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Happy, Drag-A-Thon, Portland! TODAY IS THE DAY. Starting at 4 pm, a force of drag artists onstage at Darcelle XV Showplace—aided by the planning and logistics power of gender-nonconforming clothing line Wildfang—begin a marathon of continuous musical, dance, and comedy performances, nonstop for 48-hours, until they break the world record for longest drag performance. And the Mercury's Arts and Culture crew (Suzette Smith, Andrew Jankowski, Janey Wong, Wm. Steven Humphrey, Courtney Vaughn, and Taylor Griggs)...

Bringing the history and art of drag to the northeast side of Portland, Race Talks: Uniting to Break the Chains of Racism hosted its second annual History of Black Drag event after a large success last year. The History of Black Drag in Portland is a two-night event featuring conversations and performances by local Black drag queens. The first night, BIPOC night, took place on Thursday, July ...

The Portland cowboy performer known as Leapin’ Louie Lichtenstein, who whips around a 55-foot lasso as his specialty, recently went to Cairo, Egypt as part of Clowns Without Borders, doing

The Mercury provides news and fun every single day—but your help is essential. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution, because without you, there is no us. Thanks for your support! Good morning, Portland! Today is going to cloudy and humid as hell with a chance of rain—wow, how surprising (I said that in a voice that is very clearly not surprised, just...

Here at the Portland Mercury we are proud all year long: of being queer, of being allies, of covering issues important to the city's queer community. So our long-held tradition of a June Queer Guide, that drops the week of the Pride Parade, is a chance to draw from stories we've covered for years as well as dig deep on projects we think warrant a little extra time and bandwidth. For instance, we celebrated House...