“We were calling it ‘a totally real’ holiday,’” says Meza. According to her, listeners ran with it and submitted theme songs and videos about 503 Day. “Everyone just sort of played along,” she ...

Text your concert buddies, ’cause tickets are about to go on sale! Country and hip-hop crossover star Shaboozey saddles up for his Outlaws Never Die Tour this fall. A decade after their Endless Summer ...

Who’s ready to have some fun? Well, the Mercury is here to help with FREE TICKETS to see some of Portland’s best concerts and events; our way of saying thanks to our great readers and spread the word ...

HEY THERE, SEXY BRAIN! It’s time to put your brainy-brain to the test with this edition of POP QUIZ PDX—our local, sassy-ass trivia quiz. And this week we’ll see how much YOU know about driverless ...

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The Portland City Council voted Wednesday to implement a fee that will offer a significant new source of funding for the city ...

May Day carries an ancient connection to Floralia, a Roman festival that honored the blossom goddess Flora in early May. It’s ...

The CEO of Multnomah County’s housing authority, Home Forward, is resigning effective May 1. Home Forward announced Ivory ...

Portland Playhouse has put on plenty of musicals before, but director Brian Weaver says: “we’ve never done anything as shamelessly ridiculous as this.” ...

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Tough choices” is public officials’ shorthand for this year’s budget cycle. In Portland’s Community and Economic Development ...

This week, we have devastating food news to report: a local food cart owner was detained by ICE last week and is being held ...