BLUE MOVIE—Since the 1940s, our little blues hub has been eclipsed by big names like Detroit and New Orleans. Not anymore! Screening as part of the Reel Music festival, Bob Leitch’s documentary Portland Mojo: How Stumptown Got the Blues shines the spotlight where it rightly belongs. DBNorthwest Film Center’s Whitsell Auditorium, 1219 SW Park, 7 […]
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THE LATE LATE SHOW—While Leno, Letterman, and Conan have gotten all the attention, Scotsman-turned-American comedian and writer Craig Ferguson has been quietly cranking out some of the funniest and wittiest comedy the wee hours have to offer. EHAladdin Theater, 3017 SE Milwaukie, 7 pm, $47.50-50 FERTILE GROUND—The Fertile Ground festival showcases the bleeding edge of […]
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DANCE—Enjoy an encore performance of Uprising, the unique collaboration between Oregon Ballet Theatre and indie-folk band Horse Feathers—this time at a venue with a little more elbowroom. However, that does not mean more room for you to try out your clumsy pirouettes and bow-legged pliés; leave that to the experts. RNWonder Ballroom, 128 NE Russell, […]
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DONATE!—Before their country was devastated by a colossal earthquake, Haiti was already the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere. Tonight’s much needed benefit show features Portland’s music elite—Thomas Lauderdale of Pink Martini, Storm Large, and plenty more—banding together with a goal to raise $25,000 for Mercy Corps. If you still have yet to text “HAITI” […]
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TOM TOMS—Tom Tom Magazine is dedicated solely to female drummers and tonight benefits its next print edition with specially crafted drum super solos and duos from some of PDX’s hardest hitters (including members of Unwound, Lovers, Purple Rhinestone Eagle, and many more). MSHolocene, 1001 SE Morrison, 8 pm, $7 IDLE TALK—Not to tell tales, but […]
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HIS NAME IS EARLE—As Walon on HBO’s The Wire, Steve Earle could get Bubbles off the smack, but it’s his music that is the real draw. The ironic face to the alt-country movement, Earle’s best material might have been left in Guitar Town, but the man’s gravelly voice and personal/political lyrics still sound as good […]
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MOTHBALLS—It’s too bad there aren’t any more tickets to the sold-out touring show from the Moth, a New York-based storytelling group and public radio wunderkind. However, since many of those holding tickets will likely be gullible, slow-moving OPB members, they should be easy to mug on the sidewalk before the show. A little New York […]
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MUSTACHIOED FOLK—Day three of the Parlour’s acoustic festival, Music to Folk To, is the lovingest day yet, featuring Ocean Age, Sam Cooper (of Horse Feathers), and Oh Captain, My Captain. Twenty bucks gets you a mustached wristband and access to all three days. JCThe Parlour, 2628 SE Powell, 3 pm-midnight, $10 ($20 weekend pass), all […]
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THERE AND BACK AGAIN—Oh, it’s a magnificent tale, Mr. Frodo—how you destroyed that terrible ring, an’ saved that nasty Gollum creature, an’ met Gandalf an’ Strider—an’ elves, Mr. Frodo! Elves! Today the big folk celebrate it all, with The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers and The Return of the King, and there’ll […]
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Paint the Pearl Red for Relief
The most helpful cupcake you’ll ever eat. Various businesses in the Pearl will be aiding the Red Cross relief efforts in Haiti tomorrow (Saturday the 16th) by donating part of their sales to the cause. Here’s a list of participating places: Bishop’s Barbershop — $5 from every hair color service, including red (Pearl location only); […]
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HOOPS—Tonight marks the lone Portland appearance of Dwight Howard and his Orlando Magic. How will the Trail Blazers—a team that lost both its centers to season-ending knee injuries—guard the best big man the NBA has seen since Shaq was young and skinny? Um, they won’t. But come out and hope for a minor miracle.Rose Garden, […]
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WONDERLAND—Valerie and Her Week of Wonders is a gauzy, trippy, gorgeous Czech vampire flick, and tonight three local bands—Nurses, Gulls, and the Slaves—provide their own live avant-garde soundtrack in a screening presented by Fin de Cinema. NLHolocene, 1001 SE Morrison, 8:30 pm, FREE ($2 suggested donation) SVENONIUS—It’s a very special edition of I’ve Got a […]