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The Top 38 Events in Portland This Week: Aug 26–Sept 2, 2024 – EverOut Portland
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Leave it to Church of Film to dig up a hardcore crime flick with a trans–positive message! This 2013 Japanese flick is also a peculiar, unlikely entry in trans cinema history. The Clan’s Heir Is a Trans Woman follows a yakuza plan whose search for a new boss finds them in a queer bar, where Nana, a trans woman, must learn to navigate the “ultra-macho” world of the yakuza. Best part? The journey is kinda charming—you might even shed a tear or two. LC
(Clinton Street Theater, Hosford-Abernethy)
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If you drive past Moda Center this week and see a marquee that says “Kings of Leon with Phantogram,” it may feel like you’ve been transported back to 2008. The Nashville-born brothers will bring their growly garage rock to Portland to support their new album, Can We Please Have Fun. While the audience will surely await older hits like “Sex on Fire” and “Use Somebody,” I hope they’ll let the boys have some fun and play new songs! AV
(Moda Center, Lloyd District)
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The Schnitz’s free block party-esque summer music series is back for its 17th year with an impressive program of local talent performing in the middle of Main Street. This weekend, the series will end on a high note with Grammy-nominated reggae musician Aaron Nigel Smith. AV
(SW Main between SW Broadway and SW Park, South Park Blocks)
READINGS & TALKS
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This recurring reading series centers stories by BIPOC writers, prioritizing their safety and creativity. Hosts Kyle Yoshioka and Jessica Meza-Torres will help lead a community discussion, and featured reader Christopher Diaz will share fresh writing. An open mic option for BIPOC writers will be available, too, so dust off the manuscript you’ve been scared to share. LC
(Literary Arts, Downtown)
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If time is a flat circle, Koyaanisqatsi is a set of interlinked rings in a magician’s grab bag. The rollercoaster tone poem collages the cyclical nature of humanity with soul-stirring time-lapse photography. A quick sensation upon its 1983 release, the cosmic flick became the first entry in the Qatsi trilogy. (The title is drawn from a Hopi word meaning “life out of balance.”) Portland visual artist Eatcho helped curate this month’s Blessings Movie Night, which will feature an original live score by local musicians. Philip Glass’ hypnotic score is kinda crucial to the Koyaanisqatsi experience, so I’m intrigued to discover how the film will land when set to a different soundscape. LC
(Clinton Street Theater, Hosford-Abernethy)
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Over the past five decades, PNW legend/bassist Toody Cole and her dearly departed husband Fred have kept Portland’s music scene alive with their bands—Dead Moon, the Weeds, the Rats, Pierced Arrows, and several others—self-recording and self-releasing music in their self-built Clackamas County home. Can we get this woman a key to the city of Portland already!? Toody will be joined by members of Jenny Don’t & the Spurs and Monica Nelson & the Jack London Trio in honor of Fred’s birthday. Fingers crossed she plays one of her solo deep-cuts “Coming On Strong” or “Rather Be Your Lover.” AV
(Crystal Ballroom, West End)
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If you dig the Portland Flea, you’ll love this colorful mash-up of the city’s food, drink, music, and art scenes coming to Pioneer Courthouse Square once a month this summer. Don’t miss the third and final installment this week, where dozens of creators will share their wares, from the foodie booties of Cheeky Art Studio to risograph prints from Secret Room Press. Cool off with refreshing beverages from Straightaway Cocktails and scoops from Kate’s Ice Cream alongside other delicious bites from HeyDay, Long’s Vietnamese Kitchen, and more food vendors. SL
(Pioneer Courthouse Square, Downtown)
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Kickstand Comedy’s hugely popular Comedy in the Park series has returned, hitting Laurelhurst Park on most Fridays through September 6. Grab your pals with a sense of humor and drop your blankets early—the free stand-up show has been known to draw crowds of 4,000 or more. The plus side of the bonkers crowd is the unmatched dog-watching; I’m a fan of Laurelhurst duck-watching, too. This Friday, a lineup of much-loved funnybones will head to the stage after local laughers Rachelle Cochran and Julia Corral get the crowd going. LC
(Laurelhurst Park, Laurelhurst)
