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Ticket Alert: Kane Brown, Erykah Badu, and More Portland Events Going On Sale This Week

Plus, Jimmy O. Yang and More Event Updates for October 17
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Country superstar Kane Brown will take the high road to Portland next spring. R&B queen Erykah Badu will play the Moda Center as part of the 2025 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival. Plus, actor-comedian Jimmy O. Yang is bringing his latest stand-up tour, Big & Tall, to the Schnitz. Read on for details on those and […]

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FREE TICKETS THURSDAY: Enter to Win Free Tix to See Nick Swardson, the Portland Book Festival, Jeffrey Martin, 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 […]

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Mercury Music Picks: Once Chance To See That At the Drive-In Doc in Portland

Erykah Badu headlines the 2025 PDX Jazz Festival, and we have NEW Haley Heynderickx songs—INCOMING!
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Do you ever have that thing where you’ve had a cold for a week and a half, but then you have to listen to At the Drive-In—just to make sure it still rules? I am here—wrapped up in a blanket burrito—fist-pumping this edition of Mercury Music Picks with the vigor of a one-armed scissor. In […]

Posted inElection Guide 2024

Street View: How Transportation is Shaping This Year’s Election

Many of this year’s City Council candidates can hold their own in wonky transportation spaces. Here’s how activists got in their ears, and what might come of it.
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Despite claims about the political influence of Portland’s all-powerful “bike lobby,” transportation issues have not been a top city priority for some time. This is partially evident from the ignorant rhetoric out of the current Portland City Council, but it’s also clear just from taking a look around the city: Portland officials have long neglected […]

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What to Expect From Portland’s New Government

How will Portland’s new crop of leaders tackle a revamped system and problems that have been building for decades?
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Portland City Council will never be the same. Literally.  You probably already know that voters will soon elect an entirely new legislative body to lead the city. Come January, Portland’s 12 new city councilors will represent four geographic districts, with three people from each district on City Council. A new city administrator will, along with […]

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Small Donors, Big Changes

With a Government Transition, More Candidates Tapped Into Public Campaign Funding Than Ever—Here’s How It Works.
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Portland has been helping fund campaigns for its city offices for years, and its impact this year has been especially significant: In an election with more than 100 candidates, the Small Donor Elections program has doled out more than a million dollars and served as a lifeline for candidates without the financial means to get […]

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Commissioning Change

How did Portland decide to adopt its unique commission form of government? You can blame a hurricane.
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After more than a century, Portland is transitioning away from a commission form of government. Compared to other major cities, it’s been an unusual method of governance, with each member of the Portland City Council running for at-large positions and then taking on roles as the head of different city bureaus. But it wasn’t always […]

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SAVAGE LOVE: Ace Space Case

“As a sex-repulsed asexual gay man, I feel alienated when I enter gay spaces like bars, parties, clubs.”
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I am a 28-year-old cisgender sex-repulsed asexual gay man. While some asexuals choose to have sex for the pleasure it provides their partner, sex-repulsed asexuals like me do not engage in sexual activity and do not wish to be exposed to it. As a sex-repulsed asexual gay man, I feel alienated when I enter gay […]

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Sisters of the Road Will Resume Property Search After Prior Purchase Falls Through

The organization’s executive director is departing as the nonprofit scraps plans to reopen its cafe in the former House of Louie building.
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Board members of Sisters of the Road are trying to pick up the pieces and plot a new path forward after a long-awaited building purchase fell through.  The nonprofit social justice organization had been fundraising to finalize the purchase of the building where former restaurant House of Louie used to serve up dim sum in […]

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What’s Wrong With the Dare?

This Portland indie heartfelt went full New York sleaze, and we’re dancing to it.
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Early on in F For Fake—Orson Welles’ famous 1973 pseudo-documentary about master art forger Elmyr de Hory—de Hory’s biographer says: “The important distinction to make when you’re talking about the genuine quality of a painting is not so much whether it is a real painting or a fake—it’s whether it’s a good fake or a […]

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Get Your Tix Now for the  Hilarious HALLOWEEN Edition of “Two Evils with Arlo & Kate!”

It’s audience vs. a special guest contestant in a devilishly fun game of good vs. evil—with special guest Ben Harkins! 😍
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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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The Top 44 Events in Portland This Week: Oct 14–20, 2024

Kehlani, Portland Film Festival, and More
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It’s just another manic Monday, but we’re here to sort out your weekly plans with event suggestions from Kehlani’s CRASH WORLD TOUR to André 3000: New Blue Sun Live In Concert and from the Portland Film Festival to Be a Revolution: An Evening with Ijeoma Oluo, and much more. MONDAY LIVE MUSIC André 3000: New […]

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