Welcome to June! The month is off to a great start with top-notch events from Portland Center Stage’s production of The Importance of Being Earnest to The Bloody Mary Festival and from the Rose Festival’s Grand Floral Parade to the first weekend of the Oregon Renaissance Faire. Want to see what else this month has in store? Check out our June events guide.
TUESDAY
PARTIES & NIGHTLIFE
Bravo’s The Valley Watch Party
I’ve been dutifully watching Vanderpump Rules since 2014, so the influx of viewers after a certain 2023 scandal was bittersweet—on the one hand, I was thrilled that everyone caught on to the good-as-goldcontent that Lisa Vanderpump’s glam employees served on a tequila-splattered platter, but on the other hand, the whole thing went down because one of the Toms showed his ass for the thousandth time. (Lesson: Men who shave their foreheads will never learn.) Anyway, just as everyone became hooked on VPR, the show ended—or rather, was recast, which makes me nervous. There’s only one Scheana, people! Join me in taking refuge with The Valley, which follows a handful of former Pumpers and their weird friends as they get married, have babies, and do other stuff that seems generally boring but is, of course, psychotic and chaos-filled. Lisa Boehm and comedian Rachael Ivy Young host these weekly watch parties, which include bingo sessions, charity fundraising, and cute prizes. LC
(Take Two, Concordia)
