Jump to: Friday | Saturday | Sunday Friday, Aug 30 Blink-182, Lil Wayne A short trek out to Ridgefield (plus some traffic) is more than worth it to see drummer Travis Barker and Lil Wayne do their thing on this strangely matched Blink 182/Lil Wayne co-headliner tour. Hip-hop icon Lil Wayne’s The Carter V is […]
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The 17 Most Delicious Things to Do in Portland: September 2019
Feast Portland Clear your stomach and your palate, the biggest food festival of the year is underway! Feast brings chefs, food lovers, and delicious eats together for a weekend-long celebration of tasting. There are tons of events to enjoy like “East Coast vs. West Coast,” “Brunch Village: Breakfast Around the World,” and “The Big Feast […]
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The 23 Funniest Things to Do in Portland: September 2019
How Did This Get Made An island of hilarity and insight in a massive sea of bad movie podcasts, How Did This Get Made stars June Diane Raphael, Paul Scheer, and the Tick-Tock Man himself, Jason Mantzoukas, all looking at a cinematic misfire and trying to figure out just how in the hell it wound […]
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The Summer of Slushies, Week 8: Aug 26-Sep 1 2019
Watermelon Agua Fresca (Lay Low) The slushie: Watermelon Agua FrescaWhat’s in it: Pinnacle Vodka, Watermelon, Mint simple syrupWhat they say: A great summertime back patio cocktailWhen you can drink it: Daily 11:30 am-2 am Jungle Duck (Kachinka) The slushie: Jungle DuckWhat’s in it: Cruzan dark rum, OFTD Rum, Cream Sherry, Giffard Lichi-Li, Giffard Passionfruit, Pineapple, […]
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The 22 Best Things to Do in Portland This Week: Aug 26-29 2019
Jump to: Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday Monday, Aug 26 Close the Camps Benefit Show Would you have guessed that, in the year 2019, there would be literal concentration camps at the southern border? Here’s the first in a series of four concerts around Portland to raise money for immigrants’ rights groups and […]
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Cheap, Free, & Fun: The 20 Best Bang For Your Buck Events in Portland, Aug 23-29 2019
All Together Festival To celebrate the release of its latest two-disc compilation, Friends and Friends of Friends Vol. 12, Tender Loving Empire is throwing a FREE all-day show on White Owl’s expansive patio. In addition to stellar live sets from local stars like the Shivas, MELT, Shadowgraphs, and Ripley Snell featuring Blossom, there will also […]
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The 30 Best Things to Do in Portland This Weekend: Aug 23-25 2019
Jump to: Friday | Saturday | Sunday Friday, Aug 23 Japanese Breakfast, Bedouine, And And And The woman behind the Japanese Breakfast moniker is Eugene, OR-bred experimental pop/lo-fi artist Michelle Zauner, who drew critical acclaim for her 2016 studio debut Psychopomp and its 2017 follow-up Soft Sounds from Another Planet. Her recent single “Essentially” is […]
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The 24 Best Things to Do in Portland This Week: Aug 19-22 2019
Jump to: Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday Monday, Aug 19 Apocalypse Now: The Final Cut For as much shit as George Lucas gets for forever fiddling with his classics, his old friend Francis Ford Coppola has been doing the same damn thing for even longer, and the Clinton Street is screening his latest […]
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The 33 Best Movies and TV Shows to See in Portland: Aug 16-29
After the Wedding A gender-flipped American remake of Susanne Bier’s 2006 overwrought melodrama, trading up from Mads Mikkelsen and Rolf Lassgård to Michelle Williams and Julianne Moore. (Opens Fri Aug 23, Regal Fox Tower 10) Angel Has Fallen Olympus Has Fallen was a forgettable Gerard Butler action movie vehicle best known for being the worse […]
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The 22 Best Concerts to See in Portland: August 15-29
Weyes Blood! Tribe Mars! Koffee!
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The Summer of Slushies, Week 7: Aug 19-25 2019
Sasquatch Slushy (Sasquatch Brewing) The slushie: Sasquatch SlushyWhat they say: Finally a summer slushy you can go steady with. Made with New West’s Squeeze Raspberry Lemonade Cider, Wild Roots London Dry Gin, and homegrown mint simple syrup, The Main Squeeze is a little tart, a little sweet, and definitely relationship material. When you can drink […]
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Cheap, Free, & Fun: The 20 Best Bang For Your Buck Events in Portland, Aug 16-22 2019
Portland Adult Soapbox Derby Remember when you were a kid and your parent helped you build a death machine to ride down a hill in? Well, now you can be your own dad and build yourself a soapbox racecar! Adults speed down the hill at crazy speeds in their own handmade contraptions. Sounds like the perfect circus to watch […]