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FREE TICKETS THURSDAY: Enter to Win Free Tix to the Portland Erotic Ball!

Wm. Steven HumphreyOctober 19, 2023 11:05 amOctober 19, 2023 6:05 pm

Who’s ready to have some fun? Well, the Mercury is here to help with FREE TICKETS to see some of Portland’s best concerts and events—our way of saying thanks to our great readers and spread the word about some fantastic upcoming performances! (Psst… if you want to say thanks to the Mercury, please consider making […]

Things to Do

Want All the Treats and None of the Tricks? Visit the Mercury‘s Halloween 2019 Events Calendar!

Mercury EverOut StaffOctober 28, 2019 11:10 amJuly 12, 2022 3:38 pm

Sure, for many of you reading this, your Halloween started last weekend (and you’re still kind of recovering—we understand, and we sympathize) but the actual day, the day before the Day of the Dead, the night when ghouls, spectres, and party-loving-spirits of all kinds go looking for fun things to do, is still coming. You’re […]

Comedy

Ghost Busted: The Mercury Uses Science to Expose Portland’s Real-est and Fakiest Ghosts!

Wm. Steven Humphrey, Erik Henriksen, Blair Stenvick, Ned Lannamann, and Suzette SmithOctober 24, 2019 4:00 amJuly 12, 2022 3:38 pm

Portland is home to many so-called “haunted” businesses, residences, and public spaces. (See “Portland’s Most Haunted Places [That You Never Knew Were Super Fucking Haunted]!” on pg. 5 for more examples.) But how haunted are they really? The Mercury decided to find out by picking four of Portland’s most famously spooky places and testing their […]