Mercury Music Picks: Big Stone Fruit Energy This Week With Peaches and Cherry Cheeks, Lo Steele's New Album, and Toody Cole at Star Theater

Plus Portland Music News and New Music Portland! 

The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for March 9-15

Grasshopper pie, Irish boxing, and where to watch the Academy Awards.

Mercury Music Picks: Montreal Madman Bloodshot Bill, Tortoise Night 2, and Portland Jazz Fest are All Here! 

Plus Portland Music News and New Music Portland.

The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for March 2-8

Fanciness abounds with natural wine, new theater, and the Portland Jazz Festival. Plus, it's the Portland Mercury's Sandwich Week!

Mercury Music Picks: Sun Ra Arkestra, Dry Socket, and Far Too Many More to Name! 

Plus Portland Music News and New Music Portland.

PDX Live Is Back at the Square This August! 

Booked by TrueWest, the concert series is heavier than it's ever been. 

The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for February 23-March 1

This week: zines at Fubonn, psychedelic theater, and the Sun Ra Arkestra.

Mercury Music Picks: Birthdays for Commonwealth Skate and Mallbrawlreds, Rare Portland Appearances by Derek Hunter Wilson and Visible Cloaks

Plus Portland Music News and New Music Portland! 

The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for February 16-22

This week: magical zodiac animals, Japanese sake, and leather dom daddies.

Mercury Music Picks: Valentine's with André 3000, The Off Beat Grand Opening, and Nonbinary Girlfriend's Album Release Party

Plus, New Music Portland and Portland Music News! 

The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for February 9-15 

This week: floating saunas, African filmmaking, and showing moss some love.

Mercury Music Picks: Dante's Turns 26, Self Group Collective Turns 16, MJ Nebreda Turns It Out

Plus Portland Music News and New Music Portland!

The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for February 2-8

Heated Rivalry, surreal ceramics, and a Minneapolis fundraiser with wontons.

The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for January 26-February 1

Warm up with electropop, meta-theater, and flavor-packed wieners.

The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for January 19-25

This week: Fancy seafood, fine prints, and indie rock mainstays the Antlers.

Mercury Music Picks: Dim Wit's Farewell Show and Portland's New Elliott Smith

Plus Digital Warthog's first show, Uniiq3 teaches us how to get dick, and Portland Music News! 

The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for January 12-18

This week: Ghibli favorites, medieval books, and Steve Gunn's ambient guitar.

The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for December 29-January 4

Nothing says "2026" like a cowboy prom and a very '80s vampire flick.

Happy New Year’s Eve! What to Do on December 31

Do This, Do That and Mercury Music Picks join forces, guiding you into 2026.

The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for December 22-28

There's more to do this week than open presents.

Mercury Music Picks: Matt Dorrien's InNOGural Wintertide Wassail, and DJ Slugo Gets Nasty at Process

Plus London's Sorry and Yves Tumor pull into town on a one-horse open sleigh. 

The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for December 15-21

Did somebody say "gay folk art"?

Hear In Portland: The Cumbia-Kraut NYE of Our Dreams, and Keeks Holding it Down at Swan Dive

Read all about what’s on the music forecast, Hear In Portland.

Portland Jazz Festival: A 2026 Primer of the Best the Fest Has to Offer

Mavis Staples or Shirley Nanette? SML or Roger Eno? All of the above!

Mercury Music Picks: A John Prine Christmas, a Hardcore Christmas, and a Hip-Hop Christmas 

Plus real shoegaze, real jungle trumpet, and real puppets! 

Mercury Music Picks: Homie Fest Winter Edition and the Prince of Christmas, Matt Rogers, Are Comin’ to Town

Plus Swedish pop, a Sun Ra documentary, and Portland Music News!

The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for December 1-7

A Sun Ra documentary sparkles, and naughty Santa (John Waters) is coming to town.

Mercury Music Picks: Going to Bootcamp and a Benefit for Synth Library Portland

Plus a list of Indigenous resources to donate to and Portland music news! 

The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for November 24-30

This week: Indigenous foodways, absurdist comedy, and a film screening benefiting Gaza.

The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for November 17-23

A raconteur, a Canadian singer-songwriter, and the Unipiper walk into a bar...

The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for November 10-16

This week, comedians give questionable advice, and cars are cancelled.

The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for November 3-9

This week: frybread, Emma Stone lathered in antihistamine cream, and lots and lots of books.

