BEYONCÉ—Holocene is properly celebrating Beyoncé’s birthday with the booty-licious dance party, Bey Day: A Birthday Celebration for the Queen! DJs Holla n Oates and Ronin Roc will be spinning Beyoncé’s best for a sweaty crowd, plus video art, a special dance performance from House of Aquarius, and a Beyoncé costume contest! (Dig out that black […]
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This Week’s Style Events
It can’t, it won’t, and it don’t stop. Retail! • Northwest jewelry outpost Twist welcomes New York’s Jill Platner, a 20-year veteran of the business known for pieces that are substantial enough to wear while surfing or camping. Platner will have her entire collection in tow, in addition to a number of one-of-a-kind studio projects […]
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It’s Happening Tonight!
MUSIC—It was a big deal in June when Point Juncture, WA, opened for Orquestra Pacifico Tropical—in what was the band’s first show in more than a year. But let’s say you missed ’em because you thought you had something better do. Don’t make that mistake again. They’re playing tonight with crushing instrumental act Panther Attack. […]
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Tonight in Music
Your Pest Band (Via) Boogie’s Burgers & Brew–Your Pest Band, Wild Mohicans, Defect Defect, Piss Test, 7 pm, $6, all ages Aladdin Theater–Salif Keita, 8 pm, $35 Doug Fir–Panther Attack, Point Juncture WA, Hats Off, 9 pm, $8 Holocene–Old Age, Lost Cities, Soft Shadows, 8:30 pm, $6 The Know–Ruby Pins, Rat Columns, Landlines, 8 pm […]
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Design Week Portland: Time to Plan
Ah yes, the edification of early fall in Portland, with TBA‘s ponderous challenges and—as of a couple short years ago—the network-y expo of regional talent that is Design Week Portland. While you were barbequing hot dogs on Monday, registration for this year’s events (running October 4-11) opened, which means it’s time to peruse the schedule […]
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The Tomato Turn On
On the one hand, the phrase “tomato turn on” squicks me out just a little, but on the other hand HOLY SHIT TOMATO SEASON. I’m on year two of having a patch of earth available to plant food, and tomatoes are definitely the star of the show. I’ve got four plants of differing varieties spilling […]
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It’s Happening Tonight!
FILM—Terry Gilliam has always been a madman with a camera, and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen is one of the most ludicrous things he’s ever made, which is really saying something. It also features one of the biggest performances of Robin Williams’ career, but if you’re playing the King of the Moon, you kinda have […]
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Two Important Calendar Notes for Portland’s Garment Industry
To be clear, I do not want fall to come. Every summer has to be ripped from my grasp, and I get really defensive at this time of year, when people start every other sentence with some allusion to summer’s end even as they’re sweating through their tank top. Then I usually remain in cozy […]
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It’s Happening Tonight!
MUSIC—LA’s Together Pangea make rock ‘n’ roll as the devil intended: loud, snotty, and full of piss and vinegar. Their latest album, Badillac, is a maturation of sorts (that is to say, this one doesn’t contain a song called “Too Drunk to Cum”), but their raucous live show is as nuts as ever. Expect beer […]
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MUSIC—Yuna’s magically mellifluous voice—somehow calling to mind smoke, knives, and soft pillows all at once—used to be one of Malaysia’s best-kept secrets. But then people everywhere heard her sing, and now Yuna belongs to the whole world. Bonus? She’ll be sharing tonight’s bill with Seattle’s Shelby Earl, whose power-gloss folk music would be enough of […]
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FILM—NW Film Center’s been celebrating Wes Anderson’s films and inspirations all month, and they saved the best for last: Not only are they screening Moonrise Kingdom—maybe the purest distillation of Anderson’s aesthetic in a single film—but the Mercury’s delightful Erik Henriksen is introducing it. BOBBY ROBERTSWhitsell Auditorium, 1219 SW Park, 6 pm, $6-8 JADE DISTRICT—You’ve […]
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Tonight in Music
The Chanterelles (Via) Katie O’Brien’s–Bubble Cats, Dinosaur Heart, The Chanterelles, 9 pm, $3-5 Aladdin Theater–The Both, Telekinesis, 8 pm, $25 Al’s Den–St. Even, Nick Jaina, 7 pm, free Beulahland–Northern Draw, DJ Deena Bee, 9 pm, free Bunk Bar–Naomi Punk, Broken Water, 9:30 pm, $8 Club 21–Drunk Dad, Honduran, Same Sex Dictator, 9 pm Crystal Ballroom–Negativland, […]