Portland doesn’t play host to anything like Coachella or Primavera or Glastonbury, and thank god for that. Those dark carnivals are so blown out—they’re more for being seen and “influencing” instead ...

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 ...

My girlfriend and I started to do butt play (her butt) about two months ago. It was a once-per-week thing, first with butt ...

Hiyeeeeee! Welcome back to the Trash Report. I'm Elinor Jones. How are you? Some people may say that they are "too blessed to be stressed" and I am living evidence that it's possible to be both ...

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We aren’t occupying anything. We aren’t the occupiers. We are here to illuminate. We are here to help others see the reality that has been so carefully sculpted around us, a reality that often ...

[Editor's Note: The following article is part of BlackOut: A Five-Year Retrospective on Portland’s Racial Justice Movement, a joint publication from Donovan Scribes and the Portland Mercury.

With more than 120 proposed budget amendments and nearly 12 hours of deliberations, Portland City Council worked until ...

In this economy, a free weekly concert featuring local bands at a hip, centrally located bar is something special—even in ...