Mercury Staff

Bass & Flow II: Gangsigns, Karma Rivera, Rasheed Jamal, Chris Bower, Bottle Kidz After headlining GirlFest in January, Karma Rivera’s kept her head down, seemingly readying herself for a busy summer of shows. Tonight Rivera unleashes what she’s been working on: switching up her live set and being newly backed by a band, The Heavy […]

Sometimes (most times, really) people say “Keep Portland Weird” and what they really mean isn’t “weird,” it’s “eclectic.” This week is definitely a great example of that, as an amazing collection of diverse talents hits the city’s stages, like at PSU’s Amp Fest, or introducing vital filmmaking at the Portland EcoFilm Fest, or raising money […]

Soul and Science. The two might not seem like they go together at first blush, but both are necessary, and worthy of celebration. The March for Science takes over the nation on Saturday, and the Soul’d Out Festival takes over Portland all weekend long. That means you have a chance to make Bill Nye and […]

RECORD STORE DAY at Everyday Music (Downtown) The downtown Burnside branch of Everyday Music celebrates the 10th annual Record Store Day with in-store DJ sets and live music from Bed., Plastic Cactus, Wild Ones, Weezy Ford, Shy Girls, Vanity Project, Laura Palmer’s Death Parade, and Blake Hicks. at Music Millennium Music Millennium celebrates the 10th […]

Do you know the history behind 4/20? No? That’s okay, because it doesn’t really matter, does it? In keeping with the laid-back nature of this grassroots (hah!) holiday, all you really gotta know is that 4/20 = cannabis celebration day, and ain’t nothin’ wrong with getting a little lit and then enjoying a nice night […]

Its a simple, yet deep menu of activities to choose from this week. There’s pizza, there’s funk, and there’s a makeshift holiday for getting stoned out of your gourd. Three basic categories, and yet a multitude of options in which to indulge: Pizza Week is serving up slices of fried gold all week long, Soul’d […]