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Your fireworks article [“Fahrenheit 4th of July,” WW, June 27, 2012] was biased in the extreme, taking only the perspective of a fanatical city employee and making fireworks users sound like gun-toting, militia-member rednecks. This piece was pure propaganda. Let me assure you that there are plenty of “educated,” elitist hipsters just like the author who enjoy fireworks as well, and don’t spin it as part of a political agenda. Would the author please explain to me why this non-issue is such a big deal now, when fireworks have been a part of traditional celebrations for hundreds of years? Additionally, if so many Portland residents light fireworks that they can’t even be counted, yet only 40 fires occurred, a thinking person can only conclude that this is a safe and relatively low-risk activity. Instead of spending $70,000 on a ridiculous anti-fireworks campaign, let’s buy earplugs for the dogs and the few irascible neighbors who can’t tolerate a little fun for a few hours once a year. Justin Teerlinck Beaverton I have come to dread the Fourth of July in Portland. It’s like living in a war zone and it goes on all night long. The last few years, it’s been horrible. —“Tommy” What is it about Washingtonians that makes them inherently smarter than Oregonians? Somehow these fireworks are dangerous when
in Oregon, but drive a few miles north and you suddenly get smart enough to practice restraint. Like pumping your own gas, this is a nanny government out of control. Look, if you torch something because you are stupid, you should pay for being stupid. But for the 99.9999 percent of us that can light a fuse without burning down a house, leave us alone. —“Gunther Snodgrass”
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“Rosenblum is the first statewide official in Oregon whose election was fueled by drug money.” [“Grass Ceiling,” WW, June 27, 2012.] Drug money and money that comes from progressive drug policy reform groups are not one in the same. This is one of the grossest misinterpretations of candidate funds received that I have ever read. Had Ellen [Rosenblum] been supported by Pfizer or violent Mexican cartels, it might make sense to call it “drug money,” but clearly that was not the case. It baffles me that this newspaper continues to slam Ellen for publicly stating she will uphold the will of Oregonian voters. If you want to run a story on what real drug money looks like, let me know and I will send you some info on the most recent beheadings in Mexico. Sam Chapman Oregon Students for Sensible Drug Policy LETTERS TO THE EDITOR must include the author’s street address and phone number for verification. Letters must be 250 or fewer words. Submit to: 2220 NW Quimby St., Portland, OR 97210. Fax: (503) 243-1115, Email: mzusman@wweek.com
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We all know that the Spaniards were in Oregon before the British. Is it true that the name Oregon comes from the Spanish surname Obregón? Like Álvaro Obregón? —Puscifer If you wanna believe that, shortly after acceding to the presidency of Mexico in 1920, Álvaro Obregón time-traveled to the 18th century and named Oregon after himself, go for it. Frankly, it’s no dumber than most of the existing theories. Here’s what we do know: In the 18th century, the Columbia was called, at least sometimes, the Ouragon River. And we’re named after the river. Where did the river’s name come from? Well, this is where the theories start to sound increasingly idiotic. Try this on for size: The river was named “Ouragon” after ouragan, the French word for hurricane! See, sometimes on the Ouragon River the wind blew, because it was, like, outside and stuff. And, um, a hurricane is a kind of wind, so... there ya go?
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No, wait! Oregon comes from ooligan, the Chinook word for a kind of fatty smelt that some indigenous people liked to eat! You know, through the same linguistic process by which the state of California came to be called “french fries.” It gets worse: “Oregon” is a corruption of aure il agua! It’s Portuguese for “Hear the waters!” This would make a lot more sense if the Columbia were a beach, or a waterfall, or something that made fucking sounds. The leading theory, I shit you not, is that some mapmaker thought the Columbia was the other end of the Wisconsin River (then spelled “Ouisiconsink”). A typo mislabeled this basically nonexistent river the “Ouariconsint.” That was hyphenated as “Ouaricon-sint,” and the “Ouaricon” part morphed into our modern “Oregon.” So count your blessings—we were one mapmaker’s coffee stain away from being forever known as “Orphlmrph.” QUESTIONS? Send them to dr.know@wweek.com
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PORTLAND HARBOR COMPANIES FACE PENALTIES. Companies on the hook for cleaning up the Portland Harbor Superfund site are facing civil penalties. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says the companies used “incorrect or misleading information” in a report on the risk people face by eating contaminated Willamette River fish. EPA officials said in a June 22 letter that portions of the report from the Lower Willamette Group (made up of 12 harbor companies) were so confusing that the feds had to rewrite them. The EPA says the penalties—from $500 to $5,000 a day—will add up unless the companies produce a report of “acceptable quality.” The Lower Willamette Group replied June 29 it believes the report is fine but it will need more time to address the EPA’s concerns. Read the letters at wweek.com. Despite the lawsuits piling up over the Columbia River Crossing, the next mayor of Portland might play an even bigger role in the fate of the $3.5 billion project than backers acknowledge. The Oregon Supreme Court affirmed last week that Metro lacked authority to grant land-use approval of the bridge, which is outside the urban growth boundary. Metro had tried to jam approval through anyway. The final land-use decision could fall to the Portland City Council. Mayoral candidate Rep. Jefferson Smith (D-Portland) opposes the CRC. Former City Commissioner Charlie Hales, while less definitive, wants a smaller project. The chief petitioner for an initiative to legalize marijuana is fighting a $65,000 civil penalty levied by Secretary of State Kate Brown over signature-gathering violations. Robert Wolfe says he gave testimony in the civil case against him unaware that the Oregon Department of Justice had launched a parallel criminal case. He says the state should have told him about the investigation and allowed him to assert his right against self-incrimination. Instead, Wolfe learned about the case from a June 28 report on wweek.com, which noted that Wolfe’s pot-legalization group, Citizens for Sensible Law Enforcement, bought $53,000 in radio ads to help elect Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum, whose office is conducting the criminal case. U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio wants to end conflicts of interests among directors of Federal Reserve banks—which bailed out private banks with more than $1 trillion in taxpayer-guaranteed loans from 2007 to 2010. An October 2011 Government Accountability Office report found 18 reserve bank directors— more than one in four—were affiliated with banks that took the government bailouts. DeFazio’s bill mirrors one by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to forbid Federal Reserve employees or board members from holding any investment in any company they regulate, “without exception.” Read more Murmurs and daily scuttlebutt.
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Politics is a rough business—but it’s light duty compared to lining up against Rep. Jefferson Smith (D-Portland) on the basketball court or soccer field. Smith, who is running for Portland mayor, has acknowledged to WW that he was ejected from a basketball game and a soccer match last year after altercations with opponents. In the basketball game, he punched the man guarding him, and a co-ed indoor soccer league banned him for the season after he pushed an opposing player. The other players involved were not kicked out of the games. On Nov. 2, 2011, Smith joined a pick-up basketball game at the Harriet Tubman School gym in North Portland. Smith had recently begun playing with a group of men who’d been meeting for regular games for a decade. WW interviewed six players, including Smith, who gave consistent accounts. During the game, Smith—6 feet 4 inches and 240 pounds, according to his driver’s license—hit the floor after a collision “Face up and ass down,” as one witness put it. That’s when Smith punched an opponent. One player who witnessed the punch found Smith’s actions so remarkable he wrote about them in a journal entry that night. “[I]n all of my ten years or so playing in this organized pick-up game, I have never seen anyone seem like they were close to throwing a punch let alone to actually throw one,” the player wrote. According to the journal entry, which WW has obtained, the other player yelled at Smith,
“You just punched me in the balls!” “I punched you in the thigh, not the balls,” Smith replied. Michael Anderson, one of game’s the organizers, says he told Smith to leave. “Never in the time that we’ve been playing have we had to kick somebody out for fighting,” Anderson says. Smith later apologized by email to the players and hasn’t taken part in the pick-up game again. The player he punched declined to be interviewed. He never returned to the game, either. Smith tells WW the other player provoked him. “I was making a statement that he should stop knocking me around,” he says. “He took it a couple of steps too far.” As to whether he aimed his punch at his opponent’s private parts, Smith pleads innocent. “If I wanted to punch him in the nuts,” Smith says, “I would have punched him in the nuts.” Earlier that year, in January 2011, Smith was ejected from a co-ed soccer match at Portland Indoor Soccer at 418 SE Main St. Smith was playing for a team sponsored by the D’Amore Law Firm, and players that day recall a scrappy contest with lots of trash-talking and physical play. “A guy ran into me real hard,” Smith recalls. “We were up against the boards. He hit me hard enough to make my ribs hurt for several months. I pushed him. The ref blew the whistle and gave me a red card.” The league later banned Smith for the remainder of the season. “It wasn’t that big a deal,” Smith says, “because my ribs hurt so much I couldn’t have played anyway.” Smith says he regrets both incidents. “I haven’t had anything happen like that for years,” he says. “If somebody hits me physically, I need to do a better job of turning away.” Smith says off the court and field he is a mediator, not an instigator. “I’ve had pretty intense negotiations over pretty difficult issues,” he says. “I’ve dealt with the press and had thousands of interactions with lobbyists. I tend to be pretty different when I put on a tie.” “I just turned 39,” Smith adds, “and I’m mellowing.”
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Portland is a paradise with cool bands, no cover and cheap drinks—if you can get past the bouncer’s flashlight. It’s not so kind to the underage. Cops are on the lookout for packs of kids brawling in Laurelhurst Park. The Gresham MAX station blares classical music to deter loiterers. The city might ban skateboards from some streets. Portland is one big post-college party, but most places either keep bankers’ hours or lock kids out. Oregon clubs can’t just let in kids with a big black X on each hand. Our coffee shops have fancy roasters and exotic beans, not laidback baristas who happily watch teens nurse a cheap cup. It’s tough for kids to even catch a $2 flick, since second-run movies screen at theater pubs. The key to the city of Portland is a plastic card. It’s marked with numbers and letters, including an activation code: If you were born on or before this date in 1991, doors glide open with a wave. Otherwise, you’re left out on the stoop. Summer is especially cruel. There’s no school and the sputtering economy makes landing a part-time job rough. It’s a lot of long days and sticky nights spent looking for something to do. This issue is about what underage Portlanders do for fun until the curse of youth is lifted. They’re smoking hookahs in shady clubs lit by lasers and soundtracked by dubstep, with eyes twitching from all the mochas. They’re rocking out at the shows they’re allowed to see, then heading to a diner to watch drunks vomit in their omelets. All the while, they’re trying to avoid being hassled. Almost everything here was written by college-age interns and freelance contributors still in high school. If they are not still underage, they’re young enough to remember it well—and to show us the city they know. TEENAGE WASTELAND cont. on page 10
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We’re late, as is our habit. We couldn’t get the car away from our siblings, and we had trouble parallel parking. But now we’ve gathered in Northwest Portland, on the steps of Tea Chai Té, for our mission. We are going to spend the next 10 hours looking for things to do in Portland before you’re 21. This is a city that seems to run on young people—but not too young. The city’s culture seems slanted to those who are of age, who can flash their IDs and get into clubs and bars without worry. We’re not kids—not girls—but in the eyes of the law, we’re not yet grown up. We’re looking for the fun we can find in between. We start with $80 between us and absolutely no plan. “Can we go to Manor?” one of us asks. “No. Food first.” 1:30 pm We decide on Cartopia at Southeast 12th Avenue and Hawthorne Boulevard. We think we’ll get around better without a car, so we get on the Streetcar at Northwest Lovejoy Street and 22nd Avenue and it starts to crawl west. Two of us nurse Ring Pops, watermelon and cherry.
