MUSIC—When Mississippi Studios started, it was a tiny li’l spot. Now it’s a grownup venue with a great big showroom, but as a throwback to the old days, they’re hosting intimate Monday performances in Radar Restaurant next door. This week’s guest for “Under the Radar” is the always-amazing local folk luminary Laura Gibson, who recently […]
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Tonight in Music
Rats in the Wall (Via) Lola’s Room–Rats in the Wall, Fire at Will, 8 pm, free, all ages Alhambra Theatre–Emby Alexander, Bath Party, The English Language, Hemingway, 9 pm, $5-7 Double Dragon–Banana Stand Secret Show, 8 pm, free The Know–Hang the Old Year, Barrows, The Sky Above & Earth Below, 8 pm Radar–Laura Gibson, 8 […]
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What Are You Doing this Weekend?
Courtney Ferguson: “I’m going to go eat some BBQ at Clay’s tonight… because mmmm. Saturday I’m going stand-up paddleboarding (SUP, dawg) in the Willamette before heading to the Rose City Rollers Championships roller derby games at Memorial Coliseum. Then Sunday, I’m roller skating through the rainbow-colored streets for the Pride Parade. Come throw candy at […]
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This Week’s Style Events
This is why this city is so awesome for seasonal sales. It’s summer one minute, and cold and raining the next, so no matter which season you are plucking from (for the apparel world marches to the beat of its own ruthless seasons regardless), you’ll probably be able to comfortably wear your new find within […]
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Tonight in Music
Down Gown (Via) Dante’s–Summer Kick-Off Bash: Daydream Machine, Gaytheist, Miracle Falls, Gibraltar, Down Gown, 8 pm Alberta Street Pub–Rio Grands, Smokey Brights, Frizz, 8:45 pm, $5 Angelo’s–Erik Anarchy, Regulo Junior, Jargon, Town & The Writ, 9 pm, $1 Bunk Bar–The Builders & The Butchers, Bash Face, Turbo Perfecto, 10 pm, $12 Club 21–The Lovesores, Vodka […]
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Win Tickets to Russian Roulette
Back Fence PDX: Russian Roulette is a storytelling series that asks participants to spin a giant wheel full of story prompts, and gives them five minutes to come up with a true story based on the prompt they receive. This weekend’s installment of the popular series sees the return of previous winners Jessica Lee Williamson […]
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Tonight: Stephanie Syjuco at MoCC
This evening at 6:30 San Francisco mixed-media artist Stephanie Syjuco (her work is part of the permanent collections of both the SF MOMA and the Whitney) is giving a free lecture at the Museum of Contemporary Craft in advance of a two-day workshop she is also teaching next week. It’s part of the museum’s Fashioning […]
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It’s Happening Tonight!
COMICS—It’s been three years, but to the earth every last beautiful thing must go. The Mercury’s Erik Henriksen and Alison Hallett are pulling the plug on their co-produced, fantastically fun Comics Underground, and they’re going out with a bang with comics readings from favorites Benjamin Dewey, Joëlle Jones, Jeff Parker, Matt Fraction, and more. Hot […]
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Tonight in Music
Heavy Hawaii (Via ) Bunk Bar–Heavy Hawaii, Ah God, Tender Age, 9:30 pm, $6 Black Book–Modern(-ist): DJ Troubled Youth, Ryan Biornstad, 10 pm, free Crystal Ballroom–Swan Sovereign, Swansea, Dean, 8 pm, $12, all ages Dante’s–Big Business, American Sharks, 9 pm, $12 Doug Fir–Shad, Tope, 9 pm, $10-12 Holocene–Body Party: Holla & Oates, Ben Tactic, Chrome […]
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Catl (Via) Dante’s–Nashville Pussy, Catl, The Yawpers, 9 pm, $14 Bunk Bar–Doug Gillard, Charts, Miracle Falls, 10 pm, $8-10 Dig a Pony–DJ Cuica, DJ Sahelsounds, 9 pm Doug Fir–Tomorrow’s Tulips, Guantanamo Baywatch, 9 pm, $10-12 East End–The Bloodtypes, Stalins of Sound, Static & the Cubes, The Nervous, 9 pm Gold Dust Meridian–Whiskey Wednesdays: Pete Krebs, […]
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It’s Happening Tonight!
QUEER STORIES—In celebration of Pride, Slant: Live Queer Storytelling presents the perfect opportunity to hear a boatload of true tales from the LGBTQ community. Thrill to stories from Jimmy Radosta, Joaquin Lopez, Lavell Wood, and more, plus hilarious hosting from Kaj-anne Pepper. And since the proceeds go to Teacher 10 (supporting LGBTQ educators), tonight’s theme […]
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It’s Happening Tonight!
FILM + MUSIC—Kate Bush’s artsy film The Line, the Cross, and the Curve is basically an extended music video featuring songs from her 1993 album The Red Shoes. Now it gets the Sound + Vision treatment with live dance and artist performances from a cadre of Portland’s lithe and graceful, who should match Bush’s etherealness. […]