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Lindsay Costello

Lindsay is the Portland Mercury's staff writer, covering all things arts and culture. Send arts tips and pictures of birds to lindsay@portlandmercury.com.
Posted inHoliday Guide 2024 🎅

Zen and the Art of Holiday Pet Sitting

I’m permanently estranged from my family.
 Here’s what cats and dogs have taught me.
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  [Editor’s note: Read all our holly jolly HOLIDAY GUIDE articles here. Looking for a print copy? Good! You can find it in more than 500 spots across Portland with this handy map!]   From etymonline.com: estrange (v.) late 15c., from French estrangier “to alienate,” from Vulgar Latin *extraneare “to treat as a stranger,” from […]

Posted inTBA

TBA Review: If You Want Solitude, Stay Far Away From Club Alive

Kye Grant’s monthly, genre-fluid event blends participatory art and dance parties.
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“The apparel is quite special,” my friend Rose mused. She was right. While awaiting entry into Club Alive, my field of vision swam with humans sporting face gems, organza, velvet bell bottoms, pink pleats, and patent leather. The monthly, genre-fluid performance party helmed by artist-experimenter Kye Grant [who—full disclosure—has written for this publication -eds] has […]

Posted inEverOut

EverOut’s 2024 Pride Event Calendar

Don’t miss a minute of fun during this year’s Queer Summer!
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[Find the Mercury‘s Queer Guide in print—available in more than 500 spots citywide!—eds.] Community Oaks Park Pride Oaks Park celebrates the Portland queer community with a day of discounted rides, limited-edition treats, pride-themed carnival game prizes, special performances, and more. Did I mention free cake and balloons? You can stop by a vendor fair, play […]

Posted inQueer Guide 2024

EverOut’s 2024 Pride Event Calendar

Don’t miss a minute of fun during this year’s Queer Summer!
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[Find the Mercury‘s Queer Guide in print—available in more than 500 spots citywide!—eds.] Community Oaks Park Pride Oaks Park celebrates the Portland queer community with a day of discounted rides, limited-edition treats, pride-themed carnival game prizes, special performances, and more. Did I mention free cake and balloons? You can stop by a vendor fair, play […]

Posted inMusic

Laughing Matter

An Interview with the Most Fascinating Man in New York—and His Puppet Frog Dr. Love—Ahead of His Show in Portland.
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If you’re acquainted with avant-garde music history, you might already know the story. One day in 1979, Brian Eno happened upon Laraaji meditatively busking with an electric zither in Washington Square Park and scrawled a short note inviting him to collaborate. Equally present in the online sphere is the counterpoint that Laraaji “discovered” Eno that […]

Posted inSay Nice Things 2024

Say Nice Things About… Portland’s Themed Bookstores!

Whether you’re into sci-fi, romance, or weirdness, Portland has a bookstore for YOU!
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[Welcome to our second annual “SAY NICE THINGS ABOUT PORTLAND” issue! Read it online here, or if you like physical, paper-y things, you can find it in more than 50 locations all around the city!—eds] As someone who briefly braved the trenches of bookstore work (I was a “generalist” at Powell’s during the pandemic), my […]

Posted inEverOut

Ticket Alert: Aerosmith, Fuerza Regida, and More Portland Events Going On Sale This Week

Plus, Wanda Sykes and More Event News and Updates for April 11
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Aerosmith will walk this way on their Farewell tour and you won’t want to miss a thing! California-based regional Mexican quintet Fuerza Regida have also dropped dates for their Pero No Te Enamores tour. Plus, comedy longtimer Wanda Sykes will bring the laughs on her Please & Thank You tour, but expect more cutting cynicism […]

Posted inEverOut

Ticket Alert: Twenty One Pilots, The Black Keys, and More Portland Events Going On Sale This Week

Plus, $uicideboy$ and More Event Updates for April 4
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Top 40 radio regulars Twenty One Pilots have announced their upcoming Clancy tour to support their upcoming album of the same name, and Ohioan blues rock duo The Black Keys have dropped dates for their International Players tour. Plus, emo rap project $uicideboy$ are bringing their Grey Day tour to Portland alongside Pouya, Haarper, Shakewell, […]

Posted inEverOut

Ticket Alert: Jhené Aiko, Pat Benatar, and More Portland Events Going On Sale This Week

Plus, Maren Morris and More Event Updates for March 28
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Grammy-nominated R&B gem Jhené Aiko has dropped dates for the Magic Hour tour—her first headlining tour in five years. ‘80s rock icon Pat Benatar has also announced a local date with her husband/collaborator Neil Giraldo. Plus, country pop darling Maren Morris is bringing her RSVP Redux tour to Bend this spring. Read on for details […]

Posted inNew Years Eve Events

New Year’s Eve 2023 in Portland: the Mercury’s EverOut Calendar Picks

Whether you want a fancy dress party, a futuristic disco, or a midnight breakfast buffet at the city’s favorite drag venue—we’ve got options for you.
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What do you want to do for New Year’s Eve? Because essentially any darn thing you could want is possible—thanks to Portland’s host of creative parties. This list of events—from the Mercury’s EverOut calendar team—is so unmissable that you’ll have FOMO just reading it.

The Mercury’s Everout calendar team dove into an inbox ocean of NYE 2023 Portland parties and found you OPTIONS: fancy-schmancy dress events, a sci-fi discotheque, a cowboy prom, and more! This list of events so unmissable that you’ll have FOMO just reading it.

Posted inEverOut

What to See at the Converge 45 Biennial in Portland

Whether or Not You’re an “Art Person,” It’s Worth Checking Out
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The free, citywide art biennial Converge 45 is in full swing, with artists showcased across dozens of spaces in Portland, including college campuses, the Portland Japanese Garden, and the Center for Native Arts and Cultures. The biennial’s theme, Social Forms: Art as Global Citizenship, takes on topics of Amazon deforestation, indigeneity, citizenship, and immigration, and […]

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