The Mercury covers culture & art because we think all its various forms are—quite plainly—how people understand one another. Conversations about food, music, performance, and “weird” installation art ...

The Multnomah County Board of Commissioners welcomed Chair Jessica Vega Pederson’s top pick for the county’s chief operating ...

The former Bates College professor passionately advocated for use of local materials and for an understanding of the ...

Mulisch, who died in 2010, was a titan of Dutch literature, admired by JM Coetzee and John Updike. Here, in a fresh printing, ...

These days, the sleek style is ubiquitous: Minimalist design ideas pop up all over Pinterest and Instagram, they’re promoted by furniture giants like IKEA, and many of the most innovative ...

Other notable March releases include Swamplandia! author Karen Russell ’s long-awaited second novel, Slate senior writer ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The business community of Portland's central city gathered Thursday to hear the latest numbers on post-pandemic economic recovery, and the news was mostly grim. As one ...

The Bustle team has pored over the upcoming releases and picked our favorites. Below, the 37 best books of Spring 2025.

The learning curve for shucking your own oysters isn’t steep. But it does come with a price. Once you can pry your own beautiful Pacific Northwest bivalves open for $1 a pop (or less if you ...

A Presidents Day protest drew more than 1,000 people to downtown Portland, in one of the city’s largest demonstrations to date of the second Trump era, leaving police briefly scrambling to ...