MUSIC—Seattle singer/songwriter Jesse Sykes‘ voice oscillates from soothing to scratching, recalling both Marianne Faithfull and Cat Power. Not quite country and not quite folk, Sykes has a darker, heavier side, and tonight she’s teaming up with longtime collaborator Phil Wandscher for a double-prong of music that pairs best with a stiff whiskey. MSw/Kele Goodwin; Mississippi […]
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MUSICAL—Based on the kitsch film classic, the Broadway musical adaptation of Xanadu retains the campiness, the ELO soundtrack, and the absurd plot, which concerns an Olympian muse inspiring an artist to open a roller disco. Don’t walk away from this one. PACKeller Auditorium, 222 SW Clay, 7:30 pm, $28.75, through Sun Jan 17 AUTHOR—In my […]
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Manic Mondays: New, Free, Weekly Queer Night Debuts Today at Slabtown
Looking for something fun, gay, and free tonight? Sheeeit, who isn’t? Well look no further, because tonight is the first night of Manic Mondays, Slabtown‘s new Monday night Queer Night with DJ Life Partner, starting at 8 pm. Plus it’s $Free.99 and gives me the excuse to post this:
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FILM—Who knows why Harvey protagonist Elwood P. Dowd insists that his best friend is an invisible, six-foot rabbit. Whimsy? Alcoholism? All we can say for sure is that Jimmy Stewart + invisible rabbit= a movie like they don’t make anymore. AHPix North, 3901 N Williams, 8:30 pm, FREE MUSIC—Let’s keep it simple, okay? If you […]
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SPORTS—Nothing is more important than knocking off Blazers rivals the Los Angeles Lakers. Kobe Bryant has broken his share of hearts in the Rose City—his double overtime heroics in 2004 still smart to this very day—but you can guarantee Portland’s faithful will be loud tonight. The only question that remains: Which Blazers will be healthy […]
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COMIC BOOKS—Nowhere but Portland’s finest off-kilter comics shop Floating World would dare host a First Thursday show of bizarre, disturbing, surreal, downright WTF Eastern European comics. Tonight’s offering from Croatian comics creators Komikaze promises to be, at the very least, a collection of crazy shit you’ve never seen before. SMFloating World Comics, 20 NW 5th, […]
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New Oregon Fashion Night
If you’ve been following the New Oregon Interview series, you’ve seen them whip through live interview/discussions with local players in the fields of music, urban planning, film, and many others. But next up they’re tackling fashion, with high profile designers Adam Arnold and Elizabeth Dye—both of whom are reliably insightful and witty—as well as Ryan […]
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THEATER—Noël Coward’s play Design for Living concerns a “disgusting three-sided erotic hotch-potch” between randy artists in the early 1930s, and features more bed hopping than your average teen soap. Artists Rep clearly knows their audience. PACArtists Repertory Theatre, 1515 SW Morrison, 7:30 pm, $20-25 MUSIC—It’s a little too late for your New Year’s kiss, but […]
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REGISTER TO VOTE!—Aaaa! Today is the last day to register to vote for Oregon’s special January election! There are only two issues on the ballot, but they’re whoppers, hoping to patch the state budget by necessarily raising taxes on corporations and Oregon’s wealthiest individuals. Grab your ID and the registration form on the front of […]
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SIN—It’s Service Industrial Night at Ground Kontrol, so go spend your hard-earned New Year’s tips on vintage videogames—with discounted PBR and High Life all night. MDw/DJ Tibin; Ground Kontrol, 511 NW Couch, 9 pm, FREE MUSIC—Portland singer/songwriter Leonard Mynx recently dropped Le Petit Mort, an ultra limited-edition album of generous, gorgeous songs. It’s a preview […]
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QUASI+WHO=LUV—Bid farewell to 2009 as local legends Quasi take on rock legends the Who, in this sure-to-be-spectacular New Year’s “Fir Ball.” Quasi will do an entire set of Who covers, which will most likely include instrument smashing and guitar windmills for days. I heard the Jupiter Hotel is building a pool just so drummer Janet […]
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DANG!—You’re not going to want to miss Holidang, the funnest party this side of New Year’s. They’ve got an assortment of incredible musical acts, like Typhoon, Black Whales, Loch Lomond’s Ritchie Young, and Seattle’s everlovingly, undeniably fun BOAT. And cover is totally free, but you can make donations to a very worthy cause—MS research—and the […]