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.

Photo Feb 14 2:00 PM

Portland Sledding Photos With Sound Effects

Sweet jumps, fluorescent ski jackets, and adorable children being dragged around on sleds after the city's 2025 snowstorm.

Comedy Feb 7 1:05 PM

Gender Ordeal Is a Trans Power Trio Comedy Tour

The Gender Reveal podcast tour is a variety show featuring the star power of show-host Tuck Woodstock, cartoonist Mattie Lubchansky, and author Calvin Kasulke.

Theater & Performance Jan 31 3:00 PM

PETE Presents Faenaβ€”a Good-Time Comedy About Bullfighting

A new gender-swapping, bilingual play by Dylan Hankins feels like history's most deeply-researched sketch comedy premise.

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Theater & Performance Jan 24 1:30 PM

A Streetcar Named Desire at Imago Warms up as It Goes

Tennessee Williams' tragedy foretells the doom of living in a dream.

Music Jan 7 2:06 PM

Where's Portland Music Month This Year?

MusicPortland put the annual celebration on pause for 2025, citing complications from the election and a desire to expand its vision.

Culture Dec 30 1:00 PM

The Mercury's Favorite Culture Moments of 2024

Doing something stupid in Ladds, dressing up for the movies, and finding catharsis at live shows, et al.

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Books Dec 24 7:00 AM

The Mercury's Favorite Books of 2024

On this list, revolutionary writings share space with Portland zombies and memories of the Barefoot Contessa

Movies & TV Nov 20 3:07 PM

Film Review: In Heretic and Don't Move Meek Heroines Fawn and Freeze

This fall, femmes find new ways to survive.

Last-Minute Gifts from PDX Airportβ€”That Are Actually Great

In Portland even our airport presents are thoughtful, lovely, and local.

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Food and Drink Nov 11 4:30 PM

Secret Aardvark Drops Hot Nut News

The Portland-area hot sauce company celebrated 20 years of flavorful, spicy sauciness with a new snack.

Music Nov 8 11:00 AM

Screaming With Meaning: The Definitive Blood Brothers Lyrics Q & A

Ahead of the hardcore band's sold out show at Revolution Hall, Johnny Whitney and Jordan Blilie tell us what the group's intense, abstract song lyrics really mean.

Food and Drink Oct 29 12:34 PM

Could the James Beard Public Market Rise From the Corpse of Corporate Failure?

Long envisioned as Portland's version of Seattle's Pike Place, the market would also provide an answer to downtown’s dearth of fresh produce.

Theater & Performance Oct 19 10:30 AM

Mikki Gillette's Hero's / Healer's Journey Begins With a Content Warning

 No More Candy is charming and adorable, even as its characters work through very heavy traumas.

Mercury Music Picks Oct 16 3:30 PM

Mercury Music Picks: Once Chance To See That At the Drive-In Doc in Portland

Erykah Badu headlines the 2025 PDX Jazz Festival, and we have NEW Haley Heynderickx songs—INCOMING!

TBA Sep 13 4:07 PM

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?