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Where to Eat for Valentine’s Day 2025 in Portland

CBD Doughnuts, Taylor Swift-Themed Menus, and More
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Whatever your Valentine’s Day plans may be, we’ve gathered a slew of swoon-worthy options around town, from Doe Donuts‘ CBD raspberry rosemary doughnut to Taylor Swift-themed nights at Dirty Pretty and Pink Rabbit. For more ideas, check out our food and drink guide. Bar CarloThe Mexican-American brunch spot invites you to join them for “un […]

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The Best Things To Do in Portland This Month: February 2025

Tyler, The Creator, Portland Winter Light Festival, and More
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February may be the shortest month of the year, but there’s no shortage of exceptional things to do. In addition to big dates like Black History Month and Valentine’s Day, there’s the usual array of concerts, major author appearances, food & drink events, and more. Find all of February’s highlights below, with events from Tyler, […]

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This Week in Portland Food News

A Berlu Bakery Pop-Up, A New Sports Bar, and Wieners Galore
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We’ve nearly made it through the first month of 2025, so go ahead and reward yourself with some top-tier eats this weekend, from Berlu Bakery treats to some souped-up Wiener Week hot dogs. Plus, find out about a new sports bar and a Korean-Chinese restaurant. For more ideas, check out our Valentine’s Day food guide […]

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Hear in Portland: Mal London’s New Release on “Fresh Finds R&B”

Plus Julimar headlines the Thesis and the Blacker the Berry II celebrates Black creatives.
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Well, it’s been a deeply concerning start to the year as far as current events go. One thing our felonious president can’t restrict or control (or at least hasn’t tried to yet) is the music and art we create and consume. As we look ahead to February, there are at least two unmissable shows to […]

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FREE TICKETS THURSDAY: Enter to Win Free Tix to See Michael Shannon & Jason Narducy, Los Lobos, Comedian Zoltan Kaszas, and MORE!

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Who’s ready to have some fun? Well, the Mercury is here to help with FREE TICKETS to see some of Portland’s best concerts and events—our way of saying thanks to our great readers and spread the word about some fantastic upcoming performances! (Psst… if you want to say thanks to the Mercury, please consider making a […]

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A Cozy Season (S)lowdown

Self-care tips for wintering (beyond switching on your SAD lamp).
Avatar photo Janey Wong

[Read all of the articles in our Love/Sex issue HERE! Looking for a print copy? Look at this handy-dandy map!—eds.] It’s winter in the Pacific Northwest, which, let’s face it, is a rough time for many of us. The glitz of the holidays has faded into the annals of yesteryear. This time of year, many of […]

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Reading the Waves Fucks

Lidia Yuknavitch’s newest nonfiction celebrates the body, in all its slippery, squishy glory.
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[Read all of the articles in our Love/Sex issue HERE! Looking for a print copy? Look at this handy-dandy map!—eds.] The writer Garth Greenwell once wrote about attending a lecture at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, and hearing a writer say that an ideal sex scene would be a single sentence “they sat down on the sofa…” […]

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Food: Horny vs Not Horny

The ultimate list of horny and un-horny things to eat—and where to find them locally!
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[Read all of the articles in our Love/Sex issue HERE! Looking for a print copy? Look at this handy-dandy map!—eds.] Horniness (horny) is like Newton’s Third Law of Motion (not horny): For every thing that’s horny, there’s an equal and opposite thing that isn’t.  Food is not my kink—particularly after my fateful attendance at the 2006 […]

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Hong Kong Action Star Donnie Yen Seeks Justice (and a Fight Every 25-30 Minutes) in The Prosecutor

Cop-lawyers, brutal brawls, can’t lose.
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With an almost mathematical precision to its pulpiness, The Prosecutor, the latest action-thriller from Hong Kong superstar Donnie Yen, doles out a brutal fight scene every 25 to 30 minutes. Across two brisk hours, violence shifts proportionately between bouts of athletic knuckling, street brawls, shoot-outs, car chases, foot chases, impalings, and pummelings—all spaced out evenly, each […]

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Portland Steakhouses, What’s the Secret?

In the chaos of Portland’s restaurant scene, where foodies chase the hottest dining trends, the long-standing steakhouses endure.
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Settling into a plush booth at Sayler’s Old Country Kitchen, I was snacking on the little veggie spread, of carrots and mini corn, that has come with every dinner there since time immemorial, when I couldn’t help overhearing the conversation at the next table over. It was a father and his grown daughter telling the […]

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Profile Theatre’s Samsara Is a Comedy About Reproductive Imperialism and Desire

Celebrated playwright Lauren Yee uses cycles of infertility and surrogacy to touch on something powerful and eternal.
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If you’ve known someone caught in the degrading grind of infertility—whether in adoption, in vitro fertilization (IVF), or surrogacy—you’ll immediately recognize the steaming locomotive of baby fever that propels the characters in Samsara forward. For its 2024-25 season, Profile Theatre is focusing on the works of celebrated playwright Lauren Yee (Cambodian Rock Band, The Great […]

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