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by Wm. Steven Humphrey 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! GOOD AFTERNOON, PORTLAND! Reminder that the super-fun (and…

This Week’s Hear in Portland Is Focused on Cozy Shows with Night Heron and Seattle Emcee Sol by Jenni Moore Rainy season is here. And like the springtime heat waves, it’s also gonna take a bit for our bodies to adjust to the cold, gray days. We will! But that’s why it’s so important to…

by Suzette Smith 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! Good afternoon, Portland! Time to turn the desk lamp on at 10…

by Mercury Promotions The HUMP! 2022 tour is coming to an end. But it had to end sometime… so let’s have one last party! Join us for the a special ENCORE SCREENING of this year’s HUMP!—tomorrow night, Wednesday Oct. 26th at Revolution Hall. This is a one-night only event, a perfect way to cap off…

by The Mercury Election Strike Force Look, you are a busy bee! 🐝 So there’s no shame in letting the Mercury, who has two decades of experience watching and reporting on Portland politics, help you fill out your 2022 election ballot. If you need to know the reasoning behind our excellent decisions, check out our…

by Wm. Steven Humphrey 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! GOOD AFTERNOON, PORTLAND!  Expect lotsa rain and cool…

After a screening of The Computer Accent YACHT will play the album they used AI to create by Robert Ham The Portland Art Museum’s rebrand of the Northwest Film Center this past spring—to PAM CUT or (deep breath) the Portland Art Museum’s Center for an Untold Tomorrow—was met with a fair amount of head scratching…

Phil Rosenthal, Hocus Pocus in Concert, and More Top Picks by EverOut Staff A frighteningly packed week lies ahead, but we’ve got some scary-good picks to guide you all the way through Halloween, from Karol G to An Evening with Phil Rosenthal of Somebody Feed Phil and from Hocus Pocus in Concert to the Portland Erotic…

Apple Fest, Frankenstein’s Comic Book Swap, and More Cheap & Easy Events Under $15 by EverOut Staff Rain is blessedly in the forecast for this weekend, so duck inside for chill events from Glitterfox at Wonderwood Springs to The CMG Improvisation Summit of Portland Presents: Round Robin and from Frankenstein’s Comic Book Swap Returns to…

by Wm. Steven Humphrey 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! GOOD MORNING, PORTLAND! Say goodbye to the poor…

Doughnuts, Cider, and More by EverOut Staff The harvest season is in full swing, and nothing says fall like crisp, juicy apples. Whether you’re craving cider, doughnuts, frozen yogurt, or pastries, we’ve compiled several options so you can choose your own adventure. For more inspiration, check out our guide to fall activities around Portland, where…

by Anonymous To the couple at the Bagdad 7pm screening of Black Adam on 10/21/22, you two are complete and total assholes. I glared at you a few times and muttered a loud “what the fuck” but nope, completely oblivious to those around you, you kept on talking. Aging hipster and his date, yoga scarecrow…

by Anonymous I’m afraid of the dark, but why am I here. I somehow ended up in a seemingly endless forest. I saw some figures but I don’t know if I should approach. Ten minutes later I decided to find the figures. But that was a mistake. You see I’m not from this area so…

by Suzette Smith 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! Good Afternoon, Portland! Do you think the pioneers also found life to…

The proposal lacks significant funding, clear support from other government agencies, and interested contractors to carry it out. by Alex Zielinski Mayor Wheeler announced a much-anticipated proposal to ban homeless camping in Portland at a Friday press conference. This idea, which has been hinted at in various forms for more than a year, follows a…

The vote doubles the size of the growing New Seasons Labor Union. by Alex Zielinski Workers at New Seasons’ Slabtown store voted 62-14 to unionize Thursday, making them the second shop to join the burgeoning New Seasons Labor Union (NSLU).   Employees at the Slabtown store at NW Raleigh St. and 22nd Ave. first filed for…

by Wm. Steven Humphrey 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! GOOD AFTERNOON, PORTLAND! Calling all voters: It it…

Portland-raised director Todd Field was best known, before now, for his acclaimed “In the Bedroom,” but with Cate Blanchett as the central character in his new work “Tár,” Field has made his most formally disciplined yet ultimately enigmatic work. by Chase Hutchinson It’s been more than a decade since the Portland-raised writer-director Todd Field made…

by Anonymous Besides hating drone footage, all day every day of my life, and having to share that time with hating other things such as spiders and bass solos, I have one MAJOR FUCKING ISSUE that YOU PEOPLE don’t seem to give any shit about. , and that is The motherfucking COLUMBIA River, obviously named…

by Anonymous You need to stop staring at women. It’s totally natural to find us sexy. We are! It’s fine to take a glimpse and have your private thoughts. You’re a human animal. But: when I am minding my own business at the grocery store and you push your eyeballs out of your head and…