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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: City Council Budget Bonanza, Providence Dumps Insurance Plan, and Trump Threatens Another Castro
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! WELL, IT’S GOING TO BE BEAUTIFUL TODAY. I hope you’re happy! (Because I want you to be happy.) Highs […]
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Good Morning, News: War Powers Resolution Gains Support (Still Fails) and Portland Metro Chamber Threatens Suit Over Arts Tax
If you appreciate the Mercury‘s interesting and useful news & culture reporting, consider making a small monthly contributionto support our editorial team. Your donation is tax-deductible. You can also subscribe and have our papers delivered! Good Morning, Portland! GRASS POLLEN IS VERY HIGH, even as the area’s weather forecast remains cloudy and cool for the next few days. […]
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Good Morning, News: Hillsboro Desperate for Data Centers, Farmers Market Flurries, and—Weird!—War Leads to Oil Profits
If you appreciate the Mercury‘s interesting and useful news & culture reporting, consider making a small monthly contributionto support our editorial team. Your donation is tax-deductible. You can also subscribe and have our papers delivered! Good Morning, Portland! If you hated that 90-degree business on Sunday, you’re going to loooove this upcoming weekend We’re looking at highs in the […]
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Good Morning, News: Oregon’s Mountain-Fed Streams Hunger for Your Life, New Fees for Portland Streets and Sauvie Island
If you appreciate the Mercury‘s interesting and useful news & culture reporting, consider making a small monthly contributionto support our editorial team. Your donation is tax-deductible. You can also subscribe and have our papers delivered! Good Morning, Portland! It’s supposed to be 80 degrees today. 1) THAT IS UPSETTING. 2) GO TO THE RIVER. 3) DON’T actually go […]
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Good Morning, News: Senate Republicans Push ICE Funding, City Councilors Protest NDA Pressure, and More ‘Will They Won’t They’ Ceasefire
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Good Morning, News: Jury Finds Live Nation a Harmful Monopoly, Oregon National Guard Members Headed to Middle East, and AI Val Kilmer Still Seems Bad
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Good Morning, News: Mercury Transportation Issue Drops and Broadway Bridge Reopens? In the Same Week? Curious.
If you appreciate the Mercury‘s interesting and useful news & culture reporting, consider making a small monthly contribution to support our editorial team. Your donation is tax-deductible. You can also subscribe and have our papers delivered! [In an extremely nurse DanaEvans voice] Good Morning, Portland! Hope you’re doing good and taking formula well. We’re lookin’ at some beautiful weather today (high of […]
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Apple Hunters! Had Me in My Apple Feelings
The final production of E.M. Lewis’ residency is rife with symbols and men who won’t go to therapy.
I wish I knew about apple cultivars like I wish I knew about flags, military patches, architectural details, and other symbols of esoteric history. Because knowing about those things isn’t limited to the object itself; it’s also about the story and people behind it. E.M. Lewis’ Apple Hunters!, which opened at Artists Repertory Theatre over […]
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Portland and Seattle Magazines Bought up by Michigan Media Company
New owners cut deep into already struggling Seattle Met and Portland Monthly editorial teams.
City magazines Seattle Met and Portland Monthly have been sold off by their parent company, SagaCity, in a receivership deal to pay off the company’s debts. In addition to the Seattle and Portland magazines the agreement includes Houstonia in Texas, Park City Magazine in Utah, and Aspen Sojourner and Vail Beaver Creek Magazine in Colorado. […]
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Good Morning, News: Artemis II Takes Flight, Ultraconservative Republicans Block DHS Funding Compromise, and New Owners Take on Turn! Turn! Turn!
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Portland Panorama Is Worth the Watch
In its second year the film festival has plenty to brag about.
Portland Panorama’s schedule of movies, showcases, and virtual reality immersions feels like falling down a wiki rabbit hole. You came to see who’s playing live at the screening of music videos from the Pacific Northwest at Mississippi Studios, and now you’re getting excited about a bunch of shorts by Black animators at Cinema 21. There’s […]