Mercury Staff

7 things to do for November 28

For some people, you say “Christmas” and they hear Vince Guaraldi music, or sleigh bells chiming. For other people—our kind of people—they envision pencil-thin moustaches and joyful filth of the kind John Waters gives to all the good and bad children of Portland every year. If you like your holidays dialed down a little (just […]

Blowpony! Portland’s premier queer-centric dance extravaganza returns for a Thanksgiving weekend installment at the Bossanova Ballroom, featuring headlining performances by Rica Shay and Angelica D’Vil, music from Airick X, Just Dave, Aurora, and Mateo Segade, go-go dancing by Heatherette, Nikki Bunz, Charley Sharp, Johnny Cakes, Vye, Diamond Duchess, and more. Nov 25, 9 pm, Bossanova […]

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Why in the world would you submit yourself to the soul-destroying whirlwind of humanity and commerce that is “Black Friday,” when you could instead do fun things this weekend. It’s not as if you can’t buy gifts all month long. You don’t need to do it this weekend. You can shop basically whenever—but Friday is […]

9 things to do for November 22