“God DAMMIT, that kitten is cute!” Martin Poole / Getty Clearly, your pet is the cutest in all of Portland—so why doesn’t anyone believe you? Here’s your chance to prove yours is the cutest once and for all with the Mercury’s “Cutest Pet Photo Contest! (And yes, there are PRIZES!) • Send an original photo […]
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Enter to Win Tickets to Lush!
We’re giving away two pairs of tickets (two winners, each with a +1) to see Lush LIVE at the Crystal Ballroom Tuesday April 19. Just enter your name and email below, then hang tight until we pick the winners. DON’T SLEEP ON THIS—we’ll be closing the entry form Monday April 18! In the meantime, read […]
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Enter to Win Tickets to José González!
We’re giving away two pairs of tickets (two winners, each with a +1) to see inimitable acoustic folk singer José González LIVE at Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall Monday, March 7. Just enter your name and email below, then hang tight till we select the winners. DON’T WAIT—the deadline for entries is Friday, March 4! **CLICK […]
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Enter to Win Tickets to Coeur de Pirate!
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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Enter the “Sum Up Portland in a Haiku” Contest! …And Maybe Win 100 Bucks!
You have a LOT of long-winded opinions about Portland, don’t you? OF COURSE YOU DO. However, can you compress those many opinions into a single haiku? LET’S FIND OUT! It’s the Mercury‘s “Sum Up Portland in a Haiku” Contest! And all you have to do is send in one haiku that perfectly sums up the […]
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Portland’s Pet of the Year 2015!
Every year for the past decade, the Portland Mercury has awarded one local species of animal the city’s highest honor: Portland’s Pet of the Year. It’s a job we do not take lightly. We have countless meetings and endless bile-spewing arguments—all to decide which pet will rise above all others. It’s a big, and oftentimes, […]
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Behold! Enter the Mercury‘s “Most Glamorous Pet” Photo Contest!
Because we are dorks, the Portland Mercury is holding a photo contest for our annual Pet Issue (publishing mid-August!) to celebrate the beauty and taste of Portland’s fur-bearing, scaly, shell-having, and/or feathered pals! “Behold! The Mercury‘s Most Glamorous Pet Photo Contest” is your chance to show the rest of the city how bewitching your companion […]
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Win Tickets to Built to Spill!
Built to Spill have a two-night stint at the Wonder Ballroom this week: an all-ages show on Wednesday, July 22 and a 21-and-over show on Thursday, July 23. They’ll be playing songs old and new (including tunes from this year’s Untethered Moon) and there will be guitar-shred-iosity galore. Guaranteed. We’ve got a treat for Mercury […]
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Win Tickets to Wye Oak!
Shervin Lainez Wye Oak are coming to Portland! The Baltimore-based duo is returning to the Doug Fir on Sunday, July 26, and we’re giving away a pair of tickets right here. (Bonus! The wonderful and charming LAKE will be opening the show.) Wye Oak are releasing an EP of remixes from their 2014 album Shriek, […]
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Win Tickets to Project Pabst!
Second chance! I don’t know if you noticed, but it’s summer out. And with summer come music festivals galore. In fact, our handy guide to Project Pabst appears in this week’s Portland Mercury newspaper, so grab a copy and check out all the cool bands playing the Project Pabst festival next weekend (July 16-19). On […]
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Win Tickets to Project Pabst!
I don’t know if you noticed, but it’s summer out. And with summer come music festivals galore. In fact, our handy guide to Project Pabst appears in this week’s Portland Mercury newspaper, so grab a copy and check out all the cool bands playing the Project Pabst festival next weekend (July 16-19). On that note, […]
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Last Chance! Enter the “Worst Person in Portland” Essay Contest!
There are so many nice people in Portland—and to those people, we say, “thank you.” However, there are some terrible, awful people as well, and if you’re one of them… YOU CAN WIN $300 CASH MONEY! But hurry! The deadline is TOMORROW, TUESDAY JUNE 9. And all you have to do is enter our “I’m […]