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UPDATE: Multnomah County to Open Two Additional Warming Shelters; Extend Hours During Winter Storm

No one will be turned away, and free rides are being offered to shelters.
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UPDATE FRIDAY FEB 14: Multnomah County officials have announced they will be extending the hours of all eight warming shelters currently in operation following yesterday’s winter storm. All shelters will remain open today (Friday, Feb 14), through at least 10 am tomorrow (Saturday, Feb 15). Officials are also looking for volunteers to help staff the […]

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FREE TICKETS THURSDAY: Enter to Win Free Tix to See Javier Zamora, J. Graves, Blind Pilot, 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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POP QUIZ PDX: Featuring… the Trump Firehose of FAILURE

Don’t miss this week’s super fun (and naughty) trivia quiz! See how well YOU score!
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CALLING ALL BRAINY BOTTOMS! 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 local sporty-sports, the death of my FAVORITE retail store, and Trump’s many failed […]

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Hear in Portland: Dreckig’s EP Release for Eclipse

Plus, a new concert series in a Portland laundry room and Lo Steele spends Valentine’s Day at the Fixin’ To!
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I’m not sure whether to say Happy Black History Month, Happy Valentine’s Day, or Happy Apocalypse, so I guess I’m saying all of the above. The world is cold, dark, and strange—and yet, we still need to find some joy in the madness. No matter what February 2025 has in store, at least we know […]

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Submit a FREE Mercury Reader’s Valentine for Your Sweetie!

Or friend, or sex pal, or pet… that’s up to you!
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Are you in love? In lust? In a complicated situationship that started because of a drunken and convenient New Year’s Eve kiss, but now you’re ready to take things to the next level by publicly declaring your adoration in the permanency of newsprint? Good news, the Mercury‘s reader Valentines are back, and you still have […]

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Gaming the System

Board game creators from across the Pacific Northwest descend on Portland to test (and hopefully realize) their design dreams.
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The board games most of us grew up with aren’t very good. Risk is sloppy, minimalistic, chance based, and it takes too long, Monopoly makes you a slave to dice rolls and outsized punitive nonsense. Battleship is an exercise in profound randomness—less a game than a way for time to structurally dribble away. The modern, […]

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PDX Live Concerts Take Over the Square Again This August

Featuring Jamie xx, returning favs the Roots, and beloved Portland band STRFKR!
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Welp, the team at True West have done it again, folks! Yesterday they dropped the full line-up of PDX Live shows they’ll be hosting at the the Square, AKA Pioneer Courthouse Square, in August, and it’s a real doozy, per usual. Find the line-up and ticket links below. If you’re even thinking about checking out […]

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SAVAGE LOVE: Low and Slow

“How do I stop pushing Daddies away with my neediness?”
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Dear Readers: When I open a column with “Dear Readers,” it’s usually to let you know I’m taking a week off. But this is a brand-new column! All new questions, all new answers. But I intentionally dug through the mail for relatively simple questions because I’m just fried from the news. So, if you wrote […]

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Say “I DO!” To Live Music and All-Nighters This Valentine’s Day Weekend

Queer hip-hop, black metal, and underground raves make for a packed V-Day weekend  in Portland!
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“Everyday the 14th!” or so claims Cupid Valentino, AKA André 3000, on one of the sexiest Outkast tracks out there. Saint Valentine’s Day falls on a Friday this year, an excellent excuse for Portland (and you) to pop off extra hard all weekend in a month that can otherwise feel a bit sleepy. There’s a […]

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The Top 45 Events in Portland This Week: Feb 10–16, 2025

Nikki Glaser, Mount Eerie, and More
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If your love language is quality time, then grab a special someone and bond at sensational events from Nikki Glaser: Alive And Unwell Tour to a talk with Masha Gessen and from Mount Eerie to Y La Bamba. For more ideas, check out our Valentine’s Day guide. MONDAY FILM MauriceHollywood Theatre’s Thank God It’s Queer […]

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THE TRASH REPORT: All’s Fair In Love and Trash

Ready to believe in love? Then don’t read this compendium of recent celebrity breakups!
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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.] What’s happening, hot stuffs? Welcome to this very special Trash Report for our LOVE/SEX issue. Some may say that love is a many-splendored thing. Others may say: love is a bitch. If you’re down and out […]

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YOUR SUNDAY READING LIST: Picket Line Scandals, City Sneaks Zenith In the Back Door, and a Very Deep Hole

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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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