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Don’t subject yourself to a boring week! We’re recommending plenty of events worth your precious time and hard-earned money, like concerts from Clairo and Conan Gray to talks from Chuck Palahniuk and Amy Tan, and more. LIVE MUSIC PJ HarveyI saw PJ Harvey back in 2016 while she was supporting her ninth album, The Hope […]
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 […]
Dive into fall this weekend with frugal festivities that won’t break the bank, from Trail Blazers Fan Fest and Fall Harvest Fest at Topaz Farm to Portland Greek Festival and Portland Mercury’s Wing Week 2024. For more ideas, check out our roundup of the top events of the week and our guide to fall festivities. Jump to: Friday […]
Alt-rock brothers The Driver Era have dropped dates for their Obsession tour. Legitimately talented nepo baby Maya Hawke—who you might know from Netflix’s Stranger Things—will also bring her indie folk project to Portland next year. Plus, singer-songwriter Joy Oladokun has announced a local stop on her Blackbird tour next spring. Read on for details on […]
The Portland Auditor’s Office is issuing Rene Gonzalez’s campaign a warning letter after the campaign displayed a campaign sign without disclosing who paid for the political sign. In response to a Sept. 2 complaint submitted to the Elections Division about the non-conforming sign near the Vista Bridge in Southwest Portland, the Auditor’s Office concluded it […]
I work as a vendor in one of the big grocery stores. Not one of the blue ones. They have been doing a lot of remodeling and the main bathrooms have been closed for both workers and the public. There are portable bathrooms outside, but they are not usually open until after 7am. Sometimes later […]
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 […]
…and you don’t want your car towed… GET IN IT… Oregon prohibits, forbids, has outlawed towing a vehicle with someone in it. Better still the city regulates what a tow truck driver can charge to unhook your car (the “drop fee”). Now the nice, polite, genuinely concerned tow truck driver will be more than happy […]
The Portland Auditor’s Office is reevaluating the circumstances surrounding City Commissioner Rene Gonzalez’s use of taxpayer funds to edit his Wikipedia page. Last month, the Auditor’s Office announced that despite “an exceedingly close call” it didn’t find enough evidence to suggest Gonzalez, who is running for mayor, violated Portland’s campaign finance laws by using taxpayer […]
Portland Opera’s 60th season finds the eminent arts institution at a fulcrum. In recent months, it sold the Hampton Opera Center, the organization’s homebase for over two decades, and now it’s deeply embroiled in ongoing discussions about the future of the Keller Auditorium. It’s little wonder then that the company has kept its impressive anniversary […]
Patty Roberts grew up as the daughter of a preacher in the Church of Christ. That meant she and her family moved around a lot growing up—Texas, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and, finally, all the way across the country to Eugene. It was early summer in 1966, and Patty was 14 years old, about to enter […]
Y’all seem to be sleeping on Pasar. And I admit, I did too: This affordable Indonesian snack of a shop on Northeast Alberta has actually been open since the end of last year, and it took me far too long to go in. Thankfully, the bright spicy sambals, stir-fried pickled mustard greens, and crispy, deep-fried […]
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