Events

BOOKS—When Elly Blue first edited Bikes in Space, her anthology of feminist science fiction—with bikes!—it was intended as a one-off, second in line to Blue’s quarterly zine. She’s since shelved the zine, turned Bikes in Space into a Kickstarter-funded, annual anthology, and tonight celebrates the release of Bikes in Space Vol. II: More Feminist Science […]

DAY OF THE DEAD—Mexican American singer Luz Elena Mendoza (of Y La Bamba) leads a traditional Día de los Muertos celebration that begins with a black-clad procession through the streets and ends with a party featuring Orquestra Pacifico Tropical, Aztec dancing, and sets from local Latino musicians, including the inimitable Edna Vazquez and Mendoza with […]

MUSIC—Compton rapper YG is the sound of West Coast g-funk circa 2014, offering hard but relaxed jams that are effective slices of life as well as being club bumpers to boot. This year’s long-awaited My Krazy Life followed up his many promising mixtapes, and while it doesn’t look like his partner-in-crime DJ Mustard will be […]

LECTURE—It’s Halloween, so treat yourself to a new level of terror as scruffy philosopher/secret Sound of Music fan Slavoj Žižek brings his runny nose and terrifying killjoy act to town, in a talk titled “Is God Dead, or Unconscious, or Just Evil?” IS THAT A TRICK QUESTION, SLAVOJ ŽIŽEK? Another trick is how easily Žižek […]

COMEDY—It takes a certain type of person to appreciate the comedy of Anthony Jeselnik (not judging here). One needs to enjoy dark, cruel one-liners that are constructed with mathematical precision, and presented with a sociopathic glare (with juuuuuust a hint of self-awareness and charm). These are jokes that will make your mother blanch and stare […]

JAZZ TOBACCO—So the Mercury‘s ringing endorsement of legal pot convinced you to VOTE YES ON MEASURE 91, but you want to know more. And you want to laugh, and learn about some good strains before weed becomes legal (because you voted, right?). Check out live podcast Let’s Talk About… Pot, a show that features stand-ups […]

MUSIC—It’s been six months since beloved Canadian duo Chromeo last came to town, spraying fire-hose-velocity disco-funk onto your sullied dancing shoes so they gleamed and twirled and hot-stepped like a brand-new pair, only all that hot-stepping just sullied the damn things all over again. Six months. DIRK VANDERHARTw/Wave Racer; Roseland, 8 NW 6th, 8 pm, […]

COMEDY—Late Night Action, the late-night talk show co-hosted by Alex Falcone and Bri Pruett, continues tonight with appearances from Patrick Rothfuss, author of the high fantasy, doorstop-thick trilogy The Kingkiller Chronicle, KGW news anchor Reggie Aqui, and comedian Kirsten Kuppenbender, with music from Portland’s own kindhearted jokesters, bookworm-folk duo the Doubleclicks. MEGAN BURBANKMississippi Studios, 3939 […]

MUSIC—Maybe the best thing about Yelle—French electropop darlings who found themselves even more famous after a weird Katy Perry remix—is their apparent refusal to sing in English. Yelle’s insistence on French makes perfect sense layered atop their campy stage presence and synthy, Euro-style disco beats—so perfect it would be jarring and gauche if they ever […]

FACIAL HAIR—The World Beard and Mustache Championships used to be an every-other-year affair. America’s most-zealous purveyors of ridiculous “freestyle chin-beards” and “Hungarian mustaches” would traipse off to Europe or Alaska, and mostly get trounced by Germans. This year marks the beginning of a yearly championship and—surprise!—it’s at the Keller. This time, friends, it’s for the […]