Events

FRIDAY, MAY 20 ’80s Video Dance Attack: Prince Tribute NightHalf the fun of the late, great Prince’s music is watching him perform it. Long-standing dance night ’80s Video Dance Attack is very well aware, so they’re eulogizing the musician with a dedicated night of purple-hued music videos from the days of Purple Rain and Dirty […]

QDoc: Portland Queer Documentary Film FestivalThe annual QDoc Film Festival is the ONLY fest in America devoted to documentaries about the LGBT experience, and this 10th anniversary edition looks especially fascinating. You’ll see Fidel Castro’s niece leading a fight for equality in Cuba, the dancers from Madonna’s Blond Ambition Tour 25 years later, voguing queers […]

River of GrassThe acclaimed films of director Kelly Reichardt tell sparse, affecting stories set in the Pacific Northwest—from Old Joy to Meek’s Cutoff, from Night Moves to Wendy and Lucy. But Reichardt got her start in Florida with 1994’s River of Grass, which has recently been restored and screens tonight at the Hollywood, with Reichardt […]

Gay Skate: Prince TributeQuestlove’s memoir, Mo’ Meta Blues, has a jaw-dropping account of roller-skating with Prince. The Purple One arrived at the rink toting a mysterious briefcase containing “clear skates that lit up, and the wheels sent a multicolored spark trail… Man. He could skate like he could sing.” Go jam in his honor at […]

FRIDAY, MAY 13 HUMP!If you missed HUMP! 2015 (or want to relive all the porny glory), here’s another chance to watch the sexiest, funniest, horniest show of the year—for one weekend only. With the HUMP! Tour you’ll see the best five-minute locally made dirty flicks, alongside a squealing, clapping, sex-positive crowd. And if you’ve never […]

SpeechlessThe Siren Theater’s improvised PowerPoint presentation show Speechless is back, with the best kind of organized chaos: a delightful lineup of funny Portlanders making up lectures on the spot—”TED Talk, startup pitch, even a self-help seminar” are all fair game—to accompany surprise slides and placate a team of judges, including our own Wm. Steven Humphrey! […]

Jeremy ScahillJeremy Scahill is one of the editors at The Intercept, one of the internet’s smartest, most daring news publications. Tonight, Scahill—who you also might remember from the damning documentary Dirty Wars—reads from his latest book, The Assassination Complex: Inside the Government’s Secret Drone Warfare Program. It’s gonna be fascinating. And horrifying. ERIK HENRIKSENPowell’s Books […]

Givers, Anna WiseLouisiana’s Givers burst on the scene a few years ago with some soulful folk-pop tunes and a tremendous, life-affirming live show. On the heels of their sophomore album, the glow-in-the-dark New Kingdom, Givers return to Portland to spread their good cheer and adventurous sounds. NED LANNAMANNMississippi Studios, 3939 N Mississippi, 9 pm, $15 […]

Dungen, BoogarinsOn their 2015 release, Allas Sak, Sweden’s Dungen draws decidedly poppy melodies out of seemingly dissimilar genres like free jazz, nostalgic psychedelia, and Swedish folk as if they’re forging trails through the thickest, most unexplored forests. Their music is wild and weird, which makes it all the more alluring. CIARA DOLANMississippi Studios, 3939 N […]