Björk Friday Is an Annual Anti-Thanksgiving Drag Show That's Been Happening for Seven Years

Published   Dec 20, 2024 12:00PM


Björk Friday

by Corbin Smith



In 2018, a confluence of Icelandic singer Björk's birthday and a night of drag gave birth to an epic, anti-consumerist annual event: Björk Friday. This year, on the stage of the Clinton Street Theater, queens, burlesque dancers, and other performers celebrated the non-traditional, anti-Thanksgiving show's seventh iteration.
Marla Darling, the event’s organizer, recalled ... Read more

FREE TICKETS THURSDAY: Enter to Win Free Tix to See The Murd



by Wm. Steven Humphrey



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 e ... Read more

FREE TICKETS THURSDAY: Enter to Win Free Tix to See The Moth



by Wm. Steven Humphrey



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 ev ... Read more

YOUR SUNDAY READING LIST: Identical Twins Lust, Where to Get



by Wm. Steven Humphrey



GOOD MORNING, SUNDAY! It's the perfect time to catch up on some of the great reporting and stories the Mercury churned out this ... Read more

YOUR SUNDAY READING LIST: More Newspapers Unionizing, Cops Are Too Damn Expensive, and Now Hiring: A

Published   Dec 08, 2024 07:28AM


by Wm. Steven Humphrey



GOOD MORNING, SUNDAY! It's the perfect time to catch up on some of the great reporting and stories the Mercury churned out this week! (PRO TIP: If you despise being "the last to know," then be one of the first to know by signing up for Mercury newsletters! All the latest stories shipped directly to your email's in-box... and then... YOUR HEAD.)

• Street Roots Staff Announce Intent to Unionize
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YOUR SUNDAY READING LIST: A New Type of Protest, the Drag Qu



by Wm. Steven Humphrey



GOOD MORNING, SUNDAY! It's the perfect time to catch up on some of the great reporting and stories the Mercury churned out this ... Read more

Theater Review: Waiting for Godot Is Samuel Beckett—Straig



Portland's Irish theater-focused company Corrib has devoted this season to Godot and works that respond to it.

by John Rudoff



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THE TRASH REPORT: On Casseroles and Capitalism 



Eat up, trash pandas! It's a buffet of the week's trashiest gossip.

by Elinor Jones



Hello my sweet angel baby Trash ... Read more