Events

FILM—As part of their Orson Welles at 100 series, the NW Film Center is taking Portlanders through some of Welles’ best-known—and least-known—films. Tonight they’ve got his stone-cold classic from 1958, Touch of Evil, starring Charlton Heston and Janet Leigh—if you’ve never seen this noir on the big screen, don’t miss it. ERIK HENRIKSENNW Film Center’s […]

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25 DANCE—It’s over! And after anxiously wondering whether your ingrate nephews would like their gifts, choking down your mom’s substandard champagne, and the friendless disappointment of grandma’s decision to cook ham, there aren’t many better options than to lose yourself in a boatload of the sweetest music of all time. So: Soul Dance Party! […]

VISUAL ART—For six years, Northeast Portland art space Xhurch (it used to be a church, get it?) has hosted an alternative to the seasonal plastic-Jesus-in-the-yard routine with the art installation NTVTY, which this year eschews ye olde Santa snow globes for “programmable LEDs, laser lights, two-way mirrors, and virtual reality headsets.” What, like you have […]

MUSIC—Tonight’s (free!) Ear Candy features a bevy of expert sound manipulators: Ali Muhareb’s colorful electronic rhythms incorporate global sounds and art-skewed dynamics; Hands In’s homegrown pop transposes lo-fi hooks onto enormous canvases; and Strange Wool’s garage vibes marry murk and mystery. NED LANNAMANNMississippi Studios, 3939 N Mississippi, 9 pm, FREE COMEDY—Just in time for Christmas, […]

MUSIC—Last week, Billy Gibbons and Alice Cooper played Portland, inspiring their fans to sneak out of their retirement homes for one last night on the town. Tonight, Snoop Dogg does the same—proving that even aging hip-hop heroes are happy to feed off nostalgia. (That said, I’ll be fucking delighted to hear Snoop do any track […]

FILM—From the acclaimed creators of dramas such as Felicity, The Big Chill, and Regarding Henry comes one of this year’s most anticipated motion pictures—a tale of two lost youths, brought together in a troubled time to make peace with age-old dilemmas. Discerning audiences seeking a subtle tale—one told with candor, grace, and skill—need look no […]

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18 FORMAL—Portland takes a lot of guff for underdressing, so note that this is Tender Loving Empire’s Winter Formal. Along with all they do during the rest of the year, tonight TLE’s enlisted Chanti Darling and Thanks to perform, rousted up a photo booth, and arranged for ticket proceeds to aid the crisis […]

READING—What better way to fend off the winter darks than with Portland’s queen of science fiction herself? That’s right! Ursula K. Le Guin reads from her latest tonight! And as if that weren’t good enough (it certainly is; stop being greedy!), the confirmed enfant terrible of letters will be joined by Mark E. Cull, publisher […]

HOUSING FORUM—Know Your City noticed something about a recent forum on the rental crisis put together by the Oregonian: It left out renters. So the group’s holding a forum of its own tonight. ” The Rent Crisis: A People’s Perspective” brings together advocates for renters and the homeless, the mayor’s office, and an affordable housing […]

MUSIC—A decade after Will Sheff and his Okkervil River compatriots released the classic Black Sheep Boy, they’ve been taking the old girl on a spin through the country. True, it’s just Sheff who’ll be showing up to the Doug Fir’s betimbered cellar this evening. Sheff’s enough. DIRK VANDERHARTDoug Fir, 830 E Burnside, 9 pm, $20 […]