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Pickathon is back in 2026, announcing their initial music lineup today! The genres represented, as per usual, feature an expansive lineup of international heaters and regional heavyweights, and heavyweights in training.
The Pickathon 2026 Music Lineup is Here!
Nolan Parker
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January 27, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Pickathon is back in 2026, announcing their initial music lineup today! The genres represented, as per usual, feature an expansive lineup of international heaters and regional heavyweights, and heavyweights in training.
It's the Do This, Do That Portland events guide!
This special Wiener Week electropop and avant-garde musicians are coming to town, and did you know you can see a film at Laurelhurst Theater for only seven bones on Tuesdays?
This special Wiener Week electropop and avant-garde musicians are coming to town, and did you know you can see a film at Laurelhurst Theater for only seven bones on Tuesdays?
The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for January 26-February 1
Guard your buns, because this Monday marks the beginning of the Mercury's Wiener Week! Plus, electropop and avant-garde musicians are coming to town, and did you know you can see a film at Laurelhurst...
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January 27, 2026 at 12:05 AM
It's the Do This, Do That Portland events guide!
This special Wiener Week electropop and avant-garde musicians are coming to town, and did you know you can see a film at Laurelhurst Theater for only seven bones on Tuesdays?
This special Wiener Week electropop and avant-garde musicians are coming to town, and did you know you can see a film at Laurelhurst Theater for only seven bones on Tuesdays?
The Trash Report roundup is back 🗑️
-ICE is everywhere and it's scary AF
-Brooklyn Beckham calls out his famous parents
-Karamo backs out of Queer Eye Press
-Prue is leaving the Great British Bake Off
✍️ @elinorjoneser.bsky.social
-ICE is everywhere and it's scary AF
-Brooklyn Beckham calls out his famous parents
-Karamo backs out of Queer Eye Press
-Prue is leaving the Great British Bake Off
✍️ @elinorjoneser.bsky.social
THE TRASH REPORT: Feuds for Thought
Hey friends. I am writing this on Sunday. My daughter and I like to snuggle on the couch and watch dumb Instagram reels on my phone together on the weekends, and but yesterday ICE shot a man to death ...
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January 26, 2026 at 8:28 PM
The Trash Report roundup is back 🗑️
-ICE is everywhere and it's scary AF
-Brooklyn Beckham calls out his famous parents
-Karamo backs out of Queer Eye Press
-Prue is leaving the Great British Bake Off
✍️ @elinorjoneser.bsky.social
-ICE is everywhere and it's scary AF
-Brooklyn Beckham calls out his famous parents
-Karamo backs out of Queer Eye Press
-Prue is leaving the Great British Bake Off
✍️ @elinorjoneser.bsky.social
Border Patrol agents murder another protester in Minneapolis, Oregon nurses take on ICE (and management), and Kanye West buys a full page ad to (belatedly) apologize to the world. It’s GOOD MORNING, NEWS.
Good Morning, News: The Border Patrol Murder of Alex Pretti, Oregon Nurses vs. ICE, and Kanye's Full Page Apology
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...
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January 26, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Border Patrol agents murder another protester in Minneapolis, Oregon nurses take on ICE (and management), and Kanye West buys a full page ad to (belatedly) apologize to the world. It’s GOOD MORNING, NEWS.
Portland Mercury’s Wiener Week is back! 🌭
Explore hot dogs from more than 40 restaurants across Portland Jan 26 through Feb 1!!!
Explore hot dogs from more than 40 restaurants across Portland Jan 26 through Feb 1!!!
January 26, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Portland Mercury’s Wiener Week is back! 🌭
Explore hot dogs from more than 40 restaurants across Portland Jan 26 through Feb 1!!!
Explore hot dogs from more than 40 restaurants across Portland Jan 26 through Feb 1!!!
“Oh, hi! Sorry, can’t talk.. reading these super interesting Mercury stories, and you bore me to death. BYE.”
Catch up on all the great Mercury articles you may have missed this week with our SUNDAY READING LIST! 🗞️☕
Catch up on all the great Mercury articles you may have missed this week with our SUNDAY READING LIST! 🗞️☕
YOUR SUNDAY READING LIST: Sketchy ICE Agents, Pushy Cops, and Table Tennis Is More Than Just Marty Supreme
GOOD MORNING, SUNDAY! 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 you despise being "the last to know," then be one of ...
