ABOUT RACCOONS RE: “Raccoons: Nature’s Monsters” [Feature, March 25], in which author Elinor Jones looks deep into the eyes of the animals in her backyard. DEAR MERCURY—Started reading your article “Racoons [sic]: Nature’s Monsters,” and stopped when I got to the part about how only hill-people call the opossum a possum. Um. Fuck you… CONTINUE […]
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Props to TriMet from a Temporary Wheelchair User
I biffed out ridiculously, and ridiculously hard about a month ago. I was doing something normal, healthy, and 100 percent sober, too: jogging with my dog on the sunny, beautiful afternoon that was March 2 in Portland. She’s still a bit of a puppy, though, and when she yanked me off the sidewalk by her […]
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Everything as Fuck: PDX Carpet
I THINK symbols lose their original meaning the more they’re proliferated. Like, somewhere out there are probably people who are actually very into whatever the fuck it is Che Guevara was all woopty-woop about. I’m sure they’re shocked/appalled/shock-and-y’alled about the appearance of their dude Ernesto on Hummer tire covers and hedge fund managers’ weekend T-shirts. […]
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Laura Gibson Lost Everything in Yesterday’s NYC Explosion
You may have heard about the explosion in the East Village that led to fires and the collapse of two buildings yesterday in New York. What you might not have realized is that one of those buildings was the home of Laura Gibson, beloved Portland singer/songwriter temporarily living away while she completes her MFA. In […]
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This Week’s Letters Section!
THE RETURN OF MERCURY PRISON PEN PALS! Aw, it seems like it’s been a while since we got a request from one of our incarcerated readers for a fellow Merc-reading letter writer. Got time for a new friend? Herrrrre’s David! DEAR MERCURY—Would one of your readers like to be the first on his or her […]
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This Week’s Style Events
• Mercantile‘s featured brand this week is AG jeans, with an extended spring selection available and $25 off your purchase. Mercantile, 729 SW Alder, Wed March 25-Tues March 31 AG via Mercantile • Alder & Co. is hosting a trunk show for jewelry designer Marla Aaron of New York, serving up champagne alongside showcase pieces that […]
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Handmade to the Streets
In a city where everyone is a crafter of some sort, it’s sweet to see a thoughtful little project like this: Ashleyann Burnett got tired of watching a homeless man trying to keep himself warm on MLK with a flimsy sheet, and decided to start designing and making warm blankets with the lifestyle of a […]
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They Rolled up PDX Carpet, Put Fake Eyeballs on It, and Made it Grand Marshal of the Starlight Parade
DEAR GOD, YOU GUYS: They rolled up PDX Carpet*, put fake eyeballs on it, and made it Grand Marshal of the Starlight Parade! That’s a real thing that happened today and you know now for sure that you live in the dorkiest city of all the land. koin.com If you step back and just think […]
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With 2001: A Space Odyssey, the Hollywood Theatre Brings 70mm Back to Portland
Kylie Antolini FILM HISTORY Dan Halsted readies one of the Hollywood’s Norelco AA11 projectors. “It is meditative,” Roger Ebert wrote, in 1997, of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. “It does not cater to us, but wants to inspire us, enlarge us. Nearly 30 years after it was made, it has not dated in any […]
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Hey PDX Carpet Nerds: Here’s Where You Can Get a Piece
I was at the airport weekend before last, and almost Insta’d my shoes on the carpet with a caption along the lines of, “Thought they were getting rid of this crap?” because people have already been mourning it forrreevveerrrrrrr, and it’s still. freaking. there. If the whimsical, oft-trod carpet has given you enough joy that […]
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This Week’s Letters Section!
ARTWORK BY EATCHO TELEPHONE HANGING RE: “Reach Out and Pay Someone” [News, March 4], regarding how Oregon jails charge for inmates’ calls. While it is a legitimate debate as to whether costs for correctional programs should be shifted onto the backs of inmates, I don’t think that it is at all clear what the state’s […]
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Judgmental Preacher Insults Portland; Ian Karmel Schools Him in Most Hilarious Way
In case you missed it, yesterday we posted this on our Twitter account: This did not sit well with Baptist preacher and new Oregon resident Tom Estes, who tweeted us back the following: OH NO HE JUST DID NOT. But don’t worry folks, Portland #1 Fan and Ambassador Ian Karmel quickly and decisively jumped to […]