We’re not claiming to be the bosses of your calendar or anything, but as the purveyors of Do This, Do That, we also kind of are. This week’s suggestions include a smattering of events you’ll need to just trust us on. For instance, you shoul…
[Got an anonymous confession or rant you just have to share with the world? Submit it to I, Anonymous HERE!—eds] Then the public pays for it. I remember Trimet being excited about coming back to life after the pandemic. We all were. But, Lo…
[Got an anonymous confession or rant you just have to share with the world? Submit it to I, Anonymous HERE!—eds] Always so scary how quickly I can go back to feeling like all my accomplishments are fake and I’m really just some creep preten…
[Got an anonymous confession or rant you just have to share with the world? Submit it to I, Anonymous HERE!—eds] I love it when I get little reminders of people’s lives I had the honor of briefly participating in. People who felt nice to fl…
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Amid serious allegations of misconduct at Urban Alchemy-run temporary homeless sites, new public records show the city spent months coordinating with the nonprofit’s public relations firm to help polish its public image. Urban Alchemy has f…
The Portland Fire racked up the team’s fourth win over the Seattle Storm Friday night, edging out their rivals 84-82 at the Climate Pledge Arena. The win also meant the Fire had a clean sweep of the Storm, largely due to the electric work o…
To suggest that the Portland Fire—or any WNBA expansion team—could make the league’s playoffs in the first season would have gotten you laughed out of many an arena before the 2025 season. This is because that up until head coach Natalie Na…
As I swayed gently in a dusty hammock at my campsite somewhere off the Logging Road trail of Pendarvis Farm at the recent Pickathon festival, the sky began its nightly shift from blue to purple to black. The spectral tones of three or four
Ready for the weekend? We sure are. There’s plenty to go out and do, including going to watch the PDX Adult Soapbox Derby or the Portland Criterium, chowing down at the Portland Mercury‘s Burger Week, and headbanging at the Summer Shred Mus…
If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution to the Mercury, because without you, there is no us. Thanks for your support! Good morning, Portland! There…
Guilty pleasures must be on the mind of writer-director Jane Schoenbrun. Their third and latest fictional feature, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, explores a long, dark embrace with a problematic fave: specifically, a metafiction ’80s…