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INBOX I-5 BRIDGE IS A VIABLE PROJECT [Re: “A Bridge Too False,” WW, June 1, 2011]: Governors Gregoire and Kulongoski convened a panel of national transportation experts in 2010 to review the Columbia River Crossing. The panel was unanimous that the Columbia River Crossing Project (CRC) must move forward and a new crossing built at the earliest possible date. The panel confirmed that the replacement bridge over the Columbia River is an essential project for two states and the West Coast and, if done correctly, will bring substantial long-term benefits to the region and local communities. Recognized as a project of national significance, this five-mile corridor started with studies in 1999. Since the project officially began in 2005, stakeholders, citizen volunteers, CRC staff and ODOT representatives have appeared more than 20 times before Oregon legislative committees, and made 85 appearances at local government bodies. An essential element to the project’s design continues to be the CRC’s public outreach. The project team has attended 900 stakeholder meetings and public events and engaged in 27,000 face-to-face discussions to gather concerns and ideas. All of this work has informed the development of the CRC and resulted in “a forwardthinking multimodal project that will not only serve area residents, but create jobs, spur economic development and help ensure that the region’s economy continues to thrive,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said on April 25, 2011. We are ready to move the CRC forward. It is past time to replace the old and outdated bridge structures, add three miles of light rail to connect Portland and Vancouver, and improve dangerous interchanges adjacent to the bridge.
Governor Kitzhaber and Oregon legislators have made it clear that they will review every element of this project and provide oversight and accountability. That’s as it should be. This is a project that must meet the needs of this metropolitan area and the state for the next 100 years. We urge you to get involved and learn more about the problems and the solution. More information is at columbiarivercrossing.org. Matthew L. Garrett Director, Oregon Department of Transportation
Speaking of horse cops (Dr. Know, May 25, 2011), who cleans up the enormous turds the horsies leave on streets, sidewalks and bike lanes? —Ben
As to who cleans up, that depends on how obnoxious a spot the horse has picked to unburden itself. If the offending pile is on the sidewalk, in a footpath, or right in front of some poor bastard’s falafel cart, the officers will move it into the gutter (or a trash can). If it’s just in the middle of the street, though, they generally let it lie. (That’ll teach you jaywalkers to use the crosswalk.) “Horse manure is a natural product,” says Schoening. “The impact is minimal.” Well, a dead deer is a natural product, too, but that doesn’t mean I want one in my driveway. Luckily, however, the forces of sun, rain and traffic tend to break down the horse’s special gift in a few days. In the meantime, as long as we all keep to the sidewalk and exercise reasonable care when choosing a gutter to sleep in, we should stay blissfully shit-free.
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Emily Harris, the radio host of Oregon Public Broadcasting’s Think Out Loud morning talk show, says she’s been asked to leave the show and the network by OPB management. David Miller, the show’s online host, will take over for Harris the week of June 20. “We have had some editorial differences, which management chose to resolve by asking me to leave,” Harris says. “I wish them good luck as the HARRIS show continues to evolve. Dave will do a great job, and, as far as me, stay tuned.” OPB made an abrupt announcement Tuesday morning, as first reported on wweek.com, saying only that Harris had already left and “is pursuing other opportunities.” Morgan Holm, OPB’s vice president of news and public affairs, declined to say why OPB pushed Harris out. The single biggest stake anyone has made in the 2012 City Hall campaigns to date comes from an unlikely source: Commissioner Amanda Fritz loaned her re-election campaign $25,000. The June 9 loan is the only real money she’s collected so far. It’s not clear how Fritz, who worked as a psychiatric nurse before joining the City Council, will finance the rest of her campaign. But maybe she’s feeling lucky. Her annual financial disclosure report says more than 10 percent of her household’s income last year came from online poker winnings hauled in by her son, Maxwell, on the FRITZ Full Tilt Poker site. Portland Mayor Sam Adams still wants a citywide plastic-bag ban now that the Oregon Legislature has again failed to pass a statewide version. Adams sponsored a 2010 City Council resolution that would introduce a plastic-bag ban similar to those in dozens of other cities and countries, provided the legislature failed to do so (“Green With Envy,” WW, April 16, 2008). Why did Adams’ staff propose an outright ban instead of a tax? “They’ve looked at what has worked in other areas and what hasn’t worked. Outright bans have been more successful,” says Adams’ spokeswoman, Amy Ruiz. Adams is scheduled to leave for Baltimore on June 15 to attend a U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting. U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) last week introduced a bill to expand the state’s geothermal energy industry by allowing companies to search for new “hot spots” on federal land adjacent to existing geothermal production sites. Wyden wants to enable “remote sensing” technologies (some subsidized by millions in federal economic-stimulus funds). Though lower profile than solar or wind power, geothermal drilling has proven controversial: The drilling—sometimes 2 miles deep—is suspected of damaging groundwater and increasing seismic activity. Oregon Wild Wilderness Coordinator Erik Fernandez tells WW that Wyden’s bill, which would allow public land to be leased for exploration without a competitive-bidding process, doesn’t appear to violate existing environmental protections. “We are supportive of geothermal energy as long as it’s done in the right place with a light touch on the landscape,” Fernandez says. “At the end of the day, it really comes down to location, location, location.” Read more Murmurs and daily scuttlebutt.
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Since last August, three investigations involving Cylvia Hayes, the longtime companion of Gov. John Kitzhaber, have hung over Salem like the stagnant smoke from a Willamette Valley grass fire. The investigations centered on whether four Oregon Department of Energy employees broke the law or violated state rules by steering a $60,000 contract to Hayes’ firm. Until now, it’s been hard to know what really happened. Lawyers have worked to shape the story, the state’s investigation produced conflicting signals, and the key players haven’t told their stories publicly. Last week, the state released thousands of pages of records that for the first time show what happened. Then-interim Energy Department Director Mark Long and three subordinates—Joan Fraser, Shelli Honeywell and Paul Seesing—were eventually put on paid leave. All have been cleared and returned to work. Long denies steering a contract to Hayes. “All I did was ask a question about keeping the [contract] money in state,” Long says. A report ordered by the Kitzhaber administration found the Hayes deal “deviated from established best practices.” But the report rationalized the whole mess and found fault with the whistle-blower who triggered the investigation. “Despite irregularities in the process, no deliberate violations of the law were identified at the time, and procurement staff approved the contract,” wrote lawyers Ed
Harnden and Paula Barran in the May 27 report. Their report contradicted earlier findings of a retired judge, Francisco Yraguen, who had concluded the employees should be fired. Yraguen based his report largely on evidence from an Oregon Department of Justice criminal investigation. The DOJ chose not to prosecute the employees but also recommended they be fired. WW examined the evidence to find out what really happened. Here’s what we learned from the sometimes conflicting accounts. 1. Cylvia Hayes was angling for a no-bid contract from the Energy Department. In mid-2009, an Energy Department official, Diana Enright, told Hayes there was a $547,000 federal Energy Assurance Grant available. Hayes contacted Long, the new interim director, and told him her Bend consulting firm, Toward Energy Efficient Municipalities, or TEEM, would help Oregon get the cash. “My attitude in helping with this was, this is good for Oregon,” Hayes told DOJ investigators. “We shouldn’t leave half a million dollars sittin’ on the table.” (Hayes declined comment. She was not accused of any wrongdoing.) TEEM was the only company that helped write Oregon’s proposal. The Energy Department’s deputy director, Joan Fraser, told Harnden that arrangement was “very unusual.” Early on, Long looked for a way to get Hayes at least $200,000 without a competitive bid. Energy Department employees told investigators that Long even suggested running the contract through two other state agencies where Hayes already had contracts. “He was looking like he was trying to get a sole-source contract to Cylvia,” Fraser told Harnden.
2. A Long subordinate, Shelli Honeywell, worked to steer a contract Hayes’ way. Long brought Honeywell to Energy from the Corrections Department over the objections of the governor’s office, a hiring panel and Fraser. He put Honeywell in charge of overseeing federal stimulus money. When procurement officials nixed a no-bid contract for Hayes, Long insisted Honeywell be part of the scoring panel for a competitive bidding process. Honeywell scored Hayes’ company far higher than did any other panel members. But records show Hayes’ firm finished last out of the four bidders. Fraser told Harnden TEEM’s proposal should not have even been considered. “They didn’t produce a work sample,” she said. “I would have said, ‘It’s not qualified.’ That would have been the end of it.” Honeywell told investigators Long was upset when she told him Hayes’ company didn’t win. Long then ordered Honeywell to “fix it,” according to Honeywell. Seattle-based R.W. Beck won the competition. Rather than tell R.W. Beck the news, Honeywell asked the firm to consider splitting the money with Hayes’ company—but not the second- or third-place bidders. “Shelli was following Mark’s direction,” Fraser told Harnden. That raised red flags. Honeywell told Harnden that procurement officials worried the other bidders might find out and “would find problems with the fact that somebody that got a lower score than they did was part of this contract.” 3. Hayes’ company was unqualified for the contract it received. Records show that TEEM was formed in June 2009, the same month that Hayes learned about the federal money. Tom Barquinero, Hayes’ partner and TEEM’s managing director, acknowledged TEEM’s inexperience. “My assumption was that this was a stimulus to create jobs, and I needed a job,” he told a DOJ investigator. CONT. on page 8 Willamette Week JUNE 15, 2011 wweek.com
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Barquinero was new to energy and had known Hayes for less than a year when they formed TEEM. “She has connections, and I don’t,” he said. Barquinero and Hayes expected a no-bid contract. “Both Cylvia and I were under the impression we were going to get it,” he said. “I’m presuming at that time I’m getting a fat number.” Having to bid for the contract put TEEM at a disadvantage. The bid required TEEM to show it had done similar work. “We had nothing,” Barquinero said, “so we left that section blank.” 4. R.W. Beck neither wanted nor needed Hayes’ help. After TEEM came in fourth in the bidding, Long told Fraser two things, according to her interview with Harnden: “TEEM is Cylvia Hayes” and “I think it’s really important that we have [an] Oregon presence involved in this particular contract.” (Hayes also told investigators the subcontract was the agency’s idea.) “There wasn’t any criteria that were identified in the [request for proposals] that would suggest any preference given to an Oregon firm,” George Thompson, the Energy Department’s federal grant officer, told an investigator. Internal emails show that officials at R.W. Beck, a 69-year-old engineering and consulting firm, were unhappy at Honeywell’s suggestion they hire Hayes’ firm. “Jeesh what yahoos,” wrote R.W. Beck Vice President Roger Jenkins on April 27, 2010. “They realize their request [that R.W. Beck hire Hayes’ company] is unusual and possibly politically sensitive given the relationship between TEEM and the next gov,” R.W. Beck project manager Bob Kinsella wrote in a June 15, 2010, internal email. R.W. Beck agreed to hire Hayes’ firm as a subcontractor because executives wanted to cultivate state business and please their new client, the Energy Department. Jenkins, Kinsella’s boss, cautioned him not to drive a hard bargain with Hayes. “We don’t want to piss off the future govs [sic] honey too much,” Jenkins wrote in an email on May 6, 2010. 5. A wide range of Energy Department employees thought the contract didn’t pass the sniff test. At least four of the agency’s contracting employees raised serious questions about the agency cutting TEEM in on the R.W. Beck contract. Jim Gores, the Energy Department’s fiscal manager, told an investigator the agency sometimes bent the rules on contracts. “This was just a more flagrant one,” Gores said. “And we talked with folks about that, too, and just said that’s not acceptable.” The person who blew the whistle the loudest was Lorena Wise, the Energy Department’s procurement officer. She wrote a memo that came to the attention of the state Audits Division, which in turn called in the Justice Department. Wise told criminal investigators that she and two other employees didn’t want to sign the R.W. Beck contract because the connection to TEEM was improper. Wise said a senior Energy Department official told her she could be fired for refusing. “It doesn’t look good,” Wise told her boss. “It doesn’t smell good.” The Harnden and Barran report, nonetheless, asserts Wise failed to identify specific violations of the law when she blew the whistle—and was too passive. “Ms. Wise admitted to us she was not sufficiently forceful in how she handled her responsibilities,” Harnden and Barran wrote. 6. A good lawyer makes all the difference. Long hired former Oregon Attorney General Dave Frohnmayer and his former top deputy, Bill Gary. Together, they took control of the narrative. They wisely refused to let DOJ investigators interview Long. They later sued DOJ over access to records, threatened a broader lawsuit against the state, and filed a bar complaint against DOJ criminal chief Sean Riddell. Lawyers for the other employees followed in Frohnmayer and Gary’s wake. The issues the lawyers raised were among those cited in the Harnden and Barran report as reasons the state should not fire Long and the other employees. Early on, Long predicted the bureaucracy would prevail. Honeywell told investigators that, on Aug. 13, 2010, the day she was placed on paid leave, Long reassured her. “You need to not talk to anybody. That will be a bad thing. Just keep quiet,” Honeywell says Long told her. “Let’s get through the fall, let’s get through the election. This will all be OK.” And it was. 8
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NOT TRUE, TIMES TEN GOV. KITZHABER AND BACKERS OF A NEW I-5 BRIDGE CLAIM IT WILL CREATE 20,000 JOBS. THEIR OWN NUMBERS SHOW HOW WILDLY WRONG THEY ARE. BY N IG E L JAQ U I SS
the power of that number has built support for proceeding with the project, which would Gov. John Kitzhaber wants Oregonians to replace the existing I-5 bridge between Portbelieve he’s creating jobs, and he backs up land and Vancouver, fix seven major interthat claim by promoting his support for changes, and extend light rail to Vancouver. the $3.6 billion Interstate 5 bridge project In November 2009, CRC planners procalled the Columbia River Crossing. jected the number of jobs it would create. On May 17, Kitzhaber sent a letter to They found it would employ 12,421 conthe state’s most powerful business groups struction workers over a 10-year period; it and the AFL-CIO, the umbrella group for would create 2,964 “indirect” jobs—that is, trade unions, boasting about his effort jobs at companies that supply goods and to boost Oregon’s economy after helping services to the project but are not directly unveil a new design for the bridge. “We involved in building it; and it would spawn took a major step forward on the Columbia 5,589 “induced” jobs, positions such as barRiver Crossing and the 20,000 new jobs its tenders and store clerks supported by the construction and long term improvements spending of those working on the project. will create,” Kitzhaber wrote. (He got that That all appears to add up to just over figure from project sponsors’ modeling. 20,000 jobs, spread over a decade. See their memo at wweek.com.) But there’s a caveat: The way CRC backJust think of it—20,000 jobs. That’s ers tally jobs not only runs counter to how three times the number of people Nike economists count jobs, it also ignores the employs in Oregon, and more way the state of Oregon itself than Intel, the state’s biggest FACT: Boston’s “Big counts them. private employer. In a state Dig” tunnel, a 7.5-mile The state’s Employment where unemployment is well project completed in Department counts net con2004, cost $14.6 billion above the national average at (more than three times tinuing jobs. It doesn’t allow a 9.6 percent, that claim sounds the original budget) but company—or state agencies—to at its peak, according like manna from heaven. count jobs by adding them up and to Massachusetts DOT, Except it’s not true—not never employed more then multiplying the jobs by the than 5,000 workers. even close. number of years. Kitzhaber is exaggerating So, in other words, if 100 workby 10 times the number of jobs potentially ers pave a section of road, it counts as 100 created by project, known as the CRC. jobs. Even if that paving takes five years, it That’s according to the project’s own still counts as 100 jobs—not 500. reports, as well as the state’s methods for And ignoring that rule is how CRC backtallying jobs. ers vastly exaggerate the economic value of It’s not the first time that leaders from the project. Oregon and Washington have made shaky According to the CRC’s own figures, the claims to justify the project. The major “average annual regional jobs” created is reasons backers cite for building the CRC not 20,000, but 1,907—or less than 10 perare disproved by the project’s own docu- cent of the oft-cited figure. ments (see “A Bridge Too False,” WW, June WW shared the CRC’s job projections 1, 2011). with Amy Vander Vliet, an economist for At a time when creating jobs is the top the Oregon Employment Department. priority of every policymaker in Oregon, Vander Vliet says the way proponents are the project’s potential is a rare bright spot presenting employment prospects is wrong; for politicians seeking votes and a construc- the correct number should reflect how many tion industry desperately seeking work. The workers are on the job at any one time. claim of 20,000 jobs has gained traction, and “These jobs, because they are spread njaquiss@wweek.com
out over 10 years, would not show up in our figures as 20,000 jobs,” she says. “The number to focus on is the annual figure of about 2,000 jobs.” Of course, 2,000 jobs would give Portland’s economy a boost. But exaggerating the project’s benefits has been a pattern among CRC backers, including Kitzhaber. As WW has reported, the project has overstated demand for a new bridge (its traffic projections are way off ), the danger the current bridge poses (its claims about traffic safety are false), and the earthquake hazard presented by the old span (more than two dozen I-5 bridges are less stable, including the Marquam). CRC backers have repeatedly invoked the 20,000 jobs estimate to build a broad coalition of supporters and steamroll doubts whether the project is even needed. The 20,000 number is so ubiquitous it actually appears in a toothless resolution, House Joint Memorial 22, which backers want the Legislature to approve to lend a slim degree of official support to the project. “Whereas the Columbia River Crossing Project would create 20,000 new and sustained jobs by providing improved access to ports and highways…,” the bill reads in part. Brian Gard, who heads up the Columbia River Crossing Coalition, wrote in a March 15 Oregonian op-ed that the 20,000 jobs figure comes from “highly conservative estimates.” Experts doubt that. “The way most of us are going to think about this is 2,000 jobs per year over the life of the project,” says Tim Duy, director of the Oregon Economic Forum at the University of Oregon. “If the question is, ‘Is this like creating a new Intel?,’ the answer is no.”
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OREGON STATE POLICE OFFICERS’ ASSOCIATION THE STATE TROOPERS’ UNION IS STILL EMPLOYING TELEMARKETERS WHO USE SHAKEDOWN TACTICS. It’s an old scam: Set up a bogus charity and a boiler-room call center. Tell people you’re raising money for cops, vets or firefighters. Pocket the donations and skip town before the authorities catch on. But it’s not every day that unscrupulous telemarketers actually do work on behalf of the police. This week’s Rogue, the Oregon State Police Officers’ Association, has employed a fundraising tactic that is at best misleading and, at worst, bullying. The association is the union for some 700 state troopers. The troopers use a professional fundraising company, Jadent Inc. of Keizer, to solicit donations from the public that the union uses to supplements members’ dues, print union publications and support a scholarship fund. But Jadent’s tactics are troubling. In February, Salem attorney Monty VanderMay says he got a call from a Jadent pitchman who claimed—falsely—that VanderMay had committed to donating to the state police association and buying an ad in Oregon State Trooper magazine. Then came a bill in the mail that twice used the word “invoice” and gave VanderMay a due date for paying $50. VanderMay complained to the Oregon Department of Justice, calling the pitch “disturbing.” The DOJ let Jadent off with a warning after the company took VanderMay off the call list and said the solicitor—who worked for a subcontractor—was fired. Jadent corporate secretary Tom O’Shea declined to talk to WW but said through an assistant that the matter is “resolved.” The Oregon State Police Officers’ Association’s most recent federal tax returns show that Jadent pocketed 75 percent of the $491,000 it raised for the association last year. That’s an unusually high overhead expense, a national review of charity fundraisers shows. The money left over for the state police association last year didn’t even cover the $143,000 salary of its president, Senior Trooper Jeff Leighty, who stepped down in March. The current union president, Senior Trooper Darrin Phillips, says his association still employs Jadent but will review its contract this summer. “We want to be in bounds, and we want to make sure Jadent is in bounds,” Phillips says. He accepts the company ’s explanation. “We’ve had very few complaints,” he says. Reached at his home in Canby, Leighty, the former union president, said he hadn’t heard of the DOJ investigation into Jadent. But he did know a thing or two about dealing with unwanted phone calls. “I’m not talking to you about this,” he said. “Don’t call me about this.”
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cloud cover. Not exactly bathing-suit weather, but close enough for Oregon. Warm enough to melt a Popsicle, slowly. Not another Junuary, anyway. NOAA isn’t in the business of making long bets, but to hell with it—we have 32 days off between now and the end of September, and we’re just going to assume that they’ll all be warm and rain-free.
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Guide 2011 Choosing how to spend those hypothetical, sunny days is the hard part. We’ve taken the liberty of proposing an outdoor activity for each and every one of them in the following pages. If you don’t like those options, check out our exhaustive calendar of summer events (page 40), or take a free-form approach and spend the warm days playing with your dog
(see our reviews of dog parks, page 39), sipping cold coffee (page 36) and drinking on the patio (page 35). Just please don’t let summer go to waste—who knows when we’ll get another one.
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Kayak Sauvie Island or the Willamette River Difficulty: Easy Explore Portland’s urban waterways—and pick up some mad paddling skills while you’re at it—on a half- or fullday kayaking trip with the certified instructors at the Next Adventure Kayak School. On the eight-hour Sauvie trip ($85 per person, lunch and gear included), you’ll paddle between the island’s interior lakes, including Sturgeon Lake, which is much larger than you’d expect. (On a sunny day, you can see Mount Hood and Mount St. Helens from the lake.) Or get to know the Willamette River up close on a 2.5-hour paddle trip from Sellwood Riverfront Park to the Ross Island lagoon ($40). In both cases, keep your eyes out for waterfowl, bald eagles and osprey. The Kayak School offers more technical whitewater and sea-kayaking classes as well. (CC) Read more: nextadventure.net/kayak-school
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BIG DIPPER: The Washougal River is a secluded and scenic spot for a swim.
Go Play Outside You have 32 days off before the end of September. Here’s how you’re going to spend them. BY C R A I G B E E B E , ASH LEY CO LLM AN, C H RI STI NA COO K E , L I Z C R A I N , JO NATH AN FRO C H TZ WAJG, W HITN E Y H AW K E A N D BE N WATE RH O US E
In Portland Root, Root, Root at the Little League Softball World Series If you think all 11 year-old girls are pretty little princesses, think again. At the Little League Softball World Series (hosted every year at Alpenrose Dairy), bat-wielding girls from all over the world come slug it out on the diamond like competitive little monsters thirsting for global domination. This year, the tournament stretches from Aug. 11 to 17, with the semifinals and championship games televised on ESPN2. Insider tip: The bleachers get inundated with dreaded softball parents. Stretching out on Alpenrose’s grassy knoll is more comfortable and sunny. So sit down, cool off with a Sno-Kone and watch these girls play their hearts out in the biggest games of their young lives. (WH) Read more: softballworldseries.com
Explore Marshall Park
Difficulty: Easy According to city records, F.C. Marshall, the gentleman who donated Marshall Park to Portland in the ’50s, devoted a decade “to transforming an abandoned quarry…into a charming little park which he would like to dedicate without too much fuss to the recreational use of the public.” Marshall succeeded—perhaps more completely than he would have liked. His legacy, tucked into a ravine in Southwest, is so unfussy as to be basically hidden. For those who can find it, though, Marshall Park is charming indeed. Its paths descend from surrounding streets, through urban forest, to the ravine floor, where Tryon Creek flows past a quiet, grassy area with a quaint stone bridge missing its troll. (JF)
Read more: portlandonline.com/parks/finder (search “marshall park”)
Walk the Willamette Greenway
Difficulty: Easy Looking for a long hike with beautiful vistas? Don’t bother with the car—just hop on the nearest bus to downtown and get off at any bridge. The trails of the Willamette Greenway form a nearly uninterrupted (except for a short jaunt along Southwest Moody Avenue) 11-mile loop along both sides of the river between the Sellwood and Steel bridges, passing through the Eastbank Esplanade, Oaks Bottom and Gov. Tom McCall Waterfront Park. With lovely views both pristine and industrial along the way and sound levels ranging from blissful to just-belowthe-freeway thunder, it’s a fascinating, four-hour hike that will make you re-evaluate your view of Portland’s geography. (BW)
Attempt Hiking Yoga
Difficulty: Moderate Hiking Yoga brings together the best of both worlds: cardio and toning. And woods. On this weekly 3.6-mile loop hike in Washington Park, hikers take three to four breaks along the trail to do yoga. If you’re a nature lover and regular yoga isn’t enough of a challenge for you, or you just like stretching in the presence of birds, try this out. (AC) Read more: hikingyoga.com
Celebrate the Fourth of July at Mount Tabor
As the highest elevation point on the close-in east side, the upper slopes of Mount Tabor afford the best vantage point for watching Fourth of July fireworks shows from Oaks Park to Fort Vancouver. By the park’s upper reservoir, a quiet crowd of families, couples, dogs and other upstanding Portland denizens ooh and ahh at the rockets’ red glare. Yawn-inducing, isn’t it? But above the reservoir, on Tabor’s dimly lit hillsides, are the city’s real libertylovers—and Southeast Portland’s (if not all of Portland’s) largest drinking-and-illegal-fireworks-launching Independence Day party. (JF) Read more: portlandonline.com/parks/finder (search “mount tabor”)
Pétanque is a French game in which players aim to throw cupcake-sized metal boules closer than their opponents’ to a wee wooden ball called a cochonnet (literally, “piglet”). For a game actually invented for old people (the rule that players must throw with planted feet, rather than take running steps, was created to accommodate elderly people with reduced mobility), it’s a boule to play. Portland, Euro-lovin’ pinko town that it is, has not one, but deux pétanque organizations: The Portland Bouligans meet at the Pearl’s Jamison Square, while the Portland Pétanque Club plays at Westmoreland Park. Both groups welcome first-timers. (JF) Read more: portlandbouligans.com or pdxpetanque.org
Nearby Drink Scotch and Wear a Kilt in Oregon City Travel time (by car): 30 minutes Difficulty: Some may find drinking scotch difficult. You can’t ask for a nicer spot to throw back a few drams of fine single-malt scotch than the Highland Stillhouse Scottish pub, perched above Oregon Falls in Oregon City. It’s a classic public house inside, with a nice patio outside for summer sipping and live music, and claims to carry the Portland area’s largest selection of single-malt scotch. Kilt-friendly and closed Mondays. (LC) Read more: highlandstillhouse.com
Swim the Washougal River
Travel time: 1 hour Although roughly as close to Portland as bathing destinations on the Sandy River or Sauvie Island, the swimming holes on the Washougal River are far less frequented. True, the Washington waterway has rocky banks where its Oregon counterparts have sandy beaches, but the reason— and the trade-off—is that the woods on either side of the river come right up to its banks, making for secluded-feeling and scenic surroundings in which to take a dip. Dougan Falls is the Washougal’s best-known watering hole, owing to the impressive falls themselves and a jumping rock, but Washougal River Road, which follows the river’s course, goes past at least six other swim spots. (JF) Read more: swimmingholes.org/wa.html
Pick Blueberries in Beaverton
Travel time: 40 minutes Difficulty: Easy pickin’ Everyone and his brother picks blueberries on Sauvie Island. You, however, can go where most local blueberry pickers have not gone: Beaverton. Or nearly Beaverton, anyway. Bonny Slope Blueberries, just off Northwest Thompson Road at 3565 NW South Road, is 1.5 acres of 20-year-old blueberry bushes just this side of city limits. Bring your own container, make an appointment (required) and pick a day Monday through Sunday. Call ahead (645-1252) and make it happen because blueberry season is a blink of the eye in
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Travel Time: 43 minutes Difficulty: Depends how you feel about heights It always feels nice to show gravity who’s boss. If skydiving isn’t your cup of tea, a hot-air balloon ride with Vista Balloon Adventures is just right. Since 1989, Vista balloon pilots have taken riders floating over Yamhill County’s rolling wine country during the summer months (flight season is April through October). The death-defying thrill of extreme sports is thankfully lacking, but riders still get to work up a sweat while helping set up the balloons before takeoff, and folding the balloons upon landing. The price tag is spendy (at $189 per person), but the experience comes with a decadent home-cooked brunch and mimosas, which make a romantic outing for that special someone who soars above the rest. (WH) Read more: vistaballoon.com
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Travel time: 30 minutes Founded as a utopian religious commune by Dr. William Keil in 1856, Aurora was once best known for its furniture, marching band and good German food. The commune dissolved shortly after Keil’s death, but the town still welcomes lost souls, albeit to sell them pieces of the past. Antique stores crowd the historic center and stretch a mile south, filling old houses, banks, a train depot, even a restored mill. Aurora Mills Architectural Salvage, Main Street Mercantile, and the Highway 99E Antique Mall are among the most interesting shops, but almost every one is worth poking through, whatever your particular collection. For an especially nostalgic day, take the Canby Ferry instead of I-5 or 99E. (CB) Read more: auroracolony.com/index.html. For
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A Whole New Ballgame If the smell of pine tar turns your crank, if you find the crack of a bat as audibly satisfying as a Typhoon album, or if you just like soaking up sun, then Northwest Independent Baseball League games are the place to be. The NWIBL is a competitive wood-bat league that operates like a minor-league system, complete with 17 teams in two divisions, a midseason allstar game, home-run derby and postseason playoffs. Ever since Timbers owner Merritt Paulson chucked the Portland Beavers to Tucson, Ariz., NWIBL has filled the void for local baseball fanatics. It’s easy to root for NWIBL teams because the players play hard, get dirty and hit homers like the pros. Over 200 NWIBL games are scheduled throughout the summer weeks at Portland’s nicest public baseball fields, and admission is free for all games played at Walker Stadium in Lents Park (Southeast 92nd Avenue and Holgate
Street) and Sckavone Stadium at Westmoreland Park (Southeast McLoughlin Boulevard and Nehalem Street). This family outing is a good way to show kids that the measure of a great baseball player is not the salary, but the way you play the game. This is blue-collar baseball, with teams consisting of college players, ex-pros, and average Joes who love to grind it out on the diamond. When you see a muddy, bloody player walk off the field and gingerly climb into his truck to go home and get up for work the next morning, you know he’s in it for the love of the game, not the glory. The NWIBL season is already under way and runs through late August, with playoffs culminating in a championship game (the Portland Pirates are this year’s defending champs). WHITNEY HAWKE. READ MORE: nwibl.org for the league schedule and information about sponsoring a NWIBL team (hint-hint, wink-wink).
