Suzette Smith
Suzette Smith is the arts & culture editor of the Portland Mercury. Go ahead and tell her about all your food, art, and culture gripes: suzette@portlandmercury.com. Follow her on Twitter, Bluesky, and Letterboxd.
Posted inSpring Arts 2025
Great Alliances Within the Mercury’s 2025 Spring Arts Guide
We’ve got your spring planned out—or at least one thing you’ll like!
Posted inSpring Arts 2025
What’s Happening With the Live Nation Development in Portland’s Central Eastside?
The next stage in the fight might be “throwing things at it to see what sticks.”
Posted inSpring Arts 2025
Portland’s Unexpected Book Corridor
Two of the city’s most beloved literary institutions—Literary Arts and Mother Foucalt’s—just opened bookstores across the street from one another on SE Grand.
Posted inSpring Arts 2025
Swiftly Tilting Portland
Climate journalist Emma Pattee wrote a funny fiction novel that unfolds like a non-fiction nightmare.
