Oregon Symphony GalaThe Oregon Symphony perseveres in the face of the coronavirus crisis by ensuring their 2020 Gala still goes on—just in a more online, intimate manner than the normal Schnitz-based show might otherwise have been. Local diva Storm Large will sing while backed by a virtual performance from the Symphony, and while “attendance” is […]
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The Best Things to Do (While Staying Home and Staying Safe) in Portland: Sat April 18
One World: Together at HomeLady Gaga helped curate this mass-gathering of all-star entertainers, and will headline it herself, which means its likely to be the biggest, boldest, and most interesting of all the fundraisers created to both celebrate and support frontline health care workers. It’s already raised over $35 million for relief efforts around the […]
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Today’s Coronavirus News Roundup: Good Unemployment News, the Dire Need for More Testing, and Guess What? Trump is Inciting Open Rebellion!
The President of the United States is encouraging citizen to rebel against their state governments. WOW. That’s new! Twitter Here’s your daily roundup of all the local and national news about COVID-19. (Like our coverage? Please consider donating to the Mercury to keep it comin’!) • As of today, Oregon’s total number of COVID-19 cases […]
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The Best Things To Do (While Staying Home and Staying Safe) in Portland: Fri April 17
SPLIFF Film FestivalIf you’ve never experienced the mind-altering fun of SPLIFF (from the crazy, creative minds behind HUMP! and SLAY) you are in for such a treat. This year you can expect 22 brand new wildly entertaining weed-inspired shorts (all 4:20 or less… of course) featuring funny psychedelic trip-outs, stoned flying cats, side-splitting animation, aggressive […]
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Today’s Coronavirus News Roundup: Right-Wing “Social Distancing” Backlash, Stimulus Checks Glitch, and a Dip in Oregon Layoffs
Trump held another totally reasonable, lucid press conference yesterday, and… PSYCH! SARAH SILBIGER / GETTY IMAGES Here’s your daily roundup of all the local and national news about COVID-19. (Like our coverage? Please consider donating to the Mercury to keep it comin’!) • As of today, Oregon’s number of confirmed coronavirus cases (that we know […]
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The Best Things to Do (While Staying Home and Staying Safe) in Portland: Thurs April 16
Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood Viewing Party Guaranteed to be the most wholesome thing you do this quarantine, WQED in Pittsburgh, the public broadcasting station that produced Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, is livestreaming three episodes of the beloved children’s program: “How People Make Crayons,” “How People Make Cellos (with Yo-Yo Ma)”, and “Musical Games/Talking About Feelings.” That last […]
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The Best Things to Do (While Staying Home and Staying Safe) in Portland: Wed April 15
Roar! You have to say it with the exclamation point. You should hear it in your head with that exclamation point. Because Roar is a movie that should not be. Noel Marshall, a film producer, agent, husband to Tippi Hedren, and notably not an animal trainer, blew $17 million trying to direct his first (and […]
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Today’s Coronavirus News Roundup: Gov. Brown’s “Reopen Oregon” Plan, Another Trump Hissy-Fit, and the WWE is “Essential”?
Gov. Brown lays out plan to “Reopen Oregon.” YouTube Screenshot Here’s your daily roundup of all the local and national news about COVID-19. (Like our coverage? Please consider donating to the Mercury to keep it comin’!) • Oregon’s number of confirmed coronavirus cases (that we know of) reached 1,584 people Monday, with 53 deaths. • […]
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The Best Things to Do (While Staying Home and Staying Safe) in Portland: Tues April 14
Sunderland ‘Til I Die One of the biggest parts of being a Timbers fan is just that: being a fan. There’s a lot that goes into that level of devotion for a footy team, and if you count yourself as a member of the Army, or you’re on the outside looking in and wondering what […]
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Today’s Coronavirus News Roundup: Oregon, California, & Washington Team Up, Trump’s Embarrassing Ignorance, and… OH NO, BEES!!
Just when we get somewhat used to COVID-19… now there’s a BEE INVASION?? Millerpd / iStock / Getty Images Plus Here’s your daily roundup of all the local and national news about COVID-19. (Like our coverage? Please consider donating to the Mercury to keep it comin’!) • The statewide coronavirus death toll went up by […]
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The Best Things to Do (While Staying Home and Staying Safe) in Portland: Mon April 13
Disney on Broadway Ryan McCartan hosts this charity-supporting livestream, celebrating Disney’s quarter-century of taking their animated classics and translating them to the stage, often in seemingly-impossible ways. (Seriously, getting Julie Taymor to turn The Lion King into what it became on Broadway? *Chef’s kiss*) The main performance was recorded on November 4, 2019 with an […]
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The Best Things to Do (While Staying Home and Staying Safe) in Portland: Sun April 12
{{ image:1, width:500 }} Amazing Grace Even at a remove of almost 50 years, and even with Aretha Franklin’s album Amazing Grace firmly established as a familiar classic in the canon of recorded music, the movie is a staggering thing to behold, and is probably the greatest filmed document of American gospel music that has […]