Record Store Day (RSD)—the Black Friday for music nerds—started out in 2008 as a way to revitalize interest in vinyl and ...

Dan Handelman, an ardent police watchdog and co-founder of Portland Copwatch, died Wednesday. As first reported by The ...

"i wish i could just be a rock instead" and the universe replies through the rustling of trees "but the rock has no sense matrix to understand that it is a rock; its rockness is an artifact of your ...

I am sick and tired of multimillionaires. People reported to have over 70 million dollars worth of assets as of December 2024, telling me they are gravely concerned about democracy and need me to ...

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Along with spring being in the air, there’s a ton of unmissable upcoming music happenings in the Rose City. This week we’re ...

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

One day you’re hiking Dog Mountain in short shorts, hitting Sugar Pine and the Sandy River on the way back into town. The ...

There’s been a tectonic shift in the world of cafe build-outs the last few years that, in my opinion, is an extremely welcome ...

I’m a gay 35-year-old guy in the San Francisco area. I’m heading on a weekend getaway with my boyfriend and two other gay couples. We’re all solid but purely platonic friends — at least so far — but ...

Portlanders took to the streets en masse on April 5 to participate in the local “Hands Off” mass mobilization, with thousands ...

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