Before You Say Goodbye to 2016, Read This

It’s Our Annual Rundown of Portland’s Most Essential Stories

Bands I Pretended to Like for Boys

A Partial History

Things to Do Music

Noteworthy Shows for the Week of December 28-January 3

We Got You a 2017 Film Preview! You're Welcome!

Featuring: Aliens! Baby Drivers! And a LOT of Angry Monkeys!

Things To Do Film

Bruce Lee! Chow Yun-Fat! A New Year’s Day Hong Kong-a-Thon!

Laugh Until You Cry

The Best Comedy Albums of 2016

Hot Season > Purity

From Franzen on Down, Activist Lit is So Hot Right Now. Portland’s Susan DeFreitas Gets it Right.

Take Your Inner Child to La Belle

Enter the World of the Automaton at Imago Theatre

Alex Falcone’s Things Not Invited Back in 2017

The Annual List of Things from 2016 that Were Just “No”

Is It a Good Idea to Bring Your Stash on the Road?

Idaho Doesn’t Care If You Purchased Your Weed Legally

An Open Letter to Portland

Snowpocalypse Impedes Local Man’s Access to Cozy Whiskey Bars

Celebrate the Non-Inclement Weather By Drinking at These Places

The Merc Food Critic’s Personal Favorites

Where This Pro Eats on Her Own Time and Dime

Caregiving with Cannabis, by Trial and Error

Cannabis Helps, But We Still Need a Lot More Info

Veil & Valor Look to Viking Culture for Inspiration

The Year in Review (Part II!)

The Mercury’s Absolutely 100 Percent Guaranteed Accurate Predictions for 2017!

Letters to the Editor

The “Best” of Readers’ Letters and Comments from 2016.

Abundantly Lazy

The Puppet-Elect

Steve Martin is a BAD Man

New Job, No Guidance

Bringing Up Cost with a Tattooed Person = Dunce

Bye-Bye Birdie

I Need to Reassess My Life

Payment Plan Default

Paying Respects

Dance Party Shalaelah

Savage Love

Revolution Hall

Seattle: Can’t Find a Vedder Man