Same Alibi, Different Drinks
Singing along with the Alibi remodel. by Thomas Ross If there’s a stretch of Portland that feels its age no matter how much new construction comes in, it’s North Interstate. Part of the road’s charm...
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“You all suck hard. I’m including you, transplants.” by Anonymous You all suck hard. I’m including you, transplants, and I wouldn’t dare forget you shitty Washingtonians who drive over the river....
View ArticleThe Party Review
A broke comic attends a party several rungs up the social ladder. by Daniel Martin Austin I recently started driving for a certain ride share company, and while Friday nights are prime moneymaking...
View ArticleLetters to the Editor
“Thank you, Trump, for giving us the face of pure evil. Now prepare to burn in hell.” THE DEMOLITIONS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MORALE IMPROVES“The end is in sight for the Ash Street Saloon,” wrote Senior...
View ArticleFrom Slacktivism to Activism
Resistance events for the week of March 1–7. by Emilly Prado WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1A Home for Adelante Mujeres: Party for a Good CauseAdelante Mujeres is a non-profit based in Forest Grove that serves...
View ArticleGeek Out and Get Woke with These Essential Podcasts
From Whiskey Sour Feelings Hour to Pod Save America, Here’s What’s Keeping Us Sane by Jenni Moore When the world’s on fire, it can be difficult to remember we’re living in a golden age of podcasting....
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Good Morning, News: Happy Women's History Month, and Trump Proves He Can Read...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! What's it gonna be? 'Cause I can't pretend. Don't you wanna be more than friends? Hold me tight and don't let go. LET'S GO TO PRESS.According to an...
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Meet Your 2017 Portland Timbers
by Abe Asher Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland TimbersThe Portland Timbers will open their seventh MLS season on Friday night in front of a national television audience at Providence Park against Minnesota...
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Life Is Pain, and You Should Go See Logan
by Erik Henriksen Superhero movies are graded on a curve—even in the midst of the best ones, we look past the genre’s failings. We’re willing to sit through another dull origin story to see likeable...
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Weed Delivery Ring of New York Models Indicates the Racial Divide in Cannabis...
by Josh Jardine GETTY / CHRISTINA HEMPFLING(Caveat: I’m a fortysomething white guy. I mention that because this week’s column involves women, minorities, and cannabis. This means that two out of the...
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Anger Over the Police Shooting of Teen Quanice Hayes Spills Into Portland...
by Dirk VanderHart Demonstrators chant for justice in the death of Quanice Hayes at Portland City Council's Wednesday meeting. Dirk VanderHartLingering questions and outrage over the February 9 police...
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Corin Tucker and Peter Buck's Band Filthy Friends Announce Their Debut Single
by Ned Lannamann Vivian JohnsonLast night's The Best Show with Tom Scharpling premiered a new song from a rising area band. "Any Kind of Crowd" comes from Filthy Friends, a new Portland-based band...
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A Review of Trump’s First Address to Congress: A Fruit Loop Necklace of...
by Massoud Hayoun This really happened.Getty Images“He’s getting great reviews,” Wolf Blitzer said on CNN after Donald Trump’s address to Congress Tuesday. I suppose this makes my review a hot take.To...
View ArticleI Can't Believe We Have To Remind You People
by Anonymous Yeah, all right - I heard the speech our So-Called President made last night. Yeah, all right - it sounded "positive". But sounding positive and being positive are two totally different...
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Sinkane's New Album Is a Defiant Call to Celebrate
by Santi Elijah Holley SINKANE His new album is a defiant call to party and celebrate.ADAM TETZLOFFIt’s still unclear how our art, literature, and music will be shaped by America’s new administration....
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Ask a Pot Lawyer: Spicer's Comments and the Congressional Cannabis Caucus
by Sean Clancy GETTY / MARIA KOMRAKOVADear Pot Lawyer,Melissa McCarthy Spicer said there could be a federal crackdown on recreational marijuana! Is this true?White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer...
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Portland Mercury's Highball Drink Recipes Are Here: Smokehouse Tavern, The...
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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Savage Love Letter of the Day: Straight Uncle Offers Trans Nephew A Summer in...
by Dan Savage My wife and I live in a big city. We have two very small kids. We have lots of friends in the LGBTQ community. My sister (and her ex-husband) live in a small town. Their biological...
View ArticleMy Rapist, The Transplant
by Anonymous I wasn't immediately sure when I first saw you, even though you had the same color hair and missing tooth that I remembered from 14 years ago, so I looked up your name on Facebook, and...
View ArticleLet Me Do My Effing Job
by Anonymous I don’t care if you have lived in your house for the last 50 years or you were here just 2 weeks ago, or my favorite I just gave that information to the other clinic ( guess what we are...
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