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January 25, 2026 at 5:57 PM
“Oh, hi! Sorry, can’t talk.. reading these super interesting Mercury stories, and you bore me to death. BYE.”
Catch up on all the great Mercury articles you may have missed this week with our SUNDAY READING LIST! 🗞️☕
Catch up on all the great Mercury articles you may have missed this week with our SUNDAY READING LIST! 🗞️☕
Exploring the fine print fair at the Portland Art Museum.
The event features 16 collectors from across North America. It continues Jan 25 from 11am-5pm.
The event features 16 collectors from across North America. It continues Jan 25 from 11am-5pm.
January 25, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Exploring the fine print fair at the Portland Art Museum.
The event features 16 collectors from across North America. It continues Jan 25 from 11am-5pm.
The event features 16 collectors from across North America. It continues Jan 25 from 11am-5pm.
Hundreds of people have marched to the South Portland ICE facility.
The protest was organized hours after a man was shot and killed by federal agents in Minnesota while observing and filming them.
Footage by Jeremiah Hayden
The protest was organized hours after a man was shot and killed by federal agents in Minnesota while observing and filming them.
Footage by Jeremiah Hayden
January 25, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Hundreds of people have marched to the South Portland ICE facility.
The protest was organized hours after a man was shot and killed by federal agents in Minnesota while observing and filming them.
Footage by Jeremiah Hayden
The protest was organized hours after a man was shot and killed by federal agents in Minnesota while observing and filming them.
Footage by Jeremiah Hayden
Genderbomb's anthology show at Performance Works Northwest, Impact Play, encourages radical intimacy, which they serve up on a kinky (and, at one point, human!) platter.
Genderbomb’s Impact Play: “If You’re Offended, Tell Your Friends”
“What you witness at this show will be art made for the moment by people who aren’t so much putting on a play, but caught in the middle of play,” read the print program for Impact Play. Produced by tr...
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January 24, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Genderbomb's anthology show at Performance Works Northwest, Impact Play, encourages radical intimacy, which they serve up on a kinky (and, at one point, human!) platter.
Portland's Jimmie Herrod lights up the Schnitz January 24 and 25 with the backing of the Oregon Symphony. Herrod, of Pink Martini and America's Got Talent fame, has vocals that soar like Aretha and sizzle like Billie, and we've got it on good authority that there's gonna be a Janet Jackson cover.
Singing All the Parts: The Vocal Dynamism of Portland’s Jimmie Herrod
Jenni Moore
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January 24, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Portland's Jimmie Herrod lights up the Schnitz January 24 and 25 with the backing of the Oregon Symphony. Herrod, of Pink Martini and America's Got Talent fame, has vocals that soar like Aretha and sizzle like Billie, and we've got it on good authority that there's gonna be a Janet Jackson cover.
Attorneys for Legacy Emanuel Medical Center sent a cease and desist notice to the Oregon Nurses Association (ONA) on January 16, accusing the union of making “false and misleading statements” regarding the hospital’s policies on immigration enforcement activity in the facility.
Legacy Emanuel Sends Cease and Desist to Nurses Union Over ICE Statements
Attorneys for Legacy Emanuel Medical Center sent a cease and desist notice to the Oregon Nurses Association (ONA) on January 16, accusing the union of making “false and misleading statements” regardin...
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January 24, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Attorneys for Legacy Emanuel Medical Center sent a cease and desist notice to the Oregon Nurses Association (ONA) on January 16, accusing the union of making “false and misleading statements” regarding the hospital’s policies on immigration enforcement activity in the facility.
Major League Table Tennis matches make it clear: The hype for ping-pong shouldn't end at Marty Supreme, and Portland is definitely a ping-pong town.
Earlier this month, writer @corbinsmith.bsky.social attended a Major League Table Tennis event in PDX, which attracted players from all over the world
Earlier this month, writer @corbinsmith.bsky.social attended a Major League Table Tennis event in PDX, which attracted players from all over the world
Spectators and Players, Portland Is a Ping-Pong Town
There’s a scene in the recent hit movie Marty Supreme in which Marty Mauser (Timothée Chalamet), an American table tennis champion and inveterate liar getting by on the skin of his teeth in post-WWII ...