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Electric Light Orchestra is not a band I would typically like. It’s all men, classified as “prog rock,” and has songs called “Evil Woman” and “Sweet Talkin’ Woman.” But here’s the thing, I love them. I bought a copy of Eldorado when I was thirteen years old because of the Wizard of Oz album cover—What followed was a massive obsession with cheesy, orchestral glam rock. Drop the needle on “Can’t Get It Out of My Head” and you’ll immediately want to feather your hair and zip up your platform boots. Founding frontman Jeff Lynne will return to Portland with the band’s current iteration, which includes a chamber of string musicians. AV
(Moda Center, Lloyd District)
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A strange black monolith transcends time, witnessed by early man and 21st-century scientists alike. Sent on a shrouded mission to uncover the structure’s origins, a team of astronauts encounters bizarre issues with a supercomputer. This screening of the Hollywood’s own 70mm print ofStanley Kubrick’s ’68 poetic sci-fi epic may trigger an existential tailspin, but try not to sweat the galactic stuff. LC
(Hollywood Theatre, Hollywood District)
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Calling it now: If you’ve seen Stop Making Sense, it’s probably your favorite concert film. It’s jangly and arty and all of the other words one might use to describe Talking Heads’s catalog, and David wears the suit. Not feeling the Byrne? Listen, I know watching a concert movie for a band you don’t listen to sounds like hell, but this one might be an exception. If you haven’t seen it yet, anticipate looking back on the experience with a funny fondness later, like a good birthday party or the first time you smoked weed. Jonathan Demme (yes, the guy who went on to make The Silence of the Lambs) recorded all of the concert footage over the course of three days at Hollywood’s Pantages Theatre in 1983, during the height of the Heads’ visionary fame. It’s screening in a new restoration, so prep for a “once in a lifetime” experience. LC
(Hollywood Theatre, Hollywood District)
FOOD & DRINK
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Bid adieu to the waning golden days of summer with an extravaganza dedicated to light, effervescent lagers from Little Beast and other breweries. The smoked meat purveyor Lawless BBQ will even provide special lager-infused sausage as the perfect pairing. JB
(Little Beast Brewing, Richmond)
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Brooklyn-based documentarian Megan Hattie Stahl recorded the sounds of the production of Dominio IV’s 2023 vintage Sauvignon Blanc, and now you can hear the results while sipping the wine itself at this unique interactive experience and release party hosted at the Carlton winery. Engage your sense of taste and sound at the same time, savoring the “Path of the Unknowing” while listening to excerpts from the audio documentary Sounds of Unknowing: The Making of an Oregon Sauvignon Blanc, followed by a Q&A with Stahl and winemaker Patrick Reuter. Small pairing bites are included with your ticket, as well as access to the full documentary for your listening pleasure after the event. JB
(Dominio IV Wines, Carlton)
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The punk icon and eternal kool thing (best known for her time in Sonic Youth) will stop by Portland to support her sophomore solo album, The Collective.Taking inspiration from Jennifer Egan’s 2022 novel The Candy House, the album is heavy on crunchy beats with rap verses about mundane thoughts and modern nightmares. Honestly, it kind of sounds like an album that Beck would have released in the ’90s. Don’t miss an opening set from poet and experimental musician Moor Mother. AV
(Revolution Hall, Buckman)
SPORTS & RECREATION
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Don’t miss the final regular season matchup against Timbers archrivals the Seattle Sounders (aka the Flounders). It’s Labor Day Weekend and this is arguably the MLS’ premier rivalry, so you know the Emerald City Supporters are going to be traveling down for the match in force. The Sounders won during the teams’ last meetup in May, so it’s extra important to show your colors (that’s ponderosa green and moss green), Portland. Rose City ‘Til We Die! SL
(Providence Park, Goose Hollow)
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I might have learned about Conner O’Malley’s comedy through the dulcet tones of Joe Pera Talks With You, but the NYC-via-Chicago writer and comedian’s energy is essentially the anti-Pera: He’s frenetic, high-energy, and desperately weird. In his first feature film, O’Malley’s anxious, post-internet approach to comedy translates to the screen in this mockumentary about a hapless Midwest suburban rapper and his friends, who attempt to write and record a rap album in a single night in 2009. O’Malley and the Rap World cast and crew will offer a Q&A session after this Pacific Northwest premiere screening. LC
