Hannah Turner-Harts Between the bright lights, billowing clouds of dirt, nostril-burning exhaust fumes, and engines loud enough to rattle your teeth and crack a filling, attending Monster Jam means surrendering yourself to an incredibly visceral experience. Every year, the monster truck show crosses the US to perform for arenas of adoring fans. And every year, […]
CK Dolan
Formerly a senior editor and the music editor at the Mercury, CK Dolan writes about music, movies, TV, the death industry, and pickles.
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With Feminist March, the Hollywood Theatre Celebrates Women’s History Month
A Fantastic Woman The Hollywood Theatre has a very special way of celebrating Women’s History Month: Throughout March, its programming will include more than a dozen films about and directed by women, the majority of which were chosen in partnership with local organizations like Brown Girl Rise, PICA, and the POW Film Fest. From beloved […]
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Listen to the Mercury‘s March Playlist, Featuring Chai, Better Oblivion Community Center, and More!
Feast your ears on the Mercury‘s March playlist, a collection of 31 songs from artists playing in Portland this month. There’s a boatload of shows worth prying your butt off the couch for this March: extremely badass Japanese punk band CHAI, LA rapper Vince Staples and his tour opener JPEGMAFIA, whose album Veteran was one […]
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The Explicit Feminism of the Hollywood Theatre’s Feminist March Series
The Hollywood Theatre’s Feminist March returns.
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Aiming for Equity: Portland in Color Wants to Get Local POC Artists Paid
A new professional database is providing an easy solution to your office’s diversity problem.
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The Portland Raging Grannies Seek Justice Through Street Theater
The Portland Raging Grannies seek justice through street theater.
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The TransActive Gender Project Expands the Scope of Its Advocacy for Trans and Gender-Diverse Youth
The TransActive Gender Project expands the scope of its advocacy for trans and gender-diverse youth.
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Greta Review: Campy Fun… and a Harmful Narrative
In Neil Jordan’s Greta, Chloë Grace Moretz plays Frances, a recent transplant to New York City who is grieving the death of her mother and perhaps unconsciously seeking an emotional bond with a surrogate maternal figure. Enter Isabelle Huppert, Queen of France, who plays the titular Greta—a lonely widow with shiny black fingernails filed into […]
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Live Review: Kacey Musgraves at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Mon Feb 18
Olivia Rosenlund Earlier this month, Kacey Musgraves won four Grammys for her new record Golden Hour: album of the year, best country album, best country solo performance (“Butterflies”), and best country song (“Space Cowboy”). After briefly celebrating her wins with Mick Jagger and a chicken sandwich, the country singer/songwriter hit the road again, and stopped […]
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Happy Death Day 2U Review: A Surprisingly Feel-Good Horror Movie
Two years ago, horror writer and director Christopher Landon (of Paranormal Activity fame) debuted Happy Death Day, a film that paired the time-looping premise of Groundhog Day with college students, creepy single-toothed baby masks, and classic slasher tropes. It was wildly popular, grossing $125 million from a $5 million budget, and had fans clamoring for […]
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Portland Trombonist and DREAMer Denzel Mendoza Is a Grammy Winner
Denzel Mendoza playing with Haley Heynderickx at Pickathon 2018 Katie Summer You might not be familiar with his name yet, but last weekend, Denzel Mendoza won a Grammy. It all began one day last March, when Mendoza—a Portland-based trombonist who plays with local acts like Kulululu, Haley Heynderickx, and Joshua Thomas—received a call from music […]