Tonight at 8 you’re going to be at Secret Society to watch Late Night Action w/ Alex Falcone. We’ve got a great show planned including comic book legend Matt Fraction, essayist and zinester Martha Grover, LA comedian Brock Wilbur, and musical guest Sama Dams. It’s going to be awesome but only IF YOU COME. So […]
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What Should I Ask Comic Book Author Matt Fraction?
My talk show Late Night Action w/ Alex Falcone returns Thursday night at 8pm at Secret Society with comic book author MATT FRACTION plus essayist MARTHA GROVER, comedian (and Guitar Center spokesman) BROCK WILBUR, and musical guest SAMA DAMS. Like I do every month, I’m letting you suggest questions for my interviews. What do you […]
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Last Chance to See A Nightmare on Elf Street
This is the closing weekend of the sketch show I co-wrote. If you’re looking for something that will get you in the Christmas spirit, but is much darker and funnier than you’re used to Christmas shows being, than you should definitely check it out. Friday & Saturday, December 20 & 21 at 7:30 $12 / […]
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New Rudolph Show Added!
The Willamette Week loves me… and the Mercury loves me, too! In fact, so many people love me… OKAY, FINE, THE SHOW I’M IN, RUDOLPH: ON STAGE!… that almost every performance in the run is already sold out. Except for the one we just added! If you would love to see a faithful and very […]
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Thing You’re Doing Tonight: Watching Late Night Action w/ Alex Falcone
Tonight, it’s the return of my live talk show Late Night Action w/Alex Falcone and Bri Pruett. It’s a great show (think Conan except live and focused on how great Portland is). If you haven’t seen it, you owe it to yourself to come out tonight!Featuring:Author Monica DrakeOPB host April BaerComedian (and Don’t Be a […]
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Soft Show Reading at the Blue Monk
From the Dept. of Shameless Self Promotion: Tonight at the Blue Monk, I’m participating in the 7th installment of the reading series Soft Show, for their “Breakfast for Dinner”-themed edition; I was requested to read some of my more controversial thoughts on breakfast food, which I will do (spoiler, I do not like it). The […]
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Rudolph: On Stage! Opens Tonight!
Guys! You’re looking for something fun to do with the visiting family (or on your own) tonight and tomorrow, right? Consider seeing me and the most talented funny people in town in Rudolph—On Stage! It’s an adaptation of the classic 1964 stop-motion animated classic, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. OH, SO BELOVED! And it’s got all […]
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See A Nightmare on Elf Street
There are a bazillion Christmas shows happening around Portland this year. There are so many, PCS couldn’t decide on just one (see upcoming piece by A Hallet for a full list). But there’s one in particular I want to draw your attention to: A Nightmare on Elf Street, the holiday themed sketch show at the […]
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Get Yer Tickets for Rudolph-On Stage! (Kind of Starring ME)
Now that all that HUMP filthiness is finally over, I am free to promote actual super important stuff… AKA my theatrical career!! If you saw me in Road House: The Play, you may have thought “Meh, he’s okay.” And if you saw me in The Lost Boys: Live! you may have said, “Well, that was […]
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There's Too Much of ME This Weekend
Think you get too much of me during the week? Well, wait until you see this weekend! I AM PERFORMING IN TWO SEPARATE EVENTS THIS WEEKEND, AND IT WILL BEHOOVE YOU TO ATTEND ONE, BOTH, OR NONE. The details from the Mercury arts calendar: Back Fence PDX: Design Week When: Fri., Oct. 11, 9 p.m. […]
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Don’t Miss My Taylor Swift Puppet Show… TONIGHT!
I distinctly recall telling you people the last time I was going to perform my non-award winning Taylor Swift puppet show… and yet? Some of you didn’t show up. And get this for an excuse… apparently a few of you thought I was just making a joke. Well, let me say for the record… I […]
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Win Tickets to Comics Underground!
Hi friends, I’m taking off my Mercury hat but leaving on my Mercury fingers to tell you about tomorrow’s installment of Comics Underground, the quarterly comics reading series that Erik Henriksen and I produce. We’ve got a great show tomorrow night: Periscope Studio member Terry Blas will be presenting an excerpt from his charming webcomic […]