(Hollywood Theatre, Hollywood District)
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Snag two screenings for the price of one at this Labor Day double feature, which sees the incomparably cool Meiko Kaji kick ass and take names. Set in Meiji period Japan and clocked by Quentin Tarantino as a major inspiration for his Kill Bill saga, Toshiya Fujita’s ’73 film Lady Snowblood follows a gory route of revenge taken by a young woman whose parents were murdered by a gang of criminals. The flick’s sequel, Lady Snowblood: Love Song of Vengeance, details her politically savvy escape plot. LC
(Clinton Street Theater, Hosford-Abernethy)
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This anti-racist incubator market puts the spotlight on Black and Indigenous farmers, makers, and friends, joyfully supporting “BIPOC growers in taking their small business dreams to the farmers market environment.” Take a stroll, peruse the stalls, and purchase wares ranging from baked goods to hot sauce to handmade pasta. JB
(The Redd on Salmon, Buckman)
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If for whatever reason, it’s been your heart’s desire to hear ’80s anthems “Pour Some Sugar On Me” and “Don’t Stop Believin'” live on the same night, the rock gods have answered your prayers. Arena rockers Def Leppard and Journey will ignite the Moda Center during this Rock & Roll Hall of Famer co-headlining show for the ages. JW
(Moda Center, Lloyd District)
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Age is just a number, but it can also work in your favor—just ask Taylor Tomlinson, who was a member of Forbes’ 2021 class of 30 Under 30. The now 30-year-old comedian first began performing stand-up at 16, an era in which I was busy being distinctly unfunny. On the heels of her Netflix specials Quarter-Life Crisis and Look at You, Tomlinson will return to the stage to continue slinging jokes for the millennial-and-under set. (“I don’t know if you’ve tried to convince a dude on a dating app to wear a condom lately,” says Tomlinson, “but it’s kind of like convincing a five-year-old to wear a jacket over his Halloween costume.”) LC
(Helium Comedy Club, Hosford-Abernethy, Friday–Saturday)
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Google doesn’t often classify movies as “family/horror,” but Coraline is one of the few flicks that fits the bill. The 2009 LAIKA film, which follows an audacious 11-year-old who finds an alternate world populated by strange characters (including a button-eyed Other Mother), is based on the creepiest, most addictive Neil Gaiman book I read as a seventh-grader. If the book/movie’s lanky black cat elicits your nostalgia, I recommend spending an afternoon with Coraline’s Curious Cat Trail, LAIKA’s path of six-foot Cat sculptures stationed throughout downtown Portland. LC
(Various locations, Monday–Monday)
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Celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival, one of the most important Chinese holidays of the year, at Lan Su’s third annual Moonlight Market with glowing lanterns, lion dances, a rabbit meet-and-greet, and more. Explore the bustling marketplace featuring dozens of local AANHPI businesses, including food and drink vendors selling bubble tea, plant-based cupcakes, and mochi cookies. Local ceramic artist Amy Jan Ernst will be offering her “Dimples the Dumpling” creations for the first time—a perfect pal for holding your rings or chopsticks and looking darn cute. SL
(Lan Su Chinese Garden, Old Town-Chinatown, Saturday–Sunday)
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The World Forestry Center is throwing open the doors to its wood-filled Discovery Museum all summer long, offering special programming—including storytimes, forest crafts, science and wildfire preparedness talks, and an art exhibition,Tree People—that’s bound to leave you more arboreally inclined than you were before. Learn about the Northwest’s forests and their role “as a habitat, a place for recreation and reflection, a critical resource, and more” through an engaging variety of events; they’re all included with the cost of admission. LC
(World Forestry Center & Discovery Museum, Washington Park, Wednesday–Saturday; closing)