We decide to share, but one of us sucks down the banana-Nutella all by herself. “Storm Large is a goddess,” she says. “I want to friend her on Facebook so badly.” 3:45 pm One of us hears there’s a Fabergé egg at the Perfume House on Hawthorne. We take the No. 14 and at the shop see a blue velvet box that says “Fabergé.” We want to see the egg, but the shop owner distracts us. “Do you girls all share the same name?” he says. We tell him no, a little creeped out. He tells us he’s about to give us a sample of the latest scent from Oman and one of the greatest perfume houses in the world. He
“WE WALK TO IMELDA’S WITH DAMP BRAS THAT NOW SMELL LIKE THE COSMETIC COUNTER AT NORDSTROM.”
“Do you have any more?” one of us without candy asks. “No, sorry, I only had two in my bag.” “Whatever, I didn’t want one anyway.” The Streetcar takes 14 minutes to get to the No. 15 bus line. At Southwest 10th Avenue and Salmon Street, a large woman with smeared eyeliner walks up to us. “Can I use your phone, dear?” she says. “I’ll pay you $5.” She follows us on the bus and we hand her a phone, declining her money. She calls Comcast to set up an appointment, and then looks at our Ring Pops. “Are you aware,” she says, “that those look like things for babies?” 2:34 pm We arrive at Cartopia and want pizza. “How much is it?” one of us asks. “I refuse to spend more than $4.” We order one pepperoni, one margherita. “Pizza really good,” one of us says. “Wow, nice grammar.” “My dad is such a grammar Nazi. He corrects me on stupid shit.” “That sucks.” “Yeah, I also want to get my nose pierced, but when I told my dad he was like meeeyyyhhh.” “You should go for the Guinness world record for most piercings.” After pizza we’re stuffed—but then order three milkshakes from Perierra: a strawberry, a Nutella, and a banana-Nutella. 10
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drenches four cotton balls in the perfume called “Honor.” “Put these in your bras,” he says. We think he’s joking. “No, really. It will drive the boys crazy.” This we do after we leave the store. We walk to Imelda’s with damp bras that now smell like the cosmetic counter at Nordstrom. In the shoe store we see a pair of Børns— red, soft leather, cushioned flats. $95. We want them but now have only $49 for food and caffeine. We brokenheartedly move to House of Vintage, where a black baby doll with blond hair guards the front door in an orange chair. We wonder if it’s offensive. We think about riding the OHSU tram, but we’re too lazy to make such a long trip. One of us says we should go to the Grotto; her mom says it’s cool. Not a single boy has gone crazy from the scent of Honor. 5:43 pm We’re on the No. 15 and 72 buses for 40 minutes when we realize (a) we’re not entirely sure where the Grotto is, (b) we miss our stop, and (c) the tram would have been closer and way more fun. It rains on us as we walk back to the Grotto. The religious shrine is surrounded by trees; we hear what sounds like monks chanting. In a cave, a white Pieta perches 15 feet off the ground. Two green racks with hundreds of lit pillar candles surround the altar. No one is else is here; it feels like a bad horror movie.
We leave and get drenched and just want to go home and put on flannel pajamas. We also want a Slurpee. We catch the No. 19 and suddenly realize there’s a 7-Eleven right there. The bus driver gripes at us when we jump off after half a block. We pass the aisle with Hostess snacks and buy a Cherry Coke Slurpee and a small bottle of Coca-Cola, which we share. Back on the No. 20, rain drips on us through the open emergency exit in the roof. 6:27 pm We arrive back at Northwest 23rd Avenue and wish our house will look like this Pottery Barn someday—but since we don’t have our own homes, we think Williams-Sonoma might be more fun. We’re right. Star Wars cookie cutters and a metal firestarter torch amuse us before we go upstairs to sit on the chairs and flop down on the huge display bed. We move on to Sloan and admire a Kelly green sundress with a cutout back. We sift through coral maxis, polka dots and fitted floral crop tops—until a clerk with a child’s voice says, “We’re going to be closing in a few minutes, gals, so try on anything you want to now!” We only have $45.70 total. She herds us to the door like preschoolers. “Wow, I hate when people say ‘gals,’” one of us says. “It’s super-annoying.” All the shops are closing, and our shoes are soaked. We trudge down the street to Vivace, where we order tea, coffee and breakfast crepes, though we still feel full from the milkshakes. We gossip until our conversation becomes ridiculous. “I don’t understand why she dresses like a hobo.” “God, my science teacher last semester was such a beezy.” “What would happen if everyone donated Fifty Shades of Grey to the school library? Actually, though, what would they do with like 300 copies?” We stay until Vivace closes. We think about Stepping Stone, but we can’t eat any more. We return to our cars, but we can’t end the night in such a lame way. “I have sparklers,” one of us says. We get in our cars and drive to one of our homes on a cul-de-sac outside the city. We stuff our faces with Sour Patch Kids, light the sparklers and run in circles in the cul-de-sac, red sparks and smoke trailing behind us, just like we did when we were 5 years old. “Woooooooo!” we scream past the houses, from which no adult emerges to stop us.
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HOOKAHS AND BLOW HOW EXOTIC TOBACCO PIPES CONQUERED THE UNDER-21 CLUB SCENE. BY JO H N LO C A N T H I
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It’s 11 pm on a Monday night at Beirut Hookah Lounge in Beaverton. Two guys—one in a hoodie and a baseball cap turned to the side, the other in a waistcoat and a purple tie—play cards on low couches. From the looks of it, they’re in the limbo between high school and adult life. A blacklight adds an eerie glow to the cards in their hands. Arabic singing and loud drumbeats surround them as throw down their hands. “You’re buying the next refill, bro,” says the hoodie kid. “And get Blue Mist—I’m tired of this.” He leans back, taking a long, triumphant drag. He exhales, trying to blow smoke rings but failing. There’s still plenty of time to practice. A refill is on the way; the night is young. At the time, turning 18 can be a disappointment. It lacks the glitz of 21 or even the excitement of getting your driver’s license at 16. You get the right to vote. Meh. You can sign contracts. Ugh. You’ll be tried as an adult. Shit. But you do get the right to smoke, and that can be fun. You barely have to inhale to enjoy it. “I might take a few puffs every now and then, but I come here to hang out with my buddies,” says Beavertonian Justin Faresta, enjoying a night out with his roommates. “Didn’t have much planned, just wanted to go out and relax.” Hookahs hail from India and Persia, but bars offering them have established a growing niche here in the last decade, mostly as de facto 18-and-up clubs. Unlike the acrid smoke of cigarettes, hookah tobacco is usually sweet, fruity and thick. Hookahs might remind parents of their bongs, but only someone like Snoop could afford to smoke pot in a big, leaky hookah. A bowl of shisha, which most local
Al-Narah Hookah Lounge
Al-Narah is a large lounge filled with black leather couches that’s attracting the coveted Jersey Shore crowd. DJs rotate throughout the week, offering mixes running the gamut between dubstep and rap tracks that sample dubstep. On weekend nights, the lounge has a clubbier feel and makes use of the dance floor. 18345 SE Stark St., 890-6555. 6 pm-1 am MondayThursday, 6 am-1 pm Friday, 6 pm-3 am Saturday. $13. alnarah.com.
Beirut Hookah Lounge
Beirut lures a healthy mix of highschool chums, young couples and loners with iPads. The shisha mixes have names like “Crazy A$$,” “P.M.S.” and “Fuc*er till Sunrise.” There are booths, chairs, benches and small tables for playing games. Music is a blend of shitty club pop and Middle Eastern dance music. The televisions are set to wonderfully random channels, and there is an aquarium tank filled with koi. 8860 SW Hall Blvd., Beaverton, 746-7460; 18200 NE Halsey Fork, Gresham, 512-8228. 5 pm-2 am daily. $15. beiruthookahlounge.com.
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hookah bars allow to be shared by two people, is cheaper cuddle and smoke. The speakers blast “Moves Like Jagthan a pitcher of beer and lasts about an hour. ger” before the playlist segues back to Middle Eastern There are about 10 hookah lounges in the Portland club music. metro area. (The Oregon Legislature passed a wateredHosts carry metal baskets with flaming coals, re-firing down ban on new lounges last year, and adjusting the hookahs. Three but it’s had little effect.) Some try to fresh coals are placed on the poker WEB EXTRA: Interested in stronger emulate a dance club, odd as that may smoke? In Oregon, you can get in players’ foil-covered bowl. The bro sound for places that sell access to more trouble for smoking fake pot in the hoodie tucks the cards into his large and ungainly smoking devices. than real marijuana, even though the pockets and takes a few long drags. fake stuff is widely availible at head Others are like coffee shops or neigh- shops. Read more at wweek.com. After half a dozen, the smoke is thick borhood hangouts. enough to try again. His misshapen rings still come out as fat puffs of Beirut, where these guys are playing cards, is somewhere in between, with well-lit booths smoke. It doesn’t matter. and TVs dangling from the ceiling. There are low couches He’s got all night to practice. lining the walls in the black-lit back area, where couples
Genie Cafe
King’s Hookah Lounge
Habebi Hookah Bar
Pied Cow Coffeehouse
Genie is the bastard child of a one-night stand between a clublike hookah lounge and a normal lounge. The music alternates between Middle Eastern club music and bro rap. A laser-lighting system adds to the club vibe. Sometimes you’ll see smokers get up and dance, only to realize there isn’t enough room to bust moves. The outside patio is a quiet, laid-back place to chat. 12705 SW Pacific Highway, Tigard, 639-1221. 7 pm-1 am Monday-Thursday, 7 pm-2 am Friday-Sunday. $13.
This diminutive lounge is easy to miss when you’re cruising down Pacific Highway. Good luck parking in the tiny lot. Happily, the speakers are not set to 11 here, letting you enjoy your hookah in peace while lying on a couch with one of several stuffed animals scattered about the lounge. Habebi’s hours make it a nice stop for insomniacs. 11652 SW Pacific Highway, Tigard, 515-8818. 5 pm-4 am Monday-Thursday, 5 pm-5 am Friday-Saturday, 6 pm-4 am Sunday. $15. habebihookahbar.com. Cash only.
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King’s is a laid-back hookah bar catering more to Middle Easterners than students, with a comfortable outdoor patio and a few TVs set to Al Jazeera. It blends right into the community, so much so that passing homeless people ask for a drag. The owner good-naturedly shoos these people away and is happy to smoke with the clientele when he isn’t too busy. 1806 NW Couch St., 719-6456. 5 pm-2 am Sunday-Thursday, 5 pm-4 am Friday-Saturday. $15. kingshookahlounge.com.
Pied Cow is the only hookah bar on this list that bans customers under 21. The tranquil courtyard is the perfect spot to take a date. Mellow music, elegant wooden benches and delicious snacks are the perfect accompaniments to a warm summer evening. It has a more limited selection of flavors, mostly offering single fruit flavors. Pied Cow is even dogfriendly. Oh, and there’s beer. 3244 SE Belmont St., 230-4866. 4 pmmidnight Monday-Thursday, 4 pm-1 am Friday, noon-1 am Saturday, noon-midnight Sunday. $16. 21+.
Qush Hookah Lounge
Situated in a converted threestory wood house along Broadway, Qush is a neighborhood hangout. There are lots of smaller rooms and an outdoor patio for peaceful conversations. There is no loud music—actually, patrons are urged to keep their voices down as a neighborly courtesy. You get to smell the shisha before making your selection, which helps when the choices include vague flavors like “Hangover” and “2Pac.” 2905 NE Broadway, 384-2373. 6 pm-2 am Sunday-Thursday, 6 pm-3 am Friday-Saturday. $14, $10 before 9 pm. qushhookah.com.
Sky Bar Hookah
There is a large dance floor in the side where a DJ spins the latest dubstep for a crowd of mildly interested smokers sitting along the walls. Blacklights give the nondescript building with white drapes a haunted look from the outside, along with making the dirty black carpet look like the Milky Way. 20105 McLoughlin Blvd., Gladstone, 305-8985. 6 pm-2 am daily. $10.
