If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution to the Mercury, because without you, there is no us. Thanks for your support! Good Morning, Portland! I’ve got good news and bad news, and I’m nowhere near out of news! Today in good news, Willamette Valley weather is […]
Suzette Smith
Suzette Smith is the arts & culture editor of the Portland Mercury. Go ahead and tell her about all your food, art, and culture gripes: suzette@portlandmercury.com. Follow her on Twitter, Bluesky, and Letterboxd.
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Good Morning, News: US Debt Hits $40 Trillion, Royals Pretend Residency Impacts Their Jet-Setting Lives, and the Fallen Dreams of Centennial Mills
If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution to the Mercury, because without you, there is no us. Thanks for your support! Good Morning, Portland! Ooo-itty! This is some nice weather we’re having. Soon we’ll have to go back to checking for rain percentage every day. (20? […]
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Good Morning, News: Our Hot 2026 Climate Issue, Hotter Moda Center Vote, and Hottest Adorable Animals at Clark County Fair
If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution to the Mercury, because without you, there is no us. Thanks for your support! Good Morning, Portland: The weather is being kind of normal this week: high of mid-80s, low around 60 degrees at night. But you can recall […]
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Good Morning, News: Portland Smoke Begins To Clear, Senate Committee Votes To Hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in Contempt
If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution to the Mercury, because without you, there is no us. Thanks for your support! Good Morning, Portland! It’s already a little less hazy out there, and weather forecasts project that today’s easterly winds should thin much of the smoke […]
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Good Morning, News: Nordstrom Rack Thriving, Trump Reconsidering Todd Blanche Nomination, and Who Is Sternly Issuing a Statement to Whom
If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution to the Mercury, because without you, there is no us. Thanks for your support! Good Morning, Portland: Expect some perfectly reasonable summer weather today—perhaps the only thing reasonable we’ll see all day. We’ll have a high of 83-degrees, and […]
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Good Morning, News: Mayor Wilson Casts First Tie-Breaker and Is Subsequently Labeled “Daddy,” and Your Chance to Name a Baby Porcupine (Daddy?)
If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution to the Mercury, because without you, there is no us. Thanks for your support! Good Morning, Portland! I have enjoyed screaming about weather with you. If you were doing full-on Goofy screams at the sky when it started raining […]
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Good Morning, News: Lightning in Portland, Hegseth Questions Military Testosterone, and Trump Talk Tonight to Reveal New Confusions
If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution to the Mercury, because without you, there is no us. Thanks for your support! Good Morning, Portland! Whomst amongst you is READY FOR SOME RAAAAAAAAIN? If you were out and about last night (on a Wednesday? You degenerate.) you may […]
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Good Morning, News: US Ceasefire With Iran Is Likely “Over,” and No One Is Coming to Save Lloyd Center Mall
If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution to the Mercury, because without you, there is no us. Thanks for your support! Good Morning, Portland! The area’s 10-day weather forecast is looking pleasant as hell, with comely highs of mid-to-low 80s. Time to start some thankless garden project. […]
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Portland Nostalgia and Waking Up From a Nap on a Long Day of Doing Nothing
Thom Hilton’s new short film paints a portrait of our city that we actually recognize.
It’s been a minute since we’ve seen the Portland that’s depicted in Waking Up From a Nap on a Long Day of Doing Nothing. Compared to the president’s incendiary descriptions or Laika’s idyllic stop-motion fantasy, the dreamy 30-minute short film paints a portrait of the Rose City that this critic has actually seen in real […]
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Good Morning, News: US Agreement With Iran Returns Strait Status Quo, Department of War Ads Play at Regal Theaters, and Oil Prices Drop but Are Still High
If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution to the Mercury, because without you, there is no us. Thanks for your support! Good Morning, Portland! If you loved those two days of high-90s heat last weekend, have I got some more hot days for you! Forecasts for […]
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Good Morning, News: EastBurn Eulogy, Portland’s Car Pedestrian Crash Citation Loophole, and the Mercury‘s Queer Issue Hits Stands
If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution to the Mercury, because without you, there is no us. Thanks for your support! Good Morning, Portland! Is your phone screaming at you about a heat advisory? That’s because metro area temperatures are expected to soar into the 90s […]
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A True Story of Actual 1800s Vermont Lesbians
Comics genius Tillie Walden traces an archived account of Charity, Sylvia, and hope.
What follows is one of the many articles in the Mercury‘s 2026 Queer Issue. Find a print copy here, subscribe to get a copy mailed to you here, and if you’re feeling generous and want to keep these types of articles coming, support us here.—eds. Pride can be so booty shorts and body beats. And we love that… most […]