Podcasts continued to explode in 2021. Every C-list celebrity came out with one, and your parents might even know what they are now. But amid all the noise, a few pods stood out to Mercury culture writers. Here are our favorites. Maintenance Phase Our society’s relationships with weight, food, and notions of health are deeply […]
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The Mercury‘s Favorite Take-Out Joints of 2021!
Mitate’s vegan sushi Janey Wong [You can read all of the Mercury’s “Top Stories of 2021” here.—eds] When it comes to eating out, “taking out” was the biggest food and drink news of 2021. While the pandemic knocked so many of Portland’s fantastic restaurants on their heels, local eateries showed their ingenuity and gumption by […]
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The Mercury’s Favorite TV Shows of 2021!
2021 was another great year for binge-watching. These were the shows our Mercury culture writers neglected all our adult responsibilities for. Squid Game Season 1 What’s left to say about Squid Game that hasn’t already been said? This Korean Netflix drama’s first season was unlike anything I’d ever watched before, using a series of games […]
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The Mercury’s Favorite Movies of 2021!
[You can read all of the Mercury’s “Top Stories of 2021” here.—eds] Whether you need a good laugh, a good cry, or a good “what the fuck did I just watch?”, the Mercury’s culture writers have got you covered with this list of nine movies that were our favorites this year. Plan B This unexpected […]
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The Mercury’s Favorite Albums of 2021!
[You can read all of the Mercury’s “Top Stories of 2021” here.—eds] It was another weird year for music as an industry, with concert tours still being postponed or all-out canceled left and right. But music as an art form still flourished, and these seven albums beloved by Mercury culture writers proves it. Here are […]
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Mercury Writers and Multnomah County Librarians Pick Our Favorite Books of 2021!
[You can read all of the Mercury’s “Top Stories of 2021” here.—eds] Looking for a good read? Here’s a fun, diverse—and by no means exhaustive—list of our favorite books (including comics!) that came out in 2021. As an added bonus, we got a few Multnomah County librarians to give us their picks as well. And […]
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It’s the Mercury’s Guide to the Holidays—Debauchery Edition!
anthony keo Whew, what a year! If 2020 was the year of unprecedented events and grim milestones, 2021 was the year of “Yep, this feels awful and unforeseen enough to be right on cue.” But here we are in December, with stores and social media and car commercials telling us it’s the holidays. You’ve got […]
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Mercury Tales of Terror: Murder House (A Historic Tour of Portland’s Grisliest Murders—and the Homes Where They Took Place)
Tom Neely [Happy Halloween! All week long the Mercury has been publishing classic tales of local Halloween horror from our archives, as well as brand spankin’ new (and creeeeepy) pieces… in this one from 2013, Mercury writers recount some of Portland’s most infamous murders… that may have happened in a home near you. WARNING: These […]
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Ghost Busted: The Mercury Uses Science to Expose Portland’s Real-est and Fakiest Ghosts!
ILLUSTRATION BY MICHELLE MRUK [Happy pre-Halloween! All week long the Mercury will be publishing classic tales of local Halloween horror from our archives, as well as brand spankin’ new (and creepy) pieces… this one is from our 2019 special feature in which we investigated Portland’s most terrifying places.—eds] Portland is home to many so-called “haunted” […]
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You Can Help the Mercury Keep Clear, Critical Eyes on City Hall and Beyond
Mercury Staff Times are particularly fraught right now in Portland. That’s why it’s more important than ever to have clear eyes on City Hall as well as the movers and shakers who influence them. And here at the Portland Mercury, we make that our number one priority. History shows us again and again that when […]
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It’s the Mercury’s 2021 Fall Arts Guide: Art Is Political!
“If anything I do, in the way of writing novels (or whatever I write) isn’t about the village or the community or about you, then it is not about anything. I am not interested in indulging myself in some private, closed exercise of my imagination that fulfills only the obligation of my personal dreams—which is […]
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It’s the Mercury’s 2021 Fall Arts Guide: Art Is Political!
“If anything I do, in the way of writing novels (or whatever I write) isn’t about the village or the community or about you, then it is not about anything. I am not interested in indulging myself in some private, closed exercise of my imagination that fulfills only the obligation of my personal dreams—which is […]