If you appreciate the Mercury‘s interesting and useful news & culture reporting, consider making a small monthly contribution to support our editorial team. Your donation is tax-deductible. You can also subscribe and have our papers delivered! Good Morning, Portland! It’s going to be a cold, cold weekend, so please bundle up and watch out for your neighbors. Let’s get […]
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The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Portland This Weekend: Jan 23–25, 2026
Wonderlove Winter Wellness Weekend, Portland Record Show, and More Cheap & Easy Events Under $20
The sun’ll come out this weekend, so you should, too. Check out cheap and easy events from Wonderlove’s Winter Wellness Weekend to the Rose City Science Fiction and Fantasy WinterCon and from The Portland Record Show to the Portland Fine Print Fair. Browse our weekly top picks for more suggestions. FRIDAY LIVE MUSIC UTILITY: In-Store […]
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Ticket Alert: Audrey Hobert, Lord Huron, and More Portland Events Going On Sale This Week
Plus, Oh Wonder and More Event Updates for January 22
If the dreary January weather’s got you down, find something fun to look forward to in our rundown of this week’s newly announced events. “Sue Me” singer Audrey Hobert climbs the staircase to stardom during her spring tour. Folk rockers Lord Huron head back to Bend this summer. Plus, British husband-and-wife duo Oh Wonder bring […]
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Portland Officers Who Clashed With Anti-ICE Protesters Identified
Officer who was filmed punching a protester on January 9 was previously named in a lawsuit stemming from a 2020 protest. Another officer was reassigned after recent remarks made on camera triggered complaints and internal review.
A Portland Police officer who was filmed punching a protester earlier this month during an anti-ICE protest was also named in a lawsuit years earlier by a different protester who was injured by police. Records obtained by the Mercury indicate Tyler Brunelle was the officer recorded using force on a protester who was already on […]
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FREE TICKETS THURSDAY: Win Tix to Todd Barry, Drink The Sea, Weakened Friends, and MORE!
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 […]
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POP QUIZ PDX: How Much Do YOU Know About Portland? And Oregon? And Disposing of a Dead Body?
See how well you score on this week’s super fun and sassy local trivia quiz!
GREETINGS, BRAINY PANTS! 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 this week, since I’m going on a well-deserved vacation, I’ve gathered together some of the BEST past Pop Quiz questions to see how much YOU know about […]
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Good Morning, News: Portland Restaurants in the James Beard Semifinals, Higher Court Allows Feds to Tear Gas Protesters in Minnesota, and No Metal Detectors at Downtown Library
If you appreciate the Mercury‘s interesting and useful news & culture reporting, consider making a small monthly contribution to support our editorial team. Your donation is tax-deductible. You can also subscribe and have our papers delivered! Good Morning, Portland! The cold continues this week and into next with low lows of 24 and 25 degrees possible. When it gets […]
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Spectators and Players, Portland Is a Ping-Pong Town
Major League Table Tennis matches make it clear: The hype for ping-pong shouldn’t end at Marty Supreme.
There’s a scene in the recent hit movie Marty Supreme in which Marty Mauser (Timothée Chalamet), an American table tennis champion and inveterate liar getting by on the skin of his teeth in post-WWII America, is seeking capital from a wealthy man, hoping to grow the game he loves and his own prestige. At one […]
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Art Snack: Vegan Paczki Promises, Frog Brigade Franchises
This week in Portland art and culture news, two reopenings and a barbeque.
Welcome to Art Snack. This round-up is a continuation of a newsletter I wrote during the pandemic, which started out focused on remote art before softly transitioning to short updates on local arts and culture scene happenings. The idea was: Would you like a short, digestible culture news snack? Portland’s arts and culture scene has […]
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Good Morning, News: Woodburn Activists Successfully Thwart ICE, Usha Vance is Preggers, and Trump Delivers Racist Tirade
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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Good Morning, News: Shooting in Sullivan’s Gulch Sends Two Police Officers to the Hospital, Greenland and Catholics Rebuke Trump, and Minneapolis Fights Back Against ICE Takeover
The Mercury provides news and fun every single day—but your help is essential. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution, because without you, there is no us. Thanks for your support! Good morning, Portland! Weather today: High of 46 degrees and partly cloudy. […]
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The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for January 19-25
This week: Fancy seafood, fine prints, and indie rock mainstays the Antlers.
The word “January” developed from the Latin word Ianuarius or “Janus,” referring to an ancient Roman diety associated with beginnings, transitions, and passageways. In other words, January is about deciding how you want to walk through the door. So, let’s get to it. If you have the day off work on January 19, why not use […]