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January 23, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Major League Table Tennis matches make it clear: The hype for ping-pong shouldn't end at Marty Supreme, and Portland is definitely a ping-pong town.
Earlier this month, writer @corbinsmith.bsky.social attended a Major League Table Tennis event in PDX, which attracted players from all over the world
Earlier this month, writer @corbinsmith.bsky.social attended a Major League Table Tennis event in PDX, which attracted players from all over the world
It has to be more than one day's news that federal agents used a five-year-old boy as a decoy, then detained him and his father and sent them to Texas. The news cycle usually moves on, but we can't have a society that just does this and then moves on to brunch.
Good Morning, News: Two Bad Apples Identified, Freezing Temps Means Longer Hours for Local Shelters (Hardly), Minnesota on Strike, So Many Amendments to Violate!
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January 23, 2026 at 6:34 PM
It has to be more than one day's news that federal agents used a five-year-old boy as a decoy, then detained him and his father and sent them to Texas. The news cycle usually moves on, but we can't have a society that just does this and then moves on to brunch.
If the dreary January weather’s got you down, find something fun to look forward to in our rundown of this week’s newly announced events. “Sue Me” singer Audrey Hobert climbs the staircase to stardom during her spring tour. Folk rockers Lord Huron head back to Bend this summer.
Ticket Alert: Audrey Hobert, Lord Huron, and More Portland Events Going On Sale This Week - EverOut Portland
Ticket Alert: Audrey Hobert, Lord Huron, and More Portland Events Going On Sale This Week - Plus, Oh Wonder and More Event Updates for January 22
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January 23, 2026 at 12:51 AM
If the dreary January weather’s got you down, find something fun to look forward to in our rundown of this week’s newly announced events. “Sue Me” singer Audrey Hobert climbs the staircase to stardom during her spring tour. Folk rockers Lord Huron head back to Bend this summer.
Two Portland Police officers whose conduct during recent anti-ICE protests came under scrutiny have been identified through records requests.
Portland Officers Who Clashed With Anti-ICE Protesters Identified
A Portland Police officer who was filmed punching a protester earlier this month during an anti-ICE protest was also named in a lawsuit years earlier by a different protester who was injured by police...
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January 23, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Two Portland Police officers whose conduct during recent anti-ICE protests came under scrutiny have been identified through records requests.
Enter to WIN FREE tickets to some of the best concerts and shows coming soon to Portland!
This week we have tickets to Todd Barry, Weakened Friends, Keola Beamer & Henry Kapono and more events!
This week we have tickets to Todd Barry, Weakened Friends, Keola Beamer & Henry Kapono and more events!
FREE TICKETS THURSDAY: Win Tix to Todd Barry, Drink The Sea, Weakened Friends, and MORE!
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 ...
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January 22, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Enter to WIN FREE tickets to some of the best concerts and shows coming soon to Portland!
This week we have tickets to Todd Barry, Weakened Friends, Keola Beamer & Henry Kapono and more events!
This week we have tickets to Todd Barry, Weakened Friends, Keola Beamer & Henry Kapono and more events!
How much do you know about Portland… the state of Oregon… and disposing of a dead body? Let’s find out in this sassy edition of the city’s funnest trivia game, POP QUIZ PDX! Plus, extinct volcanoes, celebrity baseballers, and… poker-playing water skiiers? See how well YOU score!
POP QUIZ PDX: How Much Do YOU Know About Portland? And Oregon? And Disposing of a Dead Body?
GREETINGS, BRAINY PANTS! It's time once again to put your brainy-brain to the test with this week's edition of POP QUIZ PDX—our weekly, local, sassy-ass trivia quiz. And this week, since I'm going on ...
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January 22, 2026 at 7:49 PM
How much do you know about Portland… the state of Oregon… and disposing of a dead body? Let’s find out in this sassy edition of the city’s funnest trivia game, POP QUIZ PDX! Plus, extinct volcanoes, celebrity baseballers, and… poker-playing water skiiers? See how well YOU score!
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Here for the paczki updates
Would you like a short, digestible culture news snack? Portland’s art, culture, and food scenes are super messy, and they get all over one another. Could one ambitious culture editor round-up stuff you should know about? Welcome back to Art Snack!
