Recent Articles
Game Jammers: Creativity as Code
Bringing past and present together to design the video games of the future.
Sweating Out the Fascism With Anti-ICE Aerobics
Portland’s absurdist protest tactics continued with people emulating aerobics instructor/activist Jane Fonda outside the ICE facility.
Trail Blazers Fandom Goes Hard For Home Opener
A photo essay featuring fans before the first regular season game at Moda Center.
Photo Essay: Tens of Thousands March in Portland’s No Kings Demonstration
More than 40,000 Portlanders turn out to march against authoritarian policies of President Trump
Photo Essay: The Gathering of the Jugglers
Inside Portland’s Juggling Festival and how a lifetime of practice can result in peace of mind.
Photo Essay: Imagination and Craft Combine at Rose City Comic Con
How comic conventions have moved from the basement into prime time.
PHOTO ESSAY: The Need for Speed (and Artistic Expression)
The Portland Adult Soapbox Derby just celebrated its 26th year—and was weirder and wilder than ever.
Photo Essay: Rage Against the Room
Inside Portland's newest method of stress release—smashing glass, TVs, and more in the RAGE ROOM.
Photo Essay: A Smashing Good Time at PDX Steamroller Print Fest
Portland-area printmakers gather to make prints with the help of powerful construction equipment.
Photo Essay: To Hit and Be Hit
The Oregon Ravens offer a route for women to play—and excel at—tackle football.
The Truth Is… Somewhere?
Talking with the true believers at the McMinnville UFO Fest.
Group Therapy
Finding friends (and fun!) in Portland with group activities.
Photo Essay: Scenes from Pizza Week
It’s Pizza Week, a time to reflect and meditate on the meaning of pizza in all of our lives.
Baseball Days, Pikachu Nights: Inside Portland’s Front Row Trading Card Show
Card collectors do commerce the fun, old-fashioned way.
Gaming the System
Board game creators from across the Pacific Northwest descend on Portland to test (and hopefully realize) their design dreams.
PHOTO ESSAY: Best in Bow-Wow-Wow
The Rose City Classic dog show brings out the best in poochies—and their owners.
The Portland Trail Blazers Aren't Good At Basketball (Relative to the Standard of an NBA Team)
How Blazers fans can seek the future in the ruin.
The Mercury's Favorite Culture Moments of 2024
Doing something stupid in Ladds, dressing up for the movies, and finding catharsis at live shows, et al.
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