Paige Mehrer
News
His Lies (and Lies by Omission) Linger as Portland Awaits a New Police Chief
by Dirk VanderHart
Are Cops Doing Enough to Curb Bigoted Behavior?
by Doug Brown
Faced with a Cancer Diagnosis, the City Commissioner is Staying on the Job—And Mulling Next Steps
by Dirk VanderHart
Homelessness Services Are Up! PBOT Swoosh Artist Pays!
by Mercury Staff
Resistance & Solidarity
Resistance Events for the Week of August 23-29
by Emilly Prado
Music
EMA, Exile in the Outer Ring
by Joshua James Amberson
Our Picks for the Festival
by Ciara Dolan
The Portland Percussion Ensemble Releases Its Debut LP, Dynamics
by Ben Salmon
Shelley Short, Pacific City
by Ciara Dolan
Noteworthy Shows This Week
Movies & TV
This Week: Stand By Me, The Dark Crystal, and Spring Breakers, the Greatest Film of Our Generation
by Mercury Staff
It’s Like a Knucklehead Fractal!
by Vince Mancini
The Big Apple? More Like the Big Crapple.
by Ned Lannamann
Going on Vacation with Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, and David Bowie
by Marc Mohan
Comedy
The Showcase Returns—with New Personnel and Headliner Debbie Wooten
by Jenni Moore
Books
Bend the Knee to Anne Helen Petersen’s Unruly Women
by Megan Burbank
Feature
The City Wasn’t Giving Me What I Needed—Which Is Why I Left
by Zahir Janmohamed
Last Supper
Guilder and Proud Mary Serve More Than Just Coffee
by Thomas Ross
Comics
Katie Skelly’s Love Letter to ’70s Woman-Centric Vampire Cinema
by Suzette Smith
I, Anonymous
I Voted for Trump
by Anonymous
Ask a Pot Lawyer
Yep, and He’s Found Some Black Market Activity to Use as Ammo
by Will Patterson
Cannabuzz
A Church in Denver Offers Fellowship Through Weed
by Josh Jardine
Letters
“There Is No Proof That the World Is Round, Just NASA CGI Cartoons and Fakery.”