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. Alex Wong / Getty images Good morning, Portland! Here’s a little culture to start your day with. musicals after this 🙁 pic.twitter.com/46WiTB7aiv— holmes holmes (@_holmes_holmes) April 11, […]
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The Portland Mercury Presents: Takeout Tuesdays!
This week’s list of featured takeout and delivery options!
It’s a new week, and that means a new chance to enjoy all the offerings on the Portland Mercury‘s sponsored list of takeout and delivery options! These deals from some of Portland’s finest eateries are available from Tuesday, April 14 through Monday, April 20. {{image:1, width:500}} Phil’s Meat Market & Delicatessen “25% off + free […]
Posted inComedy
The Mercury Cheer Up Club: Today’s Best Laughs from the Internet
Get ready for America’s favorite new drinking game. Twitter Screen Shot Happy Monday, everybody! (Right… there is no such thing.) However, the Mercury Cheer Up Club—featuring the biggest lineup of laughs from the internet—is an ACTUAL REAL THING. So why not have some laughs to end your day in a positive way? LET’S DO THIS! […]
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Q&A: Sen. Ron Wyden on Making Oregon’s Vote By Mail System the National Norm
Sen. Ron Wyden Zach Gibson / Getty images Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden was the first United States senator to be elected in an entirely vote by mail election in 1996. Now, as the COVID-19 pandemic threatens Americans’ ability to vote safely, he’s fighting to make vote by mail the norm across the US for the […]
Posted inMovies & TV
The Billion-Dollar Blockbuster Isn’t Coming Back
Movies are such a key part of America’s identity because they’re one of our most accurate mirrors—even if we sometimes don’t quite recognize the reflection staring back at us. But we never stop looking, and (eventually) learning. And even with the country’s theaters now closed, the movies are still showing us something valuable. Or, more […]
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Animal Crossing Gets Real
The Monterey Bay Aquarium’s social media team has been teaching marine biology by playing Animal Crossing on their Twitch channel. Nintendo The Los Angeles Times published a great feature over the weekend about how Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Nintendo’s wildly popular (and cute) social simulation game, has “become the sort of dominating cultural touchstone usually […]
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Today’s Coronavirus News Roundup: Oregon, California, & Washington Team Up, Trump’s Embarrassing Ignorance, and… OH NO, BEES!!
Just when we get somewhat used to COVID-19… now there’s a BEE INVASION?? Millerpd / iStock / Getty Images Plus 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’!) • The statewide coronavirus death toll went up by […]
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Multnomah County to Adopt Statewide Eviction Moratorium Rules
MHJ / GETTY IMAGES Multnomah County officials are poised to strengthen the county’s current protections for tenants unable to pay rent due to COVID-19’s financial toll. On Thursday, the county’s board of commissioners will vote to rescind the county-wide eviction moratorium, passed March 19, and adopt Gov. Kate Brown’s statewide eviction moratorium in its place. […]
Posted inCoronavirus
Note from the Mercury‘s Editor: We’re Looking Out for You. Will You Look Out for Us?
Pixelliebe / iStock / Getty Images Plus Hello Team Portland! It’s your old pal Wm. Steven Humphrey here, just dropping a quick note to let you know how the Mercury is doing, and ask how YOU’RE doing during this mind-boggling ongoing crisis. Sooooo… HOW ARE YOU DOING? Hanging in there I hope, but if you’re […]
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Good Morning, News: Portland to Open Homeless Camps, Oregon Shares Grim Nursing Home Data, and Six More Weeks Inside?
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. Tent platforms for a Southeast Portland homeless camp set to open this week. Alex Zielinski Good morning, Portland. We’ve made it a month through quarantine. Here’s the […]
Posted inThings to Do
The Best Things to Do (While Staying Home and Staying Safe) in Portland This Week: April 13-16 2020
Jump to: Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday Monday, April 13 Disney on Broadway Ryan McCartan hosts this charity-supporting livestream, celebrating Disney’s quarter-century of taking their animated classics and translating them to the stage, often in seemingly-impossible ways. (Seriously, getting Julie Taymor to turn The Lion King into what it became on Broadway? *Chef’s […]
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The Mercury Cheer Up Club: Featuring the Biggest Laughs (and Cutest Animals)!
“Don’t forget my artisan locally-made beard oil.” Twitter Screen Shot Say what you will about the coronavirus (actually… don’t), but this quarantine situation has pumped people’s creativity levels up to 50 bazillion. Check out some of the best examples of this from today (plus some cutie animals too, of course) in this edition of the […]