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The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for July 6-12

The Mercury’s Food Issue drops with a party, and the inaugural Portland Arts Week is sports themed.
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The Merc‘s very own Food Issue drops on July 18, and we’re celebrating sensibly by gorging on specials from Kim Jong Grillin, Frybaby, and other food cart faves stationed at the Heist. Plus, Pounded in the Butt by My Own Butt wordslinger Chuck Tingle will stop by Portland in an unsettling pink mask, his new […]

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The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for June 29-July 5

Bluesy tunes, lavender blooms, and boozy slushies at noon.
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Alcoholic frozen beverages feel like an obvious choice this week, and the Merc’s got plenty of those going around with the arrival of Summer of Slushies—$10 a pop, served up across the city. These pair well with bent notes (the Waterfront Blues Festival returns this weekend) and/or a Pickles game (Jenna Fletcher’s got a theory […]

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The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for May 18-24

Comedians with disabilities perform, a cat documentary screens, and Alysa Liu skates into town.
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Your weekly reminder that things are, in fact, “going on” is here. Indie troubadour Kevin Morby heads into town on May 19 from the rustic Hudson Valley cabin where he recorded his new album, Little Wide Open. Local guitarist-composer Marisa Anderson also plays an album release show on May 21, revealing her expansive new album The Anthology […]

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Do This, Do That: May-June 2026

A selection of the city’s coolest upcoming events.
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What follows is one of the many articles in the Mercury‘s 2026 Music Issue. Find a print copy here, subscribe to get a copy mailed to you here, and if you’re feeling generous and want to keep these types of articles coming, support us here.—eds. Carlos Niño & Friends MAY 16 (MUSIC) Carlos Niño came to town on André […]

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The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for May 11-17

This week: Florence + The Machine, jam-making, and the Mercury’s Music Issue launch party!
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The Mercury‘s Music Issue hits the streets this week! To celebrate, we’re throwing a launch party—Isabeau Waia’u Walker, the Barbaras, Keeks, La Isla Electronica, and you are invited. Plus, comic book titans will post up at Lincoln Hall for the Comics Confluence Festival, weirdo legend Dynasty Handbag celebrates her memoir release with PICA performances, and […]

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Do This, Do That: April 2026

The city’s coolest art and cultural events this spring.
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Satpreet Kahlon: an imagined place (here and now) THROUGH MAY 23 (VISUAL ART) I’ve been following Satpreet Kahlon’s career since 2023, when the Panjabi-born artist’s Bellevue Art Museum exhibition the inscrutable shape of longing explored displacement and colonization’s aftermath through a web-like installation of folk ritual and splintered, mirrored acrylic. An imagined place (here and […]

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Good Morning, News: Oaks Park Reopens, Bill Cosby Sued For Sexual Assault, and DHS Has a New (Worse?) Leader

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If you’re reading this, you probably know the value of the Mercury’s news reporting, arts and culture coverage, event calendar, and the bevy of events we host throughout the year. The work we do helps our city shine, but we can’t do it without your support. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism […]

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The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for March 23-29

Thrifting, zines, and comedy geniuses abound this week.
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You’ve heard of comedians, but did you know there are, like, comedy geniuses? A whole roster of ’em will post up at Revolution Hall to prove it this week at the Mercury’s Undisputable Geniuses of Comedy 2026. Plus, zinesters will show off their DIY wares at Reed College, Parker Posey defines chic in Party Girl, and […]

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The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for March 16-22

Espresso martinis, experimental ceramics, and Elliott Smith’s impact.
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The spring equinox falls on March 20! Let’s lean into the new light, shall we? This week, rock mother Toody Cole scorches Star Theater, Jacqueline Novak turns comedy a little more esoteric, and, in the words of Mercury writer Melissa Locker, Jessie Rose Vala’s ceramics show is “really fucking cool.” March is also Espresso Martini […]

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The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for March 9-15

Grasshopper pie, Irish boxing, and where to watch the Academy Awards.
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This week, Indigo De Souza swings by to make us cry, Pi Day means eight types of pie are up for grabs at Lauretta Jean’s (but you better get there early), and I bet you’ve never seen a chamber opera about a UFO cult! Plus, Portland has a few Academy Awards watch parties on the […]

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The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for February 23-March 1

This week: zines at Fubonn, psychedelic theater, and the Sun Ra Arkestra.
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It got 10 degrees warmer, and I got 10 degrees more confident that I should be out IN THE WINDS, soaring free to a Sam Shepard staging about arts under capitalism or a MOTHERFUCKING GEM SHOW at OMSI. [It’s agate and minerals, calm down. -eds.] In this week’s Do This, Do That we’ve got the […]

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