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Travel time: 20 minutes A few miles north of Highway 26 on Cornelius Pass Road, West Union Gardens is a reminder why the Urban Growth Boundary is a good thing, for foodies as well as farmers. A stone’s throw from golf courses and subdivisions in Rock Creek, West Union grows an astonishing array of berries ripe for U-picking at the height of summer: blackberries and raspberries, yes, but also currants (red and white), gooseberries and a bunch of berries you’ve probably never heard of—tayberries? jostaberries?—as well as a variety of vegetables, all with lovely views of the backside of the Tualatin Mountains. (CB) Read more: westuniongardens.com
Difficulty: Technically, easy; you take one step and gravity does the rest. Hurl yourself nearly 200 feet off the highest bungee bridge in the United States, located over a Class V whitewater river in an evergreen forest near Amboy, Wash. You’ll find the views breathtaking, in the most literal sense of the word. The folks at Bungee Masters have a morbid sense of humor (an example: You must mark yes or no to an open casket on the waiver form), but serve as national bungee safety consultants and helped draft the Code of Safe Practice for the bungeejumping industry. One jump will set you back $99 (plus tax), two jumps and a T-shirt are $129. Jumps happen rain or shine. (CC) Read more: bungee.com
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A friend from Tucson used to spend hours wandering the aisles of grocery stores until it cooled down at night; this is also a good prescription for Portland’s dog days. I recommend the Hawthorne Fred Meyer (3085 SE Hawthorne Blvd.), which has a lounge and Wi-Fi.
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Check out the scenery in air-conditioned comfort for $4.75 (for an all-day ticket; a 2-hour all-zone ticket is $2.35). Take the Yellow or Green lines along North Interstate Avenue or I-205 for the best city views.
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If you can look like you blend in with the clientele, any of the downtown hotel lobbies will provide a breath of cool air. Hop from one to another and watch the crowds.
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Electric Castles Wunderland, the local chain of arcades, is a great place to spend a few hours in the AC. Entry is under $3 and most games cost under a quarter each. In addition to the flagship Avalon Theatre (3451 SE Belmont St.), there are four other locations in northeast Portland (10306 NE Halsey St.), Beaverton (4070 SW Cedar Hills Blvd.), Milwaukie (11011 SE Main St.) and Gresham (140 NW Burnside Road).
READ A BOOK
Powell’s City of Books (1005 W Burnside St.) is a blessed refuge on those days when eating a Popsicle under the fan just won’t cut it anymore. All Multnomah County Library branches are air-conditioned too: Catch up on your New Yorker backlog, and stick around for a knitting-club meeting or chess tournament. MARIANNA HANE WILES.
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Read more: Search “wahkeena falls” online. Difficulty: Easy You may want to eat things from your backyard, and you may also want to eat things from other people’s backyards. If so, don’t be embarrassed. Rather, consider reserving a spot for one of John Kallas’ Wild Food Adventures workshops ($16$25) this summer. Since 1993, Kallas has been taking groups on wild-edible foraging expeditions in Portland, on Sauvie Island, at the coast, and beyond. Did you know that you can eat barnacles? Escargot of the sea, my friend. (LC) Read more: wildfoodadventures.com
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Travel Time: 30 minutes Difficulty: Moderate Description: Oregon greenhorns, nature newbs— trust us: You would rather go over Multnomah Falls than visit them during the summer months, when the state’s most popular natural attraction is overrun on the trails by improperly dressed sightseers and jammed in the parking lot with exhaust-fuming tour buses. Wahkeena Falls is still well known (it’s near impossible to bypass the masses on a sunny day in the close-in Gorge) but is something of an insider’s Multnomah Falls hike. The 5.2-mile loop carries you past its namesake cascade, the fancifully named Fairy Falls and the enchanting Wahkeena Springs, before depositing you at the top, rather than the teeming bottom, of Multnomah Falls. (JF)
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Go, Uh, “Play” Ah, Portland: home to cyclists, coffee connoisseurs, swingers, strippers, pole contortionists and gangbang aficionados. Wait, what? That’s right—this friendly Northwest town is also the home of free love and freaky sexcapades. For Portlanders who require a little something different to get their juices flowing (when you’ve seen 35 strip clubs, you’ve seen them all), here’s a summer checklist of raunchy adventures. Get the right tool for the job! She Bop (909 N Beech St., 473-8018, sheboptheshop. com) is a new spot for safe-sex gear and goodies. Sure, it has fancy glass dildos and a vibrator that syncs up with your iPod to rhythmically pulse along with music, but our favorite is the shop’s sex-ed demo series ($20 per class). June 23 brings “FullBodied Fellatio.” Bring your new toys along to Darklady’s annual group Masturbate-a-thon June 25 (masturbate-a-thon.org). For those shoe-licking types who dream of being smothered in hundreds of pedicured toes at a time, your dreams have officially
come true. Foot Night comes to Portland on July 21. See the somewhat alarming details at footnight.com/portland.html. The fetish scene gets a queer injection in August during Leather Pride (oregonleatherpride.org, Aug. 5-14), with almost two whole weeks of floggings, bootblacks and hairy bears in assless chaps. If freaky fetishes aren’t your thing, class it up with a trip to one of Portland’s retro burlesque events. Local pin-ups like Sandria Dore shimmy each month at Rosehip Revue (sinnsavvyproductions.com/rosehip-revue). Sunny Portland days inspire locals to relax and enjoy the weather the way anyone else would—by getting buck naked in public, of course. We flock to “clothing-optional” beaches such as Sauvie Island, while male cruising action can be found at Rooster Rock State Park (check out cruisinggays. com). For those who enjoy public, urban nudity without the sexual overtones, there’s the annual World Naked Bike Ride on June 18 (shift2bikes.org, see details in calendar, page 40). MARY CHRISTMAS.
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Travel time: 30 minutes Difficulty: Easy Finally completed in October 2010 after nearly 20 years of acquisition and construction, the 21-mile Banks-Vernonia State Trail follows an abandoned logging railroad corridor running from Washington County toward the Coast Range. Entirely paved as of last fall and generally flat, the trail crosses 13 bridges and trestles, and passes Stub Stewart State Park, which has a campground perfect for turning this ride into a weekend getaway. At the northern end, the timber town of Vernonia provides some decent options for refueling; the selection of microbrews at Bear Creek Pub (831 Bridge St.) is particularly welcome on a summer afternoon. (CB) Read more: oregonstateparks.org/park_145.php
Float the Columbia River
Travel time: 2 hours Difficulty: Easy breezy It’s touristy and the captain will probably talk about salmon, dugout canoes and the like on the loudspeaker, but a cruise up and down the Columbia on the triple-deck paddle-wheeler Sternwheeler is pretty dang fun. There are all sorts of cruises to choose from, ranging from just over an hour to five hours, some with food, some without. The food and drink are nothing special, but it’s really nice to be on the river. (LC) Read more: portlandspirit.com/sternwheeler.php
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Travel time: 1 hour 30 minutes Difficulty: Somewhat difficult (2,100 feet of elevation gain) Beginning from a trailhead on Highway 35 about 15 miles south of Hood River, the 8-mile roundtrip climb to 3,700-foot Bald Butte is a mix of the pleasantly pastoral (oak woodlands and abundant wildflowers) and the slightly jarring (the trail passes under huge, buzzing power lines, and the last mile is an exposed, steep dirt track shared with the occasional 4x4). Fortunately, a virtue of being “bald” is the incredible view once you reach the top: four Cascade peaks and the entire Hood River Valley laid out below. Even better: a nice pint of Double Mountain ale waiting just down the road. (CB)
Travel time: 1 hour 30 minutes Difficulty: Easy Description: Seen one coniferous forest, seen ’em all? For hikers in this neck of the woods, it can sometimes feel that way. An hour-and-a-half drive and a few bucks of gas money gets you not only this spectacular hike amid the wildflower-filled meadows cresting the Washington side of the Gorge—it also gets you a reminder of the Pacific Northwest’s amazing ecological diversity. More a system of trails than a single route, Catherine Creek is best explored meandering while gaping at the sweeping vista of the Columbia River and Mount Hood. As you read these words, the wildflowers are wilting; go soon to see their fading glory. (JF) Read more: Search “catherine creek” online (Catherine Creek State Park, in eastern Oregon, is unrelated).
Bike Mount Angel
Travel time: 40-minute drive to the start of the ride Difficulty: Moderate (fairly flat, save the short climb to the monastery, elev. 300 feet) This 45-mile bike ride culminates midway at the Mount Angel Monastery, a red-roofed abbey that’s home to a community of Benedictine monks, on a bluff overlooking the Willamette Valley. The loop starts and ends in Canby, 22 miles south of Portland, and passes fields of hops, vineyards and hazelnut orchards, and the quaint Bavarian village of Mount Angel along the way. You’ll encounter spectacular views of Mount Hood throughout. (CC) Read more: In the cycling guidebook Rubber to the Road, or search “mount angel loop” and “map my ride” online.
Hike Coyote Wall
Travel time: 1 hour 30 minutes Difficulty: Somewhat difficult (1,900 feet elevation gain) On the Washington side where the Gorge begins to dry out, Coyote Wall is a dramatic symbol of the region’s chaotic geologic past. It’s a fairly quiet hike today, with the best Gorge views this side of Dog Mountain. Beginning with a rolling
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HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH: The Indian Heaven Wilderness.
trail through an oak forest, the hike joins a gravel road providing unparalleled views of Hood River, before skirting private property along the top of the ridge and emerging to a fantastic panorama to the east. From here, the braided paths descend steeply into a fantastic rocky labyrinth. Walk as close to the edge of the wall as you can handle, but watch out for mountain bikes! (CB) Read more: wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/coyote-wall
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Travel time: 2 hours The city at the mouth of the Columbia is celebrating its bicentennial this summer, with events just about every weekend through the end of September. Head out June 17 through 26 to catch some opera at the Astoria Music Festival (astoriamusicfestival.org), grab some fish and chips right off the boat from the Bowpicker (bowpicker.com), down a few pints at Fort George Brewery (fortgeorgebrewery.com), have a Bosnian dinner at Drina Daisy (drinadaisy.com), spend the night at the Commodore Hotel (commodoreastoria.com), and have breakfast the next morning at Blue Scorcher Bakery Cafe (bluescorcher.com). (BW) Read more: astoria200.org
Hike Bayocean Spit
Travel time: 1 hour 45 minutes Difficulty: Easy In the early 20th century, promoters envisioned an “Atlantic City of the West” on this windswept grassy spit at the mouth of Tillamook Bay. For a while, Bayocean was indeed a thriving place, complete with a natatorium (known today by the more prosaic “indoor swimming pool”), dance halls and hotels. More than 2,000 lots were sold by the 1920s, but shifting currents slowly reclaimed the sandy outcropping. By 1960, the last house had fallen into the sea. Today, Bayocean Spit is a fine place for a quiet 5-to-9-mile hike along the dunes and in the small forest on the bayside. Keep an eye out for bald eagles. (CB) Read more: portlandhikersfieldguide.org/wiki/ Bayocean_Spit_Hike
Longer Treks Take Dramamine and Deep-Sea Fish Travel time: Half to full day Difficulty: Depends on how much you drank the night before
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Portlanders often lament our city’s poor seafood options. Stop complaining and go deep-sea fishing. There are loads of charters up and down the Oregon coast (typically $70 to $200 for half- to full-day trips) ready and waiting to help you catch your own. Charters provide bait and tackle, and usually guarantee you’ll reel in at least enough to fill a normal-sized cooler with rockfish, lingcod, tuna, halibut, salmon or Dungeness crab. (LC) Read more: Search “deep sea charter fishing oregon coast” online.
Drink the Gorge Dry
Travel time: 4 hours driving, just as much drinking. Difficulty: Easy, if you bring a driver. It’s a pub crawl on an epic scale, amid the rolling hills and desolate cliffs of the Columbia Gorge: Start at Marchesi Vineyards in Hood River (3955 Belmont Drive), where the vintner, Franco, pours excellent Italian-style reds with accompanying salami; pop into town for a pint and a pizza at Double Mountain Brewery (8 4th St., No. 204) and a glass of zinfandel at Quenett Winery’s tasting room (111 Oak St.); cross the Hood River Bridge and drive along Highway 14 to Lyle to taste the goods at Syncline (111 Balch Road, say hello to the dogs) and Jacob Williams (421 State St.); continue east to Maryhill Winery in Goldendale, renowned for its generous tasting room (9774 Washington 14); cross the river to Biggs Junction and take I-84 east to Pendleton, where you’ll end your journey with a pint of Bruce/Lee Porter and a Scotch egg at Prodigal Son Brewery (230 SE Court Ave.). Then crash at the Working Girls Hotel, a former brothel at 17 SW Emigrant Ave. Read more: columbiagorgewine.com, oregonbeer.org and pendletonundergroundtours.org.
Hike Indian Heaven Wilderness
Travel time: 2 hours 90 minutes Difficulty: Moderate The Indian Heaven Wilderness spans only a 10-by-5-mile area in southern Washington, but it feels much larger. In the Gifford Pinchot National Forest between Mount Adams and the Columbia River Gorge, the wilderness area contains 42 miles of hiking trails, including a 16-mile section of the Pacific Crest Trail, and more than 150 clear, frigid lakes and ponds. (Swim if you dare!) Packed with volcanic formations, subal-
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pine forests and meadows, and a 2,000-foot-long field that used to serve as a track for horse races during Native American tribal gatherings, the area is ripe for exploration. Wildflowers abound during the summer months and huckleberries during the fall. Bring along mosquito repellent through July. (CC) Read more: Search “indian heaven wilderness” online.
Explore the Valley of the Giants
Travel time: About 3 hours Difficulty: Easy The 1.4-mile hike is easy; it’s the drive to this remote preserve—a brutal crawl along primitive forest roads (one 30-mile section takes 90 minutes)—that keeps most folks away. But hidden in the Coast Range, this BLM-managed grove near the source of the Siletz River is one of Oregon’s most precious gatherings of old-growth Douglas firs and Western hemlocks, up to 200 feet tall and over 20 feet in circumference, in an impossibly serene setting. It’s hard to contemplate how long these sentinels have stood here. It’s a crazy drive; carry spare tires and a detailed map. (CB) Read more: Contact the Bureau of Land Management’s Salem office at 375-5646 for directions. They’re not published on the Web.
Escape to Olallie Lake Resort
Travel time: 2 hours 30 minutes Nominally a fishing resort, this cluster of cabins on the edge of one of the myriad mountain lakes of the Cascade range is the most peaceful place I know in Oregon. The water is always a steely smooth mirror, the air icy, the trees shockingly green. It’s a long way from just about everything, 5,000 feet up the Cascades north of Mount Jefferson, high enough that the resort is open for only 17 weeks of the year. Accommodations include tiny spare cabins, well-appointed yurts and six-person lodges, but all are just a small step above camping. Rentals run $345 to $480 a week, and it’s worth a long stay—between morning walks around the 3-mile circumference of the lake and cool evenings by the fire, Olallie is a quiet, isolated respite from whatever troubles. Whether you’re out to finish a novel or just snag a few trout, this is the place. (BW) Read more: olallielakeresort.com
Gawk at Petersen’s Rock Gardens Travel time: About 3 hours
In 1935, Danish immigrant Rasmus Petersen began collecting rocks in and around his Deschutes County ranch south of Redmond. By his death in 1954, he had amassed an astonishing collection of basalt, obsidian, agate and petrified wood, which he turned into a jumble of miniature monuments: castles, bridges, even the Statue of Liberty and the U.S. Capitol. It’s either an ingenious work of folk art, or an old-school tourist trap. But don’t laugh; these monuments will probably outlast you, too. To quote a plaque near Lady Liberty: “Enjoy Yourself. It Is Later Than You Think.” Clearly, Rasmus was a philosopher as well as an architect. (CB) Read more: narrowlarry.com/nlpete.html
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Eat at K&R Drive Inn
Travel time: 2 hours 53 minutes Motoring hundreds of miles down I-5 is thoroughly mind-numbing. For 40 years, K&R Drive Inn has kept travelers’ blood sugar sky high with friendly locals serving 38 flavors of Umpqua ice cream. Dusty drivers can escape their cars, stretch their legs and photosynthesize on K&R’s sunny picnic tables while engaging in a sensual makeout sesh with one of the Drive Inn’s towering ice cream cones. Although K&R is famous for its ice cream, you can pair your cone with a burger or some fried fare for a balanced meal. (WH) Read more: krdriveinn.com, Exit 148 off I-5
Hike the Cove Palisades
Travel time: 3 hours 30 minutes Difficulty: Fairly difficult (six miles and 600 feet of swift elevation gain). Twenty-seven miles northeast of Redmond, the Crooked, Deschutes and Metolius rivers are impounded by the Round Butte dam in a spectacular, arid canyon. The high cliffs are home to petroglyphs, lichens of all colors and one of the few remaining pockets of pre-settlement ecology left in Oregon. The Tam-a-láu Trail takes hikers up the edge of a mesa that overlooks “The Island,” a barren peninsula closed to visitors in 1997 to protect the local flora and fauna. The view is unlike anything else in central Oregon, a vista more akin to the Colorado River’s canyons than the lakes of the Cascades. If you want to make a weekend of it, rent one of the luxurious cabins on the edge of the lake ($76 per night). (BW) Read more: oregonstateparks.org/park_32.php
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There’s no greater pleasure on a hot day than plopping down on your favorite bar’s patio and combating the heat while encouraging dehydration with round after round of cold beers and frosty cocktails. Here are our favorite patios, each of which serves a very specific purpose for drinkers’ needs, be they sucking face with a stranger or warding off the apocalypse.
Best make-out-with-a-stranger patio: Rontoms
A sprawling seating area, outdoor bar, live performances by established bands, hot clientele in varying stages of extreme intoxication, and a clear night combine for the perfect environment for a passionate lip lock with somebody whose name you can’t remember. 600 E Burnside St., 236-4536, rontoms.net.
Best patio to meet bitches: Lucky Lab Beer Hall
The rustic, outdoor picnic area behind the Lab is a frequent sniffing ground, a veritable dog park for barfly dog owners and their canine enablers. 1945 NW Quimby St., 517-4352, luckylab.com.
Best backyard barbecue patio: Amnesia Brewing
Amnesia’s tin-shed aesthetic and smoky grills full of sausages are a perfectly acceptable substitute for a family reunion at a city park, and even come with eccentric drunken uncles, the smell of grilled sausages and noise complaints from neighboring picnic tables. 832 N Beech St., 281-7708.
Best zombie command post patio: On Deck Sports Bar and Grill
On Deck’s rooftop vantage point, proximity to supply depot REI and ample supply of meatheads to use as decoys make the shiny sports bar a walking-dead-proof fortress. 910 NW 14th Ave., 227-7020 ondecksportsbar.com.
Best scary story patio: A Roadside Attraction
With rustic seating, a huge fire pit, and tin sheeting
to shield drinkers from the rain, funky Roadside Attraction’s front yard recalls a badass camping trip. 1000 SE 12th Ave., 233-0743.
Best winter relief patio: Fifth Quadrant
Sure, the service might be as cold as the blistering winter wind outside, but Fifth Quadrant’s tarped-off deck exudes a womblike warmth year round. 3901 N Williams Ave., 288-3996, newoldlompoc.com.
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Best Patio for emphysema patients: George’s Corner Sports Bar
The covered patio at this underrated dive can be like a convention for lifelong chain smokers…and a training ground for the next generation. 5501 N Interstate Ave., 289-0307.
Best eat-and-go patio: Apex
Sharing a patio with a well-known burrito joint serves Apex well—the open-air beer hall can concentrate on its massive selection of beers and let the folks next door at Los Gorditos do the cooking. 1216 SE Division St., apexbar.com.
Best Peeping Tom patio: Casa Diablo
The city’s best spot to suck on a butt without missing any of the jiggling asses, the porch at vampire-themed vegan titty oasis Casa Diablo includes a massive window allowing you to peer in on the dancers like a seedy neighborhood voyeur. 2839 NW St. Helens Road, 222-6600.
Best porch swing patio: EastBurn
EastBurn’s covered patio, porch swings and tabletop fireplaces make its outdoor area seem less like a bar than a coastal paradise. 1800 E Burnside St., 236-2876, theeastburn.com.
Best people-watching porch: Binks
The tiny sidewalk seating area and covered porch at Binks is a welcome reprieve from the packed hullabaloo of Last Thursday. Arrive early in order to snag one of the coveted seats and watch the mayhem unfold with a cold one. 2715 NE Alberta St., 493-4430.
Bite down on inequality and dine out for rights! On Thursday, June 23rd establishments across the state will donate a percentage of their proceeds to Basic Rights Oregon’s work to ensure equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Oregonians.
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Downtown’s Courier Coffee cold soaks its singleorigin coffee in water for 24 hours before filtering it through a metal Swiss Gold filter and then a Filtron Pro coffee brewer—essentially a bucket with a felt filter in the bottom, which drips slowly for hours to create a concentrated brew. Several specialty coffee bars around town use a similar cold press method, but what sets Courier’s apart is the presentation. Each coffee comes served over a large, perfectly square ice cube inside a Mason jar. It doesn’t just look cool; it allows Courier’s many cyclist customers to take their drink to go: “You can put a lid on it, put it in your bag and take it to work,” says owner Joel Domreis. “People bring it back, and we change it for a cold one out of the fridge.” Courier Coffee, 923 SW Oak St., 545-6444. 7 am-5 pm Monday-Friday. $3 (+$1 jar deposit).
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Despite the abundance of Vietnamese restaurants in Portland, few make their iced coffee the traditional Vietnamese way—most opt for the ease and capacity of American-style auto-drips. But an authentic cup can be found at Belmont’s Happy Sparrow Cafe. The cafe’s VietnameseAmerican owners Mary and Danny Quach make each cup to order, slowly brewing imported Vietnamese coffee in a metal phin drip filter over thick, sweetened condensed milk, before stirring the micture together and pouring it over ice. “It was an opportunity to add something new and eclectic to the scene, since Portland loves coffee,” Mary Quach says. Happy Sparrow Cafe, 3001 SE Belmont St., 445-0231. 7 am-3 pm weekdays, 9 am-2 pm Saturday. $3.25.
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Case Study Coffee makes its cold coffee with a
Yama cold-brew siphon—a 4-foot tower of twisting glass pipes and jars, which drips slowly for 13 to 16 hours to make a lighter concentrate that co-owner Christine Herman says retains more of the beans’ original character than other coldbrew methods. “[Siphon brewers] are pretty to look at, but luckily they also make a superior product,” Herman says. “Each coffee does have a unique flavor kind of like an alcohol aftertaste— like bourbon. And coffees that are heavily fruity, like Ethiopians, they can sometimes have cherry-cordial flavor.” Case Study Coffee, 5347 NE Sandy Blvd., 477-8221. 6 am-6 pm weekdays, 7 am-6 pm Saturday, Sunday 8 am-6 pm. $2.50 for 12 ounces.
Espresso Stout
Oakshire Brewing’s Overcast Espresso Stout is its biggest seller in the winter, but the Eugene-based brewery now makes and sells it year-round. Made from the signature blend of organic beans from Eugene roaster the Wandering Goat, each pint contains a full shot of espresso. “We brew an oatmeal stout; a rich, roasty, creamy, stout, with only about 5 percent alcohol so it’s not too strong,” explains production manager and head brewer Joe Jasper. “We grind beans and soak them overnight for 13 hours. It makes the espresso at triple strength. We only have to use a small amount to make a good coffee flavor…. It’s just a really easy drinking stout.” $4.99 at New Seasons Market
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Portland isn’t short on coffee ice cream, but newcomer Salt & Straw is taking the form to new heights, offering seasonally changing creations highlighting Stumptown’s single-origin beans. “One of the reasons that we are able to work with more complex coffees and that folks will be able to tell when we change flavors, is that the sweetness level in the cream base...is quite a bit lower than what most people are used to,” says owner Kim Malek. “Combine the lower sweetness level with our 17 percent butterfat, and we have a nice canvas on which the flavors can really shine.” Salt & Straw, Northeast 18th Avenue and Alberta Street. 1-10 pm daily. $3.75.
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On Dogway The Where-to-Pee Guide to Portland, for Dogs. BY M A RY C H R I ST M AS
Being a dog owner sucks during Portland winters. The wet fur, the muddy paws, the days upon days trapped indoors with a stir-crazy pooch...oh, the things we do for love. But come summer, Portland is a doggie paradise for pets and humans alike. Here is our guide to the best dog parks in the city:
Brentwood Park
Southeast 60th Avenue and Duke Street Pro: All fenced in and ready for the pup that likes to make a sudden break for the street. Con: No running water, so bring a bottle and bowl for hot summer playdates.
Chimney Park
9360 N Columbia Blvd. Pro: It’s gigantic at almost 6 acres, with two separate fenced-in areas. Con: Not a ton of trees, and it can be hard to find shade on very hot summer days.
East Delta Park
Northeast Union Court and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard Pro: Fenced in, with some picnic tables for human companions. However, we don’t suggest bringing along a barbecue, as any meat is sure to get snatched out of your hand by a sneaky pooch. Con: Sometimes closed during winter months.
West Delta
Parking lot at North Denver Avenue and Victory Boulevard Pro: The biggest park on the list at nearly 9 sprawling acres. Con: Not fenced in—though the park is so enormous your little runaway is not likely to run into trouble should he or she take off.
Gabriel Park
Southwest 45th Avenue and Vermont Street Pro: Fenced and fabulous! The prevalence of human-friendly activities in the park makes
Gabriel one of the more populated dog runs. All of the staples are in place: running water, poop bags and trash cans within reach. Con: The larger dog run shuts down for winter for re-growth, and pups are moved to another area for summer.
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North Interstate Avenue and Fremont Street Pro: Running water and lots of human-friendly spots for baseball, picnicking and more. A children’s playground is close to the dog run for those who parent human children along with their canine babies. Con: The dog area is tiny and boring, and seems like an afterthought compared to the rest of the park. Also, it’s not fenced, and if Fido wanders slightly out of bounds, a parks department vehicle will magically appear out of nowhere and slap you with a citation.
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Normandale Park
Northeast 57th Avenue and Halsey Street Pro: Not only is Normandale fenced, it’s doublefenced! The park features a small dog run in addition to providing space for your giant Tibetan mastiff/St. Bernard mix. Con: We honestly couldn’t find one. Normandale may be the perfect dog park.
Alberta Park
Northeast 22nd Avenue and Killingsworth Street Pro: Alberta’s multitude of fir trees makes it one of the best dog parks for rainy winter use, as it provides shelter and prevents mudding. The trees come in handy during heat waves, too. Con: Not fenced in, and sandwiched between two relatively busy streets. Use leash discretion with bolt-happy breeds.
Sandy River Delta
I-84, Exit 18 Pro: Once you get past the mile-plus hike through the Sandy River Delta forest, you arrive at a honest-to-goodness dog beach with ample shade and lots of safe, shallow-water areas for splashing. Con: Hiking a couple miles can be no joke; be ready for a serious workout just getting to the beach. More than a few newbies have gotten lost, but enough dog lovers gather at the trailhead to give you assistance with directions.
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June 17-19: Portland Pride
This year’s official theme is “Make It Happen!,” and the “it” is pride. Events include the Pulse dance party, Waterfront Festival, Dyke March, Pride Drag Race and Pride Parade. Headliners include Deborah Cox, Lea DeLaria and Camille Bloom. Tom McCall Waterfront Park, 700 SW Naito Parkway, pridenw. org. 6-10 pm Friday, noon-9 pm Saturday, noon-6 pm Sunday.
June 18: World Naked Bike Ride
Whether protesting fossil fuels and the vulnerability of cyclists or just exercising a need to lose some threads, 10,000 people stripped down for the 2010 WNBR. Even more are expected this year. Shoes and helmets are “strongly encouraged.” Southeast Water Avenue and Salmon Street, wiki.worldnakedbikeride.org. 10 pm. Free.
