Bridgetown Comedy Festival Every year, I anticipate the Bridgetown Comedy Festival with the hopped-up excitement of a sugar-deprived five-year-old allowed a bowl of Froot Loops at a friend’s house. For a few glorious days, Portland stand-ups hobnob with out-of-town comedy heroes in a mildly drunk joke paradise, and this year’s lineup—Janeane Garofalo, Karen Kilgariff, Baron […]
Chipp Terwilliger
Chipp Terwilliger is a Calendar Editor and in-house sports expert at the Portland Mercury. He writes about video games, the Timbers, Thorns, Pickles, and Blazers, and creates listings for the music, comedy, and arts events that you should be attending.
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Lasers, Beer, and Video Games: Here’s Ground Kontrol’s Brand-New Expansion
Chipp Terwilliger It’s an exciting time to be a gamer in Portland. Last week, the city’s newest bar/arcade Quarterworld celebrated its first anniversary with a Saturday-night blowout, and this weekend, the inaugural installment of the Mercury-sponsored Betacon Game Expo will set up shop at the Convention Center, giving the public a chance to experience the […]
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Things to Do Comedy: April 2017
Funny Things to Do All Month Long
Reggie Watts I don’t know how to describe what it is that Reggie Watts does, other than to maybe say he effortlessly yanks together utterly disparate threads—singing, rapping, beatboxing, turntable knob-spinning and button-punching, comedy that veers from improv to sketch to standup—and braids them together into something completely new and different and captivating and hilarious […]
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RECAP: Treefort Music Fest 2017, March 22-26 in Boise, Idaho
BAND DIALOGUE John McDevitt Last week marked Boise, Idaho’s sixth annual Treefort Music Fest, the Northwest’s preeminent five-day, multi-venue music festival. Though it’s evolved to include art, tech, and culture in recent years, I’m happy to report that Treefort’s music-first mindset remains fully intact. This year saw the addition of the Boise All-Ages Movement Project, […]
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Things to Do Comedy: March 2017
Funny Things to Do All March Long
My Brother, My Brother, and Me Fresh off the premiere of their brand new show on NBC’s Seeso streaming service, Justin, Travis, and (30 Under 30 media luminary) Griffin McElroy return to Portland for a live taping of their weekly comedy advice podcast. The brother’s last Portland taping sold out in a matter of days, […]
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Things to Do Comedy: February 2017
Funny Things to Do All February Long
Funny things to do all February long
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Funny Things to Do for the Month of January
Funny things to do for the month of January
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Funny Things to Do for the Month of December
Funny things to do for the month of December
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Funny Things to Do for the Month of November
Funny things to do for the month of November.
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Funny Things to Do for the Month of October
Funny things to do for the month of October
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Soccer Recap: Portland Thorns vs. Sky Blue FC
Courtesy Portland Thorns FC Rejoice! The Portland Thorns captured their first NWSL Shield Sunday evening after defeating Sky Blue FC by a score of 3 – 1 at Yurcak Field in Piscataway, New Jersey. Having already secured a home playoff match, the first in the club’s four year history, the Thorns entered Sunday’s match with […]
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Funny Things to Do for the Month of September
Funny things to do for the month of September.