The future of foie gras is on shaky ground in Portland. A proposed ordinance would ban the sale of foie gras within city limits, with restaurants receiving a fine of $1,000 to $5,000 for each ...

“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 ...

Ahead of Cabaret Voltaire's long-awaited Portland debut, music journalist Dave Segal sat down with the group's founder Stephen Mallinder.

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 ...

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 ...

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

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Portland City Council is poised to adopt a new funding mechanism for the city’s cash-strapped transportation bureau, in the ...

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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 ...

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