Just a reminder that you can meet some awesome people and hear about local projects from Sisters of the Road and literary magazine Smalldoggies after work at the Guild on East Burnside! I made nametags! Woop.
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COMEDY, PLEASE!—You may know her as the lesbian cop from The Sarah Silverman Program, or you may know her as the pants-crapping-funny comedian that’s gonna make you crap your pants tonight—from laughter! Check out the chuckle-constructing Tig Notaro and her heelariously deadpan one-liners. WSHw/Ian Karmel; Mississippi Studios, 3939 N Mississippi, 9 pm, $12 ART PARTY—Despite […]
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Anna Cohen and Imperial Yarn’s Ready-to-Wear is More Like Ready-to-Knit
One of the collections I most look forward to at this year’s Portland Fashion Week is Anna Cohen‘s collaboration with Oregon’s Imperial Stock Ranch‘s Imperial Yarn division, where she serves as Creative Director. She’s shown collections in conjunction with them before—as one of PFW’s more consistently eco-minded designers she’s a natural fit with the ranch’s […]
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Body Building: Fashion Meets Architecture at the Architecture & Design Festival
Last year’s Architecture and Design Festival featured a runway event with some of Portland’s most architecturally influenced apparel designers (Liza Rietz, Adam Arnold, etc). This year fashion is still incorporated into the fold, but things are a little more abstract. Body Building is an exhibit curated by photographer Christine Taylor that aims to show “an […]
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HABIBI—Celebrate the long-time-coming release of beloved comic book creator Craig Thompson’s newest release. Habibi sees the Portland artist delving into a dystopian Middle East, filled with deserts, harems, and love, of course. It’s been six long years since Blankets, and Habibi has all the promise (and more) of his 2003 classic. CFPowell’s City of Books, […]
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Give a Shit Happy Hour This Week!
Mark your after-work calendars for this Thursday, when the Bus Project and Mercury host a happy hour for people who give a shit about politics and their communities. Come get a drink with like-minded types, meet awesome people, and hear super-quick presentations from homeless nonprofit Sisters of the Road and studly literary group Smalldoggies about […]
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JOLIE MOLY!—While she might not take residence in our fair city, singer/songwriter extraordinaire Jolie Holland is an honorary Portlander. Her backing band is often made up of local ringers, she lent her voice to the latest Nick Jaina release, and her sun-soaked rootsy sound is the perfect soundtrack to a late summer Portland bicycle ride. […]
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Content Countdown
The fall fashion show crunch is this close to getting started, with the Ace Hotel/Gretchen Jones joint Content kicking things off on Saturday (with a little help from yours truly). MOD contributor Jessie Drake is busily counting down the days to the event with Q&A profiles of some of the 28 firms that will be […]
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SHHHH!—James Blake might be quiet in sound, but his deeply personal and evolved take on restrained dubstep packs a mighty wallop. The Londoner’s wounded vocoder-assisted croon draws comparisons to his pal Justin Vernon (Bon Iver, duh), and his deeply focused live show will send your heart aflutter. EACw/Teengirl Fantasy; Wonder Ballroom, 128 NE Russell, 8 […]
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LADY FOOTBALLER—Fresh off their impressive showing at the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup, the continually impressive US Women’s National Soccer Team will be taking on Canada in a friendly match (really?) at our own Jeld-Wen Field. Soccer lovers: Don’t miss greatness in action! WSHJeld-Wen Field, 1844 SW Morrison, 8 pm, $22 & up README—Beloved/revered science-fiction […]
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SAGE WISDOM—Last October, limber-tongued emcee Sage Francis brought a tear to many a backpacker’s eye when he announced he was hanging up the mic and quitting touring. Thankfully Francis came to his senses, because the longstanding rhymer has established an inspiring career from his intense live sets. No need to quit the game when you […]
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GUTMUNCHER—I do not say this lightly, folks: Burial Ground: Nights of Terror is the craziest movie I’ve ever seen. It’s a 1981 Italian zombie schlockfest with the requisite buckets of blood and weird Catholic imagery, but the creepiest part is its casting of an adult dwarf as a 10-year-old boy. The Grindhouse Film Festival screens […]