Hello, Trash Pandas! Iโm Elinor Jones. Welcome to this very special Trash Report for our extremely special Fall Arts Guide. Did you know that gossipping about celebrities and current events counts as โart?โ Itโs true! As such, this is basically art school. Congratulations on following your dreams. Iโm your professor, Bob Ross, and weโre about […]
Fall Arts 2025
The Mercury’s Fall Arts Issue 2025
I’m at the bike ride. I’m at the theater. I’m at the combination bike ride theater.
Portland Art Museum’s Rothko Pavilion Opens This Fall
The new pavilion’s exterior is almost entirely glass… reminiscent of an Apple store.
Nine Portland Dishes That Are Plated Works of Art
Finally, some fine art you can put in your mouth.
Performance Works Northwest Turns 25
Dancer-choreographer Linda Austin reflects on Portland’s experimental scene.
It’s Time to Appreciate Bike Play as Theater
I’m at the bike ride. I’m at the theater. I’m at the combination bike ride theater.
Punchlines & Piledrivers Calls It in the Ring
In an empty comedy theater, Mack Lee is strutting around in a diaper and sipping from a baby bottle filled with champagne.
Normal Gossip Can Keep a Secret, They Just Donโt Want To
“You wanna hear something fuckin’ wild?”
Jock Jams Vol. 1 Turns 30 & Flirty!
Tracing sport, nostalgia, hip-hop hitting the mainstream, and the fall of Village People’s “YMCA.”
Satyricon: An Oral History
Before Michaela Watkinsโ first shift behind the bar at Satyricon, the manager gave her the tour. โHe said to me: โOkay, hereโs the taps, hereโs the keg, hereโs the bat.โ And I was, like, the bat? And heโs like: โYeah, the bat.โ I was like, am I gonna use a bat? He nodded: โYou might […]
Book Review: Shared Homes Bring Hope and Chaos inย Wolf Bells
Leni Zumas’ new novel is a nice (and quietly subversive) story aboutโจa multigenerational, intentional community.
Portland Zine Meetup Is Crafting Community
“We did partially move to Portland for the free photocopies,” says Manzano. “It was a big draw.”
