WRITE ME A LETTER—Before they head off to Europe for a spell later this month, you’d best catch Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside while you can. Portland’s sure to miss Sallie’s Olive Oyl-esque pipes and the band’s dance-floor crowders, so make sure to get your fix before hibernating for the winter. CFw/Pickwick; Wonder Ballroom, […]
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The Big Chill
You can’t beat the weather, so you may as well muster an attempt to enjoy it, right? Widmer is once again hosting their annual “The Big Chill” tonight, a free party showcasing music (Deelay Ceelay), winter clothing from Compound, U.S. Outdoor Store, Lizard Lounge, NAU, and Antic, and naturally beer, including their aptly named winter […]
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Fruit Bats (Via) Alberta Rose Theatre—Live Wire!: Fruit Bats, Crooked Fingers, 7:30 pm, $18-30 Al’s Den—Evan Way, 7 pm, free; Drew Groove, 10:30 pmBackspace—Meet Your Monster, SuckerForLights, Adison, Yeti Sweater, 8 pm, $3, all ages Doug Fir—Hey Marseilles, Bryan John Appleby, 9 pm, $12-15 Food For Thought Café—Lake, 8:30 pm, $6-8 Grand Central Restaurant & […]
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Photo Preview of Open for Business and Nice Work
We are about to get hit with a shit storm of events that will enable you to become introduced to a bounty of this city’s incredible number of independent makers and vendors—the 99% of the retail world, if you will [typed to the sounds of yelling protesters outside office window]—including the first-ever Open for Business. […]
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MOUTHFUL—The Back Fence PDX storytelling event returns with the theme “That’s a Mouthful.” Storytellers include an undefeated leg wrestler, KRSK’s Daria Elik, a competitive eater, and local funny-lady Shelley McLendon and her sister, Reno 911! and Bridesmaids alum Wendi McLendon-Covey. MSMission Theater, 1624 NW Glisan, 7:30 pm, $12-15 NERD PARTY—Conflict-of-interest alert! Mercury Editors Alison Hallett […]
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Curtains for You (Via) Doug Fir—The Posies, Derby, Curtains for You, 8 pm, $13-15 Al’s Den—Evan Way, 7 pm, free Beauty Bar—The We Shared Milk, Yeah Great Fine, Charts, 9 pm, free Crystal Ballroom—Lucinda Williams, Blake Mills, 8 pm, $30-35, all ages Hollywood Theatre—The Perception of Moving Targets: Grouper, 7:30 pm, $7 Holocene—Apes Tapes Showcase: […]
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Back Fence PDX Tonight: “That’s A Mouthful”
Tonight’s edition of the storytelling favorite Back Fence PDX (theme: “That’s A Mouthful”) is clean sold out of advance tickets, though people are encouraged to sign up for the door’s wait list. Here’s why you might want to: In addition to the roster of extraordinary citizens (a leg wrestler, Daria from “The Buzz,” a former […]
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The Sheepdogs (Via) Wonder Ballroom—Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears, The Sheepdogs, Dikes of Holland, 8 pm, $18-22, all ages Aladdin Theater—Wil Wheaton vs Paul and Storm: Paul & Storm, 8 pm, $18-20 Al’s Den—Evan Way, 7 pm, free Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall—Feist, Chilly Gonzales, 8 pm, $29-39, all ages Bossanova Ballroom—Red Bull MP Embassy: […]
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W00TSTOCK—Former Starfleet Ensign Wesley Crusher and current professional nerd Wil Wheaton plays host, along with troubadour-comedy duo Paul and Storm, to a night of various vaudevillian pursuits of the geeky ilk. Hold onto your horn-rims, it’s going to be a night of meme-tastic spazzery, music, readings, and laughs. CFw/the Doubleclicks; Aladdin Theater, 3017 SE Milwaukie, […]
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LOCAL LOVE—Like you needed any more proof of the fertility of Portland’s music scene, but tonight’s bill offers three terrific local bands—the polyglot progressivism of Wax Fingers, the moody, leaping rock of No Kind of Rider, and the math-flirting pop (or vice versa) of Yeah Great Fine. NLMississippi Studios, 3939 N Mississippi, 9 pm, $5-7 […]
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Brown Shoe (Via) Ella Street Social Club—Brown Shoe, James Lesure, 9 pm, free Al’s Den—Evan Way, 7 pm, free Bunk Bar—Old Wars, Sons of Huns, 10 pm, $3 Burgerville (SE Hawthorne)—Burgerville Records Shakers’ Sessions Release Party: Rob Stroup, Steve Wilkinson, Nick Peets, 3 pm, all agesThe Know—Eye Candy: VJ Norto, 8 pm, free Mississippi Studios—No […]
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THAW—The sound of Toronto’s striking Austra is the sound of ice breaking. Frozen synths and chilly melodies commingle with sweaty dance beats and the stunning voice of Katie Stelmanis. The results are entrancing, haunting, entirely danceable songs that’ll alter your body temperature. NLw/Grimes, Tasseomancy; Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison, 8:30 pm, $10 THE END—You know that […]