MUSIC—Every month Mississippi Studios and the Mercury bring you the best in local music, and tonight’s free Ear Candy show is a winter-beater of a dance party you daren’t miss. Bear witness to the majestic purple funk of Purse Candy and bask in the blissful brainscapes of Fringe Class. NED LANNAMANNMississippi Studios, 3939 N Mississippi, […]
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The Made in Portland Awards
Although it’s an event concocted to be an introduction to The Portland Outsider, a new local quarterly “for the bike commuter who raises chickens, the bird watcher who cans tomatoes, the gardener who’s training for a 5k,” tomorrow’s Made in Portland Awards, scheduled to be an annual thing, have me intrigued. Frankly I think anything […]
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Win Tickets to Portland’s Holiday Office Party (Attendance Mandatory)
Let’s face it: your holiday office party is TERRIBLE. Or even worse? You don’t have one at all! That’s why the Portland Mercury is pleased to announce the second annual Portland’s Holiday Office Party! It’s the party for party-haters, or party-non-havers! SO. What makes Portland’s Holiday Office Party so much better? JUST THIS: • Fun-time […]
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It’s Happening Tonight!
MUSIC—There are two reasons tonight’s show at the Crystal is hella sold out; they are the same two reasons you should find tickets, post haste. (1) Spoon has a new album out, They Want My Soul, and it’s white hot. (2) Future Islands are fun as fuck to watch live. I hope you find tickets […]
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Oso Market’s Post-Holiday Winter Cleansing Dinner
I guess the evidence is stacking up that I’m looking forward to being surrounded by post-holiday health vibes at least as much as I enjoy fattening myself in the final weeks of the year. Here’s another case in point: Oso Market‘s Post-Holiday Winter Cleansing Dinner. Ordinarily a prix fixe dinner at a wine-centric joint like […]
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It’s Happening Tonight!
TRIVIA—For the past four years, local podcasters Bobby Roberts and Cort Webber have been hosting the super popular Geek Trivia—handing out thousands of dollars of prizes and comic book-related swag to those who know the difference between Boba Fett and Bib Fortuna. Tonight is the final Geek Trivia ever… so grab some friends, order some […]
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This Week’s Shopping & Style Events
Here’s the thing: There’s only a couple of weeks left before doing your holiday shopping is going to stop being fun. Right now there are friendly makers and retailers proffering alcoholic beverages and discounts, and probably back rubs, too, but if you wait too long you’ll just be making poor financial and taste decisions under […]
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Full Moon Gathering
This month’s holidays are fun and bloating and all, but my favorite holiday is New Year’s Day. It’s all to do with the state of mind I prefer: The feeling of a fresh start, with the intention of self-improvement. Atelier Cornelia‘s Caroline Marie Griffin is capturing that feeling with a Full Moon Gathering scheduled for […]
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It’s Happening Tonight!
JOHN WATERS!—If there’s one thing John Waters knows, it’s the trashy delights that can be wrung from Christmastime. The cult filmmaker and author’s delightfully charming one-man show A John Waters Christmas is a hysterical must-see, as Waters is one of the most erudite, elegant, and funny people alive, a true Prince of Puke among men. […]
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Your Holiday Office Party!
Maybe you’re unemployed, or maybe you are one of the city’s many self-employed freelance creatives, or maybe your work/office culture just sucks. There are a number of such lifestyles that may not lend themselves well to a kickass, raging holiday office party, complete with bare asses all over a photocopy machine. Well, have we got […]
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It’s Happening Tonight!
MUSIC—Despite their generic-seeming name, the Barr Brothers are anything but. Embracing Delta blues, African rhythms, and every speck on the map in between, the Montreal-based group’s daring, devilish spin on global folk makes for one of the most hair-raising live shows around. Did I mention they have a fucking harpist? NED LANNAMANNw/Leif Vollebekk; Doug Fir, […]
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It’s Happening Tonight!
MUSIC—Here’s an easy choice to make when looking for something fun to do on a Saturday night. Go see Portland’s fave Prince cover band Erotic City, who never fail to get the “dearly beloveds” in the crowd shakin’ and sweatin‘. Plus they’re joined by the Cars cover band Candy O, and Precious, a musical tribute […]