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Posted inThe Trash Report

THE TRASH REPORT: VP Vance? More Like GP Vance, as in Garbage Pail Vance

Dig deep into this week’s can of garbage-y gosssip!
Avatar photo Elinor Jones

Hi everybody, and welcome to another roundup of news and gossip and, most importantly, TRASH. Have you checked the weather forecast lately? Trash shows no sign of letting up for the foreseeable future. In fact if I wrote a song about the trash forecast, it would be called “Lightning Trashes.” If I were to be […]

Posted inPhoto

PHOTO ESSAY: Best in Bow-Wow-Wow

The Rose City Classic dog show brings out the best in poochies—and their owners.
Avatar photo Corbin Smith

A place: The Portland Exposition Center in Vanport, on Saturday, January 18. There are dogs everywhere, every kind you can possibly imagine: Bernese Mountain Dog. Shiba Inu. Whippets. Honest to god, straight from the catalog Dalmatians. A small baby beagle, ambling around the show floor. Chao Chaos. Poodles, poodles, poodles, everywhere. Big dogs. Fluffy dogs. […]

Posted inTheater & Performance

A Streetcar Named Desire at Imago Warms up as It Goes

Tennessee Williams’ tragedy foretells the doom of living in a dream.
Avatar photo Suzette Smith

There’s nothing like a hot and steamy play, set in a late 1940s New Orleans summer, when it’s actually below freezing outside. Stuck under all your layers and sweating in your own right, you might find yourself transported into Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire. Within the bright and versatile set design of Imago Theatre, […]

Posted inEverOut

This Week in Portland Food News

Pistachio S’mores, Dirty Soda, and James Beard Semifinalists
Avatar photo EverOut Staff

This week, we’re delving into new places to grab coffee, wings, and poke and celebrating the arrival of a new s’mores bar from the mind behind Nico’s Ice Cream. Plus, find out which local spots landed on this year’s James Beard semifinalist list and and where to grab char siu croissants. For more ideas, check […]

Posted inMusic

FREE TICKETS THURSDAY: Enter to Win Free Tix to See Damien Jurado, The Builders and The Butchers, Moe., and MORE!

Avatar photo Wm. Steven Humphrey

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 […]

Posted inMusic

FREE TICKETS THURSDAY: Enter to Win Free Tix to See Tim Heidecker, Shook Twins, the Portland Folk Fest, and MORE!

Avatar photo Wm. Steven Humphrey

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 […]

Posted inMusic

Portland’s Folk Festival Breaks Down the Genre’s Walls

Acoustic in Lola’s Room, bands in the Crystal Ballroom, and your plans for the weekend—all set.
Avatar photo Robert Ham

For all our complaints about music streaming platforms, you could argue that they deserve a little credit for revealing the flimsiness of our once-rigid borders around music styles. The breakdown of those genre walls has been felt far beyond playlists and record collections and now ripples even deeper into the lineups of genre-specific events like […]

Posted inSports Talk

The Portland Trail Blazers Aren’t Good at Basketball (Relative to the Standard of an NBA Team)

How Blazers fans can seek the future in the ruin. 
Avatar photo Corbin Smith

The question “Why is this basketball team bad?” can make for some very complicated answers. Mismatched or redundant personnel, poor coaching, crummy work environment, archaic tactical makeup, “Bad Vibes”… all these things require lengthy explanations, but are still real, terrible reasons why your team can be sinking into the ocean.  What a blessing for an […]

Posted inThe Trash Report

THE TRASH REPORT: Celebrity Flames (Not the Fun Kind), a Nepo Baby King, and Guess Who’s Bringing SexyBike?

Get your weekly dose of garbage-y, gossip-y trash!
Avatar photo Elinor Jones

Hi everyone! Welcome back to the Trash Report. I’m your girl, Elinor Jones. Now usually I like to start my column with a little check-in about how I’m feeling, so I’m sure you can understand me this week when I say: “not well, bitch.” Things are bleak, y’all. In my household, Dry January has morphed […]

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