THURSDAY, July 13
GALLERY–In Scape, Abigail Pierce presents an installation
of large, luminous, and gentle forms, which don’t really refer to anything practical,
but still look pretty cool. This is the last day to see this show before it closes.
KD
Metropolitan Art Studio, 2808 NE MLK #13, 422-9052, Free
ART–If you haven’t seen Patrick Rock’s show, It is All About
You (or, wait a minute, even if you have), you should come to the closing
party. In a four-room installation, Rock presents an honest, funny insight into
his world. KD
Gallery Daycare, 328 NW Broadway, 294-1903, 6 pm, Free
FRIDAY, July 14
PLAY–Let them eat Cake! In Raymond Barry’s third play at
Stark Raving Theater, sex is synonymous with death, as a virus has wiped out
all but two gay men and made surviving hetros fearful of all human contact.
Seemingly the only pleasure remaining is cake. DKH
Stark Raving Theater, 3430 SE Belmont Street, 232-7072, 10 pm, $9.50
RAWK & ROLL–Looking for some tight-pant rock in’ roll? Well, Beaverton
is the place to be! The “Beav” welcomes the incomparable Joan Jett & the
Blackhearts as well as the California-based tight-trousered Brit pop stylings
of Tsar. WSH
Taste of Beaverton, Mainstage, Griffith Park on SW Griffith Drive, 778-8222, 8
pm, $4 advance, $6 at the gate
CHUTZPAH— Let Bonfire Madigan be your Witch of Eastwick, as Madigan
Shive channels fire into her cello and mesmerizes you into a sinful dance with
her Salome-song. All smirky Jezebels should be this talented. JS
w/Rick Bain & the Genius Position, EJ’s, 2140 NE Sandy, 234-3535.
SATURDAY, July 15
SCOTTISH MEN–Remember, a Taber that fails to flip isn’t recorded. Men
in kilts gather for the 48th Portland Scottish Highland Games and toss
20-foot-long, 120 pound logs of timber. Spectators are encouraged to stay behind
the protective screen. PB
Mount Hood Community College, 26000 SE Stark, 8:30 am-9:30 pm, $10
MORE SCOTTISH MEN–Bands with the first name of a person as their musical
alias are always tricky things. You tell the unknowing, “Yeah, I’m going to
see Travis tonight,” and they’re all, “Who’s he?” That’s when you laugh
at them and say they are a total loser for not being hip enough to realize Travis
is the coolest Scottish band since Always. JSR
w/Leona Naess, Roseland Theater, 8 NW Sixth, 224-2038, 9 pm
FRISBEES–Regular golf is for punk-ass suckahs. Warm up your throwing
arm, and get some exercise this weekend playing frisbee golf at the 9-hole
course at Woodstock Park. For rules, tips and other courses, consult www.breakawaydisc.com!
WSH
Woodstock Park, SE 47th and Steele, Free
MONDAY, July 17
READING–French cartoonist Lewis Trondheim has populated Edwardian
mysteries and humorous Western genre stories with his lanky, casually dressed
animal characters. He will be in-store signing his Fantagraphics publications,
Nimrod and The Nifty Adventures of McConey. PB
Reading Frenzy, 921 SW Oak, 6-8 pm, Free
TUESDAY, July 18
DEMENTED DISNEY–Hate Disney? WE DO, TOO! Join us as the Clinton Street
Theater presents, Fuck Mickey Mouse, an evening of Disney rip-offs, parodies
and other seldom seen cartoons (including Coal Black and the Sebben Dwarves,
and Tex Avery’s Red Hot Riding Hood). WSH
Clinton Street Theater, 2522 SE Clinton, 238-8899, July 14-27, 7:00 & 9:15 pm,
plus 2:00 Sundays, $6
WEDNESDAY, July 19
PINBALL–Put off that stinkin’ laundry another night and jack your roll
of quarters into the terrific Flash Gordon pinball machine at Ground Kontrol,
Portland’s coolest stationary time machine. (I will vouch that Flash Gordon is
at least six times as cool as the critically acclaimed Addams Family!) JS
Ground Kontrol Retrocade™, 610 SW 12th Ave, 796-9364, 25¢