Two of PDX’s most industrious and all-around likable visual artists, Mark Warren Jacques and Seth Neefus, are hitting the road. And they’re taking their art, their guitars, and a collapsible gallery space with them. A performance by Weaver inside the Free Life Center, which is inside Holocene Last night at Holocene Jacques and Neefus unveiled […]
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BEAVERS VS. DUCKS—You’re seething with hatred for either the Beavers or the Ducks. In fact, you hate one of those teams SO MUCH, you simply cannot wait until the next Civil War football game. That’s why you should attend this Baseball Civil War featuring the Oregon Ducks and Oregon State Beavers baseball teams. No, it’s […]
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Call to Designers: Get A Room for Content, Stat!
The Content show at the Ace Hotel last year (You remember: Portland designers took over a floor of the building to create installations in each room. If not, refresh.) was the smash hit of a crowded fall season of arty goings on. Things are gearing up again for the 2010 edition (slated for Oct 2), […]
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CAGED BIRD SINGS—The Finches are comprised of the enigmatic Carolyn Pennypacker Riggs, alongside various backing musicians over the years. Fans of Alela Diane and Laura Gibson will surely fall head over tail for the wondrous folk sounds of this California trio, making tonight’s intimate show all the more special. EACw/Key Losers, Nervous & the Kid; […]
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INDIE KINGS—No wonder tonight’s Broken Bells show is sold out. Danger Mouse and James Mercer’s brooding pop duo make indie kids shit themselves just from pure anticipation, and the pairing of kings will not disappoint. SMw/the Morning Benders; Wonder Ballroom, 128 NE Russell, 8 pm, $30-34, all ages SIDEWAYS STORIES—Children’s author Louis Sachar might’ve hit […]
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Triplets of Belleville at Pix Tonight
Flim-flam franc-ery tonight at Pix for their free showing of 2003’s Triplets of Belleville, which can only be described as pure French awesomeness. Pix Patisserie (North)3901 N Williamstonight at 8:30 pm, free
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BroadArts Yard Sale on Now
If you’re in the neighborhood, it might be worth it to stumble over to a yard sale/benefit going down at BroadArts, now through the evening, especially if you are in the market for specialty items like a portable stage, say, or a freezer vendor cart. It’s going down at 2006 NE 50th, and you can […]
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GONNNNG!—Tonight The Gong Show returns to Rotture, with ex-pats from Sissyboy hosting a frantic, no-holds-barred amateur talent show that’ll be judged by my hilarious, intelligent, and attractive bosses, Wm. Steven Humphrey and Marjorie Skinner! With plenty of other guests—including members of the Sprockettes—this’ll be one hell of a night, and all the proceeds benefit Outside […]
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Harem Girl at Back Fence PDX Tonight
I might have a little author crush on Jillian Lauren, who wrote a pretty gosh darn good memoir about being a teenage harem girl. Her book, Some Girls: My Life in a Harem, is engaging, open, and smart. It documents the nearly two years she spent charming the pants off Brunei’s Prince Jefri, as an […]
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STORY TIME—A former harem girl, a corrections officer, and a celebrity personal assistant take the stage of the Mission Theater to tell us their experiences at Back Fence PDX, with tonight’s theme of “At Your Service.” If you’re feeling especially disgruntled with your job this week, these stories will make you feel much, much better. […]
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FINAL COUNTDOWN—A cowboy, a former NBA star, and an alleged tax evader walk into Mahonia Hall. If this sounds like a bad joke, you obviously haven’t voted in the May 2010 primary election. Today’s the deadline for ballots in a race that will determine who runs for governor in November. Also up are two positions […]
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“Being Hated Pays My Bills”: An Exclusive Interview with Spencer Pratt
This Friday Matt “The Law” Lindland, Olympic wrestler and former Republican nominee for the House of Representatives, will be facing off in the Rose Garden against “King” Kevin Casey. Casey is an up-and-coming fighter in the MMA (mixed martial arts) who earned a brown belt under Brazilian jiu-jitsu legend, Rickson Gracie. Exuding extreme intensity over […]