June 24-26: North American Organic Brewers Festival
“Saving the planet, one beer at a time,” this festival combines organic beer and sustainability. The brews and ciders will be from around the world, including locals like Alameda Brewhouse and Upright Brewing Company. But there’s more than just beer; there will be sustainableproduct vendors, nonprofits and live music. Overlook Park, 1301 N Fremont St., naobf.org. Noon-9 pm Friday-Saturday, noon-5pm Sunday. Free. Minors admitted with parents.
June 24-26: No.Fest Music and Arts Fair
July 1-4: Waterfront Blues Festival
The second-largest blues festival in the nation, behind only Chicago, these four days will ensure you get your blues fix. Buddy Guy, Lucinda Williams, and Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears are just a few acts in the lineup. There will be fireworks over the Willamette on July 4. Tom McCall Waterfront Park, 700 SW Naito Parkway, waterfrontbluesfest.org. 2-11 pm Friday, 11 am-11 pm Saturday-Sunday, 11 am-10 pm Monday. $40 four-day festival pass.
July 2: Modest Mouse
Three friends created this all encompassing festival after an attempt to fill Proper Eats Market and Cafe with the best of their friends’ bands in 2008. Last year, this music and arts fair grew to include 50 bands, as well as visual arts and spoken word. Various venues in St. Johns, nofest.net.
June 26: North Portland Sunday Parkways
July 4-Aug. 25: Top Down Rooftop Cinema
June 26-Sept. 10: Summer Free For All Movies in the Park
Portland Parks and Recreation presents movies in parks across the city. Schedule at portlandonline.com/ parks/index.cfm?c=52643. Free.
June 28: My Morning Jacket
My Morning Jacket brings its genrebending alt-country sounds to Troutdale for the Edgefield Summer concert series. McMenamins Edgefield Amphitheater, 2126 SW Halsey St., Troutdale, edgefieldconcerts.com. 6:30 pm. $40-$43.
June 29: Alison Krauss & Union Station
Alison Krauss signed with Rounder Records when she was just 14; since then, she’s won more Grammys than any other female artist (26) and has collaborated with Yo Yo Ma, James Taylor and Dolly Parton. See what the embodiment of musical success looks like when Krauss and the Union Station band bring their take on roots, country and pop to the Edgefield lawn. McMenamins Edgefield Amphitheater, 2126 SW Halsey St., Troutdale, edgefieldconcerts.com. 6:30 pm. $49-$79.
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local talent like Typhoon and Y La Bamba. 721 NW 9th Ave., ecotrust. org. 5:30-8:30 pm Thursdays. Free.
Portland’s indie kings play their first local performance since 2009 to celebrate Edgefield’s 100th birthday. There will also be musical merriment throughout the grounds, historical tours, and drink tastings. McMenamins Edgefield Amphitheater, 2126 SW Halsey St., Troutdale, edgefieldconcerts.com. 6:30 pm. $44-$48.
Eight miles of streets between Peninsula and McCoy parks will be closed to cars for five hours, with food, music and family activities in parks and on sidewalks along the route. 11 am-4 pm. See route at portlandsundayparkways.org.
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Cross your fingers for this one, folks. If it’s a dry Portland summer— maybe knock on wood, too—the Northwest Film Center will reprise its series of great outdoor cinema. Top Down will be held six nights this summer atop the Hotel deLuxe’s rooftop garage. The party starts at 8 pm, with live bands and refreshments; once sun sets, the films start. This seasons screenings include: Missile to the Moon July 4, Female July 28, Viva Las Vegas Aug. 4, The Outsiders Aug. 11, Police Story Aug. 18, and Goldfinger Aug. 25. 729 SW 15th Ave., nwfilm.org. $9.
July 5-Sept. 7: Summer Free for All Concerts in the Park
You have no excuses for a boring night this summer: Summer Free for All presents Concerts in the Park every night of the week from July to August (dates in September are reserved for rain dates). Enjoy all kinds of music, from Celtic to neo-Bohemian cabaret, throughout the summer. Various parks across Portland, see portlandonline.com/ parks. All ages. Free.
July 8: Neko Case
Neko Case’s sound is the oatmeal of the musical world: unadorned, but it sticks with you. Feast on her hauntingly beautiful vocals at Edgefield. McMenamins Edgefield Amphitheater, 2126 SW Halsey St., Troutdale, edgefieldconcerts.com. 6:30 pm. $35-$38.
July 15-17: Portland International Beer Festival
This event is on a “secret mission to make you a beer geek,” but even if you don’t end the weekend in a SNOB shirt and thick-rimmed
glasses, you’re still likely to find a beer you love out of the 150 different brews on offer. North Park Blocks at Northwest Park Avenue and Davis Street, seattlebeerfest.com/Index2 PIB.htm. 4-10 pm Friday, noon-10 pm Saturday, noon-7 pm Sunday. $20 advance, $25 at gate. 21+.
July 16: Portland Highland Games
Originally reserved for kings and chiefs, these crass displays of stamina settled who would be “the best man at arms.” Today, it’s more of a celebration of Scottish custom than a show of superiority. A one-mile kilted race, fiddling competition, dance competitions and other physical contests round out this 23-year-old tradition at Mount Hood Community College. 26000 SE Stark St., Gresham, phga.org. 8 am Saturday. $20 adults, $10 children ages 6-17.
July 18-24: Puckerfest
Sour beers can take up to three years to barrel-age, a sometimes risky venture, and for the fifth year running Belmont Station is celebrating them for one week in July. 4500 SE Stark St., 232-8538, belmont-station.com.
July 21-24: Northwest String Summit
Experience some of the best acoustic performances that the Northwest has to offer at this year’s Northwest String Summit in the picturesque Horning’s Hideout. This year, the Yonder Mountain String Band will play for three nights. Horning’s Hideout, 21277 NW Brunswick Canyon Road, North Plains, stringsummit.com. $20-$155.
July 22: TV on the Radio
This year marked the release of what has been called TV on the Radio’s most user-friendly album, Nine Types of Light, a small move away from the band’s historically undefinable musical creations. McMenamins Edgefield Amphitheater, 2126 SW Halsey St., Troutdale, edgefieldconcerts.com. $34-$38.
July 22-24: PDX Pop Now! Summer Festival
Unlike festivals that charge high ticket fees or bar underage musiclovers from attending, PDX Pop Now! remains open to all ages and is completely free. Refuge PDX, 116 SE Yamhill St., pdxpopnow.com. All ages. Free.
July 22-Aug. 19: Flicks on the Bricks
For five weeks this summer, Friday night means movie night at Pioneer Courthouse Square. BYOC (bring your own chair) and snag some free popcorn as SmartPark presents five movies: Top Gun July 22, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade July 29, West Side Story Aug. 5, Despicable Me Aug. 12 and Stand by Me Aug. 19. Pioneer Courthouse Square, Southwest Morrison Street and Broadway, pcspdx.org. Fridays at dusk. Free.
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July 24: Fleet Foxes
Robin Pecknold, who recently moved to Portland from Seattle, joins his band for a performance on the Edgefield lawn, where the band’s signature folk sound is sure to evoke images of lands both distant and familiar. McMenamins Edgefield Amphitheater, 2126 SW Halsey St., Troutdale, edgefieldconcerts.com. $37-$38.
July 24: Los Lobos
Get your howling in order: The wolves come to the Oregon Zoo to perform with Los Lonely Boys. Los Lobos have been jamming with their current lineup for the past 30 years—proving that the pack that plays together stays together. Oregon Zoo, 4001 SW Canyon Road, oregonzoo.org. $26.
July 24: Westside Sunday Parkways
Six miles of streets between Gov. Tom McCall Waterfront and Wallace parks will be closed to cars for five hours, with food, music and family activities in parks and on sidewalks along the route. 11 am-4 pm. See route at portlandsundayparkways.org.
July 28-31: Oregon Brewers Festival
From 10 Barrel Brewing to Widmer Brothers, they’re all here. Tom McCall Waterfront Park, main entrance at Southwest Oak Street and Naito Parkway, oregonbrewfest.com. Noon-9 pm Thursday– Saturday, noon-7 pm Sunday. Free entry, tasting mugs $6, tastes $1-$4.
July 29: Willie Nelson
Get your bandannas ready; Willie Nelson & Family return to the Edgefield amphitheater for another round of country jams. McMenamins Edgefield Amphitheater, 2126 SW Halsey St., Troutdale, edgefieldconcerts.com. $59-$63.
July 31: IPNC Passport to Pinot
Marvel at the astonishing debauchery of tasting the wares 70 pinot noir producers (and 60 or so chefs and food artisans) at the culminating event of the International Pinot Noir celebration in McMinnville. Linfield College campus, 900 SE Baker St., McMinnville, ipnc.org. 1-4:30 pm Sunday. $150.
Aug. 5-6: Smmr Bmmr
Check your vowels at the door— you won’t need them anyway, with all the fist-pounding raging bound to be had at Smmr Bmmr. This annual garage-rock festival will feature the colorfully named musical drama of King Tuff, Shannon and the Clams and Personal and the Pizzas, among others. Plan B, 1305 SE 8th Ave., dmmrbmmr.com.
Aug. 5-7: Pickathon
The city’s biggest outdoor festival continues to drift away from its old-timey origins, but with headliners like Mavis Staples, Black Mountain, Grupo Fantasma and Damien Jurado, it’s hard to pine for the good ol’ days. Pendarvis Farm, 16581 SE Hagen Road, Happy Valley, pickathon.com. $145 for the weekend.
Aug. 6-7: Bones and Brew Festival
Over 30 brews from Oregon craft breweries, live music, a barbecue cooking contest and plenty of brisket and ribs from local restaurants for this celebration of the American barbecue, benefiting the Oregon Zoo. Northwest 14th Avenue and Flanders Street, rogue. com/events/bones-and-brew.php. 11 am-9 pm Saturday, 11 am-5 pm Sunday. $3 suggested donation.
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Aug. 11: Peter Frampton
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Peter Frampton settles into the zoo for the long haul: This threehour performance includes his album Frampton Comes Alive! in its entirety, along with various highlights from the rest of his extensive canon. Oregon Zoo, 4001 SW Canyon Road, oregonzoo.org. $27.50.
Aug. 12: Portland Twilight Criterium
Closed-off blocks of Old Town streets are filled with spectators, food carts and activities, such as a hand-built bike show and a beer garden, all situated in the middle of the course of this high-speed street race. Free bike parking at Northwest Park Avenue and Flanders Street. North Park Blocks, Northwest 9th Avenue and Couch Street, portlandtwilight.com. Races begin 4 pm. $25-$30.
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Aug. 12-14: The Bite of Oregon
It’s more about the music, wine and beer than the food, really— only restaurants with large catering operations can muster enough food and manpower for a weekend-long festival—but the annual benefit for Special Olympics Oregon is always pleasant. Tom McCall Waterfront Park, 700 Southwest Naito Parkway, biteoforegon.com. $10 single day pass, $15 full weekend.
Aug. 13: Adult Soapbox Derby
Remember that childhood soapbox, built in the garage through hours of blood and sweat and with the certainty that this year would mark your crushing victory over the neighbor boy’s fancier, faster model? Never happened? Then here’s your chance to bring childhood racing fantasies to life in all their beer-soaked glory at the PDX Adult Soapbox Derby. Mount Tabor Park, Southeast 60th Avenue and Salmon Street, soapboxracer.com. Races start at 10 am. Free to watch.
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Aug. 14: Providence Bridge Pedal
Nearly 20,000 bicyclists and pedestrians fill Willamette River bridges to support the Providence Heart and Vascular Institute. Routes from 13 to 36 miles long include the top decks of the Fremont and Marquam bridges. Southwest Salmon Street and 14th Avenue, blog.bridgepedal. com. 7 am. $25-$45.
Aug. 15-19: Paddle Oregon
Paddle 105 miles of the Willamette over five days. After each day on the river, enjoy a night of camping punctuated by speakers, entertainment and catered meals. A portion of the registration fee supports the
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DEEP-FRIED FESTIVITIES: Go for a ride at the Oregon State Fair. efforts of Willamette Riverkeeper to preserve and restore the river. Event starts at Crystal Lake Boat Ramp in Corvallis, see paddleoregon.org. $535 youth, $635 adult.
Esther Short Park, 8th and Columbia streets, Vancouver, vancouverwinejazz.com. 4-10 pm Friday, 11 am–10 pm Saturday, 11 am–9 pm Sunday. $17-$25.
Aug. 21: Freshwater Trust Portland Triathlon
Aug. 27: Huey Lewis and the News
Swim, bike and run courses woven in and around downtown in one of the “greenest” races in the world (according to Triathlete magazine), the Freshwater Trust Triathlon. Among the green features: bib numbers made from recycled material, local organic food at aid stations, nontoxic body marking courtesy of the Portland Society for Calligraphy, and bamboo bike racks. Tom McCall Waterfront Park between Southwest Harrison and Northwest Glisan streets, portlandtri.com. $70-$185. 13+.
Aug. 21: Portland Century
Take in eye-catching views of Portland and surrounding areas such as Bull Run, Marine Drive and the Willamette Bluff while riding routes of 40, 75 or 100 miles, with gourmet food and refreshments along the way. Ride begins at Portland State University behind Smith Memorial Student Union, Southwest Montgomery Street and Park Avenue, portlandcentury.com. Check-in times 6-9 am, depending on route. $70 adults in advance, $80 at event, $10 under age 10.
Aug. 25-27: Festa Italiana NCNM’s School of Classical Chinese Medicine is founded on a millenniaold and highly complex system of knowledge within the framework of a modern graduate curriculum. The Master of Acupuncture (MAc) three-year program is designed for students having a special affinity for classical Chinese medicine and wanting a more streamlined graduate experience focused on acupuncture and moxibustion, with fewer hours of theory and herbal instruction. It folds the very best traditions of mentoring and lineage into a course of study that richly integrates the wisdom and philosophy of the ancients.
Applications are now being accepted for fall 2011 and winter 2012 entry. Contact admissions@ncnm.edu 503.552.1555
Pioneer Courthouse Square becomes “Piazza Italia” for the 20th annual celebration of everything Italian. Events include a grape stomp, pizza toss, bocce tournament and free Italian movie night. Don’t worry, they didn’t forget the food, beer, wine or dancing. Southwest Morrison Street and Broadway, festaitalianaportland.shutterfly.com. 11 am-11 pm Thursday-Saturday. Free.
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Aug. 28: Southeast Sunday Parkways Six miles of streets between Buckman and Mount Tabor will be closed to cars for five hours, with food, music and family activities in parks and on sidewalks along the route, coinciding with the Hawthorne Street Fair. 11 am-4 pm. See route at portlandsundayparkways.org.
Sept. 1: Oregon Symphony Waterfront Concert
Join the Oregon Symphony to kick off the 2011-12 season with a free concert at Portland’s Waterfront Park. Tom McCall Waterfront Park, 700 SW Naito Parkway, orsymphony.org/edu/comm_neigh.aspx. 5 pm Portland Youth Philharmonic, 7 pm symphony program. Free.
Sept. 7-11: MusicfestNW
MusicFestNW is back for its 11th year as Portland’s largest music festival. Following last year’s two al fresco shows, the festival has added a third night at Pioneer Courthouse Square, with Iron and Wine, Explosions in the Sky, and Band of Horses headlining. Various locations throughout Portland, see musicfestnw.com. $70 all indoor shows and one show at the square, $115 all indoor shows and all three shows at the square, $250 allaccess VIP pass.
Sept. 8-18: TBA Festival
The world’s largest relay turns 30 this year, and 15,000 runners will celebrate from Timberline Lodge to Seaside while raising money for the American Cancer Society. After the teams complete the 200-mile route, spectators can meet them in Seaside for a beach party with live music, vendor booths, giveaways and an awards ceremony (beach ball not included). See hoodtocoast.com.
From workshops by morning to impromptu galleries by night, the Time-Based Art Festival turns Portland into an all-hours exhibit of contemporary visual and performing arts. Around-the-clock contemporary art enthusiasts can choose from a bevy of festival events, from stage performances to visual installations, including the premiere of Mike Daisey’s 24-hour monologue, All the hours of the day. Various locations, see pica.org/tba. $8-$25 individual events, $250 fullfestival pass. All ages.
Aug. 26-Sept. 5: Oregon State Fair
Sept. 10: John Prine
Aug. 26-27: Hood to Coast Relay
If corn dogs, Skee-Ball and that swinging Viking boat define your idea of a perfect summer evening, head down to Salem for the Oregon State Fair. Peruse 500 exhibits and graze 75 restaurants, or try your hand at a carnival game (good luck knocking those jars down). The 11-day event attracts so many visitors it could qualify as Oregon’s second-largest city—with Cheap Trick’s Rick Nielsen as this year’s mayor. Oregon State Fairgrounds, 2330 17th Street NE, Salem, oregonstatefair.org. 10 am-10 pm Sunday-Thursday, 10 am-11 pm Friday-Saturday. Ticket prices TBA.
Aug. 26-28: Vancouver Wine and Jazz Festival
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Prepare to be blown away by the power of love! Oregon Zoo, 4001 SW Canyon Road, oregonzoo.org/ concerts. $39.
One of America’s most enduring songwriters, John Prine has a career that’s spanned almost four decades. Catch Prine with Ani DiFranco as he performs his poignant songs to round out Edgefield’s summer concerts. McMenamins Edgefield Amphitheater, 2126 SW Halsey St., Troutdale, edgefieldconcerts.com. $42-$74.
Sept. 25: Northeast Sunday Parkways Eight miles of streets between Woodlawn Park and Northeast Cully Boulevard will be closed to cars for five hours, with food, music and family activities in parks and on sidewalks along the route. Noon-5 pm. See route at portlandsundayparkways.org.
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FINAL MOVEMENT: Unless it can raise $100,000 before month’s end, the Vancouver Symphony will have to cancel its 2011-12 season, the group’s board of directors says. In an open letter posted on the orchestra’s website, the board attributes the group’s financial sturm und drang to a recession-driven decline in individual donations and corporate sponsorships: Contributions have fallen 15 percent each of the past three years and the orchestra’s annual fundraising event last month “fell short of expectations.” The orchestra’s directors vow that if the group can fund what would be its 33rd season, it will emerge from this budget crisis a much leaner organization, with an administrative budget less than half its current size and a schedule heavier on economical chamber-sized performances.
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SLOPPY SECONDS: A late-night pop-up restaurant called Sloppy Town is now operating out of Geraldi’s at 518 SW 4th Ave. Between 5 pm and 3 am Thursday to Saturday, downtown diners can line their stomachs with sloppy joes, sloppy tacos and sloppy mac and cheese, with fillings like pulled pork, slow-cooked chipotle barbecue beef and scrambled eggs. Top it off with a “sloppy cookie pie,” sandwiching marshmallow creme between two cookies. It’s cash only, but everything is under $10. NW NOSHING: Rose’s Restaurant and Bakery on Northwest 23rd Avenue is closing after 55 years in business. In its place will be a second outpost of Bamboo Sushi. >> Also on 23rd, Binh Minh bakery is opening a restaurant called LeLa’s Bistro, which will offer “Vietnamese sandwiches with a twist” as well as wine, beer, cocktails and housemade “Asianinspired sodas.” >> Bent Brick, the new tavern from Park Kitchen’s Scott Dolich, is set to open on Northwest Marshall on June 28. HIP-HOP HOORAY: So, Pickathon isn’t going to be your only option for smoking a few bowls and watching bands outdoors during the first weekend of August. Fire in the Canyon’s initial lineup features some impressive national hip-hop names (Pharcyde, Digable Planets, Del the Funky Homosapien, Busdriver and the Lifesavas among them), alongside regional R&B, funk and hip-hop outfits galore. Tickets for the festival are $110 for all three days including camping at the gorgeous Horning’s Hideout, which is a few bills cheaper than Pickathon’s $145 (plus parking fee). It remains to be seen whether the local urban music contingent will come out in the numbers that support Pickathon’s more roots-centric lineup—especially on the same weekend. On a related note, there are no fewer than four weekend-long music festivals in Portland next weekend. For a city with such a high unemployment rate, we sure know how to party! 46
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ith the final Harry Potter book far behind us and the last movie approaching fast, one worries for the future of wizard rock. The endearingly nerdy musical genre, distinguished by lyrics and stage personas drawn from J.K. Rowling’s world of witchcraft and wizardry, was spawned when brothers Paul and Joe DeGeorge formed OG wizard-rock group Harry and the Potters in 2002. The band’s alchemic mixture of geekery and rock proved pure gold, yielding not only three LPs (plus many singles), numerous tours (the band is known for gigs at libraries— including one at the North Portland Library this week) and a documentary (We Are Wizards), but also a veritable Dumbledore’s Army of followers (Draco and the Malfoys, the W homping Wil-
lows, the Moaning Myrtles). But things have changed since Harry was a mere fourth-year, with worries as comparatively picayune as the Triwizard Tournament and his pubescent crush on Cho Chang; now, Potterdom’s end is nigh. Will the release next month of Deathly Hallows: Part 2 be wizard rock’s Dementor’s K iss? T he genre’s f lagbearers haven’t got that far. Harry and the Potters’ Paul DeGeorge told WizardRock.co.uk last year that the band still “would like to properly address Deathly Hallows,” but hadn’t had time since dropping its last full-length in 2006. “Maybe there’s something like that in the future,” said the now-31-year-old. “It’s hard to say right now.” The world waits with bated breath to fi nd out. jonathan frochtzwajg.
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FRIDAY JUNE 17 [MUSIC] BOAT, DIRTY MITTENS, THE NIGHTGOWNS When you try to persuade your friends to “go to the boat show,” they might act a little confused. Just explain that you mean BOAT, the best band to come out of Seattle since the Jimi Hendrix Experience. It’s OK to lie to them a little; just make sure they come and see BOAT. Backspace, 115 NW 5th Ave. 9 pm. $5. All ages.
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[MOVIE] FERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFF He’s shifty, deceitful, conniving, selfish—and 25 years later, Ferris Bueller remains the most charismatic teenager in cinematic history. A middle-aged Ferris would probably be making a bid for Congress and weaseling his way out of a sex scandal as we speak. Bagdad Theater & Pub, 3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 249-7474. 8:30 pm. $3. Ages 14 and up.
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arry and the Potters play the North Portland Library (512 N Killingsworth St.) on Tuesday, June 21, at 3:30 pm. Free. All ages. The band also plays Backspace (115 N W 5th Ave.) on Tuesday, June 21, with the Whomping Willows and more. 6 pm. $10. All ages.
[THEATER] WEIRDASS Sketch comedy from the husbandand-wife team of Stephanie Weir (of Mad TV) and Bob Dassie (of Second City). Curious Comedy, 5225 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., curiouscomedy.org. 8 pm FridaySaturday. $15.
SATURDAY JUNE 18 [MUSIC] THE MOUNTAIN GOATS We’re thinking this theater setting will bring out the Behind the Music side of Mountain Goats frontman John Darnielle. Seeing as how he’s one of the best storytellers in music today, that’s a good thing. Aladdin Theater, 3017 SE Milwaukie Ave. 9 pm. $20. All ages. [THEATER] GREASE PHAME Academy presents the school version of Grease, performed by a cast of 47 adult artists with developmental disabilities. It will rock your world. Mount Hood Community College Main Stage theater, 26000 SE Stark St., Gresham, phameacademy.org. 7 pm Saturday, 2 pm Sunday. $13-$27. [BIKE] PEDALPALOOZA STAR WARS/STAR TREK RIDE For those who’d rather not let their bare genitalia near gears and asphalt, grab your phaser or lightsaber and go on the geekiest ride at Pedalpalooza. We would really like to see some Caravan of Courage costumes, please. Director Park, Southwest Yamhill Street and 6th Avenue. 2 pm. Free.
MONDAY JUNE 20 [DOLLS] BLYTHECON 2011 Fans of Blythe Dolls—those freaky dolls with huge eyes that look like Christina Ricci—from all over the world will descend on Portland. This year’s theme is “vintage nautical.” Be afraid. Venue Pearl, 323 NW 13th Ave. blythecon.com. Noon-5 pm.
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FINN BRUNTON THE HISTORY OF SPAM, AND WHAT THE NINTENDO VIRTUAL BOY CAN TEACH US ABOUT THE FUTURE OF MEDIA. BY R U T H B R OW N
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Finn Brunton is trying to figure out what the Internet “is”: What it’s doing, how it works, and how it’s evolving. Formerly a postdoctoral research fellow at New York University studying the history and politics of computing, he was recently appointed assistant professor of digital environments at the University of Michigan. Brunton is also researching and writing a book called The Spew: A History of Spam. He is in Portland this week to speak at the USENIX WebApps ’11 conference on “Dead Media: What the Obsolete, Unsuccessful, Experimental, and Avant-Garde Can Teach Us About the Future of Media.” Brunton spoke to WW about Monty Python, Russian gangsters and the importance of the Telharmonium. GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN: The Telharmonium, a primitive synthesizer.
WW: So, you’re writing a book on the history of spam. Why? Finn Brunton: Like everyone who works on the history of technology and works in computers, I was obsessed with the history of the Internet. I more and more started to realize that what fascinated me is: How did it get so crooked and horrible? When did spam start? Believe it or not, the term actually comes from an old Monty Python sketch...people on very, very early chat systems—we’re talking late ’70s—would type in the Vikings chanting “spam spam spam spam” over and over just to be obnoxious. But the moment it happened was actually 1994. These two lawyers—in Arizona, I believe, named Laurence Canter and Martha Siegel—had this shady scheme to make a lot of money off immigrants to the United States who were seeking green cards. And so they were like, “What’s the best place to find the kind of technically
to see real high-profile busts—especially after the turn of the millennium. These were people that were going to jail and facing hundreds of millions of dollars in fines. It’s easy to forget this, but back in the ’90s, as shady as they were with the penis pills and the real-estate scams and the fake watches, a lot of spam guys were still conceiving of themselves as being legit. They would have a company…and they paid taxes and they were trying to present themselves as “Internet marketers.” And then this one-two punch of the law stuff and the superior technology essentially wiped out this entrepreneurial model. So the good thing is: Those guys are gone. The bad news is: The people who are left are much more willing to just do out-and-out criminal stuff. Who are the spammers now? I hate to generalize too much, [but] I think it can pretty clearly be said that a lot of the focus is in Russia and Eastern Europe.
trol of computers that have sensitive government information on them, and then I can harvest that and sell it to people.” Will we ever see the end of spam? If you’re talking about purely email spam, it’s probably not going to go away for a very long time, but it’s something most people might never even notice.... But spam is kind of a tax we pay for the way we do business online—we like to have things where comments are set up, blogs come into existence and these turn out to be great ways to spam search engines. We live in a permanent arms race. But one side of that is we have these open, creative platforms. What exactly is dead media? A lot of my research has involved media that wasn’t so successful and passed away like the dinosaur, or simply [ became] obsolete, but [was] more avant-garde, ahead of their time, unrealized in various ways…. So it’s not even “dead media” so
the part where you would normally put your ear, and blast it into the room and get this guy playing Wagner up in Midtown somewhere. People loved this. The only downside was that they were sending these incredibly powerful electrical signals over the telephone system, so...you might be chatting with your friend and all of a sudden it’s like you’re trapped in this Tangerine Dream concert. Or the Nintendo Virtual Boy—Sony and Nintendo between them produced a whole ecosystem of failed projects. So what can dead media teach us about the future of media or the Internet? There’s a lot of panicky hand-waving about how the Internet is making us stupid or making us more X or Y or Z, all of which are basically present-day anxieties with the dials turned up a little bit. But I genuinely feel that we do not understand how much these systems we’ve developed are changing us and changing the culture we live in.
