This Week in the Mercury
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Events It's Happening Tonight!
Posted by Alison Hallett on Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 1:55 PM
ALL ABOUT THE WASHINGTONS—The only thing better than local Pacific Northwest hiphop is paying only a buck to take it all in. Dollar Dollar Bill Y'all presents a few of our region's top emcees—Luck-One, Grynch, Sole Provider—for a door charge you can find in your couch cushions. EAC
w/Kenny Mack; Salmon Street Studios, 109 SE Salmon, $1 (for real), all ages
FROM ASHES—Legendary Northwest poet Walt Curtis lost everything he owned when the bookstore where he lived burned down in May. Friends and admirers host a benefit to help him recover: Tom Spanbauer, Oregon Poet Laureate Paulann Peterson, and other Portland literary talents will read, along with live jazz and more. SK
Berbati's Pan, 10 SW 3rd, 8 pm, $10
And just in time for the 4th, we've got a weekend's worth of explosions over at My, What a Busy Week!
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Scenes from the the No on Fluoride Party. Which Is Winning by Denis C. Theriault
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Bunkered Down: Pro-fluoride Edition by Dirk VanderHart
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Gloaters Gonna Gloat by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey
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"Tin-Foil Hat Parade," at City Hall Tonight, Celebrates Fluoride Defeat by Denis C. Theriault
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I Don't Think Superman Actually Eats Like This by Bobby Roberts
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Hey, Slackers! Your New Arts Tax Deadline is Monday, June 10 by Denis C. Theriault
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The Pope Doesn't Understand the Point of Atheists by Paul Constant
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Birth of a Killer Tornado by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey
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Scientology's Shiny New Church/Giftshop by Alex Falcone
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If You Missed KBOO's Election Roundup (with Yours Truly as a Guest), Listen Here by Denis C. Theriault
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