Sep 22, 2024
by Wm. Steven Humphrey 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 the first to know by signing up for Mercury newsletters! All the latest stories shipped directly to your email's in-box... and then... YOUR HEAD.) • Auditors Determine Insufficient Evidence that Rene Gonzalez Violated Campaign Finance Laws Portland's Auditor's Office cites "insufficient evidence" (but just barely) of a campaign violation by Commissioner and mayoral candidate Rene Gonzalez for using taxpayer funds to edit his Wikipedia page. Other potential state violations will be investigated. Suzette Smith • POP QUIZ PDX! This week's trivia questions include: Sketchy millionaires try to buy a mayor, sexy new bridge alert, and what NOT to name Portland's new WNBA team. See how well YOU score! FS-Stock / iStock / Getty Images • Talk About Political Theater Risk/Reward’s newest theatrical adventure, the Election Anti-Party, wants to rescue you from this year’s political anxiety-spiral. Jingzi Zhao, Gary Norman, Jen Au, Anthony Keo • What Art Goes With Your Job? If people keep telling you to take up pottery, you have other options. Make art, truth, and beauty work for you for a change. Sam Buttrick, sambuttrickart.com • Beatlemania Through the Eyes of a Beatle Paul McCartney Photographs 1963–64: Eyes of the Storm provides the ultimate insider’s view of the cultural event that was Beatlemania. Paul McCartney, courtesy of Portland Art Museum • THE TRASH REPORT This week's hot goss includes: Florida man's obsession with eating cats, a decades-long feud with Madonna, and is your brain running out of your nose? Arturo Holmes/Getty Images • Randoserus in Portland Japanese leather goods manufacturer Tsuchiya Kaban likes Portland so much it launched its first US outpost, in downtown clothing boutique Frances May! Courtesy Tsuchiya Kaban • This Week In Portland Food News Japanese cuisine reigns supreme in Portland this week, as the nationally acclaimed restaurant Takibi reopens, Tomo Ramen expands to Woodstock, and Jewan Manuel of Plant Based Papi debuts Ra-Ra Ramen.  Tomo Ramen • SAVAGE LOVE A longtime couple finally admit their sexy fantasies... but can't carry them out! WHAT CAN BE DONE? Dan Savage and a guest expert sort it all out in this week's column! Joe Newton • TBA Review: Yelling Choir by Maxx Katz Commands Sonic Space Maxx Katz's eclectic research into somatic practices, heavy metal, improvisation, and classical music infuses Yelling Choir's compositions with a radical and unexpected edge. Lindsay Costello WOW, THAT IS A LOT OF GOOD READIN'. I hope you didn't have any other plans this weekend! Dig in, and remember: Producing all this hard work costs moolah—so please consider contributing to the Mercury to keep it all coming! Thanks!
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