Courtesy Chapters Alumni You’ve more than likely heard of Sneaker Week, but there’s another sneaker-focused festival in town. Colorways fest (Thurs July 4-Sun July 7) seeks to go beyond Sneaker Week’s industry focus on sneaker culture, with three days intended to celebrate “the vibrancy of streetwear culture and the sneaker community, with an objective to […]
Jenni Moore
Jenni Moore is a former music editor and hip-hop columnist and current freelancer at The Portland Mercury. She also writes about comedy, cannabis, movies, TV, and her hatred of taxidermy.
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Radler Rundown! Five Radlers for Beer Lovers and Non-Enthusiasts
From the Portland Mercury‘s Craft Beer Issue! This is going to offend some people, but: I think being a picky eater or drinker is childish as hell. Of course, we should all be thoughtful and specific about the things we put in our bodies, but science tells us that our sense of taste continuously changes […]
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The Last Black Man in San Francisco Is a Beautiful Film About Gentrification That Doesn’t Say Anything Meaningful About Gentrification
PETER PRATO / A24 There’s no denying The Last Black Man in San Francisco’s opening slo-mo skate scene is powerful and gorgeous. But I wish that, like the city itself, those scenic views weren’t the best part. Inspired by a true story, The Last Black Man in San Francisco is about the city’s rapid gentrification […]
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The Lineup for PDX Pop Now! 2019 Is Here
Michael Buchino / PDX Pop Now! 2019 As if the summer ’19 live music calendar wasn’t crazy enough, PDX Pop Now!, one of Portland’s only remaining free and all-ages music festivals, just dropped their lineup. Going down on July 20 and 21, the bill for the 16th annual fest is one of the more fire […]
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Pickathon Starlight Series, Episode 8: Wild Child
Wild Child Courtney Chavanell Happy Friday, Portland! Welcome to the first day of Summer ’19. There are only 41 days until Pickathon—that first weekend in August when many of us make the trek out to the quaint Pendarvis Farm in Happy Valley, and strive for the perfect level of dusty/inebriated/hydrated while seeing our faves and […]
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Rad in a Can: Five Radlers for the Beer Non-Enthusiast (and Their Beer-Loving Companions)
Radlers are the perfect summer quencher for the non-beer-drinker. Here are five to try.
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Just Like the City, The Last Black Man in San Francisco Is Beautiful and Confused
I wish that, like the city itself, the scenic views weren’t the best part.
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What We’re Watching: Fosse/Verdon, Jessica Jones, Movie-Nerd Manna, and More
Fosse/Verdon Pari Dukovic/FX Here at the Mercury, we watch stuff. Hey, we’re just like you! Here’s some of the television and streaming material we’ve been pointing our eyeballs at in recent weeks, so if you’ve been looking for something new to point your eyeballs at, we’ve got suggestions. I’m currently blazing though Fosse/Verdon, which is […]
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Courtney Noe Releases “Woman on the Prowl,” the First Single from Her Sophomore EP
Courtney Noe performing at Girlfest 2017 Ben Mah Portland pop artist Courtney Noe released a new song today, “Woman on the Prowl,” the lead single from her forthcoming EP Bad Attitude, a follow-up to 2016’s Invisible Crown. After seeing the singer play a set at GirlFest in 2017, I was wondering where she went and […]
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Live Review: Shawn Mendes at Moda Center, Wed June 12, 2019
Shawn Mendes at the Moda Center Jenni Moore I’ll be honest: I never thought I’d attend a Shawn Mendes concert—not because I don’t enjoy pop-rock/folk-pop music. In fact, I’m an unabashed stan of one of Mendes’ protégés (and fellow Canadian), Justin Bieber, who basically set the blueprint for gaining an army of supporters by engaging […]
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Record Review: Blossom’s Sophomore Album Maybe Is Definitely a Heavy Indica
When I say Blossom’s sophomore album Maybe is dreamy, I mean it literally. If this project were, say, a cannabis plant, it’d definitely be a heavy indica: a downer (in a good way), and more relaxing than energizing. The whole project has a late-night/early-morning vibe. As someone who’s made a habit of listening to records […]
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Portland Musician Vaughn Kimmons Invited to Become a New Voting Member of the Recording Academy
Vaughn Kimmons AKA Brown Alice. Miss Lopez Media Today the Recording Academy named Portland-based artist Vaughn Kimmons (frontwoman for Brown Calculus and intergalactic-soul/hip-hop band Tribe Mars) among their invitees to join its new class of members. Plainly put: Kimmons has been offered the opportunity to become a voting member for the GRAMMY awards, the music […]