Good lord. This weekend is ridiculous. Tonight there’s PICA’s 13th Birthday Celebration at Holocene, w/Fleshtone, Velella Velella, and MEGA*CHURCH, $7 ($5 for PICA members) Portland Institute for Contemporary Art celebrates 13 years of making the world safe for contemporary art with a birthday party at Holocene. A special raffle will be held with prizes including […]
Alison Hallett
Alison Hallett served nobly as the Mercury's arts editor from 2008-2014. Her proud legacy lives on.
Posted inTheater & Performance
Portland Center Stage’s JAW Festival
The JAW Festival develops cutting-edge theater in Portland.
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Nostalgia Trip
Mixtapes, Wite-Out Pens, and The Wackness
The Wackness lets you relive your teen years. With Ben Kingsley.
Posted inArtsy
Disjecta 3.0
I know I’m a little late on this one, but in case anybody missed it: The persistent folks at arts center Disjecta are back, with a new space on Interstate. They’re opening their first gallery show this weekend. After a period of uncharacteristic quietness, Disjecta is pleased to formally announce the public opening of our […]
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Booty Call: The Morning After
Someone just emailed asking to know how the smutty reading series Booty Call went on Sunday, so here it is. (This one’s for you, “boltonrocks.”) Kevin Sampsell read a story about mainlining semen, from his collection Creamy Bullets. He also unzipped his pants and then told the crowd not to tell him to “XYZ,” because […]
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Tin House Readings!
Tin House is hosting readings at Reed College’s Cerf ampitheater all week, as part of their summer writer’s workshop. Last night, Aimee Bender, Walter Kirn, and Steve Almond read–I saw Steve Almond at Booty Call on Sunday, and while I’m guessing his Tin House reading didn’t involve audience members chanting “anal sex! anal sex!” (or […]
Posted inGirls Only!
(Late to the) Girl Fight Party
This happened two weeks ago (which I think makes it what, 156 in blog years?), but I just saw it and so I’m reposting case anyone else missed the absolutely excruciating culture collision that was the Jezebel girls appearing on Daily Show co-creator and HuffPo blogger Lizz Winstead’s Drinking and Thinking. Ho-ly shit. Watch the […]
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Booty Call: Uncensored
This Sunday marks the triumphant return of the Booty Call reading series, organized by occasional Mercury contributor Kevin Sampsell, which invites writers/bloggers/zinesters to share their filthiest stories with a well-lubricated (drunk! I mean to say) audience. Steve Almond, Jami Attenberg, Melissa Lion, and Zach Plague will all be participating. I interviewed all four of them […]
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This Land Is Their Land
by Barbara Ehrenreich
The Merc interviews Barbara Ehrenreich.
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Booty Call Authors: Uncensored
An extended interview with the filthy-minded authors of the Booty Call reading series.
Posted inMovies & TV
Not That Kind of MILF
Savage Grace Tries to Make Incest Sexy; Fails
Savage Grace doesn’t make incest fun again.