Events

FRIDAY, JUNE 5 VISUAL ART—With an incredible lineup of emerging Native American artists, new indigenous art/music/film fest One Flaming Arrow promises to be one of the best art fests of the summer. Tonight, artist Natalie Ball and zinester Grace Rosario Perkins’ show at Reading Frenzy opens to the public—festival wristband not required. MEGAN BURBANKReading Frenzy, […]

MUSIC—It’s been many moons since Dead Meadow brought their gnarled, spooky stoner rock to Portland, so pack your finest pipeweed and get thee to the Doug Fir dungeon, where trancelike tendrils of heavy-lidded rock ‘n’ roll will wend their way into your eardrums. NED LANNAMANNw/Daydream Machine; Doug Fir, 830 E Burnside, 9 pm, $13-15 BIKES—To […]

YOO-HOO! SAILOR!—It’s the sexiest time of year, AKA Fleet Week! The US Navy, Coast Guard, and Royal Canadian Navy will be sailing in starting today, featuring onboard ship tours, and sailors strolling around town looking hot. NOTE: While sailors will sometimes carry you in their arms for photo ops, surprise bottom pinches—while tempting—are frowned upon. […]

MUSIC—Need more proof of the power of the internet? In 2013, an unknown seven-foot-tall clown set down his lantern (?), looked disdainfully into a camera, and boomed out a Lorde cover. Then reflect on how Puddles the Clown and his Puddles Pity Party are playing the Alberta Rose less than two years later. The guy’s […]

FILM—Westerns are few and far between these days—all the more reason to get excited when a great one comes along. Enter Slow West, starring Michael Fassbender and Kodi Smit-McPhee; a dreamlike saga that the Mercury‘s Ned Lannamann says captures a weird Wild West “of unlimited possibilities.” ERIK HENRIKSENCinema 21, 616 NW 21st, see portlandmercury.com/movietimes, also […]

FRIDAY, MAY 29 MUSIC—Forget all those gimmicky ’80s nights. The Rose Festival has the real deal, with three giant ’80s icons: Berlin headlines, performing unforgettable gems like “Sex (I’m a…)” and “Take My Breath Away,” plus college-rock faves the Smithereens playing fuzz-pop gems (“A Girl Like You”) and the Tubes offering their unique slant on art-punk […]

MANILOW—Who was the one singer beloved by both Frank Sinatra and Bob Dylan? Barry Motherfucking Manilow. The top balladeer of the ’70s, he’s responsible for the chart-topping “Mandy,” “Copacabana,” “Looks Like We Made It”… shall I continue? FINE! “I Write the Songs,” “Can’t Smile Without You,” and countless others, because Barry Motherfucking Manilow is a […]

STORIES—Branching out from their focus on music, film, and visual art made by women, Siren Nation’s launching the Broadcast (get it?), their all-lady live storytelling event tonight, with com-edian Kirsten Kuppenbender, former Mercury reporter/author of Sex from Scratch Sarah Mirk, and a whole slew of awesome ladies telling tales of failure (!), plus hilarious host […]