Get Your Own Lunch, Trumpelstiltskin!
by Anonymous I just wanted to apologize to the poor folks who had to share eating space with me at Hollywood FM today. Ya see, I lunch on a fairly tight budget, and I like to experiment sometimes....
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by Ciara Dolan TACOCAT Best slumber party hosts ever.Michael LavineIN THE CULT TV series The X-Files, the nearby presence of UFOs causes an odd phenomenon. Symptoms include blinding white light, dead...
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by Mercury Staff Shin Godzilla Yes, Virginia: Japanese studio Toho's latest reboot of the iconic monster is a real Godzilla movie.Hollywood Theatre, 7pm, $9City of Weird Gigi Little, the editor of...
View ArticleCops and Black Lives Matter Protestors Clash Forcefully Outside Of City Hall...
by Dirk VanderHart Portland "cop watcher" Mike Bluehair is arrested during a prolonged clash with police in downtown Portland. Doug BrownPortland City Hall descended into bedlam this afternoon, as...
View ArticleOh Cool, Trump Supporters Are Now Just Openly Discussing Taking Away Women's...
by Megan Burbank Shockingly, women favor Hillary Clinton over a man who has bragged about sexual assault. SHOCKINGLY.ginosphotos via iStockAmid newly emerging Donald Trump sexual assault accusations,...
View ArticleAll Jane Comedy Fest Wrap-Up: Election Year Jokes and Rants Off/Dance Off
by Suzette Smith Barbara HolmSuzette SmithEarly on covering the All Jane Comedy Fest, I made a hash mark list in my notes of the times a comic sad-jawed over being single and lonely. I've noticed that...
View ArticleYou're Clearly A Noobie
by Anonymous I Saw you at Cycle Gear on October 12, and I'm always happy to see other women motorcyclists. I left before you did, and I remember in my rear view mirrors, seeing you cut off car after...
View ArticleGood morning, News: Protests and Arrests at City Hall
by Doug Brown Good morning, Portland. Do me a solid and click these links, please. October 12 outside City HallDoug BrownThe biggest news of the past day is that Portland City Council passed a...
View ArticleSavage Love Letter of the Day: Sonny and Overshare
by Dan Savage I volunteer at a phone service that people can call in if they are feeling suicidal or just having a bad day. We talk with them for a few minutes, listen to their feelings, no judgment....
View ArticleOur Sister Paper The Stranger Turned 25—Here's An Oral History of Their First...
by Amber Cortes Early days: (Left to right) Nancy Hartunian, Tim Keck, Dan Savage, Sean Hurley, James Sturm. Daniel HousmanThe following story was co-published with support from Longreads and its...
View ArticleUPDATED: Three Protestors Face Felony Charges After Yesterday's Clash With...
by Dirk VanderHart Jonny Perez, Robert West, and Sara LongMultnomah County Sheriff's OfficeBy the time the pepper spray, police, and protestors had dissipated from outside City Hall on Wednesday, 10...
View ArticleAnother Portland Chef To Compete On Upcoming Season Of Top Chef
by Andrea Damewood BJ Smith is kicking it into overdrive these days.Within the last two months, he's launched two new projects—Smokehouse Provisions in Vancouver and Kim Jong Smokehouse in Pine Street...
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by Mercury Staff Phone Call, Fringe Class, Rasheed Jamal, DJ Lamar LeRoy Often billed as an opener (as he is here), and impressing crowds as a guest performer, Rasheed Jamal is so underrated it’s...
View ArticleDonald Trump Clarifies: He Only Sexually Assaults Hot Women
by Dan Savage TPM:Donald Trump on Thursday attacked a former People Magazine reporter who alleged Trump forcibly kissed her while she was reporting at his Mar-a-Lago estate in 2005, implying that he...
View ArticleBob Dylan Doesn't Deserve the Nobel Prize In Literature and He Shouldn't Want It
by Rich Smith Obama awarding Dylan the Presidential Medal of Freedom for "exceptional meritorious service." Cannot argue with that. Rena Schild / Shutterstock.comBob Dylan just won the 2016 Nobel...
View ArticleThe New Micro Aggression
by Anonymous To every single one of you who frequent my favorite bar on foster: please stop with the fucking malted vinegar on your fries! When you dump that rotten shit on hot fries, it weaponizes...
View ArticleThis Week's Style Events
by Elizabeth Mollo The Yo StoreSarah Radcliffe, former proprietress of Yo Vintage! has re-launched her business with a new direction and name, The Yo Store. The Yo Store is a new shopping experience...
View ArticleThe New York Times' Legal Team to Trump: Come at Us. We'd Love It.
by Sydney Brownstone These pins were sold openly at the RNC. Y'all really didn't know Trump was running on the Rape Culture™ platform?The StrangerDonald Trump's attorneys have asked the New York Times...
View ArticleAs Trump Implodes, We're Finally Talking About Consequences for Sexual Assault
by Megan Burbank The national mood around sexual assault is changing. This is something the president will need to acknowledge when she takes office. KathyKafka via iStockThe Trump campaign's...
View ArticlePortland Hip-Hop Day Moved to Skype Live! Studio Due to Protests and Weather
by Jenni Moore MIC CRENSHAWPHOTO VIA WWW.MICCRENSHAW.COM.=After Portland police clashed with Don’t Shoot PDX protestors yesterday—which resulted in 10 arrests and countless protestors being...
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