THURSDAY, AUGUST 6
As part of NW Film Center’s
ongoing Top Down series, tonight’s campy punk cult fave Ladies and
Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains charts a teenage girl punk band through
a meteoric rise in the sleazy, fickle world of rock music. The movie is
preceded by the ravishing folk of Black Heart Moon. NL
Hotel deLuxe, 729 SW 15th, 8 pm, $8
It’s the art schmooze of the summer at
the Everett Station Lofts tonight, as the artists’ community opens its
rooftop for a celebration of its many talented residents—expect
visual art, music, performance art, and more. AH
Everett Station Lofts, 328 NW Broadway, 6-10 pm, FREE
FRIDAY, AUGUST 7
If anything could draw me to Vernonia,
it’s the Friendship Jamboree and Logging Show, with lawnmower races,
smallest dog contest, and chainsaws. But I’m also drawn to Tualatin’s
Crawfish Festival, the biggest crawfish fest west of the Mississippi.
Damn! Why are loggers and crawfish never in the same place? PAC
Friendship Jamboree & Logging Show, 1001 Bridge, Vernonia,
Fri–Sun, FREE; Tualatin Crawfish Festival, Tualatin Commons, 8325
SW Nyberg, Tualatin, Fri–Sat, FREE
Tragic Magic isn’t just the street name for
crack dipped in PCP. It’s also tonight’s one-and-done show by three of
NYC’s most hell-bent performance artistes: dirty pretty Heather Acs,
tightly dressed Glenn Marla (Miss LES 2006), and indie
director/punk queer Silas Howard. Their swirling narratives and
multimedia masturbation will mess you up pretty good. JC
Miracle Theatre, 525 SE Stark, 8 pm, $12
SATURDAY, AUGUST 8
If you’ve been suffering from a
rock-band-shaped hole in your heart, might we direct your attention to
Seattle’s BOAT, who deserve as much love as you can muster. Their
rockin’ pop songs are like cute ‘n’ cuddly rescue
animals—friendly, loyal, playful, and just looking for a
good home. NL
w/New Century Schoolbook, Peacock & Labeau; Backspace, 115 NW
5th, 9 pm, $6, all ages
Attention! Do not miss what could
very well be the booty-rockin’ event of the season: the Portland Cello
Project’s Extreme Dance Party Edition, where this hilariously fun and
talented gang of string instrumentalists will perform a litany of
ass-droppin’ pop hits—including songs from my beloved Justin
Timberlake! Join me in squealing, “EEEEEEE!!!” WSH
w/Jared Mees & The Grown Children; Doug Fir, 830 E Burnside,
9 pm, $10
SUNDAY, AUGUST 9
You don’t get many opportunities to see
this—actual Mexican Lucha Libre wrestling! You know…
with the crazy masks! And the crazy moves! And the crazy shenanigans!
And Lucha Libre Mexicana 9 promises all this action in addition to
authentic wrestlers from Mexico’s AAA (their equivalent to our
WWE) as well as the states. Viva la bodyslam! WSH
Lucha Libre Mexicana 9, 146th & SE Stark,
behind Furniture Liquidators, 7:30 pm, $20 adults, $8 kids, under 5
free
Bike (or walk) across Portland’s many bridges
in the annual Providence Bridge Pedal, wherein all those cars get
shuffled off for a day and you get every bridge to yourself! Well, to
yourself—and a couple thousand other riders. But you can share,
can’t you? From Sellwood to St. Johns, experience the bridges like they
were meant to be: by bike. PG
Various locations, 7 am, $20-45, providence.org/bridgepedal for
more info & registration
MONDAY, AUGUST 10
What’s amazing about Laurie Sandell’s new
graphic novel The Imposter’s Daughter: A True Memoir is that the
words tell her story of a lying father as she lived it, with decreasing
innocence along the way, while the pictures let you in on the
secret—or at least cast a heavy suspicion—from the very
beginning. It’s smart, but not too smart. JC
Powell’s City of Books, 1005 W Burnside, 7:30 pm, FREE
Round up your beach chair and the usual suspects,
because Bogie’s on the big screen tonight. Casablanca plays at Laurelhurst Park—here’s looking at you, Bogie, you
dreamy dreamboat, you. RM
Laurelhurst Park, SE 39th & Stark, dusk, FREE
TUESDAY, AUGUST 11
Right up there with saunas and cold fish for
breakfast, pristinely catchy pop music is a Swedish cultural hallmark.
And while Peter Bjorn and John aren’t national icons like ABBA, and
they aren’t red–hot it girls like Lykke Li either, they’re
somewhere in between, which is a pretty damn harmonious place to be.
MS
w/Alela Diane, Wonder Ballroom, 128 NE Russell, 8 pm, $20-23, all ages
Each year, the wrathful Perseid
meteor shower threatens the existence of our planet with flaming rocks
from the heavens. Some folks thing 60 meteors an hour is “beautiful.” I
know it’s certain doom! That’s why I’ll be shouting “DOOM!!!” at OMSI’s
Perseid meteor shower star party tonight. PAC
OMSI Perseid Meteor Shower Star Party, Rooster Rock State Park,
I-84 Exit 25, Corbett, 9 pm, FREE
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12
A Few of My Favorite Things is the new monthly
series where local artists—musicians, filmmakers, or
performers—take over Holocene for an evening of open-ended
entertainment. The inaugural curating honor belongs to Brian Mumford of
Dragging an Ox Through Water, who will fill the space with retail space
for small local labels, various musical acts (himself included), and
something called “a wearable sculpture procession.” Bonus: The show
will raise money for homeless youth program Yellow Brick Road. EAC
w/Salt Orchard, Operative, & more; Holocene, 1001 SE
Morrison, 7 pm, $6
For your civic-minded listening pleasure,
tonight’s Music on Main Street offers up the Old Believers and
Autopilot Is for Lovers. Plus, did you know that this free outdoor
music series has an adjacent bar where drinks can be drunk? It does.
They can. AH
Portland Center for the Performing Arts, 1111 SW Broadway, 5 pm,
FREE, all ages