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The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Portland This Weekend: Mar 28–30, 2025

Holi Festival of Colors, Reed Zine Fest, and More Cheap & Easy Events Under $15
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Now that you’ve survived the Great Portland Storm of 2025, it’s time to enjoy your weekend at events from the Holi Festival of Colors to NAYA’S Native Made Spring Marketplace and from the Reed Zine Fest to the Pacific Northwest Regional Yo-Yo Contest. For more ideas, check out our top picks of the week. LIVE […]

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Good Morning, News: More Bonkers Signal Chat Stuff, a Rare Oregon Orca Sighting, and Why Aren’t Portland Elementary Schools Retrofitted for Earthquakes?

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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.  Good Morning, Portland! And thank you to the people who took the time to send pHYsicAl MaiL to my boss about how much they like the Spring Arts […]

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Ticket Alert: Ethel Cain, Modest Mouse & The Flaming Lips, and More Portland Events Going On Sale This Week

Plus, Jonas Brothers and More Event Updates for March 27
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It’s time for tickets! Southern gothic singer-songwriter Ethel Cain will support her highly anticipated sophomore album on tour this summer. Modest Mouse & The Flaming Lips are scheduled to co-headline two nights at Edgefield. Plus, the Jonas Brothers’ Living the Dream tour will include sets with solo material, DNCE tracks, and more. Read on for […]

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With Tootsie, Stumptown Stages Leans Into Gender-Bending Roles and Progressive Themes

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Though unintentional, the 20th anniversary season of Stumptown Stages couldn’t be more perfectly timed for a repudiation of our current anti-trans, “ah yes, the two genders” political climate. Three of the productions undertaken by the local theater company are musicals that involve characters or portrayals that fall into that wonderfully fluid spectrum of sexuality. Kiss […]

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FREE TICKETS THURSDAY: Enter to Win Free Tix to See ManiFest, Steven Page, Stereophonics, 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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POP QUIZ PDX: Sassy-Ass Trivia About Bricks, Blossoms, and Your Very Disappointed Mom

See how well YOU score on this week’s super fun trivia quiz!
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LET’S GO, SMARTY TROUSERS! 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 in this edition, we’re testing your knowledge on a variety of topics including offensive bricks, bloomin’ blossoms, and… oh, no… your mom’s fave store is closing! […]

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Good Morning, News: A Storm Averted, a Tufts Student Snatched Off the Street, and Trump Goes After Oregon Food Bank

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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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Death of a Unicorn Asks: What If Unicorns Make Meat Out of YOU?

Combining the violence of grindhouse with the plot of a straight-to-video moral kid’s fantasy.
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Who is this film for? I wondered, as a monstrous computer-generated unicorn yanked out likewise generated entrails with its pointy horn and tossed them into the air. Watching Death of a Unicorn felt like living the consequences of a late-night, stoned riff on that 2010 unicorn meat meme. The gist is: ”What if unicorns make […]

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Hear in Portland: Epic Upcoming Shows from Oh, Rose, Durand Bernarr, and a Wu-Tang Finale This Summer

Read all about what’s on the music forecast, Hear in Portland.
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Right now we’re seeing artists express complex feelings of guilt and shame for sharing their projects and career highlights on social media in a time where multiple waves of genocide, corruption, and the dismantling of our democracy are constantly splashing across our screens. However, I’d like to chime in and offer that now is when […]

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SAVAGE LOVE: Come and Go

“I had sex in a hot tub once… and it ruined my life.”
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I have a problem that I’m not sure can be solved. I’m a single gay man who hasn’t touched anybody for sixteen years. Yes, you read that right: I haven’t touched another person for sixteen years. Sit with that for a couple of moments. Most people don’t believe me. I did something stupid in 1998 […]

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Mercury Music Picks: MSC, James K., and Frank La Rocca’s Requiem for the Forgotten

Plus local album releases, a major punk venue relocation, and the Reed Zine Fest!
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It should come as no surprise that as the weather gets better, our calendars become more full. If there wasn’t so much to be done here at the Mercury, this round-up would be double what you see here before you today! That said, these shows are the cream of the absolute crop this week, trust. […]

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