As you doubtless know, dear Portlander, our fair city is one of the best cities to live in (and eat in!) for those who enjoy the ethical, physical, and environmental benefits of a healthy diet—and, for one week, it’s about to get even better. Welcome to the Portland Mercury’s first-ever Veg Week—a week designed not […]
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Wing Week 2016: It’s Here
Check out the wings!
It’s time. ICARUS WAS AN IDIOT. All Icarus had to do was escape the island of Crete. That’s it. And he even had help: Using wax and feathers, his father Daedalus painstakingly crafted Icarus a pair of wings. “Okay, kid,” Daedalus said, handing his son those wondrous wings. “Here’s the deal: Don’t fly into the […]
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Things To Do Film
This Week: The Princess Bride, Kevin Spacey As a Cat, and a Super-Rare 35mm Print of Eight Diagram Pole Fighter
This Week: The Princess Bride, Kevin Spacey as a cat, and a super-rare 35mm print of Eight Diagram Pole Fighter.
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ALL APOLOGIES
The Mercury Has Been Fucking Shit Up in Portland for 10 Long Years. Former and Current Members of our Staff Would Like to Formally Apologize. (Go on! Apologize!)
Former and current Mercury staff members “apologize” for 10 years of fucking shit up.
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LET’S GO CASINO!
It’s travel time again–but what’s that? You’re short on money? Well, the Mercury has a foolproof method of making dough while on vacation: Simply jump in the car or on a plane, and gamble those troubles away at a glittery, glamorous CASINO! THE CARDINAL RULES OF VEGAS Or, How to Lose Your Shirt on a […]
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A Salute to America
And Other Stupid Countries
AMERICA: WHY I LOVE HER by Wm. Steven Humphrey GERMANS: SIE SIND BESSER by Mykle Hansen VIETNAM: IT’S CRAZY, BUT IT JUST MIGHT WORK by Ben Jacklet ITALY: WHY DON’T WE LIVE THERE? by Monica Drake FIJI: THIN, NOT FAT by Chelsea Cain TANZANIA: BETTER THAN HERE by Frank Bures CANADA: WHAT BIGFOOT TAUGHT ME […]