COMEDY—Portland’s comedy explosion continues radiating outward and upward with the inclusion of Curious Comedy’s new monthly show, Minority Retort. Throwing the spotlight on funny folks of color (both local and national), this month’s comedy showcase debut features Katie Nguyen, Anthony Lopez, headliner Nathan Brannon, and more! WM. STEVEN HUMPHREYCurious Comedy Theater, 5225 NE MLK, 9:30 […]
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READING—When it comes to being an all-around artist, nobody beats Miranda July. Filmmaker, performance artist, and app developer (!!), July is also a writer of the highest order, and her debut novel, The First Bad Man, is already the talk of the literary world. The story revolves around a woman who gives birth to a […]
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WORDS—Studies show Aesop Rock has the largest vocabulary in hiphop. The Bay Area emcee’s lyrics are an intricately pretzeled mish-mash of cultural reference and is best experienced through headphones (density like that takes absorption). Rock dropped new material for the first time in a while, and he’s in town, so this is an easy call. […]
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MUSIC—Patti Smith is a goddamned national treasure. Not only is she a kickass musician, she’s also an artist, poet, and a celebrated memoirist of her friendship with artist Robert Mapplethorpe in Just Kids, a book that won her the National Book Award. She’s also a style icon for the ages. Don’t miss her—she’s a real-life […]
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WORDS—Who knows, right? After years of frustrating latency, maybe spelling skills were only waiting for a night in depressing January to issue forth from you like a verbose Niagara, like a bespectacled rainbow phoenix. There are no bragging rights like spelling bee bragging rights, so head down to Dig a Pony for the monthly Amazing […]
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MUSIC—The dark, quiet winter nights don’t need to be lonely when you can gather ’round the glow of Big Haunt’s gently macabre folk repertoire when they release their new EP tonight. Alongside them will be Old Wave, who’re also releasing a new record, their debut of carefully balanced, storytelling arrangements. Warm your hands! MARJORIE SKINNERw/Luz […]
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NEO-NOIR—In 1973, Robert Altman took a crack at Raymond Chandler and made one of the greatest films of the ’70s: The Long Goodbye, starring Elliott Gould. The NW Film Center is screening it tonight—and in a nice coincidence, the very Long Goodbye-ish Inherent Vice, directed by Altman’s protégé Paul Thomas Anderson, is also screening in […]
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MUSIC—Tennis’ songs are like a glassy/soft/rhythmic time machine that floats you back to all the best and sweetest make-out sessions you ever had. Maybe it’s because Tennis is a husband-and-wife duo who met in college and started playing music after a sailing trip. Maybe you shouldn’t think about it too much and just enjoy the […]
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THEATER—One of last spring’s most clever shows returns for a fun second season. It’s Sidekicks—Action/Adventure Theatre’s twisted take on the superhero genre (with the Merc‘s own Noah Dunham). In an alternate-universe Portland, a group of not-so-superpowered sidekicks do all the grunt work for their not-so-heroic bosses. (Sound familiar?) The show is serialized, running for four […]
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COMEDY—She blasted onto the national consciousness with a set about being diagnosed with breast cancer, and had to cancel her sold-out show in November because of a ruptured cyst. But comedian Tig Notaro isn’t going to let a little sickness stop her at this rescheduled show. Her sets are as healthy as a horse with […]
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FILM—Back in the early ’80s, Shogun Assassin flickered on the tattered screens of America’s grindhouse theaters. These days, Shogun Assassin‘s perfect blend of bloody violence and heartwarming sentiment has earned it a reputation as one of the great samurai cinema classics—and tonight, the Hollywood Theatre’s got it on 35mm. ERIK HENRIKSENHollywood Theatre, 4122 NE Sandy, […]
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MUSIC—Oh dear, has it really been 10 years since the Know first opened up and starting slinging drinks and shattering eardrums? It has! Show your gratitude with a 10-day festival of loud and excellent lineups, such as tonight’s, with Red Fang, Gaytheist, and Drunk Dad! MARJORIE SKINNERThe Know, 2026 NE Alberta, 7 pm, $8 VARIETY […]