Jacqueline Rises to the Top
A seafood joint that hat tips Wes Anderson? Why not? by Andrea Damewood I'VE BEEN TRYING to avoid referring to things in Portland as Wes Andersonesque—at this point in this twee town, it’s a crutch to...
View ArticleBeer: To Burger or Not to Burger
That is the question by Brian Yaeger THERE ARE TWO new brewpub kitchen re-launches, both located on the northern side of Portland. One, Ex Novo Brewing, altered its original course by veering into...
View ArticleI’m Just Visiting
No sleep ‘til Brooklyn. by Hutch Harris My flight was scheduled to leave PDX at 6:10 am, which meant I had to get there at 4:30 am, which meant I wouldn’t be going to sleep that night. I can rarely...
View ArticleLetters to the Editor
“Until people realize they have more than two choices, this idiocy will continue.” WHITE HOUSE CLOWNRE: “No, New York Times, I Will Not Give President Trump ‘a Chance’” [Feature, Nov 16]. “Giving Trump...
View ArticleJill Thompson, Jewel of the Comics Industry
With The True Amazon, she gets Wonder Woman right (finally). by Suzette Smith ALL OF MY IRE can’t undo decisions that were made. The upcoming Wonder Woman movie will be set during World War...
View ArticleScrappy and Self-Aware
Anna Kendrick’s Scrappy Little Nobody keeps it real. by Jenni Moore YOU CAN ALMOST HEAR Anna Kendrick’s bubbly voice as she exudes humble self-awareness and details the socially awkward moments of her...
View ArticleDollops of Wisdom
Get through your Trump grief with these essential episodes of Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds’ history podcast. by Megan Burbank When the present sucks, it’s time to study history, and if you’re like...
View ArticleSneaker Wave
The latest in Portland hip-hop. by Jenni Moore LAST WEEK Portland singer/rapper the Last Artful, Dodgr dropped “Oofda,” the first single from her forthcoming LP Bone Music with producer Neill Von...
View ArticleThe Mercury Staff’s Wish List of Holiday Gifts!
Here are the perfect holiday gifts—to give the Mercury staff. by Mercury Staff Every holiday it’s the same thing: people saying “gimme, gimme, gimme!” So... why should we be left out? Here at the...
View ArticleRelazzz...
by Anonymous Foreclosures galore are coming. Rent will be cheap again, all the dicks will be gone, streets will be grittier, people will be less likely to share their opinion with you, it will rain...
View ArticleGood Morning, News: The Mayor's March of "Nope," Trump Flip-Flops, and Will...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! If I could fall into the sky, do you think time would pass me by? 'Cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles, if I could just see you tonight. LET'S GO...
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This Week's Style Events
by Elizabeth Mollo Lots of stuff happening this weekend!If you are not yet aware of Little Boxes you either A) have just moved here, or B) have never stepped foot in any of our locally owned...
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Floating Room's Sunless Reflects a Distorted Reality
by Ciara Dolan FLOATING ROOM The world is not everyone’s oyster.Hannah Cantrell “OH MY SAD GOD/Look at what we’ve become/I thought I believed/But was I the only one?”Sung by Floating Room’s Maya...
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Computer Scientist Explains Why Electoral College May Have Been Hacked
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey iStockAs you read yesterday, the New York magazine reported on a group of computer scientists and lawyers who have been privately lobbying Hillary Clinton to contest the...
View ArticleWhat Happened?!
by Anonymous I don't understand. Lately it seems the shit hit the proverbial fan and exploded, splattering toxic shrapnel everywhere. People are in survival mode. Their mood swings can make you wind...
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The New Rules for Testing Cannabis Concentrates Are Causing Headaches
by Josh Jardine ISTOCK / JDAWNINKON YOUR LAST trip to the dispensary, you might have noticed that some of your favorite non-flower cannabis products are missing. That pain-relieving topical you count...
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Upcoming Portland Resistance & Rallies
by Mercury Staff GABRIEL GREENWe've written about resisting Trump by donating to crucial organizations, and things you can do now to not feel powerless in these tough times, but if you want to get to...
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Things to Do Tonight!
by Mercury Staff YG, RJ, Kamaiyah, Sad Boy Even when you’re furiously insisting that Donald Trump isn’t your president, the chants can get uninspired. The hard miles tick by, confrontations with...
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Parking Isn't Going to Be Required at Portland Condos/Apartments Anymore
by Dirk VanderHart Portland's years-long experiment with parking requirements ends in 2018. A little more than three years after Portland City Council troubled smart-growth advocates by forcing...
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Fea Calls for a Revolution
by Emilly Prado FEA High-quality ferocity.Ray Tattoo BoyTHE MEMBERS OF San Antonio’s Fea—an acronym for “fuck ’em all” and the Spanish word for “ugly girl”—play commanding and unabashedly political...
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