In the first issue of Agenda, the Mercury‘s arts guide, we ran an article about record label Kill Rock Stars’ recent foray into comedy—they’re on a brilliant streak of releasing albums by some of the best standups working today, including Hari Kondabolu and Kurt Braunohler. (I refuse to spell check either of those names.) This […]
Alison Hallett
Alison Hallett served nobly as the Mercury's arts editor from 2008-2014. Her proud legacy lives on.
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It’s Happening Tonight!
MUSIC—Detroit punkers Tyvek stop in town for the second time this month as they make their way back up the West Coast, and this means double the pleasure for P-Town. Don’t miss the splendid Woolen Men, whose deep catalog of lo-fi pop gemstones is one of our city’s greatest natural resources. NLw/the Bugs; Bunk Bar, […]
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What Are You Doing this Weekend?
Alison Hallett: “Going to Action/Adventure Theatre’s Inspired By fundraiser, to see writers Chelsea Cain and Alexis Smith, the Builders and the Butchers’ Ryan Sollee, actors from Portland Playhouse and Live Wire, and more. I’m going to read Geoff Dyer’s Another Great Day at Sea (he’s at Powell’s Tuesday, June 3) and maybe My Real Children, […]
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It’s Happening Tonight!
MUSIC—With a springtime rash of perfect-weather days, Portland can be forgiven for jumping the gun on summer. And now that we’ve started, why stop? Here’s a beach-blanket rock ‘n’ roll show to kick off the holiday weekend, with Costa Mesa’s prolific patio-party rockers the Growlers, Portland surf-rock torchbearers Guantanamo Baywatch, and the righteous snarl of […]
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It’s Happening Tonight!
COMEDY—He’s a writer and performer on one of the funniest TV shows around (Inside Amy Schumer) and a co-host of one of the best comedy podcasts (Professor Blastoff, with the brilliant Tig Notaro). And, he sometimes does musical comedy and it isn’t annoying. Kyle Dunnigan is simply one of the most idiosyncratic comedic voices around […]
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Oregonian Reports Cartopia Slated for Redevelopment
The Oregonian is reporting that Southeast Portland’s Cartopia food cart pod appears to be heading for development: Plans submitted to city development officials describe a four-story apartment building with ground-floor storefronts on the site. Contacted Wednesday, developer Vic Remmers said he had a contract to buy the site. The lot’s owners couldn’t be reached. More […]
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Vegetable-ism
Vegetarian Cooking Has Come a Long Way
Vegetarian cooking has come a long way.
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Eisenberg vs. Eisenberg
The Double‘s Sly Dostoyevsky Riff
The Double‘s a sly riff on Dostoyevsky.
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Warning: Foodies
Chef‘s Foodie Road Trip
Jon Favreau takes a rambling foodie road trip.
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It’s Happening Tonight!
MUSIC—Brilliant, underappreciated in his time, and dead too young: Discovering the work of songwriter/cellist Arthur Russell is like stumbling onto a secret you can’t believe everyone else doesn’t already know. Tonight, Portland’s finest, including Shaky Hands’ Nick Delffs and Parenthetical Girls’ Zac Pennington, justly celebrate the musician’s work with a tribute night. AHValentine’s, 232 SW […]
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Dave Chappelle Does It Again—and Again, and Again.
In 2009, Dave Chappelle was in Portland shopping for menswear when he casually mentioned that he was on his way to pick up an amp to play a free show at Pioneer Courthouse Square. Twitter heard about it. The Mercury heard about it. Soon enough, everyone in Portland had heard about it. I went to […]