EXTRA FRIES—Branching out from the all-ages clubs and house show stages, collaborative pop group Typhoon has set its sights on a far juicier music venue: the Hawthorne Burgerville. That’s right, Typhoon will shake their buns under the bright lights of Burgerville, raising cash for PDX Pop Now! It will be a show to relish. SM […]
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GET RAW—Reed College’s annual Reed Arts Week runs through Sunday, with visiting artists, workshops, and performances. Tonight artist Jonah Freeman screens his film The Franklin Abraham, imagining New York’s Upper West Side as an endlessly expanding building. Masquerade ball and parade to follow, featuring Best Coast, Dublab, and Mean Jeans. SK Reed College, 3203 SE […]
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MARCH—Portland’s favorite marching band, MarchFourth Marching Band, celebrates its seventh anniversary at the Crystal tonight, with two shows—an early all-ages show and a late show for the old fogeys. MD Crystal Ballroom, 1332 W Burnside, 7 pm, $10 ($5 ages 5-12, FREE ages 4 & under), all ages; w/Saqi, 9:30 pm, $12-15, 21+ LAUGH RIOT—If […]
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The New Nationale, Now with… Membership?
The new location of May Juliette Barruel’s Nationale (home of delightful affordable luxuries like toiletries from France, locally produced art, books, mags, and vintage) is open today at in the 811 E Burnside building, Ste. 122 (in back). Along with the new location comes a new offer: store membership. For $6/mo, $30/6 mo, or $50/yr […]
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LOOK BACK IN ANGER—Aside from making some incredibly bizarre, occult-fixated films, Kenneth Anger was also one of the first openly gay film directors in Hollywood. Watch as local bands like Purple Rhinestone Eagle play sets inspired by Anger’s sex- and magic-soaked celluloid classics at Fin de Cinema. [UPDATE: None of Anger’s films will screen at […]
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THROW THEM STONES—Curling combines the precision of bowling, the ice of hockey, and the attire of reading a book. It is a sport of kings played by Canadians. At an open house led by the Evergreen Curling Club, you too can learn to wicky wacky woo before the next big bonspeil. JC Lloyd Center Ice […]
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Community Events This Week!
Community events are the wholesome peas and organic carrots of the Mercury calendar. They’re good for you. Check out the curated community calendar here. Here’s a roundup of what civic-minded Portlanders are up to this week, so you can mark the events on your daily planner in the pen you use for special occasions. On […]
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LA REVOLUCION!—The Portland Northwest College of Art has been taken over by revolution! PNCA’s current art show, Signs of Change, is a sprawling, excellent collection of media from resistance movements around the world, from anti-Soviet posters to anti-apartheid T-shirts. This goes way beyond Che Guevara baseball caps. SM PNCA, Feldman Gallery, 1241 NW Johnson, 9 […]
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Today April 18, Ground Kontrol, Pinbrawl 2010!
Ground Kontrol Update (because I’m an idiot): Everything I said about Pinbrawl 2010 below still applies — in particular the words from the press release — only instead of occuring today, Pinbrawl 2010 goes down on April 18. Consider me blushing and kicking myself while branding the contents of a 2010 day calendar into my […]
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DRUM EATER—Under the equipment-chomping moniker Boy Eats Drum Machine, Jon Ragel plays the role of a spastic one-man band, equal parts giddy rock frontman and scratch-happy DJ. His latest, Hoop + Wire neatly balances his charming exuberance with an everything-but-the-kitchen-sink approach to musical composition. EAC w/Finn Riggins, Brothers Young; Doug Fir, 830 E Burnside, 9 […]
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FOTH—Everyone’s favorite hipster soap opera returns for a sixth season of roommate drama, romantic anxiety, and low-level substance abuse. Basically, Fall of the House is like your life, only funnier, and you don’t have to deal with the consequences. The season starts tonight and unfolds episodically over the next month, so now’s the time to […]