A primer on why it’s still illegal to consume weed at concerts.
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A Beginner’s Guide to SPLIFF—the Portland Mercury’s New Film Festival, Made by the Stoned for the Stoned!
SPLIFF is the Portland Mercury’s new stoner film festival, made by the stoned for the stoned.
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100 Portland Happy Hours: Northeast
Ash Bar at Nomad | 575 NE 24th An intimate horseshoe bar in a hidey-hole off Nomad’s main dining room, Ash Bar’s happy hour is a prime opportunity to try their Gunsmoke, a smoke-infused bevvie made with the help of a cold smoker. Your drink rests under an inverted glass cover into which smoke is […]
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100 Portland Happy Hours: Northwest
Andina | 1314 NW Glisan During happy hour, Andina’s expensive but incredible menu becomes slightly more accessible. The $16 ceviche is the star: prawns and green mango with Peruvian corn and sweet potato in a citrusy passion fruit leche de tigre. Don’t miss the “Sacsayhuaman” cocktail ($9): habanero pepper vodka, pureed passion fruit, cilantro, and […]
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100 Portland Happy Hours: Southeast
Aalto Lounge | 3356 SE Belmont For two hours every day at Aalto Lounge, you’ll find a mini-collection of cocktails at an unbelievably low $3, from a Serrano-infused vodka concoction called the Slow Burn to “grown-up Jell-O shots.” Perhaps even better is a rotating selection of wine available by the bottle for just $10! If […]
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100 Portland Happy Hours: North
The Alibi | 4024 N Interstate If you’ve been taking the Alibi—Portland’s first and most famous Tiki bar—for granted, then cut that shit out. After a tidy-up and menu change from its new owners, it’s just as glorious as before. And their happy hour starts at 2 frikkin’ pm! Settle in with some garlic green […]
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100 Portland Happy Hours: Downtown
Cassidy’s | 1331 SW Washington Unlike other downtown spots that claim to be open “late,” the posted hours at Cassidy’s promise service until 2 am, every damn night. When it’s after midnight and you’re feeling good (not great) and you need a burger and a $5.50 well drink—and want to be swaddled in dark wood […]
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As One: A Woman’s Gender Transition, Two Operatic Voices
How a composer, a documentarian, and a librettist came together to write one of the first operas about transgender experience.
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Two Plum Press: An Amazing History in Small, Perfect Art Books
There’s a long trajectory to Andrew Barton’s book design and how he came to run such a lovely small press.
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Unearthing Portland’s Spring Arts SECRETS
All winter long the Mercury’s team of writers have been looking for SECRETS, buried in the Portland arts scene. And now it’s time to dig them up!
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Portland’s AWP Conference On the Cheap: A Guide to AWP Offsite Events
The largest writing conference in the country isn’t just for writers. Here are our picks for AWP 2019!
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RACC Equity Shake Up: The City Decides to Spread the Grant Fund Wealth
Starting in 2020, RACC funding will focus on supporting art organizations that represent and serve underrepresented communities.