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TBA Review: Goner Contains Some of the Best Booty-Shaking You'll Ever See
Is Malik Nashad Sharpe's choreography a means of torture, escape, or memory?
TBA Review: Te Moana Meridian Proposes Moving the Prime Meridian
Sam Hamilton makes a solid proposal; Mere Tokorahi Boynton sings it in te reo Māori.
The Portland Mercury's Fall Arts Guide: Your Rx for Art
Art stories, fall performances, a calendar of cool shows, and a dog in a tiny backpack!
Keller Auditorium Conundrum
After a punt from City Hall, the fate of the Portland theater scene's crown jewel is still up in the air.
Portland Summer—Reviewed
A deeply subjective account of music events we attended and what we thought of them.
How Lola Milholland Cooked Up Group Living and Other Recipes
It’s a memoir. It’s a cookbook. It’s a combination memoir cookbook.
City of Portland Gets Back With the RACC to Distribute Small Arts Grants
After last year's contentious fallout between the the Regional Arts & Culture Council and Commissioner Dan Ryan's office, many worried RACC would be shut out.
Pickathon 2024 Maintains the Live Music Magic
The farm music fest sent everyone home with a new favorite band—we were surprised to find plenty were from Portland!
The Mercury's Guide to Pickathon 2024: Nine Music Picks You Must Not Miss
Listen for La Lom, Andi Oasis, and Lo Steele. Plus, our hot anticipation for Geese's Justin Bieber cover
Behind the Project Pabst Unicorn With Matt Slessler
The music festival returns to Portland with a bill where Billy Idol follows T-Pain, an onsite dive bar, and a brand new big unicorn.
Would a Lloyd Center Music Venue Answer Live Nation's Portland Incursion?
Local promoter Monqui teams up with AEG to compete with reviled music monopolist that is currently being sued by the DOJ.
Portland Drag Clown Carla Rossi Climbed Jeffery Gibson's Installation at the 2024 Venice Biennale
Artist Jeffery Gibson invited Carla Rossi to climb his installation on the US pavilion.
The Mercury's 2024 Queer Guide: Endless Queer Summer
Rainbow signs in windows are legion, and Portland's queer summer is endless.
A Portland Drag Clown in Residence at the Venice Biennale
Artist Jeffery Gibson invited Carla Rossi to climb his installation on the US pavilion.
Portland Chefs Again Win Top Honors at the James Beard Awards
Oh, we were actually just talking about Langbaan and Gregory Gourdet being wonderful.
This Portland Gay Bar Is Opening a Family-Friendly LGBTQIA+ Lounge
Since spring, we've wondered about "Scandals East." Here's the plan.
Mercury Music Picks: Seattle Hardcore Band Blood Brothers Reunite for US Tour
Pickathon delivers second 2024 lineup, Babehoven headlines Polaris Hall
Police Arrest 30 During Portland State University Library Raid and Ongoing Protest
As cops swarm the urban campus to disband a days-long occupation, teachers denounce police response to campus protests across Oregon.
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