Noteworthy shows for the week of October 26-November 1.
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Millennial Tales of Terror
True Horror Stories from Mercury Writers about Ghosts, Serial Killers, and the Worst Date Ever
True horror stories from Mercury writers about ghosts, serial killers, and the worst date ever.
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Blazers vs. Jazz How can you not be hyped for this Blazers season? How can you look at what the most overachievingest team in the league did last year, see that management doubled down on that, and not be excited? Especially when the team about to catch this season-opening ass-whooping is the goddamned Utah Jazz! […]
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Wing Week 2016: It’s Here
Check out the wings!
It’s time. ICARUS WAS AN IDIOT. All Icarus had to do was escape the island of Crete. That’s it. And he even had help: Using wax and feathers, his father Daedalus painstakingly crafted Icarus a pair of wings. “Okay, kid,” Daedalus said, handing his son those wondrous wings. “Here’s the deal: Don’t fly into the […]
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Things to do for October 24-27
Things to do for October 24-27
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3rd Annual Pug-O-Ween Halloween is a time of terror, when shambling monstrosities lurch out of our nightmares and into reality. Which brings us to Pug-O-Ween—the annual benefit for Pacific Pug Rescue, and an event that will be full of pugs, which, as we all know, are abominable, unholy crimes against nature. Many of them will […]
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Homoween Blowpony already knows how to throw an excellent party—but when this highly beloved queer event has a Halloween bash? Get ready to get real! Blowpony’s Homoween features all kinds of spooky, sexy shenanigans including RuPaul’s Drag Race alumna Kim Chi, along with drag-tastic guests Tammie Brown and Wolfgang X, rump-shaking DJs Airick X, G-Luve, […]
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Movies To Watch This Week: Old-School John Carpenter, the Portland EcoFilm Festival, and Oasis: Supersonic!
OASIS: SUPERSONIC “Regulaaaaaators! Mount up!” JILL FURMANOVKSY The AccountantIt’s not hard to imagine how Ben Affleck was convinced to sign on to The Accountant. “Hey Benny!” director Gavin O’Connor shouted into the phone, probably. “Gotta real good movie for ya. So this accountant guy, he’s just like Good Will Hunting, but also he’s Batman!” “I’m […]
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W. Kamau Bell Last time socio-political comedian W. Kamau Bell was in town was for his smart CNN travel show United Shades of America. He discussed gentrification—the good and the bad—on N Mississippi, asked a bearded local whether “hipster” was a dirty word, and even met with Black Portlanders‘ Intisar Abioto. Known for using his […]
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Things To Laugh At This Weekend!
W. Kamau Bell Last time socio-political comedian W. Kamau Bell was in town was for his smart CNN travel show United Shades of America. He discussed gentrification—the good and the bad—on N Mississippi, asked a bearded local whether “hipster” was a dirty word, and even met with Black Portlanders‘ Intisar Abioto. Known for using his […]
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Things To Eat & Drink This Weekend!
American Cancer Society’s Brewers for Boobs The seventh annual family-friendly fundraiser for the ACS features a battle of the brews, performances from the city’s best bellydancers, a raffle, live music, salsa dancing, and more. Oct 22, East Burn, 4pm, free Snowvana Mt Hood Skibowl, Timberline, Mt Hood Meadows, and Mt Bachelor are coming together (having […]
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Things to do for October 21-23
Things to do for October 21-23