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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.
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Portland and Seattle Magazines Bought up by Michigan Media Company

New owners cut deep into already struggling Seattle Met and Portland Monthly editorial teams.
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City magazines Seattle Met and Portland Monthly have been sold off by their parent company, SagaCity, in a receivership deal to pay off the company’s debts.  In addition to the Seattle and Portland magazines the agreement includes Houstonia in Texas, Park City Magazine in Utah, and Aspen Sojourner and Vail Beaver Creek Magazine in Colorado. […]

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Good Morning, News: Artemis II Takes Flight, Ultraconservative Republicans Block DHS Funding Compromise, and New Owners Take on Turn! Turn! Turn!

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If you appreciate the Mercury‘s interesting and useful news & culture reporting, consider making a small monthly contribution to support our editorial team. Your donation is tax-deductible. You can also subscribe and have our papers delivered! [In an extremely nurse Dana Evans voice] Good Morning, Portland! I know you don’t want to hear this from […]

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Portland Panorama Is Worth the Watch

In its second year the film festival has plenty to brag about.
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Portland Panorama’s schedule of movies, showcases, and virtual reality immersions feels like falling down a wiki rabbit hole. You came to see who’s playing live at the screening of music videos from the Pacific Northwest at Mississippi Studios, and now you’re getting excited about a bunch of shorts by Black animators at Cinema 21.  There’s […]

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Good Morning, News: Fire at Tom’s Restaurant & Bar, Higher Court Says Gas and Chemicals at Portland ICE Are Back On, and the Lindy West Book Discourse Dozens Are Talking About

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If you appreciate the Mercury‘s interesting and useful news & culture reporting, consider making a small monthly contribution to support our editorial team. Your donation is tax-deductible. You can also subscribe and have our papers delivered! [In an extremely nurse Dana Evans voice] Good Morning, Portland! Ooof! It was 37 degrees this morning! Colder than it’s been, I tell ya. The weather ahead […]

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Good Morning, News: Afroman Vindicated, Blow Pony’s Final Party, and Why Is Jon Ossoff Sternly Jabbing at That Paper?

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If you appreciate the Mercury‘s interesting and useful news & culture reporting, consider making a small monthly contribution to support our editorial team. Your donation is tax-deductible. You can also subscribe and have our papers delivered! [In an extremely nurse Dana Evans voice] Good Morning, Portland! Thank goodness this creepy summer weather is about to calm down. I mean, that doesn’t mean […]

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Good Morning, News: Global Oil Prices Soar, Former Trail Blazer Running for Governor… Again, and Is This “Scathing Rebuttal” Just Good Boundaries?

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If you appreciate the Mercury‘s interesting and useful news & culture reporting, consider making a small monthly contribution to support our editorial team. Your donation is tax-deductible. You can also subscribe and have our papers delivered! [In an extremely Charge Nurse Dana Evans voice] Good Morning, Portland! Get tha 2026 Spring Arts Guide, starting today. It was on stands as early as yesterday, […]

Posted inSpring Arts 2026

The Makers of Untitled Goose Game Hit a Different, Still Mischievous Note With Big Walk

House House’s new friend hang video game is beautiful, even if it made me dizzy.
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Big Walk made me motion sick, but I want to play it again. The new video game invites players into an open world setting where they can talk to their friends, solve puzzles, explore, or—dare we say—kiki? We got a chance to demo the game at the Panic office in downtown Portland, and soon so […]

Posted inSpring Arts 2026

Do This, Do That: Spring Arts 2026

Take heed! Your spring arts and culture plans have arrived.
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Seven Films by Kelly Reichardt THROUGH MARCH 22 (FILM) Clinton Street’s monthlong series for March centers the Pacific Northwest’s director supreme Kelly Reichardt, working near through her entire filmography. Novelist and Reichardt’s frequent artistic collaborator Jon Raymond will attend three screenings (Wendy and Lucy, Meek’s Cutoff, Showing Up) and offer post-viewing Q&As. If you missed […]

Posted inVideo Games

Panic Invites Players for a Big Walk in Its Downtown Portland Offices

House House’s new friend hang video game made me motion sick, but I’d play it again.
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Big Walk made me motion sick, but I want to play it again. The new video game invites players into an open world setting where they can talk to their friends, solve puzzles, explore, or—dare we say—kiki? We got a chance to demo the game at the Panic office in downtown Portland, and soon so […]

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