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Posted inMusic
Oregon Music Hall of Fame Honors New Inductees While Looking to the Future
The event will honor inductees including Portugal. The Man, Yob, Mary-Sue Tobin, and Jim Brunberg.
On Saturday, Oct. 11, music luminaries from across the state will congregate at Aladdin Theater to formally honor the Oregon Music Hall of Fame’s 2025 inductees. The Oregon Music Hall of Fame’s, or OMHOF’s, volunteer board elects singers, instrumentalists, engineers, and other music industry professionals and contributors. OMHOF annually anoints an “Artist of the Year” […]
Posted inBikes
Portland’s Emergency World Naked Bike Ride Location Released
“This ride is clothing optional.” organizers say. “It’s your choice how much or little you wear.”
Suzette Smith
Posted inGood Morning, News!
Good Morning, News: Oregon State Rep. Hòa Nguyễn Has Died at 41, Portland Man Asks Restorative Justice: One Bottle of Baja Blast Mountain Dew
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: Get out your booties, ‘brellas, and clear ponchos, Portland. We’re looking at a rainy weekend. Temps are unlikely to crack […]
Posted inNews
ICE Targets Chicago’s Homeless Community
Plus, law enforcement attempts to stifle free speech, and barring the feds from making arrests at the county courthouse.
[This roundup of news about ICE and the incursion of federal agents and troops in Chicago comes from our sister paper, the Chicago Reader—eds.] Feds target unhoused Chicagoans Since September, at least six unhoused Chicagoans have been abducted by federal agents. That number is likely higher, but the social invisibility and isolation already faced by […]
Posted inFree Tickets!
FREE TICKETS THURSDAY: Enter to Win Free Tix to See Purity Ring, Superchunk, Boyish, 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 making […]
Posted inPop Quiz PDX
POP QUIZ PDX: Trump Fails TWICE, “Antifa” Cops, and “ICE, ICE Barbie”!
See how well YOU score on this week’s “war ravaged” trivia quiz!
CALLING ALL SMARTY BOTTOMS! 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 we’ll be testing your knowledge on this verrrrrry busy week in “war ravaged” Portland, including Trump’s multiple failures, “antifa” judges and cops, and a […]
Posted inGood Morning, News!
Good Morning, News: Portland Troop Deployment Goes to Court Again, Oregon General Steps Up for PDX, and Dolly Parton is Okay, Y’all!
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 […]
Posted inTheater & Performance
Paradise Blue Is a Story of Displacement Told as Noir
An ensemble cast at Portland Playhouse does it justice.
Suzette Smith
Posted inNews
Portland-Area Kaiser Permanente Workers Could Strike as Soon as Next Week
Thousands of employees voted to strike if the health care workers can’t reach a labor agreement with Kaiser before Tuesday.
Healthcare workers at Kaiser Permanente in Oregon and Southwest Washington are set to strike for five days beginning next Tuesday if they are unable to reach a contract agreement with the care consortium. The Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals (OFNHP), which represents around 4,000 Kaiser employees, announced last month that 97 percent of […]
Posted inHear In Portland
Hear In Portland: Cosmos Dark at Improvisational Summit Portland, Thunderous Pussy, and a Legendary John
Read all about what’s on the music forecast, Hear In Portland.
Greetings, residents of this war-ravaged city! With all the things going on around the world, in this country, and in Portland specifically, it’s admittedly hard—even for me, this column’s author—to focus on pleasures like art and music in a time when authoritarianism is rapidly infecting our society’s institutions, all while our city is being occupied […]
Posted inGood Morning, News!
Good Morning, News: Kristi Noem Thinks We’re Idiots, Feds Get Sued For Excessive Force During Protests, and Portlanders Can Snag Free Trees For Their Yards
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 […]