Porltand State University 1524 SW PARK Friday, July 13 7 pm: Zinester Prom Saturday, July 14 10 am: Welcome breakfast/ group intro activity 11:30am-1pm: Workshop I (2-3 overlapping workshops) 1:30-3: Workshop II (2-3 overlapping workshops) 3:30-5: Workshop III (2-3 overlapping workshops) 6:30: Community dinner 8pm: Film Screening/Raffle Drawing Sunday, July 15 10am: Breakfast/ Zine trading/ […]
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THE POP PASSION PLAY
Singer Steve Earle Sheds a Heavenly Light on Pop Music and Literature
Steve Earle Arlene Schnitzer Hall Sun July 15 Steve Earle Doghouse Roses (Houghton Mifflin) This is a review of Steve Earle’s very fine book of stories by someone who thinks pop songs are the greatest achievement of our time. Suddenly I was in Puebla, Mexico without having finished this review. Puebla is thick with radios […]
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THURSDAY JULY 12 READING–Ariel Gore and other authors of Breeder: Stories from the New Generation of Mothers, will be reading some of their unflinching, honest, and practical anecdotes and advice about how to be a struggling single mom and still be cool, active, and informed. KD Powell’s City of Books, 1005 W Burnside, 228-4651, 7:30 […]
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Alphabet Dress 536 NE Cook Adorable, rad, Japanese-influenced Pop paintings by Trish Grantham. Wed, July 18, 7 pm Alysia Duckler Gallery 1236 NW Hoyt St, 223-7595 Oil paintings by William Toney that reflect his interest in landscape and the “vigor found within that environment.” Ephemera, is an exhibit of prints and paintings by Juila Ricketts […]
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Native Spirits
Art Review
Native Spirits Walt Curtis Mark Woolley Gallery 120 NW 9th, 224-5475 Also Showing: Recent Paintings by Anne Grgich Through July 28 For most of his life, Walt Curtis has held a pen in one hand and paintbrush in the other. He has written several volumes of poetry, and also achieved a high level of notoriety […]
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THURSDAY JULY 5 ANIMATION FESTIVAL–Are you’re looking for animation that can keep up with your witty, adult sense of humor and deep understanding of human relationships? Well, the shorts in Trixy Sweetvittle’s Wild and Wooley Festival of Animation have a little bit of everything, including neat-o, artistic film altering techniques. Plus, check out the art […]
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* Groundswell 1800 NE Alberta, 331-1420 Psychedelic America, a mixed media offering by the artist Dino that borrow’s from graffiti sensibilities. Through July 22 Alysia Duckler Gallery 1236 NW Hoyt St, 223-7595 Oil paintings by William Toney that reflect his interest in landscape and the “vigor found within that environment.” Ephemera is an exhibit of […]
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First Thursday Standouts
Art Review
The gallery offerings for July are many and varied, though a trend is apparent–Many exhibits favor an indulgence in color and a wealth of abstract mark-making. The following is a short list of shows that promise to seduce viewers with a rich palette and unique painting styles. Portland painter and poet Walt Curtis is most […]
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Dissections
Art Review
Dissections Laura Fritz Nil Contemporary, 221-3182 Through June 30 Armed with a painting degree from Drake University, Laura Fritz moved to Portland six years ago to unleash her creations. In her latest work, Dissections, on view at Nil Contemporary Art, Fritz bridges the gap between art and science. She approaches her sculptures as an impartial […]
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THURSDAY JUNE 28 SPOKEN WORDS–The entire Mercury staff has been having a love affair, and it’s with a boy named Dino. Seriously, you will be blown away when you hear this little white boy’s ability to rhyme. I mean, this guys speaks in rhyme. That’s why you shouldn’t miss him before he flies South to […]
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Alysia Duckler Gallery 1236 NW Hoyt St, 223-7595 Bulfinch’s Mythology, an exhibit of paintings by Julie Paschkis that portray fragments of Greek mythology, and Evocation Series, sculptures by Christine Clark that represent the human form. Through June 30 Atelier Z 328 NW Broadway #117, 236-4855 “Sculpture ripped from the proto-nuclear edge,” by Richard Cawley. Through […]
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THURSDAY JUNE 21 THEATER–Welcome to real theater, where integrity is valued over gloss and the characters leave you wondering what the hell you’re doing with your life–Win/Lose/Draw are three short plays focused around middle-aged women and their troubles. KD Magdyln Theater, Thurs-Sat, 7600 N Herford St, 708-8554, 8 pm, $10-14 MUSIC–The electronic, keyboardy, minimal sounds […]