Suzette Smith

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.

Books Sep 15 11:00 AM

Book Review: Shared Homes Bring Hope and Chaos in Wolf Bells

Leni Zumas’ new novel is a nice (and quietly subversive) story about
a multigenerational, intentional community.

Fall Arts 2025 Sep 11 4:00 AM

The Mercury's Fall Arts Issue 2025

The only guide Portland needs for the season's theater and performance art, comedy art, food art, movie art, book art, architecture art, and more!

Fall Arts 2025 Sep 11 3:52 AM

It's Time to Appreciate Bike Play as Theater

Bike Summer / Pedalpalooza's annual outdoor drama is campy, approachable, and drawing crowds.

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Fall Arts 2025 Sep 11 3:42 AM

Book Review: Shared Homes Bring Hope and Chaos in Wolf Bells

Leni Zumas’ new novel is a nice (and quietly subversive) story about
a multigenerational, intentional community.

Fall Arts 2025 Sep 11 3:25 AM

Do This, Do That: Fall Arts 2025

Portland's grandest, thinkiest, most-engaging displays of art and culture! 

Comedy Aug 25 5:45 PM

Jordan Casner Wins 2025 Portland's Funniest Person Contest

Helium Comedy Club's final round wrapped up months of competition; Virginia Jones and Brent Lowery rounded out the winners.

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Theater & Performance Aug 21 12:05 PM

Them Portrays the Everyday in the Midst of War

Samah Sabawi has written a prescient play, but is it good?

Twenty-Five Years of Portland Caring About Art

A timeline of Mercury arts coverage and behind-the-scenes tales.

Books Jul 23 5:30 PM

Bookshop Mother Foucault's Crowdfunds To Buy Its Building

A new nonprofit, l'école buissonnière, formed around the shop to fundraise and expand programming.

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Movies & TV Jul 10 11:00 AM

Clinton Street Theater's Third Hanabi Japanese Film Festival Line-Up Is Here

This year has US and Portland premieres and new 4k restorations, along with the cult films, award-winning classics, and anime features audiences demand.

Theater & Performance Jul 3 2:00 PM

Hell Is Full of Clowns

Inspired by Dante's Inferno, Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble's new play is a tour of Divine Comedy.

Queer Guide 2025 Jun 26 3:48 AM

This Vogue Femme Class Teaches Ball Culture Core Elements and History

Teacher Latroy Robinson balances biochemistry by day and ballroom by night.

Queer Guide 2025 Jun 26 3:44 AM

Portland Dancer Allie Hankins on Why Haunting Belongs to Lesbians

Her By My Own Hand: Melody explores onstage manipulation through song.

Queer Guide 2025 Jun 26 3:21 AM

A Queer Centerfold

Of events, you perv!

Queer Guide 2025 Jun 26 3:20 AM

Do This, Do That: Queer Events Until Pride and Beyond

The gayest-looking queer bike rides, dance parties, and community events on our calendar this Pride season.