What to Watch For at the Timbers' 2017 Preseason Tournament
by Abe Asher Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland TimbersFor the sixth consecutive year, the Portland Timbers are hosting a four-team preseason tournament at Providence Park. The tournament has been moved up a...
View Article"Who Put Ham in My Dannon©?" (by Stephen K. Bannon)
by Stephen K. Bannon GETTY / DREW ANGERERPhew! What... a... day! Let me tell you, it’s super tiring to secretly run the country from behind the scenes. That’s why I love the refreshing, delicious...
View ArticlePacky, Oregon's Most Famous Elephant, Is Dead
by Dirk VanderHart Oregon ZooPacky, Oregon's most famous elephant and a decades-long draw to the Oregon Zoo, is dead, the zoo announced today. The beloved pachyderm spent his final days in relative...
View ArticleSteph Curry Delivers Smackdown on Under Armour; Delivers Sick Trump Burn
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Courtesy NBAWhat follows is the third installment of my rants against Under Armour... read the other two here and here. (And collect all 3,457!)Today in Under Armour blows and...
View ArticleDon't Miss These Screenings at the Portland Black Film Festival!
by Jenni Moore ONCE WORD spread that legendary actress Pam Grier—the star of films such as Foxy Brown and Jackie Brown—was coming to the Portland Black Film Festival for a Q&A and a screening of...
View ArticleWouldn't It Be Great If Trump's Nordstrom Freakout Got Him Impeached? Or...
by Dan Savage They're going to deport Colbert's Art Department.The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSo this happened yesterday. Then this happened. Then this:White House press secretary Sean Spicer said...
View ArticleFrom Kittens to the Apocalypse: Your Guide to the Portland International Film...
by Andrew Wright Okay, quick show of hands: Has sitting in the dark and temporarily saying goodbye to reality ever seemed like a better idea? Whatever your leanings may be, the Northwest Film Center’s...
View ArticleFormer KISS Guitarist Ace Frehley Reminisces about His Four-Decade Rocket Ride
by Mark Lore ACE FREHLEY “And this part’s where the strumming happens.”JAYME THORNTONFEW BANDS can split a room like KISS. Many fans are so blindly devoted that they probably wouldn’t hesitate to buy...
View ArticleSame-Sex Marriage Will Lead to the Extinction of the Human Race (It's True!...
by Dan Savage The debate over same-sex marriage is roaringinAustralia, where same-sex marriage is still against the law, and—surprise!—all the failed arguments used against marriage equality in the...
View ArticlePortland Police Killed Someone During an Armed Robbery Investigation Thursday...
by Doug Brown Portland police killed someone they call and armed robbery suspect in Northeast Portland this morning Dirk VanderHartA Portland police officer shot and killed someone in Northeast...
View ArticleTonight—Don't Miss Cherry Glazerr's Radioactive Rock at the Doug Fir
by Ciara Dolan DARIA KOBAYASHI RITCHWHEN THEY released Haxel Princess in 2014, two-thirds of Cherry Glazerr’s members were still in high school. The Los Angeles band’s snarling full-length debut...
View ArticleSavage Love Letter of the Day: Engaged to a Beard
by Dan Savage My fiance keeps shaving his beard off and I hate it! We met on a blind date three years ago and he didn't have one then but started growing one from the moment I said that that's what I...
View ArticleWeekend TV Planner: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, the Grammys, The...
by Leilani Polk Alec Baldwin as Trump on SNLWith shows premiering nearly every week on network, cable and streaming TV, it sometimes feels impossible to keep up, let alone make an informed decision...
View ArticleOh No, You Guys, I Think I Might Be an Alpha Woman
by Megan Burbank I think you mean "values.""Society is creating a new crop of alpha women who are unable to love" is the headline of a Fox News hate-read making the rounds on many a feminist social...
View ArticleAppeals Court Refuses to Reinstate Trump's Travel Ban
by Sydney Brownstone Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson outside the US District Courthouse in Seattle after a federal judge halted Trump's executive order. SBA three-judge panel of the...
View ArticleFate of Portland's New Renter Protections to be Decided By A Judge Our Last...
by Dirk VanderHart Joe SchlaudThe City of Portland's about to argue the legality of its brand new renter protections in front of a judge former Mayor Charlie Hales just insulted. In a move that an...
View ArticleIt is Time to Go
by Anonymous yesterday the president got upset because a family member lost a good gig with her fashion line. I wonder how he will quit being the leader of America. I think it will be no shock when he...
View ArticleGood Morning, News: Two Police Shootings, One Overturned #MuslimBan, and A...
by Dirk VanderHart Thursday was insane, Portland. A rundown: Portland police shot two people in separate incidents. The first came Thursday morning, as cops were searching for a suspect in an armed...
View ArticleThings to Do This Weekend: February 10-12
by Mercury Staff The heart-shaped storm of Valentine's is approaching. The upper arches of the pink-and-red behemoth have broken the horizon. Why wait until the day itself to indulge in giving (and...
View ArticleThis Weekend's Style Events
by Elizabeth Mollo Get that last minute Valentine's Day shopping done this weekend with these events!Piper DaltonCovet is an annual Valentine’s Day pop-up that features lingerie, jewelry, art, plants,...
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