If you’ve been by the suite in the 811 E Burnside building most recently occupied by Nationale, you probably noticed that something is afoot: Golden Rule just opened quietly in June, and according to the shop/projects’s Wynde Dyer, “We’re a social experiment in creativity and commerce, curating a new showcase in furniture, fashion, jewelry, etc., […]
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PHART CHART TOPPER!
This week’s PHART CHART TOPPER is Bring Whoever You Want To Bring! Congrats, and look! We’ve animated it for you! Will you be the next Phart Chart Topper? Submit your art or photos to the Mercury’s Flickr group, and start PHART-ing today!!
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Tonight: First Thursday
Calvin Ross Carl “Floating Homes of Vanport” by Calvin Ross Carl, on view at Half/Dozen If last week’s Last Thursday attendance is any indicator, tonight’s First Thursday artwalk should be packed. I’ve combed through the west side offerings and picked a few openings that stand out from the crowd. After the jump: Half/Dozen presents Calvin […]
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Shepard Fairey DJs Tonight at Ground Kontrol
Ground Kontrol’s Twitter just informed me that street artist Shepard Fairey is DJing there tonight. Fairey’s own website confirms it: I don’t know anything about the dude’s taste in music, but his intelligent, articulate interviews in Exit Through the Gift Shop were some of the best parts of that movie (particularly in contrast to the […]
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Trek in the Park Fundraiser & Other Nerd Miscellanea
ADAM ROSKO Atomic Arts is holding a fundraiser this on Saturday for the second season of Trek in the Park, which opens in a few weeks with the Trek episode Space Seed. In addition to music, food and drink specials, and the chance to mingle with the cast of your favorite local Star Trek reenactors, […]
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Tonight: Last Thursday
Appendix Project Space Tonight’s the Last Thursday artwalk over on NE Alberta, and if you didn’t already notice, it’s ridiculously nice out— I’d put money on a lot of sunshine-starved folks gettin’ out and into the middle of it. While my two top picks of the night go to Oregon Painting Society at Appendix Project […]
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PHART CHART TOPPER!
This week’s PHART CHART TOPPER is peer a mid △! Congrats, and look! We’ve animated it for you! Will you be the next Phart Chart Topper? Submit your art or photos to the Mercury‘s Flickr group, and start PHART-ing today!!
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Bendis Interviews Mamet and…
…it’s a little disappointing. BENDIS: It’s funny, being a comic book writer and studying everything I can in order to come up with my own philosophy, having read almost every essay and book you’ve written about directing film and theater, the person you come closest to in theory is Stan Lee. You know, Stan Lee’s […]
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PHART CHART TOPPER!
This week’s PHART CHART TOPPER is Ben Canales! Congrats, and look! We’ve animated it for you! Will you be the next Phart Chart Topper? Submit your art or photos to the Mercury‘s Flickr group, and start PHART-ing today!!
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Tonight: Mural Unveiling at Jupiter Hotel
Compound Gallery Zach Johnsen and Mhak collab mural at the Jupiter Hotel Tonight from 6-10 pm at the Jupiter Hotel (800 E Burnside), local painter Zach Johnsen and Japanese import Mhak will be unveiling a collaborative mural they’ve been working on for the past few weeks. Johnsen and Mhak began working together last year, when […]
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Drammy Awards Results
Harold Phillips has a recap of the winners on his blog. defunkt’s 4.48 Psychosis absolutely swept it—awards for best director and ensemble, and it shared best production honors with Ragtime (whose director, Chris Coleman, also took a best director award). Despite my (minority) conviction that defunkt handled that material poorly, it is good to see […]
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Get Your $1,973 Douglas Coupland Jacket!
Today in strategies for selling clothes I did not see coming: The Roots X Douglas Coupland collection includes apparel for women/men/children, accessories, leather goods, design items, furniture, limited editions, original art and a series of pop-up stores. This is the first time Douglas Coupland has designed fashion wearables. He is best known as the internationally […]