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.)

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• Police Bureau Terminates Consulting Contract With Former Employee 

Last year, the Portland Police Bureau initiated a $150,000 no-bid consulting contract with one of its former employees. Now, the city's police chief says he's canceling that contract, amid budget constraints. The announcement came a day after the chief answered questions about potential cronyism.

• POP QUIZ PDX! 

In this week's sassy-ass trivia questions: the roller rink of MYSTERY, bad news for King Taco, and helloooo sailors! It's FLEET WEEK. (See how well YOU score! 🤓)

• Portland Pride 2025 Events

Portland Pride things to do this week: drag history, elf parties, eating the rich in the park.

• Where To Go for the Second Annual Portland Book Week

The second annual Portland Book Week has just kicked off, and area bookshops are throwing so many parties! Silent reading parties! Book TATTOO parties?! Plus a treasure hunt across the city!

• HEAR IN PORTLAND

Don't miss the latest (and hottest) music and news—including the return of PDX Live and a brand new banger of an album from Aminé!

• Ten Years of Terror With the Portland Horror Film Festival

The Portland Horror Film Festival is a five-day fest that welcomes over 70 films from across the world to Hollywood Theatre and Clinton Street Theatre. Check out the lineup from our Joe Streckert!

• Mercury Music Picks

Get the latest top picks with MMP, this week featuring Holocene's 22nd Anniversary, Casual Hex, Bloc Party, and... look who's appearing on City Cast! 

• Caught by the Tides Captures 22 Years of Filmmaking Into Two Sumptuous, Sweeping Hours

Chinese writer-director Jia Zhangke is, in addition to a foundational voice in digital filmmaking and an essential chronicler of China’s transformational 21st century, one of cinema’s truly great Wife Guys.

• The Best Things To Do in Portland This Month

The busy month of June is here! And we've compiled the biggest events you need to know about in every genre, from Portland Book Week to the Oregon Midsummer Festival, from Ramy Youssef to Homie Fest VI, and from The Importance of Being Earnest to the 8 Seconds Rodeo.

• SAVAGE LOVE

Stinky hookups, femboy mechanics, and disappointing doms—they're all here in this edition of "Quickies!"

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