Got any screaming, hollering, slavering Storm fans on your Christmas list this year? The Mercury’s got an awesome charity auction running right now in support of the Portland Women’s Crisis Line, and one of the things you can bid on is tickets to see Crazy Enough and the chance to hang out with Storm backstage [...]

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All month long we’ll be hosting Portland area community and school choirs in our lobby for a little pre-show caroling before A Christmas Carol.
To kick things off on a beautifully cultural note, tonight’s performance of A Christmas Carol will feature a pre-show concert from the Kareliean Folk Music Ensemble, a russian traditional folk group that [...]

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{photo: A pop modern update of a geodesic dome house built on a mountain top in Ojai, California.}
Our graphic designer, Michael, finder of all cool things design, ran across a post on design:related about a geodesic dome house designed by Shawn Hausman and Jessica Kimberley. Check out the intriguing solutions to creating privacy while maintaining [...]

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There have been a heckuva lot of Scrooges through the years, some more entertaining than others.
We’ve tracked down a few of the more unusual Scrooge portrayals for you…
First, the oldest Ebenezer was… A ROCK?
Turns out the word “Ebenezer” comes from Hebrew and is actually two words pronounced together: Even Haazer. It is usually transliterated as [...]

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We are delighted to announce that the Gerding Theater at the Armory is one of 5 buildings to receive a “Preservation in Action” Pinnacle Award from the Architectural Heritage Center/Bosco-Milligan Foundation.
The award was inaugurated as part of the organization’s 20th anniversary to spotlight the cultural, historic, and economic value of historic preservation to the Portland [...]

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