Portland Mercury

You might notice that the repertory films screening this month center characters making questionable decisions. Michael Mann’s nocturnal criminals brood beneath neon while Werner Herzog hoists a steamboat over a hill; Gus Van Sant’s elegy to a grittier Portland sees the city through the eyes of characters with addictions, and Jacque Demy’s French fairy tale is kinda sweet if...

If Portland was a game of Monopoly, Earl Ninsom clearly has control of the board.

The Bangkok-born Ninsom has a sprawling empire of Thai restaurants across most quadrants, each offering specialities perfected. No one can touch the roti at Hat Yai, nor the brisket curry at Eem, or the sumptuous prix fixe experience at Langbaan. 

Earlier this year,...

I’m a 47-year-old divorced dad. Met a 26-year-old woman nine months ago. Things have been great except for one thing: My girlfriend won’t give me access to her phone. When we met, I explained that I have trust issues due to the actions of my ex-wife (multiple infidelities, lies, gaslighting), and that I couldn’t be in a relationship with someone...

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The Portland Fire’s July 31 game against the Indiana Fever was already couched in controversy before it even began. In the week or so before the game, Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham