Gabe Dinger’s Going Away Comedy Spectacular! Well, goddammit. We’re losing another Portland comedian to the wiles of Los Angeles. This time it’s the beloved Gabe Dinger, but he’s leaving on a high note. In Gabe Dinger’s Going Away Comedy Spectacular! he’ll be hitting the stage with Barbara Holm, JoAnne Schinderle, Jason Traeger, Nariko Ott, Bri […]
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Things To Do Tonight 9/24
Kurt Braunohler Kurt Braunohler is a master of chaos. When the comedian isn’t hosting the popular Hot Tub variety show in Los Angeles (along with the hilarious Kristen Schaal), he’s out in the world pulling stunts to make people do double takes. Like that time he blindfolded a busload of comedy nerds and drove them […]
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Things To Do Tonight 9/22
Northwest Hesh Fest: Day 1 Believe it or not, our trip around the sun has already brought us to another Northwest Hesh Fest. The first night features local kingpins Red Fang three weeks before the release of their new record, Only Ghosts. If you’re a fan and impatience is a quality you possess, it’s highly […]
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Things To Do Tonight 9/21
Sigur Rós Sigur Rós are scaling back the frills on their current tour, but beefing up the content. The Icelandic band will perform without any backing musicians as they run through two long sets of brand-new material and completely reworked older stuff. It’ll be a rare chance to see them work out their majestic, otherworldly […]
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Things To Do Tonight 9/19
Neil deGrasse Tyson From the rebooted Cosmos to Twitter, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson brings logic and inspiration to a time that often feels mired in fear and superstition. Last year, he swung through Portland for a phenomenal conversation; this week, he returns with An Astrophysicist Goes to the Movies, examining what cinema gets right and […]
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Things To Laugh At This Weekend
Jen Kirkman With jokes about the joys of divorce and the cultural expectation that every unwed lady who dies alone MUST own a cat, Jen Kirkman is the anti-Cathy “ACK!” comic. Her smart, mordant, vaguely existential brand of humor is a sad/funny reminder that we’re all basically alone, right? But we might as well laugh […]
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Things to Oktoberfest This Weekend!
Mount Angel OktoberfestFor four days out of the year, the town of Mount Angel essentially transforms itself into Little Germany, full of lederhosen, tuba music, sausages, and an absolutely astounding amount of beer of all kinds and varieties, to be drank out of all sorts of steins, mugs, cups and boots. Plus there’s other attractions, […]
