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The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for February 9-15
This week: floating saunas, African filmmaking, and showing moss some love.
Hope you’re into… well… everything, because this week’s round-up of cultural events is like a magician’s endless ribbon trick, with opportunities to hear planetary chamber music, bake bread with an Indigenous Argentine artist, aaand catch a ’90s anime sci-fi that might’ve inspired Inception. Plus, an all-ages venue officially opens, Milwaukie Bay Park will host a […]
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Good Morning, News: MultCo DA Doesn’t Wanna FAFO, Police Shooting in the Pearl, Breaking: Democracy Dies in Darkness, and Shorting the Bitcoin Economy
If you appreciate the Mercury‘s interesting and useful news & culture reporting, consider making a small monthly contribution to support our editorial team. Your donation is tax-deductible. You can also subscribe and have our papers delivered! Good Morning, Portland! We knew it was coming. Fake Spring is over after today, and it’s time to get back to our regularly […]
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The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for February 2-8
Heated Rivalry, surreal ceramics, and a Minneapolis fundraiser with wontons.
What’s up, February? The annual Portland Winter Light Festival illuminates the city this week, with glowy mood-enhancers like a “cosmic” cuttlefish and touch-sensitive light installations. Topping the list of “dudes you have heard of” are Chuck Klosterman and Todd Barry, both of whom will swing by to share their stuff—a new football-themed book and new […]
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The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for January 26-February 1
Warm up with electropop, meta-theater, and flavor-packed wieners.
Guard your buns, because this Monday marks the beginning of the Mercury‘s Wiener Week! Plus, electropop and avant-garde musicians are coming to town, and did you know you can see a film at Laurelhurst Theater for only seven bones on Tuesdays? On a more serious note, if you’re in a blue mood due to… everything […]
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Good Morning, News: Two Bad Apples Identified, Freezing Temps Means Longer Hours for Local Shelters (Hardly), Minnesota on Strike, So Many Amendments to Violate!
If you appreciate the Mercury‘s interesting and useful news & culture reporting, consider making a small monthly contribution to support our editorial team. Your donation is tax-deductible. You can also subscribe and have our papers delivered! Good Morning, Portland! It’s going to be a cold, cold weekend, so please bundle up and watch out for your neighbors. Let’s get […]
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The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for January 19-25
This week: Fancy seafood, fine prints, and indie rock mainstays the Antlers.
The word “January” developed from the Latin word Ianuarius or “Janus,” referring to an ancient Roman diety associated with beginnings, transitions, and passageways. In other words, January is about deciding how you want to walk through the door. So, let’s get to it. If you have the day off work on January 19, why not use […]
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The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for January 12-18
This week: Ghibli favorites, medieval books, and Steve Gunn’s ambient guitar.
The news is bleak, the nights are long. Yet somehow… the calendar is still stacked. January is when culture gets weird in the best way; this week, medieval manuscripts emerge from the vault, and camp horror and queer literature come out to play. Plus, artist Elizabeth Knight presents her dog embroideries, and local hardcore shows […]
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Mercury 2025 Recap: Environmental News
The new Portland City Council established a Climate Committee and pushed back against Zenith Energy, Portlanders fought for Forest Park, and more.
Climate and the new City Council Portland’s new City Council started grappling with the city’s climate issues as soon as councilors took office at the beginning of this year. One of the Council’s first acts of business in January was to establish eight policy committees—including one focused on environmental and land use issues. The Council […]
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The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for December 29-January 4
Nothing says “2026” like a cowboy prom and a very ’80s vampire flick.
It’s the last week of 2025, and all those other Do This, Do That events are so last year. Here’s a fresh roundup to round out your week, including events featuring complicated comedians, hot vampires, and honky tonk opportunities. Plus, New Year’s matcha and a journaling session set you up for self-actualized success in 2026—but […]
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Happy New Year’s Eve! What to Do on December 31
Do This, Do That and Mercury Music Picks join forces, guiding you into 2026.
As 2025 comes to a close, let us reflect on what a wild year it has been. 2025 blew the doors off all of our expectations clocking in at 525,600 minutes, 365 calendar days, and 12 distinct months. Can you even believe it? It’ll be hard for 2026 to keep up, but hopes are high […]
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The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for December 22-28
There’s more to do this week than open presents.
Whatever holiday(s) you celebrate, this week likely presents some interesting challenges—there’s lots to “do,” but also some unfilled hours during which your family will be antsy and all your typical haunts will be closed and/or packed. We’ve got you covered with out-of-the-house ideas to fill the next seven days with more than balled-up wrapping paper—the […]