The unofficial national holiday for advertising and gluttony, the Super Bowl, is sitting at the end of this weekend like the 30-pound lump of half-digested cheese and chicken wings will sit on your large intestine by the time 9 pm Sunday rolls around. It’s pretty unavoidable, but there are alternatives to the pageantry available. You […]
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Things to Do Tonight: Thursday, Feb 2
The Thesis While the rest of the world grows bleaker by the minute, the Thesis just keeps getting better and better. The monthly hip-hop-and-beyond showcase is a crucible of diverse Portland talent, and tonight’s installment is no exception, featuring up-and-comers Bocha, Dead Phone Dummiez, and Foday, not to mention regular spinner/host Verbz on the decks. […]
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Things to Do Tonight: Wednesday, Feb 1
Minority Retort It’s common knowledge comedy isn’t often a great place to be if you aren’t a cis/white/straight dude, so it’s good news that Minority Retort, Portland’s only regular showcase for comedians of color, is back, with an excellent lineup including the delightfully wry Katie Nguyen (one of the Mercury’s official Undisputable Geniuses of Comedy), […]
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Things to Do Film: February 3-9
This Week: Say Anything, Kurosawa’s Throne of Blood, and the slow-motion delights of Ghost in the Shell
This week: Say Anything, Kurosawa’s Throne of Blood, and the slow-motion delights of Ghost in the Shell.
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Things to Do Tonight: Tuesday, Jan 31
Postcards from the Edge Meryl Streep closed out her amazing anti-Trump speech at the Golden Globes by quoting the wisdom of her departed friend Carrie Fisher: “Take your broken heart, and make it art.” That’s exactly what Fisher did with Postcards from the Edge, a semi-fictional autobiography of life as a drug addict, scrambling under […]
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Get Your Valentine Printed in the Mercury! FOR FREE!
Because we love you more than life itself, every year the Mercury happily publishes YOUR VALENTINES to your loved ones FOR FREE (!!) in our annual Valentine’s Day Issue. Let’s face it—the Internet is good for a number of things… primarily free porn… but is TERRIBLE at expressing love. That’s why writing a FREE (!!) […]
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Things to Do This Week: January 30-February 2 2017
Things to do for January 30-February 2
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Lizzo, Dizzy Fae Last year Minneapolis-based soul singer/rapper/flautist Lizzo dropped her major label debut, Coconut Oil, an exuberant follow-up to her 2015 full-length, Big Grrrl Small World. Throughout the new EP Lizzo radiates warmth, drawing listeners closer to gather around like she’s a bonfire, and directing her own attention inward for six tracks of pure […]
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PROWUS Presents: Best of Portland 5 Once a year, the Portland music scene does something really incredible: Our biggest and best bands pair up with the students of School of Rock Portland to put on a show of all-Portland music, performed by kids alongside some of their favorite grown-up musicians. When the local bands involved […]
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Get Your Valentine Printed in the Mercury! FOR FREE!
Because we love you more than life itself, every year the Mercury happily publishes YOUR VALENTINES to your loved ones FOR FREE (!!) in our annual Valentine’s Day Issue. Let’s face it—the Internet is good for a number of things… primarily free porn… but is TERRIBLE at expressing love. That’s why writing a FREE (!!) […]