Lindsay Costello

Lindsay Costello

Lindsay is the Portland Mercury's staff writer and the former arts calendar editor for EverOut Portland and EverOut Seattle. Follow her on Instagram, or send arts tips and pictures of birds to lindsay@portlandmercury.com.

Recent Articles

David Hockney's Restless Eye Is Revealed

The Portland Art Museum's new exhibition shows the artist’s evolving style across 60 years and 200 artworks. 

Reading the Room at Cooley Gallery’s IF

The new exhibition unites three artists, including a former nun. 

Do This, Do That: Spring Arts 2026

Take heed! Your spring arts and culture plans have arrived.

Do This, Do That Mon 12:30 PM

The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for March 9-15

Grasshopper pie, Irish boxing, and where to watch the Academy Awards.

Movies & TV Mar 5 4:30 PM

Second Run Portland: Films for Literary Types

This month, a bevy of options beyond Wuthering Heights.

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Do This, Do That Mar 2 1:20 PM

The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for March 2-8

Fanciness abounds with natural wine, new theater, and the Portland Jazz Festival. Plus, it's the Portland Mercury's Sandwich Week!

Do This, Do That Feb 23 1:00 PM

The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for February 23-March 1

This week: zines at Fubonn, psychedelic theater, and the Sun Ra Arkestra.

Visual Art Feb 19 4:30 PM

David Hockney Is So Changeable

Portland Art Museum’s new exhibition shows the artist’s evolving style across 60 years and 200 artworks.

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Album Review Feb 19 1:00 PM

Album Review: Coastal Conjurings on Derek Hunter Wilson’s Sculptures

The Portland composer’s new album sculpts sound from moss, saltwater, and eroding bluffs. 

Do This, Do That Feb 16 4:00 PM

The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for February 16-22

This week: magical zodiac animals, Japanese sake, and leather dom daddies.

Do This, Do That Feb 9 4:00 PM

The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for February 9-15 

This week: floating saunas, African filmmaking, and showing moss some love.

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Do This, Do That Feb 2 1:00 PM

The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for February 2-8

Heated Rivalry, surreal ceramics, and a Minneapolis fundraiser with wontons.

Books Jan 30 3:40 PM

Hurricane Envy Has Something to Do with You

Sara Jaffe’s short story collection digs deep into queer parenting, the rise of the music algorithm, and the many shapes of adulthood.

Do This, Do That Jan 26 2:00 PM

The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for January 26-February 1

Warm up with electropop, meta-theater, and flavor-packed wieners.

Theater & Performance Jan 23 5:20 PM

Caught in the Middle of Impact Play

At Performance Works NW, a new show from Genderbomb builds radical intimacy through kink. Are audiences prepared?

Visual Art Jan 23 11:00 AM

What Wanders Through a Body? 

At curious Portland gallery Lumber Room, corporeal works by Louise Bourgeois and Isabelle Albuquerque converse.

Do This, Do That Jan 19 12:00 PM

The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for January 19-25

This week: Fancy seafood, fine prints, and indie rock mainstays the Antlers.