Portland Mercury

09/09/2026

Portland’s coolest game shop is hidden inside a record store.

Dark Future is situated inside Black Water - an all-vegan punk venue and restaurant/record store.

Founder Chuck Franco skips the major brands most shops heavily rely on, instead trading pre-owned vintage titles and indie games.

It’s also a hub for the Old School Renaissance, or OSR, style games, which have a gameplay style similar to older versions of D&D, with fewer rules and more high-risk scenarios.

📍5115 NE Sandy Blvd

09/08/2026

What do the stars have in store for you this September? Find out with the only horoscopes column in the universe, THE FAULTS IN OUR STARS, by the Mercury's resident expert astrologer Anthony Hudson.

(It's the hilarious horoscopes you never knew you needed!)

Read your horoscope 🔗👇

09/08/2026

Your guide to the best things to do in Portland this week 👇

There's Rose City Comic Con, Tomato Fest, the AMP Music Festival, a Time-Based Art Festival and more.

Find all the top events in Portland at the link 🔗👇

09/08/2026

This year is shaping up to have a very strong El Niño weather pattern, wildfire season continues across the state, and a new report shows that the Oregon coast lacks vital tsunami-proof evacuation structures to survive "the big one." PLUS, Canada has struck back in the ridiculous US-led trade war currently going on.

This and more of today's top stories in GOOD MORNING, NEWS.

https://www.portlandmercury.com/good-morning-news/good-morning-news-an-update-on-wildfire-season-oregon-unprepared-for-potential-tsunami-and-canada-strikes-back-in-trade-war/

09/07/2026

In this TRASH REPORT: JD Vance is on the "sauerkraut diet," Anne Hathaway is the newest target of MAGA idiots (in particular Randy Quaid), and who wants to sleep with a live bat in their mouth?

Hello, and welcome to another Trash Report! It’s me, Elinor Jones. You might remember me from…well, here, basically. I cannot stop contributing to this outlet. It’s been 15 years. (I started when I was very young, which explains how I am still young. Sooo young.) I hope you all are ready to go...

09/06/2026

Portland’s vegan Thai gem finds a new home, a popular Portland coffee pop up debuts its first brick-and-mortar, and a big foodie event to keep on your radar in PDX.

Even as summer draws to a cloudy close, Portland’s food and drink scene shows no signs of cooling off. August saw few closures and many openings, including a handful of re-openings and revivals, and September is looking like another busy month for new places. Here are some of the biggest openings ...

09/04/2026

The best free and cheap things to do this Labor Day Weekend in Portland!

Lion Dances at Lan Su, comedy shows across Portland, the huge Art in the Pearl Festival, Dolly Parton tributes and more. Full weekend events guide 🔗👇

09/04/2026

In this edition of THE BLACK BYLINE, Donovan Scribes interviews Chris Smalls, who organized the first Amazon labor union. Smalls released a new book this summer titled When The Revolution Comes, where he explores the details behind the historic David and Goliath fight, reveals candid details about his life, and discusses the next big workers' revolution.

Full Q&A 🔗👇