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Good Morning, News: A Murder in Gresham, Homelessness, and a Battle Over...
by Doug Brown Good morning, Portland. Here are some links to get your day started.Levi HastingsWe broke the news last week that the killer of a 19-year-old black man in Gresham had at least some...
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This Week's Style Events
by Elizabeth Mollo Eighth GenerationNative Fashion Now, the exhibition at Portland Art Museum that showcases apparel and accessories from contemporary Native American designers, will end on Sunday....
View ArticleCute Alert! The Kids from Stranger Things Talk About Kissing! EWWwwWW!
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Guess who showed up on The Tonight Show last night? The freaking adorable kids from Netflix'Stranger Things (Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, and Finn...
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Miss Sharon Jones! and the Test of Time
by Dave Segal Want another documentary about a musician overcoming great adversity to achieve glittering critical and modest commercial success? Possibly not, but you should make room in your callous...
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The Oregon Symphony's 120th Season Kicks Off Today—With Literal Explosions
by Ned Lannamann Do you like music? Do you like being outside? Do you like explosions?Since the correct answers are yes, yes, and DEAR GOD YES, you should know that the Oregon Symphony's 2016/17...
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Double Record Review: Frank Ocean, Blonde and Endless
by Jenni Moore My reasons for hating critiquing Frank Ocean’s visual album Endless are the same reasons I love and respect it. I was just beginning to sink my teeth into Endless and all its mellow...
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Disappointingly, Morgan Does Not Star Tracy Morgan, But Is Pretty Good Anyway
by Andrew Wright As we slide into the late-summer multiplex doldrums, movies with neurons to spare are especially welcome. The clinical cautionary tale Morgan happily fits into the latter category,...
View ArticleNational Guard needed in Portland,Oregon
by Anonymous Off to work, and boy do I hate to go. If I don't go to work, I can not pay my bills, and my $1025 dollar rent. I like so many others do not have family to help in those hard times.I know...
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Good Morning, News: Springwater Sweep Begins, a Creepy Portland Coach, and a...
by Dirk VanderHart City says day 1 of Springwater Corridor sweep went according to plan #LiveOnK2https://t.co/gzCnzYZ5WRpic.twitter.com/JFcJNCfYwh— KATU News (@KATUNews) September 2, 2016The...
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Things To Do This Weekend!
Things to do for Sept 2-5 by Mercury Staff Welcome to Labor Day weekend, everybody. We made it! So now what? Well, now we try to figure out new and interesting ways to relax a little. The city itself...
View ArticleHere's Amy Schumer Destroying a Sexist Heckler
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Comedian Amy Schumer was doing a show in Stockholm recently, when a brilliant neurosurgeon—actually a misogynist douchebag in sales—decided to shout out the most hilarious...
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Behold Multiple Maniacs, John Waters' Disgusting, Wonderful Piece of Juvenilia
by Courtney Ferguson Mink Stole has bloodlust after seeing Divine stab Mary Vivian Pearce to death. Stole plays a religious whore—a woman who puts churchgoers through the Stations of the Cross, you...
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Timbers v. FC Dallas Match Preview
by Abe Asher Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland TimbersLast weekend, the Portland Timbers got their title defense back on track with an absolutely necessary 4-2 thumping of the Seattle Sounders. On Saturday...
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What Are You Doing on August 21, 2017?
by Ned Lannamann Map via greatamericaneclipse.comIt's probably not too soon to start planning next summer—specifically, the complete solar eclipse that will be visible in parts of Oregon on Monday,...
View ArticleKeep Portland Weird
by Anonymous Apart from the certainty that as soon as the first sticker is attached to the first bumper, it's too late, I abhor you for the near-equal certainty that you (bumper stickerer) are part of...
View ArticleConvicted Stanford Rapist Brock Turner Freed from Jail After Serving Only...
by Ana Sofia Knauf Brock Turner has been released from jail. https://t.co/vOBZ4rsmvmpic.twitter.com/adCCYpRvul— Complex (@ComplexMag) September 2, 2016Brock Turner, a Stanford University student...
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Hey, Who Wants to Buy That Statue of Naked Donald Trump? (Anybody? Anybody?...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Rich SmithYou probably remember that glorious nude statue of orange Donald Trump that was proudly displayed in Seattle recently. Turns out it was one of five statues—each...
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A New City "Surcharge" On Exorbitant CEO Pay Could Raise Up To $3.5 Million
by Dirk VanderHart Companies operating in Portland that pay their CEOs exorbitant sums will get slapped on the wrist next year, if Commissioner Steve Novick has his way. For months, Novick's been...
View Article"Taco Truck On Every Corner" Warning Confirms Trumpist Hell Is Everyone...
by Rich Smith Speaking with MSNBC's Joy-Ann Reid last night, Marco Gutierrez, founder of Latinos for Trump and member of a rapidly dwindling population of Latino Trump supporters, called out a...
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Multnomah County's Former County Emergency Manager Seeks To Clear His Name in...
by Dirk VanderHart Joe Rizzi speaks to county officials at a rare "name clearing" hearing.The Mercury was the only paper to write about the tumultuous departure of Multnomah County's top emergency...
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