The Blazers Conquer The Kings, 102-89
by Aris Hunter Wales Nothing is more fun than a good old fashion NBA rivalry. And if the Trail Blazers didn’t already have enough beef between them and the Clippers, it looks like they might be...
View ArticleGood Morning, News: The Top Stories of 2016, Buyer's Remorse, and an Elusive...
by Doug Brown Good morning, Portland. These links were made for clicking, and that's just what you should do. Do you like some year-end lists? Because I sure do.•NEWS: It's the 20 most essential...
View ArticleMust-See Movies of 2016: Into the Inferno
by Erik Henriksen To close out the year, we're taking a look back at some of our favorite movies of 2016. Check out what's in theaters now in our Film section, and go here for movie times!“It is hard...
View ArticleTom Hardy's Taboo Looks Dark and Twisted and Beautiful
by Ned Lannamann Hey, so what's Tom Hardy been doing since The Revenant? Continuing to hang out in the first half of the 19th century, looks like. His new show, Taboo, airs on January 10 on the FX...
View ArticleThings to Do Tonight!
by Mercury Staff The Best of Cool Kids Patio Show Portland comedian Andie Main and her summertime variety show returns to the Doug Fir for a special indoor "best of" showcase. Featuring stand-up from...
View ArticleBands I Pretended to Like for Boys. Part Two: The Doors
by Kathleen Tarrant "Most of Morrison’s lyrics read as though lifted out of a ninth grader’s tear-soaked, semen-encrusted journal."WE WERE sitting in his green Toyota Camry after he snuck over at...
View ArticleHere Are the Books We Escaped Into in 2016
by Megan Burbank In the days and weeks following the constitutional coup that put a puppet in the White House, books were one of the only things that made me feel better. I spent a weekend ganking...
View ArticleGo Shop at Hoop Dreams, the Sneaker Cart Popup in the Pearl
by Jenni Moore THE SNEAKER CART has a temporary brick and mortar on 14th and Glisan, where you can get lots of basketball-related collectibles. In addition to the Sneaker Cart’s impressive stock of...
View ArticleSteve Martin is a BAD Man
by Anonymous How DARE Steve Martin call Carrie Fisher "Beautiful." I've been shocked by a lot of things in my day, but what Steve Martin tweeted takes the cake! How can someone call Carrie Fisher...
View ArticleI Need to Reassess My Life
by Anonymous O boy. Got drinks with my buddies this week but they all have kids now so the festivities ended at 9. I kept it alive with a couple more pints and a trip to Sizzle Pie. Fast forward a...
View ArticleNew Years Eve, Old School PDX style
by Josh Jardine What with all the gentrification, 1500$ studio rents and overall loss of what long time residents call "old school Portland", you may have overlooked an option for how to spend your...
View ArticleGood Morning, News: US Ejects Russian Diplomats! Vladimir Putin Wishes Us All...
by Dirk VanderHart It's still the holidays, folks. As bad as things are, don't let go of that glimmer for a few more days. Me? I'm writing this as the scent of cured meats are assaulting my nostrils....
View ArticleHere's Your List of All the Best New Year's Eve Parties!
by Mercury Staff HAEJIN PARKIt’s been a rough and confusing year. And while there’s no promise that 2017 is going to get a whole lot better, you deserve to hit pause for a night and celebrate. New...
View ArticleMust-See Movies of 2016: La La Land
by Megan Burbank To close out the year, we're taking a look back at some of our favorite movies of 2016. Check out what's in theaters now in our Film section, and go here for movie times!In any given...
View ArticleAll You Can Carry: Tom Petty and the Heartbreaker's Complete Studio Albums...
by Ned Lannamann 2016 marked the 40th anniversary of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and to commemorate, all of their studio albums have been collected into two deluxe vinyl box sets. The first...
View ArticleTop Six Music Videos of 2016
by Ciara Dolan THOUGH most of this year was magnificently shitty, it was a great one for music videos. Not to mention visual albums—2016 brought us Beyoncé's unparalleled Lemonade, as well as Frank...
View ArticleThings to Do New Year's Weekend!
Things to do for December 30-January 1 by Mercury Staff Portland: you have your mission. Take this last weekend of 2016, and find some way to find a measure of joy within it. Celebrate that joy as...
View ArticleClub 21 Owners to Take Over Classic North Portland Tiki Bar, The Alibi
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Wikimedia Commons/Another BelieverOne of North Portland's most famous and beloved bars, The Alibi, will be taken over by the owners of Club 21, the Mercury has learned. Alibi...
View ArticleThe Puppet-Elect
by Anonymous Every now and again while driving around in my truck, I'll find a liberal station to stream and take a listen. All I keep hearing about is the whole Russia hacking thing. U.S....
View ArticleBye-Bye Birdie
by Anonymous A new study came out that reports domesticated cats have caused the extinction of 87 different native bird species. This is horrible news and my first thought was that something has to be...
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