Look out, America! The Portland Mercury and She Bop have a brand-new live show that pairs your favorite things in the world: SEX AND COMEDY. It’s Talkin’ Dirty with Shrista & AJ, starring the hilarious Shrista Tyree and beloved sex educator/entertainer Amory Jane. In this new monthly series, Shrista and AJ will bring you a […]
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A Beginner’s Guide to SPLIFF—the Mercury‘s New Film Festival, Made by the Stoned for the Stoned Hosted by Dan Savage!
The stoner film has come a long way. Nothing against Cheech & Chong—Tommy Chong played an excellent (and sexy!) singing pineapple on this season of The Masked Singer—but we’ve moved away from the stoner trope of two dudes smoking weed while driving around in their car. (Which you shouldn’t do! It’s dangerous! You’ll get a […]
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In Honor of the SPLIFF Film Fest, Movie Madness Has Some Stoner Movie Recommendations for You
The SPLIFF Film Festival, presented by your pals at the Portland Mercury and Oregon’s Finest, is coming soon, on Sat April 20—and the fest promises to offer only the very best in short films made by and for stoners. In anticipation of SPLIFF, the staff at Portland’s beloved video store Movie Madness got together to […]
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$10 for 10: Your Best Bang For the Buck NEW YEAR’S EVE Options!
Truman’s Water, Lavender Flu, White Shark Shiver What better way to say farewell to a frantic and dizzying year than to share the last evening of 2018 with Truman’s Water, a band whose music is as unsettled and tense as we’ve all been feeling for 12 straight months. A fixture of the indie underground since […]
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Don’t Miss the September Edition of… The I, Anonymous Show!
America—and especially Portland—loves the Mercury’s I, Anonymous column and blog, in which anonymous people (like YOU!) spill your guts and reveal your most private thoughts, gripes, and confessions. And now we’ve made this column even better by turning it into a live comedy show! It’s the monthly I, Anonymous Show hosted by 2017’s “Portland’s Funniest […]
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Don’t Miss the Undisputable Fun of the Undisputable Geniuses of Comedy!
HURRAH! GET YOUR TICKETS NOW FOR THE UNDISPUTABLE GENIUSES OF COMEDY 2018! It’s back! The biggest night of Portland comedy is returning to Revolution Hall on Saturday, September 8! It’s the Portland Mercury’s Undisputable Geniuses of Comedy 2018, featuring Portland’s funniest people (and hilarious up-and-comers) all on one stage. Stand-up comedians, sketch comedy, and crazy […]
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August Style Events
The Art Institute of Portland’s Last Fashion Event, Fade to Light, and More
Liza Rietz’s boutique is once again converting into a pop-up shop, this time featuring Sara Bergman and Atelier Maneo. By now I’d hope you’re familiar with Bergman’s “clothes for the modern wild woman,” and if not, this would be the perfect time and place to get acquainted. Atelier Maneo, on the other hand, is a […]
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Don’t Miss America’s Funniest Night of Comedy… THE I, ANONYMOUS SHOW!
America—and especially Portland—loves the Mercury’s weekly I, Anonymous column and blog, in which anonymous people (just like YOU) spill their guts and reveal their most private thoughts, gripes, and confessions. And now we’ve made this column even better by turning it into a live comedy show! It’s the monthly I, Anonymous Show hosted by “Portland’s […]
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This Saturday, Don’t Miss the Annual BIG FLOAT!
Courtesy Human Access Project Get ready to get wet, Portland, because the best river event of the year is going down this coming Saturday, July 14… the annual Big Float! For those new to town, the Big Float is a celebration of the Willamette (put on by the Human Access Project) in which thousands of […]
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Our Picks for Tin House’s Free Summer Reading Series
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP RIGHT: LESLEY NNEKA ARIMAH BY EMILY BAXTER, MELISSA FEBOS BY DEBORAH FEINGOLD, DANEZ SMITH BY HIEU MINH NGUYEN, AND CATHERINE LACEY BY WILLY SOMMA Each year in July, local publisher Tin House hosts its Summer Workshop at Reed College, bringing writers from around the country to Portland for a week of workshops […]
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Minority Retort Headliner Yedoye Travis: Problematic Favs, Hard to Pronounce Names, and Seeing Your Future Self on Stage
BERNARD HENRY MANNING Anyone who knows anything about Portland stand-up knows Minority Retort is the city’s premiere monthly showcase centering on voices of color in comedy. Created by Jason Lamb in 2015, the regular comedy night (sometimes monthly, sometimes twice a month) is currently hosted by Lamb, Julia Ramos, and Neeraj Srinivasan. Minority Retort not […]
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Get Your Resistance and Social Justice Events Listed in the Mercury‘s “From Slacktivism to Activism” Calendar!
SOBERVE / GETTY IMAGES This morning, Merc News Editor Alex Zielinski was serving up live, on-the-ground reporting from #OcuppyICEPDX in Southwest Portland. While in the field, she met Jean, who loves “From Slacktivism to Activism,” the weekly calendar I curate showcasing a diverse range of social justice and activist events in town. This is Jean. […]