Whether you revel in or dread the dog days of summer, the August events calendar is bringing the heat. We’ve compiled the biggest events to give you a sense of the month ahead, from Pickathon to Japanese Breakfast with Built to Spill and from the PDX Adult Soapbox Derby to PICA’s Time-Released. For more ideas, check out our August calendar at-a-glance.
COMEDY
Sarah Sherman
Sarah Sherman (aka Sarah Squirm), surreal comic, SNL featured player, and a favorite of the too-online, will drop by Portland again in anticipation of her new Netflix flick opposite Adam Sandler. If I’m being honest, the first words that come to mind when I think of Sarah are “clown woman,” but I don’t mean it as an insult, and I have several outfits to back me up. The millennial weirdo behind “traveling freak show” Helltrap Nightmare will bring her lurid, unfiltered, technicolor schtick to Portland—prepare your rubber noses. LINDSAY COSTELLO
Aladdin Theater, Brooklyn (Fri Aug 25)
