Backspace—Purple Rhinestone Eagle, STLS, Forever, Permanent Wave, 9 pm, $5, all ages Burgerville—The Shaky Hands, The Rainy States, Starparty, 6 pm, free, all ages Crystal Ballroom—Silversun Pickups, Against Me, Henry Clay People, 9 pm, $32-35, all ages Doug Fir—Hutson, Ape Machine, Villains, 9 pm, $7 Ecotrust Parking Lot—“secret” guests, Climber, The Greater Midwest, 5 pm, […]
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BURGERTIME—Burgerville takes a break from padding your belly with Walla Walla onion rings and pepper bacon cheeseburgers to serve up an impressive local music show: the Shaky Hands, the Rainy States, and Starparty all do their thing in the Hawthorne Burgerville for free! Just don’t yell “food fight!” and pelt the bands with milkshakes. That […]
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Young Fresh Wednesday Concerts
Main St. (Between SW Broadway & Park)—Young Fresh Fellows, 5 pm, free, all ages Mississippi Studios—Young Fresh Fellows, 9 pm, $6Roseland—Kinky Friedman, 8 pm, $25-40, all ages South Park Blocks—PSU Professional Sound Fest: Battlehooch, Defeating the Purpose, Grandparents, Megafauna, Dessert, 1 pm, free, all ages (The World Famous) Kenton Club—Eye Candy: VJ Norto, The Phantom […]
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DREAMSPACE—Are you one of those people who loves to bitch about crappy big-budget Hollywood flicks? Well, do something about it by going to Inception—don’t wait for it to get to the cheap theaters, don’t hold out for DVD, don’t download it. Go see it now. Christopher Nolan’s mind-bending thriller is epic, smart, weird, and daring—exactly […]
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Raising Awareness To Stop Human Trafficking in Portland
Jeri Williams tells her story On Sunday, July 25, Arts for Justice held an event to bring awareness to human trafficking and slavery in Portland.Portland is currently ranked number two in the country for human trafficking. This includes prostitution and people held prisoner for labor. Community Activist Jeri Williams spoke for an hour at the […]
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PDX VICE—Portland in the 1950s was full of bent cops and organized crime. Tonight’s History Pub, brought to you by the Oregon Historical Society, explores how the city found itself in the stern gaze of Robert F. Kennedy’s Senate committee on racketeering. PACKennedy School, 5736 NE 33rd, 7 pm, FREE OUTSIDE SOUND—Wear your best ’50s […]
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Seth Aaron to Debut “SolarWorld” Collection at Portland Fashion Week
When Seth Aaron returned triumphant from winning the last season of Project Runway, he answered with no hesitation when I asked if he was moving to New York that he had no plans to leave Portland (er… Vancouver). And leave us he has not. In fact he’s slated to show in this year’s Portland Fashion […]
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Concerts, Concerts, Concerts: Weekend Edition
Tonight! The Artistery—The Ocean Floor, Ah Holly Fam’ly, Kele Goodwin, 8 pm, $6, all ages Backspace—Incredible Yacht Control, Ravishers, Patterns, 9 pm, $6, all ages Centaur Guitar—East Side Speed Machine, Julie Bryant & The Straight Shooters, Lisa & Her Kin, The Tumblers, Advisory, 2 pm, free, all ages Crystal Ballroom—The Dead Weather, Harlem, 9 pm, […]
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Friday Fun with Music Concerts
Alberta Rose Theatre—Heroes & Villains, Lonely H, Brothers Young, 8:30 pm, $10 Berbati’s Pan—The Need, Bangs, C Average, Thrones, 9 pm, $15, all ages Dante’s—The Night Marchers, Obits, Old Growth, 9 pm, $13-15 Doug Fir—Beach Fossils, The Whitsundays, 9 pm, $10 Grant Park—Teen Swim: Jon Davidson, Cloudy October, Yung Jordan, 9:05 pm, free, all ages […]
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Stop Teen Prostitution in Portland
WakePeopleUp.com News of prostitution problems in Portland is not new. Sadly, not even teen prostitution. Portland is one of the top cities in the country for under-age prostitution, many say because of its location on the I-5, a route often used for human trafficking. For more background on this, read the Mercury’s article, Confessions of […]
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BEER ME!—July is Oregon Craft Beer Month, so it’s only appropriate the Oregon Brewers Festival feature 36 Oregon craft beers out of the 81 available at Tom McCall Waterfront Park this weekend. Use your beer tokens wisely! PACTom McCall Waterfront Park, 1020 SW Naito, Thurs-Sat noon-9 pm, Sun noon-7 pm, FREE admission, $10-50 tasting package, […]
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Tonight’s Musical Interludes
Backspace—The Dig, Quiet Life, 8 pm, $8, all ages City Hall—PDX Pop Now!: Nick Jaina Band, Atole, Kelli Schaefer, Andrew Oliver Quartet, 5:30 pm, free, all agesMississippi Studios—Miniature Tigers, The Spinto Band, Rauelsson, 9 pm, $9-11 Rotture—Dark Dark Dark, The Drowning Men, Lindsay Clark, 9 pm, $6 Someday Lounge—The Fix: Rev. Shines, DJ Kez, Dundiggy, […]