Courtesy Adult Swim If you love Adult Swim—home of such beloved adult cartoons as Robot Chicken, Rick and Morty, and The Venture Bros.—then prepare to poop your pants in glee… because the Adult Swim Drive-In Tour is coming to Portland! Just like the old drive-in theater places of yore, Adult Swim will be setting up […]
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FREE PIZZA (raft)
In celebration of #PortlandPizzaWeek—the biggest, best, celebration of the world’s most lovable food—we’re not only offering up $2 slices across the city at over 30 locations, but we’re also giving away this GIANT INFLATABLE PIZZA SLICE! Just think of all the fun adventures you will take your new best friend/pizza raft on this summer! ***CLICK […]
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Win Tickets to Late Night Action Featuring Ted Wheeler + Cheese
Saturday evening we’re putting on our final Late Night Action of the 2015/16 season and it’s going to be big. To jog your memory: Late Night Action is Portland’s late night-style talk show featuring local news, commentary, jokes, and celebrity guests. And it’s live at the very reasonable hour of 7pm, so you can get […]
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Too Cozy? A DEQ Air Quality Official Apparently Vacationed With An Attorney Representing Industry
At a time when the state’s environmental regulators are facing accusations of cozy relationships with the industries they’re supposed to police, the case of former Air Quality Administrator Andrew Ginsburg deserves some attention. After all, there’s not much cozier than a corporate lawyer’s winter vacation cabin. The Mercury has learned that as Ginsburg was paid […]
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How to Neko Atsume: The Waiting Game of Kitty Collecting
If you already know about Neko Atsume—the Japanese kitty-collecting app that has inspired a bunch of adorable toys, the term “loafing,” an active subreddit, and a whole lot of adults yelling at their phones, “HOW DO I GET ALL THE CATS??!!”—then you understand why 3/4 of the Mercury staff are fully engrossed in this game. […]
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Win Tickets to Stand Up for SMYRC—Featuring Whitney Streed, Kirsten Kuppenbender, and More!
SMYRC Virtuous laughter alert! On Wednesday, comedian Andie Main hosts Stand Up for SMYRC (aka Sexual and Gender Minority Resource Center), which, can you think of a better cause? I CAN’T. Even better, the lineup is fantastic, featuring some of Portland’s most delightful comedians. Among them? Whitney Streed, Kirsten Kuppenbender, JoAnn Schinderle, and Jason Traeger, […]
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Win Tickets to Open Night of The Makery’s Winter Pop-Up!
There are a lot of good ones, so it’s a challenge to stand out among the December pop-up crowd, but the Makery’s Fourth Annual Winter Pop-Up truly does: The Makery’s fourth annual winter pop-up is helmed by Pigeon Toe Ceramics, but also features design-centric vendor gems like Anna Joyce Design, BOET, Heart Coffee, Hilary Horvath, […]
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Win Two Tickets to Next Weekend’s Content at the Ace Hotel!
Saturday, November 14 marks the sixth year of Content, a live fashion installation that takes over the entire second floor of the downtown hotel. Over 20 emerging Portland brands are each given a room to transform into an art installation that gives attendees a stimulating, multimedia glimpse of the creative process behind the products—the emphasis […]
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Win a Series Pass to Our OPEN SEASON Fashion Show!
AUTUMN NORTHCRAFT – REIF This year marks a new decade for the Portland Mercury’s annual spring fashion showcase. Open Season—a four-day series of happy hour fashion shows—celebrates its 11th birthday with a fantastic lineup of design talent. All shows start at 6 pm (but get there close to 5 pm to claim a good spot […]
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Are You Portland’s Worst Person? Enter Our Essay Contest… Win $300!
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! And all you have to do is enter our “I’m the Worst Person in Portland” essay contest! Here’s how […]
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Enter the “Worst Person in Portland” Essay Contest… Win $300!
Are you possibly the WORST PERSON IN PORTLAND or suspect you might be? Here’s one way of finding out: Compare yourself with this Willamette Week contributor who wrote a defensively loathsome piece about living in the similarly loathsome Burnside 26 complex: But what in the hell do you expect people like me to feel bad […]
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Mercury Giveaway Week Roundup: Panic! Our Contests End at 5 pm Today!! PANIC!!!
THIS IS IT! The final hours of the Portland Mercury‘s Giveaway Week contest, where we offer up prizes every damn day—and you try to win ’em! It’s all to introduce you to the Merc‘s very useful email blasts, which contain all the must-have information you need to know—including music, food, arts & culture and our […]