GET BENT—Once a year, dozens of garage bands convene at the Slabtown Bender, the rawkingest weekend in Portland. Tonight’s the kickoff, so from now ’til Sunday the tunes will flow like cheap beer, from pristine pop to the skuzziest punk imaginable. Leave your fancy pants at home. NLw/Head, Bare Wires, the Coconut Coolouts, Ty Segall, […]
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The PDX Browncoats Heart Haiti
As I’m more often than not at the Moon and Sixpence (2014 NE 42nd) providing drunken support to my boyfriend who works there, I know it’s a favorite haunt of the PDX Browncoats, local lovers of Joss Whedon’s Firefly and Serenity. (Hi guys! If you see me, please don’t tell me Twilight’s identity in Buffy […]
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BUILD IT!—You don’t have to be a Spandex devotee to support the 2030 Bike Plan that city council votes on today: Less car traffic and healthier (sexier) bodies are good for all Portlanders. Join the families, suited commuters, and tall-bike-riding clowns at the rally, and help steer city council toward not only approving the plan […]
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DANCE—Bruno Beltrão/Grupo de Rua blend the Brazilian martial art of capoeira with a good dose of hiphop and a modern dance sensibility. White Bird presents more heart-stopping energy with this Uncaged performance than they’ll likely have in the rest of their season. PACBison Building, 419 NE 10th, 8 pm, $26, through Feb 7 WHITE OUT—If […]
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SAMPSELL—You read an excerpt of local author Kevin Sampsell’s new autobiography A Common Pornography in this paper a few weeks ago. Tonight’s your chance to hear Sampsell himself read from the book—he’s even promised a PowerPoint presentation. AHPowell’s City of Books, 1005 W Burnside, 7:30 pm, FREE GET LOST—The final season of Lost premieres tonight, […]
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DOUBLE FEATURE—Back before Gus Van Sant was all famous and revered, and back before Matt Dillon was… well, whatever Matt Dillon is now, 1989’s Drugstore Cowboy put both of them—and Portland—on the map. Tonight it plays as part of Boxxes’ weekly Late-Night Double Feature Picture Show, where it’ll be preceded by (why not!) Eli Roth’s […]
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Portland Tweed Ride!
Over 150 people braved the drizzle on Saturday morning for the 1st Annual Portland Tweed Ride. Even local designer Adam Arnold (sporting a wild, white Mozart wig) turned up to judge the dapper fashions. The ride veered from tea in Overlook park to a picnic lunch in Laurelhurst Park. The lesson learned: Portland cleans up […]
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DEVIL HORNS—Eugene doom metallers YOB return like a red tide, rising every so often to bathe us in crimson with roaring, destructive rock. Their rare shows descend on you like blunted, colossally heavy objects, so prepare to be pulverized. NLw/Witch Mountain, Trees; Rotture, 315 SE 3rd, 9 pm, $10-13 CRIB SHEET—Months after Ignore the Ignorant […]
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Socks, Skates & Coffee for Haiti
Make Saturday a fun, Haiti-helpin’ night out. Stop by the Fresh Pot on N. Mississippi for a quadruple-shot pick-me-up. They are donating 10 percent of all their profits from Saturday to Partners in Health, who provide medical care to the victims of the Haiti quake. All sweaty and caff-ed up! Wear some crazy socks and […]
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KING OF KOOL—Kool Keith stocks up on aliases like they going out of style. He’s “the original Black Elvis,” Dr. Octagon, and sometimes he’s just Keith Thornton. But no matter what you call him, Keith is a hiphop visionary who has been holding it down since you were just a shorty. EACw/Foreign Objects, Gray Matters; […]
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Fundraising Sale for Women’s Literacy Nonprofit
Good news for people who need Valentine’s Day gifts and support women’s literacy. Two Dollars a Day is a local nonprofit that aims to create awareness about the impact of women’s literacy on the development of impoverished countries, and it’s having a fundraising sale this Sunday, January 31, from 12-4 pm at Urban Grind East. […]
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NOT JUST ANY KIDS—If Patti Smith had retired after her 1975 album Horses, her legacy would be secure—but the ferocious musician, poet, and activist has amassed a lifetime of inspiring work. Tonight she reads from her new memoir Just Kids, which offers a window into both Smith’s relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe and the New […]