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Little Boxes

Yet another group sale to add to the growing pile: Radish Underground, Mabel and Zora, Frock, Modern Domestic, betsy & iya, PedX, tumbleweed, Manifesto, Porch Light, Flutter, and Eden are teaming up for Black Friday’s (Nov 25) Little Boxes, offering 10% discounts to anyone who can present a receipt from one of the other retailers […]

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Tonight in Music

Good Sound Club Romy the High-Tech Cat Wishes You Happy Nigel Tufnel Day! Aladdin Theater—John Wesley Harding & The King Charles Trio, The Minus 5, 8 pm, $17.50 Al’s Den—Jared Mees, 7 pm, free Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall—Herbie Hancock’s Gershwin: Herbie Hancock, Oregon Symphony, 7:30 pm, $30-125, all ages Backspace—Boy Eats Drum Machine, DoublePlusGood, Lilly […]

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It’s Happening Tonight!

SCORPIO PARTY—Wampire’s Rocky Tinder curates his own birthday party with performances from Deelay Ceelay, Fatha Green (of Purple and Green), and synth king Tunnels. This power lineup of dance bands promises an epic night, and it might be even more fun than Rocky Tinder’s birthday party last year. SSw/DJ Snakks; Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison, 8:30 […]

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Tonight in Music

We Shared Milk Ella Street Social Club—Eidolons, Said The Whale, We Are the City, We Shared Milk, 9 pm, $5 Aladdin Theater—Rickie Lee Jones, 8 pm, $35 Al’s Den—Jared Mees, 7 pm, free Bunk Bar—Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Gauntlet Hair, 9 pm, $10 Crystal Ballroom—They Might Be Giants, Jonathan Coulton, 9 pm, $20-23 Doug Fir—Wild Flag, […]

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It’s Happening Tonight!

WAVE YOUR FLAG—The particularly super supergroup Wild Flag kicks off a two-night stint at the Doug Fir this evening, but this afternoon they play an all-ages in-store performance at the downtown Jackpot Records. This’ll be the first chance for Portland’s broke and/or underage to catch the sheer rocking power of what’s already one of the […]

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Tonight in Music

Ober and Out GWAR (improbably judging a dog costume contest) Roseland—GWAR, Everytime I Die, Warbeast, Ghoul, 8 pm, $19.50, all ages Al’s Den—Jared Mees, 7 pm Doug Fir—Wild Flag, Drew Grow & The Pastors’ Wives, 9 pm, $12-14 Holocene—Holy Ghost, Eli Escobar, Jessica 6, RAC DJs, 8 pm, $15 Jackpot Records (Downtown)—Wild Flag, 3 pm, […]

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It’s Happening Tonight!

DFA—LCD Soundsystem may have hung up their dancing shoes, but James Murphy’s bandmate (and native Portlander) Nancy Whang is keeping the party going tonight with an eclectic DJ set in the spirit of post-punk disco’s origins. Come out to party like it’s 2003! MSw/Jeffrey Jerusalem; The Woods, 6637 SE Milwaukie, 9 pm, $10CHOP SOCKY!—Kung fu […]

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Cinque Portate Festa

If you know Modified Style Portland, the aspiring non-profit that has held fashion shows benefiting area non-profits (current beneficiaries are the Pixie Project, Sisters of the Road, and CHAP). This year they’re diversifying with a benefit dinner in collaboration with Luce. Called Cinque Portate Festa, it’s a five-course Italian dinner with wine pairings from Angel […]

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Tonight in Music

Neil Gaiman Neil Gaiman meowwww (Via) Aladdin Theater—Amanda Palmer & Neil Gaiman, 8 pm, $20-25 Al’s Den—Jared Mees, 7 pm Doug Fir—Minus the Bear, The Velvet Teen, 9 pm, $19.50-20 Holocene—Sun Angle, Wooden Indian Burial Ground, Our Brother the Native, 8:30 pm, $5 The Know—Eye Candy: VJ Norto, 8 pm, free White Eagle—The Shook Twins, […]

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Pixar Pub Quiz

Courtney Ferguson The mystic portal awaits! While the above evidence at my desk might indicate that I could kick all your fool asses at tonight’s Pixar pub quiz, I would only be able to help you with Toy Story alien trivia… while wearing my awesome alien beanie, of course. Go be Pixar know-it-alls at tonight’s […]

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