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The Best Things To Do in Portland This Month: March 2025
Heart, Monet’s Floating Worlds, and More
Just when it seemed like winter would never end, March is swooping in with cherry blossoms and Daylight Saving Time. Whether you want to make up for all the time you’ve spent huddled under a blanket by spending time outdoors or you want to celebrate all the holidays this month brings (including Women’s History Month, Mardi […]
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This Week In Portland Food News
Von Ebert’s New Taproom, Crab Rangoons, and Dubai Chocolate Bars
It’s the last day of February, and we’re closing the month out with a fresh batch of food updates, from Von Ebert Brewing‘s highly anticipated North Portland brewery and taproom to an upcoming Filipino breakfast sandwich joint. Plus, find out where to get your hands on the coveted Dubai chocolate bar. For more ideas, check […]
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The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Portland This Weekend: Feb 28–Mar 2, 2025
Small Million, Thriftapalooza, and More Cheap & Easy Events Under $15
We’re getting you ready for the weekend with suggestions for cheap and easy things to do from Small Million with Isabeau Waia’u Walker to Cinemagic’s First Annual Cinemagic Academy Awards Viewing Party and from the CSA Share Fair to Thriftapalooza 2025. For more ideas, check out our roundup of this week’s top events and our […]
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Ticket Alert: Wu-Tang Clan, Project Pabst, and More Portland Events Going On Sale This Week
Plus, Neil Young and More Event Updates for February 27
Looking for your next concert? Wu-Tang Clan invites fans to enter the Final Chamber this summer. Project Pabst returns to Waterfront Park this summer with headliners Death Cab For Cutie, Devo, Iggy Pop, and Japanese Breakfast. Plus, Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts will keep on rockin’ in the free world on their Love Earth […]
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FREE TICKETS THURSDAY: Enter to Win Free Tix to See Comedian Charlie Berens, Poppy, Asleep at the Wheel, and MORE!
Who’s ready to have some fun? Well, the Mercury is here to help with FREE TICKETS to see some of Portland’s best concerts and events—our way of saying thanks to our great readers and spread the word about some fantastic upcoming performances! (Psst… if you want to say thanks to the Mercury, please consider making a […]
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Theater Review: The Antipodes Attract
Shaking the Tree’s captivating production rewards audiences who enjoy sitting with big questions.
Why do we tell stories? Humans have been doing it as long as there has been language. Strictly speaking, we don’t need them to survive—not like we need water or shelter—but generation after generation continues to tell and retell stories. This question sits at the center of Annie Baker’s The Antipodes. Set in a Hollywood-style […]
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Hear in Portland: The Thesis and Friends of Noise Getting up in PDX
Plus, new music and visuals from Zyah Belle
We’re only a couple months into 2025, and yet it feels like so much has happened on a national scale. Unlike some people, we believe celebrating diversity is integral to nurturing a thriving arts and music ecosystem. There’s plenty of great things happening in Portland’s music scene that are worth your time and attention, like […]
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This Weekend Is Your LAST CHANCE to Catch the All-New 2025 HUMP! Spring Lineup!
Grab those tickets NOW for the Friday and Saturday night screenings.
HUMP!’s brand new 2025 spring lineup is a riotous celebration that thrives on the unexpected—from the jaw-dropping visual of a romp in a hand-dug kaolin clay pit to a shockingly creative “polar bear foreskin” moment—it’s a wiggling, jiggling masterpiece from its wicked horns to its worshipped feet. For those ready to immerse themselves in a […]
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Mercury Music Picks: The Music Of Alice Coltrane, Steve Reich, and Hardcore Punk
Plus we’re adding local music news to the mix!
If you want something to do besides watching the puddles gather rain, then this week’s Mercury Music Picks round-up is for you! With the continuation of PDX Jazz Festival, lots of local and national punk, and a DJ from South Africa pulling into town, there’s literally something for everyone. Plus, we’ve added a local music […]
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Where to Celebrate Mardi Gras 2025 in Portland
King Cake, Beignets, and More
Mardi Gras, the pre-Lent celebration of extravagance and excess, is next Tuesday, March 4. Even if a trip to New Orleans isn’t in the cards for you, you can still celebrate in style with our list of places to get king cake, beignets, and other specials from local businesses like Doe Donuts and Screen Door, […]
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Project Pabst Is Back in a Big Way This Summer
The massive lineup includes Iggy Pop, Devo, Cap’n Jazz, Death Cab, Exploding Hearts, plus so many more!
New music editor Nolan Parker admits that they were not really plussed on the 2024 Project Pabst line-up, but this 2025 one slaps. Line-up drop coming at you like a street-walking cheetah, with a heart full of napalm!