As No-No Boy, Dr. Julian Saporiti Turned His Research Into Brainy, Bright Folk Songs

"Empire Electric" sounds like Sufjan Stevens' 50-albums-for-50-states project, but about Asian experience in America.

YOUR SUNDAY READING LIST: Surprising Measure 110 Research, PBOT in Deep Doo-Doo, and Robots at Work!

Hear in Portland: NYC Rap Duo Armand Hammer Heat up Polaris Hall

Plus, PDX Pop Now! for fall, and Dame D.O.L.L.A shot a video in Portland's Rose Test Garden with Rexx Life Raj.

Oregon Cartoonist Breena Bard Draws a Climate Change Story From a Middle-School View

Wildfire shows practical ways kids can participate in activism—even if they don't want to march.

YOUR SUNDAY READING LIST: There's a New Chief In Town, Students on Strike, and Portland's Worst Billionaires!

Red Door's Streamlined Evolve Experience Is Ready for the Road

The hot button show about police and the public is not trying to entertain. That doesn't mean it's not engrossing.

Portland's Coolest New Record Shop Is Three Record Stores, a Bookstore, a Radio Station, and a Label

2023 Was the Summer of Closed Libraries in Multnomah County—Here's Why

Hear in Portland: Don't Sleep on the Final Doug Fir Lounge Shows at Jupiter Hotel

Plus, Bijoux Cone's powerful song about trans erasure, and Dani Danger's sultry pool views in her "Addicted to Love" music video.

Forced to Suspend Its 2023/24 Season, Artists Repertory Theatre Keeps Building

Fly Is Mitchell S. Jackson's Survey of NBA Player Fashion Across Decades

Finally, the Music of Mort Garson Presented as It Should Be: WITH LASERS

OMSI will host a custom light show set to the music of the synth pioneer.

At Lil' Dame, Matta's Chef Richard Văn Lê Plans to Lean Harder Into Vietnamese Flavors

YOUR SUNDAY READING LIST: Mayor Wheeler Has Had Enough, TriMet's Drug Freakout, and It's a Yacht Party, Y'all!

Catch up on all the great Mercury stories you missed this week!

Oregon Symphony's Deanna Tham Helps Us Unpack the Greatest Modern Film Composer

Portland Book Festival 2023 Authors, Ranked by Lit Crowd Gasps

Jonathan Lethem returns, Fermenter chef Aaron Adams co-authored a cookbook with Liz Crain, and Naomi Alderman sneaks Portlanders some preview copies of The Future.

Fall 2023 Visual Art Picks: Converge 45 and Other Portland Art Shows That Look Good