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As a child, I begged my mom to take me to a “fossil digging” experience staged in an old Chuck E. Cheese, where kids were given a shovel and a sifter and let loose in a swimming pool-sized sand pit to hunt for petrified remains. I had the time of my life, came away with dozens of fossils, and it only hit me about five minutes ago that they were probably all fake. Point is, dinosaurs evoke strong emotions. “Tyrannosaurs – Meet the Family brings the latest tyrannosaur discoveries to life, overturning preconceptions about these ferocious predators,” OMSI’s promotional materials read. Okay, so do we have T. rex’s vibes all wrong? Have we been slandering their name for…let’s see…66 million years? This exhibition seems like a solid way to find out. Head to OMSI to learn about tyrannosaurs through real and replica specimens, fossils, three life-sized reconstructed skeletons, and a “30-foot tunnel where you can watch tyrannosaurs exploring modern-day Portland.” LC
(OMSI, Central Eastside, Tuesday–Sunday)
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Save room for corn dogs and funnel cake—the Oregon State Fair will return in late August and run through Labor Day Weekend with performances by Ludacris, Goo Goo Dolls, Yung Gravy, and more. You can also find classic livestock displays and horse shows, carnival rides, family entertainment, and all the quintessential fried fair foods your heart desires. SL
(Oregon State Fairgrounds, Salem, Monday–Monday)
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Roger Corman passed in May at 98 years old, and the subversive director/producer behind low-budget sci-fi and horror gems like The Masque of the Red Death, Piranha, Little Shop of Horrors, and Boxcar Bertha deserves nothing less than a full week of celebration. The Hollywood understands this, so head there for screenings of all of the aforementioned films, plus many others. Corman helped launch the careers of many of the films’ directors and actors, including Martin Scorsese, Jack Nicholson, Peter Bogdanovich, Penelope Spheeris, James Cameron, and Pam Grier. LC
(Hollywood Theatre, Hollywood District, Monday–Thursday)
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This year, Topaz Farm is amping up its Americana Harvest Fest series with a mix of nationally and internationally renowned folk, country, and bluegrass artists on Thursday nights until the end of August. Bring your own blanket or lawn chair to lounge on the pastoral farm surrounded by farm animals, fruit fields, freshly grilled food, and a beer garden. The series comes to a close this week with soul-infused folk artist Joy Oladokun (Aug 27) and country singer-songwriter Jesse Daniel (Aug 29). AV
(Topaz Farm, Sauvie Island, Tuesday & Thursday)
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Over the past decade, the Montavilla Jazz Festival has become the best way for obsessives and newbies alike to take stock of the city’s varied, mega-talented jazz scene. This year’s festival is especially stacked, with highlights including Julana Torres, Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble, Jasnam Daya Singh, Christopher Brown, Randy Porter, Sound Creation Trio, Matt Mayhall, Noah Simpson, and plenty more. AV
(Various locations, Friday–Sunday)
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Playwright Larissa FastHorse’s interpretation of J.M. Barrie’s 1911 novella maintains its magic, no “Clocks” required. The production, directed by Emmy winner Lonny Price, promises a “sprinkle of fairy dust” and a familiar adventure with Peter Pan, Tinker Bell, and the Darling children along for the ride. Prepare yourself for a heavy-handed dose of enchantment: Peter Pan also includes “iconic and timeless songs” like “I’m Flying,” “I Gotta Crow,” “I Won’t Grow Up” and “Neverland.” I’m hooked already. LC
(Keller Auditorium, Downtown, Tuesday–Sunday)
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South Korea-based artist Dongwook Lee drew the name for this solo exhibition from the German language: “Wozu” translates to “what for.” The title makes sense. Lee’s work embodies an “inner collision” we might all experience—that clamorous internal battle between ego, truth, fictions, and realities. Wozu‘s stark black-and-white compositions are painterly and gestural; nude bodies tangle, reach, resist, and collide. And while the exhibition’s promotional materials mention everything from Norse mythology to the Tower of Babel, Lee’s imagery is imbued with a mythical quality that feels totally original. LC
(Blue Sky Gallery, Pearl District, Wednesday–Saturday; closing)
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Ever think about how every person you’ve ever seen in a stock image—be it in a photo frame, a poster at the doctor’s office, or an instruction manual for a plane crash—is going to die someday? Me neither! That just occurred to me for the first time about 30 seconds ago. Eli Craven’s work seems to suggest he’s considered it at least once or twice, though. Falling somewhere between bizarre, surreal, clinical, and erotic, the artist’s photographs encapsulate the mundanity of a stock image and the persistence of underlying human emotions. Craven’s interplay of distortion and subtle censorship feels as intriguing as it is eerie. LC
