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Second Run Portland: Eight Gorgeous Horror Films to Catch This Month
Break up your slasher marathons with haunting beauty revived on the big screen.
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.
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The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for Sept 28-Oct 4
This week: A trip-hop legend, three days of poetry, and two new stage productions.
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The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for Sept 21-27
This week: Latin American film, the Winterhawks home opener, and a Japanese techno pop legend.
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TBA Review: Rimini Protokoll Turns an Ordinary Stroll Into Theater
The festival is over, but the interactive app The Walks remains, offering a new way to explore familiar surroundings.
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TBA Review: Alex Tatarsky Makes New Shapes In the Hellscape
Armed with tinned fish and a rubber chicken, Sad Boys in Harpy Land creates art from psychic wreckage.
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The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for Sept 14-20
HUMP! Film Festival doesn’t play it safe, and Patti Smith shares a new memoir.
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Wildwood’s Portland Roots
Laika’s most ambitious stop-motion film includes 136 locations, many of which you’ll recognize.
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Do This, Do That: September-November 2026
A selection of the city’s coolest fall arts events.
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The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for Sept 7-13
This week: time-based art, Dutch-Turkish psych-rock, and swoopy-haired princes at a romance festival.
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Second Run Portland: Ghosts, Grief, and Supporting Women’s Wrongs
A live-scored silent film festival comes to the Hollywood Theatre, and Tokyo Story breaks hearts.
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The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for Aug 31-Sept 6
This week: Indigenous Australian artwork, Zambian psychedelia, and clownery.
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The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for Aug 24-30
Tomatoes, pickles, and a closer look at Elliott Smith’s sense of humor.