Erik Henriksen A few days ahead of schedule—and a few days before Waterfront Park will be taken over by Cinco de Mayo—Better Naito is back, reserving one lane of Naito Parkway for bikers, pedestrians, and… uh, anybody else, I guess? As long as they aren’t in a car? Everyone’s absolutely welcome! (Fuck rollerbladers.) Much to […]
Portland
KATU Gets a Big Shoutout on SE Hawthorne
Erik Henriksen Portland TV station KATU got a shoutout this morning on the corner of SE 16th and Hawthorne, where a massive banner—assembled from bedsheets, safety pins, and spray paint—covered the front of the three-story-tall Warnell Apartments building. Located on a major commuting thoroughfare and next to two busy stops for TriMet’s 14 bus line, […]
Last Call for Mercury Arts Editor Applications!
Guys! The Mercury is on the hunt for a new ARTS EDITOR—are you that person? If so, hurry your butt up, because the deadline to receive applications is 5 PM, WEDNESDAY APRIL 18. Interested? Check out our help wanted ad below! HELP WANTED: ARTS EDITOR The Portland Mercury is currently hiring a full-time ARTS EDITOR […]
Help Wanted: We’re Hiring a New Arts Editor!
Guys! The Mercury is on the hunt for a new ARTS EDITOR—are you that person? If you’re just reading this, you’re in luck, because we’re extending the deadline to receive applications until 5 PM, WEDNESDAY APRIL 18. Get yer butt in gear, and check out our help wanted ad below! HELP WANTED: ARTS EDITOR The […]
Red Clocks: Speculative Lit at Its Finest
AUTHOR PHOTO BY SOPHIA SHALMIYEV Leni Zumas’ Red Clocks envisions a dystopian future that could happen tomorrow: A personhood law grants citizenship rights to fetuses, outlaws abortion, and bans in-vitro fertilization. Single adults will soon be banned from adoption and intrauterine insemination (IUI). Women seeking abortions in Canada are stopped at the border’s “Pink Wall.” […]
Could You Be the Mercury‘s Next ARTS EDITOR? Apply and Find Out!
Guys! The Mercury is on the hunt for a new ARTS EDITOR—are you that person? If you’re just reading this, you’re in luck, because we’re extending the deadline to receive applications until 5 PM, WEDNESDAY APRIL 18. Get yer butt in gear, and check out our help wanted ad below! HELP WANTED: ARTS EDITOR The […]
Checking in with Portland’s Full-Time Witch
ERIN AQUARIAN “Make Earth Human Again” is just one of Erin Aquarian’s many credos. As Portland’s full-time witch, she aims to heal the community and the world at large in ways not often associated with activism. Using tarot, a variety of mystic exercises, and good old intuition, Aquarian makes her living providing accessible, healing spiritual […]
Help Wanted: Mercury Arts Editor (UPDATE: Now With a New Application Deadline!)
Guys! The Mercury is on the hunt for a new ARTS EDITOR—are you that person? If you’re just reading this, you’re in luck, because we’re extending the deadline to receive applications until 5 PM, WEDNESDAY APRIL 18. Get yer butt in gear, and check out our help wanted ad below! HELP WANTED: ARTS EDITOR The […]
Great Job Alert: The Mercury is Looking for an Arts Editor!
Alkir/iStock/Getty Images Plus Calling all smart people looking for a fun, interesting job! The Mercury is looking for an extremely gifted Arts and Culture editor! Check out the job description below, and if you (or anyone you know) is interested, the deadline for applications is 5 PM, THURSDAY, APRIL 12. (LGBTQ, POC, and women are […]
The Mercury is Hiring! Wanted: Arts and Culture Editor
It is with a very heavy heart that I must announce that our beloved Arts and Culture Editor Megan Burbank is leaving the Mercury for a very good opportunity as the newest features editor at the Seattle Times! (Yay for her, and booooo for us!) Megan has been an amazing editor, a good friend, and […]
The Laurelhurst Theater Is Going First-Run
Starting April 13, one of Portland’s favorite theaters will show new releases.
This Week’s Letters to the Editor: Less Basketball! More Goats!
TROND_BERNTSEN / GETTY IMAGES RE: “A Sporty Kind of Love” [Feature, March 21], Arthur Bradford’s profile of Decemberists frontman Colin Meloy and artist Carson Ellis’ fandom for the Portland Trail Blazers. “Ellis and Meloy live on a farm outside of town with their kids, several llamas, and a few goats,” wrote Bradford. “They still like […]
