Events

PING PONG PANDEMONIUM!—Local musician Kaia Wilson (the Butchies, Team Dresch) is headed to Germany to compete in the Gay Games in ping pong… and tonight, this ping pong spectacular help sends her there! In addition to music by STLS and DJ Permanent Wave, there’ll be a frantic doubles ping pong tournament featuring musicians like Janet […]

SLOW & STEADY—In what is either a booking mistake, or my very own personal post-rock wet dream, Tortoise is taking the tiny stage at the Doug Fir. The Chicago quintet is as influential as they come, with a storied existence that has created—and mastered—entire genres, and they continue to forge new ground with each and […]

BONIN’—Krayzie Bone, Layzie Bone, Bizzy Bone, and Wish Bone changed hiphop forever with mid-’90s hit “Tha Crossroads” (let’s see you make a cappella tough), and all of Bones Thugs-n-Harmony are on board tonight—plus Flesh-n-Bone! MSw/Tragedy; Wonder Ballroom, 128 NE Russell, 8 pm, $25-30, all agesPIZZA FOR BREAKFAST—Almost 10 percent of Oregon’s kids are obese—maybe it […]

FOURTH STEP—Frank Meeink’s Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead is a searching and fearless moral inventory of a life that has seen more violence than most of us can imagine. If you were disappointed when James Frey turned out to be full of shit, consider picking up Meeink’s autobiography—his journey from Philly street kid to white […]

PDX POP—So you like local music, eh? Well, here’s your night, then: The CD release party for PDX Pop Now!’s brand-new 2010 compilation (a double-disc album boasting previously unreleased songs from bands like Menomena and Blitzen Trapper), featuring live performances from Deelay Ceelay, Tope, the Angry Orts, and the Great Mundane! Plus, it’s all ages—and […]

Portland public schools serves pizza every day for lunch. Um, obesity, anyone? The Mercury and Bus Project are hosting a panel next Tuesday, June 8, on school food 101: what our kids are eating in schools and how (or if) the unhealthy lunches can change. Specifically, we’ll be asking a farmer, a healthy food advocate, […]

‘QUATCH—Gas up that ride and head to the Gorge for the only music festival worth a five-hour trek into Eastern Washington—Sasquatch! The lineup is the strongest it has ever been, with sets from Pavement, the National, Dirty Projectors, Patton Oswalt, and tons more. EACGorge Amphitheater, 754 Silica Rd NW, George, WA, Sat May 29-Mon May […]

TIGHT KNIT—The sun-dappled folk-pop of Vetiver just made an appearance on the new Graham Nash tribute album Be Yourself, and Andy Cabic & Co. make a welcome return to town as they amble their way along the West Coast. NL
w/Citay, Michael Hurley; Mississippi Studios, 3939 N Mississippi, 9 pm, $13-15 ROSE FEST—Portland a little “too […]

SIX-WAY—A new 12-inch compilation from budding Portland label High Scores and Records has just made its way into the world, and five out of the six of the bands featured on PDXTC—Atole, Wampire, Guidance Counselor, May Ling, and Breakfast Mountain—play tonight’s release show, for an all-ages dance party that won’t let up for one second. […]