Sultan Hookah Lounge
This laid-back former drive-thru coffee shop offers both coffee and Xbox 360 while you smoke. There are large couches and black leather chairs to sit on and a cozy outdoor patio. On our visit, a playlist of trance and trip-hop on the bartender’s laptop played through speaker system while he drummed along with his djembe. Hookah is half-off before 7 pm. There’s an oxygen bar, too, if nicotine isn’t enough. 8221 N Lombard St., 208-2629. 2:30 pm-1 am Monday-Thursday, 1:30 pm-2 am Friday-Saturday, 7 pm-1 am Sunday. $12 single flavor, $15 mixed; $5 single flavor, $7 mixed before 7 pm. sultanhookahlounge.com.
Urban Hookah
This lounge moved from downtown to an awkward little building along TV Highway several years ago. Parking is limited and wouldbe clubbers make up its clientele. There are plenty of shisha flavors to choose from and an obnoxious collection of bro rap and shit-hop. White T-shirts are not required, but seem to be encouraged. 18240 SW Tualatin Valley Highway, Aloha, 6429581. 6 pm-2 am daily. $10 normal shisha, $12 premium.
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Anna Bannanas, St. Johns
Anna Bannanas, a University of Portland hangout, is like an extension of a cluttered dorm room. A private, quiet back room and ample electrical outlets make for a decent study space, though lighting is dim. Its sizable selection of cheap eats and sugary drinks will tide you over until the campus cafeteria opens Mocha: Sticky sweet ($3.60). Refills: Half the price of the original drink. Wi-Fi speed: 2,849 kbps. 8716 N Lombard St. 6:30 am-10 pm Monday-Thursday, 6:30 am-11 pm Friday, 7:30 am-11 pm Saturday, 7:30 am-10 pm Sunday.
Blue Kangaroo, Sellwood-Moreland
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Heart Coffee at East Burnside and 22nd Avenue knows its product. The baristas could write a book about beans extracted from Kenya and Ethiopia and roasted on site. They can talk for days about the subtle notes of cocoa and citrus. But if you’re looking for a quick caffeine buzz and a nice place to study, you’ll find it a few doors down at Green Beans. For students (the core customers of many coffee shops), finding the perfect spot involves some basic questions. How fast is the Internet connection? Is the mocha sweet? Are there cheap snacks? Can you hear your study partner explaining that proof? Most important, can you sit for hours without being hassled? Heart’s trendy decor feels a little cold, while Green Beans’ shabby style doesn’t intimidate. Heart’s chrome roaster might look impressive, but the constant grind makes studying frustrating. The flavors are complex, but most young people aren’t looking for herbal undertones, they’re looking for java flavor in their liquefied sugar. We picked eight places geared toward caffeine-craving students rather than coffee snobs.
Customer-made dollar-bill origami on the cash register and compost bins gives Blue Kangaroo more quirk than Starbucks, but you’ll still find a similar “working parent” crowd. A food-cart pod across the street makes up for the small menu. Best for solo study sessions, not groups. Mocha: Spicy ($3.75). Refills: Free on house coffee. Wi-Fi speed: 10,325 kbps. 7901 SE 13th Ave. 6:30 am-6 pm Monday-Friday, 7 am-6 pm Saturday-Sunday.
Aliviar, Hollywood
Recently relocated Aliviar still has bare walls and stiff couches. The latte art didn’t quite make up for the slow service, and the food menu is small, though there’s popcorn next door at the Hollywood Theatre. Mocha: Not sweet ($3.70). Refills: First one free. Wi-Fi speed: 7,338 kbps. 4128 NE Sandy Blvd. 6:30 am-7 pm Monday-Tuesday, 6:30 am-9 pm Wednesday-Friday, 8 am-9 pm Saturday, 8 am-7 pm Sunday.
Green Beans, Kerns
Green Beans’ vegan-but-notpretentiously-so atmosphere is as Portland as it gets. Veggie burritos—all under $6—make it a great price for students. There’s seating for you and half your humanities lecture in the shabby side room straight out of That ’70s Show. Mocha: The sweetest ($3.70). Refills: Free for large cups, 50 cents for small and medium. Wi-Fi speed: 2,228 kbps. 2327 E Burnside St. 7 am-6 pm Monday-Friday, 8 am-6 pm Saturday-Sunday.
Three Friends, Buckman
Three Friends is a quiet, laidback place to study, but with enough space to bring a group. This is where we would have felt most comfortable settling in for hours. There’s good music at the right volume and plenty of broken-in couches. Mocha: Sweet ($3.50). Refills: 50 cents. Wi-Fi speed: 8,756 kbps. 201 SE 12th Ave. 7 am-10 pm Monday-Friday, 8 am-10 pm Saturday, 9 am-10 pm Sunday.
Backspace, Old TownChinatown
Coffee shop by day, concert venue by night, Backspace is all ages, all the time. Great music, nachos and peoplewatching make it an easy place to spend your entire day, snacking on local pastries or nachos. It may be too loud and busy for serious studying, but it’s a good space for holding meetings or just spending time out of the house. Mocha: Sweet ($4). Refills: None. Wi-Fi speed: 12,002 kbps. 115 NW 5th Ave. 7 am-midnight Monday-Friday, 10 am-midnight Saturday-Sunday.
Vivace, Northwest District
Located in an old Victorian house, Vivace is laid-back and bright with plenty of food options. It’s best for studying solo, as there isn’t much room to spread out. Wi-Fi can be dodgy. Mocha: Sweet ($3.75). Refills: 50 cents on house coffee. Wi-Fi speed: 4,089 kbps. 1400 NW 23rd Ave. 8 am-10 pm daily.
Fehrenbacher Hof, Goose Hollow
A Lincoln High School favorite, Hof has a great menu, friendly baristas and good music. Snack on pastries, sandwiches, milkshakes or some of the best mac ’n’ cheese in the city. The first floor can be a little crowded and noisy, so head upstairs for a calmer atmosphere and larger tables. Mocha: Sticky sweet ($3.50). Refills: 50 cents. Wi-Fi speed: 6,986 kbps. 1225 SW 19th Ave. 6am-7 pm daily.
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INTERNET KILLED THE LAMINATOR. “Pete” made thousands selling fake IDs. Using a laminator, basic Photoshop skills and a roll of double-sided tape, he charged University of Portland students up to $100 for cards that cost $1.50 to make. A pretty sweet gig—until he was busted. Threatened with four felony charges, Pete packed his bags, left school and gave up the business. Pete—who didn’t want to use his name for obvious reasons—was a dinosaur anyway. Today’s best fake IDs aren’t coming from dorm rooms and Chevy vans, they’re coming from China and Canada. Sold as “novelty IDs,” they use the buyer’s real photograph and often have working barcodes and holograms. They cost up to $200 each from websites like IDchief. ph, FakeIDMaster.com and mynoveltyid.com. Some are reportedly good enough to get by Transportation Security Administration scanners. Lawna Lutz, a bartender at the Cheerful Tortoise near Portland State University, is confident the best bouncers will stop them: “When people know they’re using a fake, they just act differently.” But when your fake ID scans and passes a black light test, are you going to be nervous? Maybe, given the stakes. According to Oregon Liquor Control Commission spokeswoman Christie Scott, the punishment for misrepresentation of age is a class C misdemeanor, which could mean a $5,000 fine and a year in jail. More likely, you’ll lose your license for a year and do a little community service. According to Lutz, the Cheerful Tortoise has never actually called the police for a fake ID. “We
SOME FAKE IDs GET BY TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION SCANNERS. just grab the fake and tell them to get out,” Lutz says. “We tell them if they can come back with more proof it’s them, we’ll give the ID back.” The OLCC collects a lot of fakes from bars and liquor stores, but doesn’t keep statistics. The future of enforcement depends on how well the state can stay ahead of foreign sellers. “The novelty IDs are really popular,” admits Scott, “but those are the ones we’re up on and working with business to control.” CODY NEWTON.
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bigger impact. The venue, a coffee shop by day, was losing money on its all-ages shows in 2007 and had considered closing, even as it has fast become a nerve center for the younger part of Portland’s scene. After working with the OLCC in 2008, the company secured a new floor plan that would allow it to serve beer and wine while still hosting all-ages shows. Like Mississippi Studios, it is subject to a handful of rules and restrictions—most shows feature a security guard standing cross-armed at the front of the stage looking for minor consumption in the well-lit room—but for Backspace, it’s been worth it. “Those alcohol sales have kept Backspace viable,” owner Eric Robison says. “With the recession hitting, sales went down across the board, but then we suddenly had the added revenue of selling beer and wine.” BY C AS E Y JA R M A N cjarman@wweek.com Backspace, like most all-ages venues, operates on razor-thin margins—but having multiple Four years ago, there was hope that Portland’s midsized business models working in the same space concert venues might start making room for kids. Music has allowed it to stay afloat. Moving things lovers were bullish as the Oregon Liquor Control Com- forward, though, is a different matter. mission loosened the ancient language of its rules to allow Because of Portland’s rocky history with alcohol-serving venues more flexibility in accommodat- all-ages clubs, there has long been chatter ing minors (see “Sonic Youth,” WW, Sept. 5, 2007). The among local youth-music advocates about replichanges were widely viewed as a victory for underage cating something like Seattle’s Vera Project—a community music fans, but while the rulings have helped venues like show space with financial support from the city. Doug Fir, Holocene and Mississippi Studios host occa“There’s a lot of grassroots enthusiasm for all-ages sional all-ages shows, most Portland concerts are still music in this city,” says Nick Johnson, artistic director for accessible only with proper ID. local nonprofit PDX Pop Now! (Johnson also runs WW’s It’s simple economics for most venues. “At the end of annual Give! Guide.) “But I think it’s a two-part challenge: the day, we’re a bar,” says Matt King, booker for popular Finding a venue and then a model that is sustainable. PDX North Portland venue Mississippi Studios. “Bands get Pop Now! has considered championing that cause, but most of the [ticket revenue]. We’re lucky to we’ve decided that with our all-volunteerbe able to cover staffing and insurance and run structure, we just don’t have the all of that from a show. We really only make Web Extra: An interview with capacity to take it on. I think PDX Pop Rival’s Mo Troper, an underour money off of selling drinks and food, Your Now! would like to play a part, but at this age local musician on his band’s and when we have an all-ages crowd, it just journey to find an audience—and point we’re focused on getting music in the places to play in 21+ Portland. hurts that.” schools and slowly growing the festival.” Collaborating with the OLCC after the For a Vera Project-style all-ages venue rule changes, Mississippi Studios develto thrive in Portland would take involveoped several options for allowing minors. One of them ment from the same audience such a venue would look to is a “mixed floor plan,” allowing underage concertgoers serve. King, who was heavily involved in the all-ages scene to share the same space with 21-and-up patrons who are before being hired at Mississippi in 2010, says a lot of frusdrinking. That plan requires the club to hire extra security tration comes from working with underage concertgoers. and keep lighting “bright enough so that you can read a “Little kids are a pain in the ass,” King says. “They have newspaper,” King says, among other restrictions. “We just zero respect. They show up fucked up on drugs. They try don’t even mess with it anymore, to be honest.” While and sneak drinks in. They tag the venue. Little kids are terthe club occasionally books alcohol-free, all-ages matinee ribly behaved. I like to think I’m one of the champions of shows or reserves its balcony for all-ages patrons, the vast all-ages music in town, but it’s hard to do when they come majority of its shows remain 21-and-up. in and make your boss mad at you.” Across the river at Backspace, the rule changes made a Robison, who says he and his partners at Backspace
OLCC RULE CHANGES HAVE DONE LITTLE TO HELP PORTLAND’S UNDERAGE MUSIC FANS.
