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Where To Go for the Second Annual Portland Book Week

From silent reading sessions to bookish tattoos, PBW maps out a literary treasure hunt across the city.
Avatar photo Lindsay Costello

Only in its second year, Portland Book Week already feels like a fixture. Launched by Powell’s Books and the Cascade Booksellers Association, the ten-day literary celebration makes one thing clear: If you think you’ve hit every bookshop in the area, well, you probably haven’t.  From June 6–15, more than 60 bookstores across Portland, Vancouver, and […]

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Baseball Days, Pikachu Nights: Inside Portland’s Front Row Trading Card Show

Card collectors do commerce the fun, old-fashioned way.
Avatar photo Corbin Smith

An enormous stuffed Pikachu hanging from a pole—like Christ at Golgotha—lords over the Portland Ballroom at the Oregon Convention Center. With a small knowing smile on her face, she observes the action at the Front Row Card Show, a big traveling collectables show that is setting down in Portland for the first time.  What does […]

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PHOTO ESSAY: Best in Bow-Wow-Wow

The Rose City Classic dog show brings out the best in poochies—and their owners.
Avatar photo Corbin Smith

A place: The Portland Exposition Center in Vanport, on Saturday, January 18. There are dogs everywhere, every kind you can possibly imagine: Bernese Mountain Dog. Shiba Inu. Whippets. Honest to god, straight from the catalog Dalmatians. A small baby beagle, ambling around the show floor. Chao Chaos. Poodles, poodles, poodles, everywhere. Big dogs. Fluffy dogs. […]

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FREE TICKETS THURSDAY: Enter to Win Free Tix to Attend the Fan Expo at the Convention Center!

Avatar photo Wm. Steven Humphrey

Who’s ready to have some fun? Well, the Mercury is here to help with FREE TICKETS to see some of Portland’s best concerts and events—our way of saying thanks to our great readers and spread the word about some fantastic upcoming performances! (Psst… if you want to say thanks to the Mercury, please consider making […]

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FREE TICKETS THURSDAY: Enter to Win Free Tix to See Fred Armisen, The Motet & Too Many Zooz, and Floater!

Avatar photo Wm. Steven Humphrey

Who’s ready to have some fun? Well, the Mercury is here to help with FREE TICKETS to see some of Portland’s best concerts and events—our way of saying thanks to our great readers and spread the word about some fantastic upcoming performances! (Psst… if you want to say thanks to the Mercury, please consider making […]

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FREE TICKETS THURSDAY: Enter to Win Free Tix to See Africa Fashion at PAM, or the Bridge City Sinners at the Crystal!

Avatar photo Wm. Steven Humphrey

Who’s ready to have some fun? Well, the Mercury is here to help with FREE TICKETS to see some of Portland’s best concerts and events—our way of saying thanks to our great readers and spread the word about some fantastic upcoming performances! (Psst… if you want to say thanks to the Mercury, please consider making […]

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Pedalpalooza, Portland’s Summer-Long Bike Festival, Begins This Week

A Thursday evening kickoff ride will herald the annual bike festivities.
Avatar photo Taylor Griggs

For many Portland bike lovers, the year is split into two parts: Pedalpalooza, and time spent waiting for Pedalpalooza. This week, the three treasured months of Pedalpalooza—also known as Bike Summer—will begin in earnest, and you can feel the anticipation bubbling up all over Portland’s bike lanes.   How does one describe Pedalpalooza? Well, according […]

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