Posted inArt Snack
Art Snack: Vegan Paczki Promises, Frog Brigade Franchises
This week in Portland art and culture news, two reopenings and a barbeque.
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 inCulture
Literary Portland for Palestine Plans Readings, Still Asks Literary Arts To Divest
A call for Portland Book Festival to reject corporate bank funding coalesced into a collective that seeks to raise awareness with the written word.
Posted inVisual Art
Portland Art Museum Wants to Be Used
Once hidden galleries can now be found; Rothko Pavilion presents a new way to see what was already there.
Posted inCulture
From Sacred to Profane: Portland’s Best Holiday and Holidayish Events
On this list: Grinch Skate, Krampuslauf, and a longtime celebration of the Nativity as alien visitation.
Posted inWinter Guide 2025
How Making Nonfiction Comics Changed My Mind
Shay Mirk and Eleri Harris have created the only primer on ethical comics reporting.
Posted inMusic
The QuietQuietLoud of Sigur Rós in Portland
As the Icelandic post-rock group winds down their multi-year tour with Wordless Music Orchestra, this seems far from the last time they’ll show off their symphonic side.