Alberta Rose Theatre
(3000 NE Alberta St., albertarosetheatre.com.)
Expect: A star-studded folk tribute to Paul Simon. Typical cover: $15-$25. Status: Minors must be accompanied by parent or guardian. Some shows 21+. Mostly seated.
Aladdin Theater
Backspace
(115 NW 5th Ave., backspace.bz.) Expect: A young, all-local bill mixing indie rock with electro-pop. Typical cover: $5-$15. Status: Always all ages with unrestricted access for minors. 21+ can drink beer with wristband (Backspace is the only venue in Portland with this arrangement).
(3017 SE Milwaukie Ave., aladdin-theater.com.) Expect: A masterful prog-rock guitarist gone solo. Typical cover: $10-$30. Status: Minors must be accompanied by parent or guardian. Some shows 21+. Some shows require minors to sit in balcony. Mostly seated.
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(1332 W Burnside St., danceonair.com.) Expect: Groups with radio hits and the biggest bands in Portland. Typical cover: $20-$35. Status: Most shows all ages with full stage access. Large drinking section and 21+ balcony.
(4321 SE Hawthorne Blvd.) Expect: It’s a new space, so we’re not exactly sure yet. Typical cover: Probably $5-$10. Status: Minor-friendly, no alcohol (yet, anyway). 50-person capacity.
(320 SE 2nd Ave., branxpdx.com.) Expect: A balls-out hardcore band with really good hair. Typical cover: $5-$18 Status: Minors get full stage/pit access, drinkers get separate 21+ bar.
Crystal Ballroom
Hawthorne Theatre
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Jimmy Mak’s
(221 NW 10th Ave., jimmymaks.com.) Expect: Jazz. Lots of jazz. Typical cover: $5-$25. Status: Always all ages until 9 pm. Touring artists often play early sets to accommodate minors.
have discussed the logistics of transforming their own venue into a nonprofit operation, knows that frustration all too well. “It comes with the territory, and I don’t know if it’s a mission thing or a martyr thing that keeps me here,” he says. “But if one out of 10 kids gets it, and gets inspired by something we do here, maybe it makes up for the nine kids who are scratching their names on my tables thinking it’s cool. Backspace requires upkeep all the time because we do all-ages shows, but I honestly think that it’s worth it.”
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Wonder Ballroom
(3939 N Mississippi Ave., mississippistudios.com.) Expect: Kids’ shows, singer-songwriters. Typical cover: None-$15. Status: Most shows 21+, with occasional all-ages matinee shows and weekly 3 pm all-ages patio shows on Sundays in the summer.
(12 NE 10th Ave., facebook.com/laughinghorsepdx.) Expect: An excellent Canadian punk band you’ve never heard. Typical cover: $5 donation for touring bands. Status: Always all-ages access, no alcohol on premises.
(3158 E Burnside St., musicmillennium.com.) Expect: A major-label buzz band that does a meet-and-greet afterwards. Typical cover: None. But you should buy an album while you’re there. Status: Early all-ages in-store shows—often from bands playing 21+ venues the same night—on a regular basis.
Mississippi Pizza
Red and Black Cafe
Laughing Horse Books
(3552 N Mississippi Ave., mississippipizza.com.) Expect: A local bluegrass band. Typical cover: None-$6. Status: Show room is all ages until 9 pm. Occasional children’s music and all-ages karaoke.
(400 SE 12th Ave., redandblackcafe.com.) Expect: Tattooed wobblies singing union rally songs. Typical cover: Small donation. Status: Full all-ages access with beers on tap for 21+ crowd. Sporadic show schedule. Currently in financial distress.
(8 NW 6th Ave., roselandpdx.com.) Expect: Young rappers, blues-rock acts, Insane Clown Posse. Typical cover: $15-$30. Status: Most main-stage shows feature all-ages floor and 21+ balcony. Second (Peter’s Room) stage offers occasional all-ages shows. Tight security throughout venue.
(128 NE Russell St., wonderballroom.com.) Expect: A critically acclaimed U.K. rock band. Typical cover: $15-$25. Status: Most shows all ages with full stage access. 21+ drinking area and balcony. MORE: Other fully or partially all-ages venues worth Googling include: Bossanova Ballroom, Brasserie Montmarte, Disjecta, Kennedy School, In Other Words bookstore, Ivories Jazz Lounge, Little Axe Records, the Piano Fort, Smith Memorial Union (at Portland State University).
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The Roxy
1121 SW Stark St., 223-9160. It’s frankly ridiculous that there’s only one 24-hour sit-down eatery in downtown Portland. But if there can only be one, aren’t you glad it’s a grungy little diner where coffee is served by the pot, fries come covered in cheese and ranch, staff can barely contain their contempt for the drunken clientele, and it always feels like 1994? Expect queers, bros, tourists, shift workers and kids, hiding behind their onion rings and hoping to avoid the servers’ stink eye. RUTH BROWN.
Southeast Grind
1223 SE Powell Blvd., 473-8703. Portland’s only 24-hour coffee shop, Southeast Grind feels like it was plucked off Main Street in a rural college town, filled with overstuffed couches claimed from the set of 7th Heaven and a collection of every event flier printed in town over the past six months. The barista tells five kids out for “a group thing” that the kombucha on tap “will make you drunk, if you drink a lot of it.” (Not true.) They sit near the fireplace and talk about summer classes as Blind Melon’s “No Rain” plays on the stereo. Two girls in bikini tops and DayGlo hot pants show up to use the restroom. Everyone gawks for a moment, then resumes what they were doing. Some typing, others pouring tea for two and speaking their point of view, sane or not. MARTIN CIZMAR.
Shari’s
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kid with matted dreadlocks to the gentleman who really wants some limes to the pair of emergency medical technicians loading up for the night. “Hey, you guys work for Steve, right?” a guy in a trucker hat asks the EMTs, looking up from his overflowing burrito. “Kick him in the ass for me, will ya?” Sometimes, you just want to go where everyone knows your boss’s name. MATTHEW SINGER.
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3330 SE 82nd Ave., 775-9564 Standing apart from the 24-hour diners brimming with (literally and figuratively) wasted youth, Tik Tok is for grown-ups only. But no list of all-night eateries would be complete without it. On the bar side, I have witnessed late-night sleepers, countless failed one-line seductions, and midlifers grinding to onetime hit songs even after the DJ has departed—leading in one case to a tryst in a parkinglot sedan perfectly visible through the establishment’s windows. The pancakes are mammoth and spongiform, the hamburgers cooked in their own grease, the chicken-fried steak a museum piece of midcentury Howard Johnson. The staff, perhaps necessarily, is almost tender in its indulgence. MATTHEW KORFHAGE.
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PIRATE PARTY: Yo, you partying at the Waterfront Blues Festival? Look for Finger. The “partial pirate,” whom WW interviewed for a post on wweek.com, has docked the boat he lives on just offshore for the show. Finger and his buds will bring partiers aboard their hobo flotilla on a Huck Finn raft and have a stripper pole and plenty of booze just a few feet from Tom McCall Waterfront Park. Finger says women are always welcome on his boat, but dudes should plan to “bring a bunch of girls or beer, or maybe pay five bucks.” “We’re not trying to have a sausagefest,” he says.
DOWNLOAD DUST-UP: In a June 16 NPR blog post titled “I Never Owned Any Music To Begin With,” 20-year-old intern Emily White admits that much of her sizable music collection is pirated. The post continues FINGER to make waves on the Web. On June 24, Portland blogger/ ex-Gang of Four bassist Dave Allen wrote a response of sorts for his advertising agency/think tank, North, titled “The Internet Could Not Care Less About Your Mediocre Band.” The post praised White for her honesty while also attacking one of her critics, Cracker/Camper Van Beethoven singer-guitarist David Lowery, for being “maudlin” and “mildly talented.” In doing so, Allen angered Portland-based music journalist Peter Ames Carlin, who responded with his own blog post, titled “Famous Internet Pedant Dave Allen Is a Dick.” The fracas led to over 100 contentious comments on Allen’s blog post and an eventual apology (from North’s Mark Ray, not Allen) to Lowery. Allen clarified and expanded on his comments in a lengthy Q&A with WW you can find at wweek.com. (He asked that his comments not be edited or omitted as a precondition for the interview.) GROW OR GO: New rules make non-farmers less welcome at the city’s farmers markets. The city recently revised zoning rules to increase access to healthy food. In addition to all the greenspeak, the ordinance also caps the number of “non-farmer” vendors at 20 percent of any market. That means vendors selling shell-encrusted découpage jewelry boxes will have to fight it out for space or be relegated to the Portland Saturday Market. John Eveland of Gathering Together Farm isn’t bothered by the new regulations, noting, “Most of the craftspeople at farmers markets are really not that good at what they do, or they’d be elsewhere.” More information at wweek.com. NEW BAG: Word on the street is that Kenny & Zuke’s is looking to expand into Pix Pâtisserie’s space on North Williams Avenue. Pix will vacate both of its current locations for a new eatery on East Burnside Street. Meanwhile, Kenny & Zuke’s has significantly expanded production, scoring the bagel account for all the Portland Whole Foods stores, and dedicating half its SandwichWorks shop to baking and boiling bagels. Whether the proposed future location will be a BagelWorks or another deli, Scoop didn’t hear, though we think either would be a big success.
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FIREWORKS [EXPLOSIVES] Don’t blow your fingers off, kids. Everywhere.
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Any cynicism we have over the festival’s full name—the, ahem, Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival Presented by First Tech Federal Credit Union—is put in perspective by the fact that last year it gathered 110,454 pounds of food for the Oregon Food Bank.
LOGAN’S RUN [MOVIES] One of the greatest and strangest sci-fi films of all-time in glorious HD. But don’t take our word for it, here’s Box the Robot: “It’s all here, ready. Fish and sea greens, plankton and protein from the sea. And then it stopped coming. And they came instead. So I store them here. I’m ready. And you’re ready. It’s my job—to freeze you.” Laurelhurst Theater, 2735 E Burnside St. 9:30 pm. 21+.
Let’s face it: Blues Traveler ruined harmonica (and the word “blues”) for an entire generation. Still, 77-year-old harmonica master James Cotton’s coolness credentials are unimpeachable, and his blues run deep.
They are totally going to make you lug along a lawn chair, which will give you the blues.
Booker was cool when playing funky jams with his MGs in the ’60s, and he’s just as cool—though a tad less bluesy—jamming with the Drive By Truckers these days.
There is a thriving fan base for zydeco in Portland, and its devotees get real excited about Blues Fest season. From the Creole Roots All-Stars to Geno Delafose & French Rockin’ Boogie, they have plenty of reasons to be stoked this year.
TYPHOON, AU [MUSIC] Portland orchestral-rock powerhouse Typhoon returns after a long hiatus to play old favorites and to preview new, recently recorded tracks from its forthcoming full-length. This outdoor concert is becoming an annual tradition for the band, which last year had more than 600 people packed in to see it. Ecotrust, 721 NW 9th Ave. 5:30 pm. Free. All ages.
I’m sorry, I know we’re supposed to be excited about this, but we’ve seen the Steve Miller Band—which just put out a blues-rock album—at every state fair, and the luster has just worn off.
I’ve got Toots and the Maytals’ Memphis record, and it’s pretty rad. It’s also pretty reggae. This is music to relieve the blues, though, not music that wallows in it.
THE NEW JIM CROW [BOOKS] Based on the best-selling book by Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, the NE New Jim Crow Study Group hosts a forum to discuss the issues facing African-Americans today. Speakers include sociology professor Ricci Franks and former convict and prisoner-rights activist Nabeeh Mustafa. Portland Community College Cascade Campus, Moriarty Arts and Humanities Building, 705 N Killingsworth St. 6:30 pm.
