THURSDAY 6/1 SNOW BUD & THE FLOWER PEOPLE, BETTY ALREADY, MONKEY FUR, ROGER NUSIC, ELVIS (Satyricon, 16th Anniversary Weekend) The Meatloaves and Carnie Wilsons of the world always have a hard crack at making the big time. Luckily, Betty Already won’t have to battle the obstacles of being less than perfect; they’re gorgeous–darling, really. Aside […]
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More Up & Coming
more T-MODEL FORD, ROBERT BELFOUR, PAUL JONES Thurs June 8, Berbati’s Pan ROOTS MAN, SYSTEMWIDE Fri June 9, Ohm DAMIEN JURADO, JEN WOOD, JULIE DOIRON Sat June 10, Meow Meow JULIANA HATFIELD, BILL JANOVITZ, SARAH DOUGHER Sat June 10, Crystal Ballroom RICK BAIN & THE GENIUS POSITION, THE HIGH VIOLETS, ALL THE WAY DOWN Thurs […]
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Film Shorts
MOVIES & EVENTS 28 DAYS Sandra Bullock is an alcoholic whose behavior lands her in Serenity Glen, a touchy-feely rehab center filled with the requisite, cuddly goofs and embittered oddballs. Bullock carries an ultimately phony movie with something resembling humanity. Division Street ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER “You are more authentic the more you are closer […]
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Theater Listings
Opening This Week PRIVATE EYES € Portland Actors Conservatory One Week Only GODDESS OF THE CASCADES € Barefoot Theatre Company Closing This Week ALL IN THE TIMING € PSU Theater Dept, at Lincoln Hall, Portland State University THE KNACKER’S YARD € Sandy Players Theater THE WOMAN IN BLACK € Sylvia’s Class Act Dinner Theater Opening […]
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Readings Listings
THURSDAY Open Mic Poetry Emily Riley ‘s poetry party! Everyone welcome. MOJO’S COFFEE DEN, 2853 SE Stark St, 238-8891, 8:30-1:00 am Nathaniel Philbrick Rammed by an angry sperm whale, facing head winds and shark attacks… The Heart of the Sea: the Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex pushes beyond Moby Dick to linger on deprivation, torment, […]
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Visual Arts Listings
Artique Fine Art Gallery MANIFESTATION OF ART THROUGH MUSIC A performance art piece from James Childs. 301 SW Pine St., 295-6331. Through June 15. Blue Sky Photography Gallery Photographers Catherine Chalmers & Fabio Sgroi Catherine Chalmers presents large-scale color images of animals eating animals. Fabio Sgroi’s black & white photographs explore the Easter rituals of […]
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DJ Listings
DJ LISTINGS Thursday COBALT LOUNGE-Xotica-Go-Go TONIC LOUNGE-S.I.N with DJ Gregarious VISCOUNT BALLROOM-Swing Night Friday COBALT LOUNGE-Buds of May VISCOUNT BALLROOM-Salsa Night with Sabor Latino Saturday BERBATI’S PAN-Taki Thing, DJ Stuff COBALT LOUNGE-Le Dome Sunday COBALT LOUNGE-Sunday School Monday COBALT LOUNGE-DJ Hypothesis TONIC-DJ Matt Bastard Tuesday VISCOUNT BALLROOM-Argentine Tango Night BERBATI’S PAN-Swing Thing w/lessons and live […]
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Club Directory
Acapulco’s Gold 2608 NW Vaughn, 220-0283 Aladdin Theater 3017 SE Milwaukie, 233-1994 Alexander’s 921 SW 6th Ave, 226-1611 Andrea’s Cha Cha Club 832 SE Grand Ave., 230-1166 Arnada Cafe 1717 Broadway, 360-750-9596 Ash Street Saloon 225 SW Ash St., 226-0430 Atwater’s 111 SW 5th Ave., 275-3600 Bar 71 71 SW 2nd Ave., 241-0938 Bar of […]
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Mercury Video Picks
Girl, Interrupted, the mediocre screen adaptation of Susanna Kaysen’s similarly mediocre novel, is released on video June 6. Winona Ryder can put an audience to sleep more efficiently than a Sealy mattress. Our chicks-in-the-loony-bin picks are like a bucket of NoDoz. • FRANCES (1982)–If lobotomies were handed out after every nervous breakdown (like ’30s film […]
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CD Review
THE AISLERS SET The Last Match (Slumberland)*** So often, indie pop bands follow the formula of “Cute Lyrics+Lo-Fi 60s Sound+ Slightly-Off-Key-Boy-Girl-Lullabies=Love!” Sometimes the lack of passion taints the whole genre, and when the current clichè was already a clichè 37 years ago, it’s a sorrowful thing indeed. The good bands end up getting lost in […]
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Theater Review Revue
Light Shining in Buckinghamshire A Theatre Under the Influence Union Garage, 1418 10th Ave, 720-1942, Thurs-Sat at 8, through June 3. $12. “There is a light in the human spirit,” Craig Bradshaw remarks in his director’s notes for Light Shining in Buckinghamshire. And the radical spirit gleams through the lines of this Caryl Churchill play, […]
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Top 10 Bestsellers
TOP TEN BESTSELLERS AT LOCAL INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORES for the week of May 8 FICTION 1. FIERCE INVALIDS HOME FROM HOT CLIMATES by Tom Robbins 2. THE HOURS by Michael Cunningham 3. ANIL’S GHOST by Michael Ondaatje 4. TIPPING THE VELVET by Sarah Waters 5. LIKE NORMAL PEOPLE by Karen Bender 6. THE VIRGIN SUICIDES by […]