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POP QUIZ PDX: The Biggest (and Most Annoying) Scandals of 2024!

Grasp your pearls, and see how well YOU score on this week’s scandalous quiz!
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HAPPY NEW YEAR, 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 special New Year’s edition, we’re testing your knowledge about the most SCANDALOUS events of 2024! So prepare to grasp your pearls in shock […]

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Good Morning, News: Ducks Get Tailfeathers Kicked, Gonzalez Threatens City with Lawsuit, and a Trump-Related Cybertruck Explosion

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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 […]

Posted inCulture

The Mercury’s Favorite Culture Moments of 2024

Doing something stupid in Ladds, dressing up for the movies, and finding catharsis at live shows, et al.
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We went out a lot this year. We saw bands, rode bikes, ate snacks—all the stuff of life. This list is a hodgepodge of experience, pulling from our culture writing team—who are drawing from both wider and ultra local scenes. This year, we saw PAM CUT join Hollywood Theatre and Clinton Street as a spot […]

Posted inThe Trash Report

THE TRASH REPORT: Ex-Presidents, Bad Gifts, and a Very Bad Flu

Let’s dip our paws into this week’s garbage can of hot gossip.
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Hello, my babies, and welcome back to the Trash Report! It’s your girl, Elinor Jones, blissfully full of nog and rest. Happy belated war on Christmas to every last one of you. I know, I know—I’ve been coasting off reruns the past couple of weeks, but I’ve missed you very much so let’s make like […]

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Hear in Portland: Three Picks for Live New Year’s Eve Shows (That Are Not DJ Shadow)

Nonbinary Girlfriend and Kye Alive co-create a NYE Experience, and Black Belt Eagle Scout feels like a perfect kickoff to 2025.
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Close out 2024 with three NYE live music picks from Hear in Portland
• Kye Alive and Nonbinary Girlfriend co-host 2025 Alive!
• Plus, Black Belt Eagle Scout’s January show feels like a perfect kickoff to 2025

Posted inPop Quiz PDX

POP QUIZ PDX: The Best (and Worst) Bullshit of 2024!

See how much you remember about 2024 with our entertaining trivia quiz!
Avatar photo Wm. Steven Humphrey

HAPPY HOLIDAYS, BRAINIAC! 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 verrrry special year-end edition, we’re testing your knowledge on all the nutty bullshit that went down in 2024. Think you have a good memory? Well, […]

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Good Morning, News: Power Outages for Christmas, Homeless Bans Surge Nationwide, and the Beyoncé Halftime Show We Needed

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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 and […]

Posted inMovies & TV

The Mercury’s Favorite Movies of 2024

Film critic Dom Sinacola on his 10 favorite features of 2024 and where you can watch them.
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We asked our regular film critic Dom Sinacola to revisit his favorite films of 2024. Some he reviewed for us. Others are surprises! Some won’t actually open in Portland til 2025.

Everyone’s been talking about Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point like its the first watchable Xmas movie in decades. Our regular critic Dom Sinacola thinks its even better than that; he included it on his top ten list of films from this year.

We asked our regular film critic Dom Sinacola to revisit his favorite films of 2024. We honestly had no idea he liked Furiosa this much.

Posted inSavage Love

SAVAGE LOVE: Damaged Goods

A sudden onset of premature ejaculation has her wondering, “Will I ever be able to enjoyably ride my husband again?”
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My husband and I have been together fifteen years and been through pretty much all of the ups and downs sexually that a monogamous relationship offers. Two years ago, my husband was in an accident and broke his back. The accident resulted in some mild-to-moderate nerve damage to his legs and a newfound case of […]

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