Know Your City Marc Moscato Marc Moscato says he’s no crook—and he’s confused why that seems to be the rumor. The co-founder of the Dill Pickle Club, which later became group Know Your City, says he was surprised and alarmed earlier this week, when his former organization issued a release saying its future is in […]
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Behold the Winner of Our “Design a Christian Starbucks Cup” Contest!
If you’ve seen this week’s cover, then you’re already familiar with the winning entry in our “Design a Christian Starbucks Cup Contest,” Scott Erwert. CONGRATS, SCOTT! Scott Erwert As you undoubtedly recall, a former pastor recently flipped his wig when Starbucks removed the Christmas-y designs from their cups to be more inclusive to other, just […]
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Know Your City Says It’s Nearly Broke, Might Close Without Help
Earlier this month, leaders atKnow Your City held an impromptu meeting. They’d learned months before that the group’s finances were in trouble. Cameron Whitten, the newly announced executive director of the local nonprofit, was working full time for no pay, and didn’t know if he could continue. After six years, it looked like Know Your […]
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The Best and Worst of 2015 Style with West End Select Shop’s Ragen Fykes!
[EDITOR’S NOTE! Each year since forever, I’ve polled an annual selection of Portland’s fashion-related industry insiders to get their takes on the best and worst of the past year, from trends to cultural moments, local and well beyond. I’ll be spotlighting some of those responses on the blog, look out for an edited version in […]
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Hurry Hurry! The Deadline for the “Design a Christian Starbucks Cup” Contest is THURSDAY!
Want to win 100 bucks and have your art splashed across the cover of every Portland Mercury in the city? Then enter the “DESIGN A CHRISTIAN STARBUCKS CUP” CONTEST… and hurry! DEADLINE IS THIS THURSDAY, DEC 10. All the details here!
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The Week in Art: Viva’s Holiday, PICA’s Precipice Fund, and Kliph Nesteroff’s History of Comedy
Cult of Orpheus Amid the usual holly-jolly suspects of holiday theater season, Viva’s Holiday, the new Christmas opera about legendary Portland stripper/writer/breast cancer survivor/lady about town Viva Las Vegas, is a welcome departure! It opened last night, with two more performances tonight and tomorrow. Go see it, unless you want to try your luck with […]
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Don’t Forget! Enter Our “Design a Christian Starbucks Cup” Contest!
WIN $100 AND YOUR ART ON THE COVER OF THE PORTLAND MERCURY! DETAILS HERE>>>
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At PAM, Art Babies and Bright Lights in Paige Powell’s The Ride
“Hi. My name is Paige Powell. I sell ads for Interview. Call me: 971-279-7110.” So reads text haphazardly stickered inside a white box lined floor-to-ceiling with photographs. Eighties music provides a backbeat to a collection of color and black-and-white images of that era’s stars of the New York art scene, with only a sheet of […]
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Photos from Content 2015
Over the weekend, the sixth edition of Content at the Ace Hotel sold out once again, crowding an entire floor of the hotel with fans of art and commerce alike. It can get crowded in those halls as people try to get a good look at the 20+ rooms that have been transformed into installations […]
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Enter the “Design a Christian Starbucks Cup” Coloring Contest!
HEY, amateur or professional artists! Would you like to see your work published on the cover of the Portland Mercury AND win a cool $100? Then read on! Recently a former Christian pastor gained national attention after claiming that Starbucks removed “Christmas from their cups because they hate Jesus.” (Starbucks says they actually removed reindeers […]
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The Week in Art: Jonathan Case’s New Deal, Drunk Girls at Theatre Vertigo, Liminal’s Insulting New Show
Dark Horse Comics In The New Deal, Jonathan Case sets some tricky-to-pull-off parameters: a graphic novel about income inequality, basically, with the jaunty style of a classic mystery—and succeeds. “Peeling back the façade of the American system to reveal corruption or deceit beneath isn’t necessarily new, but what Case reveals in The New Deal is […]
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The Sixth Content Fashion Installation Is This Weekend at Ace Hotel!
Hard to believe that this will be the sixth year of Content at the Ace Hotel. Back before she won Project Runway in 2010, moved to New York, moved back from New York, designed for Pendleton, and quit Pendleton, Gretchen Jones help cook up a scheme that became a model for the annual event. Originally […]