“SONY AND NINTENDO BETWEEN THEM PRODUCED A WHOLE ECOSYSTEM OF FAILED PROJECTS.” advanced immigrant who would have the money to pay us?” so they decided on Usenet [a pre-Web message board], and they were the first people to set up an automated program that would repost this message across all these different forums with an idea for getting money…. So that’s where you saw the initial explosion. Then, as the adoption of email picked up, you saw a commensurate rise in sending out spam. But people have gotten savvier, and technology has gotten better at blocking spam. Is it still actually profitable? Spam’s profit model has changed in some significant way over time. The technology for dealing with spam improved, and the laws for dealing with spam improved. You started
There’s groups there that are solidly institutionalized now, like the Russian Business Network. These kind of legendary, infamous characters are real, honest to God gangsters at this point—or at least closely affiliated with gangsters. In many ways, we’re watching the end of spam as a primary industry.... [It’s] like those people who develop really good smuggling routes to move cigarettes and then are like, “Wait a minute, we’re moving cigarettes, but we could be moving heroin”.... You’ve built a bot, and you’re using it to send spam messages to make rent money, then suddenly, “Wait, I control all these computers—I can use them to launch denial-of-service attacks, I can scrub them for passwords, I can accidentally be in con-
much as what we might think of as “failed media,” and it’s important to look at failed media because there’s a lot more of it than there is successful media. I think it has a lot more to tell us about how media works, how civilization changes over time, than the successful stuff does. Can you give us some examples? One people may not have heard of...was the Telharmonium in New York City. This guy had built this—something like 140 tons with dynamos and generators and tone wheels, it was basically playing this synthesizer in 1908. And at certain times, you would know it was time for a concert, so you would go to your telephone and dial in the number and mount a horn on
And I’m not at all convinced that this is a bad thing, but I think it’s just that we don’t even have a grip on what incandescent light and television are doing to us—much less this amazing new wave of [technology]. I feel one of the major questions of the 21st century is getting a grip on that so we can begin to make some real choices about what kind of civilization we want to have. How we want to live, how we want to think and feel in the present day. Going back to dead media and looking at how they participated in the culture of their time can help us get a better grip and maybe make some better technical decisions today. GO: Finn Brunton speaks at the USENIX WebApps ’11 conference on June 15. Visit usenix.org/event/webapps11 for info. Willamette Week JUNE 15, 2011 wweek.com
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Wildwood and Lucky Labrador Brewer’s Dinner
Portland Farmers Market 20thBirthday Celebration
Six Lucky Lab brews will be paired with six of Wildwood’s Pacific Northwest-style dishes prepared by sous chef Paul Kasten. KAREN LOCKE. Wildwood, 1221 NW 21st Ave., 248-9663. 7 pm. $55 includes six courses, beer and gratuity. 21+.
The Portland Farmers Market celebrates two decades with dunk tanks, birthday hats, birthday cake, food samples and music by 3 Leg Torso. KL. Portland Farmers Market, South Park Blocks between Southwest Montgomery and Harrison streets. 8:30 am-2 pm.
TUESDAY, JUNE 21 Concours de Tartes aux Fruits
Both local and student chefs will go head to head for the French tradition of culinary concours (or competitions) to find the very best fruit tart in Portland. Judging the 25 chefs’ creations will be Philippe Boulot (culinary director of the Heathman Restaurant and executive chef of the MAC), Pascal Chureau (owner of the Brasserie Montmartre and Allium Restaurant) and last year’s winner, Tiffany Christy (manager of Saint Cupcake). KL. Oregon Culinary Institute, 1701 SW Jefferson St., 223-8388. 5-6:30 pm. $25-$30.
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IN SEARCH OF PORTLAND’S BEST CROISSANT. Marrying two fine Portland traditions—gorging on fatty foods and obsessive artisanal baking—the croissant is a true test of any fancy local bakery’s bona fides. But with an obscene amount of butter cunningly hiding Mary Poppins-style in every pastry, and absolutely no redeeming nutritional value, any croissant containing up to half your daily allowance of calories had better be worth it. WW’s intrepid team of tasters nobly sacrificed their arteries to find Portland croissants worth shaving a few hours off your life for. We were looking for a crisp, delicate, flaky crust; a light, airy center; and a rich, buttery flavor that made us moan like softcore porn stars.
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TASTERS: Ruth Brown, Ashley Collman, Natasha Geiling, Casey Jarman, Aaron Mesh, Matt Singer, Ben Waterhouse. Ratings are on a scale of 1 to 5.
PETIT PROVENCE 4834 SE Division St., 233-1121; 1824
NE Alberta St.v, 284-6564. Comments: “This is not good.” “It kind of tastes like a dinner roll.” “This is only barely better than the ones at Winco.” Score:
ST. HONORÉ 2335 NW Thurman St., 445-4342.
Comments: “It doesn’t look like a lot of care was put into the presentation.” “I think this is a serviceable croissant. You wouldn’t complain about it.” “It has a chemical taste to it.” Score:
PEARL BAKERY 102 NW 9th Ave., 827-0910.
“Too confected.” “This is more like a pastry than a croissant.” “A little short on salt.” “If you wanted a croissant, I don’t think this would satisfy.” “If you wanted a Danish it might satisfy, though.” Score:
FLEUR DE LIS 3930 NE Hancock St., 459-4887.
Comments: “This is classic croissant flavor.” “It looks like a crab claw.” “The shape is a problem: The middle is way better.” “But the ends are problematic.” Score:
ST. JACK 2039 SE Clinton St., 360-1281.
Comments: “Really chewy.” “It tastes like toast and butter. Very American. This croissant is goddamn patriotic!” “A little doughy.” “Too dense.” Score:
Comments: “They’ve got a lot of butter.” “Also very sweet.” “You can squish it and it retains its form; it’s like memory foam!” “Is this cultured butter?” “A little doughy, but I like the flavor a lot. I’m not crazy about the texture.” Score:
LOVEJOY BAKERY 939 NW 10th Ave., 208-3113.
KEN’S ARTISAN BAKERY 338 NW 21st Ave., 248-2202.
Comments: “Really nice crust.” BIGGEST: There were some whoppers, but Alder Pastry and Dessert’s really took the cake (so to speak). PRETTIEST: Both Ken’s and Lovejoy’s were textbook croissants, with glistening brown crusts. But we gave the edge to Lovejoy for its perfectly layered folds and
Comments: “Oooh, that’s flaky.
delicately fanned ends. There was, however, one strongly dissenting opinion in favor of Nuvrei’s elegant “crab pincer” design. HOMELIEST: St. Honoré’s were a bit misshapen, without much puff, and weird little “tails” sticking out from the middle.
Jesus!” “Really, really nice crunch.” “The texture is great.” Score:
NUVREI 404 NW 10th Ave., lower level, 5468430. Comments: “Whoa, it melts in your mouth!” “It’s more like phyllo dough.” “It doesn’t have a chew to it, but it’s really tasty.” “I like how dark it is; the slightly charred flavor is really nice.” Score:
ALDER PASTRY AND DESSERT 2448 E Burnside St., 548-0359. Comments: “That’s some crazy flakes!” “This is really good.” “Goddamn!” “Mmmmmmm.” Score:
LITTLE T AMERICAN BAKER 2600 SE Division St., 238-3458.
Comments: “It kind of tastes like BBQ!” “Nicely flaked, good layers.” “I’m just happy how much butter is in here.” “I’m sick of croissants now, and this still tastes really good.” Score:
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THE LITTLE THINGS BAKING WITH THE BEST AT LITTLE T.
Little T American Baker glows in the light of the early morning. The decor is sparse: a few tables, a counter, everything in wood and brushed silver. Nothing weighs the space down, and even the delicate pastries and crusted breads seem to hang suspended in the square glass cases and windows. The back of the shop, where the baking takes place, is a different story. A five-deck German bread oven gives off an unrelenting aura of heat. The bake staff, dressed in their uniform of navy Little T T-shirts and white aprons, works easily but methodically; no one stands around, and if you do, you’re going to get in the way. Among the workers, Tim Healea, Little T’s owner and head baker, blends in, giving direction when asked and signing off on finished (or unfinished) baked goods. “No, those aren’t done,” he tells one of the bakers as they pull a sheet of Provençal-style doughnuts out of the oven. “They should be golden brown.” NPR hums in the background as the bakers work on, never ceasing. The mood is quiet, hot and assured: They’re busy making some of the best baked goods in Portland, and they know it. It’s 6:15 am, and the staff at Little T has already been working for two hours. Freshness, Healea stresses, is key to the quality of their goods. The croissants, voted the best in the city by WW, are already in the oven en route to their 7 am appearance right as the store opens. Healea points out the oven where the croissants are baking. Like all of Little T’s pastries, the croissants are baked on the top two decks of the bread oven, with a little bit of steam. “A lot of places make their croissants in a convection oven,” Healea notes, “so this is one way we set ourselves apart.” The bread oven heats the croissants from the bottom, so they can rise while maintaining a nice bottom crust. “One key thing is the dough,” Healea explains. The fermentation process in croissant dough is crucial and time-intensive. “Just ’cause there’s a lot of butter doesn’t mean you can skimp on the dough.” And it is a lot of butter. “The amount of butter that we use is approximately one-third the weight of the dough, so if the dough is 3 kilos, we’re using a kilo of butter,” says Healea, his metric measurements betraying his background in European baking. “The croissant is where bread and pastry intersect. You need the fermentation process of a bread maker with the attention to detail of a pastry maker,” Healea says, methodically cutting through the golden crust of one of the fresh-baked pastries to reveal its honeycombed, delicate interior. “Just paying attention to the little things, that makes a big difference.” NATASHA GEILING.
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15 Nasalrod, Stag Bitten, DJ Matt Scaphism
[ANNOYCORE] In punk rock, obnoxiousness can be a virtue. That’s a good thing for Portland’s Nasalrod. A sortasupergroup featuring Chairman of local avant-freaks Drats!!! on vocals and drummer Spit Stix, formerly of California hardcore legends Fear, the band specializes in a writhing, schizophrenic brand of art punk that never settles for one mood even on a single song. Chairman wails like Jello Biafra with multiple personality disorder, singing as if he’s trying to contain an evil clown that’s threatening to crawl out of his throat. It’s not exactly a pleasant listening experience, but like the most annoying TV commercials, it’s hard to get it out of your head. MATTHEW SINGER. Mudai Lounge, 801 NE Broadway, 2875433. 9 pm. Cover. 21+.
Rajas, Hot Victory, Mongoloid Village, White Orange
[LYSERGIC, LEADEN ROCK] Toadhouse Recording Studio owner Adam Pike is known as the go-to guy for local metal bands looking for an artful but über-heavy engineer; his production skills have been elemental in successful recordings by Red Fang, Rabbits, Nether Regions and Norska. Therefore, it’s unsurprising that when he picks up the bass to play in his own psych-tinged metal band, White Orange, the results are no less stellar and highlight Pike’s occupational obsession with deep, rich guitar tones. Tonight’s bill also marks a homecoming of sorts for former Black Elk guitarist Erik Trammell, who now plays bass with L.A.-based Rajas. HANNAH LEVIN. Rotture, 315 SE 3rd Ave., 2345683. 9 pm. $6.
THURSDAY, JUNE 16 Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra
[ESTABLISHMENT JAZZ] Say what you will about Wynton Marsalis and his conservative tastes, the extraordinary trumpeter-composer has been a persuasive evangelist for jazz, and one of his vehicles for spreading the gospel is this handpicked touring aggregation of 15 of America’s finest improvising musicians. They didn’t deign to announce their program, so no telling
what they’ll play, beyond the fact that it’ll be certifiably great music by one or more of jazz’s greatest composersarrangers, expertly performed by young and old masters. Maybe we should celebrate that remnant of jazzy spontaneity. BRETT CAMPBELL. Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 1037 SW Broadway, 2484335. 7:30 pm. $20-$95. All ages.
Times New Viking, And And And
[SLOW-FI] The prospect of three artschool grads performing before Bunk Bar’s giant mural of the opening scene from Paris, Texas delights me. Bands just aren’t presented with better banter material than this. Musically, the Columbus, Ohio, trio released Dancer Equired on Merge in April, an album constructed from Sonic Youth-like dissonance and shoestring instrumentation. Even with the help of a fancy new label, Times New Viking has held on to its mealy, pulpy, nuanced charm. Vocalist Beth Murphy adds a melodramatic touch with her placid voice, which lingers over most of the band’s material, cooling the noise below. MARK STOCK. Bunk Bar, 1028 SE Water Ave., 894-9708. 9 pm. $10. 21+.
Boris Garcia, Cats Under The Stars
[CHAMBER JAM] Detractors of jam music—and, to a lesser extent, bluegrass—point to said music’s meandering self-indulgence as a source of alienation, repetition and annoyance. Philly quintet Boris Garcia is not that kind of jam band. On its fourth album, Today We Sail, the band still rests on its jamgrass foundation, but there’s something very different about Boris: Its rich, Beatles-inspired string orchestrations, Jethro Tull-evoking flute and Celtic blasts, and a mellow pop sensibility combine to create a sound that lifts the group above its noodling brethren. AP KRYZA. Goodfoot Lounge, 2845 SE Stark St., 503-2399292. 9 pm. Cover. 21+.
The Reservations, Wampire, Religious Girls, Rocky & The Prom
See album review, page 62. Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison St., 239-7639. 8:30 pm. $5. 21+.
XDS, Edibles, Sun Angle
[KRAUTROCK DUBS] What’s that old saying? The psilocybin mushroom doesn’t grow far from the tree? That would explain why Eternal Tapestry godhead Dewey Mahood’s brand new
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TRAIL BLAZER-RELATED ICE CREAM FLAVORS BOAT’s most popular driving game is the aptly named “the ice cream flavor game,” where we pick a category and name ice cream flavors that would work for it. It should be noted that this lineup of flavors (coached by Rick Adel-Mint Chocolate Chip) lacks a true shooting guard. 5) Apple Pie Alaa Mode Abdelnaby 4) Bill Chocolate Malton 3) Cherry Porter 2) Buck Chilliams 1) Kiwi Vandeweghe Sorbet Honorable and dishonorable mentions: Clyde the Glide Twixler, Maur-ice cream Lucas, Jerome Hershey, Danana Split Ainge, Robert Chocolate Snack Pack, Kevin Chunkworth, and Drazen Petrovic Thin Mint. SEE IT: BOAT plays Backspace on Friday, June 17, with Dirty Mittens and the Nightgowns. 9 pm. $5. All ages.
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Mark Lanegan had just returned from the movies with Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme when I reached him via telephone at his Los Angeles home for a rare interview. “We went to see Tree of Life, but we got the times mixed up and ended up seeing three-quarters of Bridesmaids instead. It had its moments. I laughed out loud.” Given his brooding persona, the image of Lanegan being reduced to giggles by an ensemble cast of female comics is difficult to conjure. For the better part of three decades, his calling card has been his earthy, gravel-gargling baritone and the gruffly intimidating image that accompanies it. Between being the voice of the Screaming Trees during the grunge era and his more extensive history as a solo artist with a gift for morose, introspective storytelling, the 46-year-old has a career arc that should find him a place in history alongside marquee, memorable (and dark-hearted) vocalists like Tom Waits, Lou Reed and even Johnny Cash—a legend he once had the honor of opening for. But Lanegan also has an appetite for the fruits of collaboration. In addition to his stint with Homme as a sometime member of Queens of the Stone Age, he’s worked with everyone from former Afghan Whig Greg Dulli—on their Gutter Twins project— to two female artists from across the pond with equally distinct and powerful voices: the enigmatic PJ Harvey and Isobel Campbell, the Scottish singer with whom he’s now recorded three albums, including last year’s critically lauded Hawk. It was during the recording sessions for the latter that Lanegan made the acquaintance of his latest co-conspirator, guitarist Jeff Fielder. The 36-yearold Seattleite was awed by the opportunity. “I was nervous, but it was killer,” recalls Fielder of their first session. “I hadn’t even talked to him [before going into the studio]. I had my headphones on and, after a few bars, in he came with that voice.
It was mind-blowing. It’s one thing to hear it on a record, but it’s another to have it come right at you like that—pretty intense.” Fielder wound up touring extensively with Campbell and Lanegan throughout 2010, and when they came to the end of a string of dates in Scandinavia, Lanegan asked him to be his sole accompaniment for a handful of intimate shows, including tonight’s engagement at Doug Fir. “He’s the kind of guitar player I personally value above all others,” says Lanegan. “He’s flexible and incredibly competent, and he’s also really creative.” The duo’s set list is a broad and deep survey of Lanegan’s career catalog, stretching all the way back to 1994’s Whiskey for the Holy Ghost and even a classic Screaming Trees number or two. “I try and play a little something from almost everything I’ve done,” he explains. “When I started doing these kind of shows, I went back and found some songs I had never played live and found them to be enjoyable. It’s fun, but it is a little more challenging than playing with a band.” Fielder appreciates what the minimalist instrumentation does to the songs, rendering them raw and leaving more space to appreciate their structural integrity. He also is hoping for quiet, captive audiences. “This isn’t the sort of thing people can talk through,” he says. Lanegan is currently finishing a new solo album, which he’s tracking with accomplished producer Alain Johannes, whom he met while working on Queens of the Stone Age’s Songs for the Deaf. Lanegan lavishes Johannes with respect, particularly for his work ethic. “It’s not something I always personally adhere to, but it’s always something I admire,” he says. “I look up to [artists] who are really good at what they do, and I feel lucky to get to work with them. PJ Harvey was one of those people, and Jeff Fielder is one. If you surround yourself with those kind of people, you yourself can be a little more ramshackle.” SEE IT: Mark Lanegan plays the Doug Fir Lounge on Thursday, June 16, with Sean Wheeler ands Zander Schloss. 9 pm. $20 advance, $23 day of show. 21+. Willamette Week JUNE 15, 2011 wweek.com
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DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS: Laura Gibson plays the Aladdin Theater on Friday. band—the appropriately named Edibles—share a number of sonic hallmarks with his better-known, Thrill Jockey-signed psych rock outfit. Both groups play loose, psychedelic and experimental rock with a heavy emphasis on improvisation. But Edibles—a project that finds Mahood collaborating with ex-Bark Hide and Horn drummer Dusty Dybvig—does have its own personality. Where Eternal Tapestry locks into a rhythm and then cranks its amps up to 11, Edibles is much more likely to ease up on the fuzz and go to town with delay or wah pedal in crafting its psyched-up, dubinfluenced space jams. Fans of Can and Neu! will find something to love in Edibles’ debut LP (real vinyl!), Other Minds Meet Inner Space—but then again, so will anyone with suitably re-arranged synapses. CASEY JARMAN. The Know, 2026 NE Alberta St., 4738729. 9 pm. Cover. 21+.
FRIDAY, JUNE 17 Laura Gibson, Holcombe Waller
[SIRENS] It’s hard to think of two local songsmiths who could make better use of the theater setting than Holcombe Waller and Laura Gibson. Waller, playing in support of his recent Into the Dark Unknown record, builds towering tunes with organic, kinetic instrumentation; his trembling vocals demand center-stage treatment, but he’s careful to color within the lines that his band helps him draw. Gibson possess the same gift, and while her songs have historically been quieter than Waller’s, Gibson’s assertive forthcoming record finds her regularly cranking up her songs’ pace and volume. The disc offers gospel-influenced stompers, psychedelic country tunes, downright sexy ballads and a few familiarly scaled-back folk tunes (“Milk-Heavy, Pollen-Eyed,” which she has been playing live as of late, may be the prettiest song Gibson has ever written). The pair plans to share orchestration and present some new collaborative material tonight. CASEY JARMAN. Aladdin Theater, 3017 SE Milwaukie Ave., 234-9694. 8 pm. $15. All ages (Minors must be accompanied by a parent).
BOAT, Dirty Mittens, The Nightgowns
See Top Five, page 55; and Headout pick, page 47. Backspace, 115 NW 5th Ave., 248-2900. 9 pm. $5. All ages.
Filmusik: Planet of Dinosaurs with a score from Blue Cranes
See listings in classical and screen sections, and awesome illustration in the music calendar, page 71. Hollywood Theatre, 4122 NE Sandy Blvd., 281-4215. 8 pm. $8-$10. All ages.
Hailey Niswanger
[HOT SAX] Not only does Hailey Niswanger absolutely wail on her 2009 debut disc, Confeddie, the Portland native shows herself to be a player of fine taste, performing selections written by masters like Thelonious Monk and Herbie Hancock as well as critical favorites like Wayne Shorter and Kenny Dorham. In concert, Niswanger is even righter-on, tackling complex works from Ornette Coleman and John Coltrane with shocking ease (this is, after all, a petite 21-year-old player whose instrument looks altogether too large for her). Legendary jazz critic Nat Hentoff wrote a sparkling profile of Niswanger for The Wall Street Journal when her debut dropped, and she just wrapped up a tour of Ethiopia with the acclaimed Either/Orchestra. At her current rate of development, the young sax phenomenon is set to be the second Berklee-via-Portland jazz superstar on the national scene (Esperanza Spalding being the first). CASEY JARMAN. Jimmy Mak’s, 221 NW 10th Ave., 295-6542. 8 pm. $10. All ages.
Jethro Tull
[CLASSIC ROCK] Named for the 18th-century agriculturalist who invented the seed plow, British rock group Jethro Tull has been active since 1967. The band (still led by singer-piper Ian Anderson and longtime guitarist Martin Barre) has gone through many stylistic and lineup changes over the last 44 years, from its Summer of Love phase to its dabblings in folk, world and electronic rock. JT even landed a Grammy for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance in 1989. The band has been there,
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PRIORY FRIDAY, JUNE 17 [SHINY INDIE POWER POP] “It feels like we’ve been doing this forever,” says Brandon Johnson, lead vocalist for indie-pop quartet Priory. The statement is hard to believe because Priory, having formed in 2009, plays live shows like it’s still on a honeymoon with the mere idea of being a band. The Portland quartet—consisting of Johnson, Kyle Dieker, Greg Harpel and Joe Mengis (a new addition not yet pictured in the band’s press photos)—plays a comfortably overstuffed brand of indie pop characterized by gleefully enjambed hooks and sparkling, upper-register harmonies. Though veterans of the Northwest music scene (Johnson is a well-regarded session bassist, and Dieker has worked with independent record labels), the group’s passion for its music can almost be described as “teenaged.” Priory’s debut record features at least twice as many hooks as there are tracks, and its live shows are studies in guitarbound calisthenics. Prior to their first tour, members of the band all bought memberships to 24-Hour Fitness so they could stay healthy while on the road. “There came a point where we were all thinking, ‘Hey, this is actually happening. How are we gonna get out of our jobs?’” says Johnson. “And we had made up our minds…we were gonna go out, get into a bus and travel around and push ourselves like crazy and find out what it actually takes to do this, because we all love it.” Taking to the road is exactly what the group did, touring across the West Coast and building an ever-greater stable of admirers. For a band with what might be described as a modest hometown profile, Priory has managed to gain entry to a surprising number of Portland’s most exclusive musical clubs. The quartet is signed to Expunged Records, the boutique home of such acts as Blind Pilot and Sexton Blake. It has played most of Portland’s A-list venues, been featured on the radio show Live Wire!, and cut a debut record whose advance buzz is already evoking calls for songs to soundtrack next summer’s blockbuster films. It’s easy to see how Priory’s self-titled LP would foment such interest. The record shows a remarkable talent for hooks, mixed with an enthusiasm that suggests a group merely 20 shows into its career, rather than 200. The group adds meat to the bones of Johnson’s earnest songwriting by means of bass guitar, keyboard and glockenspiel, venturing into contorted song structures that happily exploit its talent for daisy-chaining compelling melodies. There is a ghost of Beulah’s flourishing pop in Priory’s arrangements, but wit is subbed out here for earnestness. On “Kings of Troy,” Johnson describes sexual archery in the grand terms of armies and “the one who’s always been here by my side.” Clichés pop up occasionally: A “heart of stone” and “the end of time” both populate the liner notes for “Lady of Late”— but one gets the feeling these guys mean every word of it. “We love these simplistic, almost nursery rhyme melodies,” says Johnson. “Melodies that are automatically identifiable, that bring you back to youth or innocence or childhood. You mix that with some subject matter that’s a little bit dark, it creates this kind of melancholy, surreal landscape, and I think that that’s something throughout the album that we try to convey.” Like so many aspects of Priory’s ongoing enterprises, it’s a balance that the group has been a quick study at achieving. SHANE DANAHER. A bit like a boy band with boundless teen spirit, Priory is growing up fast.
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SMALL WONDER: Hailey Niswanger plays Jimmy Mak’s on Friday. done that, and sold in excess of 60 million albums. This tour is the 40th anniversary of its best-known album, Aqualung, which introduced the world to immortal tunes like “Cross-Eyed Mary” and FM rock staple “Locomotive Breath.” NATHAN CARSON. McMenamins Edgefield, 2126 SW Halsey St., Troutdale, 669-8610. All ages.
Priory, Finn Riggins, Mackintosh Braun
See profile, page 58. Mississippi Studios, 3939 N Mississippi Ave., 288-3895. 9 pm. $8 advance, $10 day of show. 21+.
Aokigahara, Batmen, Prizehog
[PUNK PERFECTION] Batmen is in that polymorphously perverse phase of development in which every strain of punk tickles its pickle, and here’s hoping these guys never find themselves an acceptable hole—they’re just too damn skilled in the art of twisting myriad blasts from the past into flushed and fresh living things. 2010’s Demonstrational Materials is a marvel of formal switchbacking, with Dead Kennedys menace giving way to rowdy poppunk longing before the ghost of Dischord past swoops in to quicken the second half of the too-short EP with Rites of Spring wailing. I love Batmen. Join me. Mudai Lounge, 801 NE Broadway, 287-5433. 9 pm. 21+.
Barry Brusseau, Ezza Rose, Sean Croghan
[SINGER-SONGWRITER] Barry Brusseau is still a relatively new name to Portland show fliers and record sleeves, but the local singersongwriter sounds as if he’s been doing this for a very long time. New EP A Cheap Charming Sound finds Brusseau’s distinct low-register vocals accompanied by little more than a cheap acoustic guitar and a few floorboard creaks. Despite his humble means and minimal delivery, Brusseau is striking on record: His decidedly somber take on Bob Seger’s mega-hit “Night Moves” manages to breathe some life back into that overplayed tune, a considerable feat and a testament to the magnetism of Brusseau’s haunting vocal chords. CASEY JARMAN. Record Room, 8 NE Killingsworth St. 8 pm. Free. 21+.
Taking Back Sunday, Thursday, Colour Revolt, The New Regime
[CALENDAR ENTHUSIASTS] Both Taking Back Sunday and Thursday are emo variants that earned popularity right about the time people stopped buying CDs. Taking Back Sunday has aged with a bit more grace. Its emotive anthems always smacked more of Blink 182 than of Braid, and the quintet has spent the past decade shedding superlatives, making this year’s Faith (When I Let You Down) an artifact of straight pop, marked by throaty credulity. Thursday, always the grittier of the two, has had more growing pains as it slides into its second decade, but the group has, despite all odds, stuck it out. In the meantime, people have stopped using the word “screamo,” so things are generally looking up for both bands. SHANE DANAHER. Roseland Theater, 8
NW 6th Ave., 224-2038. 7 pm. $25 advance, $28 day of show. All ages.
Tim McGraw, Luke Bryan, The Band Perry
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[CELEBRITY DAD] Even loathers of mainstream stadium country know Tim McGraw. This man is among the crooning-est, Faith Hill-bangingest, Blind Side co-starring-est entertainers in the world: a performer so charismatic it’s impossible not to respect the man at least, even if you consider his music pablum for the worst kind of Texan Wal-Mart shoppers. Tim’s not promoting an album with this tour stop—he hasn’t had one since 2009’s Southern Voice. He’s just here to give the people what they want—a night of achy-breaky country rowdiness that should leave towns like Washougal and Estacada completely empty. AP KRYZA. Sleep Country Amphitheater, 17200 NE Delfel Road, Ridgefield, Wash., 360-816-7000. 7 pm. $30.25-$75.50. All ages.
The Druthers, Tyler Stenson, Bryan Free
[SINGER-SONGWRITER] Last we checked in with Tyler Stenson, the Portland singer-songwriter had moved to Nashville to see about grabbing that big brass ring. While we fully supported the decorated local artist’s big move, it seemed a daunting proposition. Because while mainstream pop and country music tunes of the day are packed with kitschy false sentiment and inappropriate product placement, Stenson’s songs—especially the fine fare on new record Another Gleam, out tonight—remain able narratives untethered to time and place. Stenson’s music may be a bit safe-sounding for the local indierock masses, but the man certainly knows how to pen a tune. Sooner or later, we’re guessing, Nashville will come to him. CASEY JARMAN. Someday Lounge, 125 NW 5th Ave., 248-1030. 9 pm. $10. 21+.
Maria Volonte
[TANGO CHANTEUSE] Already a member of the Tango Hall of Fame (what, you didn’t know it had one?), sultry Argentine singersongwriter-guitarist Maria Volonte not only covers great nuevo tango composer Astor Piazzolla but also honors that composer’s restless tendency to reinvent traditional sounds. Volonte transcends tango, engaging in late-night jazz balladry, upbeat pop and more. Her coolly expressive voice (which she deploys in several languages, including English) and charismatic stage presence lend a real emotional kick to her persuasive performances of songs from across South America and beyond. BRETT CAMPBELL. The Old Church, 1422 SW 11th Ave., 222-2031. 8 pm. $13 advance, $15 day of show. All ages.
