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by Isabella Garcia The Mercury provides news and fun every single day—but your help is essential. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution, because without you, there is no us. Thanks for your support! The stag’s red nose will be lit on November…

by Mercury Promotions ARE YOU READY FOR SOME TEENSY-TINY TRUTH BOMBS? SCOOP is a new mini-doc fest brought to you by brilliant minds behind HUMP!, SLAY, and SPLIFF Film Festivals. Earlier this year, we asked readers to go out into our chaotic world and SEND US THEIR BEST SCOOPS on the issues they care about…

by Chase Hutchinson Niles Abston Kevin Plachy Comedian Niles Abston has been steadily making a name for himself as one to watch. His debut special, GIRLS DON’T TWERK TO JOKES, was filmed on February 15, 2020 in front of 100-plus people at a house in Van Nuys, CA. Overflowing with a sharp wit, it was…

by Abe Asher Karina LeBlanc Portland Thorns FC The Portland Thorns have a new general manager. The club announced early Monday morning that it has hired its former goalkeeper Karina LeBlanc as the club’s second-ever general manager to replace the embattled Gavin Wilkinson as the club prepares for a pivotal offseason. “I thought I might…

by Wm. Steven Humphrey Former goalkeeper Karina LeBlanc returns to the Portland Thorns—but this time as the new general manager. Jeff Vinnick / Getty Images The Mercury provides news and fun every single day—but your help is essential. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small…

by Alex Zielinski A homeless encampment alongside Portland’s Laurelhurst Park Alex Zielinski The city of Portland and Multnomah County are pooling their excess budget dollars to address the region’s homelessness crisis. On Monday, the jurisdictions unveiled a $38 million funding package to create more shelter beds, fund homeless outreach workers, and increase behavioral health services…

by Mercury Staff Tom Neely [Happy Halloween! All week long the Mercury has been publishing classic tales of local Halloween horror from our archives, as well as brand spankin’ new (and creeeeepy) pieces… in this one from 2013, Mercury writers recount some of Portland’s most infamous murders… that may have happened in a home near…

by Mercury Promotions Get ready for a screaming good time… the terrifying fun of SLAY—our scary short film fest made by horror lovers like YOU—is showing LIVE AND IN-PERSON THIS WEEKEND October 29 & 30, and is also streaming online Oct 29-31! Earlier this year, we asked filmmakers to send in their homemade short horror…

by Andrew Jankowski Andrew Jankowski Sarah Michelle Gellar fans who missed Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the Musical’s latest run at the Funhouse Lounge, should consider attending the venue’s next installment of their improv pop culture spoof series. Billed as “Scooby-Doo meets Saw,” Murder Mystery Machine takes Scoob and the gang and plops them wherever the…

by Ciara Dolan HANNAH TURNER-HARTS [Happy Halloween! All week long the Mercury has been publishing classic tales of local Halloween horror from our archives, as well as brand spankin’ new (and creeeeepy) pieces… in this one from 2019, writer Ciara Dolan inspects Portland’s first water cremation machine.—eds] In Oregon, there are five legal ways to…

by Blair Stenvick Tracy Kittle (center) during her first year as a haunter at Fearlandia. courtesy of Tracy Kittle Portland actor James Lawrence has spent his Octobers scaring people at haunted houses since 2016. Unlike some fellow actors, Lawrence doesn’t only rely on jump scares, gruesome makeup, or heightened special effects to bring the creep…

by Santi Elijah Holley NATALIE BEHRING [Happy pre-Halloween! All week long the Mercury has been publishing classic tales of local Halloween horror from our archives, as well as brand spankin’ new (and creeeeepy) pieces… in this one, writer Santi Elijah Holley tags along on an actual local exorcism.—eds] On an unseasonably warm Saturday morning, Archbishop…

by EverOut Staff Dress in your best Buffy the Vampire Slayer costume for the Holocene’s Halloween at The Bronze party on Sunday, their tribute to the infamous nightclub from the show. 20th Century Studios The Sunday Scaries take on a whole new meaning this weekend—it’s Halloween, baby! If you’ve been too busy to make plans…

by Isabella Garcia The Mercury provides news and fun every single day—but your help is essential. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution, because without you, there is no us. Thanks for your support! COVID-19 vaccines for kids ages 5 to 11 could…

by EverOut Staff The Kansas City-style barbecue joint Lawless Barbecue is serving its saucy offerings inside Little Beast Brewing. Lawless Barbecue In this week’s batch of food news, Portland gets a taste of Missouri, as The Hungry Hero brings St. Louis-style gooey butter cake to the Pearl District and Lawless Barbecue brings saucy Kansas City-style…

by EverOut Staff Savor some natural wine and inventive bites on OK Omens‘ charming patio. OK Omens If you’ve got cabin fever from being cooped up in your home for too long, but the weather isn’t exactly conducive to dining al fresco, take refuge in one of the many cozy covered and/or heated patios dotting…

by Wm. Steven Humphrey A new location is being proposed for a houseless village in Northeast Portland. Meg Nanna The Mercury provides news and fun every single day—but your help is essential. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution, because without you, there…

by Cameron Crowell T. ROWLANDSON [Happy pre-Halloween! All week long the Mercury will be publishing classic tales of local Halloween horror from our archives, as well as brand spankin’ new (and creeeeepy) pieces… this one is from our 2017 special feature “The Tell-Tale Tooth: True Tales of Dental Horror.”—eds] It started in a mini-mall. Dr.…

by Wm. Steven Humphrey Unmasked anti-vaxxers disrupt a Portland School Board meeting. Nathan Howard / Getty News The Mercury provides news and fun every single day—but your help is essential. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution, because without you, there is no…