One one hand, you’re screwing the Man by refusing to pay for a ticket. Cool! On the other hand, the Man is raising money for hungry people. Lame! Also, how bluesy can you really feel on a boat?
SEE IT: The 25th Annual Waterfront Blues Festival is at Tom McCall Waterfront Park, just north and south of the Hawthorne Bridge, on Wednesday-Sunday, July 4-8. See music calendar, pages 33-34, for complete day-by-day festival lineups. Suggested donation of $10 and two cans of nonperishable food for each day. Five-day passes are $50 and up. All ages. Information at waterfrontbluesfest.com.
SATURDAY JULY 7 BRIDGE FESTIVAL BLOCK PARTY [MUSIC] Celebrate Portland’s bridges with music from Solovox, Excellent Gentlemen, the Quick & Easy Boys and more. The Slate, 2001 NW 19th Ave. 5 pm. pdxbridgefestival.org. Free. LIARS, CADENCE WEAPON [MUSIC] The beloved New York dance/punk/noise trio returns to Portland on the back of one of its most accessible records, this summer’s WIXIW. Pay special attention to Canadian MC Cadence Weapon, who visited Doug Fir less than a month ago with Japandroids and pretty much killed it. Doug Fir Lounge, 830 E Burnside St. 9 pm. $15 advance, $17 day of show. 21+.
SUNDAY JULY 8 WOODEN BOAT FESTIVAL [BOATS] According to the Willamette Sailing Club, “No carpentry skills, tools, or materials are needed” to build your own fullscale boat at its annual celebration of water and wood. They’ve got enough of all three to make sure your raft is yar enough to fulfill your childhood sailing fantasies. Willamette Sailing Club, 6336 SW Beaver Ave. Noon-6 pm. Free. Willamette Week JULY 4, 2012 wweek.com
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“Vanilla” has become a dirty word. It’s now synonymous with bland and uninspired, but the ancient Totonac people believed the vanilla plant sprang from the spilled blood of a beautiful princess, and its sacred scent came from her pure, sweet soul. Most things purporting to be vanilla these days are actually synthesized from petrochemicals, not princess blood. But what captures the essence of a long, lazy summer day better than a simple scoop of vanilla ice cream—even if that vanilla is created via electrophilic aromatic substitution? On a balmy, 80-degree day, seven WW staffers held a blind tasting of seven localish grocery-store vanilla ice creams to find the cream of the dairy freezer. After some serious journalistic investigation, Tillamook was the consensus favorite, with several tasters going back for seconds. Umpqua, Alden’s and Lochmead were picked as runners-up. The worst was Living Harvest, by a country mile, though if we’re only looking at dairy-based ice creams, it was Julie’s Organic.
ALDEN’S ORGANIC Made in: Eugene Soft and aerated with a strong vanilla flavor, tasters agreed this was the most “adult” of all the ice creams. “If I was a shitty host, and I was serving dinner-party guests nothing but vanilla ice cream, I would be happiest serving them this one,” said one taster.
Made in: Vancouver, Wash. There wasn’t a lot of vanilla to be found in this ice cream, with several tasters identifying the most prominent flavor as “salt.” “It just tastes like Dairy Queen soft serve to me,” noted one taster. Others countered that DQ’s ice cream actually has more flavor.
LUNA & LARRY’S COCONUT BLISS Made in: Eugene Though a far superior vegan ice cream to the Living Harvest, the coconut flavor was far too strong for this product to live up to the “vanilla” promised on the label. Still, as a coconut ice cream, it was plenty creamy and actually fattier than your average dairy ice cream. “I’d drizzle some rum on it,” said one taster.
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Made in: Portland Made from hemp milk, this was never going to measure up against its dairy-based counterparts. But even by the standards of vegan ice cream, this was particularly bad, with several tasters noting it both looked and tasted like mashed potatoes. Though as one taster pointed out: “Salt & Straw could sell this as a mashed-potato flavor—just drizzle it with pig’s blood.”
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UPCOMING IN-STORE PERFORMANCES INSPIRATIONAL BEETS FRIDAY 7/6 @ 6 PM
Inspirational Beets perform songs that echoed through the streets and shadows of America in the 1920s and ‘30s, during one of the most pivotal moments in the nation’s history: Prohibition and The Great Depression. Influenced by musicians the likes of Louis Armstrong, King Oliver, Bessie Smith, and Fats Waller. Their debut CD is titled ‘Roots.’
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TUESDAY 7/10 @ 5 PM Front man and vocalist Jacob Acosta’s original idea for Roll Acosta was to keep it a solo project. After releasing three self-produced albums, Acosta searched Southern Arizona to employ the help of mandolin player and violinist Kevin Frederick and drummer André Gressieux to flesh out the songs from their most basic form into a refreshing, orchestral sound. They have been hard at work on their first full-length album, titled ‘This Dreamt Existence.’
We invite you to join us in our wooded setting, 13 miles west of Eugene near Veneta, Oregon for an unforgettable adventure.
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 4 Street Nights, Shadows on Stars, Jake Morris DJs
See feature, this page. Dig a Pony, 736 SE Grand Ave. 5 pm. Free. 21+.
Waterfront Blues Festival: Lionel Young, Curtis Salgado, Joe McMurrian, Ellen Whyte Big Band and more
See Headout, page 23. Tom McCall Waterfront Park. Noon. $10 or more suggested donation, plus canned-food donations. All ages. Continues through Sunday, July 8.
THURSDAY, JULY 5 Dark Arts Festival: Interiors, Quarry, Jatun, Grapefruit, Apartment Fox, Magic Fades, ExtrAlone, Photon!
[BLACK BEATS] Lest the more conservative among you worry that Holocene is offering up lessons in voodoo and spell-casting, the Dark Arts Festival instead celebrates some of the creepier corners of our local electronic-music scene. Curator Thomas Thorson—the producer behind the shimmering pop project Interiors—has drawn a number of tasty morsels into his web. Be on especial lookout for the bass-heavy roof-shakers swung out by Quarry, Grapefruit’s delicately unfolding synth experiments, and the buzz and howl of Photon! Adding to the audio mix will be some eye-popping visuals courtesy of Sky Fuzell-Casey and Taryn Tomasello, among others. ROBERT HAM. Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison St., 239-7639. 8 pm. $5. 21+.
Ben Harper
[BRO TIME] Ben Harper might have been the one to inspire a million of “those guys” in your college’s quad with their bare feet, acoustic guitars, and doobies behind one ear—but you have to admit, we’ve all enjoyed listening to Harper at least once. He’s been touring the scene since 1990, when he hit the road with Taj Mahal and introduced the world to his chilled-out brand of acoustically driven blues rock. Harper rose to international consciousness with his full sleeve tattoos, wristbands, and 2003’s Diamonds on the Inside, further contributing to the bro-
rock scene with his discovery of Jack Johnson. Harper’s most recent album, Give Till It’s Gone, explores the songwriter’s harder edge, straying from stealing kisses and burning doobies in favor of exploring the struggles of love and inner turmoil. It’s nice to see an artist who is so established continuing to grow compositionally; songs like “Spilling Faith” and “Dirty Little Lover” represent a new sound for Harper, and point in some excitingly un-chill directions. NORA EILEEN JONES. McMenamins Edgefield, 2126 SW Halsey St., Troutdale, 669-8610. 6 pm. $45. All ages.
Lower Dens, No Joy, Alan Resnick
[OCEANIC ROCK] Take Beach House and multiply them by two thousand and you’ve got Lower Dens. They’re moodier, more atmospheric and have an even weirder and more androgynous lady lead singer. Jana Hunter, guitarist and shaggy-haired frontwoman, has been around for a while, leaving her pizza-shop manager position to release three albums on Devendra Banhart’s Gnomonsong label. In 2010, Lower Dens wrote—nay, composed— such aquatic/hypnotic wonders as “I Get Nervous” on Twin Hand Movement. This year’s tour celebrates the recent release of Nootropics, a follow-up to THM that is so fitting it is almost painful: Each new song spins forth in a cyclic yet constantly unfolding cascade, Hunter’s voice lilting along on top like seaweed on a wave. The listeners’ only response is to float. NORA EILEEN JONES. Mississippi Studios, 3939 N Mississippi Ave., 288-3895. 9 pm. $12. 21+.
Waterfront Blues Festival: Booker T, Toots and the Maytals, Reggie Houston and more
See Headout, page 23. Tom McCall Waterfront Park. 11 am. $10 or more suggested donation, plus canned-food donations. All ages. Continues through Sunday, July 8.
FRIDAY, JULY 6 Amanda Richards, Twisted Whistle
See Saturday’s Mt. Tabor Theater listing. Alberta Rose Theatre, 3000 NE Alberta St., 719-6055. 8 pm. $10 advance, $12 day of show. All ages.
TOP FIVE MUSIC MILLENNIUM TOP SELLERS, JUNE 24-30 Fiona Apple, The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than... You should drop everything and buy this record right now. Whatever one-hit-wonder associations you have with Ms. Apple are dead wrong. Idler Wheel is a really impressive record that has us digging into Apple’s back catalog and giving everything another listen. Brandi Carlile, Bear Creek Clap-along, finger-pickin’ stuff for you country bumpkins. Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Americana The master songwriter turns his attention to twisting a bunch of Americana favorites into balls-out rock songs. Bonnie Raitt, Slipstream Can’t keep a good woman down. Lumineers, Lumineers They’ve got that song on that commercial. Can’t hurt the record sales.
The Casualties, Nekromantix, Down by Law, Lower Class Brats, The Sheds
[STREET PUNK] The Casualties are one the few bands whose existence would face equal threats from a simultaneous rise in the prices of gasoline and Elmer’s Glue. Since its 1990 formation in New York City, the quartet has set the standard against which all other gutter punk is measured—both in terms of its music and plumage. With locks crafted into ornately scuzzy sculptures and loins girded in naught but the most patch-swaddled of jeans, the group has more or less written the book on ostentatious rebellion. The Casualties have worked a similar trick with their music, releasing eight LPs that ossify the energy of mid-’80s hardcore punk into pummeling conventions. SHANE DANAHER. Branx, 320 SE 2nd Ave., 234-5683. 6:30 pm. $16 advance, $20 day of show. All ages.
Blood Beach, Colleen Green, Jollipan Jasper
[STONER SURF ROCK] People ought to support Blood Beach not just because the Portland quartet sounds like a summery jaunt through a carnival funhouse, but because the band is raising money for a good cause. Set to tour Europe in September, the band is selling a 7-inch called Keep Portland Normal that features fantastic unsung talent from the Rose City. Proceeds benefit the band’s transportation costs. You benefit by knowing that you helped a local band spread its creative garage-born gospel, a gospel that
resides somewhere between super volatile psych-rock and surf-rock. Besides, Blood Beach’s live show will slay you. MARK STOCK. The Know, 2026 NE Alberta St., 473-8729. 8 pm. Cover. 21+.
Waterfront Blues Festival: Elvin Bishop & James Cotton, Cedric Watson & Bijou Creole, Mary Flower, Robbie Laws Band and more
See Headout, page 23. Tom McCall Waterfront Park. 11 am. $10 or more suggested donation, plus canned-food donations. All ages. Continues through Sunday, July 8.
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Djangophiles
[PARISIAN JAZZ] Bastille Day isn’t for another 2 1/2 weeks, but why not break out the Bordeaux and baguettes early? Djangophiles, a jazz outfit native to Portland, are as devoted to French gypsy jazz guitar legend Django Reinhardt as their name would suggest. What is more, though, is that they don’t mess around—the ensemble, which can range from two to five members, has beautifully captured early- to mid-20th-century France with all of its spunky fingerpicking, gritty bass lines, and melodramatic violin. Brasserie Montmartre seems a pretty fitting venue for them. Très jolie!. NORA EILEEN JONES. Brasserie Montmartre, 626 SW Park Ave., 2363036. 5:30 pm. Free. All ages.
