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This week, we’re delving into a few new fancy dining destinations, including a Las Vegas-born izakaya, a locally minded neighborhood spot from the team behind Abbey Road Farm, and a wood-fired Italian steakhouse from a Top Chef star. Plus, learn about an upcoming barbecue cart and a stylish supper club. For more ideas, check out […]
For years Portland Police Bureau has cooperated with the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF), but with a new federal administration intent on broadening the JTTF’s scope and power, city leaders are uneasy about PPB’s arrangement. What seemed like a routine annual report to City Council sparked a broad discussion Wednesday about racism, immigration, surveillance, […]
Whether your weekend’s slightly busy or wide open, we’re suggesting some cheap and easy events worth your time, from Zwickelmania to J. Graves and from a Printer Party at Sonny’s House to And Still We Rise: Fundraiser Supporting the Trans Community. For more ideas, check out our roundup of this week’s top events. FRIDAY FILM […]
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. Good Morning, Portland! Get excited about sandwiches because the Mercury‘s Sandwich Week returns in early March. I have nothing to do with the food weeks—send your compliments to sales—but I do like a […]
The last time the Portland Timbers took the field for a competitive match, they suffered what was easily among the most humiliating defeats in club history: a 5-0 drubbing, at home, in a playoff game, against a Vancouver Whitecaps team that was about to fire its coach. On Sunday afternoon, February 23, the Timbers will […]
Another week, another batch of ticket drops: Pop chameleon Halsey will perform her “last trick” at Cascades Amphitheater this summer. Folk-pop duo the Lumineers bring their Automatic world tour to Bend over two nights in August. Plus, alt-rock tearjerkers the Fray will hit the road in honor of the 20th anniversary of their debut album […]
Depending on how one wants to categorize ground chuck, at least two people in The Monkey are ground into it. The first is the victim of a horse stampede, and the other becomes a meaty mess via lawnmower. We learn about the former when a sleeping bag is casually overturned, slopping out smushed man-oatmeal. The […]
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 […]
HEY, SMARTY BUTT! It’s time once again to put your brainy-brain to the test with this week’s edition of POP QUIZ PDX—our weekly, local, sassy-ass trivia quiz. And in this edition, we’re testing your knowledge on a variety of topics including Hollywood sequels of Oregon-made movies, creative expletives to shout at Trump, and a nice […]
News from Pickathon HQ over the past year has been almost entirely positive. The 2024 edition of the festival was another success thanks to killer performances from another impressively diverse lineup that included Bonnie “Prince” Billy, jazz explorers Irreversible Entanglements, psych rockers JJUUJJUU, and folky singer-songwriters Jess Williamson and Joanna Sternbert. Additionally, the fest’s organizers […]
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Welcome to the (re)launch of Mercury Music Picks! Every week we’ll sift through the sea of concerts, gigs, and shows to let you know what’s really good in Portland. This week we’ve got three(!) local artists hosting album release gigs and the Queen of Neo Soul, Erykah Badu, pulling up to town. See you in […]
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