BOOZE—EAT A SOLID MEAL before you even think about buying a ticket to the Great American Distillers Festival. Hoochmakers from all over the country will be sampling out their vodkas, rums, bourbons (and more!) over two days, along with panels, competitions, and other excuses to get your buzz on. MARJORIE SKINNERLeftbank Annex, 101 N Weidler, […]
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MUSIC—It’s time to gambol down memory lane with a double bill of pop masters from the past. The Psychedelic Furs have soundtracked all your favorite films (hello, Pretty in Pink and Valley Girl!), and Richard Butler’s deep croon still stirs the prom-goer within us all. Evan Dando and the Lemonheads open—hopefully with a load of […]
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BEER—Hood River’s pFriem Family Brewers make a host of exceptional beers (I would happily drown in vats of their Wit and Belgian Strong Dark ale), and tonight they invade North Portland, taking over the taps at the Old Gold for a single evening. There will be small-batch rarities, whiskey-and-beer pairings, food specials, and—yeah—really, really good […]
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Project Runway All Stars: Watching TV with Michelle Lesniak
I am glad that the steady march of Portland designers to reality television show Project Runway has slowed somewhat… or am I? It’s tacky, but it’s also an undeniable opportunity to find exposure in an industry that is notoriously fucked up and difficult to succeed in. Whatever you think of the whole cabal, you can […]
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MUSIC—Listening to Horse Feathers is like touring tiny islands of pop, surfacing in oceans of beautiful instrumentation, each track a delicately constructed diorama of sound. Catching them live in a record store—on the day they drop new album So It Is with Us—is one of the best ways to experience their expansive-yet-private atmosphere. BOBBY ROBERTSMusic […]
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Lewis & Clark’s Symposium on Race, Beauty, and Fashion Looks Amazing
Oh Lewis & Clark College, you’re so easy to forget about! And then you go and put together a program like the one you have for your 11th annual Ray Warren Symposium on Race and Ethnic Studies, which makes me want to fire up Google maps and find out where you’re located! It may be […]
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MUSIC—The sultry, succulent tunes of J Roddy Walston and the Business have their roots in the South, but the Baltimore outfit’s rough-and-tumble, soulful rock is nationwide. With shards of glam, some Beatlesesque sunshine, and a jagged punk spirit, it’s growly, howly, and loud—just the way you like it. NED LANNAMANNw/Fly Golden Eagle; Doug Fir, 830 […]
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Content 2014 at Ace Hotel
Saturday at Ace Hotel was the annual fashion installation show Content—in which fashion designers, perfumers, home goods manufacturers, florists, and more are given free reign over the guest rooms on the hotel’s second floor—and it was another doozy, representing some of the city’s finest brands (shout-out to Seattle menswear designer Doberman, whose quilted denim pieces […]
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BOOKS—Girls creator/showrunner/writer Lena Dunham sits down with Carrie Brownstein for a chat about her new memoir, Not That Kind of Girl, which recounts “<3ing New York," sex with tiny poets, and her curious fascination with non-neurotics. Tonight's Q&A is sold out, so if you got tickets in time, I hope you have fun and I'll […]
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MUSIC—Have you heard Sinkane’s new album Mean Love? It’s soooooo good. The Sudan-born musician (AKA Ahmed Gallab) has really come into his sexy, falsetto-ed own with a collection of eclectic, groove-flecked, and slightly mournful pop songs. They’re chockfull of ’70s funk, soul, and Afropop, so this oughta be a feet-mover of a show. COURTNEY FERGUSONw/Helado […]
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MUSIC—Still one of Portland’s best, Blitzen Trapper is trying something new with two shows tonight at the Doug Fir, where they’ll be playing Neil Young’s Harvest in its entirety. Normally this is where I’d say something about how great this will be, but since I already noted that Blitzen Trapper is playing Harvest tonight, I […]
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COMEDY FEST—The lineup for this year’s All Jane No Dick comedy festival looks badass. It’s filled with more than 30 funny women—including the great Sara Schaefer, Aparna Nancherla, Phoebe Robinson, and Beth Stelling—who’ll be doing stand-up and improv shows for five straight days of hilarity. It’s a lady laff-fest—don’t miss it! COURTNEY FERGUSONCurious Comedy Theater, […]