Bricks & Minifigs Kathleen Marie / Mercury Staff Yes, Virginia, it’s that time of year when you have expend mental energy figuring out what holiday presents to bestow upon your ungrateful children and your even worse nieces and nephews. Lucky for you, there are a bevy of wonderful shops in town stocked full of amazing […]
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Shopping Local for the Record Collector or Musician in Your Life
Tomorrow Records Kathleen Marie / Mercury Staff Portland is a vinyl town. Sure, coffee, bikes, and beer get all the headlines, but record hounds know the real truth: This is a city of DJs, and it’s powered by 12-inch slabs of wax. Naturally, Portland has an embarrassment of riches as far as places to score […]
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Police Officer Who Sent Protective Texts to Joey Gibson Cleared of Wrongdoing in City Review
BLAIR STENVICK A city review released Thursday has found that the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) officer who sent protective text messages to Joey Gibson, the leader of far-right Vancouver, Washington group Patriot Prayer, did not violate any bureau policies. In February of this year, both the Mercury and Willamette Week reported on the text messages, […]
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Help Wanted: The Mercury is Hiring a Sales Account Executive
TITIYA / ISTOCK/ GETTY IMAGES PLUS NEED A JOB, OR KNOW SOMEONE WHO DOES? It’s always good news when the Mercury is hiring! Currently we’re looking for a sales account executive to join our friendly, fun staff. Could that be you or someone you know? Check out the help wanted ad below, and spread the […]
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Wu-Tang: An American Saga Is Raw, Poignant, and Beautifully Done
Hulu /Jeff Neumann Hulu’s Wu-Tang: An American Saga series, which includes Method Man and RZA on its list of executive producers, tells the momentous story of a group of young Black men grappling with their decisions to either pursue an unlikely music career or continue their lucrative-albeit-dangerous adventures in crime. This new biopic is just […]
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Pickathon Dips Its Dusty Toes Into the World of Heavy Metal with the Booking of West Coast Thrash Band YOB
YOB James Rexroad After nearly a decade of bringing blisteringly loud garage rock acts like Ty Segall, Thee Oh Sees, and Meatbodies to Pickathon, organizers of the renowned music festival truly dipped their dusty toes into the world of heavy metal with the booking of West Coast thrash band Vhöl in 2016. This year’s Pickathon […]
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Deadwood: The Movie Review: Back to the Mud, Back to the Blood
Deadwood: The Movie Review: Heading back to the mud and back to the blood.
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I Guarded Grumpy Cat with My Life, but Now She’s Dead
I don’t think she understood her net worth.
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The 34 Best Things to Do in Portland This Weekend: May 10-12
St. Johns Bizarre Of Portland’s many spring/summertime festivals, it’s hard to find a more interesting, fun-packed one than the St. Johns Bizarre. Celebrated the second weekend in May for the past 13 years, the Bizarre is a cornucopia of entertainment, crafts, and food all centered about the annual St. Johns Parade. And while you’ll be […]
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And the 2019 SPLIFF Film Fest Winners Are…
We did it! SPLIFF, our new film festival made by the stoned for the stoned, debuted in Seattle, Portland, Denver, and San Francisco to over 3,000 stoners (and non-stoners!) in its first year. We received films (four minutes and twenty seconds or less!) from all around the world. Our inaugural lineup was hilarious, weird, sexy, […]
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Now Hiring: The Mercury is Looking for a Social Media Manager!
titiya / iStock/ Getty Images Plus Hey friends! Are you—or someone you know—looking for an awesome job with one of the most entertaining and fun companies in Portland? THEN TAKE A LOOK AT THIS! We’re hiring a new social media engagement manager for the Portland Mercury, and if you’re the type of person who is […]
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The 30 Best Things to Do in Portland This Weekend: May 3-5
Minority Retort As long as Minority Retort continues to produce one of the best stand-up showcases in the city, you’re going to keep reading about it here. This time, Oakland’s Papp Johnson hits the siren stage and he’s bringing Wilfred Padua back to the Northwest with him. Support includes James Barela, Kae Aguilar, and Khadija […]