Fog and EDM pour out of Barn Radio until 4 am, well past the closing time of most of Portland’s bars and venues. The ...

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Clinton Street's Popular Hanabi Film Fest Returns with Cult Films, Classics, and an Abundance of Portland Premieres ...

Michael O’Callaghan, a well-known Portland activist who ran for mayor last fall, died on June 18 after he was hit by a MAX train while attempting to bike across the tracks at Southeast Division and ...

Hey you! Blowing your nose in the bathroom stall! Do you know the last person to touch that roll had probably had poopy hands from wiping his anus? Now your sniffly dumb face comes along and grabs a ...

If you’re reading this, you probably know the value of the Mercury’s news reporting, arts and culture coverage, event calendar, and the bevy of events we host throughout the year. The work we do helps ...

Kendall Porter is a writer and freelance journalist based out of Portland, Oregon. She writes on occasion with not much to show for it.

you say “safety in numbers” like it’s some kind of moral truth. like sticking close to your people makes you good. like building community means locking the door tighter. but you walk past tents like ...

I have long believed that Israel was a place where the wrongs and violence and harm of the past were to be acknowledged, studied, and prevented from ever happening again. In the days since 10/7/2023 I ...

The city of Portland has steadily tried to resist federal policy directives from the Trump administration, particularly ...

This opinion piece is being published to coincide with the one-year anniversary of the death of Deg, one of the victims of ...

It's the perfect time to catch up on some of the great reporting and stories the Mercury churned out this week! (PRO TIP: If ...