Editor’s note: The following are photos from three exhibits at the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art’s Time-Based Art Festival (TBA), running now through October 3. Find more of the Mercury’s TBA coverage here and here. {{ image:1 }} {{ image:2 }} {{ image:3 }} {{ image:4 }} {{ image:5 }} {{ image:6 }} {{ image:7 […]
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Posted inFall Arts Guide 2021: Art Is Political
Ten, Tiny, Talks Is Expanding Black & Indigenous LGBTQ+ Art In Portland
Performer Link in Lost in a Place Called America, a Ten, Tiny, Talks play written by Marla Darling and directed by James Dixon. Andrew Jankowski Before you delve into what Ten, Tiny, Talks means for sociopolitical representation and visibility, founder Zeloszelos Marchandt would remind you that the new hybrid artist residency and multi-disciplinary festival—with its […]
Posted inFall Arts Guide 2021: Art Is Political
Ten, Tiny, Talks Is Expanding Black & Indigenous LGBTQ+ Art In Portland
Before you delve into what Ten, Tiny, Talks means for sociopolitical representation and visibility, founder Zeloszelos Marchandt would remind you that the new hybrid artist residency and multi-disciplinary festival—with its roster of more than a dozen local and national Black and Indigenous artists who are transgender, nonbinary, or queer—is about honoring artists’ labors with beneficial […]
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Remembering Experimental Drag-Punk Icon, Phatima Rude
Phatima Rude at a 2016 performance in Portland. Patrick Buckmaster She had many names: Sister Hateful Sow of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Inc., Leigh Pankonin, and Pronoun among them. But there was only one Phatima Rude. She was a transgressive performance artist; a literal staple of San Francisco’s avant garde drag scene since the […]
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Ten Ways We Can Improve Pride Festivities in Portland for 2022
Imagine a Pride without corporations—and without the swoosh. Meg Nanna Happy Pride, Portland! This week, the Mercury is running a series of opinion pieces and personal essays from LGBTQ+ Portlanders on the theme Pride 2021: Queer Beginnings. As we emerge out of the COVID-19 pandemic, we’re all re-evaluating and re-imagining things, and that includes queer […]
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Gen Z’s Voice Narrates Portland Playwright’s Award-Winning Drama
courtesy of conor eilfer “I’ve got a vested interest in the world staying horrible—don’t go trying to change it on me,” jokes Portlander Conor Eifler about his unpublished play, You Cannot Undo This Action, which premiered weeks before coronavirus lockdown began. You Cannot Undo This Action follows high school students entering the stressful, chaotic, pre-pandemic […]
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A Journalist in Jail: What I Experienced After Being Arrested by Portland Police
Freelance Reporter Andrew Jankowski Courtesy author If you’ve been to jail before, you might not be surprised by anything I have to say, other than this: I get it now. I get it so much more clearly than I did, and I’ll keep using this knowledge moving forward. Look, I’m not the first, second, third, […]
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Portland’s Oldest LGBTQ+ Nonprofit Responds to Allegations of Racism and Insensitive Language
Motortion / Getty images Allegations of bullying, racism, and insensitive language within Oregon’s longest-running LGBTQ+ nonprofit organization have prompted the Portland-based International Sovereign Rose Court (ISRC) to examine its own inclusivity efforts amid the ongoing national uprising against racism. Tajh Patterson, best known as the drag queen Flawless Shade, told the Mercury she felt discriminated […]
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TBA 2019 Late Night: The Back to School Kiki Celebrates and Educates
Andrew Jankowski Class was back in session this weekend, at TBA’s Late Night Saturday Back to School Kiki Ball, where New York’s Precious Ebony and Portland’s Brandon Harrison summoned spectators and legendary children to watch and walk looks inspired by the theme of “Back to School.” If you’ve missed out on all the entertaining education […]
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Miguel Gutierrez’s This Bridge Called My Ass Seeks to Destroy the Relationship Between Bodies and Objects
Andrew Jankowski Searching for a way to connect choreographer Miguel Gutierrez’s performance This Bridge Called My Ass to the book from whence it takes its name This Bridge Called My Back, I found myself returning to a poem in the collection by Donna Kate Rushin, “The Bridge Poem.” “I’ve had enough,” Rushin declares, “I’m sick […]
Posted inLGBTQIA+
An Overview of Portland’s LGBTQ+ Nightlife for the Newcomer
Portland hosts a wide range of LGBTQ+ events every night of the week, and the LGBTQ+ community is among America’s most vibrant and visible, where you can find everything from dance parties and comedy nights to drag bingo, drag brunch, and drag shows. No matter how you express, there’s somewhere cool and safe for you […]
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Profiles in Queer Excellence and Resilience
Our communities have gone through a lot this past year. As part of our annual Queer issue, the Mercury is highlighting six LGBTQ+ Portlanders making an impact on the city right now. Their collective stories tie together decades of experiences and span the LGBTQ+ spectrum. These people are leaders in sciences, the arts, and nonprofits, […]