The hotly anticipated, Design Sponge-curated Portland Bazaar is coming up this weekend with an awesome roster of vendors, food, drinks, and more, and they’ve just announced the schedule of events they’ll have in addition to all the shopping. Learn to build a terrarium, make Christmas ornaments that are actually cool, learn glass etching, attend a […]
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Discuss Occupy… With Free Pie!
Support the 99% but not too psyched on camping out? This coming Sunday, the Mercury and Bus Project are teaming up to host a panel discussion about the future of the Occupy movement and what people can do to promote economic equality besides pitching tents. This will be a productive conversation focused on both individual […]
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STRIPPIES—Portland’s second annual strip-club industry awards, the Strippies, are bound to be a hoot and a holler. Come celebrate the crowning of the strippers with the best hair, best costume, most beautiful face, and all the folks that pour your beer when you’re staring at naked ladies twirling around poles. CFBossanova Ballroom, 722 E Burnside, […]
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Tonight in Music
Yawn (two personal yawns tallied while searching for this image) Doug Fir—The Kooks, Yawn, 10:30 pm, $20 Al’s Den—Drew Grow, Kris Doty, DJ Janet Weiss, 7 pm, free Hawthorne Theatre—Korpiklaani, Arkona, Polkadot Cadaver, Forged in Flame, Dusk’s Embrace, Beyond the Red Horizon, 6 pm, $18-22, all ages LaurelThirst Public House—Portland Country Underground, 6 pm, free; […]
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Tonight: The Debut of Peghead
The folks over at East End have been keeping this word of mouth, but tonight they debut Peghead, a new guitar-building and repair shop selling “almost exclusively locally made gear” in the belly of the club/bar—it’s what the former Omnibus has evolved into. Tonight at 9 they’re throwing a grand opening party with YOB, Lord […]
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TYPHOOOOOON!—Aw, remember when no one outside Portland knew about our amazing, adorable 13-piece band? Now folky Typhoon have gone big time and they’re BFFs with David Letterman. Luckily, they’re no worse for wear and are headlining three sure-to-be-great shows this weekend, playing songs off their new album and EP. SMMississippi Studios, 3939 N Mississippi, Fri […]
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Wombatarama Animal Style Backspace—Cheap Dinosaurs, Animal Style, Dakota Clark, 9 pm, $8, all ages Alberta Rose Theatre—Live Wire!: Viva Voce, Telekinesis, 7:30 pm, $18-35 Doug Fir—Mosley Wotta, Tango Alpha Tango, Symmetry/Symmetry, Ben Union, 9 pm, $8-10 East End—Peghead Grand Opening Party: Yob, Lord Dying, Wizard Rifle, 9 pm, $6 Holocene—Fresh: Africa Hitech, !!!, Jonwayne, Dibia$e, […]
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R.A.W. 2012: Psyche
There is one magical little fashion show wedged in on a week crowded with holiday sales events: R.A.W. lingerie is debuting their 2012 lingerie collection, titled “Psyche” (as in the Greek word for both “butterfly” and “soul,” not “psyyyyyche!!”) this evening at Branch and Birdie, 8 pm. It’s one of designer Rio Wrenn’s most inspired […]
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BUTTON TRADER CAGE MATCH—Vancouver BC’s Hot One-Inch Action show of one-inch button art travels to Portland, giving props to local artists featured in the show. All buttons feature original art, and you purchase them at random, one bag of buttons for $5. Then comes the trading. Then come the tears. SSHand-Eye Supply, 23 NW 4th, […]
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Stay Calm (Via) Mississippi Studios—Au, Appetite, Stay Calm, Like a Villain, 9 pm, $8 Doug Fir—Thee Oh Sees, Total Control, The Mean Jeans, 9 pm, $12 East End—East End Anniversary Party: Dennis Dread, DJ Smooth Hopperator, DJ Nate C, DJ Mike V, DJ Moderhead, Total Fucker, Tessa Coil, DJ Adam Mullet, 11 pm Holocene—Midday Veil, […]
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Tonight: One Night Stand
Today’s top pick for shopping: One Night Stand, the inaugural event being held at ADX by Student Stylists, a fledgling company that connects employers with current students and recent graduates of fashion-related programs. The clients get a good rate, and the students get paid something for their time in addition to gaining valuable work experience […]
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THUNE’S TUNES—Armed with a guitar and a disarming wit, the charming Nick Thune noodles while doing short-form wordplay and jokes. Sure, he has the guitar, but I wouldn’t go so far as to call him a musical comedy act—his playing serves more as a calming and funny soundtrack to a rolling queue of puns and […]