FIRST THINGS FIRST! It’s come to my attention that I Love Television™ readers love nothing better than “love.” They’re loopy for “love,” and will go to great and unexpected lengths to prove it. Therefore it is with great pleasure to announce that the Mercury is starting its own personals section! It’s a terrific way to […]
Posted inMovies & TV
This Week on TV
Thursday, August 3 9:00 CBS REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION Don’t miss this taxpayer-funded pep rally starring Bruce Willis, Ben Stein… and, oh yeah, that Bush guy. 10:00 TNT ENTER THE DRAGON–Movie (1973) Bruce Lee opens up a can of chop-socky whup-ass on some opium crime lords! Friday, August 4 9:00 FOX GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS Two idiots […]
Posted inVisual Art
My, What a Busy Week!
THURSDAY, AUGUST 3 DANCE–The lovely ladies of Dark Porch Productions stir up schmoozy First Thursday as they holler and sculpt their improv movement and stunning body shapery. JS Pearl District, just stumble upon them, starts at 7 pm, free FIRST THURSDAY–Photographer Cynthia Connolly displays Dip(trip)tych, full and half-framed photos showcasing a love of road trips […]
Posted inMusic
Up & Coming
THURSDAY 8/3 RONDELLES, MOONEY SUZUKI (Satyricon) The Rondelles play perfect pop music, music where the record never leaves the turntable and you have no choice but to bounce around the room or lie back in pop narcotic bliss. Juliet, as cool as any woman who has ever claimed a stage, plays guitar and sings in […]
Posted inMusic
Live Music Listings
THU 8/3 ASH STREET SALOON-Petal, Diggabone * BERBATI’S PAN–Bear Deluxe Party with Trick Sensei, Last Day on Earth, DJ Miles, Klingon Sing-a-long BRASILIA-Alfredo Muro’s Latin Trio BUFFALO GAP-Monkey to the Monster CANDLELIGHT CAFE AND BAR-Norman Sylvester * CRYSTAL BALLROOM–Cracker DANTE’S-Soul Kitchen with Black Angel, Aquaman DARCELLE XV-Female Impersonators! EDGEFIELD POWERSTATION-Brian Berg, 44 Long EGYPTIAN -Open […]
Posted inMusic
DJ Listings
DJ LISTINGS THURSDAY 8/3 1201 CAFE & LOUNGE-Imix/StarBass BALZER’S-R&B, Reggae BAR 71-DJ Cameron *Beulahland–DJ Scarface COBALT LOUNGE-Xotica Go Go w/DJ Wicked FERNANDO’S HIDEAWAY-Salsa Dancing LOTUS CARDROOM & CAFE-DJ Groove’s 80s classics *OHM-DJ Grover (LSJ), DJ Magneto (afterhours) QUEST-DJ Mafia & Madd 1 THE CLUB-Hip-hop, R&B with DJ George VISCOUNT BALLROOM-Swing Night FRIDAY 8/4 1201 CAFE […]
Posted inMusic
Club Directory
1201 Club 1201 SW 12th, 225-1201 Aladdin Theater 3017 SE Milwaukie, 233-1994 Alexander’s 921 SW 6th Ave, 503-226-1611 Andrea’s Cha Cha Club 832 SE Grand Ave, 230-1166 Arnada Cafe 1717 Broadway, 360-750-9596 Ash Street Saloon 225 SW Ash St, 226-0430 Atwater’s 111 SW 5th Ave, 275-3600 Bar 71 71 SW 2nd Ave, 241-0938 Berbati’s Pan […]
Posted inTheater & Performance
Theater Listings
One Week Only * THE Repugnant Story of Clotario Demoniax The month-long Portland International Performance Festival reaches its conclusion with this performance by Mexico’s puppet theater company Teatro Tinglado. LINCOLN PERFORMANCE HALL, AT PSU, 0615 SW Palatin Hill Road, 725-3307/725-3105, Thur-Fri, 7:30 pm, $14 Closing This Week The Comedic Tragedy of Macbeth Another take on […]
Posted inBooks
Readings Listings
FRIDAY 8/4 Meet Cat in the Hat The Cat in the Hat himself will be making an appearance at the children’s section. If you can find some kids to bring, you can pretend it’s for them that you’re going. BORDERS-TIGARD, 16970 SW 72nd Ave, 968-7576, 11 am James Lee Burke There’s always an interest in […]
Posted inVisual Art
Visual Arts Listings
Augen Gallery 817 SW Second Ave, 224-8182 Recent prints by Helen Frankenthaler and The Fictional Villa, recent collages from Arless Day. Opens Aug 3 Blackfish Gallery 420 NW Ninth Ave, 224-2634 From the Mesabi to the Cascades, recent cast iron sculpture from Judith and Daniel Caldwell, Coral Lambert, and Tamsie Ringler. Gallery talk Sat, Aug […]
Posted inMovies & TV
Film Shorts
OPENING COYOTE UGLY HOLLOW MAN PERIPHERAL PRODUCE EXPERIMENTAL SHORTS QUEEN OF OUTER SPACE SPACE COWBOYS TRASH MOVIES & EVENTS * Barbarella Although 32 years has rubbed off some of it’s more shocking edges, Jane Fonda as a space cowboy nympho is still an energizing fantasy. Dressed – and undressed – in skintight cellophane and glittery […]
Posted inMovies & TV
Mercury Video Picks
Hung over? Remorseful? Never going to drink again? I’ve got your prescription: watch these videos between dry heaves, and you’ll realize a life of alcoholism is truly a life of whimsy! Shakes the Clown (1992)–Bobcat Goldthwait plays Shakes, a drunken, down-in-the-dumps clown who’s framed for murder. What’s more chilling is that he also wrote the […]