(Blue Sky Gallery, Pearl District, Wednesday–Saturday; closing)
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I’m a long-time fan of Emma Gerigscott’s painting practice, which often focuses on four-legged friends (or two-legged: Her last solo exhibition at Froelick took a refreshing dip into a duck pond). The artist’s summer series of paintings on water-resistant Tyvek are glowy and contemplative, featuring horses, another duck, and elongated human forms. Yet-to-be-revealed paper compositions and plaster sculptures will supplement the works. LC
(Froelick Gallery, Pearl District, Tuesday–Saturday; closing)
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I’m in Georgia O’Keeffe’s camp when it comes to the summer heat, but that doesn’t mean everyone else shouldn’t enjoy the season. “Summer amplifies our sense of aliveness, of being in the world among other beings…Temperaments become whimsical yet cognizant—we are uniquely attuned to the exterior and we want to revel in it, to enjoy one another,” ILY2 posits. The gallery’s new group exhibition was designed to be viewed in the sunshine during its summer closure. Gone Fishin’ is installed in ILY2’s windows, so you can stroll by and see pieces by Emma Kohlmann, Morgan Buck, Tanner Lind, Bonnie Lucas, and many others. The show should provide more than enough artistic inspiration to tide you over before the gallery’s fall and winter exhibitions. LC
(ILY2, Pearl District, Wednesday–Saturday; closing)
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You may have already spotted Berlin-based illustrator and designer Jay Daniel Wright’s work on the cover of a magazine, or online—his clients include the New York Times, OkCupid, and the New Yorker. Trained as a carpenter, Wright’s artistic process still applies those skills. His three-dimensional sculptures are both playful and perfectly articulated. And although it appears soft, smudgy, and childlike, Wright’s heartfelt work also explores difficult themes; Desire Path “translates a difficult childhood spent around parent addiction, violence, and poverty on a council estate in the midlands of England.” LC
(Nucleus House, Alberta, Saturday–Sunday)
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American artist Jennifer Levonian, who currently lives and works in Spain, presents this fresh solo exhibition at Adams and Ollman, where visitors will find her “new stop-motion animation and an installation of drawings used in the animation’s making.” Levonian’s Speed Reader is ultra-colorful, self-referential, and more than a little surreal, like an updated version of Suzan Pitt’s ’79 experimental short Asparagus. Levonian’s work also eyes American culture and class, creating absurdist hyperbole with hand-drawn backgrounds and puppets. The results feel both utterly strange and heartbreakingly familiar. LC
(Adams and Ollman, Northwest Portland, Wednesday–Saturday; closing)
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Joy Feasley’s latest solo exhibition pairs an installation of sculptural candles with spare, pensive flashe and oil paintings on linen. Her Sadness Makes Her Smile reflects on the experience of shared grief; the artist’s ceramic and glass candle forms “take the form of vigil candles, symbolic holders of a memory,” and are “meant to be named and bear a memory forward.” Paired with her ethereal paintings, the effect feels dreamlike and mysterious, like a plume of smoke after a flickering flame is snuffed out. LC
(Adams and Ollman, Northwest Portland, Wednesday–Saturday; closing)
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Matthew Bennett Laurents’ third solo exhibition at Carnation Contemporary emphasizes an intuition-based process, which the Cranbrook MFA graduate uses to create coil-built ceramic vessels in “idiosyncratic articulations.” The results don’t just feel immediate–they also reference utility, patterning, and figural forms. Vesselbeams feels like a natural progression for Laurents’ work, which draws directly from craft histories and tends to imbue vessels with a unique sense of “spiritual and emotional energy.” LC
(Carnation Contemporary, Kenton, Saturday–Sunday; closing)
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Mixed-media artist Erik Geschke, who’s also a professor at Portland State University’s Schnitzer School of Art + Art History + Design, explores “modernity, hierarchy, and artifice” in his painstaking constructions. Subterfuge imagines simulacrum that reference everything from the human body to industrial design, and working in sculpture, drawing, and video, Geschke creates an intriguing array of forms to interrupt your expectations. I’ll have to head to Well Well to get the full scoop, but I can’t help but be intrigued by this two-eared sculpture. LC
(Well Well, Kenton, Saturday–Sunday; closing)
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