Mercury Music Picks: The Four Tops Are in Town (Every Bottom’s Dream), as Well as a Folky Trio of...

Portland Mercury 11/18 7:00A Nolan Parker

Nolan Parker by Nolan Parker If the imminent closure of one of Portland's best small rooms—Lollipop Shoppe—and the rumored shuttering of Turn! Turn! Turn! isn't enough to spur us on to check out one or two more concerts a week, I don't know what...

Meet the Mercury's Newest Publisher, James Deeley!

Portland Mercury 11/18 6:00A Wm. Steven Humphrey

(Look... if you've been reading or advertising with the Mercury for the last 22 years, you probably already know him!) by Wm. Steven Humphrey Hear ye, hear ye! Let the trumpets sound and the confetti fall, because the Portland Mercury is thrilled...

Good Morning, News: Sad End for Stranded Humpback Whale, Trump Wants to Pull a Jimmy Kimmel on Seth...

Portland Mercury 11/18 4:55A Taylor Griggs

by Taylor Griggs If you appreciate the  Mercury 's interesting and useful news & culture reporting, consider  making a small monthly contribution  to support our editorial team. Your donation is tax-deductible. You can also  subscribe and have...

Good Morning, News: Trump Launches Another Desperate Appeal, ICE Kidnappings Up 550 Percent, and...

Portland Mercury 11/17 4:56A Wm. Steven Humphrey

by Wm. Steven Humphrey If you’re reading this, you probably know the value of the  Mercury ’ s news reporting, arts and culture coverage, event calendar, and the bevy of events we host throughout the year. The work we do helps our city shine, but...

With a Tenuous Ceasefire in Gaza, Portland Councilors Pledge to Investigate the City's Links to...

Portland Mercury 11/14 8:00A Abe Asher

Councilors say that a lack of action from US Congress has forced them to think locally to stop the flow of weapons and military aid to Israel. by Abe Asher Last month, the progressive block of the Portland City Council signed onto a pledge to...

The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Portland This Weekend: Nov 14–16, 2025

Portland Mercury 11/14 7:00A EverOut Staff

Motrik, Meet Portland's Mini Museums, and More Cheap & Easy Events Under $20 by EverOut Staff Find an answer to "What are you up to this weekend?" with our cheap and easy guide featuring events from a free Motrik show to a launch party for VLVT...

Game Jammers: Creativity as Code

Portland Mercury 11/14 5:52A Corbin Smith

Bringing past and present together to design the video games of the future. by Corbin Smith A busted Mario costume. An extremely old pinball machine—so simple you wonder how pinball ever took off. Fighting games… so many fighting games. Hundreds...

Good Morning, News: State Transpo Referendum, PSU Union Busting, Epstein Associate's Prison Toilet...

Portland Mercury 11/14 4:38A Jeremiah Hayden

by Jeremiah Hayden If you appreciate the Mercury's interesting and useful news & culture reporting, consider making a small monthly contribution to support our editorial team. Your donation is tax-deductible. You can also subscribe and have our...

Edgar Wright’s The Running Man Doesn’t Really Go Anywhere

Portland Mercury 11/14 1:15A Dom Sinacola

Dom Sinacola by Dom Sinacola Written under his Richard Bachman pseudonym, Stephen King’s novel The Running Man was first published in 1982; it describes the malicious future of 2025. King imagines that a massive authoritarian media conglomerate has...

Then we're in the bathroom, brushing our teeth

Portland Mercury 11/13 6:06P Anonymous

by Anonymous Here’s the thing children. You’ve always been allowed even encourage to ask for help and ideas when you’d like to. We’ve been doing our best to drop hints of the years and a few of you have pick up things here and there. Typically,...

YOUR SUNDAY READING LIST: Mystery Fires, Rent Continues to Be Too Damn High, and Portland Parks...

Portland Mercury 11/9 3:16A Wm. Steven Humphrey

by Wm. Steven Humphrey GOOD MORNING, SUNDAY! It's the perfect time to catch up on some of the great reporting and stories the Mercury churned out this week! (PRO TIP: If you despise being "the last to know," then be one of the first to know by...

Are you two friends?

Portland Mercury 11/8 12:42A Anonymous

by Anonymous If you're really asking me to define the relationship. I'd say its closer to a No Strings Attached situation than anything else. We know each other. There is some modicum of respect there. We have similar interests and consume a lot...

Let My Country Awake Puts the Pacific Northwest at the Center of an Anti-Colonial Struggle

Portland Mercury 11/5 9:05A Joe Streckert

A new nonfiction history, Let My Country Awake, explores the complexity of Indian resistance against the British Empire during World War I. by Joe Streckert If you were to ask most Americans why the British Empire no longer rules India, many...

Slated to Open in 2027, Monqui and AEG's New Venue Has Broken Ground at Lloyd Center

Portland Mercury 11/5 8:15A Nolan Parker

Can you dig it, Portland? Yes we can! by Nolan Parker It’s not every day there’s a groundbreaking for a new venue in Portland. In fact, we’ve never seen a groundbreaking like this in the Rose City. On Wednesday, October 22, local booking and...

Hear In Portland: Karma Rivera Drops Debut Album, Rachel Wong Asks to Be Saved, and Milc Launches...

Portland Mercury 11/5 7:15A Jenni Moore

Read all about what s on the music forecast, Hear In Portland. by Jenni Moore We are now officially in holiday season, folks—a happy development, despite our nation’s dystopian reality. Does anyone else feel like they’re living in a whirlwind?...