Mercury Staff

Seu Jorge In Wes Anderson’s The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Brazilian musician Seu Jorge played Pelé dos Santos, Team Zissou’s safety expert and nautical balladeer. Throughout the 2004 film, Jorge covers 15 David Bowie classics in Portuguese with just an acoustic guitar as accompaniment. Tonight he’s bringing these songs to Portland in tribute to […]

Colin Mochrie and Friends The United States has lost its dignity, so we urge to you applaud Canadians. Start tonight, when improv comedy legend Colin Mochrie takes Revolution Hall by storm, with a hand-picked array of local improv specialists offering support. You’ve been watching this dude for years. You know it’ll be good. Plus: the […]

Portland Night Market Thousands of Portlanders will flock this weekend to the old Produce Row warehouse in the Industrial District for the final Portland Night Market of the year. Take a friend and browse through the 175 vendors that will be there— it’s a perfect spot to both grab some food and drinks while picking […]

Greg Proops You know Greg Proops as the outstanding improviser from Whose Line is it Anyway—but he’s also outstanding in the field of smart, incisive standup comedy AND funny, highly listenable podcasting. And this week you can see him do both at Helium, with a three-day stretch of standup, followed by a Sunday live podcast […]

Earthquake Hurricane Powerhouse local comedy show Earthquake Hurricane returns with a few big changes this week: Mercury-approved, dry-as-fuck stand-up and improviser Katie Nguyen is joining the lineup as a host, alongside beloved regulars Bri Pruett, Alex Falcone, and Anthony Lopez, AND the show is moving to the Liquor Store. Now more than ever, we need […]

Pride Night: Blazers vs. Bulls It’s the first of what will be an annual Pride Night at the Moda Center, celebrating the importance of our strong local LGBTQ community, as Portland takes on Chicago in an early-season matchup. Money will be raised for the Q Center, Sankofa Collective NW, the Equi Institute, and Pride NW. […]