Rich Halley
[JAZZ] The phrase “The Tradition Is to Extend the Tradition” appears several times on sax player Rich Halley’s website. Most of Halley’s career has been devoted to creating progressive jazz that is both “out there” and rooted in more formally accepted jazz and blues. While living in Chicago early in his career, Halley played with and studied blues players as well as Art Ensemble of Chicago members like Albert Ayler. Halley’s latest album, Back From Beyond, came out in February and features trombonist Michael Vlatkovich, bassist Clyde Reed and Carson Halley on drums and percussion. The new album also represents the first liner notes credit for “squeak toys” we’ve seen in a long time. DAN DEPREZ. Camellia Lounge, 510 NW 11th Ave., 221-2130. 9 pm. $5. 21+.
Talkdemonic, Wild Ones, Houndstooth
[KILLER LOCALS] This well-curated show lists Talkdemonic in the headlining spot, and with the Portland outfit’s finest outing yet, Ruins, still close in the rear-view mirror, Kevin O’Connor and Lisa Molinaro—who won WW’s top Best New Band honors in 2005 and are responsible for gripping live shows— certainly deserve your full attention. That said, tonight’s openers are two of the most talked-about young bands in the Portland indie-rock scene. Wild Ones—which just recorded a fantastic, partially acoustic live video for wweek. com—are currently prepping a debut album full of boy-girl harmony, sweetness and a decided electro-funk streak. Houndstooth is also working on its debut full-length, and early leaks evidence a group that’s really stoked on Fleetwood Mac (both the bluesy Peter Green incarnation and the smooth late-’70s version) and talented enough to twist that sound into something fresh. The future is real chill. CASEY JARMAN. Doug Fir Lounge, 830 E Burnside St., 231-9663. 9 pm. $13. 21+.
Bridge City Music Festival: Wu-Tang Generals (Inspectah Deck, U-God, Cappadona and Special Guest), Dead Prez, Perfect Giddimani, Romain Virgo, Northstar Solomon Childs, Ikronik, Madgesdiq, Chalice Row See Primer, page 31. Refuge, 116 SE Yamhill St. 8 pm. $45. 21+.
SHADOWS ON STARS WEDNESDAY, JULY 4 No one looks like a badass in sweatpants.
[POP WITH SWAGGER] Before meeting Brian Vincent and Randa Leigh of Portland’s Shadows on Stars, one imagines them as badasses with synthesizers who just don’t give a fuck. In photos and videos, the duo brims with confidence, sporting sunglasses and a blasé attitude. With a catchy electronic sound ranging from bright and clean to dark and raw, it’s easy to envision the bandmates traversing big cities and nightclubs full of booze, strobe lights and glamorous people. In reality, Vincent and Leigh met in 2005 while studying at lessthan-glamorous Oregon State University, where they participated in a poetry group called the “Black Poets Society.” After forming Shadows on Stars, they spent a whiskey-fueled summer in 2010 recording their debut in a cheap Salem bedroom, dodging the sounds of flushing toilets between takes. “We literally always wore sweatpants,” Vincent says—hence the LP’s cheeky song “Sweat Pant Bandits.” “To the point where our friends would be embarrassed.” After their “studio” time, Vincent and Leigh came away with an album of wide-spanning pop. The collection—or what Vincent describes as “demos that we put gum and duct tape on”—reveals a number of influences. From Vincent’s background in producing hiphop to Leigh’s upbringing around gospel music to their shared knack for punchy, synthetic soundscapes, the bandmates aren’t afraid to experiment with different flavors. Opening track “When It Builds” is all glitter, while “Out of My Head” hits with rough, distorted textures, heavy beats and distressed vocals. “We didn’t really have a direction when we started,” Leigh says. “Then, when we realized we didn’t have a direction, we were just like, ‘Fuck it. That’s the direction—no direction.’” Shadows on Stars isn’t for those who crave cohesiveness, a trait the band has grown fond of. “Culture is so instantaneous…people are into something and then over it so fast,” Vincent says. “More than ever, we’re in this post-genre type of listener. They are just looking for things that are unique.” In befitting fashion, Vincent and Leigh dispel genre concerns and simply make music based on whatever’s inspiring them at the time— from punk kids to romps in New York City. And they look damn good while doing it. “We try to be badass,” Leigh says. “We’re so not badass,” Vincent responds. EMILEE BOOHER. SEE IT: Shadows on Stars’ CD release party is at Dig a Pony, 736 SE Grand Ave., on Wednesday, July 4. 4 pm. Free. 21+. Willamette Week JULY 4, 2012 wweek.com
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Vagabond Opera, Abney Park
[STEAMPUNK OPERA] Portland’s Boho cabaret ensemble, Vagabond Opera, joins Seattle’s equally retro steampunk outfit, Abney Park, for a visual and musical journey back to an early 20th century that never quite existed. Expect a pageant of Victorian fashion, pre-mod art, 19th-century tech, pre-World War II cabaret stylings, operatic vocals, Middle Eastern percussion, two cellos, guitars, keyboards, sax, accordion, clarinet, saucy singing and diverse additional elements from other times and places. BRETT CAMPBELL. Wonder Ballroom, 128 NE Russell St., 284-8686. 9 pm. $18 advance, $20 day of show. All ages.
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[FOLK TRIBUTE] Woody Guthrie is a name you’ll be hearing a lot in the coming weeks. Hopefully you’ve heard it a lot already. Beyond writing a handful of songs schoolkids have learned for decades—well, we learned some verses of “This Land is Your Land,” anyway; the rest might have seemed too political— Guthrie was a character and intellect of unmatched influence in the worlds of folk music and storytelling. There’d be no Dylan and certainly no Bright Eyes without him. Guthrie also had a special connection with the Northwest, where he briefly lived and wrote many songs about the Columbia River and the Grand Coulee Dam. Tonight’s tribute, featuring luminaries from the local folk-music scene, is one in a handful of local tributes meant to mark Guthrie’s 100th birthday. The world may have lost him 45 years ago, but the songs—the simple ones, the subtle ones and the hundreds left unrecorded—remain. CASEY JARMAN. Alberta Rose Theatre, 3000 NE Alberta St., 719-6055. 9 pm. $10 advance, $12 day of show. Minors must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. All ages.
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[VARIETY HOUR] L.A.-via-Berlinvia-New York trio Liars has gone through at least six genre changes in as many albums. Since bursting onto the scene as a dance-punk band a decade ago, the group has taken detours via art rock, pop, industrial and various permutations
of the word “experimental” before this year’s release, WIXIW, which has been broadly—and a little unfairly— saddled with the “electronic” tag. It’s true the album is largely devoid of traditional instruments, save for singer Angus Andrew’s vocals, and composed instead with synths, samples and simple beats. But through all the reinvention, the band has weaved consistent threads of identity: tension, chaos and a very twisted sort of beauty. In that sense, WIXIW is less electronic than just pure Liars—a dark, eclectic album that offers something new, profound and a little fucked up on every listen. RUTH BROWN. Doug Fir Lounge, 830 E Burnside St. 9 pm. $15 advance, $17 day of show. 21+.
Smashed Block Party: Redd Kross, Long Knife, Quintron & Miss Pussycat, Dent May, Deathcharge, Thrones, Zipper, The Babies, P.R.O.B.L.E.M.S., Modern Pets, Therapists, Nucular Aminals, Blood Beach, Free Weed, Di Di Mau
[OUTDOOR PARTY] The summer calendar is already cluttered with festivals and daylong music events, so what’s one more to cause you paroxysms of worry about how to manage your free time? And trust us, the East End Smashed Block Party will have you begging Siri to clear your weekend calendar. Primarily because the venue is boasting the return to Portland of Redd Kross, the great ’70s-inspired rock group that features its original lineup and a ton of new material, as well as the reunion of classic Michigan grindcore band Repulsion. Padding the two-day block party’s lineup is a dizzying array of talent, including New Orleans garage freak Quintron, meandering folk popster Dent May, and local acts of all stripes. ROBERT HAM. East End, 203 SE Grand Ave., 232-0056. 2 pm. $12 each day. 21+.
Kevn Kinney (of Drivin’ N Cryin’)
[CRYIN’ SOLO] Atlanta-based rockers Drivin’ N Cryin’ have been releasing music on the regular since 1986, though you might not know about it. The band was overshadowed in its heyday by similarly minded acts like Soul Asylum and R.E.M., and it’s been two decades since the release of its one commercially successful album, Fly Me Courageous. So if this fantastic group has eluded your grasp, get acquainted with a solo set by frontman Kevn Kinney. He may not have his band’s signature guitar attack to fend with, but this way you can parse out his razor-sharp melodies and stinging lyrical brilliance. ROBERT HAM. Hawthorne Theatre
Lounge, 1503 SE Cesar E. Chavez Blvd., 233-7100. 9 pm. $12 advance, $15 day of show. 21+.
The Gaslight Anthem, Dave Hause
[SINGALONG ROCK] Every band from New Jersey gets Bruce Springsteen comparisons, but they always seemed pretty appropriate for the Gaslight Anthem—the Boss once joined the quartet onstage in a rendition of its “’59 Sound,” a driving-and-dying song that might as well be a B-side from Darkness on the Edge of Town. The Gaslight Anthem is generally more prone to punk tempos than E Street shuffles, though, and on 2010 record American Slang, the Jersey boys seemed wary enough of the comparisons to avoid Springsteenian themes (you know: going out dancing, state troopers, “the night”) and sax solos. New single “’45” from the band’s forthcoming Handwritten relies on an uncomfortably familiar central riff—I’m sorry, guys, but it’s the Gin Blossoms’ “Hey Jealousy”— and features some scratchy Vedderisms from frontman Brian Fallon, but it also exhibits enough fist-pumping, sing-along energy to get fans stoked on hearing it live. CASEY JARMAN. Hawthorne Theatre, 3862 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 233-7100. 8 pm. $18 advance, $20 day of show. All ages.
Twisted Whistle, World’s Finest
[ROOTS RELEASE] On a very base level, Portland quintet Twisted Whistle falls within the confines of bluegrass, what with the plucking and bounding bass. But goddamn if this isn’t bluegrass in the loosest sense, and the group’s debut fulllength, Through the Mill, jackknifes between genres with an easy fluidity. From the dark opener, “Willy Get Your Gun”—with Kina Lyn Muir’s vocals wafting between angelic and demonic—the album hits the ground running, transitioning between gentle country balladry, doo-wop, waltzes, ’50s rock and full-bore pluck fests about drinkin’ whiskey. So, sure, it’s bluegrass—but the grass is full of blood and broken glass, keeping things interesting with surprises at every step. AP KRYZA. Mount Tabor Theater, 4811 SE Hawthorne Blvd. 9 pm. $10. 21+.
The Original Dirigible: Defunk, Wanderlust Circus Orchestra, Global Ruckus, Manoj, Mr. Wu, Melting Pot Sound System (The Original Dirigible: A Ghettoswing Soiree)
[GYPSIES, AMPS AND THIEVES] As a charmingly darkened corner of backward-leaning science fiction,
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SATURDAY-TUESDAY steampunk seemed about the least likely niche pursuit to blossom into an active lifestyle—a passion for spats and analytical engines is not ordinarily the stuff of thriving arts communities—but, since the fad’s now poised to outlast electricity, isn’t it past time the gang had its own Zeppelin? As a next best thing, Refuge invites modern Victorians and ghetto-swing devotees alike to board “The Original Dirigible.” The time-swept super-vaudevillians of Wanderlust Circus start off the night with their inimitable blend of artisan tomfoolery and lockstep little-big-band music urged along this evening by beats from Mellonhead, while a host of DJs, led by Calgary electro-swing, glitch-hop turntablist Defunk, sets their chronometers to dance. JAY HORTON. Refuge, 116 SE Yamhill St. 9 pm. $15 advance, $20 day of show. 21+.
