COMEDY—Todd Glass is known for his crowd work and stinging, off-the-cuff stand-up—so what happens when he writes something down? His new book, The Todd Glass Situation, describes coming out as a 48-year-old comedian; he’s in town both to read at Powell’s and to perform stand-up at Helium all weekend long. AHReading at Powell’s Books at […]
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The Big Float is This Sunday!
Do not forget that my most favorite, summeriest event of the summer, THE BIG FLOAT, is this Sunday—and this one promises to be the best one yet. Why? Because after four years of Big Floatin’, the organizers are really getting it dialed in. It’s easier to register and get wristbands, it’s easier to get in […]
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The Fourth Annual Alley 33!
In this week’s Sold Out column, I took a look at the fourth annual Alley 33 outdoor fashion show this Saturday, which showcases some of the city’s “designer manufacturers” who are, in increasing numbers, working to create reasonable (and reasonably priced) clothing that’s relatively accessible and can fold into your everyday wardrobe. The same sort […]
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Tonight in Music
The Chain Gang of 1974 (Via) Bunk Bar–The Chain Gang of 1974, Empires, 10 pm, $10 Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall–Music on Main Street: Brothers & Sister, 5 pm, free, all ages Dig a Pony–Pussy Control: Holla & Oates, 9 pm East End–Warm Hands, Some Ember, Body of Light, Windows, 9 pm Gold Dust Meridian–Whiskey Wednesdays: […]
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Adrienne Antonson
Portland’s summer of fashion rages on in part thanks to the Museum of Contemporary Craft‘s Fashioning Cascadia (up through Oct 11), and while Portland’s own Cassie Ridgway’s residency at the exhibit’s “Safehouse” runs through this Saturday, I’m also looking ahead to the next visitor, Adrienne Antonson. Antonson went from Charleston to Washington’s Vashon Island (where […]
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Other Cities Keep Giving Us Their Fleas (Markets, That Is)
As previously mentioned, the sustainably minded Urban Air Market—already well established in San Francisco, with over a decade of events spread over various neighborhoods—is making its first foray into the Portland market on August 2 and 3 at the Zidell Yards. In addition to pulling in some of their Bay Area vendors, they’ve tapped a […]
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Lunch Wagon with Crowd Supply
Last week I mentioned the debut of Lunch Wagon, a weekly lunch cooked by Jason Barwikowski (formerly of the Woodsman Tavern, Olympic Provisions, Clyde Common) that features guest speakers with a connection to local manufacturing. The idea is to help encourage networking, resources, and discussion of the hurdles faced in bringing a variety of products […]
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It’s Happening Tonight!
COMEDY—After more than a month of side-splitting hilarity, the time has come for a winner to be crowned in the Portland’s Funniest Person Contest at Helium. Local comedy stalwarts Gabe Dinger, (occasional Mercury columnist) Bri Pruett, Curtis Cook, Anthony Lopez, and many more have been fighting their way up through the preliminaries. Find out who […]
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It’s Happening Tonight!
READING—William T. Vollmann—an essayist and sometimes journalist famed for chronicling the mucky lives of soldiers, fanatics, and the poor—will also dip his toes into fiction. They never come out any cleaner. Get grimy with Vollmann at Powell’s, where he’ll be reading from his first fiction work in nine years, the supernatural short story collection Last […]
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What Are You Doing this Weekend?
Ned Lannamann: “PDX Pop Now! PDX Pop Now! PDX Pop Now! PDX Pop Now! PDX Pop Now! PDX Pop Now! PDX Pop Now! PDX Pop Now! PDX Pop Now! PDX Pop Now! PDX Pop Now! PDX Pop Now! PDX Pop Now! PDX Pop Now! PDX Pop Now! PDX Pop Now! PDX Pop Now! PDX Pop […]
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It’s Happening Tonight!
MUSIC/SPORTS—PDX Pop Now! is back with three days of free, all-ages local music from bands like Blouse and Hustle and Drone—though the best part of the experience is discovering something new. Plus! It’s where the famous Rigsketball tournament will kick off, the best tour-van-meets-basketball-court in the world! MSAudioCinema, 226 SE Madison, Fri 6 pm-1 am, […]
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Tonight in Music
PDX Pop Now! (Via) AudioCinema–PDX Pop Now!: Wampire, Spellcaster, Stewart Villain, The Estranged, We Miss the Earth, Purse Candy, Cambrian Explosion, Tezeta Band, Barra Brown, 6 pm, free, all agesAlhambra Theatre–Vince Staples, Audio Push, Skeme, J. Sirus, 8 pm, $18Al’s Den–Shelby Earl, Jason Dodson, 7 pm, freeAsh Street Saloon–The Hoons, Dead Remedy, The Lovely Lost, […]