The Mercury’s Cover Artist of the Week: Fazilat Soukhakian

Her photo series "Queer In Utah" highlights the struggle of sexual repression in a religious society.

YOUR SUNDAY READING LIST: Commissioner Switcheroo, a Deadly Rose Quarter Plan, and Who's Not Invited Back to 2023!

Meet Jason Sturgill—the Mercury Cover Artist of the Week!

Sturgill talks about the importance of being honest about one's mental health, channeling the inner-child, and more.

YOUR SUNDAY READING LIST: How the PBA Siphons Taxpayer Money, Black Portlanders Sue the City, and Sex Tips for Sluts!

YOUR SUNDAY READING LIST: Wheeler's Expensively Cruel Homeless Plan, Paulson Half-Asses It (Again), and Portland's Runaway Millionaires!

YOUR SUNDAY READING LIST: A Spicy Exit Interview, Forest Grove's Young Mariachi Geniuses, and Puppets That Go Easy on Fascism

YOUR SUNDAY READING LIST: Paulson Steps Down (Not Out), Portland's Human Barricade, and Monkeys in the News!

YOUR SUNDAY READING LIST: Huge Rent Hikes, Gonzalez Slapped with Historic Fine for Breaking Election Law, and Bill Maher Should Really Shut Up

YOUR SUNDAY READING LIST: Arts Season Is Here, Another Cop Payoff, and Delicious Gossip!

TBA Review: Adrienne Truscott Is the Centerpiece of THIS

By the time Adrienne Truscott was on a scissor lift, sipping a glass of red wine, I had already given myself over to the dance.

Portland Comedy Apocalypse

Five local favorites look back on how the pandemic changed their careers and the city's comedy scene.

Fucking A with a Capital Abortion

"You cannot do this play without talking about race," Shaking the Tree's Samantha Van Der Merwe says.

A Decade of the Portland Film Festival

Milestones be damned, PFF wants its own movie theater.

Portland Art Galleries, a Reintroduction

Fall visual art shows, and the galleries that love them.

Four Hilarious Things That Happened at Takahiro Yamamoto's NOTHINGBEING

Consideration of pace and comfort on the Time Based Art Festival's second night.

San Cha Opens TBA with a Sold Out Show

The Los Angeles-based singer wowed with a slow baked layer cake set of emotion and drama.

You're Wrong About Is the Podcast That Gets It Right

Portland Journalist Sarah Marshall Speaks Wry Revisionist Truth to Power