The long Memorial Day weekend is now over, and this short week ahead is looking to make up for lost time with a very densely packed slate of entertainment options to safely stream from the comfort of your couch while social distancing, with a ton of new stand-up comedy gold to be mined, new music […]
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Your Guide to All the Events The Mercury Is Currently Streaming
All the Details on HUMP!, the Silent Reading Party, and More
While people have just recently been able to start going out and enjoying in-person events in small-ish groups, for many people, entertainment in 2020 is largely living-room based. And that means we’ve been streaming more online events than ever before, including Dan Savage’s HUMP! festival, and the stoner valhalla that is SPLIFF. To help readers […]
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The Best Things to Do While Staying Home and Staying Safe This Memorial Day Weekend: May 22-25 2020
Yes, it’s weird to think of this as an “extended” weekend considering, well… (gestures resignedly at everything.) But it is Memorial Day weekend, normally considered the first four days of the summer season, so far as the entertainment industry is concerned. And in keeping with that tradition, there’s a lot of stuff to look at, […]
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The Portland Mercury Presents: Retail Roundup!
A weekly list of featured curbside pickup and delivery deals from local retailers
The Portland Mercury presents this list of local retailers, doing their part to serve customers with great deals while still staying safe and observing social distancing guidelines! These sponsored offers are available from Thurs, May 21 through Wed, May 26. {{image:1, width:650}} She Bop “She Bop is a locally-owned sex toy boutique that specializes in […]
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In Memoriam: A Lynn Shelton Streaming Guide
Acclaimed Seattle filmmaker and all-around beloved person Lynn Shelton died at 54 on Saturday, May 16, but her inspiring and often highly personal body of work lives on. Whether you’re a longtime fan or you’re new to her work, we’ve rounded up some of the films and TV shows she’s written and/or directed with links […]
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The Portland Mercury‘s TAKEOUT TUESDAY
This week’s list of featured takeout and delivery options!
It’s a new week, and that means a new chance to enjoy all the offerings on the Portland Mercury‘s sponsored list of takeout and delivery options! These deals from some of Portland’s finest eateries are available from Tuesday, May 19 through Monday, May 25. {{image:1, width:500}} Unicorn Bake Shop “Stay home, the Unicorns are coming! […]
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The Best Things to Do While Staying Home and Staying Safe This Week: May 18-21 2020
Congratulations: we made it to another Monday, and we did it together. Hopefully we stayed safe, we stayed indoors as much as we could, and we stayed a little saner than we might have otherwise, thanks to exercising our emotions and our minds via just the right combination of things to watch, things to listen […]
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The Portland Mercury Presents: Retail Roundup!
A weekly list of featured curbside pickup and delivery deals from local retailers
The Portland Mercury presents this list of local retailers, doing their part to serve customers with great deals while still staying safe and observing social distancing guidelines! These sponsored offers are available from Thurs, May 14 through Wed, May 20. {{image:11, width:500}} Gem Set Love “Gem Set Love is a local, woman owned small business […]
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The Best Things to Do While Staying Home and Staying Safe This Weekend: May 15-17 2020
Jump to: Friday | Saturday | Sunday Friday, May 15 The Class of 2020 Graduates w/ Oprah Winfrey COVID-19 has been particularly rough on schoolkids. It might not seem that way if you take the most superficial of looks at the situation, i.e. “Hey, they don’t have to go to school, I wish I didn’t […]
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The Portland Mercury‘s TAKEOUT TUESDAY
This week’s list of featured takeout and delivery options!
It’s a new week, and that means a new chance to enjoy all the offerings on the Portland Mercury‘s sponsored list of takeout and delivery options! These deals from some of Portland’s finest eateries are available from Tuesday, May 12 through Monday, May 18. {{image:1, width:500}} Laughing Planet “Delicious, global flavors, delivered straight to your […]
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The Best Things to Do (While Staying Home and Staying Safe) in Portland: May 11-14 2020
We made it another week, everybody. Yes, a week in which the word “re-open” just keeps getting put out there, upping the anxiety and making it just that much harder to focus on holding on, being strong, knowing when to stay plugged in, and also when to disconnect for a second. There’s a lot of […]
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The Best Things to Do (While Staying Home and Staying Safe) in Portland this MOTHER’S DAY Weekend: May 8-10 2020
Happy Mother’s Day Weekend, Portland! Being sheltered-in-place doesn’t mean you still can’t celebrate the holiday—it just means you have to prep a little bit more in the days before to pull off what you might be planning for Mom. We’ve got you covered on that front down below, and if you don’t really care about […]