Last reminder! Do you ever feel like Kevin Bacon in the barn scene from Footloose? ME, TOO! That's why it is IMPERATIVE for your mental well-being to attend tonight's "THAT'S MY JAM!" dance party an

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For some inscrutable reason, Grimm decided not to suck last night. Going into the episode, I had a feeling of resignation, that would just be another installment of a C-grade cop show with fant

One thing I really enjoy about Portland's comic book co

The Portland city auditor released its quarterly lobbying report today. You can read through the report and find out out who lobbied city officials about what, and how much money they s

It started out as basically confined to the 811 E Burnside building, but inner SE's First Fridays are starting to pull more and more muscle, thanks in part to new venues like

Oh, sure! You can TRY to blame the Mercury for supposedly not running the mooshy-gushy reader valentine that you FORGOT to submit. But rest assured I will happily fling op

This is big news: In a few weeks, the Independent Publishing Resource Center will be packing up the letterpresses and moving to new digs at 10th and Division. The lease has been signed; projected move-in date is March 1. This announcement smacked me with some nostalgia—maybe th

1. Did you know that Rick Santorum is still in the presidential race? I had to check, but it's true! Apparently,

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Some of us (and by "us" I mean "you") aren't quite as lucky as HannahMiller9927 at getting middle-school boyfriends. HannahMiller9927 gets a lot of them, and while her current main boyfriend Robert (who is super cute and not crazy because HannahMiller9927 hates "crazy") is awesome, she's been asked out on dates by THREE

Last night when our stories were about to come on, my husband asked “Isn’t it sad that you have to be working during TV now?” And I said, “Are you kidding? Having an audience for

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Yesterday, Barack Obama's official Twitter feed tweeted video of Donald Trump's endorsement of Mitt Romney. The only comment, before the link to the video: "In case you missed it." You don't have to be a political expert

ATTN. CINEPHILES—Hey, look! Jamie and I watched some things on our televisions! Now we will tell you whether or not you should buy them! —Erik

BENDER—It's time to have the funnest blackout you'll never remember with the annual Slabtown Bender. Drink 'em up and dance 'em down at this weekend-

I met this morning with

The Slabtown Bender kicks off today, and it was announced this morning that Doug Rogers has purchased Slabtown from Brinda Coleman and Sam

Earlier this week, the American Family Association group One Million Moms lashed out against JC Penney's new choice of spokesmodel: Recently JC Penney announced that comedian Ellen Degeneres will be the company's new spokesperso

Which is why this made me laugh. From the band poster show at Meat Cheese Bread (home of the best breakfast burritos in Portland, I will fight anyone who

The Slabtown Bender kicks off

As you may have heard, this stark poster for the new season of Mad Men has been getting a lot of play all around NY

No, this isn't a vintage Blogtown post. It's new. The Tr

Yeah, so I'm a 17-year-old lesbian and decided to be big and brave and come out to my parents. I did the whole "born this way," "please accept me," etc., that I'm sure everyone tries. Things got pretty damn quiet, which was actually a good reaction in my books because my parents are kind of rel

Again, I'm increasingly irked at the still-persistent concept that women need an escape from their homes while the menfolk get their Superbowl on.

Again, I'm increasingly irked at the still-persistent concept that women need an escape from their homes while the menfolk get their Superbowl on. Yeah, maybe I do have little to no interest in the game, and yeah I do appreciate just about any excuse for a sale, but this constant refrain is making me want t

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