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Portland Responds to SNAP Shutdown Delays and Funding Cuts: Resources to Use and Support
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program dollars are delayed. These organizations, markets, restaurants, and cafes are trying to fill people's plates.
On No Kings Weekend, Chants, Inflatable Costumes, and Tear Gas Shroud Portland ICE Facility
Following a massive anti-Trump march, hundreds gathered to protest hostile immigration enforcement and violent policing.
Portland's Emergency Naked Bike Ride in Photos
Hundreds held a die-in on the Burnside Bridge before continuing to the ICE facility in South Portland.
Portland's Emergency World Naked Bike Ride Location Released
"This ride is clothing optional." organizers say. "It’s your choice how much or little you wear."
Paradise Blue Is a Story of Displacement Told as Noir
An ensemble cast at Portland Playhouse does it justice.
A Snapshot of Portland's DIY House Show Scene
Buckman Publishing collects Choice Cuts from Corbin C's immense archive.
Book Review: Shared Homes Bring Hope and Chaos in Wolf Bells
Leni Zumas’ new novel is a nice (and quietly subversive) story about
a multigenerational, intentional community.
The Mercury's Fall Arts Issue 2025
The only guide Portland needs for the season's theater and performance art, comedy art, food art, movie art, book art, architecture art, and more!
It's Time to Appreciate Bike Play as Theater
Bike Summer / Pedalpalooza's annual outdoor drama is campy, approachable, and drawing crowds.
Book Review: Shared Homes Bring Hope and Chaos in Wolf Bells
Leni Zumas’ new novel is a nice (and quietly subversive) story about
a multigenerational, intentional community.
Do This, Do That: Fall Arts 2025
Portland's grandest, thinkiest, most-engaging displays of art and culture!
Jordan Casner Wins 2025 Portland's Funniest Person Contest
Helium Comedy Club's final round wrapped up months of competition; Virginia Jones and Brent Lowery rounded out the winners.
Them Portrays the Everyday in the Midst of War
Samah Sabawi has written a prescient play, but is it good?
Twenty-Five Years of Portland Caring About Art
A timeline of Mercury arts coverage and behind-the-scenes tales.
Bookshop Mother Foucault's Crowdfunds To Buy Its Building
A new nonprofit, l'école buissonnière, formed around the shop to fundraise and expand programming.
Clinton Street Theater's Third Hanabi Japanese Film Festival Line-Up Is Here
This year has US and Portland premieres and new 4k restorations, along with the cult films, award-winning classics, and anime features audiences demand.
Hell Is Full of Clowns
Inspired by Dante's Inferno, Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble's new play is a tour of Divine Comedy.
This Vogue Femme Class Teaches Ball Culture Core Elements and History
Teacher Latroy Robinson balances biochemistry by day and ballroom by night.
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