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Win Tickets to Late Night Action with Alex Falcone!
I've got a pair of tickets to give away to the Mercury-sponsored talk show Late Night Action with Alex Falcone, tomorrow night at the Secret Society. The lineup's great—in addition to host Alex Falcone...
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Comics Artists Live-Sketch Zombie in Love
I was a big fan of the Portland Opera's Comics Night at the Opera program, where they invited local comic book artists to live sketch during a dress rehearsal. It was one of the few social media arts...
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Reminder: Fashion in Film Debuts Tomorrow with Troop Beverly Hills!
As if you could possibly let the cinematic event of the weekend escape your memory, here's your reminder that the Hollywood's new Fashion in Film series (curated by moi, along with the Portland...
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Win Tickets to Late Night Action with Alex Falcone
I've got a pair of tickets to give away to Late Night Action, the Mercury-sponsored talk show hosted by comedian/bon vivant Alex Falcone and trusty sidekick Bri Pruett.*This Saturday's lineup is one of...
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Tonight at Reading Frenzy: The Magazine: The Book Release Party
And now for a very self-serving announcement: Tonight at Reading Frenzy, there's a group reading from a new Kickstarter-published book called The Magazine: The Book, which is a print collection of a...
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Win Tickets to Late Night Action w/Andy Baio, AppCamp for Girls' Jean...
The Mercury is proud to sponsor home-grown talk show Late Night Action with Alex Falcone, featuring Merc columnists Falcone and Bri Pruett. It's a funny, well-balanced show, with music, comedy, and...
View ArticleFashion in Film #2: Clueless
I'm trotting out the old conflict of interest pony because the poor thing needs to stretch his legs, that's all! And for this outing we are talking about the second film in the quarterly Fashion in...
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Win Tickets to the FINAL Comics Underground!
Tomorrow's it, people: After three years and 11 shows, Alison and I are ending our Comics Underground reading series. Tomorrow night's show is our 12th and final Comics Underground—and we've lined up...
View ArticleThe War For Late Night: Ticket Giveaway
Remember the writer's strike a few years ago when all the talk show hosts went on each other's shows because they needed to fill time? Well, summer is kinda like the writer's strike for local theater....
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Late Night Action Season 5 Starts Monday
Next Monday my Mercury-sponsored talk show is returning for its 5th season (!) in an amazing new venue, Mississippi Studios. For our season opener, we're talking to two of Portland's coolest creative...
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Laurie Kilmartin's 45 Jokes About My Dead Dad
The people behind the Bridgetown Comedy Festival are bringing one of my favorite comedians to town this Friday. Laurie Kilmartin is a writer for Conan, and a very funny comic, but you may know her from...
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Catch Me in the Lone Wolves Comedy Show Tonight (or if You Prefer... Tomorrow)!
Hey guys! Just a quick reminder that I'm in a very funny sketch comedy show, and the last time you will ever be able to see it ever is tonight and tomorrow! It's called Lone Wolves which is an evening...
View ArticleIan Karmel Releases Video in Support of All Jane No Dick
The All Jane No Dick controversy continues! Ian Karmel just released this video in support of All Jane, following the news last week that the very popular, all-female comedy festival (which starts...
View ArticleWin Tickets to Portland Fashion Conversation Series Part I: A Look Back
Tomorrow evening is part one of a two-part conversation series I'm co-moderating with Portland Monthly's Eden Dawn at the Portland Art Museum. It's part of the programming set up to give a local...
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This Sunday: Portland's History of Radical Theater
I got handed an unusual gig earlier this year. Triangle Productions hired me to research Storefront, an old Portland theater company, and give a pair of lectures about it. This is a bit outside my...
View ArticleDollops of Wisdom
Get through your Trump grief with these essential episodes of Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds’ history podcast. by Megan Burbank When the present sucks, it’s time to study history, and if you’re like...
View ArticleSneaker Wave
The latest in Portland hip-hop. by Jenni Moore LAST WEEK Portland singer/rapper the Last Artful, Dodgr dropped “Oofda,” the first single from her forthcoming LP Bone Music with producer Neill Von...
View ArticleThe Mercury Staff’s Wish List of Holiday Gifts!
Here are the perfect holiday gifts—to give the Mercury staff. by Mercury Staff Every holiday it’s the same thing: people saying “gimme, gimme, gimme!” So... why should we be left out? Here at the...
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by Anonymous Foreclosures galore are coming. Rent will be cheap again, all the dicks will be gone, streets will be grittier, people will be less likely to share their opinion with you, it will rain...
View ArticleGood Morning, News: The Mayor's March of "Nope," Trump Flip-Flops, and Will...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! If I could fall into the sky, do you think time would pass me by? 'Cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles, if I could just see you tonight. LET'S GO...
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