IN MEMORIUM—In March, a Portland police officer shot and killed Jackie Collins, who’d lived on Portland’s streets for over 20 years. The real tragedy of Collins’ death is not whether the officer should have used force, but that a mentally ill addict wound up facing off against the police instead of in treatment. Tonight, friends […]
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Brian Posehn Needs A Job
Brian Posehn took to the stage at the Mission Theater on Friday night, the day after it was officially announced that The Sarah Silverman Program, from which he is primarily known, is kaput. I’ve been sick of Silverman’s jerk-shtick for a while, but Posehn, with Steve Agee, as her big stoned bear neighbors, were arguably […]
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Michael Jackson Afrobeat Dance Party
Anyone experiencing MJ dance-night burnout? Eh? Yeah, I didn’t think so. Tonight is the return of the Afrobeat Michael Jackson Dance Party, first seen in the Washington High School auditorium at last year’s TBA Fest. It’s a 10-piece funk fest with Ben Darwish, Commotion, Marv Ellis and the Platform, and DJ Dr. Adam. Tonight at […]
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It’s Happening Tonight!
HERCULES VS. VAMPIRES—Mario Bava’s 1961 Italian fantasy flick Hercules vs. Vampires features several amazing things: Hercules (played by 1958’s Mr. Universe), vampires, and Christopher Lee! It screens with audio accompaniment from Filmusik and Opera Theater Oregon, who’ll add a live score and operatic music to this forgotten Technicolor flick. EHHollywood Theatre, 4122 NE Sandy, Fri […]
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Oh, You Should Totally Come To My Leaving Do
I MEAN, WHERE ELSE WOULD I HAVE IT? Next Thursday night, May 20. From 5pm until they shoot the horses. Club 21, at NE 21st and Sandy, opposite the Mercury‘s offices. You should totally come. If you’ve never been to Club 21, I should tell you that when I went in there at 1:30 this […]
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It’s Happening Tonight!
HISTORY LESSON—Listen up, young ‘uns: Calvin Johnson, Vanessa Renwick, and Cool Nutz have been creating art in the Pacific Northwest long before you moved here. The trio of wise speakers joins moderator (and former Mercury columnist) Cary Clarke for the final night of the fantastic Northwest Passage lecture series. Attendance is mandatory. EACThe Waypost, 3120 […]
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Keith Lee Morris At Disjecta Tonight
I’ve reviewed Keith Morris’s latest book in this week’s Mercury, and I’m excited to go to his reading tonight at Disjecta, with Lee Montgomery, editorial director of Tin House Books. The reading starts at 7:30 at the Templeton Building, 230 E Burnside. In the mean time if you’re interested, here’s a link to the full […]
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Open Season Videos Are Up!
You’ve seen the photos, now check out the videos from last Friday’s Open Season fashion show, as taken by Travis Huntington, up now on MOD. Design: R.A.W., photo: David Reamer
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Help Me Watch the Crap Outta the World Cup!
Calling all know-it-alls. I’m compiling a list of places that I (and, in turn, you) can catch all televised matches of the World Cup, starting mid-June. Who’s showing? So far I have:The Moon & SixpenceKenny & Zuke’sProst!Oblique Coffee Roasters I know places that regularly show football, but this is butt-ass early for most bars. Comment […]
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It’s Happening Tonight!
DRINK ‘N VOTE—Did you get a ballot recently and scratch your head wondering what election is even going on? Well bring that ballot to Backspace tonight for $1 off beer and some loving help from the Mercury and youth political group the Bus Project. Ninaski, nachos, and nitpicking politics: Come support drunkocracy! SMBackspace, 115 NW […]
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Photos of the Open Season Fashion Show up Now
If you missed Friday’s Open Season fashion show—or want to re-live it, or just see behind the scenes—there are slideshows up on MOD of the action both on and behind the stage, with photos taken by Chloé Richard and David Reamer. Come and breathe the hairspray.
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It’s Happening Tonight!
MONDO MONO—Japanese instrumental band MONO actually takes full advantage of the stereo spectrum, offering epically sweeping sound tapestries that rise, pummel, wash, and ebb—drawing in equal parts from classical composers and deafening shoegazer rock. NLw/the Twilight Sad; Berbati’s Pan, 10 SW 3rd, 9 pm, $13.50-15 ALIENS & BEER—Stop by the OMSI Science Pub’s Searching for […]