Happy Halloween! What to Do October 30-November 2

Do This, Do That and Mercury Music Picks go full Frankenstein with event recommendations for Halloweekend! 

The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for October 27-November 2

This week, the veil thins with queer Halloween comedy and screenings of horror classics. 

The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for October 20-26

This week: fresh cider, drive-in theater scares, and music for trees.

The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for October 13-19

This week: mushroom education, cut-up comedy, and plenty of contemporary art.

The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for October 6-12

New performance art pairs well with Portland Fermentation Festival's kimchi and kombucha.

The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for September 29-October 5

This week: Bijoux Cone's benzo-pop, cruelty-free fragrance, and a Portland Poetry Confluence.

The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for September 22-28

The autumn equinox brings fuzzy textiles, Spike Lee joints, and Portland Playhouse’s season opener.

The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: Your Top Events for September 15-21

Your end-of-summer plans include healing jazz, slime sculptures, and a trippy Hungarian film.

Do This, Do That: Fall Arts 2025

Portland's grandest, thinkiest, most-engaging displays of art and culture! 

The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: September 8-14

Scope fancy puppets, eat fancy tomatoes, and swap clothes with a stranger—in that order.

The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: September 1–7

This week: ambient drone, lowriders, and a gay carnival. Plus garlic. Lots of garlic.

The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: August 25–31 

This week: Lodestars of Portland's grunge-pop and soul history, plus a tropical sundae.

The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: August 18–24

This week: Ethereal indie, cinema with snacks, and more art at Lloyd Center.

The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: August 11–17

Four comedians and an Afrobeat legend take the stage this week, as do burgers.

Do This, Do That: How to Have a Súper Ultra Tropi-Tóxic Summer

The Mercury's event picks for July 21-27: Bike rides and hot shows! Power, ponies, and booty bangers!

The Mercury’s Do This, Do That: July 14–20

How often can you view a shark dissection and listen to ambient music in a sun-dappled garden in the same week?

The 16 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: November 7-20

The 13 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: October 24-November 6

The 2019 Native Artist & Storytelling Symposium, Honoring Afro-Mexican Ancestry on Dia de los Muertos, and a Grocery Worker Contract Debrief

The 15 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: October 10-23

Indigenous Peoples’ Day, a World Beyond Policing, and Reparations for African People

The 15 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: September 26-October 9

Butches & Mental Health: Queer Storytelling, Kitten Yoga, and Our House Dinner Series

The 16 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: September 12-25

Portland Joins Global Climate Strike, a Reparations Workshop, and a Youth Drag Show for Marrow PDX

The 16 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: August 29-September 11

Support Black-Owned Restaurants Week, Slutwalk Portland’s Voices in Action, and Veteran Services

The 15 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: August 15-28

Illamette Hip-Hop River Festival, a documentary about gentrification, and T: a Trans Dance Party

The 13 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: June 20-July 3

World Refugee Day, a Volunteer Fair, and Fundraisers for Rehabilitative Incarcerated Youth Programs

The 15 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: June 6-19

The 15 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: May 23-June 5

Indigenous land tending, youth-led activism, and the Black Business Summit

The 15 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: May 9-22

Una Vida Mejor, Bark’s Forest Plan Revision, and the Vanport Mosaic Festival

The 14 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: April 25-May 8

Take Back the Night, a Nipsey Hussle Celebration, and May 8th for Students

The 15 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: April 11-24

Remembering Chief Red Heart, City Budgeting with Jo Ann Hardesty, and a Panel on Masculinity

The 15 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland: March 28-April 10

Transgender Day of Visibility, AWP Offsites and an Alternative, and Sexual Assault Awareness Month

The 14 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: March 14-27

Grout Elementary’s Plant Sale, Fatshion Spring Clothing Swap, and a Parkinson’s Awareness Month Kickoff Party

The 13 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: February 28-March 13

A New Womxn’s March, Financial Literacy, and Wildlife Tracking with Cascadia Wild

The 12 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: January 31-February 13.

