At the absolute center of our 2025 Queer Issue is this gorgeous centerfold! Find a print copy of the issue all over the city now to pluck out the centerfold and put it on your fridge, or, if you’re an ultra-modern boss bitch, print it out here! Graphic by Anthony Keo
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Posted inQueer Guide 2025
Do This, Do That: Queer Events Until Pride and Beyond
The gayest-looking queer bike rides, dance parties, and community events on our calendar this Pride season.
Portland’s Pride season is loooooong. And this new list of parties, art shows, bike rides, history exhibits—and more—is similarly shaped 😉. The parade may be in July, but we’re queer all year round. Ongoing: Outliers and OutlawsCommunity & Activism Did you know Eugene was once dubbed a “lesbian mecca”? Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for […]
Posted inQueer Guide 2025
Color Your Own Nonbinary Girlfriend!
An incredible coloraing page illustration by Samuel Fancy.
Ever wanted to color your very own nonbinary girlfriend? What about your very own Nonbinary Girlfriend?? Well you’re in luck! Portland artist and musician Samuel Fancy is here to make all your dreams come true! Check a thumbnail of the illustration below and head here to print out a PDF to color at home! Maybe […]
Posted inMusic
Are We Homies?
Papi Fimbres is back with Homie Fest VI!
It’s been six long years since the last Homie Fest, and the wait is finally over—Homie Fest VI is back June 27 and 28 at the jewel of the Central Eastside, Swan Dive. We caught up with festival nucleus Papi Fimbres to get the scoop on everything Homie Fest. Right when Fimbres pulled up to […]
Posted inMercury Music Picks
Mercury Music Picks: First Show at New All-Ages Hardcore Venue, High Limit Room!
Plus so much stellar music and world class hip-hop.
Has everyone dried out from the atmospheric-river-torrential-downpour over the weekend?? Phew, thank goodness! I was about to start building my ark there for a second…. This week is full to the brim with fabulous concerts, AND—most exciting—sees the release of the Mercury’s 2025 Queer Issue! The issue’s theme is “Be Gay, Do _____.” and is […]
Posted inDo This, Do That
The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: June 23–29
This week: nachos, rock history (the geological kind), and a band name we regret Googling.
Welcome to the Mercury‘s Do This, Do That! Not that we think we’re the experts or anything (okay, we definitely think we’re the experts), but our new round-up of the week’s best arts and entertainment events should make filling your calendar just a smidge easier. Expect nachos galore, cinematic poetry, a dairy-fueled bike ride, the […]
Posted inThe Trash Report
THE TRASH REPORT: A New War AND a New Cardi B Single Just Dropped?! Wow!
And Margaret Cho has a message for the feds in Portland (and Ellen Degeneres).
Hi everybody, I’m Elinor Jones, and this is the Trash Report. The other day I found a DIVINE ’90s rock station on Spotify, which was a great reminder of a simpler time. Then the Everclear banger “Santa Monica” came on, and my partner said “I wonder where Everclear came from,” which was a frank reminder […]
Posted inNewsblast!
YOUR SUNDAY READING LIST: Turning Up for “No Kings Day,” ICE Violence, and Women’s Football on the Rise
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 […]
Posted inEverOut
The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Portland This Weekend: June 20–22, 2025
Latino Cultural Festival, Taste of Thailand, and More Cheap & Easy Events Under $15
Happy first official day of summer! Soak up the sun this weekend at cheap and cheerful events from the 19th Annual Latino Cultural Festival to Juneteenth Oregon and from Taste of Thailand to the Tigard Festival of Balloons. For more suggestions, check out our top event picks of the week. FRIDAY PERFORMANCE Original Practice Shakespeare […]
Posted inTheater & Performance
A Double Feature by Mikki Gillette Offers Raw Trans Narratives
Tears and Glitter and Mimetic Desire invite audiences into Gillette’s humerous and urgent worlds.
All art, at its best, gives us the ability to transport ourselves and see the world from a new vantage point. The trouble is that sometimes the views we have access to are limited by the privilege of only certain voices being shared. Enter the rare opportunity of Tears and Glitter and Mimetic Desire, two […]
Posted inEverOut
Ticket Alert: Noah Cyrus, Stevie Nicks, and More Portland Events Going On Sale This Week
Plus, Disney’s The Lion King and More Event Updates for June 19
We’ve rounded up all of this week’s ticket drops in one handy place. Noah Cyrus will hit the road after releasing her sophomore album, I Want My Loved Ones to Go With Me. Gold dust woman Stevie Nicks returns to Portland for the witching season this October. Plus, secure tickets for Disney’s The Lion King […]
Posted inEverOut
Celebrate Juneteenth 2025 at These Community Events in Portland
Conversations, Performances, and More
Juneteenth (a portmanteau of “June” and “nineteenth”) commemorates the 1865 emancipation of Black slaves in the United States. Today, the celebration often includes singing, street fairs, cookouts, and Miss Juneteenth contests. In 2022, Juneteenth became a state-recognized holiday in Oregon, thanks in part to the efforts of the late community organizer Clara Peoples. Also known […]