EXPLODE INTO COLORS, WAMPIRE, HUGO BERLIN (early show); EXPLODE INTO COLORS, THE GHOST EASE, LITHICS (late show) (Mississippi Studios, 3939 N Mississippi) It seems like only yesterday that Explode into Colors flashed across the Portland sky like a comet of magically infectious polyrhythms. While our time with the legendary trio was painfully short, the memories […]
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Portland Hip-Hop DayLast year’s inaugural Hip Hop Day was a blast. Now it’s time to join StarChile at the Skype Live Studio for a few hours and do it again. Hip hop artists Mic Crenshaw, Vursatyl, Libretto, and some others will be performing, with music from legendary Portland deejays O.G.ONE (an XRAY.FM host and the […]
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The Lost Boys—Live! There’s no better way to get into the Halloween season than with Bad Reputation’s HILARIOUS stage production of The Lost Boys–Live! The talented cast—which includes my esteemed boss, Wm. Steven Humphrey—recreates everyone’s favorite bugnuts ’80s teenage vampire flick on stage, telling the story of a long-ago era, well before Kiefer Sutherland became […]
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Things to Laugh At This Weekend!
Kristine Levine, Mishka Shubaly Comedy queen Kristine Levine makes her regal return to Portland with Canadian author Mishka Shubaly, bringing their Bigger and Badder Comedy Tour to the Bossanova. Oct 16, Bossanova Ballroom, 8pm, $12 Bobby Lee One of the many comedians who got their start thanks to Mitzi Shore’s The Comedy Store, Lee went […]
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Things to Eat & Drink This Weekend!
Killer Pumpkin Fest 2016 A one-day mini-beerfest focused on the wonderfulness of taking pumpkins and turning them into beers, with Rogue providing a whole bunch of actual pumpkins to bowl, decorate, carve, and/or smash, and the Green Dragon kitchen providing a special pumpkin menu to pair with the over 40 pumpkin ales to sample. Also […]
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Don’t Miss “The I, Anonymous Show”—This Monday, Oct 17!
You’re undoubtedly familiar with the Mercury’s wildly popular and long-running column, I, Anonymous. (For you newbies, that’s the weekly column and daily blog that features YOUR completely anonymous rants, apologies, and confessions!) Well, get ready for a welcome surprise: I, Anonymous is now a live monthly comedy show! Hosted by the wonderful and criminally funny […]
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Things to Do for October 14-16
Things to do for October 14-16
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Phone Call, Fringe Class, Rasheed Jamal, DJ Lamar LeRoy Often billed as an opener (as he is here), and impressing crowds as a guest performer, Rasheed Jamal is so underrated it’s almost criminal. And when he’s live, his flow is just as sure-footed and succinct as his recordings, making the case for a promising come-up. […]
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Shin Godzilla Yes, Virginia: Japanese studio Toho’s latest reboot of the iconic monster is a real Godzilla movie. Hollywood Theatre, 7pm, $9 City of Weird Gigi Little, the editor of City of Weird: 30 Otherworldly Portland Tales, presents his new compilation in the city it’s based in and inspired by. Little will be joined by […]
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Don’t Miss “The I, Anonymous Show”—This Monday, Oct 17!
You’re undoubtedly familiar with the Mercury’s wildly popular and long-running column, I, Anonymous. (For you newbies, that’s the weekly column and daily blog that features YOUR completely anonymous rants, apologies, and confessions!) Well, get ready for a welcome surprise: I, Anonymous is now a live monthly comedy show! Hosted by the wonderful and criminally funny […]
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Noteworthy Shows For the Week of October 12-18
Noteworthy shows for the week of October 12-18.
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This Week: Denial, a Greasy Strangler, and the All-Night Horror Marathon!
This week: Denial, a Greasy Strangler, and the All-Night Horror Marathon!