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The Only Spring Arts & Culture Guide You Need
Good Riddance, Winter! Our Hand-Picked Agenda for Spring Is Here!
Good riddance, winter! Our hand-picked agenda for spring is here!
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Shelley McLendon’s Growing Empire
The Siren Theater Makes Space for Sketch Comedy
The Siren Theater makes space for sketch comedy.
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An Excellent Day for an Exorcism
Natalie Behring On an unseasonably warm Saturday morning, Archbishop James Cloud and I meet at a Starbucks in Bethany, a small suburb north of Beaverton. Bishop Cloud wears a clerical collar, with a crucifix hanging from a golden chain around his neck. He is in his mid-40s, has a playful smile, and could otherwise be […]
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An Excellent Day for an Exorcism
Accompanying an Exorcist on a Home Cleansing
On an unseasonably warm Saturday morning, Archbishop James Cloud and I meet at a Starbucks in Bethany, a small suburb north of Beaverton. Bishop Cloud wears a clerical collar, with a crucifix hanging from a golden chain around his neck. He is in his mid-40s, has a playful smile, and could otherwise be mistaken for […]
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The 2018 Mercury Reader Valentines!
Did YOU Get a Valentine This Year? Read On and Find Out!
Undisputed fact: Nobody loves “love” like the Mercury! That’s why every year, we print romantic love notes from YOU to your sweetie in our annual Mercury Reader Valentines issue. Did YOU get one this year? Did your pet? Did Donald Trump? (yes, see the very first one.) There’s only one way to find out! Read […]
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How the Feds Found One of the Web’s Most Prominent Illicit Diet Pill Dealers in Oregon
SCORPION BY ELVINAGRAPH / GETTY IMAGES The fateful package arrived in Chicago in mid-March, just days after its 20-year-old recipient sent an encrypted email and $70 in Bitcoin to a man he knew on Reddit as “ScorpionDNP.” The package was sent from a Southwest Portland zip code. Inside was a small white pill bottle with […]
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The Scorpion
How the Feds Found One of the Web’s Most Prominent Illicit Diet Pill Dealers in Oregon
How the Feds found one of the web’s most prominent illicit diet pill dealers in Oregon.
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A Peek at Portland’s Alternative Universe
Nothing’s inevitable. Had it not been for a storm, the Spanish Armada would have beaten up England. Lincoln’s evening may have been more enjoyable had he canceled his theater plans. A better-designed Florida ballot might’ve given us President Al Gore. You get the idea: According to the popular theory, a butterfly flaps its wings, and […]
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A Peek at Portland’s Alternative Universe
What If Portland Were Completely Different? (You’d Still Complain About It, Right?)
Nothing’s inevitable. Had it not been for a storm, the Spanish Armada would have beaten up England. Lincoln’s evening may have been more enjoyable had he canceled his theater plans. A better-designed Florida ballot might’ve given us President Al Gore. You get the idea: According to the popular theory, a butterfly flaps its wings, and […]
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Get Your Shit Together: BurnCycle, Sensory Deprivation Float, and Juice Fast IN THREE DAYS
Carolyn Main [Don’t be a hot mess in 2018! Get your shit together with this week’s special feature, the “Get Your Shit Together Issue!” We think this story will help….—eds.] When I heard we were doing an issue about getting one’s shit together, I knew I was candidate number one. I’m 33, a food critic […]
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Get Your Shit Together: Get Organized or Die Tryin’
Carolyn Main [Don’t be a hot mess in 2018! Get your shit together with this week’s special feature, the “Get Your Shit Together Issue!” We think this story will help….—eds.] I’m no Martha Stewart. I’m not an all-American homemaker, I don’t make my bed every day, and, most unfortunately, I haven’t been blessed (yet!) with […]