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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What Do You Do When You’re Lonesome Documents Justin Townes Earle’s Time in Portland
Music journalist Jonathan Bernstein first knew the singer-songwriter as a fan.
When Justin Townes Earle rolled into Portland in 2016, he had already lived a long life for a 34-year-old. Born in Nashville, Earle had been making music since he was a kid and earning plenty of comparisons to his father, country rabble-rouser Steve Earle, along the way. Determined to bust out of his father’s shadow, […]
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The Pickathon 2026 Music Lineup is Here!
Marcos Valle, Cosmic Tones Research Trio, Folk Bitch Trio, and more pull up to Pendarvis Farm, July 30 to August 2.
Nolan Parker
Posted inNews
Stopping the Slow Creep of ICE
Limited detention and transportation capacity have likely helped keep Oregon’s immigration detention rate among the nation’s lowest. But ICE may be trying to change that.
The beginning of 2026 has seen another surge of violence from immigration enforcement officers—including in Portland, where U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers shot two people in East Portland on January 8. In response to that shooting, which came just a day after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, […]
Posted inDo This, Do That
The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for January 26-February 1
Warm up with electropop, meta-theater, and flavor-packed wieners.
Guard your buns, because this Monday marks the beginning of the Mercury‘s Wiener Week! Plus, electropop and avant-garde musicians are coming to town, and did you know you can see a film at Laurelhurst Theater for only seven bones on Tuesdays? On a more serious note, if you’re in a blue mood due to… everything […]
Posted inThe Trash Report
THE TRASH REPORT: Feuds for Thought
It’s celebrities (and ICE) against each other and the world in this week’s gossip roundup!
Hey friends. I am writing this on Sunday. My daughter and I like to snuggle on the couch and watch dumb Instagram reels on my phone together on the weekends, and but yesterday ICE shot a man to death in Minneapolis, so I had turn my phone away from her to make sure a news […]
Posted inGood Morning, News!
Good Morning, News: The Border Patrol Murder of Alex Pretti, Oregon Nurses vs. ICE, and Kanye’s Full Page Apology
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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Legacy Emanuel Sends Cease and Desist to Nurses Union Over ICE Statements
Oregon Nurses Association previously spoke out about alleged patient privacy violations of ICE detainees who receive medical care at the Legacy facility.
Updated: 11:37 am January 25. Originally published: 2:55 pm January 23 This story has been updated with comment from Legacy Health. Attorneys for Legacy Emanuel Medical Center sent a cease and desist notice to the Oregon Nurses Association (ONA) on January 16, accusing the union of making “false and misleading statements” regarding the hospital’s policies […]
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YOUR SUNDAY READING LIST: Sketchy ICE Agents, Pushy Cops, and Table Tennis Is More Than Just Marty Supreme
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 […]
Posted inTheater & Performance
Caught in the Middle of Impact Play
At Performance Works NW, a new show from Genderbomb builds radical intimacy through kink. Are audiences prepared?
“What you witness at this show will be art made for the moment by people who aren’t so much putting on a play, but caught in the middle of play,” read the print program for Impact Play. Produced by trans stage art ensemble Genderbomb, the new anthology showcase of shorts, staged at Performance Works, seemed to […]
Posted inMusic
Singing All the Parts: The Vocal Dynamism of Portland’s Jimmie Herrod
The America’s Got Talent star goes pop with the Oregon Symphony.
Jenni Moore
Posted inVisual Art
What Wanders Through a Body?
At curious Portland gallery Lumber Room, corporeal works by Louise Bourgeois and Isabelle Albuquerque converse.
The myth of feminine hysteria didn’t start in a Victorian sanatorium. Long before Freud heard about it and thought it sounded super legit, ancient Greek doctors imagined the uterus as a restless “wandering womb,” traversing the body and wreaking emotional havoc. In The Wandering Womb at Lumber Room, Los Angeles-based artist Isabelle Albuquerque revives and digs […]