This story needs no introduction. From the Sellwood Nextdoor site: Hello everyone. In the last two months we’ve had two dolls show up in our yard. They’re a little disconcerting, as you can see in the photos. The first was found back in January, and was placed outside our bathroom window in the backyard. The […]
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Could Refurbished Airplanes Become Portland’s Next “Tiny Homes” Movement?
NATALIE BEHRING I don’t like flying. To me, flying is the hurdle you jump to get somewhere fun. I’ve never had an attraction to planes. Airplanes are inconvenient sky buses accessed only through soul-crushing security lines we have to share with tacky people and business dicks. Airplanes are the journey; I’m more of a destination […]
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Ash Street Saloon Will Close Sometime Before 2018
The end is in sight for the Ash Street Saloon. The downtown bar/venue—which hosts live music almost every night of the week, often featuring emerging local bands—will reach the end of its lease at the beginning of 2018. Commercial real estate agents have already begun showing the property to potential new tenants, and it’s possible […]
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Put Down Your Dystopian Literature! The Mercury‘s Spring Arts & Culture Guide is Here!
MARLOWE DOBBE I don’t know about you, but in November, my capacity to appreciate complex art and culture took a nosedive. I reread A Wrinkle in Time and Matilda and temporarily banned myself from my beloved Sunday New York Times. I watched A LOT of Parks and Recreation. I no longer felt inclined to see […]
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The Portland-Shot, Sundance-Winning I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore Defies Categorization
Ruth (Melanie Lynskey) isn’t asking for much: She just wants people to not be assholes. Unfortunately, she’s surrounded by them—from the racist patient in the hospital where she works, to the people who cut in line at the grocery store, to the dog owner who, every day, leaves his pup’s turds on her lawn. When […]
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The IPRC Needs A New Location—and A New Executive Director
After being threatened with a 300-percent rent increase, it seemed that things were looking up for Portland’s Independent Publishing Resource Center. Now, though, it looks like the opposite might be true. The Independent Publishing Resource Center “has now officially walked away from negotiations with the [City Bikes Annex] location on 7th and Ankeny,” IPRC Executive […]
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The Hollywood Theatre’s Airport Microcinema Will Open February 23
Travelers Can Kick Back with Local—and Free—Short Films
Travelers can kick back with local—and free—short films.
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Local Public Defenders Are Plotting Resistance to Trump’s Immigration Policies
Demonstrators protest Trump’s immigration/refugee ban at Portland International Airport recently. This post has been updated to add comments from Commissioner Amanda Fritz. Portland public defenders are hoping to be on the front lines of resistance against Donald Trump’s stepped up immigration enforcement, and it looks like we’ll all be chipping in. Portland City Council next […]
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Friendly Reminder: Uber Has Always Been Terrible
Mark Markovich Uber fucked up this weekend. But also, hey, reminder: Uber’s been fucking up for a long time, particularly in Portland. Taking a spin through the Mercury‘s news archives reveals that Uber has prided itself on providing cheap, convenient rides—and also that Uber has been relentlessly exploitative and underhanded by repeatedly violating regulations, refusing […]
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The Portland-Shot I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore Won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance
You might remember reading about the Portland-shot I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore in the Mercury‘s 2017 film preview. Or maybe you remember hearing that some of the film’s cast—including Elijah Wood—were hanging around Portland last year. Or maybe, after seeing actor Macon Blair in the fantastic Blue Ruin and Green Room, […]
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Where Are They Now, the “Most Fuckable People in Portland” circa 2002
This photo has been circulating on Reddit via user SpringwaterBikeThief: VIA SPRINGWATERBIKETHIEF ON REDDIT We at the Mercury immediately recognized the list as the handiwork of our 2002 Portland Sex Survey! The post brought up some lingering questions about the most fuckable folks and what they were up to now so we did a little […]
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Sad? Watch This Video of a Polar Bear Who Loves Snow
..and these snow-loving otters, and seals and elephants at the Oregon Zoo in Portland yesterday. What are you waiting for? Press play on both of these videos below at the same time for dramatic background music. SQUEEEEEEEE! Meanwhile, I’m over here like…