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by Wm. Steven Humphrey Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on the right wing domestic terrorist plot to kidnap her. Courtesy CBS Here’s your daily roundup of all the latest local and national news. (Like our coverage? Please consider making a recurring contribution to the Mercury to keep it comin’!) • International human rights group Physicians for…

by Mercury EverOut Staff The Halloweentime classic Hocus Pocus will screen with its spooky mutual, Beetlejuice, all weekend long at the 99W Drive-In. Walt Disney Spooky season sinks its teeth into outdoor screens this weekend with a Hocus Pocus and Beetlejuice double-feature at 99W and the new sci-fi thriller Possessor at Cinema Unbound. Aside from…

by Wm. Steven Humphrey What can I say? He’s just got a slappable face. Getty Images Here’s your daily roundup of all the latest local and national news. (Like our coverage? Please consider making a recurring contribution to the Mercury to keep it comin’!) • Without any consideration for those living in the surrounding neighborhood,…

by Blair Stenvick MATHIEU LEWIS-ROLLAND Between May 28 and October 5, Portland police referred 974 cases to the Multnomah County District Attorney’s (MCDA) office related to alleged criminal activity at protests. The DA’s office has so far rejected 666 of those cases, on the grounds that they are either not severe enough to warrant prosecution,…

by Wm. Steven Humphrey Nosferatu (AKA Trump’s senior racism advisor Stephen Miller) catches COVID too. Chip Somodevilla / Staff / Getty Here’s your daily roundup of all the latest local and national news. (Like our coverage? Please consider making a recurring contribution to the Mercury to keep it comin’!) • TOP STORY: Our COVID-infected president…

by Suzette Smith Akadi’s fried plantain cakes, fufu, and spicy okra and spinach with rice Michael Shay, courtesy of Growing Gardens Tuesday’s Takeout Club returns this week with an eye on multi-course takeout meals for a good cause, West African cuisine, and the deft to-go touch of established local chain Killer Burger. Chef In Your…

by Mercury Promotions A woman would like a gigolo please. Or two. She knows she could score a man for free, but likes the idea of paying for it. Is this possible? How? Whoopsy daisy! A woman was texting her friend about the crippling crush she has on a co-worker when she realized she was…

by Mercury EverOut Staff Portland Queer Comedy Festival Founder Belinda Carroll, pictured here donning a gas mask and feather boas, will co-host the International Coming Out Day Comedy Extravaganza this Sunday on YouTube and XRAY.fm. Courtesy of @pdxbradly with Pseudolux Photography If you look forward to our roundup of the best Portland events every week…

by Wm. Steven Humphrey “Who has two thumbs and is ready to infect everyone in the White House? THIS GUY!!” WIN MCNAMEE / GETTY IMAGES Here’s your daily roundup of all the latest local and national news. (Like our coverage? Please consider making a recurring contribution to the Mercury to keep it comin’!) • TOP…

by Blair Stenvick Multnomah county The 2020 general election: Ever heard of it? We’re now just a month away from could be a generationally decisive election—both for the country, and for those of us in the Portland area. Portland’s November 3 ballot will include a mayoral race, a city council seat, billions of dollars in…

by Mercury EverOut Staff One of the star dishes at the new vegan Sri Lankan restaurant Mirisata is a plate with rice and a variety of curries served over banana leaves. Mirisata via Instagram In perhaps the biggest food news of the week, the Bravo phenomenon Top Chef is coming to Portland! Vitaly Paley has…

by Suzette Smith Tojo Andrianarivo The air at the ongoing Portland protests—which have continued for more than 100 days in response to the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police—is often filled with burning, peppery smoke from tear gas, or fragrant sage from activists. But a wide variety of attendees also use cannabis—smoked, vaped, imbibed,…

by Wm. Steven Humphrey SLAY Film Festival Looking for some terrifying fun this Halloween season? Then check out SLAY—the horror film festival featuring short, deliciously TERRIFYING flicks from the makers of HUMP! and SPLIFF! We asked talented amateurs like you to submit short, eight-minute-or-less horror flicks that were creepy, funny, sexy, or flat-out terrifying—and wow!…

by Katie Herzog Index Media We’ve all been there. You’re drinking at home, hiding out from coronavirus while listening to 69 Love Songs and sniffing your ex’s old undershirts. You’re adequately sauced, but not so drunk that you can’t remember all the words to “I Don’t Want to Get Over You.” Then you decide that…

by Mercury EverOut Staff Observe: a stunning example of social distancing, courtesy of Laura Cohen’s film Hand2Hand, featured in this weekend’s online Portland Dance Film Fest. Portland Dance Film Fest via Facebook If Trump has taught us one thing (by way of contracting COVID-19, not by setting a good example, to be clear), it’s that…

by Wm. Steven Humphrey Ohhhh… so NOW he wears a mask! Drew Angerer / Getty Images Here’s your daily roundup of all the latest local and national news. (Like our coverage? Please consider making a recurring contribution to the Mercury to keep it comin’!) • TOP STORY: First things first—both Joe Biden and Kamala Harris…

by Mercury EverOut Staff David Cross plays real-life butterfly expert and nature writer Robert Pyle on his journey through Washington’s Gifford Pinchot National Forest in The Dark Divide, screening online this weekend as part of the Portland International Film Festival. Film festival season gears up this weekend with the Northwest Film Center’s Portland International Film…