Minus the Bear, Themes, Empty Space Orchestra
[URSINE O’ THE TIMES] Though Minus the Bear has long been prized for incorporating new textures within its decidedly prog take on indie dance through successive albums, few fans predicted that 2010’s Omni—the band’s fifth, its first on the Dangerbird label—
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VIVA VOCE THE FUTURE WILL DESTROY YOU (VANGUARD RECORDS)
[PSYCH ROCK] You’d never know Viva Voce had such a tumultuous recent history—the duo of Kevin and Anita Robinson has had side projects, full-band experiments and label switches since 2009—from listening to its albums. All five of the group’s proper full-length records were recorded and produced by (and primarily for) Viva Voce itself, and while 2009 release Rose City was somewhat of a stylistic departure for the duo, its backto-basics sound seemed more a sanity-saving detour than any permanent change in direction. Indeed, it takes about a minute of listening to The Future Will Destroy You to notice the band is back to its grueling, time-intensive studio regimen (Kevin lost over 30 pounds while working on the new disc). Opener “Plastic Radio” sounds a bit like the Clash and ’80s-era Leonard Cohen, but Anita’s howling guitar lines are absolute ’70s stadium-rock gold à la Gary Glitter. Though the album was recorded in Kevin and Anita’s house, it sounds like a big-budget release from the get-go. “Analog Woodland Song” is the only remnant here of Rose City’s breezy sound, though the gallop of “Diamond Mine” and the drum-machine-driven “We Don’t Care” both hint at an uptick in hip-hop being played in the Robinson household as of late. Most of all, The Future sounds like a Viva Voce record— which is to say it’s another expertly crafted psych-rock disc, the finer details of which only fellow musicians will truly appreciate. “Black Mood Ring” is a flashy slice of shoegazing Southern rock with a gorgeous space-surf breakdown—every moment of the song feels stacked impossibly high with woozy overdubs; “A Viking Love Song” delves even deeper into smoky, Middle Eastvibe tripper-rock soundscaping. The band’s marriage of sugary pop harmonies and heady instrumental/studio mastery isn’t for everyone, but for the predisposed, this stellar new record proves that now’s as good a time as any to jump on the bandwagon. CASEY JARMAN.
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SEE IT: Viva Voce releases The Future Will Destroy You at Music Millennium on Tuesday, June 21, at 6 pm. Free. All ages. The Reservations will release their debut EP on Thursday, June 16, at Holocene with Wampire, Religious Girls and Rocky & the Proms. 8:30 pm. $5. 21+.
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DESTINY’S CHILD: Stephen Marley plays the Roseland on Saturday. would bring in da funk so dramatically. Vocalist Jake Snider’s lyrics, while pitched dismissively (tamed if not declawed) as ever, grope clumsily toward the carnal, bass dominates, and overproduction does its best to gloss over any lingering artisanal qualities. JAY HORTON. Wonder Ballroom, 128 NE Russell St., 284-8686. 9 pm. $16 advance, $18 day of show. All ages.
SATURDAY, JUNE 18 The Mountain Goats
[SMARTASS POP] We’re thinking this theater setting will bring out the VH1 Behind the Music side of Mountain Goats frontman John Darnielle. Seeing as how he’s one of the best storytellers in music today, that’s a good thing. Touring on the excellent return-to-form record All Eternals Deck, we’ll miss the intimacy of the Goats’ frequent Doug Fir showings, but the trio can certainly fill the space with organic but rocking new tracks like “Damn These Vampires” and “Estate Sale Sign,” and get the whole room singing along to the band’s rawkus calling-card cuts like “This Year” and “The Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton.” If there’s one downside to the new digs, it’s that the kids—probably anti-authority types, too, if they like this band— will be stranded up in the balcony. We’d be shocked if Darnielle, a fiery former youth counselor, didn’t have something to say about that, too. CASEY JARMAN. Aladdin Theater, 3017 SE Milwaukie Ave., 234-9694. 9 pm. $20. All ages.
Grant Hart, Tensions, Loose Values
[PUNK ICON] Grant Hart secured his place in the pantheon of musical greats as one-third of the peerless punk pioneer trio Hüsker Dü. While he hasn’t stayed quiet since that band’s dissolution, he’s never lived down the legacy of his work on classic LPs like Zen Arcade and Warehouse: Songs and Stories. Shame, too, as some of his solo work since then has been some of his most affecting and raw material. Hart, who recently survived a fire that destroyed much of his home in St. Paul, Minn., makes an all-toorare visit to Portland on the heels of a new biography of Hüsker Dü. ROBERT HAM. East End, 203 SE Grand Ave., 232-0056. 9 pm. $9. 21+.
Two-Year Anniversary: DJ Mr. Mumu, DJ Tigerstripes, DJ Bramble, DJ Eclecto, DJ I (Heart) You, DJ Jonny Yuma
[B-DAY DANCE PARTY] DJs and racehorses are in a league of their own when it comes to creative desperation in naming. You can thank the Ella Street Social Club’s second birthday party for reminding you of this phenomenon. And, while you’re at it, how about thanking the venue for being a generally up-and-up addition to the Portland music scene? This show (along with Friday’s Smoke Chasers-led rock show) marks the venue’s second birthday, which is, like, 26 in venue years—no small accomplishment. Such high quality and persistence deserves acknowledgement, and Ella Street has stacked this lineup with five DJs, all of whom have
proven themselves capable of fomenting an appropriately pleasurable ruckus. SHANE DANAHER. Ella Street Social Club, 714 SW 20th Place, 227-0116. 9 pm. $5. 21+.
Stephen Marley
[ROOTS-ROCK REGGAE] While Damian deepens his hip-hop credentials by collaborating with Nas, and Ziggy is off recording children’s music and songs with Woody Harrelson (it’s true), Stephen Marley—the second-oldest of Bob’s biological sons—is keeping the reggae torch burning for Jamaica’s most famous family. Although he helped produce younger brother Damian’s unexpected 2005 crossover success, Welcome to Jamrock, Stephen is the most traditionalist member of the Marley clan in his own work. His latest, Revelation Part I: The Root of Life, is an unabashedly roots-centric album, harking back to his father’s poli-mystical social consciousness. MATTHEW SINGER. Roseland Theater, 8 NW 6th Ave., 224-2038. 9 pm. $26. All ages.
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[FEMME FATALE] Entangling folkie wordsmith wit and precision with pixie-diva charms more befitting her electro-pop cabaret soundscapes, Keren Ann Zeidel seems very much the 21st-century chanteuse, equally capable of conjuring Nico and Norah within the same captivating breath. If recently released album 101, her sixth in four years, flirts rather too obviously with louche life club success—lurid narrative personae and dully dance-floor-filling constructions—the thirtysomething Parisian eminently deserves greater acclaim. JAY HORTON. Doug Fir Lounge, 830 E Burnside St., 2319663. 9 pm. $12. 21+.
Kid Congo Powers & the Pink Monkey Birds, Cat Fancy, Don’t, Ghost Mom
[BADASS BOOGALOO] Kid Congo Powers has done time with Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, the Cramps, the Gun Club and plenty of other seminal bands from the ’80s and ’90s. Lately, the 50-year-old rocker has been putting the focus back on his own work with his fantastically sleazy garage-rock group the Pink Monkey Birds. The band has just released a new LP, Gorilla Rose, that is one of the best things the Kid has attached his name to. It’s a hip-shaking, hot mess of an LP that would find a welcome home at a local strip club or your favorite tiki bar. ROBERT HAM. East End, 203 SE Grand Ave., 232-0056. 9 pm. $9. 21+.
MONDAY, JUNE 20 Bobby Joe Ebola and the Children MacNuggits, Saucy Yoda, Mythological Horses
[GEEK PUNK] Every punk scene needs the willfully nerdy and frequently acoustic gag act, the Subaru-driving benign tumor that exists to remind punks not to take life so seriously, the band that’s
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BRINGING THE RUCKUS: The Mountain Goats play the Aladdin Theater on Saturday. funny in the way Gallagher is funny to an infant who has just graduated from learning how to breathe to learning how to laugh. Bobby Joe Ebola and the Children MacNuggits was that band in the Bay Area in the latter half of the ’90s, and they made me laugh. Now that I’m not handing out PETA pamphlets to other punks handing out different PETA pamphlets, I’m not so sure I need this band. But punk ain’t dead yet, which means this wisecracking duo still has work to do. And that makes me smile. CHRIS STAMM. Alberta Street Public House, 1036 NE Alberta St., 2847665. 9:30 pm. Cover. 21+.
Happy Birthday, Geoff Soule!; Festa L’Animale; The Gutters
[BIRTHDAY IMPROVISATIONS] Musical connoisseurs will recognize Geoff Soule’s name from the liner notes of LPs by the Bay Area pop act Fuck. Soule was that amazing quartet’s drummer, and helps maintain the band’s legacy through his label Supermegacorporation. Since Fuck broke up, Soule has also busied himself musically with solo recordings that can sound like delicate lo-fi pop or total noise. His birthday celebration tonight at Valentine’s features another project, Festa L’Animale, a collaboration between Soule and dancer Jane Paik that weaves together movement and sound in glorious permutations. ROBERT HAM. Valentine’s, 232 SW Ankeny St., 248-1600. 9 pm. Cover. 21+.
..And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, Ringo Deathstarr, Follow That Bird
[POST-ROCK BAROQUE] It’s strange to think that, in 2002, … And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead was supposed to be the big indie-rock Jesus. Source Tags and Codes had just netted a 10.0 from Pitchfork, and there were rumblings elsewhere about the band’s tectonic rawk being close to perfection. Then Trail of Dead went on an eight-year binge of bad albums and worse PR blunders, bottoming out around the time it was booked in the opening slot for a band of cartoon characters (and not Gorillaz, either). This year’s Tao of the Dead continues a modest comeback streak, but at this point the whole enterprise can’t help but smell of lost possibilities. SHANE DANAHER. Wonder Ballroom, 128 NE Russell St., 284-8686. 8 pm. $13 advance, $15 day of show. All ages.
TUESDAY, JUNE 21 Yours
[PSYCHEDELIA, FOR YOU] Yours, the two-piece psychedelic-rock project of locals Matthan Minster and Adam Trachsel, is a young band yet. Formed just last year, the group is unsigned and has played only a smattering of shows (including a recent gig at the Doug Fir opening for Morning Teleporation, with whom Yours’ members have close ties). Still, even in its nascency, Yours positively vibrates with potential. On understated drums and reverberating guitar (and frequently joined by an agreeably chunky piano), Minster and Trachsel offer listeners
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a gift of well-made, ambling psychedelia tunes. Take it—it’s yours. JONATHAN FROCHTZWAJG. Bunk Bar, 1028 SE Water Ave., 894-9708. 10 pm. Free. 21+.
Okkervil River, Titus Andronicus, Julianna Barwick
[BIG-SKY POP] I Am Very Far, Okkervil River’s sixth album, finds the Austin band continuing along the same evolutionary path as Wilco and My Morning Jacket, moving even further away from the indie Americana it started out pursuing toward a more expansive, orchestrated and straightup weirder sound. The weird is perhaps to be expected, considering the group spent the past year backing up legendary garagerock weirdo Roky Erickson. For this record, frontman and mastermind Will Sheff ornamented his lushly layered pop songs with all sorts of wacky noises: file cabinets crashing against floors, malfunctioning boomboxes, etc. As big and ambitious as it sounds, it’s never alienating, and even though it was recorded in several different studios, it still feels like the product of one single, slightly twisted thought process. MATTHEW SINGER. Crystal Ballroom, 1332 W Burnside St., 225-0047. 9 pm. $18 advance, $20 day of show. All ages.
TSOL, Civet, The Royal Tees
[THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM] There’s always been a touch of the literary about Jack Grisham, some sense of the creeping horror infecting American lives that Poe would’ve understood ’midst the empty agitprop of his bands’ gothstained punk onslaughts. Now that the legendary hardcore frontman has added his own autobiography to the burgeoning genre of rock memoirs streamed from the lost consciousnesses of wastrels long blacked out. Orange County stalwarts TSOL are touring behind the publication of American Demon far more than any recent recordings— Grisham is at last a man of letters. JAY HORTON. Dante’s, 350 W Burnside St., 226-6630. 9 pm. $12 advance, $14 day of show. 21+.
Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs
[TRULY SHE IS NO OTHER] Yes, she really was named after the main character in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, and spent the early part of her career under the tutelage of Billy Childish, who wrote the contemptible and catchy garage-punk tune “Come Into My Mouth” for her then-band, Thee Headcoatees. Since leaving that group in 1999, Holly Golightly has maintained a steady output of solo material, both under her own name and with her new band, the Brokeoffs. This new group plays straightup country and blues without the slightest hint of irony or snark, putting many like-minded acts to shame with its unfettered, stomping live shows. ROBERT HAM. Doug Fir Lounge, 830 E Burnside St., 231-9663. 9 pm. $12 advance, $14 day of show. 21+.
Viva Voce (6 pm)
See album review, page 62. Music Millennium, 3158 E Burnside St., 231-8926. 6 pm. Free. All Ages.
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RECORD RELEASE EVENT! VIVA VOCE - TUESDAY 6/21 @ 6PM This songwriting team —Kevin and Anita Robinson – met and married in rural Alabama over a decade ago, relocated to Portland and made their first four-track demo as Viva Voce in 1998. Their new album‘The Future Will Destroy You’ is the most expansive, vibrant collection of rock songs we’ve yet heard from Viva Voce. Written, performed, produced and mixed entirely by the duo at their Portland home studio, the album unquestionably serves as a showcase for Anita’s post-psychedelic guitar heroics.
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[JUNE 15 - 21] Rajas, Hot Victory, Mongoloid Village, White Orange
Saratoga
6910 N Interstate Ave. Slag
Secret Society Lounge 116 NE Russell St. Tony Furtado
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Someday Lounge
WED. JUNE 15 Al’s Den at the Crystal Hotel 303 SW 12th Ave. Cameron McGill, Joshua English
Alberta Rose Theatre 3000 NE Alberta St. Graham Colton
Andina
1314 NW Glisan St. Toshi Onizuka
Ash Street Saloon
225 SW Ash St. System and Station, The Sprains, Cement Season
Backspace
115 NW 5th Ave. Olina, Just Lions, Deepest Darkest (9 pm); School of Rock: Green Day Tribute (5 pm)
Beaterville Cafe
2201 N Killingsworth St. Lowell John Mitchell and the Triplets of Beaterville
Biddy McGraw’s
6000 NE Glisan St. Stringed Migration (9 pm); Little Sue (6 pm)
Branx
6835 SW Macadam Ave. Olivia’s Pool, Travis Petersen, The Sale
Camellia Lounge
510 NW 11th Ave. Jay Psaros, Olivia Browlee
Crystal Ballroom
1332 W Burnside St. Brett Dennen, Dawes
Dante’s
350 W Burnside St. American Bastard, Alabama Black Snake, Michael Dean Damron
Guardian Games 303 SE 3rd Ave. Deklun and Pace
McMenamins Edgefield Little Red Shed
The Globe
Gypsy Restaurant & Lounge
2126 SW Halsey St. Bobby Bare. Jr., Carey Kotsionis
Mississippi Pizza
The Heathman Restaurant and Bar
Holocene
3552 N Mississippi Ave. Animal Eyes, Don Juan! Peligroso!
625 NW 21st Ave. Eric John Kaiser the French Troubadour
1001 SE Morrison St. Grouper, Sarah Dougher, Seth Nehil, Bryson Hansen, Flash Choir
Jade Lounge
Mississippi Studios
3939 N Mississippi Ave. Themes, Southerly, Death Songs
Mudai Lounge
2045 SE Belmont St. Acoustic Rumor
1001 SW Broadway Karla Harris
The Knife Shop at Kelly’s Olympian
426 SW Washington St. Irie Idea, Northfork, Westfold
801 NE Broadway Nasalrod, Stag Bitten, DJ Matt Scaphism
The Lovecraft
Doc George’s Jazz Kitchen
2346 SE Ankeny St. Suzanne Tufan (8:30 pm); Goose and Fox (7 pm)
Jimmy Mak’s
Music Millennium
Thirsty Lion
Doug Fir Lounge
221 NW 10th Ave. The Mel Brown Quartet
4605 NE Fremont St. Karen Maria Capo 830 E Burnside St. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Maria Taylor, Kasey Anderson
Kells
Duff’s Garage
2025 N Kilpatrick St. The Barkers, DJ Tuff Gnarly
1635 SE 7th Ave. Suburban Slim’s Blues Jam (9:30 pm); High Flyer Trio (6 pm)
Ella Street Social Club 714 SW 20th Place Areyougone, California Stars
Goodfoot Lounge 2845 SE Stark St. Green State
112 SW 2nd Ave. Cronin Tierney
Kenton Club
LaurelThirst
2958 NE Glisan St. Kingdom County, Amana Grzesik (9 pm); Don of Division St. (6 pm)
McMenamins Edgefield Winery 2126 SW Halsey St. Olivia Brownlee and Jay Psaros
3158 E Burnside St. Dawes
Oswego Lake House 40 N State St, Lake Oswego Tom Grant, Shelley Rudolph
Plan B
1305 SE 8th Ave. Dwight Dickens Band, Cuntagious, Delaney and Paris, Toucan Sam and the Fruit Loops
Record Room
8 NE Killingsworth St. Alina Simone
Rotture
315 SE 3rd Ave.
421 SE Grand Unwoman
71 SW 2nd Ave. Sam Emmitt
Tiger Bar
317 NW Broadway Nilika Remi
Tony Starlight’s
3728 NE Sandy Blvd. Matt Gailey
Vie de Boheme 1530 SE 7th Ave. Where’s Danny?
White Eagle Saloon 836 N Russell St. Pony Village, Pine Language
Union Station, 800 NW 6th Ave Ron Steen, Marilyn Keller
THURS. JUNE 16 Al’s Den at the Crystal Hotel 303 SW 12th Ave. Cameron McGill, Matt Hopper
Alberta Rose Theatre 3000 NE Alberta St. Norman, Ravishers, Beautiful Trainwrecks
Alberta Street Public House
1036 NE Alberta St. The Old States (9:30 pm); Lion Co., Alex Taimanao (6:30 pm)
Andina
1314 NW Glisan St. Matices
Andrea’s Cha Cha Club 832 SE Grand Ave. Dina and Bamba Y Su Pilon D’Azucar with La Descarga Cubana
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
1037 SW Broadway Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra
Backspace
115 NW 5th Ave. Rare Monk, The Martyrs
Beaterville Cafe
2201 N Killingsworth St. Loose Change Trio
Biddy McGraw’s
6000 NE Glisan St. The Don of Division St.
Buffalo Gap Saloon
6835 SW Macadam Ave.
ADAM KRUEGER
320 SE 2nd Ave. Last Chance To Reason, Affiance, Way of the Yeti, Ocean of Mirrors, Fear The Slaughter
Buffalo Gap Saloon
125 NW 5th Ave. Cyrus Grape, The Mercury Tree
Wilfs Restaurant and Bar
Mangled Bohemians, Plateau, String Theory
Bunk Bar
Oswego Lake House
1028 SE Water Ave. Times New Viking, And And And
40 N State St, Lake Oswego Tom Grant, Shelley Rudolph
Camellia Lounge
Plan B
Chapel Pub
Polish Hall
510 NW 11th Ave. Wendy Rule
430 N Killingsworth St. Steve Kerin
Corkscrew Wine Bar 1669 SE Bybee Blvd Wicky Pickers
Crystal Ballroom
1332 W Burnside St. Ants in the Kitchen, Hair Assault, Gentlemen’s Club
Doc George’s Jazz Kitchen
4605 NE Fremont St. Ron Steen’s Jazz Jam Session
Doug Fir Lounge
830 E Burnside St. Mark Lanegan, Sean Wheeler & Zander Schloss
Duff’s Garage
1635 SE 7th Ave. Portland Playboys
Ella Street Social Club 714 SW 20th Place Verso/Recto, Midlman, Doc Brown Experiment
Goodfoot Lounge
2845 SE Stark St. Boris Garcia, Cats Under The Stars
Gypsy Restaurant & Lounge 625 NW 21st Ave. Anthony Brady
Hawthorne Theatre
3862 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Beautiful Lies, Kopath Bear, The Oldest Profession, Faire Du Surf, Disco for Deer
Holocene
1001 SE Morrison St. The Reservations, Wampire, Religious Girls, Rocky & The Prom
Jade Lounge
2346 SE Ankeny St. Chris Bigley
Jimmy Mak’s
221 NW 10th Ave. The Mel Brown B3 Organ Group
Kells
112 SW 2nd Ave. Cronin Tierney
Kennedy School
5736 NE 33rd Ave. Bobby Bare, Jr.; Cary Kotsionis
Kenton Club
2025 N Kilpatrick St. Cheating Hearts, Dry County Drinkers
LaurelThirst
2958 NE Glisan St. Ninja Turtle Ninja Tiger, Melville, Jettison Bend (9:30 pm); Lewi Longmire Band (6 pm)
McMenamins Edgefield Little Red Shed 2126 SW Halsey St. Left Coast Country
Mississippi Pizza
3552 N Mississippi Ave. The Hague, The Fairweather Watchers (9 pm); Paula Held, Chad Hinman (6 pm)
Mock Crest Tavern 3435 N Lombard St. David Brothers
Mount Tabor Theater
4811 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Jon Wayne and the Pain, Synrgy
Music Millennium
3158 E Burnside St. Matt Bauer
JURASSIC PARK: Blue Cranes perform their soundtrack to Planet of Dinosaurs Friday at the Hollywood Theatre.
Terry Robb
Original Halibut’s II 2527 NE Alberta St.
1305 SE 8th Ave. Mantra Fear, Oden 3900 N Interstate Ave. Harald Haugaard and Helene Blum
Red Room
2530 NE 82nd Ave. Item 9, Heaven Generation, Black Black Things, Filthy Face
Rotture
315 SE 3rd Ave. Deepchild, Recess, The Perfect Cyn, Audioelectric (9 pm); Dax Riggs, Sons of Huns, Monoplane (8 pm)
Saratoga
6910 N Interstate Ave. Palo Verde, Best Supporting Actress, Tyrants
Secret Society Lounge 116 NE Russell St. Monarques, Awkward Energy
Slim’s Cocktail Bar
8635 N Lombard St. The Novelists, Nilika Remi
The Blue Monk
3341 SE Belmont St. Alan Jones Quintet
The Heathman Restaurant and Bar 1001 SW Broadway Johnny Martin
The Knife Shop at Kelly’s Olympian
426 SW Washington St. Muddy River Nightmare Band, Minty Rosa, The Food, The Decliners
The Know
2026 NE Alberta St. XDS, Edibles, Sun Angle
The Whiskey Bar
31 NW 1st Ave. Curtis B, Dustin Hulton, Sir Kutz, James Steele
The Woods
6637 SE Milwaukie Ave. Matt Bauer, Stefan Jecusco, Alina Hardin
Thirsty Lion
71 SW 2nd Ave. Stone White
Tonic Lounge
3100 NE Sandy Blvd. Harlowe and The Great North Woods, Fair Weather Watchers, Focus! Focus!
Twilight Café and Bar 1420 SE Powell Blvd. The Heathy Dose, Feral Drollery
Valentine’s
232 SW Ankeny St. DJ Snakk$, DJ Sister Sister
Vie de Boheme 1530 SE 7th Ave. Quintillion
Vino Vixens Wine Shop & Bar 2929 SE Powell Blvd. 6bq9
White Eagle Saloon
836 N Russell St. The Autonomics (8:30 pm); Will West and the Friendly Cover Up (5:30 pm)
Wilfs Restaurant & Bar Union Station, 800 NW 6th Ave The Knuckleheads
Wonder Ballroom
128 NE Russell St. Face To Face, Strung Out, Blitzkid, The Darlings
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Taking Back Sunday, Thursday, Colour Revolt, The New Regime
Cameron McGill, Autopilot Is For Lovers
Secret Society Lounge
3017 SE Milwaukie Ave. The Mountain Goats
116 NE Russell St. The Brazillionaires
Sellwood Public House 8132 SE 13th Ave. Russell Thomas
Shively Hall
1530 Shively Park Rd., Astoria Manafest: Kites at Night, Cat Stalks Bird, Changeable Bulb, Unicorn Denomination, Unkle Funkle
Sleep Country Amphitheater
17200 NE Delfel Road, Ridgefield, Wash. Tim McGraw, Luke Bryan, The Band Perry
DOUCHE-FREE DRINKING: Central (220 SW Ankeny St.) is at least complicit in its own hot-button status, having declared itself a bastion of gentility in the Barmuda Triangle and remained anonymous behind a black curtain and a crêperie, while owner Dustin Knox described the rest of Old Town as a haven for “douchebaggery.” But I’m a sucker for preemptive belligerence, so let me add to the name-calling: Central is the best new bar in Portland. It’s partly the atmosphere—haunted neo-Victorian saloon crossed with artisan gym locker—but mostly it’s the cocktails, from an egg cream-like Chicago Fizz ($8) to an unspeakably delicious absinthe and Sparky’s root beer ($6). Who wants a drink that good spilled? So the mood is less exclusive than protectively communal, with the barkeep whipping up a bowl of punch ($5 a glass) on the weekends. “It’s really alcoholic,” he says approvingly. “There’s like half a bottle of rye in there.” Douchebags, no; drunks, yes. AARON MESH. FRI. JUNE 17 Al’s Den at the Crystal Hotel 303 SW 12th Ave. Cameron McGill, Matt Hopper
Aladdin Theater
3017 SE Milwaukie Ave. Laura Gibson, Holcombe Waller
Alberta Rose Theatre 3000 NE Alberta St. Edwin McCain, David Ryan Harris
Alberta Street Public House
Todd Johnson
Dante’s
350 W Burnside St. Fernando, Luther Russell
Doc George’s Jazz Kitchen
4605 NE Fremont St. The Nick Saume Trio
Doug Fir Lounge
830 E Burnside St. Boy Eats Drum Machine, Wax Fingers, Housefire, Symmetry/Symmetry
Duff’s Garage
1635 SE 7th Ave. John Koonce, Los Nads
1036 NE Alberta St. Fast Rattler (9:30 pm); Mikey’s Irish Jam (6:30 pm)
East End
Aloft
714 SW 20th Place Smoke Chasers, Pony Village, Charts
9920 NE Cascades Parkway Ian James
Andina
1314 NW Glisan St. Pete Krebs Trio
Ash Street Saloon
225 SW Ash St. Dirtnap, O.A.K., Hyperthermia, Highwater
Backspace
115 NW 5th Ave. BOAT, Dirty Mittens, The Nightgowns
Beaterville Cafe
2201 N Killingsworth St. Matt Price
Biddy McGraw’s
6000 NE Glisan St. Kathryn Claire, The My Oh Mys (9:30 pm); Billy Kennedy and Jimmy Boyer (6 pm)
Bipartisan Cafe
203 SE Grand Ave. Sick Jaggers
Ella Street Social Club
Ford Food and Drink 2505 SE 11th Tim Roth
Gypsy Restaurant & Lounge 625 NW 21st Ave. Stone White
Hawthorne Theatre
3862 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Ritual Healing, Only in Memories, The Cicada Cycle, Thunder Crush 9
Hollywood Theatre
4122 NE Sandy Blvd. Filmusik—”Planet of Dinosaurs”: Blue Cranes
Jade Lounge
2346 SE Ankeny St. Sam Densmore (8 pm); Ronno Rutter (6 pm)
Jimmy Mak’s
McMenamins Edgefield Winery 2126 SW Halsey St. John Shipe
McMenamins Edgefield 2126 SW Halsey St., Troutdale Jethro Tull
Mississippi Pizza
3435 N Lombard St. Sneakin Out
Mount Tabor Theater
4811 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Soul Vaccination, Philly’s Phunkestra
Mudai Lounge
801 NE Broadway Aokigahara, Batmen, Prizehog
Press Club
2621 SE Clinton St. Oh Captain My Captain, Allegra Gellar, The Other Also
Proper Eats Market and Cafe
Kells
Record Room
Kenton Club
2025 N Kilpatrick St. American Friction, X’s for I’s, The Advisory
Clyde’s Prime Rib
LaurelThirst
5474 NE Sandy Blvd. ON-Q Band
Community Music Center 3350 SE Francis St.
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2958 NE Glisan St. Mike Coykendall and Mark Orton, Brian Belknap, Rin Tin Tiger, Girl Named T. and Mr. Andrew (9:30 pm); Sassparilla (6 pm)
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2045 SE Belmont St. Hank Hirsh
The Heathman Restaurant and Bar
1001 SW Broadway Bobby Torres Ensemble
The Knife Shop at Kelly’s Olympian
426 SW Washington St. Hema, Throwback Suburbia, Stephen Baker and the Vegas Car Chasers
The Know
2026 NE Alberta St. The Guild, Heavy Voodoo, Zmoke
The Old Church
1422 SW 11th Ave. Maria Volonte
116 NE Russell St. The Brazillionaires
The Whiskey Bar
The Woods
6637 SE Milwaukie Ave. Deer or the Doe, Virgin Islands, Western Hymn
Thirsty Lion
71 SW 2nd Ave. Gentleman’s Club
Tiger Bar
317 NW Broadway Pacific Nomadic, Mr. Crabby Feathers
Tonic Lounge
Tony Starlight’s
Buffalo Gap Saloon
510 NW 11th Ave. Negara
The Globe
Oswego Lake House
221 NW 10th Ave. Hailey Niswanger
Camellia Lounge
4830 NE 42nd Ave. Paul Brainard and the Poo Poo Platters
2527 NE Alberta St. Linda Hornbuckle and Janice Scroggins 40 N State St., Lake Oswego Tom Grant, Shelley Rudolph, John Gilmore
8 NE Killingsworth St. Barry Brusseau, Ezza Rose, Sean Croghan
Red Room
2530 NE 82nd Ave. Raw and Order, Gutter Gourmet, Nekro Drunkz, Ramblin’ Rod’s Bastard Children
Roseland Theater 8 NW 6th Ave.
