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Oct. 24 - Nov. 6, 2019

Vol. 20, No. 12
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News

Oregon’s E-Cigarette Problems Go Beyond the Vape Ban

by Blair Stenvick

Music

Finland’s Oranssi Pazuzu Turns Black Metal on Its Head

by Mark Lore

Record Review: Blackwater Holylight, Veils of Winter

by Ben Salmon

The 21 Best Concerts in Portland: October 24-November 6

Big Thief! Haley Heynderickx! The Wailers! Choker!

by Mercury EverOut Staff

Movies & TV

Portland’s King of LaserDiscs Reflects on an Old but Beloved Technology

by Ben Coleman

The 36 Best Movies & TV Shows to Watch in Portland: Fri Oct 25-Thurs Nov 7

by Erik Henriksen and Mercury EverOut Staff

Behold the Scorsese Cinematic Universe: Check out the Mercury’s November Picks at Movie Madness!

by Ned Lannamann

Food and Drink

Sweater Weather in a Glass: Fall Cocktails at New and Old Favorite Bars

by Thomas Ross

Eat It Up: Portland’s Five Most Essential Barbecue Carts

by Andrea Damewood

Visual Art

Portland Art Museum’s Hank Willis Thomas Retrospective Invokes Black Joy: The Strongest Force In the Universe

by Cameron Hawkey

Books

The Crying Book Review: Heather Christle’s Poetic Bites of Prose Investigate the History of Our Tears

by Joshua James Amberson

Slanted Dishes on Simon Tam’s Love Life, Band Drama, and Supreme Court Fight

by Suzette Smith

Feature

Ghost Busted: The Mercury Uses Science to Expose Portland’s Real-est and Fakiest Ghosts!

by Wm. Steven Humphrey, Erik Henriksen, Blair Stenvick, Ned Lannamann and Suzette Smith

HUMP! 2019: A Guide for Your First Time

by Wm. Steven Humphrey

Introducing SLAY—the New Eight-Minute HORROR Film Fest from the Makers of HUMP!

by Wm. Steven Humphrey

I, Anonymous

I, Anonymous: You See Us, We See You

by Anonymous

Cannabuzz

The Volcano Hybrid: Return of the OG

by Josh Jardine

New Column!

Portland’s Most Haunted Places (That You Never Knew Were Super Fucking Haunted)!

by Mercury Staff

I, Anonymous Blog

Blowerz

by Anonymous

Push Off

by Anonymous

I FREAKing love Halloween!

by Anonymous

Regrets, I Have a Few

by Anonymous

Gonna Miss You

by Anonymous

The Looking

by Anonymous

You Work And Work

by Anonymous

Please just stop.

by Anonymous

Little Free Library Etiquette

by Anonymous

Portland, You're awful.

by Anonymous

Scammer Alert

by Anonymous

Lurching Losers

by Anonymous

Front and Back

by Anonymous

Start caring or move

by Anonymous

Portland, stop doing these things on the bus

by Anonymous

Hey Metro

by Anonymous

Buy a hotel (because fuck exploitation)

by Anonymous

I’m a pumpkin

by Anonymous

Sneaker Wave

The Latest in Portland Hip-Hop: Sir Nai’s Geek Tape, Wynne’s “Ego Check,” the Thesis, and More!

by Jenni Moore

Community & Activism

The 13 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: October 24-November 6

The 2019 Native Artist & Storytelling Symposium, Honoring Afro-Mexican Ancestry on Dia de los Muertos, and a Grocery Worker Contract Debrief

by Emilly Prado

This Too Shall Pass

This Too Shall Pass: The All-Oregon Column (Co-starring Rihanna!)

by Elinor Jones

Crossword Solution

“Everything’s Fine”: Behold, the Answers to This Issue’s Crossword!

Editor’s Note

Wm. Steven Humphrey’s Adventures in Newspapering: I’ve Got Spirit (Yes, I Do)

by Wm. Steven Humphrey

Opinion

Hall Monitor: What Election?

by Alex Zielinski