We need your help. The economic fallout of the coronavirus has threatened our ability to keep producing the Mercury. If you’re able, please consider making a donation. Karen Ducey / Getty Images Good morning, Portland. Life under COVID-19 has made Monday mornings much less defined and much more anxiety-inducing than usual. Here are some calming […]
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The Best Things to Do (While Staying Home and Staying Safe) in Portland This Week: April 20-23 2020
Well, we all know what’s front of mind, back of mind, soaked through every pleasure center in the mind for this week: 4/20 kicks off this week in quarantine, and I’m certain more than a few people are going to try to stretch that out til next Monday if they can, and godspeed to them. […]
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The Mercury Cheer Up Club: A Funny Way to End a Loooooong Week!
Finally! Someone’s invented a “proud parent machine”! Twitter Screen Shot Friends, that week was a true junk-buster! So in the immortal words of philosopher Taylor Swift, it’s time to “shake it off” and get in a weekend mood with these hilarious internet cheer-ups from your pals at the Mercury Cheer Up Club. YOU. ARE. WELCOME. […]
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Today’s Coronavirus News Roundup: Good Unemployment News, the Dire Need for More Testing, and Guess What? Trump is Inciting Open Rebellion!
The President of the United States is encouraging citizen to rebel against their state governments. WOW. That’s new! Twitter Here’s your daily roundup of all the local and national news about COVID-19. (Like our coverage? Please consider donating to the Mercury to keep it comin’!) • As of today, Oregon’s total number of COVID-19 cases […]
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The Best Things To Do (While Staying Home and Staying Safe) in Portland: Fri April 17
SPLIFF Film FestivalIf you’ve never experienced the mind-altering fun of SPLIFF (from the crazy, creative minds behind HUMP! and SLAY) you are in for such a treat. This year you can expect 22 brand new wildly entertaining weed-inspired shorts (all 4:20 or less… of course) featuring funny psychedelic trip-outs, stoned flying cats, side-splitting animation, aggressive […]
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“Can We Smoke Weed Right Now?” Dr. Sunil Aggarwal on Cannabis and COVID-19
Dr. Sunil Aggarwal is the co-founder and co-director of the AIMS Institute. Photo by Lester Black As a mysterious respiratory illness sweeps across the planet, medical marijuana patients and recreational users alike have been looking at their bongs and wondering: Is this a bad idea? In a wide-ranging interview Dr. Sunil Aggarwal—co-founder and co-director of […]
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Good Morning, News: Oregon Makes Big Unemployment Change, Right Wingers Protest COVID Orders, and Portland’s Biggest Hairball
We need your help. The economic fallout of the coronavirus has threatened our ability to keep producing the Mercury. If you’re able, please consider donating to the Mercury. Protesters in Virginia demand end to social distancing orders. Zach Gibson / Getty News GOOD MORNING, PORTLAND! I’m feeling your vibing. I’m riding high, its exotic. And […]
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The Best Things to Do (While Staying Home and Staying Safe) in Portland This Weekend: April 17-19 2020
We made it to another weekend, a distinction that seems more and more ephemeral as we head into the second month of self-quarantine practices—but it is the weekend, and with that comes more than a few great opportunities to keepyourself sane and entertained, including gala concerts, celebrations of cinema classics, books to read, shows and […]
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The Mercury Cheer Up Club: Your Daily Roundup of Stuff to Laugh and Smile About!
“Pizza Groundhog” doesn’t have the same ring as “Pizza Rat”… but I’ll take it. Happy Thursday to everyone who still believes in Thursdays! Here’s your daily roundup of funny, sometimes sweet stuff from the internet designed to turn that frown upside-down. It’s the Mercury Cheer Up Club: LET’S FEEL BETTER, STAT! Today in “This is […]
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Today’s Coronavirus News Roundup: Right-Wing “Social Distancing” Backlash, Stimulus Checks Glitch, and a Dip in Oregon Layoffs
Trump held another totally reasonable, lucid press conference yesterday, and… PSYCH! SARAH SILBIGER / GETTY IMAGES Here’s your daily roundup of all the local and national news about COVID-19. (Like our coverage? Please consider donating to the Mercury to keep it comin’!) • As of today, Oregon’s number of confirmed coronavirus cases (that we know […]
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Conservative Protestors Plan “Reopen Oregon” Rally at State Capitol
4nadia / Getty images A group of right-wing Oregonians plan on rallying in Salem next month to oppose Gov. Kate Brown’s sweeping response to the coronavirus, joining a burgeoning national movement of conservative pushback to public health precautions. Called “Reopen Oregon,” the May 2 event is meant to criticize Brown’s series of executive orders forcing […]
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Are You a Self-Employed Musician in Financial Trouble? Check Out this Informative Webinar TONIGHT!
yanyong / iStock / Getty Images Plus Portland is blessed to have (and greatly profits from) a spectacular and world-renowned music scene that was built and maintained by self-employed musicians. These same artists have been hit particularly hard by the coronavirus pandemic, and like so many others, are finding themselves in a desperate financial situation. […]