GOOD MORNING, SUNDAY! It's the perfect time to catch up on some of the great reporting and stories the Mercury churned out this week! (PRO TIP: If you despise being "the last to know," then be one of the first to know by signing up for Mercury newsletters! All the latest stories shipped directly to your email's in-box... and then... YOUR HEAD.)
• The Portland Mercury's Fall Arts Guide
The fall season is bursting with all sorts of artistic and cultural events and happenings… and we’ve picked the best of the best for our annual Fall Arts Guide, online now and on the streets in more than 50 locations citywide!
• POP QUIZ PDX
How much do YOU know about Portland's music, art, and film scene? Let's find out with this week's artsy-fartsy edition of the city's fave trivia game! Crank up that brain, and let's goooooo! đź§
• Meet Your Portland 2024 Mayoral Candidates
Another one bites the dust. Nancy Congdon, a local financial planner, has withdrawn from the Portland mayor's race. Meanwhile, five more people filed paperwork to run for mayor on or just before last week's deadline.
• Dyke Hoops Courts Community in Portland's Queer Sports Scene
A growing pickup basketball group for queer people in the Portland area, Dyke Hoops will celebrate their annual 3v3 tournament this weekend.
• Portland Summer—Reviewed
A deeply subjective account of music events we attended this summer and what we thought of them.
• The Mercury's Time-Based Art Festival Picks
Planning your itinerary for the 2024 Time Based Art (TBA) festival is an art form in itself. But you can count on the Mercury to have art opinions.
• THE TRASH REPORT
This week: Rich jerks and their jets, everybody just needs a little break from Chappell Roan, and Angelina Jolie is successfully avoiding Brad Pitt (thus far).
• The Best Things To Do in September
We're falling into September by compiling the biggest events you need to know about, from Childish Gambino to the Time-Based Art Festival, and from Rose City Comic Con to the inaugural Geek Week PDX.Â
• TICKET ALERT
The Vaccines are coming stateside in early 2025, DJ Pauly D is taking a cab to Portland, and the Portland Book Festival will reveal its 2024 author lineup next Wednesday! All this and much more in the latest edition of TICKET ALERT.Â
• SAVAGE LOVE
In this lickety-split version of "Quickies": The "daddy/babygirl" dynamic, asexually curious, holding in your orgasm, swallowing curved appendages, and more!
WOW, THAT IS A LOT OF GOOD READIN'. I hope you didn't have any other plans this weekend! Dig in, and remember: Producing all this hard work costs moolah—so please consider contributing to the Mercury to keep it all coming! Thanks!