1036 NE Alberta St. Pagan Jug Band
Aloft
3728 NE Sandy Blvd. The Tony Starlight Show
Twilight Café and Bar 1420 SE Powell Blvd. Manhole, Wayne Gracy Trio, Clackamas Baby Killers, Alabama Black Snake
Vino Vixens Wine Shop & Bar 2929 SE Powell Blvd. Lloyd Jones
Wilfs Restaurant & Bar Union Station, 800 NW 6th Ave Michael Allen Harrison
Wonder Ballroom
128 NE Russell St. Minus the Bear, Themes, Empty Space Orchestra
SAT. JUNE 18 Al’s Den at the Crystal Hotel 303 SW 12th Ave.
2126 SW Halsey St. Kris Deelane
Mississippi Pizza
3552 N Mississippi Ave. Toy Trains, Vince Schrek and The Expendibles (6 pm); Shoehorn Kids Show (4 pm)
Mississippi Studios
3939 N Mississippi Ave. Alameda, Bridgit DeCook
Mock Crest Tavern
9920 NE Cascades Parkway The Andre St. James Trio
3435 N Lombard St. Rabid Wombat
Andina
3158 E Burnside St. Bird by Bird (5 pm); Jolie Holland (3 pm)
Ash Street Saloon
Newmark Theatre
1314 NW Glisan St. Toshi Onizuka Trio 225 SW Ash St. Milky Justus, Cellar Door, In Repose, Lily
Backspace
Beaterville Cafe
3100 NE Sandy Blvd. Hurray for the Riff Raff, Sam Doores and the Tumbleweeds, DJ Hwy 7, The Singing Knives
Original Halibut’s II
Alberta Street Public House
Spare Room
31 NW 1st Ave. Happy Days, Elevated, Hives Inquiry Squad
Mock Crest Tavern
3000 NE Alberta St. Safire Music Group, Buoy LaRue
115 NW 5th Ave. Doernbecher Benefit: Moderator Band, Off The Record, Low Light
125 NW 5th Ave. The Druthers, Tyler Stenson, Bryan Free
Mississippi Studios
3939 N Mississippi Ave. Priory, Finn Riggins, Mackintosh Braun
Alberta Rose Theatre
Someday Lounge
Secret Society Lounge
7901 SE Stark St. Emily Stebbins
112 SW 2nd Ave. Peter Yeates
8635 N Lombard St. Woodbrain
3552 N Mississippi Ave. Melao de Cuba (9 pm); Michelle Kosa and the Beards (6 pm)
8638 N Lombard St. Stumptown Jug Thumpers
6835 SW Macadam Ave. Broken Soviet, Chris Margolin and the Dregs
Slim’s Cocktail Bar
Aladdin Theater
McMenamins Edgefield Winery
Music Millennium
Portland Center for the Performing Arts, 1111 SW Broadway Melissa Manchester
O’Malley’s
6535 SE Foster Road The Lovesores, Falcon Glove, The Hot LZs
Original Halibut’s II
2201 N Killingsworth St. Shawn Hawkins and the Offenders
2527 NE Alberta St. Chris Mayther
Biddy McGraw’s
40 N State St. Tom Grant, Shelley Rudolph, John Gilmore
6000 NE Glisan St. Jimmy Boyer (9:30 pm); Twisted Whistle (5 pm)
Bossanova Ballroom
Oswego Lake House
Portland Saturday Market
722 E Burnside St. Headbangin’ For Hope: Mercy Corps Japan Benefit--Smoochknob, IB6-UB9, Lyckwyd
Dreamdog, Wicky Pickers
Buffalo Gap Saloon
Pub at the End of the Universe
6835 SW Macadam Ave. Twisted Whistle, Amanda Richards
Camellia Lounge 510 NW 11th Ave. Saturnalia Trio
Clyde’s Prime Rib
5474 NE Sandy Blvd. Andy Stokes
Dante’s
350 W Burnside St. Christian Kane
Doc George’s Jazz Kitchen
4605 NE Fremont St. Jay Harris’ Moon by Night Jazz and Soul Band
Doug Fir Lounge
830 E Burnside St. Bell X1, Jarrod Gorbel
Duff’s Garage
1635 SE 7th Ave. D.K. Stewart Sextet
East End
203 SE Grand Ave. Grant Hart, Tensions, Loose Values
Goodfoot Lounge 2845 SE Stark St. Sugarcane, Jesta
Hawthorne Hophouse 4111 SE Hawthorne Little Sue
Hawthorne Theatre Lounge
1503 SE 39th Ave. Canoofle (8 pm); Sunset Highway (5 pm)
Hawthorne Theatre
3862 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Julia’s Misfortune, Trembler, Spruce Goose, Kyndel, Wolves (8 pm); School of Rock: The Police Tribute (3:30 pm)
Jade Lounge
2346 SE Ankeny St. Teri Untalan (8 pm); Macy Bensley (6 pm)
Kells
112 SW 2nd Ave. Peter Yeates
Kenton Club
2025 N Kilpatrick St. Placentapede, Gaytheist, Tyrants, Scared Crow
LaurelThirst
2958 NE Glisan St. The Beautiful Train Wrecks; Keep Your Fork, There’s Pie (9:30 pm); Tree Frogs (6 pm)
Press Club
2621 SE Clinton St. Blind Bartimaeus, Michael Berly
4107 SE 28th Ave. Everyday Prophets
Record Room
8 NE Killingsworth St. Barnaby Woods, Jeffrey Scott
Red Room
2530 NE 82nd Ave. Sick Sense, Ace of Spades, Bring the Dead, The Grace of Falling
Roseland Theater
8 NW 6th Ave. Stephen Marley
Saratoga
6910 N Interstate Ave. Don’t, Trigger Effect, Fools Rush
Secret Society Lounge 116 NE Russell St. Brian Oberlin, Mary Flower, Joe New (9 pm); The Portland Playboys (6 pm)
Sellwood Public House 8132 SE 13th Ave. Fare Thee Wells
Shively Hall
1530 Shively Park Rd., Astoria Manafest: I Only Draw Monsters, Star Craving, Saucy Yoda, Mythological Horses, White Fang
Slim’s Cocktail Bar
8635 N Lombard St. Renfield, Gang Radio, RLLRBLL, The Hand That Bleeds
Someday Lounge
125 NW 5th Ave. Sufenta, Crow v. Squirrel
Spare Room
4830 NE 42nd Ave. Cool Breeze
The Knife Shop at Kelly’s Olympian
426 SW Washington St. Witchaven, Excruciator, Goat Soldiers, Motorthrone
The Know
2026 NE Alberta St. Slowmotions, Crazy Spirit, Origin of M, P.R.O.B.L.E.M.S.
The Woods
6637 SE Milwaukie Ave. Hurtbird, The Brothers Young
Thirsty Lion
71 SW 2nd Ave. The Bradley Band
Tiger Bar
317 NW Broadway Delaney and Paris, Autry
Tonic Lounge
3100 NE Sandy Blvd. Bruhn, Burnside, King Ghidora (9:30 pm); ChickA-Boom Boom: DJ Action Slacks, DJ Pukes in Vans (5 pm)
Tony Starlight’s
3728 NE Sandy Blvd. Sachal Vasandani
Twilight Café and Bar
The Globe
2045 SE Belmont St. Ugly Flower, Dopebeds
The Heathman Restaurant and Bar 1001 SW Broadway Alyssa Schwary
McMenamins Edgefield Winery 2126 SW Halsey St. Billy D
Mississippi Pizza
3552 N Mississippi Ave. Renato Perada (9 pm); How Long Jug Band (6 pm)
Mississippi Studios
3939 N Mississippi Ave. The Lumineers, Adam Sweeney
Mississippi Studios
3939 N Mississippi Ave. The Slants, Robot Uprise, Exquisite Rap Duo, The Nukes
Portland Saturday Market
Lyric Road, Kenny Lavitz
Rontoms
116 NE Russell St. Hanz Akari and Cary Novotny
White Eagle Saloon
Slim’s Cocktail Bar
1530 SE 7th Ave. Hikaru Okada
836 N Russell St. Charming Birds, The Interlopers, Huston (9:30 pm); The Student Loan (4:30 pm)
Wilfs Restaurant & Bar Union Station, 800 NW 6th Ave Jean Ronne Trio
SUN. JUNE 19 Al’s Den at the Crystal Hotel 303 SW 12th Ave. Atlantic/Pacific
Alberta Rose Theatre 3000 NE Alberta St. The Coats, Strangers in Harmony
Andina
Secret Society Lounge
8635 N Lombard St. NoPoMoJo
Someday Lounge
125 NW 5th Ave. Blondage, CJ and The Dolls, Nicky Click
The Blue Monk
3341 SE Belmont St. Go By Train
The Blue Scorcher
1493 Duane St., Astoria Manafest: Leafeater, Geena Barker, Taylor Holmes, Titan and the Pygmy
The Globe
2045 SE Belmont St. Rychen and Friends
The Knife Shop at Kelly’s Olympian
1314 NW Glisan St. Danny Romero Trio
426 SW Washington St. Mantra Fear, Almost Dark, Matter
Ash Street Saloon
The Know
225 SW Ash St. The Turbo ACs, The Viggs, Ninjas with Syringes, Angry Lions
Backspace
115 NW 5th Ave. In Bloom, Bird by Bird, Finish Ticket, Steady Approach, Hero Explains The Ghost
Biddy McGraw’s
6000 NE Glisan St. Felim Egan
Branx
320 SE 2nd Ave. Origin Of M, Slowmotions, Burning Leather, Martyrdod, No Static
Dante’s
350 W Burnside St. Nighttrain
Doc George’s Jazz Kitchen
4605 NE Fremont St. Ed Neumann with the Big Easy Band
Doug Fir Lounge
203 SE Grand Ave. Kid Congo Powers & the Pink Monkey Birds, Cat Fancy, Don’t, Ghost Mom
3416 N Lombard St. The Moss
2958 NE Glisan St. Billy Kennedy and Tim Acott (9 pm); Freak Mountain Ramblers (6 pm)
Vie de Boheme
The Blue Monk
The Foggy Notion
LaurelThirst
600 E Burnside St. Alan Singley, Day Moanstar
830 E Burnside St. Keren Ann, Chris Garneau
3341 SE Belmont St. Free Beat Nation
112 SW 2nd Ave. Pat Buckley (9 pm); Irish Sessions (6 pm)
1420 SE Powell Blvd. Grand Tragic, Moon Shine, Bryan Minus and The Disconnect
TaborSpace
5441 SE Belmont St. Jim Page, Joanne Rand
Kells
East End
Hawthorne Theatre
2026 NE Alberta St. Point Break, Cursebreaker
The Second Wives House
674 11th St., Astoria Manafest: Bigger than Mountains, EATS, Lion Co., Davis Hooker and the Great Horned Owls
Valentine’s
232 SW Ankeny St. Prescription Pills, The Golden Hours, The Bubs
Vino Vixens Wine Shop & Bar 2929 SE Powell Blvd. Tara Williamson
MON. JUNE 20 Al’s Den at the Crystal Hotel 303 SW 12th Ave. Atlantic/Pacific
Alberta Street Public House
1036 NE Alberta St. Bobby Joe Ebola and the Children MacNuggits, Saucy Yoda, Mythological Horses
Aloft
9920 NE Cascades Parkway Martini
3862 SE Hawthorne Blvd. The Johnson Creek Stranglers, AM Interstate, Synapse, Rabid Wombat
Andina
Jade Lounge
6000 NE Glisan St. Mike D
2346 SE Ankeny St. Sound Semantics
1314 NW Glisan St. Scott Head
Biddy McGraw’s
Doug Fir Lounge 830 E Burnside St.
CALENDAR John Maus, Puro Instinct, Geneva Jacuzzi
Jimmy Mak’s
221 NW 10th Ave. The Dan Balmer Band
Kells
112 SW 2nd Ave. Pat Buckley
LaurelThirst
2958 NE Glisan St. Kung Pao Chickens
McMenamins Edgefield Winery
2126 SW Halsey St. Skip vonKuske, The Sale
Mississippi Pizza
3552 N Mississippi Ave. Stumptown Jug Thumpers
Mississippi Studios
3939 N Mississippi Ave. Mother Mother, Pocketknife, Adventures! with Might
Mount Tabor Theater 4811 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Keegan Smith and The Fam, The Excellent Gentleman
Muddy Rudder Public House 8105 SE 7th Ave. Lloyd Jones
Record Room
8 NE Killingsworth St. Pippa Possible
Secret Society Lounge
116 NE Russell St. Carlton Jackson/Dave Mills Big Band
Star Theater
13 NW 6th Ave. The BellRays
The Blue Monk
3341 SE Belmont St. Renato Caranto Project
The Knife Shop at Kelly’s Olympian
426 SW Washington St. Phil Anderson, Radion
The Know
2026 NE Alberta St. Advisory, The Silent Numbers, The Jumpies
Valentine’s
232 SW Ankeny St. Happy Birthday, Geoff Soule!; Festa L’Animale; The Gutters
White Eagle Saloon 836 N Russell St. Chris Robley and the Fear of Heights
Wonder Ballroom
128 NE Russell St. ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, Ringo Deathstarr, Follow That Bird
TUES. JUNE 21 Al’s Den at the Crystal Hotel
303 SW 12th Ave. Atlantic/Pacific
Aladdin Theater
Harry and the Potters, The Whomping Willows, Lauren Fairweather, Justin Finch-Fletchley and the Sugarquills
Bunk Bar
1028 SE Water Ave. Yours
Crystal Ballroom
1332 W Burnside St. Okkervil River, Titus Andronicus, Julianna Barwick
Dante’s
350 W Burnside St. TSOL, Civet, The Royal Tees, 48 Thrills
Doug Fir Lounge
830 E Burnside St. Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs
Duff’s Garage
1635 SE 7th Ave. Dover Weinberg Quartet (9:30 pm); Trio Bravo (6 pm)
Ella Street Social Club
714 SW 20th Place Jeremy Lee Faulkner, Relatives, Town Hall
3017 SE Milwaukie Ave. The Civil Wars, James Vincent McMorrow
Goodfoot Lounge
Alberta Street Public House
Hawthorne Hophouse
2845 SE Stark St. Scott Pemberton Trio
1036 NE Alberta St. T. Jones
4111 SE Hawthorne Ben Larsen and Austin Moore
Andina
Jade Lounge
1314 NW Glisan St. Neftali Rivera
Ash Street Saloon
225 SW Ash St. Oden, Long Distance Operator, Happy Birthday Secret Weapon
Backspace
115 NW 5th Ave.
2346 SE Ankeny St. Nico Bella (8 pm); Acoustic Minds (6 pm)
Kenton Club
2025 N Kilpatrick St. Countryland
McMenamins Edgefield Little Red Shed 2126 SW Halsey St. Stringed Migration
Al’s Den at the Crystal Hotel
Mississippi Pizza
3552 N Mississippi Ave. Nettle Honey
303 SW 12th Ave. DJ Santo
Mississippi Studios
3939 N Mississippi Ave. Rupa and the April Fishes
Mudai Lounge
801 NE Broadway Billions And Billions, Moccretto
Multnomah Country Library—North Portland Branch
512 N Killingsworth St. Harry and the Potters
Music Millennium
3158 E Burnside St. Viva Voce (6 pm); Civil Wars (4 pm)
Secret Society Lounge
116 NE Russell St. Dominic Castillo
The Blue Monk
3341 SE Belmont St. Pagan Jug Band
The Globe
2045 SE Belmont St. Robert Stragnell and Sam Emmitt
The Knife Shop at Kelly’s Olympian
426 SW Washington St. Slow Trucks, Lazy Son, Large Mammals
The Woods
6637 SE Milwaukie Ave. Blackbird Sings, Eliza Rickman, Autopilot is for Lovers
White Eagle Saloon
836 N Russell St. Brad Creel and the Reel Deel
Ella Street Social Club
WED. JUNE 15
FRI. JUNE 17
Clinton Street Theater
Al’s Den at the Crystal Hotel
Ducketts Public House
Ground Kontrol
2522 SE Clinton St. DJ Sacrilicious
825 N Killingsworth St. DJ Nate C
Tiga
1465 NE Prescott St. DJ Ramophone
Tube
18 NW 3rd Ave. Get Skroached: DJ A-Train, DJ Colin Jarel
THURS. JUNE 16 Ash Street Saloon 225 SW Ash St. Ladies 80s Night: DJ Encrypted, DJ Frequency
Mississippi Studios
3939 N Mississippi Ave. Queerlandia: DJ Hufnstuf, Lunchlady
Record Room
8 NE Killingsworth St. DJ Shoshana
The Crown Room
205 NW 4th Ave. Blast Thursday: Siren, Chaach, Shrakmode, Bones
Tiga
1465 NE Prescott St. DJ Deutschess & Fogmachine.com
Valentine’s
232 SW Ankeny St. DJ Snakk$, DJ Sister Sister
303 SW 12th Ave. DJ Santo 511 NW Couch St. Landau Boyz, DJ Nate C
Holocene
1001 SE Morrison St. Gaycation: DJ Snowtiger, Mr. Charming, Chi Chi Pussyculo & Chonga Bonga, DJ Emoticon, Jenna Riot, Chelsea Starr (9 pm); Aperitivo Happy Hour: Kendall Holladay
Rotture
315 SE 3rd Ave. Pride: Katey Red, DJ Sammy Jo, Vockah Redu, DJ Beyondadoubt, Purple Crush, DJ Porq, DJ Automaton, DJ Equestrian, Rude Dudes, DJ Lifepartner, DJ Ill Camino, DJ Trans Fat
The Lovecraft
714 SW 20th Place Two-Year Anniversary: DJ Mr. Mumu, DJ Tigerstripes, DJ Bramble, DJ Eclecto, DJ I (Heart) You, DJ Jonny Yuma
Holocene
1001 SE Morrison St. Rockbox: DJ Kez, Matt Nelkin, Dundiggy
Refuge
116 SE Yamhill St. A. Skillz, Solovox, James Steele, Electrokid
Rotture
315 SE 3rd Ave. Blow Pony: Leslie Hall, CJ & the Dolls, Jeau Breedlove, Little Tommy Bang Bang, The Sprockettes, Feyonce, DJ Airick, DJ Kinetic, DJ Lustache, DJ Just Dave, Jodi Bon Jodi, Mr Charming, DJ Roy G Biv, DJ Freddie Fagula, Stormy Roxx
Someday Lounge
125 NW 5th Ave. Ante Up: Doctor Adam, DJ Nature, Ronin Roc
421 SE Grand Don’t Panic: Curatrix, Horrid, Nevermore
The Lovecraft
Tiga
The Whiskey Bar
1465 NE Prescott St. Kendall Holladay
Tube
18 NW 3rd Ave. Townbombing: Doc Adam, Lionsden
421 SE Grand Blast
31 NW 1st Ave. Marcus Jerard, DJ Tronic
Tiga
1465 NE Prescott St. Hostile Tapeover
Tube
SAT. JUNE 18
18 NW 3rd Ave. DJ Freaky Outy
MUSIC
SUN. JUNE 19 Kenton Club
2025 N Kilpatrick St. The Abbey with DJ F. Star
MON. JUNE 20 East End
203 SE Grand Ave. DJ Nate C
Star Bar
639 SE Morrison St. Into the Void with DJ Blackhawk
Tiga
1465 NE Prescott St. Sweet Jimmy T
Tube
18 NW 3rd Ave. The Taxi Boys, Youthbitch
TUES. JUNE 21 East End
203 SE Grand Ave. DJ Mike V, James P
Hawthorne Theatre Lounge 1503 SE 39th Ave. DJ Be Lo
Record Room
8 NE Killingsworth St. DJ No Requests
The Lovecraft
421 SE Grand Shenanigans with DJ Mohawk Adam
Tiga
1465 NE Prescott St. DJ Family Jewels
Tube
18 NW 3rd Ave. Tubesday with DJ Nature
Yes and No
20 NW 3rd Ave. Idiot Tuesdays with DJ Black Dog
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THEATER Bindings
Spring 4th Productions presents a world-premiere comedy in which Ian Sieren and Tobin Gollihar play many characters in an unfortunate library. Shoe Box Theater, 2110 SE 10th Ave., 477-8245. 7:30 pm Thursdays and Sundays through July 17. $10-$12.
Bogville: Gypsy Dust
A dark fairy-tale, circus, operetta cabaret thing featuring Nagasita, Tana the Tattooed Lady, Jay Lieber, Karla Mi Lugo, Caedmonster, Noah Mickens, Eric Stern, Ashia Grzesik, Strangled Darlings, Vivivi, Chad Carver, Russell Bruner, Brandy Guthery and Dreamscape Theatre. Refuge, 116 SE Yamhill St. 9 pm Friday, June 17, and 8 pm Saturday, June 18. $15. 21+.
Bust
Lauren Weedman’s autobiographical play, drawn from her experiences volunteering as an inmate advocate, is about more than inhumane jail conditions, weaving her visits to the jail with the humiliation and frivolity of the lives of the not-quite-famous. Where a lesser performer might fall back on narration to convey her reaction to the horror, Weedman, a veteran of The Daily Show and Reno 911, never once breaks character. She is a remarkable observer of behavior, and every person she encounters, in the jail and health spa and audition room, appears fully realized, conveying entire biographies through voice and stance. Gerding Theater, 128 NW 11th Ave., 445-3700. 7:30 pm Tuesday-Wednesday and Friday, 2 and 7:30 pm Saturday and Sunday, noon and 7:30 pm Thursday, June 14-19. $18-$40.
Dralion
Cirque du Soleil brings back a show that last hit town in 2002. This is, you might remember, the one that cemented Portland’s reputation as a city that will steal anything that isn’t nailed down—a truckload of masks and costumes was pilfered while the show was in town. Rose Quarter, 1 Center Court, 1-877-789-7373. 7:30 pm Wednesday-Thursday, 3:30 and 7:30 pm Friday-Saturday, 1 and 5 pm Sunday, June 15-19. $32-$100.
Grease
PHAME Academy presents the school version of Grease, performed by a cast of 47 adult artists with developmental disabilities. It will rock your world. Mount Hood Community College, 26000 SE Stark St., Gresham, 7649718. 7 pm Saturday, 2 pm Sunday, June 18-19. $10-$19.
Life With Father
Magenta Theater Company presents a comedy about a 19th-century family who is perturbed to learn that their father has not been baptized. Magenta Theater, 606 Main St., Vancouver, 360635-4358. 7:30 pm Thursdays-Fridays, 2 and 7:30 pm Saturdays. $12-$15.
Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Well-Being
Jewish Theatre Collaborative presents a play about the life and work of Lillian Wald, a Jewish nurse who worked to bring proper health care to the tenements of New York’s Lower East Side. Miracle Theatre, 525 SE Stark St., 800838-3006. 7 pm Monday-Tuesday, June 20-21. $5-$10.
One Night With Janis Joplin
Portland Center Stage, inexplicably determined that its final show of the season pay tribute to a long-deceased blues belter of dimming celebrity, decided mid-season to shelve the originally scheduled Love, Janis and host instead the global premiere of One Night With Janis Joplin, a family-sanctioned glimpse of a less-than-com-
pelling tale. JAY HORTON. Gerding Theater, 128 NW 11th Ave., 445-3700. 7:30 pm Tuesdays-Fridays, 2 and 7:30 pm Saturdays-Sundays. Closes June 26. $38-$63.
Original Practice Shakespeare Festival
The Original Practice Shakespeare Festival purports to perform the Bard’s plays the way they were when they premiered—in repertory, with minimal rehearsal and props, outdoors. This year (its third), the company is tackling A Midsommer Nights Dream, Much Adoe About Nothing and Twelfe Night in parks around Portland and Oregon. The spelling is original, too, you see. Multiple locations. Times vary, see opsfest.org. Free.
Portland Area Musical Theatre Awards
An awards ceremony that recognizes “outstanding achievements in the performance of musical theater in Portland and the surrounding area,” the nominations list for which includes every musical produced in the area this season. Winningstad Theatre, Portland Center for the Performing Arts, 1111 SW Broadway, pamtawards. com. 7 pm Monday, June 20. Free.
Reasons to Be Pretty
Attention, unmarried men: Never, ever say anything about a woman’s body that could possibly be construed as anything but complimentary. Ever! When Greg (Casey McFeron) tells his work buddy Kent (John San Nicolas) that his girlfriend, Stephanie (Nikki Weaver), may have only a “regular” face but he wouldn’t trade her for the world, Kent’s wife, Carli (Kelly Tallent), immediately tattles on him, unleashing wrath of an order I hope never to encounter. Greg, a thick but wellmeaning regular guy, fails to understand why his offhand comment results in his romantic termination, so playwright Neil LaBute sets about explaining it to him, through a succession of miserable experiences. Reasons to Be Pretty is the wittiest and most believable of LaBute’s plays about body image, perhaps because it’s less about appearances than the countless unintentional ways we hurt the people we love. Director Gretchen Corbett and her perfectly selected cast execute LaBute’s funny, profane script so vividly that I found myself wanting to spit on San Nicolas’ smarmy, despicable Kent. That’s some damn fine acting. The CoHo Theater, 2257 NW Raleigh St., 205-0715. 8 pm Thursday-Saturday, June 16-18. $20$25. Thursdays are pay what you will.
COMEDY Curiously Strong Comedy
Stand-up by LGBT (well, L, anyway) comedians Vickie Shaw, Jackie Monahan and Gloria Bigelow. Hawthorne Theatre, 3862 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 233-7100. 7 and 9 pm Friday, June 17. $22.50.
Improvcalypse
Is apocalyptic improv a genre now? The Brody Theater digs some laughs out of the end of the world in this late-night show. Brody Theater, 16 NW Broadway, 224-2227. 10 pm Saturdays through June 25. $8.
Portland Comedy Contest
The Portland Amateur Comedy competition runs in recurring heats all month. The winner will be announced Wednesday, June 29, at Harvey’s Comedy Club. Boiler Room, 228 NW Davis St., 227-5441. 9 pm Monday, June 20. Free. 21+.
USS Improvise: The Musical
The Unscriptables improvise “lost” musical episodes of Star Trek, with costumes, sound effects and dance numbers. The Unscriptables Studio,
STEAL THIS LOOK: Cirque du Soleil’s Dralion returns to Portland. 1121 N Loring St., theunscriptables.com. 8 pm Fridays-Saturdays through June 25. All shows are pay what you will.
WeirDass
Sketch comedy from the husbandand-wife team of Stephanie Weir (of Mad TV) and Bob Dassie (of Second City). Curious Comedy, 5225 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., 477-9477. 8 pm Friday-Saturday, June 17-18. $12-$15.
CLASSICAL Astoria Music Festival
Friday’s opening concert features music composed in the year of Astoria’s founding (1811), Beethoven’s Seventh and award-winning Russian cellist Sergey Antonov in Saint Saëns’ Cello Concerto. Along with music by Handel, Saturday’s show stars the much-lauded tenor John Duykers in a staged version of British composer Peter Maxwell Davies’ classic 1969 song cycle Eight Songs for a Mad King. Sunday’s matinee brings another great voice, Metropolitan Opera soprano Ruth Ann Swenson, as soloist in Mozart’s exuberant Exultate, Jubilate, plus Mahler’s Symphony No. 4. Liberty Theater, 1203 Commercial St., Astoria, 325-9896. 7:30 pm Friday-Saturday, 4 pm Sunday, June 17-19. $15-$35.
Chamber Music Northwest: Concerti
The venerable summer series opens its 41st season with a program of double concerti by Bach, Chausson and Mendelssohn, performed by the usual glittering array of veteran internationally acclaimed chamber music stars: the Kavafian sisters, AnneMarie McDermott, Peter Wiley, Paul Neubauer and the Amphion String Quartet. Kaul Auditorium at Reed College, 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd., 294-6400. 8 pm Monday, June 20. Catlin Gabel School, 8825 SW Barnes Road, 294-6400. 8 pm Tuesday, June 21. $25-$50.
Chamber Music Northwest: Herrmann
A pre-festival Saturday show brings artistic director David Shifrin and other CMNW stars to play the film composer Bernard Herrmann’s Souvenir de Voyages for clarinet and strings, preceding a screening of Alfred Hitchcock’s immortal Vertigo, which features a magnificent score by Herrmann. Whitsell Auditorium, 1219 SW Park Ave., 294-6400. 7 pm Saturday, June 18. $15-$25.
Deklun and Pace
The entirely improvisational downtempo duo combines trumpet and computer to create a spontaneous live soundtrack to a gaming night. Guardian Games, 303 SE 3rd Ave., 238-4000. 6:30 pm Thursday, June 16. $10.
