Étienne Saint-Denis Coeur de Pirate Hey, you! We at the Mercury are giving away a pair of tickets (to clarify, you and a plus one) to see Coeur de Pirate, the chamber-pop project of Montreal-based singer Béatrice Martin, at her Portland show on Tuesday February 23rd at the Aladdin Theater. Just enter your info below […]
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Savage Love Letter of the Day: Blumkins Is Where You Draw the Line?
“Hello I would like some advice on how to stick a metal rod up my boyfriend’s dick…” Dan Savage: “OK, here are some helpful pointers!” “Hi Dan! I want my girlfriend to fist me with one of those toy Hulk hands, what lube should I use?” Dan Savage: “Be sure not to use oil-based lube […]
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Drake Looks Like a Ferret, and Other Music Industry Mean Tweets™
While Jimmy Kimmel’s hilarious segment “Mean Tweets” may have originally targeted terrible people who callously insult celebs, it seems to be slowly turning into “Twitter’s Sickest Burns.” Check out the latest edition featuring some of the music industry’s top performers (including Drake, New Edition, Mumford & Sons, Meghan Trainor, and more) and bring along some […]
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How to Be Single Is Compelling Me to Write #squadgoals Even Though I Really Don’t Want To
HOW TO BE SINGLE Rebel Wilson: a hero, and an inspiration, to us all. How to Be Single opens with a voiceover about there being a right and wrong way to be single, which made me furrow my brow and go, “hrmmm.” Moments later, we meet our protagonist, Alice (Dakota Johnson), gazing out of a […]
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Good Morning, News: Kate Brown Cracks (Down On) Glass, Oregon’s Top Secret Cop, and Magic Flying Puppies!
Michelle Mitchell Gov. Kate Brown is sharpening her tone around the troubling amounts of cadmium, arsenic, and maybe chromium that have turned up in the air around Portland glass factories. In a release yesterday, Brown detailed steps she believes the state needs to take—many of which, it should be noted, appear to already have been […]
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Portland is Kind of Nice
I figured out why I like it in Portland. After I watched the Bike ride the day Bowie died,on the Portland Mercury Blog today,it all made sense. It was a mixture of emotions I don’t find often,but I think you nailed it. That was a good film. I’m loving it.
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A Hazelnut Grove “Sleep Over” Is Looking Likely for Most Portland Mayoral Candidates
Hey! More than two mayoral candidates were invited to talk over an issue! Nearly all of Portland’s most visible mayoral candidates have agreed to spend the night at the Hazelnut Grove homeless camp in coming weeks—including, now, one of the race’s leading contenders. At a candidate forum on homelessness held at Union Gospel Mission Friday […]
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It’s Happening Tonight!
FILM—Now in its 39th year, the Portland International Film Festival continues to swamp Portlanders with an overwhelming number of movies. Today you have no fewer than 21 options—but your best bet is Terence Davies’ Sunset Song, which Little White Lies calls “an emotional bolt to the heart” from “Britain’s greatest living director.” ERIK HENRIKSENMoreland Theater, […]
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Now Hiring: Mercury News Reporter
Good news: the Portland Mercury is hiring! We’re looking to add a full-time news reporter to our award-winning staff—known locally for smart, deep, and accessible journalism. And we want someone with hustle and an unflinching drive to make a meaningful difference in our community. IS THAT YOU, OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW? Keep reading, and spread […]
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Portland Maps – New Version LESS Convenient
I used to be able to get my garbage pickup schedule in 2 clicks from Portland Maps. I showed it off to friends in other states. Now the new version of Portland Maps, with a groovy, ‘touch screen’ map, I enter my address and then I click on ‘Utilities,’ then on the BPS page there’s […]
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In Case You Missed It, One of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Best Friends Has Died
Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States, via Wikimedia Commons A certain corner of the internet is having a real “DING DONG THE WITCH IS DEAD” moment right now over the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, known for his deeply unpleasant hardline conservative opinions on abortion and LGBT rights, among other […]
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Tacocat Did the New Powerpuff Girls Theme Song and It Is Great
Michael Lavine Tacocat, just chillin’. The Powerpuff Girls are BACK! The cartoon series, which originally aired from 1998 to 2005, has been given the ol’ reboot by Cartoon Network. This is fantastic news. You know what’s even fantastic-er news? The brand-new theme song “Who’s Got the Power?” has been recorded by the stupendously great Seattle […]