Art Snack: Portland Paczki Promises Unsurprisingly Vegan, Online Guide to Frog Brigade Building, Two Reopenings, and a BBQ
Welcome to Art Snack. This round-up is a continuation of a newsletter I wrote during the pandemic, which started out focused on remote art before softly transitioning to short updates on local arts an...
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January 22, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Here for the paczki updates
• EIGHT Portland restaurants are James Beard Award semifinalists
• No metal detectors in the Multnomah County's Central Library downtown
• The Portland Fire's 2026 schedule is here
• It’s Good Morning, News!
• No metal detectors in the Multnomah County's Central Library downtown
• The Portland Fire's 2026 schedule is here
• It’s Good Morning, News!
Good Morning, News: Portland Restaurants in the James Beard Semifinals, Higher Court Allows Feds to Tear Gas Protesters in Minnesota, and No Metal Detectors at Downtown Library
If you appreciate the Mercury's interesting and useful news & culture reporting, consider making a small monthly contribution to support our editorial team. Your donation is tax-deductible. You ca...
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January 22, 2026 at 5:36 PM
• EIGHT Portland restaurants are James Beard Award semifinalists
• No metal detectors in the Multnomah County's Central Library downtown
• The Portland Fire's 2026 schedule is here
• It’s Good Morning, News!
• No metal detectors in the Multnomah County's Central Library downtown
• The Portland Fire's 2026 schedule is here
• It’s Good Morning, News!
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wrote about and photographed table tennis for @portlandmercury.com: www.portlandmercury.com/photo-essay/...
Spectators and Players, Portland Is a Ping-Pong Town
There’s a scene in the recent hit movie Marty Supreme in which Marty Mauser (Timothée Chalamet), an American table tennis champion and inveterate liar getting by on the skin of his teeth in post-WWII ...
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January 22, 2026 at 5:02 PM
wrote about and photographed table tennis for @portlandmercury.com: www.portlandmercury.com/photo-essay/...
Would you like a short, digestible culture news snack? Portland’s art, culture, and food scenes are super messy, and they get all over one another. Could one ambitious culture editor round-up stuff you should know about? Welcome back to Art Snack!
Art Snack: Portland Paczki Promises Unsurprisingly Vegan, Online Guide to Frog Brigade Building, Two Reopenings, and a BBQ
Welcome to Art Snack. This round-up is a continuation of a newsletter I wrote during the pandemic, which started out focused on remote art before softly transitioning to short updates on local arts an...
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January 22, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Would you like a short, digestible culture news snack? Portland’s art, culture, and food scenes are super messy, and they get all over one another. Could one ambitious culture editor round-up stuff you should know about? Welcome back to Art Snack!
Woodburn residents swarmed ICE agents who had locked themselves out of their vehicle and got one of the agents to admit he's not keen on his job.
PLUS
-Another racist Trump tirade
-Earthquakes in So Cal
-Usha Vance is preggers
PLUS
-Another racist Trump tirade
-Earthquakes in So Cal
-Usha Vance is preggers
Good Morning, News: Woodburn Activists Successfully Thwart ICE, Usha Vance is Preggers, and Trump Delivers Racist Tirade
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...
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January 21, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Woodburn residents swarmed ICE agents who had locked themselves out of their vehicle and got one of the agents to admit he's not keen on his job.
PLUS
-Another racist Trump tirade
-Earthquakes in So Cal
-Usha Vance is preggers
PLUS
-Another racist Trump tirade
-Earthquakes in So Cal
-Usha Vance is preggers
What’s your favorite bridge in Portland?
📍Tilikum Crossing Bridge
📍Tilikum Crossing Bridge
January 21, 2026 at 5:26 PM
What’s your favorite bridge in Portland?
📍Tilikum Crossing Bridge
📍Tilikum Crossing Bridge
Should I open Pandora’s box with my elderly parents now, or leave things be for the sake of family peace?
SAVAGE LOVE: Parent Trap
I’m a gay man in my fifties, comfortable in my skin, but I suffered severe bullying throughout school, which was often abetted by teachers. A recent class reunion prompted me to write a tell-all lette...
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January 21, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Should I open Pandora’s box with my elderly parents now, or leave things be for the sake of family peace?
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January 20, 2026 at 7:54 PM
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