Take Action for Puerto Rico, Ori Gallery’s Anniversary Fundraiser, and an Examination of Portland’s Governance

The 14 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: January 17-30

MLK Day March and Donation Drive, Superhero-Themed ICE Rally, and a Fundraiser for Local Journalism

The 15 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: December 20-January 2

Homeless Person’s Memorial Day, Blood Drives, and an Ocean-Friendly NYE

The 13 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: December 6-19

Anti-Racist Workshops and Fundraisers for LGBTQ Migrant Asylum Seekers and Camp Fire Relief

The 12 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: November 22-December 5

A Tofurky Trot, Native American Marketplace, and a Transracial Adoption Workshop

The 12 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: October 25-November 7

The 13 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: October 11-24

The 13 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: September 27-October 10

Bingo for the Gorge, DoveLewis’ Dogtoberfest, and Plenty of Political Debates

The 13 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: September 13-26

Radical Urban Farming, a Gender-Affirming Extravaganza (AKA It Girl,) and an Independent Living Movie Night Fundraiser

The 14 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: August 29-September 12

Music for Housebound Adults, a Trivia Night for AIDS Walk Portland, and One Year after the Eagle Creek fire

The 11 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: August 22-28

No Measure 105 Day of Action, Underground Concerts for Rahab’s Sisters, and Two Parties for Reproductive Rights

The 11 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: August 1-7

Radical Financial Advice, Volunteer at the Oregon Food Bank, and Remember the Japanese Atomic Bombing Victims

The 12 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: July 25-31

New Meadows Transitional Housing Donation Drive, a Black Panther Party Walking Tour, and a Look at the World Cup Workforce

The 13 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: July 18-24

Party for Social Justice at the Zodiac Kiki Ball, Build Sleeping Pods for R2D2, and Volunteer with Trailkeepers of Oregon

The 12 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland This Week: July 11-17

A Free Presentation on Understanding Suicide, the First Annual Muslim Cultural Festival, and #OccupyICEPDX Day of Action

The 10 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland This Week: July 4-10

Build for R2DToo, Speak Out for Planned Parenthood, and More

The 11 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: June 27-July 3

Say NO to ICE, Free Toothache Clinic, and a Pride Concert/Workshop

The 12 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: June 20-26

The 13 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: June 13-19

Juneteenth Parade and Bike Ride, the Trans Pride March, and Prisoner Correspondence Night with Critical Resistance PDX

The 11 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: June 6-12

’80s Glam Arm Wrestling for SMYRC, Pitch a Tent 2018, and a Wisdom of the Elders Screening

The 12 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: May 30-June 5

Kick off Pride with Sugar Town, Oregon’s GA Sues Trump Ten Times, and a Patriot Prayer/Counter Protest Anniversary

The 11 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: May 23-29

Attend the Vanport Mosaic Festival, Protest the NRA, and Mingle with Abeer Najjar

The 12 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: May 16-22

Sign up for Free Mental Health Training, Nosh on Israeli Food for Palestine Children’s Relief, and Celebrate One Year of Pueblo Unido PDX

The 10 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: May 9-12

Scope the Arts at Gamanfest, Hear from Alok Vaid-Menon’s “Femme in Public,” and Remember Keaton Otis

The 12 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: May 2-8

Rally for Philippine Democracy, Shop for Good Causes, and Celebrate Black Mamas

The 12 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: April 25-May 1

Plant a Fruit Tree with Mudbone Grown, Save PICA, and Celebrate International Workers’ Day

The 11 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: April 18-24

Read Zines for Social Change, Join the Nationwide Walkouts, and Volunteer with Street Books

The 10 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: April 11-17

Rally in Support of Houseless People, Restore Angel’s Rest Trail, and Volunteer with New Year in the Park

The 13 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: April 4-10

Support Drag Queens for Democracy, Celebrate Black Women, and Eat Tacos for Change

The 12 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: March 28-April 3

Pints for Parkinson’s, Dolores for PCUN, and TriMet’s new MAX Line

The 12 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: March 21-27

Watch Space Jam for Playworks, Fight Gun Violence Three Ways, and Volunteer with Misfit Samaritans

The 11 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: March 14-20

Clean Up St. Johns, Go See DeRay McKesson, and Volunteer with Latino Network

The 12 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland This Week: March 7-13

Bowl for Braille Children’s Books, Play Bingo for Pacific Pug Rescue, and Volunteer with In Other Words

The 11 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: February 28-March 6

Saving the Gorge, Honoring Ursula, and Interrupting Hate

The 11 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: February 21-27

Celebrate Lunar New Year with Asians 4 Black Lives, Dine for Puerto Rico Relief, and Volunteer with Growing Gardens