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Things To Do Film
This week: Fantastic Planet, Kung Fu Theater, and Tributes to Gene Wilder, and more. All That Jazz A special screening of Bob Fosse’s kinda/sorta autobiography, about a perfectionist choreographer who...
View ArticleThings to Do Music
Noteworthy shows for the week of Sept 7-13. WEDNESDAY 9/7BREAKER BREAKER, THE LOVESORES, QUEEN CHIEF, THE SADISTS, DJ ANDY MAXIMUM (Twilight Café, 1420 SE Powell) Dead Moon drummer Andrew Loomis died...
View ArticleAll-Ages Action!
This week’s all-ages shows. by Emma Burke THURS SEPT 8Subhumansw/Kicker, Raukous, Rendered Useless; Hawthorne Theatre, 1507 SE César E. ChávezIt’s fitting that pissed-off, hyper-British, anarcho-punk...
View ArticleBlack Sabbath’s Electric Funeral
The legendary band fades into the void. by Aris Hunter Wales “I’M NOT SURE I know the difference between heavy rock and heavy metal, but it is good to be known as inventors of heavy metal rather than...
View ArticleRecord Review: Loch Lomond, Pens from Spain
It feels like a transitional album, but transitioning to what? Who knows. by Ben Salmon OVER THE PAST DECADE, more than 75 (!) musicians have played a part in Portland chamber-folk cornerstone Loch...
View ArticleThe Black Music Festival Celebrates Art That Is Unapologetically Black
This weekend celebrates the inaugural event. by Jené Etheridge TWELVE 22, the Blue Monk, the Alhambra Theatre—for some Portlanders, these names bring back memories of a time when live hip-hop and jazz...
View ArticleSully Is Better Than It Has Any Right to Be
All hail Tom Hanks’ mustachioed American heroism. by Ned Lannamann THE STORY of US Airways Flight 1549—which, in 2009, pilot Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger famously landed on the Hudson River—was going...
View ArticlePrint the Legend: Cinema, and Politics, at the NW Film Center
Politics through the ages—from A Face in the Crowd to Starship Troopers. by Marc Mohan SO THERE’S THIS competition-style reality show on. It’s the one that pits the bloviating, orange-haired pustule...
View ArticleFor the Love of Spock Is a Heartfelt Tribute to Leonard Nimoy
The search for Spock. by Erik Henriksen THERE ARE Star Trek movies just about everyone can enjoy—like this summer’s Star Trek Beyond, or that one with the whales—and then there are Star Trek movies...
View ArticleThe Underground Railroad Is Bigger and Better Than You’ve Heard
Colson Whitehead’s hyper-hyped novel feels like a classic. by Rich Smith LAST MONTH, Oprah told everybody to read Colson Whitehead’s latest novel, The Underground Railroad, which gave the New York...
View ArticleShane Torres’ (Brief) Escape from New York
The comedian weighs in on the future of Portland stand-up, subway horrors, and Quentin Tarantino eating pasta. by Megan Burbank COMEDIAN SHANE TORRES doesn’t live here anymore, but when he comes back...
View ArticleEverything as Fuck
And now, an excerpt from Ian Karmel’s new book. by Ian Karmel The following is an excerpt from Ian Karmel’s forthcoming book, Hillary and Hitler Both Start With the Letter H and If You Think That’s a...
View ArticleI, Anonymous
The Cheater’s Curse. I WAS a good girlfriend. I listened to you talk about yourself and talk about yourself and talk about yourself. I was the blowjob queen, and I overlooked your belching hobby and...
View ArticleIn Other News
A seized car and a telltale heart? by Mercury Staff In mid-August, the former owner of a Portland strip club filed a $22 million federal civil rights lawsuit against the city, Mayor Charlie Hales, the...
View ArticleHall Monitor: R2DToo, Rushed
The homeless rest area is blocked from moving. Is there a quick fix? by Dirk VanderHart NO TIME would have been ideal, but last week’s inevitable smackdown of city council’s attempt to move Right 2...
View ArticlePortland's Oldest Buildings Just Got Harder to Demolish
But has the city been breaking state law since 2002? by Dirk VanderHart FOR AROUND 14 years, the City of Portland has made it too easy to demolish old buildings.It’s not the Mercury saying that, or...
View ArticleLetters to the Editor
“They probably thought I was high, which I was.” PAUL <3 ANNRE: One Day at a Time [Aug 31], Ann Romano’s weekly roundup of gossip and news, which last week covered the looming mortality of our...
View ArticleNot Ready for Prime Time
Urdaneta starts and finishes strong, but is weak in the middle. by Andrea Damewood WHEN JAVIER CANTERAS envisioned his first restaurant, he pitched a Spanish sandwich shop called Bocadillo. On CNBC....
View ArticleBack to School with Cocktails
Learn life lessons with libations. by Thomas Ross HELLO, INCOMING STUDENTS. Welcome to the Lush Life Academy: Master of Alcoholism program, or LLAMA.You may be unfamiliar with LLAMA, since we just...
View ArticleMeet Portland’s Undisputable Geniuses of Comedy!
Get your tickets now for this hilarious showcase on Friday, September 16! by Mercury Staff PERHAPS YOU DIDN’T NOTICE, but Portland comedy is BLOWING UP. Funny people are doing funny things all over...
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