Visual Art

Thursday Nov 29 HIPHOP–With a soothing balance of social consciousness, melody, and well-measured rhythm, Aceyalone is one of the most elegant rappers out of California. Plus, he’s only here once every 10 billion years or so. See him in your lifetime. KD Berbati’s Pan, 231 SW Ankeny, 248-4579, $10-12 Friday Nov 30 POH-HOP–Portland has finally […]

Belmont Art Walk The monthly neighborhood celebration (32nd-34th SE Belmont) of art is headlined by the paintings of Chuck Moreland at Seaplane and photographs by Sam Gould at Realm 8. Most exhibits run through Dec 7. Fifth Element 404 NW 10th Ave, Suite 1, 279-9042 Beauty and Utility, features unique ceramic vessels made by Montana […]

thursday nov 22 DJ–Even though they change their name every other week (most recently from House of Grooves) let’s give the people running the 13th Floor a chance to impress us. They feature electronic artists, like this evening’s headliner, the never-touring legendary Chicagoan Larry Heard. And, unlike many other places in Portland, they actually encourage […]

* Augen Gallery 817 SW 2nd Ave, 224-8182 Northwest painter Royal Nebeker presents recent work. Nebeker’s style is described as dwelling in the “realm of Northern European Expressionism.” Also on view are a selection of prints by the late, art-world-great, Roy Lichtenstein. Through Dec 1 Belmont Art Walk The monthly neighborhood celebration (32nd-34th SE Belmont) […]

Thursday Nov 15 POTPOURRI–If it’s not easily defined by preexisting categories, it’s probably interesting. Carl Hancock Rux, with his No Black Male Show, fuses poetry, dance, music, theatre, and racial politics. Talk about killing a bunch of birds with one stone! MS Hollywood Theatre, 4122 NE Sandy, 281-4215, 8pm, $16 general, $13 members MUSIC–Quirky pop […]

Antique Fine Art Gallery 301 SW Pine St, 295-6331 Figurative drawings by NY-transplant Jesse Perna. Through Nov 30 * Augen Gallery 817 SW 2nd Ave, 224-8182 Northwest painter Royal Nebeker presents recent work. Nebeker’s style is described as dwelling in the “realm of Northern European Expressionism.” Also on view are a selection of prints by […]

Thursday 11/08 FILM SCORING–It’s like this. In the middle of last century, French filmmaker Jean Painlevé made some rad films about nature–with fun shots of octopi, bats, and weird insects. Now, Yo La Tengo, who walk the line between noise and pop, will score the films of Painlevé, bringing indierock together with Frenchness. How beautifully […]

Broderick Gallery 814 SW 1st Ave, 224-4020 British painter Crawfurd Adamson presents a new series of still life, landscape, and figurative works. Through Nov 30 * Butters Gallery 520 NW Davis St, 248-9378 Ted Katz presents a series of small-scaled, watercolor paintings that use saturated colors to accentuate a marriage between geometric and organic shapes. […]