Obtaining a presence via mobile kiosk near Portland’s tourist epicenter was great strategy for Know Your City; they’ll be there (along with a few other tour-oriented agencies) to help answer that “What do we do now?” post-Voodoo conundrum faced by so many of the city’s visitors. The upcoming roster of tours includes a few of […]
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MUSIC/SECRETS—Cure your summertime Monday blahs with Banana Stand’s series of weekly secret shows! Every Monday through Labor Day, Double Dragon will open at 6 pm with a special menu and discounted drinks; then, at 8 pm, a TOP SECRET band—specially picked by the folks at Banana Stand Media—takes the stage. The series kicks off tonight […]
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The Complete Lineup for Summer Strut
Speaking of under-served markets (AKA business opportunities) in the apparel world: While plus-size clothing has long held a presence in big-box retail, it’s been enjoying an uptick on the local level, with shops like Union Rose and Mag-Big featuring and designing locally made styles as reasonably priced, off-the-rack options for women whose previous shop-local opportunities […]
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Tacos ‘n’ Tequila
Two great tastes that go great together: TACOS, and… TEQUILA. That was the germ of the Merc‘s latest food/food/music/fun bonanza: TNT: Tacos ‘n’ Tequila! We’ve paired up with our pals at Sauza Tequila and Mississippi Studios for a long afternoon of… TACOS! Taste creations from La Taq, Mi Mero Mole, Xico, and (stepping slightly out […]
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COMEDY—We’re in the Cameron Esposito fan club. We even cut our hair in a super-hip mullet just like hers. (It looks better on her.) Esposito is a brilliant young stand-up, and if you don’t know that already, you clearly haven’t been reading the Mercury. Tonight she’s recording a comedy album for the tastemakers at Kill […]
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Lorelle Meets the Obsolete (Via) Habesha–Billions & Billions, Lorelle Meets the Obsolete, Cambrian Explosion, 9 pm, $5Alhambra Theatre–Dataport: Rhinostrich, Bryface, Temple Maps, 9 pm, $5 Club 21–Big Eyes, Mope Grooves, The Rat, 9 pm, free Crystal Ballroom–The Decemberists, Sallie Ford, 8 pm, $49.50-125, all ages Doug Fir–Scott Pemberton, Born Cosmic, Redray Frazier, 9 pm, $10-12 […]
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STREET FAIR—Summer’s upon us, friends! Let’s gather on NE Alberta, listen to music, ogle crafts of varying quality, and watch as Mayor Charlie Hales tries to rein in Last Thursday for the second year in a row. Tonight’s festivities end an hour earlier than past events. At 9 pm sharp, got it? And no illegal […]
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Pocket Rock-it (Via) Holocene–Laid Out: Gossip Cat, Pocket Rock-it, Misti Miller, 9 pm, $5 Black Book–Modern(-ist): DJ Troubled Youth, Ryan Biornstad, 10 pm, free Bunk Bar–Tweak Bird, Gaytheist, 9 pm, $8-10 Crystal Ballroom–The Decemberists, Laura Veirs, 8 pm, $49.50-125, all ages Dig a Pony–DJ Dickel, 5 pm; Rev Shines, DJ Cooky Parker, 9 pmDoug Fir–Bike […]
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BOOKS—Elizabeth Warren, the liberal superstar and senior senator from Massachusetts, saw the financial meltdown coming before most people, but says her warnings went unheard. So she ran for office, won, and has since done her fair share to bring the country’s financial swindlers to heel. It’s a great story, told in her new book, A […]
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Intuitive Navigation (Via) Holocene–Intuitive Navigation: Swahili, Phone Call, Dual Mode, Sex Life DJs, 8:30 pm, $5 Dig a Pony–Pussy Control: Holla & Oates, 9 pm Gold Dust Meridian–Whiskey Wednesdays: Pete Krebs, Brent Martens, 8 pm Hawthorne Theatre–Black Flag, The Loss, Cinema Cinema, Clackamas Baby Killers, 7 pm, $20-25, all agesMississippi Studios–Papercuts, EDJ, Ritchie Young, 9 […]
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MUSIC—Detroit punkers Tyvek stop in town for the second time this month as they make their way back up the West Coast, and this means double the pleasure for P-Town. Don’t miss the splendid Woolen Men, whose deep catalog of lo-fi pop gemstones is one of our city’s greatest natural resources. NLw/the Bugs; Bunk Bar, […]
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What Are You Doing this Weekend?
Alison Hallett: “Going to Action/Adventure Theatre’s Inspired By fundraiser, to see writers Chelsea Cain and Alexis Smith, the Builders and the Butchers’ Ryan Sollee, actors from Portland Playhouse and Live Wire, and more. I’m going to read Geoff Dyer’s Another Great Day at Sea (he’s at Powell’s Tuesday, June 3) and maybe My Real Children, […]