Filmusik, Blue Cranes
The show includes the premiere of a piano piece by Terry Wergeland, Art Resnick’s Bartók-influenced Five Folklike Dances for Clarinet and Cello, and David Denniston’s 1986 solo viola piece One Thought Fills Immensity. It also features several works by prolific Seventh Species founder Gary Noland. Community Music Center, 3350 SE Francis St., 823-3177. 8 pm Saturday, June 18. $10-$15.
Grouper, Sarah Dougher, Seth Nehil, Flash Choir
The 18-member Portland Revels women’s choral ensemble celebrates the summer solstice with a program of shape note, Estonian, Norwegian, Scottish, Georgian, Spanish and English music, along with motets by two composers of the European Renaissance (Victoria and Palestrina). The show also features poems, stories and readings by Bob and Anne-Louise Sterry. St. Michael and All Angels Church, 1704 NE 43rd Ave., 274-4654. 7:30 pm Saturday, 4:30 pm Sunday, June 18-19. $12-$15.
The city’s hottest original-jazz ensemble supplies the live soundtrack for the latest installment in Filmusik’s pairing of cool new music with kitschy old movies. The subject this time: the 1978 science-fiction film Planet of Dinosaurs, concerning the heart-wrenching plight of astronauts who crash on a…well, you get the idea. Hollywood Theatre, 4122 NE Sandy Blvd., 281-4215. 8 pm Friday, June 17. $8-$10.
Holocene’s intriguing New Musics series continues with some of the city’s more restlessly inventive and atmospheric musical creators. Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison St., 239-7639. 8:30 pm Wednesday, June 15. $5.
Portland Gay Men’s Chorus
The 120-voice choir joins 2010 Tony Award-winning singer/actor/songwriter Levi Kreis and the Portland Gay Symphonic Band in music by Kreis, Randall Thompson and Robert Seeley’s Naked Man. Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 1037 SW Broadway, 226-2588. 7:30 pm Saturday, June 18. $16-$42.
Portland Taiko
To stretch its already broad artistic boundaries and infuse fresh influences, the powerful Asian-American drum ensemble enlists taiko masters from Seattle, Hawaii and California to lead new and recent original works using different drums and rhythms than usual. Winningstad Theatre, Portland Center for the Performing Arts, 1111 SW Broadway, 800-745-3000 (Ticketmaster). 8 pm Friday-Saturday, 2 pm Sunday, June 17-19. $21.25-$24.25.
Sachal Vasandani
This PDX Jazz concert brings the man who might be the next big jazz singer to town with piano, bass and drum accompaniment. Vasandani’s malleable voice—more agile than ample, and capable of surprising turns on standards without distorting them beyond recognition or good taste—allows the 2010 Downbeat Rising Star winner to elegantly traverse a wide range of jazz and pop tunes. Tony Starlight’s, 3728 NE Sandy Blvd., 517-8584. 8 pm Saturday, June 18. $15.
Scott Kritzer
The guitarist plays Baroque music originally composed for other instruments by J.S. Bach, Couperin and Scarlatti. The Old Church, 1422 SW 11th Ave., 7197334. 4 pm Sunday, June 19. $15-$20.
Seventh Species
Cascadia Composers sponsors the latest showcase by this two-decadeold concert series showcasing today’s postclassical Oregon music, featuring Florida guest artists Pamela Ryan and Corinne Stillwell on viola and violin.
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DANCE Northwest Dance Project
The Northwest Dance Project’s new Summer Splendors show is an ambitious two-week run featuring four world premieres: one from the company’s artistic director, Sarah Slipper; one from Reed College’s dance department chair, Carla Mann; one from New York-based choreographer Loni Landon; and one from Trey McIntyre Project dancer Lauren Edson, who won the first Pretty Creatives competition. Northwest Dance Project Studio & Performance Center, 833 N Shaver St., 421-7434. 7:30 pm Thursday, June 16 and Saturday, June 18; 7 and 9 pm Friday, June 17. $25-$30.
Polaris Dance Theatre
It wasn’t just Motown’s music that inspired choreographer Robert Guitron’s new work Lil’ Mo—it was the label’s ability to create one nation under a groove, even in times of turmoil. Lil’ Mo, a contemporary dance work for Guitron’s company Polaris, is set to Motown songs from the late ’50s to early ’80s and performed in a kind of club setting. Polaris Contemporary Dance Center, 1501 SW Taylor St., 3805472. 7:30 pm Wednesday-Saturday, June 15-18. $12-$15.
Raq the Casbah
This new belly-dance revue, slated to run every third Sunday, features music by Ritim Egzotik and a rotating cast of dancers performing modern and traditional styles. Hawthorne Theatre, 3862 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 233-7100. 7 pm Sunday, June 19. $8. 21+.
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Milepost 5
A highlight of Milepost 5’s First Friday opening was Jane Schiffhauer’s Entanglements, for which the artist used rope as her medium, hanging and braiding it together in inventive configurations. The best thing going in the open studios upstairs in the live/work spaces was cellist Jessie Dettwiler, who gave a heartfelt rendition of J.S. Bach’s cello suites and other classical compositions. Milepost 5, 900 NE 81st Ave., 729-3223, milepost5. net. Closes June 28.
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An excellent four-person show, Drawing Shades is highlighted by Matty Byloos’ precise yet evocative domestic mise-en-scènes, in which human figures are suggested by ghostly outlines. Densely hung, salon-style, the works are imagined by Byloos as parts of an ongoing visual novel. In one of Worksound’s back gallery spaces, Ním Wunnan uses sumi ink on Mylar to create uniquely smeary depictions of a monumental South Korean hotel and of Able, one of the first monkeys in space. Worksound, 820 SE Alder St., worksoundpdx.com. Closes July 1.
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“The Bearded What” sounds more like the name of a band than an art collective, but that’s what this fiveperson Midwestern group goes by. Its works are quirkily pop-culturecentric, as in the hilarious, selfexplanatory Bearded Skull Smurf by Jason Lahr and Steve Seely, and Lahr’s design-y appropriation of Star Wars’ C-3PO. Throughout the show, the artists’ works display a droll, self-aware blend of topicality and universality. 107 NW 5th Ave., 7962733. Closes July 3.
Cameron Thompson and Ashley Montague
Oakland-based artist Cameron Thompson and Portland’s own Ashley Montague contribute fantasy-inflected, Burning Man-ready paintings and sculptures to this unfortunate two-person show. The sculptures, with their ham-handed cobbling-together of wood and plastic, are especially abominable. Backspace Cafe, 115 NW 5th Ave., 248-2900. Closes June 30.
Richard Barnes and Millee Tibbs
In Blue Sky Gallery’s front exhibition space, Richard Barnes’ arid photographs of taxidermied animals in museum crates are as desiccated and lifeless as the dead animals themselves. Fortunately, the back-gallery show by Millee Tibbs has more spunk. Tibbs has replicated poses from her own childhood photos and digitally inserted her current self into the old backgrounds. She places the originals and the new, doctored versions side by side. The result is a discombobulating commingling of innocence and experience. Blue Sky Gallery, 122 NW 8th Ave., 225-0210, blueskygallery.org. Closes July 3.
Oomph: enthusiasm, vigor, or energy. sex appeal
There has always been an air of the arch epicene in Storm Tharp’s work. Another, more déclassé, predilection emerges, however, in the group show Oomph: enthusiasm, vigor, or energy. sex appeal, of which Tharp’s works are the indisputable highlight. PDX Contemporary, 925 NW Flanders St., 222-0063. Closes July 2.
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AN OCCASIONAL CRAVING BY CHRIS ANTEMANN AT PORTLAND ART MUSEUM’S CONTEMPORARY NORTHWEST ART AWARDS
CONTEMPORARY NORTHWEST ART AWARDS Portland Art Museum scores a hit with this showcase of thoughtprovoking Northwest art.
The Contemporary Northwest Art Awards live in the shadow of the Oregon Biennial, which, in a sense, it replaced. Like the Biennial, the Art Awards select a small pool of artists from hundreds of nominees and showcase the finalists in a prestigious group show. But where the Biennial felt more like a snapshot in time of Oregon-based (and often Portland-centric) art, the Art Awards cast a wider net. This year’s finalists include two artists from Oregon, two from Washington, two from Montana, and one from Idaho. The show neither looks nor feels anything like a definitive survey of what’s happening right now in the Portland art scene, but that’s not its mission. At its mission—cherry-picking a handful of mostly superlative, mostly thematically unrelated artists—it succeeds as a dynamic and thoroughly compelling show. Curated with thoughtfulness and sophistication by Bonnie Laing-Malcolmson, the CNWAA kick off June 18 with the announcement of the recipient of the $10,000 Arlene Schnitzer Prize, which one of the finalists will receive. If there is any justice in the world, the prize will go to Chris Antemann, whose porcelain sculptures nod to Jeff Koons and Rococo painters such as Fragonard and Boucher, while reversing the Rococo taste for placing scantily clad women in the role of carnal playthings. Antemann, by contrast, casts men in that role, stripping them of all clothing and giving them cute little porcelain erections with gold-plated pubic hair. The sculpture An Occasional Craving is a sumptuous masterpiece of sexual power reversal. Among the other artists, Megan Murphy contributes gauzy waterscapes with a silvery, pearlescent finish, while John Grade exhibits sculpture in the tradition of 1960s and ’70s Land Art. His mammoth biomorphic sculpture, Fold, looks like a cross between a wooden enlargement of a Giles Bettison glass sculpture and a reinterpretation of Umberto Boccioni’s Unique Forms of Continuity in Space. Jerry Iverson’s sumi ink works evoke tree branches, and Susie Lee’s HD videos add a poignant contemporary spin on characters drawn from ancient Greek mythology and the paintings of Francisco Goya. Less compelling are John Buck’s hokey wooden sculptures and Michelle Ross’ prissy, bloodless paintings. Spatially and conceptually, this is an engaging and dynamic show. PAM should mount the CNWAA and award the Arlene Schnitzer Prize every year, not every two or three years. LaingMalcolmson would do a superb job curating; the public would turn out in droves to support it; and local and regional artists would benefit from the additional exposure. In short: Bravo, and more, please. RICHARD SPEER. SEE IT: Portland Art Museum, 1219 SW Park Ave., 226-2811. Closes Sept. 11.
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15 Back to Our Future
For those who think the ’80s ended in ’89, author David Sirota has some news for you. His new book, Back to Our Future: How the 1980s Explain the World We Live in Now, posits that modern-day culture and politics are rooted in the decade that brought us Bon Jovi, the mainstream mullet and Pac-Man. Powell’s City of Books, 1005 W Burnside St., 2284651. 7:30 pm. Free.
are crafting what is shaping up to be a very good one. The striking first issue will be available to early adopters today, with a celebratory after-party show at Mississippi Studios. CASEY JARMAN. Bridge City Comics, 3725 N Mississippi Ave., 282-5484. 5 pm. Free.
MONDAY, JUNE 20 The President and the Assassin
Recently named one of Newsweek’s 10 must-read summer books, The
President and the Assassin follows the path of two key figures in American history: President William McKinley and Leon Czolgosz, McKinley’s assassin. Following both men in the years leading up to the assassination, Scott Miller’s novel sheds light on an event that brought America into the 20th century. Powell’s City of Books, 1005 W Burnside St., 228-4651. 7:30 pm. Free.
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Alina Simone
Author and musician Alina Simone offers a look into the indie-rock world with her debut book, You Must Go and Win, a collection of essays that narrate her journeys through the New York music scene and beyond. Simone will round off the event by performing songs from her upcoming album, Make Your Own Danger. Record Room, 8 NE Killingsworth St. 7 pm. Free.
THURSDAY, JUNE 16
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Kevin Alan Milne
Portland author Kevin Alan Milne’s new novel, The Final Note, follows the life of musician Ethan through love and hardship as he attempts to refuel his marriage’s dwindling romance. Barnes & Noble Clackamas Town Center, 12000 SE 82nd Ave., 786-3463. 7 pm. Free.
Life With Mr. Dangerous
Paul Hornschemeier’s newest comic, Life With Mr. Dangerous, follows 26-year-old Amy as she combats ennui. Hornschemeier’s no-frills illustrations might draw you in, but critics have equally praised the book’s writing. Floating World Comics, 20 NW 5th Ave., Suite 101, 241-0227. 6-8 pm. Free.
Yeah. No. Totally.
Celebrate the release of Portlander Lisa Wells’ novel Yeah. No. Totally., with a party featuring readings by Wells and Martha Grover, creator of the zine Somnambulist. Live music from Monarques and Awkward Energy. Secret Society Lounge, 116 NE Russell St., 493-3600. 7:30 pm. Free. 21+.
FRIDAY, JUNE 17 A Tiger in the Kitchen
Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan’s A Tiger in the Kitchen combines food with history in a memoir that demonstrates how food can be central to identity. Powell’s Books at Cedar Hills Crossing, 3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd., Beaverton, 228-4651. 7 pm. Free.
SATURDAY, JUNE 18 Indigo Editing and Publications June Workshops
Indigo Editing and Publications is offering two writing workshops: the first focuses on the art of writing short stories and the second offers insight into one of the writer’s mostfeared endeavors: the query letter. Indigo Editing and Publications, 519 SW 3rd Ave. 10 am-1 pm. $50 for both classes.
SUNDAY, JUNE 19 Cognition: The Robot Uprise Release Party
It would be easy to launch a bad comic about a wayward, skinnyjeans-and-hoodie-clad robot who loves kittens and hates most humans. Writer Aaron Cronan and artist Matthew Hopkins—working, for the moment, without the support of a publisher or even a sugar daddy—
It is a common thing, beneath the deafening noise of America’s Lohans and Kardashians, to hear tell that our culture—as a result of reality television, willful illiteracy, celebrity worship, the decline of marriage, you name it—has reached a new and sordid nadir. Local author Paul Collins’ nonficDying to be famous. tion The Murder of the Century: The Gilded Age Crime That Scandalized a City and Sparked the Tabloid Wars (Crown, 336 pages, $26) is a wonderful reminder that we have often been just as we are: fools for spectacle, short of memory, cheered by the invigorating shock of the immoral. Murder of the Century is on one hand a lurid murder mystery set at the turn of the 20th century in New York. It begins like any episode of Dexter or CSI: Four scampish boys, paragons of innocence, discover an oilcloth-wrapped severed torso just off a city pier. The legs turn up in a Harlem ditch (and promptly disappear from the morgue). The head carries a bounty. More than a crime procedural, though, it is a chronicle of the culture that surrounds the grisly murders, and of the city’s fascination with the case. The murder sets off a newspaper battle between Joseph Pulitzer’s New York World and William Randolph Hearst’s Evening Journal, with rewards offered, leads stolen, stories stepped on or lost and then regretted, with Pulitzer hung by a rope he wound himself. As for the trial—and the popular libidinous obsessions with the murderers and near-total neglect of the victim—its hysteria trumped that of any O.J. or Kennedy, if not quite Manson. A curious side effect of Collins’ choice of subject—the center of a newspaper war—is that Collins has access to a near-unprecedented amount of material. Does the policeman light a cigar, Hearst crack a joke, a woman clutch a bouquet meant for the sociopathic killer? There it is, footnoted and cited to a century-old article. Reading the book’s notes section is an uncanny experience. What seems too interior and simply invented, isn’t; it has been found in some forgotten archive and trundled anew back into the popular memory. Because, of course, all of this murder and betrayal and backbiting, despite the manic frenzy it inspired in its time, was lost to the world within the passing of a single generation. Collins seems to have a particular affinity for the back channels and dead ends of history, for resurrections of the once-famous and now obscure, and this book in particular is a testament to what, among the dross, can endure. Much, apparently, can. MATTHEW KORFHAGE. SEE IT: Paul Collins reads at Powell’s City of Books, 1005 W Burnside St., 228-4651. 7:30 pm Thursday, June 16. Free.
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[ONE NIGHT ONLY] World champion mountain bike racers doing their thing across the world. Hollywood Theatre. 7 pm and 9 pm Saturday, June 18.
13 Assassins
88 Although he’s done a bit of every-
thing at this point (that’s what happens when you churn out an average of four movies per year), the name Takashi Miike is still associated with a few specific things in the minds of Japanese cult movie fans. Namely, human entrails. And emotional degradation. And the exploitation of social taboos for pitch-black comedic effect. So when fans heard Miike had remade a samurai epic from the 1960s, the assumption was he’d take the genre to bloody, transgressive new extremes. 13 Assassins turns out to be quite the opposite. It is, in fact, a very traditional picture, a reverential throwback to the feudal period pieces of Akira Kurosawa. And here’s a bold suggestion: It might be the best of its kind since Kurosawa’s 1954 standard-bearer, Seven Samurai. The climax, an exhilarating 45-minute blur of blades and blood and explosions and flaming bulls (yes, flaming bulls—the CGI is subpar, but it’s the thought that counts), is a careerdefining sequence from a filmmaker who’s always known how to orchestrate violence. Only here, he uses his skill not for shock but for a brutal kind of beauty. It’s masterful. MATTHEW SINGER. Hollywood Theatre. NEW The ’80s Movie Anthem Sing-Along
[ONE NIGHT ONLY] Aqua Net, leg warmers, John Hughes, crack, AIDS, et al. Hollywood Theatre. 7:30 pm Tuesday, June 21. NEW The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension
[THREE DAYS ONLY, REVIVAL] The satirical 1984 sci-fi adventures of Peter Weller as the titular scientist/surgeon/ rock star/robotic police officer. Oh, sorry, that last one wasn’t for three more years. PG. Fifth Avenue Cinema. 7 pm and 9:30 pm Friday-Saturday, June 17-18; 3 pm Sunday, June 19.
The Art of Getting By
20 The Art of Getting By seems to
be something of a high-concept teen movie; apparently, in order to effectively mimic the awkwardness of late adolescence, all the actors agreed to speak English as if they had learned it only phonetically, like the token villainous white people in a Hong Kong movie. Otherwise, it would appear that Freddie Highmore’s obvious difficulties hammering down an American accent worked as a contagion on the rest of the supposed New York prep-school elite that surround him, including Sasha Spielberg (yes, that Spielberg) and career love-interest-ofcomplicated-boys Emma Roberts, who is as wooden as she’s ever been opposite Highmore’s near-autistic-seeming slacker and troubled would-be artist. Dialogue that should have been delivered swiftly, archly, dribbles slowly out of loosened lips: It’s Igby Goes Down in charisma-free kindergarten form, a tale told by idiots that wants to signify just about everything. Highmore’s protagonist inspires no love, and yet the world rallies around to wish him anything he wants in life, amid unhilariously hamfisted dialogue and a few stabs at weall-fall-down realism. “Everything is possible,” whispers a slumming Blair Underwood to Highmore upon his prep-school graduation. And maybe it is: The BBC being the BBC, the kid might somehow still have a career after this. MATTHEW KORFHAGE. Cedar Hills, Clackamas, Eastport, Bridgeport, Fox Tower, Lloyd Center. NEW Art Institute of Portland: Senior Shorts
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seniors thesis short films. Hollywood Theatre. 7 pm Thursday, June 16. Free.
Beginners
56 For all the big topics director Mike Mills addresses in this little dramedy— death and grief, repressed homosexuality, the idea that life starts whenever we’re ready for it—the thing most people will leave thinking is, “Boy, that dog sure was cute.” They’re not wrong. Arthur, a clingy Jack Russell terrier Ewan McGregor inherits after his father (Christopher Plummer) passes away, is the fourth most important character in Beginners, the second most interesting and definitely the most adorable. It’s probably not what Mills would want audiences to take away from the film, but then, he shouldn’t have had the dog “speak” to McGregor in subtitled pearls of wisdom. That kind of irksome preciousness, of which there are many other examples, undermines the genuinely moving story— apparently semi-autobiographical for Mills—of a thirty-something graphic designer coming to terms with the fact that his dad has come out of the closet at age 75. Plummer and McGregor salvage some true heart from underneath the piles of quirk, but as the timeline skips around McGregor ends up spending half the movie stuck in a tepid romance with a sexy mound of tousled hair named Anna (Melanie Laurent of Inglorious Basterds). Mills would’ve been better off cutting the girl and focusing solely on the fatherson relationship. Keep Arthur, though. Boy, is he cute. MATTHEW SINGER. Fox Tower.
NEW Best of the 37th Northwest Film & Video Festival
[TWO NIGHTS ONLY] Selected regional short films. NW Film Center’s Whitsell Auditorium. 7 pm Thursday, June 16 and Sunday, June 19.
Better This World
78 [SEVEN NIGHTS ONLY] In 2008,
David McKay and Bradley Crowder went to St. Paul, Minn., with a vague idea of disrupting the Republican National Convention and came out—in the eyes of the federal government, at least—as terrorists. How that happened is the focus of Kelly Duane de la Vega and Katie Galloway’s engrossing documentary, but there’s a larger question involved in this story: Was it nature or nurture? Were these bright, impressionable idealists from the Bushes’ ancestral homeland of Midland, Texas, predisposed to making Molotov cocktails they allegedly planned on using against Republican delegates, or were they coerced into it by a former self-described “revolutionary” turned undercover informant? Although it certainly leans in one direction, Better This World doesn’t pretend to reach a concrete conclusion, but it does suggest that the definition of justice in post9/11 America is flexible at best. From a pure story standpoint, de la Vega and Galloway play it out like a tense legal thriller that tests the bounds of friendship and loyalty, and ends with a punchline that gives the entire saga a tint of the surreal. MATTHEW SINGER. Clinton Street Theater. 7 pm and 9 pm Friday-Thursday, June 17-23.
NEW Bike for Your Right to Party: The Great Muppet Caper
82 [ONE NIGHT ONLY, REVIVAL] In Jim Henson’s enduringly magical 1979 classic The Muppet Movie, audiences were left dazzled when Kermit the Frog emerged from his swamp atop a shiny Schwinn. So it went without saying that 1981’s follow-up should top the feat with a parade of Muppets on bikes. Apparently, it worked. Thirty years in, it’s still a wonder to behold, and thus the kiddie classic is getting a revival as part of Bike for Your Right to Party, a bike ride/ film screening/pie fight held in conjunction with Pedalpalooza. While Caper doesn’t pack the same utter joys as its predecessor, it’s the sec-
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SNIPE-SHOT: Steve Coogan (left) and Rob Brydon strike a pose.
MY DINNERS WITH ASSHOLES IN THE TRIP, STEVE COOGAN AND ROB BRYDON ARGUE OVER MICHAEL CAINE IMPRESSIONS—AND EVERYTHING ELSE. BY MATTHEW SIN GER
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Toward the end of The Trip, Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon, entering the final stretch of a weeklong tour of northern England restaurants for a newspaper article commissioned by The Observer of London, spontaneously burst into an a cappella rendition of ABBA’s “The Winner Takes It All.” There’s nothing especially comedic about the scene: Neither of them are hamming it up; it’s just two guys singing in a car, and doing so rather earnestly—but it’s hysterical. That goes for all of The Trip. It’s a road movie that succumbs very quickly to travel delirium, that moment of an extended road trip when boredom and annoyance congeal into a form of temporary madness, manifesting itself in outbursts of silliness only the people traveling together can understand. Explaining why The Trip is the funniest film of the year is difficult, because that’s where much of its humor comes from, that state of mind where things become funny for no good reason at all. Believe me, though: The Trip is the funniest film of the year. As you might gather, nothing much actually happens in it. Trimmed down to reasonable film length from a six-episode BBC television series, it’s arranged by director Michael Winterbottom as a series of daily vignettes that all play out more or less the same way: Coogan and Brydon, playing themselves, drive out to a fancy restaurant; they banter and bicker while sharing a meal; Coogan breaks off to find good cell-phone reception so he can field a call from his agent or get into a passive-aggressive argument with his on-off American girlfriend back in the States, while Brydon goes back to his hotel room and tries to talk his wife into phone sex. Once, Coogan visits Malham in the Yorkshire countryside and receives an earful of unsolicited information about its famous limestone formations from another tourist. On the last day, they stop by Coogan’s parents’ house. That’s pretty much the whole movie. And that’s all it needs to be. Coogan and Brydon,
essentially reprising their barely fictionalized, largely improvised roles from Winterbottom’s Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story, have the kind of comic chemistry where the only thing a director needs to do is point the camera at them. Other than occasionally lingering on the delicately prepared food being served to them, Winterbottom’s contribution to the film is the idea of putting these two together, by themselves, for an entire movie. The joke is that Brydon is the last person Coogan asks to join him for the newspaper assignment; Brydon is a contented goofball while Coogan is self-serious and miserable, and they bristle against each other immediately. “Anyone
IT’S A ROAD MOVIE THAT SUCCUMBS VERY QUICKLY TO TRAVEL DELIRIUM. over 40 who amuses themselves by doing impressions needs to take a long, hard look in the mirror,” Coogan tells Brydon, famous for his celebrity impersonations on BBC radio, at their first dinner. They then spend a good deal of the next hour and a half arguing over who does the better impression of Michael Caine, Woody Allen and a James Bond villain (Brydon wins most of the time, though his Pacino needs work). More than just dueling personalities, though, what Brydon and Coogan represent in The Trip are two different approaches to dealing with middle age. Brydon has settled into it, with a newborn child and a happy marriage. Coogan, meanwhile, is still chasing his youth, and as it gets away from him he has less and less to replace it with. He beds two women during the trip, but all we see is them sneaking out of his room in the morning—another meaningless lay. Even in his dreams, he’s getting brushed off by his agent (Ben Stiller in a brief cameo) and called a cunt by the same person who asks for his autograph. As digressive as much of the comedy in The Trip is, Coogan’s struggle with getting older and his dissatisfaction with his career keeps the film from being just an empty laugh. 85
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ond-best of the Henson series and, bicycle parade aside, is loaded with magical moments as Kermit, Gonzo and Fozzie play Woodward and Bernstein trying to solve a jewel heist in London. The Happiness Hotel musical number is one for the vault, Charles Grodin lets loose as a skeezy would-be pigfucker/burglar with his eye on Kermit’s main swine, and a running gag about Kermit and Fozzie as twin brothers registers every time. It’s a goofy, eyepopping blast from a master of entertainment and another testament to Henson’s legacy of warm, clever comedy that upped the ante on artistic innovation while keeping everything grounded in old-fashioned laughs and wonderment. AP KRYZA. Hollywood Theatre. 7 pm Wednesday, June 15.
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“MARVELOUSLY ROMANTIC. A CREDIBLE BLEND OF WHIMSY AND WISDOM.” -A.O. Scott, THE NEW YORK TIMES
“A JOYOUS DELIGHT! IN THIS BEGUILING AND THEN BEDAZZLING NEW COMEDY, NOSTALGIA ISN’T AT ALL WHAT IT USED TO BE— IT’S SMARTER, SWEETER, FIZZIER AND EVER SO MUCH FUNNIER.” -Joe Morgenstern, WALL STREET JOURNAL
“EXHILARATING! BRIMS OVER WITH BRACING HUMOR AND RAVISHING ROMANCE – INFUSED WITH SEDUCTIVE SECRETS. OWEN WILSON IS PITCH PERFECT. MARION COTILLARD IS SUPERB.” -Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE
OPENING NIGHT Cannes Film Festival
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Bridesmaids
60 There is something a little
labored about Bridesmaids, as if director Paul Feig and star Kristen Wiig were trying to compensate for a decade of Judd Apatow’s dong jokes by bypassing the genitalia and going straight for the universally scatological. Not 30 minutes into the movie, there’s a wedding-dress fitting interrupted by an eruptive case of food poisoning, and after our heroines finish vomiting into each other’s hair and lining up to use a fancy marble sink as a commode, the bride (Maya Rudolph) rushes out of the store and shits in the street. Considering this is the first direct reunion of Feig and Apatow since they co-created the wondrously warm Freaks and Geeks, all that straining for ribaldry feels a little sad. R. AARON MESH. Cedar Hills, Clackamas, Eastport, CineMagic, Forest, Oak Grove, Pioneer Palace, Cinema 99, Bridgeport, City Center, Evergreen Parkway, Hilltop, Lloyd Center, Lloyd Mall, Tigard, Wilsonville, Sandy, St. Johns.
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
80 The new Werner Herzog docu-
mentary, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, is comparatively thin on the cuckoo German’s trademark perversity— except when you consider that he has made a 3-D documentary about motionless drawings on rocks. They are, admittedly, very old drawings on very unique rocks: Sketched in charcoal on the walls of the Chauvet Cave in southern France, the 32,000-year-old paintings are the earliest ever found, preserved by a rockslide that sealed the artwork (and many bear bones) until 1994, when the cave was uncovered and immediately locked up again for preservation. Still, there are no flying dragons. You will have to settle for woolly rhinos, which doesn’t strike me as too painful a concession. AARON MESH. Eastport, Living Room Theaters, Bridgeport.
The Crater Lake Monster
[ONE NIGHT ONLY, REVIVAL] A dinosaur terrorizes Oregon hillbillies. Featuring not-so-terrible stopmotion animation and very terrible everything else. PG. Clinton Street Theater. 7 pm and 9 pm Thursday, June 16.
