sheehy’s band Lost Lander—that grapple with finding one’s place in the universe and locating the balance between past, present, and […]
I’ll be taking all the Labubus.
DOMINIC DE VENUTA [Happy pre-Halloween! All week long the Mercury will be publishing classic tales of local Halloween horror from our archives, as well as brand spankin’ new (and creeeeepy) pieces… this one is from our 2014 special feature “(Somewhat) True Tales of Terror” and was penned by one of Portland’s best writers, Ned Lannamann.—eds] […]
Frank & Zed Jesse Blanchard The Northwest Film Center’s office is undergoing some changes. When I visited in early February, some ancient carpeting had just been removed, leaving behind a telltale stain on the concrete. They were working to transform the lobby into a gallery space in time for this year’s Portland International Film Festival […]
The long-running fest is making some big changes.
Meg Nanna Vancouver, Washington’s newest brewery doesn’t exist just yet. But you can already taste some of its beer at a swanky restaurant in a knockout location, with the additional novelty of pouring your own pint. Barlow’s Public House, located on the shore of the Columbia River, is the first outpost of the forthcoming Barlow’s […]
Don’t spill any!
John’s Marketplace Kathleen Marie / Mercury Staff In Portland, there’s good beer everywhere you look. Even the rundown mini-mart on the corner has a cooler filled with craft brew, and the chain grocery stores usually have at least one good 12-pack on special for the weekend. But Portland’s also got plenty of specialized beer and […]
Tomorrow Records Kathleen Marie / Mercury Staff Portland is a vinyl town. Sure, coffee, bikes, and beer get all the headlines, but record hounds know the real truth: This is a city of DJs, and it’s powered by 12-inch slabs of wax. Naturally, Portland has an embarrassment of riches as far as places to score […]
LUCASFILM / DISNEY+ If by some miracle you’ve managed to avoid any discussion about the streaming wars, know this: After months of anticipation, they officially broke out on November 1 when Tim Cook & Co. launched the Apple TV+ service with a small, strange slate of original programming. Things escalated last week with the unveiling […]
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