HARVEST—Where you been, Gillian? The divine Ms. Welch came to Portland last year as part of the wonderful hootenanny that was the Dave Rawlings Machine show, but otherwise it’s been ages since folk traditionalist Gillian Welch came through under her own name. She’s back, with musical other half Rawlings in tow, supporting their haunting new […]
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Portland’s Fashion REPublic
Even in a comparably small market like ours, the fashion and retail industry is many-limbed, and scoring the best deals and discounts means staying apprised of what’s happening beyond the trunk shows and boutique sales racks. Fashion REPublic spends most of its time behind the curtains, representing the interests of several local lines in negotiating […]
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Alley 33
In the brief window during which Portland enjoys the best West Coast weather north of San Francisco, one wants to as many of their activities to take place outside as possible. This includes fashion shows, which when they occur on a precious July Saturday had best occur in the sun, preferably with an adjacent beer […]
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It’s Happening Tonight!
SAMURAI COP—Tonight at the Hollywood, B-Movie Bingo offers a screening of 1989’s non-classic Samurai Cop—and they’ll be handing out special-made bingo cards so you can spot the B-movie clichés (like “LONG BORING SCENE OR MALE PONYTAIL,” or “CIGARETTE USED AS A WEAPON OR IGNITOR”) and score prizes! EHHollywood Theatre, 4122 NE Sandy, 7:30 pm, $5POPPIN’ […]
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It’s Happening Tonight!
SWEET 16—It’s a very special day, everybody: Portland’s little contemporary art institute is growing up. PICA is throwing themselves a birthday party tonight to celebrate 16 years on the cutting edge of the art world—and the festivities include music from Reporter, the Miracles Club, and more. AHw/New Moon Poncho DJs; Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison, 8 […]
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Gorge Days
If you’re looking for an excuse to get out of town this weekend, consider heading out to the *gorgeous* Gorge for two days of festival shenanigans in North Bonneville. Things started off this morning with a huge network of garage sales—I’m sure the professional pickers have had their way with the good stuff, but who […]
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Elsie Bartling
The bridal fashion show at the Portland Design Collective next weekend features two Portland designers—business as usual, right? Except one of them, Elsie Bartling, is old enough to be my grandmother, and got her start in Portland back in the early 1970s. Now retired, PDC holds the remainder of her impressive collection, which foreshadowed the […]
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First Thursday Picks For the Style Inclined
The line between fashion and art remains blurry as ever, making First Thursdays on the boutique-heavy West side an exercise in multitasking as well as free cheese. My picks for tonight’s openings just went up over on MOD, including the debut of a jewelry line inspired by artists like Nina Simone, an illustrator famous for […]
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It’s Happening Tonight!
BEIN’ GREEN—The Sundown series continues at Ecotrust, their summertime weekly event that explores conscientious living in our bioregion. This week’s theme is food, which we can all agree is often delicious, but even tastier are the musical guests: Typhoon and Wild Ones, two of the very best our city has to offer. NLEcotrust, 721 NW […]
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NASA’s Final Shuttle Mission: Amuricaaaa!
NASA Flying phallic objects make history~~~!~ Armed with about a gazillion American flags, a new state-of-the-art pee-recycling machine, and (yes, it’s true Apple is taking over the galaxy) an iPhone, the space shuttle Atlantis’ mission to the International Space Station—NASA’s last shuttle mission ever—will be a ground-shaking, out of this world feat of cosmic prop… […]
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Content 2011: We Have a Date
Covering this year’s Content is going to involve a lot of “full disclosure” deployment, since this year I’m on the planning committee—for those unfamiliar, Content was a mondo event that took place at the Portland Ace Hotel in 2009, and was the brainchild of the since-departed Gretchen Jones—you can read all about it here and […]
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It’s Happening Tonight!
TAGGED—With their latest, Suit of Lights, Soft Tags have assembled a terrific and daring album packed with taut, seasoned post-punk. Help them celebrate the record’s release tonight, and witness Portland’s most prolific and self-sufficient DIY band do things their own way, with amazing results. NLw/Massive Moth, the Reservations; Doug Fir, 830 E Burnside, 9 pm, […]