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The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for June 8-14

This week: queer soup, medieval bike theater, and Kickstand Comedy in the Park returns.
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Summer feels like summer this week with the return of some of our favorites—Bike Play, Kickstand Comedy in the Park, and the Risk/Reward Festival of New Performance among them. If you’ve missed these before, now’s your chance; deets below, of course. Plus, the Portland Fire face the Las Vegas Aces for the first time and […]

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The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for June 1-7

Your faves are here: This week’s all about strawberries, bikes, and books.
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It’s that time of year in which strawberries and long bike rides just make sense. Luckily for us, both are on the docket this week as Bike Summer (formerly Pedalpalooza) hosts a kickoff ride at Alberta Park and dozens of local food spots sling a certain fruity dessert for Strawberry Shortcake Week. It’s also Portland […]

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The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for May 25-31

Memorial Day week is boozy, birdy, and baseball-y.
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Memorial Day is here, and with it, plenty of event momentum: floral installations bloom across downtown Portland, Pickles baseball returns, and the Mercury‘s got enough highballs lined up to make “just one cocktail” a relative improbability. Plussss, you can chase after woodpeckers, catch that new film with the freaky yellow trailer (Backrooms), or let comedian […]

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The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for May 18-24

Comedians with disabilities perform, a cat documentary screens, and Alysa Liu skates into town.
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Your weekly reminder that things are, in fact, “going on” is here. Indie troubadour Kevin Morby heads into town on May 19 from the rustic Hudson Valley cabin where he recorded his new album, Little Wide Open. Local guitarist-composer Marisa Anderson also plays an album release show on May 21, revealing her expansive new album The Anthology […]

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Do This, Do That: May-June 2026

A selection of the city’s coolest upcoming events.
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What follows is one of the many articles in the Mercury‘s 2026 Music Issue. Find a print copy here, subscribe to get a copy mailed to you here, and if you’re feeling generous and want to keep these types of articles coming, support us here.—eds. Carlos Niño & Friends MAY 16 (MUSIC) Carlos Niño came to town on André […]

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The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for May 4-10

Lo-fi indie, two cool comedians, and your Mother’s Day plans.
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Dust off your A/C unit, it’s Do This, Do That!! This week’s events pair well with the sunshine: the St. Johns Bizarre brings Alan Sparhawk of Low to the neighborhood’s stage, the Portland Fire show up for their regular season opener, and two-time Mercury Genius of Comedy Neeraj Srinivasan slings some jokes. Plus, we’ve got […]

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The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for April 27-May 3

This week: blooming lilacs, dog comedy, and peril in Bikini Bottom.
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Hello and welcome to one of the springiest weeks we’ve seen in quite some time! Sure, T.S. Eliot called April “the cruellest month,” but around here, it’s losing its grip with sunbreaks and lilacs coming on strong. On the docket: Mirah’s earnest, diaristic indie rock, a May Day march for workers’ rights, and the weekend’s […]

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The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for April 20-26

Earth Day puppets, $4 pizza slices, and can you pronounce Sunn O)))?
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We’re back! This week, Making Earth Cool celebrates Earth Day with a costume parade on April 25, and the Mercury’s Pizza Week offers $4 one-of-a-kind slices across 70 locations. Plus, DJ Assault will pull up for the ass-jigglers among us, and Independent Bookstore Day brings cute prizes and swag to local shops. U ready? MONDAY, […]

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The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for April 13-19

Woodwind sounds, emotional support animals, and florals for spring.
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How’s your spring shaking out? This week, Do This, Do That unfurls with events like sooo many cherry blossoms, tulips, and daffodils. John Waters cruises into town to celebrate eight decades of debauchery, Making Earth Cool screens a verdant array of 16mm nature films, and did you know you can learn Latin dance for free […]

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Do This, Do That: April 2026

The city’s coolest art and cultural events this spring.
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Satpreet Kahlon: an imagined place (here and now) THROUGH MAY 23 (VISUAL ART) I’ve been following Satpreet Kahlon’s career since 2023, when the Panjabi-born artist’s Bellevue Art Museum exhibition the inscrutable shape of longing explored displacement and colonization’s aftermath through a web-like installation of folk ritual and splintered, mirrored acrylic. An imagined place (here and […]

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The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for April 6-12

Twenty good reasons to leave the house this week.
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This past weekend at Cooper Mountain Nature Park, I watched a smattering of wild iris and pond lily sway against a backing scene of scraggly oaks, jays and juncos flitting in between. I sat on a log with my partner for two hours, staring at the pond, chatting about nothing and everything. Two ducks floated […]

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The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for March 30-April 5

Spring-approved activities unfurl, from tulip time to rowdy documentaries.
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Did you get a dose of Vitamin D in the eyeballs this weekend? Portland spring is a fickle and fleeting thing, but when it feels good, it feels reeeeally good. Let’s keep that boat afloat this week. Here are some helpers: The Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival is a no-brainer, but if you can swing it […]

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