Hopefully you’ve recovered just enough from this last weekend of wonderfulness, because you’re gonna need all your energy to properly tackle this packed-full week of Things to Do, including the kickoff of the new Pacific Crest Comedy Fest, a visit from Alessia Cara, a case of Mono (the good kind!), and a whole lot more. […]
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Cheap, Free, & Fun: Your 17 Best Bang For The Buck Events in Portland, Nov 1-7 2019
Savages: A Prestige Stand-up Showcase Portland comedy scene staples Adam Pasi, Amanda Arnold, and Nariko Ott head up this brand-new comedy showcase every first Saturday at the Kickstand space. The line-up is a secret, but you can always count on some top local and national talent to swing through. (Tues, Nov 5, 9 pm, Kickstand […]
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The 29 Best Things to Do in Portland This Weekend: Nov 1-3 2019
So… November. We’re here already. That means Thanksgiving is a few weeks away, and then Christmas, and then New Year’s, and then… seems like things are moving really fast, right? You could try to slow it down, but why not just get caught up in the whirlwind? It’s certainly easy enough when you’ve got weekends […]
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25 Fun and Fulfilling Fall 2019 Things to Do!
It’s brisk enough outside to put a little extra pep in that step, to move you from one Autumnal adventure to the other and enjoy the best of the Fall season in Portland, with an abundance of arts, music, movies, and food events to keep your entertainment plate stacked like a Thanksgiving dinner. Check out […]
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Want All the Treats and None of the Tricks? Visit the Mercury‘s Halloween 2019 Events Calendar!
Sure, for many of you reading this, your Halloween started last weekend (and you’re still kind of recovering—we understand, and we sympathize) but the actual day, the day before the Day of the Dead, the night when ghouls, spectres, and party-loving-spirits of all kinds go looking for fun things to do, is still coming. You’re […]
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The 37 Best Things to Do in Portland This Week: Oct 28-31 2019
It lurks, at the end of the week, like a shape behind the hedge, peeking out, waiting for you to approach, so it may jump out and… delight you! HALLOWEEN IS HERE, and this week is a trick-or-treat bag full of awesome, including Danny Brown, OMSI After Dark, a trip to The Bronze, and so […]
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The 18 Most Delicious Things to Do In Portland: November 2019
Mouthy Live Piper Davis’ podcast comes to the Nightwood Society for Native American Heritage Month, to talk about culture, tradition, history, and of course, food, with special guests Brigette and Sean McConville of Salmon King Catering. (Sun Nov 10, 3:30 pm, The Nightwood Society, $25) Chanterelles & Ales Seven Oregon breweries link up with seven […]
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The 22 Funniest Things to Do in Portland: November 2019
The Pacific Crest Comedy Fest Could this be the long-time-coming successor to the industry-altering Bridgetown Comedy Festival? Or could it be a new, different, unique comedy spectacular all its own? Or maybe it’s both at the same time, and creators Randi Wigginton, Kirsten Kuppenbender, and Shelley McClendon have something seriously hilarious in store for you […]
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The 36 Best Movies & TV Shows to Watch in Portland: Fri Oct 25-Thurs Nov 7
New films from Taika Waititi, Pedro Almodóvar, Robert Eggers, and more!
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The 21 Best Concerts in Portland: October 24-November 6
Big Thief! Haley Heynderickx! The Wailers! Choker!
THURS OCT 24 Blackwater Holylight, R.I.P., Pushy Read our record review of Veils of Winter by Blackwater Holylight. (Thurs Oct 24, 9 pm, Star Theater, 13 NW 6th, $10) {{image:10, align:right, width:250}} The Wailers With original bassist Aston “Family Man” Barrett at the helm, and the quite excellent Josh David Barrett on lead vocals, legendary […]
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Cheap, Free, & Fun: The 21 Best Bang For Your Buck Events in Portland, Oct 25-31 2019
I Want Candy Have an excessive amount of neon and a passion for Joy Division? Get your buns to the Spare Room’s Halloween soiree—a neon costume party set to New Wave tunes—hosted by retro record-spinners DJ Gregarious and DJ Cooky Parker. Guaranteed to include tricks and treats. (Sat Oct 26, 9 pm, The Spare Room, […]
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The 34 Best Things to Do in Portland This Week: Oct 21-24 2019
Sometimes it feels like the whole month is just one long pre-amble to Halloween, which is, to quote poet laureates Daryl Hall and John Oates, “so close… so far away!” but it’s not like there won’t be a million amazing things to do this week in the meantime. Legitimate geniuses like Ta-Nehisi Coates and Thom […]