MONDAY, JULY 9 Pure Bathing Culture, Bryan John Appleby, Lemolo
[DREAM POP] Portland’s Pure Bathing Culture keeps gaining buzz for a few reasons. Though the band is relatively new, its members Daniel Hindman and Sarah Versprille are no new faces to the music world, considering they also play with Andy Cabic’s group, Vetiver. Plus, in case you missed it, the duo was voted runner-up for WW Best New Band honors earlier this year. And lastly, Hindman and Versprille are some of the nicest people roaming this city. I guess I should mention their music is pretty damn infectious, too. With only one EP thus far, the combination of Versprille’s silky vocals and Hindman’s echoing guitar riffs makes PBC’s dreamy and reverbheavy ’80s-synth style pretty clear— and definitely buzz-worthy. EMILEE BOOHER. Mississippi Studios, 3939 N Mississippi Ave., 288-3895. 9 pm. Free. 21+.
Waterfront Blues Festival: Bettye LaVette, Galactic, Patrick Lamb, Marquise Knox, Bobby Rush and more
See Headout, page 23. Tom McCall Waterfront Park. Noon. $10 or more suggested donation, plus cannedfood donations. All ages. Continues through Sunday, July 8.
TUESDAY, JULY 10 Boom Chick
[HARD DELTA BLUES] Brooklyn duo Boom Chick comes from a rich well called contemporary blues rock that has spawned acts like Black Keys and Little Hurricane. On its debut, Show Pony, Frank Hoier and Moselle Spiller (a fantastic name for a drummer, mind you) proved that fiery, electrified Delta blues can coexist with honky-tonk in a band’s sound. The boy-and-girl approach goes above and beyond just cuteness and works in that it provides a devil-versus-angel dynamic in most of Boom Chick’s repertoire. A fitting feature too, as the band offers all of the sweat and ferocity of a pulpit speech. MARK STOCK. Bunk Bar, 1028 SE Water Ave., 894-9708. 9 pm. $3. 21+.
[LMFAOKGO] Through the relentlessly energetic and dauntingly professional electro-pop that fuel a series of videos meant to lovingly parody the singularly untroubled, reflexively DayGlo existence of Lake Oswego’s own Connor Martin (a charismatic Major League Lacrosse star who formed the multimedia lark with brother and bros), Con Bro Chill achieves Olympian heights of self-assured frattish grandeur. To call the music shallow would be missing the point—like wondering why a soaking pool doesn’t allow cannonballs, though one imagines the troupe does daily wonder such—and, if debut album 3D Music seems the very definition of a vanity project, it’s hard to fault Martin for whistling a merry synth tune all the way until the party’s over. Ars longa, abs brevis. JAY HORTON. Wonder Ballroom, 128 NE Russell St., 2848686. 9 pm. $10. All ages.
SUNDAY, JULY 8 Jose Cortes, Manuel de la Cruz, Bobak Salehi, Seffarine
[FLAMENCO] Portland guitarist and ud master Nat Hulskamp, familiar to world music fans from his work in the Persian-oriented band Shabava, here joins with that band’s leader, Bobak Salehi (who’ll play kamanchech spike fiddle and sing), along with Moroccan singer Lamiae Naki and two major guests from Spain: prize-winning Spanish Gipsy singer Jose Cortes and flamenco dancer Manuel de la Cruz. They’ll sing, dance and play a tribute to one of the greatest flamenco singers of all, José Monje Cruz, popularly known as El Camaron de Isla, who died in 1992. BRETT CAMPBELL. Alberta Rose Theatre, 3000 NE Alberta St., 719-6055. 7 pm. $22 advance, $25 day of show. All ages.
Smashed Block Party: Repulsion, Danava, Lord Dying, Bloodfreak, Dead Conspiracy, Witch Mountain, Nether Regions, Billions & Billions, Norska, R.I.P., Ripper, Burning Leather, Turboigor, Lesbian, Sons of Huns
See Saturday listing. East End, 203 SE Grand Ave., 232-0056. 2 pm. $12. 21+.
Waterfront Blues Festival: Steve Miller Band, California Honeydrops, James Hunter, Duffy Bishop Band and more
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[FOLKLORD] The original Brooklyn boy who ran away from home to join the rodeo and became the minstrel’s minstrel—collaborating with an impossibly wide swath of Americana from Guthrie to shining Flea—Ramblin’ Jack Elliott seems himself a character torn from some sprawling, six-stringed narrative: Always one ripe for satire, the makers of A Mighty Wind had their fun with aspects of the legend. If the near-octogenarian tours more these days on reputation than faltering skills, few performers have better earned the privilege. Besides, as evidenced on 2009’s Grammywinning A Stranger Here (second of his star-studded albums for Epitaph offshoot Anti-), there’s yet a poignance to the granular nasality that taught Bob Dylan how to sing. JAY HORTON. Mississippi Studios, 3939 N Mississippi Ave., 288-3895. 7:30 pm. $20. 21+.
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[POP PUNK] Bummed as I am that the revival of all things ’90s hasn’t triggered a cascade of Green Day knock-offs, I’m heartened by contemporary pop punk’s swing toward sounds that made Lookout Records et al. possible in the first place. New Jersey’s Black Wine, like our own coast’s Big Eyes, recalls a time when Descendents songs softened and lengthened, then wriggled out of punk’s grasp. The trio’s brandnew Hollow Earth LP is an eminently radio-friendly collection, but you’d have to dance backward in time and find a station hip to the Replacements and Hüsker Dü to hear Black Wine digging its hooks into the airwaves. Wouldn’t that be lovely? CHRIS STAMM. The Know, 2026 NE Alberta St., 473-8729. 8 pm. Cover. 21+.
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Transient, Satya Sena, Pinkzilla
Dollywood Babylon, Advisory, DJ Cecilia Paris
Quimby’s At 19th
Clyde’s Prime Rib
1502 NW 19th Ave. Chris Baum Project
Red Room
2530 NE 82nd Ave. Kris Ashby
Sellwood Public House 8132 SE 13th Ave. Open Mic
Someday Lounge
125 NW 5th Ave. Dookie Jam featuring the Doo Doo Funk All-Stars
Spare Room
4830 NE 42nd Ave. Corey Ledet Zydeco Band
Ted’s (at Berbati’s)
231 SW Ankeny St. Andy Stack, Sole Provider, Eminent (music and art show)
The Blue Diamond
2016 NE Sandy Blvd. Norman Sylvester
The Blue Monk
3341 SE Belmont St. Alan Jones Jam
Tiger Bar
317 NW Broadway Karaoke from Hell
Tony Starlight’s
3728 NE Sandy Blvd. Sing for Your Supperclub with the All-Star Horns
Tupai at Andina
1314 NW Glisan St. Neftali Rivera
White Eagle Saloon
ALLEY-OOPS: No Tomorrow Boys play Plan B on Friday, July 6, for And And And’s Rigsketball kickoff party.
WED. JULY 4 Al’s Den at the Crystal Hotel 303 SW 12th Ave. Chris “Shift” Schelske
Alberta Street Public House 1036 NE Alberta St. Open Mic
Andina
1314 NW Glisan St. Danny Romero
Ash Street Saloon
225 SW Ash St. Da Berry Brothers, Boys Without Toys
Beaterville Cafe
2201 N Killingsworth St. Jeremy Burton Band (8 pm); Doc McTear’s Medicine Show (5 pm)
Dig a Pony
736 SE Grand Ave. Street Nights, Shadows on Stars, Jake Morris DJs
East Burn
1800 E Burnside St. Irish Music Jam
East India Co.
821 SW 11th Ave. Josh Feinberg
Gov. Tom McCall Waterfront Park
Southwest Naito Parkway between Harrison and Glisan streets Waterfront Blues Festival: Curtis Salgado, Too Slim & the Taildraggers, Kevin Selfe Big Band, Etta James tribute, The Wired! Band, Mr. Nick & the Dirty Tricks (Miller Stage); Ellen Whyte Big Band, Lionel Young Band, Charlie Musselwhite, Off Street Processional, Tony Furtado, Arsen Shomakov (Blues Stage); Bill Rhoades Harmonica Blow-off, The Wired! Band, Norman Sylvester Band, Muddy Sons, The Vicki Stevens Band, Franco & the Stingers, The Muddy Sons, Ben Rice (Front Porch Stage); Lionel Young, Joe McMurrian, Brooks Robertson, Simon Tucker Group, OFB Hammer Lane Blues Club, Chuk Barber (Crossroads Stage)
Ivories Jazz Lounge and Restaurant 1435 NW Flanders St. David Watson, Jim Templeton
Ladd’s Inn
1204 SE Clay St. Lynn Conover
Landmark Saloon
4847 SE Division St. Jake Ray and the Cowdogs (9:30 pm); Bob Shoemaker (6 pm)
LaurelThirst
2958 NE Glisan St. Alameda, Emily Logan
Lents Commons
Beaterville Cafe
2201 N Killingsworth St. The Weather Machine, Lexy Jane
Biddy McGraw’s
6000 NE Glisan St. John Ross
Branx
320 SE 2nd Ave. This Is Hell, The Greenery, Xerxes, Unrestrained, Carrion Spring
Brasserie Montmartre 626 SW Park Ave. Chance Hayden Duo
Buffalo Gap Saloon
9201 SE Foster Road Open Mic
6835 SW Macadam Ave. Scott Gallegos, Sarah Castro
Mississippi Pizza
Camellia Lounge
3552 N Mississippi Ave. Mr. Hoo (kids’ show)
Slabtown
1033 NW 16th Ave. Knife in the Eye, Defect Defect, Social Graces
The TARDIS Room
1218 N Killingsworth St. Open Mic with Andrea Wild
Touché Restaurant and Billiards 1425 NW Glisan St. Nancy King
White Eagle Saloon 836 N Russell St. The Nutmeggers
510 NW 11th Ave. The John Gross Trio
Chapel Pub
430 N Killingsworth St. Steve Kerin
Corkscrew Wine Bar 1669 SE Bybee Blvd. Gumbo Americana
Doug Fir Lounge
830 E Burnside St. A Happy Death, Black Pussy, The Hugs
Duff’s Garage
1635 SE 7th Ave. Mr. Nick & the Dirty Tricks (9 pm); Tough Lovepyle (6 pm)
East End
THURS. JULY 5 Al’s Den at the Crystal Hotel 303 SW 12th Ave. Chris “Shift” Schelske
Alberta Street Public House 1036 NE Alberta St. The Clay States, A Sudden Tradition
Andina
1314 NW Glisan St. Tracy Kim
Andrea’s Cha Cha Club 832 SE Grand Ave. Pilon D’Azucar Salsa Band
Ash Street Saloon
225 SW Ash St. Stonecreep, Vs. the Queen, Toxic Zombie
203 SE Grand Ave. No Tomorrow Boys, DJ Pukey Knowsalot (cake walk dance-a-thon)
Ecotrust
721 NW 9th Ave., Suite 200 Typhoon
Ella Street Social Club 714 SW 20th Place Joseph Demaree, Velvawhip, Roselit Bone
Ford Food and Drink 2505 SE 11th Ave. W.C. Beck
Goodfoot Lounge 2845 SE Stark St. Goodfoot All-Stars, Philly’s Phunkestra
Gov. Tom McCall Waterfront Park
Southwest Naito Parkway between Harrison and Glisan streets
Waterfront Blues Festival: Toots and the Maytals, JJ Grey & Mofro, Stooger Brass Band, Jim Mesi Band (Miller Stage); Booker T, Monophonics, Scott Pemberton, Jesse Samsel (Blues Stage); Goodfoot All-Stars’ James Brown tribute, Joel Savoy with Jesse Lege and Cajun Country Revival, Reggie Houston & Crescent City Connection, Suburban Slim Band with Jim Wallace, Pete Krebs Trio, New Iberians, Portland Blues Explosion (Front Porch Stage); Arthur Moore, If Birds Could Fly, Jesse Lege and Joel Savoy, Steve Cheseborough (Crossroads Stage)
Holocene
1001 SE Morrison St. Dark Arts Festival: Interiors, Quarry, Jatun, Grapefruit, Apartment Fox, Magic Fades, ExtrAlone, Photon!
