If you’re reading this, you probably know the value of the Mercury’s news reporting, arts and culture coverage, event calendar, and the bevy of events we host throughout the year. The work we do helps our city shine, but we can’t do it without your support. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism […]
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Tall order asks from me to you because I love us
Please vote as if you want stress to become eradicated. Please vote as if a solution to gentrification is needed to be found. Don’t let the disaster capitalists continue to have the loudest voices in the room. Please vote to free us from private equity’s grip. Please vote that bouncing forward not resilience can become […]
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Good Morning, News: A Public Market for Portland, Local Leaders Fear Election Protests, and Trump Rewrites History (What Else is New?)
If you’re reading this, you probably know the value of the Mercury’s news reporting, arts and culture coverage, event calendar, and the bevy of events we host throughout the year. The work we do helps our city shine, but we can’t do it without your support. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism […]
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TONIGHT! It’s the HALLOWEEN Edition of “Two Evils with Arlo & Kate!”
It’s audience vs. a special guest Ben Harkins in a devilishly fun game of good vs. evil!
Who’s ready for a little EEEEVIL? Well, you’re in luck, because Mercury Geniuses of Comedy, Arlo Weierhauser and Kate Murphy, are your hosts for the most diabolical, hilarious, and EVIL live game show in town… TWO EVILS! Join Arlo and Kate (and Wm. Steven Humphrey from the Mercury as “the voice of God”) as they […]
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Good Morning, News: Trump Parody Statue Defiled, North Korea Gangs Up on Ukraine, and Daylight Saving Can’t End Soon Enough
If you’re reading this, you probably know the value of the Mercury’s news reporting, arts and culture coverage, event calendar, and the bevy of events we host throughout the year. The work we do helps our city shine, but we can’t do it without your support. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism […]
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Enter to WIN FREE TICKETS to See This Wednesday’s Halloween “TWO EVILS” Comedy Show!
With super special guest star (and Portland’s Funniest Person), BEN HARKINS! 😍
Are you looking for a hilarious, live comedy show where YOU can walk away with a fabulous PRIZE (or two)? Well, you’re in luck, because Mercury Geniuses of Comedy, Arlo Weierhauser and Kate Murphy, are your hosts for the most diabolical, hilarious, and EVIL live game show in town: TWO EVILS! Join Arlo and Kate […]
Posted inThe Trash Report
THE TRASH REPORT: A Special ELECTION TRASH Edition!
Time to rank your vote for the trashiest gossip of election season!
Hello there, and welcome to this very special Trash Report, which is all about elections! Listen, if shit goes south on election day and our constitutional rights to things like a free press are dissolved, then there will be no more cool newspapers like this one, so if you’re reading this in print, keep your […]
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Good Morning, News: Local Ballot Boxes Set on Fire, Jeff Bezos Caves In, and Trump Statue Appears Downtown
If you’re reading this, you probably know the value of the Mercury’s news reporting, arts and culture coverage, event calendar, and the bevy of events we host throughout the year. The work we do helps our city shine, but we can’t do it without your support. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism […]
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Missed Connection: Obscure Rapper
Me: tall, heels, purple. Anxiously shopping for dinner at the Freddy’s on Lombard. Essayist, sometimes called poetic. You: blonde, white jacket, green hoodie. Also shopping. Potentially hometown antihero Wynne, whose single Rug Burn has burned its way into my memory through bad date after bad date. I cannot relate when you say, “money puts me […]
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YOUR SUNDAY READING LIST: Gonzalez Obstructs Investigation, Let’s Get Wicked, and Your Top Picks for Halloween Fun! 👻
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 […]
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Good Morning, News: Carmen Rubio Investigation Finds “No Wrongdoings,” Rihanna Listening to Portland Singer on Repeat, and Remembering Unusually Tall Duck Long Boi
The Mercury provides its readers with interesting and useful news & culture reporting every single day. If you appreciate that, consider making a small monthly contribution to support our editorial team. If you read something you like, something you don’t like but are glad to know about, and/or something you can’t find anywhere else consider a one-time tip. It all goes in […]
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Ticket Alert: Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Rüfüs Du Sol, and More Portland Events Going On Sale
Plus, More Event Updates for October 24
Americana ensemble Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats has extended their South of Here tour into 2025, adding a Portland date. Aussie dance/electronic trio Rüfüs Du Sol is headed to Bend next summer. Plus, tickets for Tyler, The Creator‘s Chromakopia tour and country pop singer Kelsea Ballerini are going on sale next week. Read on […]