A Million Dead-End Streets
by Anonymous I'm sitting in my neighborhood coffee shop, contemplating the half hearted "third wave coffee"/wood panel redesign that never really took, thinking back to 15 years ago when the Pacific...
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Two City Documents Dictate Opposing Fates for Right 2 Dream Too
by Dirk VanderHart K. MarieRight 2 Dream Too's uncertain future could be decided by two weirdly contradictory city documents. As first reported by the Mercury, the respected homeless rest area last...
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Portland Mercury's Highball Drink Recipes Are Here: Home, A Bar, Iconic,...
by Mercury Staff It’s almost time for... HIGHBALL!Brace yourself for over 40 specially crafted cocktails… for only $5 each!All of the tantalizing drink recipes are available online! Check out what...
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This Month Marks the 20th Anniversary of Portland’s Jackpot! Recording Studio
by Morgan Troper JACKPOT! Ka-ching.Jackpot!LIKE COUNTLESS studios past and present, Portland’s Jackpot! Recording Studio began in a basement. That, however, changed quickly.Larry Crane founded his...
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Ash Street Saloon Will Close Sometime Before 2018
by Ned Lannamann The end is in sight for the Ash Street Saloon. The downtown bar/venue—which hosts live music almost every night of the week, often featuring emerging local bands—will reach the end of...
View ArticlePortland, The City that Works?
by Anonymous This city has a huge pothole problem, and I don't see much of anything being done to rectify it. Sure, I'm aware of the recent snow storm damage, but what about the damage and danger the...
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PANIC! 100 Tickets Released for the Sold Out HELL NO! Benefit Show With...
by Bri Brey HELL YES! Grab your credit cards! 100 more tickets were just released to the sold out HELL NO! benefit show at the Crystal Ballroom this Sunday featuring short sets from the absolute best...
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Trump Is Trying to Cut Arts Funding. But Are You Really Surprised?
by Katie Herzog The arts, what a snore...WIN MCNAMEE / GETTYThis is a city that loves its public media [editor's note: this piece was written in Seattle]. Nearly every cab driver around town seems to...
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Savage Love Letter of the Day: Overcoming Abuse & Finding Partners Who Aren’t...
by Dan Savage Do you have any advice on how to develop healthy sexual boundaries when you have a long history of people not letting you?I was sexually abused by a relative starting when I was a child...
View ArticleWhite House: Yeah, We're Going To Go After Legal Pot
by Dan Savage Politico:White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Thursday that he expects states to see “greater enforcement” of the federal law against marijuana use, a move that would be at odds...
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Good Morning, News: Recreational Pot Imperiled, Additives in Your Water, and...
by Dirk VanderHart KSUSHACHMEISTERSmoke 'em while you've got 'em, folks. The White House is strongly hinting it'll crack down on recreational marijuana laws like Oregon's—partly because there's an...
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Things To Do This Weekend: February 24-26
by Mercury Staff Looks like this weekend is going to be a wild one. I mean, it's not every Friday that Chicano Batman swings through. Portland's hip-hop community comes together to celebrate an...
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Timbers Captain Ridgewell Primed For Vital Role in 2017
by Abe Asher Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland TimbersWhen Liam Ridgewell started playing professional soccer in 2002, Nat Borchers, his center back partner for the Portland Timbers' 2015 MLS Cup run, was a...
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UPDATE: Lake O Pro-Trump March Gets Its Own Counter Protest
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Trump supporter on Inauguration DaySpencer Platt / GettyYesterday I shared with you the news about a Lake Oswego businessman (Kevin "the Geek" Kerwin) who hates liberals, Bruce...
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Savage Love Letter of the Day: What Does “Vanilla” Even Mean?
by Dan Savage I've been single now for a little over a year and a half, after getting out of a ten-year marriage. For most of this time I've been low-key FWB with a super hot and reasonably kind and...
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Don't Miss Arthouse Favorite The Red Turtle THIS TURTLE WILL KILL US ALL
by Marc Mohan The Red Turtle is the latest movie from Studio Ghibli, and if there’s one thing film critics are more tired of than that Inception trumpet blare, it’s explaining what Studio Ghibli is...
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Miya Folick Wrote One of the Catchiest Songs of 2016—Tonight She Plays the...
by Ciara Dolan MIYA FOLICK Fri 2/24 High Water MarkANIKA NORRGARDLos Angeles’ Miya Folick wrote one of 2016’s catchiest songs: “Pet Body,” three near-perfect minutes of snarling pop released as a...
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Portland Mercury's Highball Drink Recipes Are Here: Lightning Will,...
by Mercury Staff It’s almost time for... HIGHBALL!Brace yourself for over 40 specially crafted cocktails… for only $5 each!All of the tantalizing drink recipes are available online! Check out what...
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Two Charged With Setting Fire to Cleveland High School After Posting Videos...
by Doug Brown Cleveland High SchoolGoogle MapsJust a quick tip for all you would-be criminals: Don't take videos while you're committing felonies and, especially, don't post them on social media....
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Witches Across the Country Will Cast a Spell on You-Know-Who Tonight
by Megan Burbank You've fucked with the wrong magic community, Donald Trump.Getty / VeraPetrukThis morning, I heard a rumor from witch-adjacent friends that covens across the country plan to put a...
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