The always-popular Filmed by Bike fest starts tomorrow, promising all kinds of drunken bike movie revelry. One event that’s sure to sell out will be tomorrow night’s opening night party—in which two blocks of SE Clinton will be shut down for beer-garden-fueled revelry, with bike-centric flicks screening inside the Clinton Street Theater. The one guaranteed […]
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Thursday Musical Happenings
East End—Portland City Limits: Purple Heart, Jake Ray, Jessica Stiles, Gabe Rozzell, 9 pm Holocene—Bladen County Showcase: Autopilot Is for Lovers, J. Nicholas Allard, Alan Singley, Ezra Carey, 9 pm, $5 Mississippi Studios—Holcombe Waller, Gabriel Kahane, 8 pm, $15 Plan B—The Pink Snowflakes, The Universal, No Go Know, 9 pm, $5 Someday Lounge—The Fix: Ohmega […]
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Portrait of Insomnia
Angela Cash’s new photo series “Insomnia” opens tomorrow at Pushdot Studios (1020 SE Caruthers) with a reception from 6-9pm. These well-composed portraits capture the quiet, persistent restlessness of sleepless nights in vivid detail. Much like her series “Waiting”, Cash’s new photographs are beautifully lit, managing to feel both comfortingly soft and strikingly forlorn. And, well, […]
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Drag Yourself to Open Casting Call at the Red Cap Garage
RuPaul’s Drag Race is a highly entertaining show that I recommend to anybody who watches Project Runway or America’s Next Top Model and wishes that the contestants were more fabulous, could dance and would say, regarding other contestants on the show, “I would be a lesbian with her.” But let’s face it, drag is meant […]
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Portland Hearing Voices
How charming is this logo?: Portland Hearing Voices is a new organization meant to support people who hear voices in their heads, see visions, or have other unusual sensory experiences. It welcomes those who take medication and/or accept diagnoses as well as those who do not. They are also working on public outreach to educate […]
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All Those SXSW Kids Can Suck It!
The aforementioned sucking can occur ’cause we just got great news from Austin’s off-color movie mavens, Lars Nilsen and Zack Carlson, who regularly present grindhouse films at the famous Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. Come April, they’re taking their show on the road! This path of B-movie destruction will be littered with the nubile bodies of screaming […]
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Sunday! All-Ages Rock Band! Backspace!
Hey kids, are you tired of being left out of Ground Kontrol’s weekly Rock Band Tuesday event simply because your parents lacked the foresight to birth you before 1988? Good news! Ground Kontrol, in collaboration with Backspace, is holding an all-ages Rock Band event this Sunday, March 22. Official deets: Got friends who want to […]
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Rock Out!
In related poultry news… It’s time for Voodoo Doughnut‘s 6th annual Cockfest! The lovely Darcelle will be judging Portland finest examples of male girth and length at the Northeast location (1501 NE Davis). But peeping is not free, yo! Only 75 tickets will be sold at $25 a pop… but if you measure up, you’re […]
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UPDATED: Battlestarbuck Galactica!
Last night saw not only the penultimate episode of Battlestar Galactica, but also something that was, arguably, even more exciting: At the packed Bagdad Theater, last night’s Battlestar was followed by a personal appearance by Stabruck herself, Katee Sackhoff. Hit the jump for a spoilery rundown of the episode, a few details on the Sackhoff […]
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STARBUCK IS COMING FOR ALL OF YOU.
Tonight, as it does every Friday night, Battlestar Galactica will be screening at the Bagdad Theater (3702 SE Hawthorne, 10 pm, 21+, free). That’s fine and good and whatever, but you know what’s about a billion times cooler? Next week, on Friday March 13, actress Katee Sackhoff—AKA Battlestar‘s Starbuck—is gonna be at the Bagdad. Just […]
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What’s the Budget Without Shovel Ready Grandparents & Stimulated Packages?
If you were wondering what crucial parts of the Oregon state budget will survive the projected $1 billion cuts this year, don’t look to Salem. Look to Backspace, where last night the Mercury and Bus Project held the first BrewHaha of 2009: March Sadness, a mock budget-cut throw down. Experts on eight pieces of the […]
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Brewhaha: March Sadness!
Instead of taking wild guesses at which college basketball team will make the cut during March Madness, why not take bets on something that hits a little closer to home? Like, you know, which part of the massively imperiled state budget will survive the slash and burn season? The Mercury and The Bus Project present […]