This week: 1984, a 50-foot-tall woman, and Mormons in space.
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Reel Music For more than three decades, the NW Film Center’s Reel Music series has assembled some of the best contemporary and classic music documentaries. This weekend, Reel Music kicks off its 34th installment with 1972’s Cocksucker Blues—which the Film Center calls “The best Rolling Stones movie you’ve never seen”—before moving on to such fare […]
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Things to do for January 16-19
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Dear Sugar Radio: The Writers Resist When it comes to the podcast advice racket, you can’t do better than Dear Sugar‘s good cop-bad cop duo Cheryl Strayed and Steve Almond. They’re essential listening for anyone invested in becoming less of an asshole. This special live episode benefits human rights and the environment, and features writers […]
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Girl Fest 2017 This year the third annual Girl Fest, a concert celebrating and showcasing talented female artists in Portland, is hosted by the city’s very own Blossom. The neo-soul singer was on the bill for the first two Girl Fests, so it’s only fitting she’ll still have a big presence this year. The 2017 […]
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Things to do for January 13-15
Things to do for January 13-15
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Stellar If you’re still kicking yourself for missing last fall’s presentation of Stellar, Bri Pruett’s hilariously smart one-woman show, you are in SO much luck! This highly regarded Portland standup (and Mercury contributor) has revived her very funny show about the many men she’s been intimate with (and their astrological signs) that was one of […]
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Vaya Sin Dios: The Farewell Show of Nariko Ott Sometimes I’ll be on the radio with Nariko Ott, and even though we’re not in the same room and he has no idea what I look like, he’ll compliment my appearance. I’ll miss this when Ott, one of the city’s most-accomplished comedians, departs for NYC in […]
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Noteworthy Shows for the week of January 11-17
Noteworthy shows for the week of January 11-17.
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This Week: A Friday the 13th Double Feature, Reel Music, and a Studio Ghibli Retrospective
This week: a Friday the 13th double feature, Reel Music, and a Studio Ghibli retrospective.
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Kung Fu Theater: 36th Chamber of Shaolin This month’s installment in Dan Halsted’s ongoing celebration of all things whoop-ass is a rare 35mm print of what many consider to be the single best kung fu film ever made, 1978’s The 36th Chamber of Shaolin, starring a young Gordon Liu. 7:30 pm, Hollywood Theatre, $9 Duncan […]