GREEN LANTERN
Everything Must Go
75 Another movie concerning unhappy people living behind perfectly manicured lawns, with a crucial difference: It’s about an unhappy person forced to live on his perfectly manicured lawn. R. MATTHEW SINGER. Broadway, Hollywood Theatre.
NEW Filmusik presents Planet of the Dinosaurs
[ONE NIGHT ONLY, LIVE SCORE, REVIVAL] Local jazz ensemble Blue Cranes provides the score for this 1978 piece of sci-fi dinophilia. Hollywood Theatre. 8 pm Friday, June 17.
Green Lantern
Fun fact: In the original DC comic book, Green Lantern’s powers were useless against anything colored yellow. Since this adaptation wasn’t screened in time for WW press deadlines, we’re going to assume the plot involves Ryan Reynolds trying to protect the universe from the evil schemes of the Bananas in Pajamas. Check wweek.com to see if we’re right. PG-13. Cedar Hills, Clackamas, Eastport, Cornelius, Pioneer Place, Cinema 99, Bridgeport, City Center, Division Street, Evergreen Parkway, Hilltop, Lloyd Center, Movies on TV, Sherwood, Tigard, Wilsonville, Sandy, St. Johns.
The Hangover Part II
34 If nothing else—and believe me, there is nothing else—The Hangover Part II is bound to go down as the most profitable game of Mad Libs ever played. Writer-director Todd Phillips can claim he did more than just remove key nouns from the script of his 2009 frat boy insta-classic, then have co-writers Craig Mazin and Scot Armstrong fill in the blanks, but that’s clearly bullshit. I imagine the brainstorming session went like this: “Name a foreign locale famous for debaucherous behavior.” “Bangkok!” “Great! Now, name something cute Zach Galifianakis can carry around with him.” “A monkey!” “Awesome! OK, what’s their motivation? Ed Helms is the groom this time, so we can’t have him missing for the entire movie.” “They’re looking for his fiancée’s teenage brother!” “All right! Throw in some chicks-with-dicks and Ken Jeong doing a ching-chong voice and we’ve got ourselves a hit sequel! Break!” R. MATTHEW SINGER. 99 West Drive-In, Cedar Hills, Clackamas, Eastport, Cinetopia, Cornelius, Oak Grove, Cinema 99, Bridgeport, City Center, Evergreen Parkway, Fox Tower, Hilltop, Lloyd Center, Tigard, Wilsonville, Sandy.
Hobo With a Shotgun
32 This is going to be a summer of worn retreads and diminishing returns, but no last gasp will be as wheezing and shallow as Hobo With a Shotgun. Another full-length film
based on an interstitial “trailer” from the Tarantino-Rodriguez Grindhouse, this Canadian feature (with Rutger Hauer as the titular drifter) has none of the border-fence political axgrinding of Machete; it just wants to look exactly like an early-’80s film that wanted to make fleapit viewers retch in delight. The audience for Hobo With a Shotgun is supposed to retch ironically. I hated every knowing, intentionally shitty minute of it. AARON MESH. Hollywood Theatre. NEW
How the Fire Fell
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matur (and fonts) of the Sulzberger Times, director Richard Press’ graceful documentary is deceptively spontaneous—a quality it shares with fashion photographer Cunningham’s “On the Street” column. It requires real concentration to find the patterns and connections between haute Paris runways and harried Manhattan commuters, just as it surely took effort to get Cunningham to reveal any detail of his personal life—or even to sit still long enough to take questions. “He who seeks beauty will find it,” he declares, and his work is a natural subject for the movies: the physical ecstasy of truly and uniquely seeing a thing, and immortalizing a glimpse of it. AARON MESH. Living Room Theaters.
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3.825” X 5.25" AND CAST ATTENDING] Joe Haege (31Knots frontman, part-time PORTLAND Menomena member) stars as charismatic preacher Edmund Creffield in Edward P. Davee’s ambitious debut feature about turn-of-the-20th-century Corvallis-based cult Bride of Christ Church. Shot on Super 16 mm film for a mere $50,000, How the Fire Fell nails the necessary subtleArtist: (circle one:) ties of period detail—it never feels like Davee rallied his buddies for a Aurelio Heather Staci Freelance 2 weekend of dress-up—and sustains a vibe of creeping dread throughout, Emmett Jay Steve Freelance 3 thanks in large part to Scott Ballard’s crepuscular black-and-white photography and a plangent score by Confirmation #: Haege and John Askew that recalls the apocalypse aperitifs of A Silver Mt. Zion. The film is peppered with images of stark, scary beauty, but Davee has a bit too much faith in aesthetic appeal as a substitute for drama. Virtually every interaction that doesn’t involve Haege laying down the biblical law is buried beneath music-soaked impressionism, and while it’s certainly pleasing to the eyes and ears, a vital humanity is lost in the process. With a daguerrotype face and stagehoned theatrics, Haege is perfect for propheteering, and Davee has fashioned a convincing collapsing world around him, but the disciples remain opaque constructions. CHRIS STAMM. Hollywood Theatre. 7:30 pm Monday, June 20. Davee, Haege and Ballard will answer questions following the screening.
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sweeping period romances: This is not the Jane Eyre you are looking for. Young director Cary Fukunaga and screenwriter Moira Buffini pull everything dark out of Charlotte Brontë’s classic novel and unleash it in all its gothic glory on the big screen. Although this version chops vast swaths of the original text, it is, in many ways, a much truer adaptation than most of the 5 trillion others, which have tended to polish away the characters’ rough edges— including casting inordinately goodlooking stars to play characters who repeatedly talk about how ugly they are. Really, most of the characters in the original novel are assholes—ugly assholes—and Fukunaga doesn’t shy away from that. Jane (who is not an
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asshole) is portrayed terrifically by 21-year-old actress Mia Wasikowska, whose young age and plain yet captivating, otherworldly appearance is half the point of the character. The film picks up about three-quarters into the story—Jane is stumbling, semiconscious and sobbing through endlessly depressing, rainy English moors—relating most of her woeful life story through flashback. It’s a visually stunning piece of work, full of howling halls, spooky forests, fire and blood, which highlight perfectly the bleakness and isolation of a poor woman’s world in that era. RUTH BROWN. Broadway.
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67 In the first Kung Fu Panda, Jack Black’s Po is a bumbling idiot who succeeds despite his flaws by learning to believe in himself. Now we find out he’s a bumbling idiot with abandonment issues. Plagued by visions of the parents who gave him up for adoption, he starts asking existential questions like, “Who am I?” Turns out, he’s the only survivor of a panda genocide perpetrated by a megalomaniacal peacock (Gary Oldman). There’s a message about letting go of the past, but it’s uncomfortably crammed in between an almost unbroken stream of action sequences—all of which look spectacular—and an overcrowded field of voice actors (Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Danny McBride, Jean Claude effin’ Van Damme, etc.) clamoring to get a word in. For a movie with a theme of finding inner peace, it’s pretty fucking chaotic, but still a good deal of fun—even if it only exists to justify a third installment. PG. MATTHEW SINGER. Cedar Hills, Clackamas, Eastport, Cinetopia, Cornelius, Oak Grove, Broadway, Cinema 99, Bridgeport, City Center, Evergreen Parkway, Hilltop, Lloyd Mall, Tigard, Wilsonville.
Louder Than a Bomb
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you, but I believe the world would be slightly less aggravating had slam poetry not survived the ’90s and if every precocious teenager with seemingly limitless potential were forced to undergo something sufficiently humbling in middle school, some humiliation just damaging enough to get them to pipe down until they enter some soundproofed university far away from my middling day-to-day. So the fact that I did not loathe Louder Than a Bomb is damn remarkable, as it combines these two deadly poisons—adolescent promise and poetry—and adds them to a syrupy documentary formula that is steadily gaining on Zooey Deschanel on my list of Things That Were Cute 10 Years Ago That I Can Hardly Stomach Anymore. The competition-doc blueprint perfected by Spellbound and expertly cribbed here could make even my dog’s slow death seem engaging and exhilarating, so I found myself rooting for these baby Baudelaires as they prepared for the titular slam tournament. This is cinematic comfort food smothered in cheese, and while it’s terribly familiar stuff, it is also frequently inspiring and heartening, and if you wouldn’t mind, I’d like to forget I ever felt such things about teenagers expressing themselves. CHRIS STAMM. Living Room Theaters.
ATTENDING] Marrow is a mood piece in which the mood nearly swallows the entire film whole. Director Matt Wilkins certainly knows how to manufacture a creeping sense of unease. It lingers over this spare story of a single mother (Frances Hearn) fixing up her newly deceased father’s secluded house while dealing with her disobedient 16-year-old son (Wiley Wilkins), whose hormonal teenage rage is beginning to literally burst holes in the walls. Hearn hides deep traumas both new and old—helpfully recounted for us in monochrome flashbacks—behind her saucer-shaped eyes. High on pain medication after breaking her leg,
BETTER THIS WORLD she begins to suffer a breakdown à la Ellen Burstyn in Requiem for a Dream, at one point gently caressing her neck and wrists with the blade of a knife. It’s genuinely unnerving. At the same time, Matt Wilkins’ focus on crafting a feeling of obscure dread is alienating. We spend a lot of time with just two characters, but we never connect with them. Then again, Wilkins deserves credit for manifesting Hearns’ guilt and regret and anger in a possum—anyone who’s ever laid eyes on one of those horrible creatures knows they’re only good as a symbol for godlessness. MATTHEW SINGER. NW Film Center’s Whitsell Auditorium. 7 pm Friday, June 17. Director Matt Wilkins will introduce the film.
Meek’s Cutoff
93 “We’re close, but we don’t know
what to.” These lines, spoken in an apprehensive hush near the close of Kelly Reichardt’s pioneer drama Meek’s Cutoff, are a key to what makes her film—which is methodical, arid, uneventful and without resolution—so improbably thrilling. It is not, as many of us were vocally hoping, the Oregon Trail video game turned into a movie. Instead, it saturates an audience with the sensations of what it was like actually to be on the Oregon Trail: the complete disorientation, the exhausting routines as a means of warding off fear, the paranoia of being surrounded by so much silence but being unable to quite hear the most important conversations. It is a vision of the West different from and more intimate than any I have seen before, and it sets a high-water mark for the Oregon film renaissance. PG. AARON MESH. Hollywood Theatre, Lake Twin.
Midnight in Paris
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York, but Woody Allen is cheating on you. He’s had trysts in the past, but in Midnight in Paris his flirtation with the City of Light blossoms into a full-blown affair. If it’s any consolation, Paris isn’t about Paris in the way Allen’s classic New York films were about the experience of actually being in New York. It’s more about the idea of Paris, and really the idea of any time and place that aren’t our own. Owen Wilson, convincingly stepping into the “Woody Allen role,” stars as Gil Pender, a screenwriter and selfdescribed “Hollywood hack” who thinks of himself as a novelist born in the wrong era. On vacation in Paris, he wanders into the streets one night and tipsily stumbles upon a rip in the space-time continuum that transports him to the 1920s to party with his literary idols: F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein and Ernest Hemingway. It’s a fairy tale for lit majors, and Allen’s best work in years. That said, calling Paris a true return to form for Allen after the past decade’s mixed bag is an exaggeration. It’s more of a charming trifle. PG-13. MATTHEW SINGER. Cedar Hills, Eastport, Lake Twin, Moreland, Bridgeport, City Center, Fox Tower, Lloyd Center.
Mr. Popper’s Penguins
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the old adage of love conquering all. It conquers animal neglect, lying, conniving, cheating, greed, deadbeat dadding and shrewdness. It can even teach penguins to poop in toilets instead of on people’s faces. But no amount of love can make Mr. Popper’s actually pop beyond its surface-value cash-in on cute and cuddly flightless birds and Jim Carrey’s cartoonish qualities. Which is just fine, actually. Based on the classic 1938 kiddie favorite by Richard and Florence Atwater, Popper’s ditches the story of a poor painter who comes into possession of precarious and precocious penguins (the alliteration of “p” words runs rampant throughout) for the story of a rich divorcé who inherits penguins, which in turn teach him to be a better dad and husband while pooping and pecking all over his winterized New York penthouse. Carrey dives into his usual hamming and rubber-facing with manic glee, elevating the dumb-as-rocks story with his cartoonish charm. The film’s sweetness prevails, but its sentimentality goes cold toward the end. (How many life lessons can penguins teach? All of them.) As far as mindless kids’ popcorn fare goes, it’s better than mediocre, but only by a fin. PG. AP KRYZA. Cedar Hills, Clackamas, Eastport, Cinetopia, Cornelius, Oak Grove, Pioneer Place, Cinema 99, Bridgeport, City Center, Division Street, Evergreen Parkway, Hilltop, Lloyd Center, Lloyd Mall, Movies on TV, Sherwood, Tigard, Wilsonville, Sandy.
My Perestroika
63 “Perestroika” is the term applied to the ultimately disastrous reforms Gorbachev brought to the Soviet Communist Party in the 1980s. In Robin Hessman’s documentary of life in Russia before and after the collapse of the U.S.S.R., the word refers to a more personal form of readjustment. Weaving together archival newsreels, home movies and present-day footage shot cinéma vérieté style, Hessman—an American who studied directing in Moscow— paints a complicated portrait of the last generation of Russians to come of age behind the Iron Curtain. My Perestroika is no doubt well-made, but the universality of experience Hessman wants to communicate doesn’t quite resonate loud enough to make the film crucial for anyone who isn’t already interested in the subject. MATTHEW SINGER. Living Room Theaters.
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Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
31 The original Pirates of the Caribbean worked because it gave us what we wanted: pirates doing pirate shit. But then producer Jerry
JUNE 15 - 21 blockbusters used to be. The way movies used to be is writer-director J.J. Abrams’ entire driving principle behind the project. As you may have already heard, the film is exceptionally “Spielbergian,” right down to the use of the E.T.-referencing Amblin Entertainment logo in the opening credits. Hell, Steven Spielberg’s name is listed just below Abrams’ on the poster, as a producer. All that is cause for excitement, and much of it is justified. But as an unabashed throwback to those universal cinematic experiences of the 1970s and ’80s, it can’t actually be one of those movies, which truly presented audiences with new, thrilling visions of the world. By its very conceit, it is nothing you haven’t seen before. You just haven’t seen it recently. But you should still see
Super 8. It is imperfect—Abrams occasionally trips over the thin line separating homage and cliché— but it is a movie infused with a love of the movies, and that carries it a long way. MATTHEW SINGER. Cedar Hills, Clackamas, Eastport, Cinetopia, Cornelius, Oak Grove, Pioneer Place, Cinema 99, Bridgeport, City Center, Evergreen Parkway, Hilltop, Lloyd Center, Lloyd Mall, Tigard, Wilsonville, Sandy.
Thor
26 It has been two days since I saw Thor. Rarely has a movie given me so little to think about and consequently faded so quickly from my memory. Looking through my notes now feels like reading
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Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbinski started adding all kinds of nonsense to the sequels, when all we really wanted was to see an eyelinerwearing Johnny Depp jump off high buildings, steal shit, swashbuckle and crack jokes. So we arrive at On Stranger Tides promised just that. Cue a high-speed carriage chase through London, swordfights, fleshmunching mermaids, ’splosions, looting, double crosses, and Depp swaggering around the screen like an effeminate Hunter S. Thompson with a bad accent. Yet it all rings hollow. New director Rob Marshall can’t make any of it pop, mainly because it’s all so bloody familiar and tedious. The entire franchise deserves to be buried at sea. PG-13. AP KRYZA. Cedar Hills, Clackamas, Eastport, Cornelius, Living Room Theaters, Oak Grove, Cinema 99, Bridgeport, City Center, Evergreen Parkway, Hilltop, Lloyd Center, Tigard, Wilsonville, Sandy.
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Small Town Murder Songs
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type of movie that makes you glad you live in Portland, and not in a place surrounded by acres and acres of empty land, where no one can hear you scream. The film, directed by Ed Gass-Donnelly, is set in a minuscule Ontario Mennonite town, where police officer Walter (Peter Stormare) has to solve his first murder case. This town is so small that Walter can identify the victim as an out-of-towner and the 911 caller by first and last name. Within minutes of discovering the body, he’s certain he knows the killer. At its core, though, Small Town Murder Songs is not so much a murdermystery as a character drama about the dichotomy between body and soul. The emergence of the town’s murder shakes Walter’s life to its foundations. Newly baptized, Walter struggles to keep Christian when his violent nature keeps slipping out. In the end, however, there doesn’t seem to be much of a solution to Walter’s life. At 75 minutes, the movie is too short, but the cinematography makes it worthwhile, with its crisp panoramas of the Canadian countryside. ASHLEY COLLMAN. Living Room Theaters.
Stuff
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SUBMARINE The accusations of Wes Anderson-ry will surface just after the opening credits, so it’s best to meet them head on: In Submarine, director Richard Ayoade does, in fact, focus on a sullen adolescent who inhabits a perpetually overcast world (to be fair, it is seaside Wales). Good-natured young Oliver Tate (Craig Roberts) stumbles in his overreaching attempts to connect to others and ends up distancing himself all the more (he gleefully tries on affectations to underscore the rift). But this adaptation of Joe Dunthorne’s semi-autobiographical novel plays with the restrictive “coming of age” genre, which, after all, represents an experience that is annoyingly universal. Oliver’s raison d’être is to get laid and to keep his family intact, and despite the high-brow aspirations of other outsider heroes (Max Fischer of Rushmore, say), weren’t our junior-year goals so easily summarized? God is in the blemished details, starting with Jordana, the bullish and eczema-stricken object of Oliver’s affection. Pretty in a pouty-scowling kind of way, she has a tendency to bully the fat girls and Oliver in equal measure—in short, not the most easygoing schoolyard siren. Meanwhile, Ma and Pa Tate have a low-libido union that gets explored in uncomfortable detail by Oliver himself. His look at their marital malaise gets a cathartic boost from New Age guru and neighbor Graham Purvis, a seedy blast from Mrs. Tate’s past (deftly played by Paddy Considine, who saves the role from annoying caricature). In fact, it is Ayoade’s refusal to give Jill and Lloyd Tate the John Hughes “parents just don’t understand” treatment that makes Submarine worth the time. As Jill, an aged-up Sally Hawkins balances neurosis and likability; Noah Taylor gives Lloyd, a depressed marine biologist (and disgraced science TV presenter) heft. When gaunt Lloyd giddily presents his son with a mixtape meant to encourage a burgeoning romance, and when he quietly shuts down Oliver’s suspicion that Jill is stepping out on the family, there is a true sense that Dunthorne’s tale is actually about three people. True, Oliver’s narcissism keeps us on track for the dull epiphanies that seem so sharp at 15, but when his tried-on pretenses wear thin in the face of his first relationship and he falls short of model boyfriend, he’s in good company. There are no bad guys in the Tate household, just role models who embrace the avoidant approach. SAUNDRA SORENSON. The last British virgin.
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Lawrence Johnson asks himself a lot of questions in the course of narrating his film Stuff, but the one that forms the core of this documentary is, “Do we really want to know our fathers?” Like most of those other questions, he doesn’t come up with a solid answer. In his searching he does, however, reach a kind of resolution regarding his relationship with his late father, even if amounts to, “Welp, he’s dead now, time to move on.” When Stuff begins, it looks like it’s going to be an unrelentingly somber journey: Johnson’s dad has passed away, he’s not sure how he feels about it, and he’s stuck carting around the piles of junk his dad accumulated during his life. He is also in the midst of his second divorce and on the brink of homelessness. Through Johnson’s astonishing candor—he offers up photos of his emaciated father on his death bed—the movie becomes, if not exactly charming, deeply relatable, even for those of us who think we have a decent relationship with our parents. In fact, that’s precisely who Johnson’s ultimate unspoken question is aimed at: How well do any of us understand our feelings toward our fathers, and can we be sure how we’ll feel when they’re gone? MATTHEW SINGER. Living Room Theaters.
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Vertigo
[ONE NIGHT ONLY, REVIVAL] Everything that can be said about Hitchcock’s crowning achievement has already been said, so we’ll just quote from “The Implant” episode of Seinfeld: “You know, that Kim Novak had some big breasts.” NW Film Center’s Whitsell Auditorium. 7 pm Saturday, June 18. The film will be preceded by a performance of Bernard Hermann’s score by Chamber Music Northwest.
Water for Elephants
30 No movie set on a train can be completely worthless, but Water for Elephants comes very close. PG-13. AARON MESH. Indoor Twin, Living Room Theaters, Tigard.
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ing X-Men movies (from the prettygood Bryan Singer-directed X-Men in 2000 to the universally lambasted X-Men Origins: Wolverine in 2009), First Class has so much fun with its setup that you almost wish it never got around to the savingthe-world-from-nuclear-annihilation
SUSPICIOUS EYES: Filippo Timi stares at Kseniya Rappoport.
THE DOUBLE HOUR The “mind-bending twist” has been a standard feature in thrillers for decades, but it wasn’t until The Sixth Sense spun heads with its final reveal that the twist became a cliché all its own, a sideswipe of audience expectations that has since become an audience expectation in and of itself. The staple “gotcha” moment has served to seriously deteriorate skillful storytelling, with so many films built around the surprise that filmmakers forget it has to happen to people we actually care about. Freshman Italian director Giuseppe Capotondi certainly builds his haunting debut, The Double Hour, around a twist that allows him to tell the story of a horrendous crime through the perspectives of the two people affected by it. But not content just to let the twist—which actually comes about halfway through the film—do the talking, Capotondi lets his narrative play out as a human story, and his film benefits from the extra care. The Double Hour follows Guido (Filippo Timi), a lonely former cop turned security guard who spends his evenings on an endless speed-dating circuit. He soon falls for Sonia (doe-eyed Kseniya Rappoport), a meek and trembling chambermaid with a mysterious past. When the two are suddenly confronted with violence, the plot spirals into an abyss, playing out the lovers’ fates in separately unfolding narratives that become compounded with each detail we learn about their lives. What could have been a cheap, Run, Lola, Run-style exercise in narrative possibilities—with Guido’s and Sonia’s stories unfolding differently based on one small coincidence—instead becomes a tender character study of loneliness, a frightening paranoid thriller, a gritty surveillance piece and a psychological mind-bender with shades of the terrific French thriller Tell No One mashed into Polanski territory. The leads do a remarkable job of making it real, with Rappoport exuding fear and malice as the conflicted Sonia, and Timi offering a solid examination of loneliness, apprehension, love and vulnerability. But the film belongs to Capotondi, whose strong debut is a masterful exercise in drama that uses The Double Hour’s midfilm twist to delve deeper into his characters’ psyches rather than as a tool to jab his audience and leave it reeling. While its second act can’t top its jarring setup, Capotondi’s rich character study is a solid debut from a promising filmmaker. AP KRYZA. Love, Italian style... with a twist!
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THE SAUSAGE KING OF CHICAGO: In a recent article for The Atlantic, writer Alan Siegel told America it needs to “get over” Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. His argument is the film, which turns a quarter-century old this year, is a work of banal classism, and its titular “righteous dude” is actually a spoiled jerk. First of all, as someone who’s long questioned the alleged profundity of John Hughes, I’ve always enjoyed Ferris precisely because of the late director’s decision to embrace banality. And as for the stuff about Bueller himself: Yeah, and? He isn’t supposed to be someone we relate to (that’s what Cameron is there for). We just admire his audacity. He is basically Bill Clinton, the slick-talking politician we all secretly wish we could be. America loves jerks, and that’s why we love Ferris. MATTHEW SINGER. Bagdad. 8:30 pm Thursday, June 16. Best paired with: Ruby Ale. Also showing: The Sandlot (Kennedy School. 6 pm Tuesday, June 21). 05:00 JANE EYRE Fri-SatSun-Mon-Tue-Wed 02:00, 04:30, 07:00
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History feat. Carl Abbott
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June 22nd
THE HOOKERS Lounge Night: classic BLACK WIZARD ALL BETScocktails ON DEATHand music from
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the 60s.
Comics Underground
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June 23rd
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DEADBOLT
First Thursdays
ONLY PDX SHOW THIS YEAR! A ONE-TIME-ONLY SHOW AT DEVILS POINT!
6/15 Big Matt Benefit 6/17 Fernando 6/17 SIGN OF THE BEAST BURLESQUE AT STAR THEATER 6/17 DEADBOLT AT DEVILS POINT 6/18 Christian Kane 6/18 HEDWIG & THE ANGRY INCH AT STAR THEATER 6/19 Sinferno + Nighttrain 6/20 Karaoke From Hell 6/20 THE BELLRAYS AT STAR THEATER 6/21 TSOL 6/22 Mickey Avalon 6/23 Mickey Avalon 6/24 ZEKE 6/25 Mudhoney 6/26 Sinferno Cabaret 6/27 Karaoke From Hell 6/28 The Ed Forman Show 6/29 Tana’s Burlesque Revue 6/30 Rick Bain & The Genius Position 7/1 The Fleshtones 7/2 Ink-N-Pink 2011 7/8 J. Roddy Walston & The Business 7/9 U.S. Air Guitar 7/16 Purple Haze 7/16 BERLIN AT STAR THEATER 7/17 Voltera + Sinferno 7/23 Scotland Barr Memorial 7/24 The Damnwells + Sinferno 7/29 Hopeless Jack CD Release 8/17 God Is An Astronaut 8/28 Mac Lethal & Sinferno 8/30 MC Frontalot 9/16 Bob Log III 10/4 Electric Six 10/7 Super Diamond TICKETS AVAILABLE @ DANTE’S, SAFEWAY, MUSIC MILLENNIUM 800-992-8499 AND TICKETSWEST.COM
THE HOOKERS BLACK WIZARD ALL BETS ON DEATH
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THE FLESHTONES
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HIS
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Comedy showcase THISY! “The Call DAThe Witty” FRIof
AT DEVILS POINT • 5305 SE FOSTER RD
Every other Wednesday Lily Wilde Trio
June 28
Oregon Kick Ass History: The Danford Balch Hanging featuring live art and music.
OF THE BEAST BURLESQUE AY SIGN FRID IS WITH SPECIAL GUEST~RABBITS OPENTHNIGHTLY AT 7 AY! JUNE 17 AT THE STAR THEATER • 13 NW 6TH AVE.FRID TICKETSWEST $10 Adv
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CRYSTAL
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HOTEL & BALLROOM
14th and W. Burnside
Strictly Bhangra Hosted by DJ PRASHANT
SAT JUNE 25 21 & OVER LOLA’S ROOM 9 P.M. LESSON 10 P.M. DANCING
MISSION THEATER
1624 N.W. Glisan • Portland 503-223-4527
CRYSTAL BALLROOM
Jai Ho!
The historic
80s VIDEO DANCE ATTACK
FRIDAY, JUNE 17 9 PM $5 21+OVER WITH VJ KITTYROX
LOLA’S ROOM
UNDER THE CRYSTAL BALLROOM
LIVE STAGE & BIG SCREEN!
6/20 Neighborhood History 6/23 PDX Jazz: In The Country 6/28 Kadoma Film Premiere 8/26 Cloud Cult Call our movie hotline to find out what’s playing this week! (503) 249-7474 Event and movie info at mcmenamins.com
SEATTLE THEATER GROUP PRESENTS
BRETT DENNEN Dawes
WED JUNE 15 ALL AGES
Okkervil River TUE JUNE 21 ALL AGES
Titus Andronicus BODEANS 7/21 PINK SNOWFLAKES-LOLA’S 8/12 BEIRUT 8/16 RECKLESS KELLY 9/7-10 MFNW 7/17
FRI JULY 15 ALL AGES
special guest
RANDOM RAB
836 N RUSSELL • PORTLAND, OR • (503)
LOCAL FLAVORS 8/11 ARCTIC MONKEYS 9/20 THE SCRIPT 10/11 DAVID CROWDER BAND
282-6810
7/27
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15
“UNFILTERED” INDIE ROCK SHOWCASE!
PONY VILLAGE PINE LANGUAGE ERIC NORDBY FREE
THURSDAY, JUNE 16 5:30 P.M. IS “EAGLE TIME” • FREE
WILL WEST AND THE FRIENDLY COVER UP! RUBY HILL SARA JACKSON-HOLMAN KELLY MASIGAT (OF THE DIMES) FREE
FRIDAY, JUNE 17 5:30 P.M. IS “EAGLE TIME” • FREE
REVERB BROTHERS
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Early entrance to Crystal shows with any pre-show purchase from Ringlers Pub
JOSH COLE BAND JARAD MILES ROBERT HOLLADAY SATURDAY, JUNE 18 4:30 P.M. IS “EAGLE TIME” • FREE
THE STUDENT LOAN CHARMING BIRDS THE INTERLOPERS HUTSON SUNDAY, JUNE 19
“OPEN MIC/SINGER SONGWRITER SHOWCASE” FEATURING PORTLAND’S FINEST TALENT· FREE
MONDAY, JUNE 20
CHRIS ROBLEY AND THE FEAR OF HEIGHTS DEEPEST DARKEST FREE
TUESDAY, JUNE 21
BRAD CREEL AND THE REEL DEEL FREE
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