All winter long the Mercury’s team of writers have been looking for SECRETS, buried in the Portland arts scene. And now it’s time to dig them up!
Spring Arts 2019
Posted inBooks
No Fair/Fair Carries on the Fine Tradition of Upstart Small Press Festivals
The largest literary festival in North America is coming to Portland, but the festival everyone’s talking about is No Fair/Fair.
Posted inBooks
Portland’s AWP Conference On the Cheap: A Guide to AWP Offsite Events
The largest writing conference in the country isn’t just for writers. Here are our picks for AWP 2019!
Posted inNews
RACC Equity Shake Up: The City Decides to Spread the Grant Fund Wealth
Starting in 2020, RACC funding will focus on supporting art organizations that represent and serve underrepresented communities.
Posted inTheater & Performance
The August Wilson Red Door Project Pushes Boundaries with a Purpose
The August Wilson Red Door Project is a small, nonprofit theatre company, quietly bringing cops and community members together to hear one another’s stories.
Posted inTheater & Performance
As One: A Woman’s Gender Transition, Two Operatic Voices
How a composer, a documentarian, and a librettist came together to write one of the first operas about transgender experience.
Posted inArts
The Associated American Artists Exhibit: Not Just Farms! Sometimes “Sultry” Farmers!
After the Great Depression, affordable art prints made their way into middle-class American homes. The Portland Art Museum has a very interesting collection.
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Two Plum Press: An Amazing History in Small, Perfect Art Books
There’s a long trajectory to Andrew Barton’s book design and how he came to run such a lovely small press.