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Get Tickets Quick! The Undisputable Geniuses of Comedy Show Is THIS FRIDAY, March 27!

Featuring hosts Adam Pasi and Nariko Ott, Portland’s best stand-ups, and super special guest Matt Braunger! 😍
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Let’s celebrate, because… IT’S BACK! The biggest night of Portland comedy is returning to Revolution Hall this coming Friday, March 27!  You like laughing your guts out, right? Then you won’t want to miss the Portland Mercury’s Undisputable Geniuses of Comedy 2026, featuring Portland’s funniest people (and hilarious up-and-comers) all on one stage. Stand-up comedians, […]

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The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Portland This Weekend: Mar 20–22, 2026

PDX Pop Now! & Friends of Noise Joint Benefit Show, Trans Rights Readathon Reading Party, and More Cheap & Easy Events Under $20
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We made it y’all, today’s the first day of spring. Emerge from your winter cave for cheap and cheerful events from a PDX Pop Now! & Friends of Noise Joint Benefit Show to PISS / Kill Michael / Nonbinary Girlfriend / Hound and from Dream House’s Trans Rights Readathon Reading Party to a Pop-Punk of the […]

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Ticket Alert: Bleachers, Maren Morris, and More Portland Events Going On Sale This Week

Plus, Slayyyter and More Event Updates for March 19
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Which shows will you add to your concert calendar? Pop-rock band Bleachers will stop in Bend to support their forthcoming album Everyone for Ten Minutes. Country pop darling Maren Morris brings her dreamGIRL tour to Forest Grove this summer. Plus, electropop artist Slayyyter visits Portland on her Worst Girl in America Tour. Read on for details […]

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The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Portland This Weekend: Mar 13–15, 2026

CSA Share Fair, St. Patrick’s Day Parade, and More Cheap & Easy Events Under $20
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It’s gonna be a soggy weekend, but you shouldn’t let a little rain stop you from heading to events like the St. Patrick‘s Day Parade and Wonderlove’s St. Patrick’s Festival, and from the CSA Share Fair to an Academy Awards Watch Party hosted by Poison Waters. Plus, you can get a Friday the 13th flash […]

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Ticket Alert: Grupo Frontera, Yebba, and More Portland Events Going On Sale This Week

Plus, AJR and More Event Updates for March 12
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It’s time to put your “fun” budget to work with the latest round of show announcements. Latin Grammy winners Grupo Frontera bring regional Mexican songs to Portland. R&B singer Yebba supports her recently released sophomore album on her first headlining tour. Plus, indie pop trio AJR will say What No One’s Thinking at the Bend […]

Posted inFood

Last Chance: Enjoy the Delicious Fun of the Mercury’s SANDWICH WEEK! 🥪

A week of creative, one-of-a-kind sammies from Portland’s best sandwich artists—but hurry… it ends today, Sunday March 8!
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IT’S A FACT: Sandwiches are the best. You can eat them for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. And thankfully, it’s time to celebrate this feat of ingenuity with the Portland Mercury‘s Sandwich Week! (Big thanks and “what’s up!” to our pals at Jim Beam and Travel Portland for their help.) But you better hurry, because today Sunday […]

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The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Portland This Weekend: Mar 6–8, 2026

Portland Small Press & Art Book Fair, Lunar New Year Dragon Dance and Celebration, and More Cheap & Easy Events Under $20
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Ready for the time jump that is spring forward this Sunday? Before Monday’s rough wake up call, spend time at weekend events from the Portland Small Press & Art Book Fair to Cargo’s Global Day of Unplugging Portland Style and from the 10th Annual Lunar New Year Dragon Dance and Celebration to the Portland Mercury’s Sandwich Week. […]

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Ticket Alert: Joji, Gorillaz, and More Portland Events Going On Sale

Plus, Charley Crockett and More Event Updates for March 5
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We’re serving up another fresh batch of tickets. Lo-fi R&B singer Joji will support his recently released album, Piss in the Wind, on tour. English virtual band Gorillaz winds down the North American leg of their Mountain Tour in Portland. Plus, modern-day cowboy Charley Crockett plays a show on the Edgefield lawn this summer. ON […]

Posted inOpinion

THE BLACK BYLINE: Portland Police Union Insults Our Intelligence

Attempts by the police to steal clean energy money fits into an ongoing pattern. 
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An attempt by Portland Police to recolor the thin blue line to green was gently swatted down this week by a Multnomah County judge. The Coalition of Communities of Color mounted a legal challenge against a Portland Police union-backed ballot initiative that would divert 25 percent of the monies from the groundbreaking climate initiative, Portland […]

Posted inGood Morning, News!

Good Morning, News: Detention Facility Fee Shenanigans, Hip New Moda Center $$$, Mamdani Gets Trump to Release Student AND Housing $$$, Clintons Questioned Over Epstein

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If you appreciate the Mercury‘s interesting and useful news & culture reporting, consider making a small monthly contribution to support our editorial team. Your donation is tax-deductible. You can also subscribe and have our papers delivered! Good Morning, Portland: It is beautiful out today and we at the Mercury hope you get to enjoy it one […]

Posted inSavage Love

SAVAGE LOVE: Out With It

“I had an affair with our mutual boss a long time ago… does my hubby need to know?”
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I have a complicated question. I’m a woman in my 30s who has been married for a few years to my husband. We are very much in love and have a wonderful relationship. We met when I was in college, and worked at the same place together. Eventually, we became friends. We maintained a long-distance […]

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SAVAGE LOVE: Thirds

Dan tackles the eternal question: Open up a relationship, or slam that door shut forever?
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My partner and I are both AFAB nonbinary queers in our mid-30s and have been together a long time. We don’t believe lifelong monogamy is realistic. We even started our relationship practicing ethical non-monogamy, then defaulted to monogamy for many years. We now have two very young children and are planning a third in the […]

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