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The Portland Mercury Is On Snapchat; Alert the Authorities!
by Bri Brey Do you use Snapchat? You do? That's great! So do we!HOORAY!The Portland Mercury is now officially on Snapchat! We promise not to overwhelm you with boring face swaps or toast selfies....
View ArticleEverybody Relax: The High Guy Wearing Camo and Throwing a Hatchet on Foster...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Portland-Police to 85th/Foster-report of a high guy in camo pants throwing a hatchet around and breaking out windows -avoid area— Portland OR Alerts (@pdxalerts) July 15,...
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Parking Spots Outside of Voodoo Doughnut Are About to Become a Public Plaza
by Dirk VanderHart A rendering of the incoming Ankeny PlazaPortland Bureau of TransportationNo grassroots transportation group in the city has had the impact Better Block PDX has mustered lately....
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Convicted Sex Offender Who Wants Guns Again Allegedly Once Threatened...
by Doug Brown Mark SusiLeft: Linked InA few weeks back, we reported that a 60-year-old Gresham man convicted of felony sex crimes a few years ago petitioned Multnomah County to allow him to own...
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Timbers v. Seattle Match Preview
by Abe Asher Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland TimbersThe biggest game in American soccer is here. The Portland Timbers and Seattle Sounders are set to clash for the first time in 2016 on Sunday at...
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Six Portland Bands and Six Oregon Brewers Make This Year's Malt Ball a...
by Ned Lannamann We live in the era of multitasking—it’s impossible in this day and age to avoid combining two activities at once. But while recent scientific studies show that multitasking drains...
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Science News: Trump's VP Pick Mike Pence Is Bad on Global Warming and...
by Ethan Linck "Give me a minute to think about this. I was not made by a giant kitty but a supernatural ape."yykkaa/shutterstock.comTrump’s Reported VP Pick Predictably Poor on Global Warming,...
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As Springwater Sweep Looms, Mayor Charlie Hales Says Camping Policy "Has Not...
by Dirk VanderHart Police and city officials conduct a sweep along the Springwater Corridor in 2014. Far more people live along the trail today.Dirk VanderHartVoicing the strongest misgivings we've...
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Remembering Meticulous Comics Artist Geneviève Castrée Elverum
by Suzette Smith Geneviève Castrée ElverumGeneviève Castrée Elverum's work may be familiar to you, maybe not. She produced a powerful, personal graphic novel three years ago, called Susceptible, about...
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The I, Anonymous Blog Quote o' the Day: Fuck with the Developer
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey If you love "fun," then you may enjoy a brand new game this I, Anonymous blogger came up with called, "Fuck with the Developer."OH DO GO ON.I came up with a new game. Anyone...
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Here are but a few of the Reasons Why You Hate Mike Pence
by Matt Baume What could be more credible than covering yourself in all-caps slogans about your enemies?a katz / Shutterstock.comWhat's the worst thing about Donald Trump choosing Mike Pence as his...
View ArticleBreeders
by Anonymous To the hipsters that scowl at me and my infant child while we grocery shop or sully the public park where you like to sit in a cloud of expensive tobacco and dwell on your self involved...
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Don't Miss Taika Waititi's Hunt for the Wilderpeople
by Ned Lannamann Ricky Baker (Julian Dennison) is a troubled kid, a real bad egg. At least, that’s how the system has labeled him. Shuttled from foster home to foster home, he’s—supposedly—a...
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A Look at Muscle Beach, One of the Portland2016 Biennial’s Only Venues Inside...
by Eleanor Ford Lisa Radon’s exhibition at Muscle Beach presents the rare opportunity to see work from an established artist in a genuinely alternative setting.Lisa RadonAs a regional event,...
View ArticlePortland's Yelliest Bridge
by Anonymous Commuters of Tilikum Crossing, please stop yelling at me. I am sorry you are going to a job you dislike. I am sorry you are returning to a home you dislike. Please stop informing me...
View ArticleTrimet, What the Actual Fuck...
by Anonymous Trimet, get your shit together. Your max drivers need to learn that when they are at a stop and they see people getting off a bus at the same stop to fucking wait the 10 extra seconds to...
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Timbers Roll Over Seattle in Sumptuous Style
by Abe Asher Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland TimbersSome days, you get the park and wonder if your team is going to have enough. On Wednesday night against Montreal, for instance, the Portland Timbers...
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Captain Fantastic Cares Not for Your "Warm Showers" Or Your "iPhones" Or Your...
by Elinor Jones I have dreamt that it might be possible to raise my child in the woods, off the grid, to spare her this modern cultural hellscape filled with guns and Trumps. The fictitious Cash...
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Hello, Cleveland! We're on the Ground at the RNC.
by Heidi Groover We'll be slogging all week from Cleveland. HGWe arrived in Cleveland last night and tried to get the lay of the land. What we found: Lots of journalists, lots of cops, and not much...
View ArticleSavage Love Letter of the Day: My Touchy-Feely Potential Fiancé
by Dan Savage I'm a bisexual, hetero-amorous 38-year-old single mom of two boys, and six months ago, I got back together with a 50-year-old man I am head-over-heels in love with. He had been recently...
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