AXE COP IS THE MOST FUN COMIC EVER!!!!! Written by six-year-old Malachai and drawn by his brother Ethan Nicolle, 30, this comic is delight incarnate. It’s also violent, hysterical, inventive, clever, well plotted, and beautifully drawn. Now it’s getting the Dark Horse treatment with a compilation of the first 70 episodes of the web comic, […]
Courtney Ferguson
Mercury copy chief and appreciator of the most sophisticated form of comedy: PUNS!
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Ring, Ring
The Sound of Julie Taymor Phoning in The Tempest
That’s the sound of Julie Taymor phoning in The Tempest.
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Tonight in Music
Backspace—Music in the Schools: Yoyodyne, Your Rival, Goat, Teal Bluestone, 8 pm, $4, all ages Berbati’s Pan—The Greenhornes, Hacienda, 9 pm, $13-15 Branx—The Polish Ambassador, Copy, Natasha Kmeto, Cory O, 8 pm, $8-10 Crush—DJs for Ethos: B-Lit, DJ D-Lyte, Mercedes, DJ Kepi, Lady B, Tortuga Disjecta—Rock ‘n’ Roll Camp for Girls Showcase, 6 pm, $5-10, […]
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Mercury Auction Item of the Day
As you all know, our annual charity auction is currently online. There are tons of incredible items available for bidding, with all proceeds benefiting the kind souls at the nonprofit Raphael House, a place that provides shelter and solace for survivors of domestic violence and their families. But with hundreds of varied items in the […]
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Tonight in Music
The Artistery—Andrew Jackson Jihad, Royal Monsters, 8 pm, $8, all ages Crystal Ballroom—Broken Bells, Mimicking Birds, 8 pm, all ages Doug Fir—Performing Unknown Pleasures: Peter Hook, 9 pm, $23-23 Ella Street Social Club—The Shoguns, The We Shared Milk, The Woolen Men, 9 pm, free Holocene—Classical Revolution PDX, Copy, Matt Carlson, Daniel Menche, Thomas Thorson, DJ […]
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Sad Stories of the Death of Kings
Barry Gifford’s First YA Book
Author Barry Gifford tackles 1960s Chicago in his first YA book.
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Budget Disney
Stomping the Magic out of Narnia
Stop forcing us to visit Narnia! You’re ruining it!
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Tonight in Music
Aladdin Theater—The Posies, Brendan Benson, Aqueduct, 8 pm, $20 Crystal Ballroom—Neon Trees, Tokyo Police Club, 8 pm, $15-18, all ages Everyday Music (Downtown)—Bill Frisell, 7 pm, free, all ages Holocene—Jeffrey Jerusalem, Brainstorm, Billygoat, Death Worth Living, 7:30 pm, $6 Rose Garden—Leonard Cohen, 8 pm, $49.50-250, all ages Star Bar—Jean Cream: DJ Gregarious, 10 pm Dante’s—Dick […]
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Tonight in Music
Alberta Rose Theatre—Live Wire!: Todd Levin, Justin Hawking, Laura Veirs, Mimicking Birds, 7:30 pm, $15-30, all ages Ash Street Saloon—Palo Verde, Dr. Amazon, Boo Frog, Jagula, 9:30 pm, $6 Branx—Various 4-Year Anniversary: MonkeyTek, Ryan Organ, Jon AD, DJ E3, Lincolnup, Ben Tactic, Samizdat, DJ Saltfeend, 10 pm, $5 City Hall—Ethan Rose, Flash Choir, all ages […]
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Tonight in Music
Aladdin Theater—The Books, Black Heart Procession, 8 pm, $20, all ages Alberta Rose Theatre—Black Prairie, Old Light, Ritchie Young, 9 pm, $12 Backspace—Rose Bent, Speaker Minds, King Wolveryne, Rich James, Portland George, Yung Mil, Karma, 8 pm, $5, all ages Berbati’s Pan—Lucero, Drag the River, I Can Lick Any Sonofabitch In The House, 9 pm, […]