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Music

All-Ages Action!

This Week in All-Ages Music

Morgan TroperJune 17, 2015 4:20 pmJuly 12, 2022 8:01 pm

This week in all-ages music.

Art

Art Walkin’: First Thursday

Hoods ‘n’ Heads

A.L. AdamsOctober 8, 2014 4:00 pmJuly 12, 2022 7:57 pm

Skulls, severed heads, and punk wars.

The Best Ball Drops in Town

The Mercury‘s Mega-Guide to New Year’s Eve

Ned LannamannDecember 26, 2012 4:00 amJuly 12, 2022 7:49 pm

End the year right with our mega-guide to New Year’s Eve.

News

Smoke Out

Forced to Police Sidewalk, Bars Complain about Smoking Law

Camille PandianSeptember 23, 2010 4:00 amJuly 12, 2022 7:37 pm

Small bars complain about the unforeseen effects of Oregon’s smoking ban.

Art

The Art of PacMan

Backspace: Portland’s New Art/Videogame Gallery

Erik HenriksenJuly 31, 2003 4:00 amJuly 12, 2022 7:06 pm

PORTLAND IS A CLIQUEY TOWN. There are the hipsters, the hippies, the trustafarians, the bike riders, and the coffeehouse crowd. Things are easily decipherable, in a cliquey, district-centric way, and it feels sort of like a John Hughesian high school: simple, defined categories of jocks, cheerleaders, nerds, rebels, weirdos. Until recently, each of these collectives […]