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Posted inMovies & TV
What To Flirt To, What To Cry to at QDoc 2025
Portland’s queer documentary festival turns 17 with Bboys, house music, true crime, and Boy George’s enormous hat.
HR Smith
Say yes to the hot mess relationship that was the creative force behind Culture Club.
Posted inDating
Strangers in the Nights
How two singles nights are changing the way Portlanders are finding love, friendship, and hookups.
“Have you ever fallen for someone you weren’t initially attracted to?” asks a large laminated flashcard in the center of a tastefully distressed wood table. The table is in the back corner of the “music room” of the SoHo House member’s club, itself located in a fashionably distressed brick building hidden away in Southeast Portland. […]
Posted inTheater & Performance
Theater Review: In Dancing on the Sabbath, the Viewer Is the Villain
Shaking the Tree’s new Grimm fairy tale adaptation implicates its audience in a silent system of surveillance.
“I wonder what might have happened if we’d intervened,” an audience member mused at the end of Shaking the Tree’s latest production, Dancing on the Sabbath. At check-in, we’d received a note on letterhead from the Office of Royal Protection—its black logo depicting an eyeball wearing a crown—explaining we would surveil five misbehaving princesses through an […]
Posted inHear In Portland
Hear In Portland: Ural and Leon Thomas Pull Up, Wynne Releases New Mixtape
Read all about what’s on the music forecast, Hear In Portland.
Holy strong Portland, folks! I don’t have much to say other than: Be a good neighbor, keep resisting fascism at every level, and Happy Halloween! This week we’re looking forward to an Ural Thomas & the Pain 12-year anniversary show, as well as digging into Wynne’s new mixtape, and adding Leon Thomas’ December show to […]
Posted inGood Morning, News!
Good Morning, News: Hundreds of Thousands of Oregonians to Lose SNAP Benefits, Merkley Holds the Senate Floor, and Next Adventure’s Next Adventure
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. Today’s weather? Low 60s, a little sun. But there’s […]
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The ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ is Gutting Oregon’s SNAP Benefits
Sweeping eligibility changes take effect this month. Meanwhile, the government shutdown could leave hundreds of thousands of recipients with no benefits at all in November.
Tens of thousands of Oregonians may be at risk of going hungry due to Republican cuts in funding and changes in eligibility requirements for the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) taking effect this month—with the ongoing federal government shutdown imperiling benefits for thousands more. Right now, roughly one in six Oregonians—around 757,000 people—recieve SNAP benefits […]
Posted inThe Black Byline
THE BLACK BYLINE: The Drake v. Kendrick Verdict, and the Ghost of 2pac’s Hologram
Fighting for The Culture in a new era of hip-hop lawsuits and artificial intelligence.
[What follows is a new column from Donovan Scribes, a writer, producer, former VP of the Portland chapter of the NAACP, and the editor of the Mercury‘s print issue BlackOut: a 5 Year Retrospective of Portland’s Racial Justice Protests.—eds.] “No matter what these people say about me, my music doesn’t glorify any image. My music […]
Posted inGood Morning, News!
Good Morning, News: The Court Ruling Nobody Wanted, What’s Fueling the Portland Parks Levy, and Congressional Dems Vow to Investigate ICE
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! We’re in for a pleasant, mostly sunny day with a […]
Posted inTheater & Performance
Profile Theatre’s Witch Has Perfect Spooky Season Meets Fall of America Vibes
Playwright Jen Silverman reworks a classic 17th century drama for present day, declaring “no faux-period accents, please.”
TJ Acena
Posted inDo This, Do That
The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for October 20-26
This week: fresh cider, drive-in theater scares, and music for trees.
We’re more than halfway through October, otherwise known as the best month of the year, which is a bit devastating. But the air is still crisp, the frogs are still inflatable, and this week’s events reflect the city’s devotion to celebrating fall, despite [gestures wildly]. For one thing, you can cop fresh cider and scare […]
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Update: Oregon Calls For New Hearing After Appeals Court Rules National Guard Can Deploy to Portland
In a 2-1 decision, the 9th Circuit Court says the president has authority to deploy the military to Portland, amid ongoing protests at the ICE facility. The Oregon Attorney General’s Office wants the case reheard.
Updated: 5:02 pm October 20 The Oregon Attorney General’s Office is calling for a review by a full appeals court after the US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruled Monday that President Donald Trump can deploy the National Guard in Portland. The 9th Circuit ruling paves the way for the federal government to […]