836 N Russell St. Worth (8:30 pm); Kory Quinn (5:30 pm)
FRI. JULY 6 Al’s Den at the Crystal Hotel 303 SW 12th Ave. Chris “Shift” Schelske
Alberta Rose Theatre 3000 NE Alberta St. Amanda Richards, Twisted Whistle
Alberta Street Public House 1036 NE Alberta St. Roll Acosta, Tyler Matthew Smith Band, Fasters (9:30 pm); Mikey’s Irish Jam (6:30 pm)
Andina
1314 NW Glisan St. JB Butler
Ash Street Saloon
225 SW Ash St. CAC, Buttery Lords, Bling Theatre
Backspace
Ivories Jazz Lounge and Restaurant
115 NW 5th Ave. Adrian H & the Wounds, Among the Weeds, Lumus
Jimmy Mak’s
2201 N Killingsworth St. Acoustic Minds
1435 NW Flanders St. Mirage Trio
Beaterville Cafe
221 NW 10th Ave. The Mel Brown B3 Organ Group with Sweet Baby James Benton
Biddy McGraw’s
Kenton Club
Bijou Cafe
2025 N Kilpatrick St. These Things
LaurelThirst
2958 NE Glisan St. Taarka (9:30 pm); Lewi Longmire Band (6 pm)
McMenamins Edgefield 2126 SW Halsey St., Troutdale Ben Harper
Mississippi Pizza
3552 N Mississippi Ave. Sound Semantics (9 pm); Dogtooth (5 pm)
Mississippi Studios
6000 NE Glisan St. JPC (9:30 pm); Lynn Conover (6 pm) 32 SW 3rd Ave. Nancy King
Bipartisan Cafe
7901 SE Stark St. Blue Skies for Black Hearts
Branx
320 SE 2nd Ave. The Casualties, Nekromantix, Down by Law, Lower Class Brats, The Sheds
Brasserie Montmartre 626 SW Park Ave. Djangophiles
3939 N Mississippi Ave. Lower Dens, No Joy, Alan Resnick
Buffalo Gap Saloon
Original Halibut’s II
Camellia Lounge
Plan B
Club 21
2527 NE Alberta St. Terry Robb 1305 SE 8th Ave.
6835 SW Macadam Ave. Patchwork Family 510 NW 11th Ave. Rich Halley
2035 NE Glisan St.
5474 NE Sandy Blvd. Muthaship
Dante’s
350 W Burnside St. Separation of Sanity, Lovers & Leviathans, Set in Stone, The Punctuals
Original Halibut’s II 2527 NE Alberta St. Fiona Boyes
Papa G’s Vegan Organic Deli
2314 SE Division St. Forest Bloodgood
Plan B
Doug Fir Lounge
1305 SE 8th Ave. No Tomorrow Boys, And And And, Grandparents, Charts, Woolen Men, Old Age, Mojave Bird (rigsketball tournament kick-off)
Duff’s Garage
Red Room
830 E Burnside St. Talkdemonic, Wild Ones, Houndstooth 1635 SE 7th Ave. Eastside Speed Machine (9:30 pm); Blue Line (6 pm)
East Burn
1800 E Burnside St. Cascadia Soul Alliance, Andrews Ave
Ella Street Social Club 714 SW 20th Place Technicolor Caterpillar, ScrampleSet
Foggy Notion
3416 N Lombard St. Nasalrod, Fist Fite, Stab City, Unstoppable Death Machines
Ford Food and Drink 2505 SE 11th Ave. Ed and the Red Reds (8 pm); The Darlin’ Blackbirds (5 pm)
Gov. Tom McCall Waterfront Park
Southwest Naito Parkway between Harrison and Glisan streets Waterfront Blues Festival: Elvin Bishop & James Cotton, Mannish Boys, Soulmates, Terry Robb (Miller Stage); Pimps of Joytime, Otis Taylor Band, Eddie Martinez Band, Woodbrain (Blues Stage); Cedric Watson & Bijou Creole, Too Loose Cajun Band, Cory Ledet & His Zydeco Band, Caleb Klauder Western Cajun-Country Band, King Louis and Baby James, The 44’s, Portland Blues Explosion (Front Porch Stage); Robbie Laws Band, Mary Flower, James Cotton, Franck “Paris Slim” Goldwasser with Jim Miller (Crossroads Stage)
Hawthorne Theatre
3862 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Katchafire, Synrgy
Ivories Jazz Lounge and Restaurant 1435 NW Flanders St. DK Stewart
Jimmy Mak’s
221 NW 10th Ave. Dancehall Days, The Excellent Gentlemen
Kelly’s Olympian
426 SW Washington St. Luminous Things, Spirit Lake, Charming Birds, The Woodwinds
Kenton Club
2025 N Kilpatrick St. Medicine Family, Sarah Moon, Los Perros Olvidados
LaurelThirst
2958 NE Glisan St. Baby Gramps (9:30 pm); James Low Western Front (6 pm)
Mississippi Pizza
3552 N Mississippi Ave. Heavy Brothers (9 pm); Backyard Blues Boys (6 pm)
Mississippi Studios
3939 N Mississippi Ave. Sugarcane, Left Coast Country, Wayward Vessel
Mount Tabor Theater
4811 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Speakerminds, Afrok and the Movement
Music Millennium
3158 E Burnside St. Inspirational Beets
Noho’s Hawaiian Cafe 4627 NE Fremont St. Hawaiian Music
2530 NE 82nd Ave. Bunk Dope, Ritual Healing, Crush Your Enemies, Truculence, Bloodoath
Refuge
116 SE Yamhill St. Bridge City Music Festival: Wu-Tang Clan, Dead Prez, Perfect Giddimani, Romain Virgo, Ikronik Band, Madgesdiq, Bobo David, Young Shanty, Yahsuwa, Lil Ras/Ras Rap, DJ Yahred, Jagga, Serious De Witness
Secret Society Lounge 116 NE Russell St. The Lower 48, Death Songs, Brothers Young (9 pm); Swing Papillon (6 pm)
Someday Lounge 125 NW 5th Ave. Los Gallos Rumba, Savannah Fuentes
Spare Room
4830 NE 42nd Ave. Silverhawk
Star Theater
13 NW 6th Ave. Animotion
Ted’s (at Berbati’s) 231 SW Ankeny St. DMLH
The Blue Diamond
2016 NE Sandy Blvd. Sonny Hess, Lisa Mann, Rae Gordon Knauer
The Blue Monk
3341 SE Belmont St. Trash Can Joe
The Know
2026 NE Alberta St. Blood Beach, Colleen Green, Jollipan Jasper
Alberta Rose Theatre
3000 NE Alberta St. Mike Elias (of Denver), Kory Quinn, Ashleigh Flynn, Lael Alderman, Damon Dunning, Kris Deelane, Jeff Rosenberg, David Rovics, Adam East, Tucker Jackson, Rich Landar, Ned Failing (of Dirty Martini) (Woody Guthrie tribute)
Alberta Street Public House
1036 NE Alberta St. The Doubleclicks, Sarah Donner
Andina
1314 NW Glisan St. Toshi Onizuka
Ash Street Saloon
225 SW Ash St. Stumblebum, Dartgun & the Vignettes, The Decliners
Backspace
115 NW 5th Ave. Nux Vomica, Divers, Stoneburner, Murmurs
Beaterville Cafe
2201 N Killingsworth St. Goat House Row (8 pm); Peter Boesen (2 pm)
Biddy McGraw’s
6000 NE Glisan St. Treefrogs (9:30 pm); The Barkers (6 pm)
Brasserie Montmartre 626 SW Park Ave. Eddie Parente Trio
Buffalo Gap Saloon
6835 SW Macadam Ave. Tent City
Camellia Lounge
510 NW 11th Ave. Michalangela Soul Project
Club 21
2035 NE Glisan St. Barbarian Riot Squad, Cheap Meats, The Ransom
Clyde’s Prime Rib
5474 NE Sandy Blvd. Andy Stokes
Dante’s
350 W Burnside St. Dilana, American Bastard, Post Modern Heroes
Doug Fir Lounge
830 E Burnside St. Liars, Cadence Weapon
The Lovecraft
Duff’s Garage
Tonic Lounge
East Burn
Tony Starlight’s
203 SE Grand Ave. Smashed Block Party: Redd Kross, Long Knife, Quintron & Miss Pussycat, Dent May, Deathcharge, Thrones, Zipper, The Babies, P.R.O.B.L.E.M.S., Modern Pets, Therapists, Nucular Aminals, Blood Beach, Free Weed, Di Di Mau
421 SE Grand Ave. Brickbat Mansion 3100 NE Sandy Blvd. Vice Riot, Shouter, Rebenge 3728 NE Sandy Blvd. Neil Diamond Tribute
Touché Restaurant and Billiards 1425 NW Glisan St. Michel Angela Wilkinson, Tim Ribner
Trader Vic’s
1203 NW Glisan St. John English (Frank Sinatra tribute)
Tube
18 NW 3rd Ave. DJ Matt Scaphism, Slothrust, Batmen, DJ Neil Blender
White Eagle Saloon
836 N Russell St. Solomon’s Hollow, Small Souls, Kite Sun Kid (9:30 pm); Reverb Brothers (5:30 pm)
Wilfs Restaurant and Bar
800 NW 6th Ave. Ron Steen Trio with Toni Lincoln
Wonder Ballroom
128 NE Russell St. Vagabond Opera, Abney Park
SAT. JULY 7
1635 SE 7th Ave. Jenny Finn Orchestra 1800 E Burnside St. Megafauna, DJ Zimmie
East End
Ella Street Social Club
714 SW 20th Place Austin Morrell & the Alchemists, Whorehound, Honey’s Dead
Foggy Notion
3416 N Lombard St. Psychonaut, Girld, Komal Sa
Ford Food and Drink 2505 SE 11th Ave. Dustin Hamman, Dear Rabbit
Goodfoot Lounge 2845 SE Stark St. Danny Barnes, Spoonshine
Gov. Tom McCall Waterfront Park
Southwest Naito Parkway between Harrison and Glisan streets
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A Volcano, Crooked Toad, The Laffing Hyenas, The Lockouts
Beaterville Cafe
2201 N Killingsworth St. Peter Boesen
Biddy McGraw’s
6000 NE Glisan St. Felim Egan
Corkscrew Wine Bar 1669 SE Bybee Blvd. Caterina New
Hawthorne Theatre Lounge
1503 SE Cesar E. Chavez Ave. Kevn Kinney (of Drivin’ N Cryin’), Peter Buck (of REM), Kris Stuart (of Root Jack)
Hawthorne Theatre
3862 SE Hawthorne Blvd. The Gaslight Anthem, Dave Hause
Ivories Jazz Lounge and Restaurant 1435 NW Flanders St. Best of Friends
Jimmy Mak’s
221 NW 10th Ave. Farnell Newton’s Cool Jazz & Hot Soul
Kelly’s Olympian
426 SW Washington St. New Century Schoolbook, Towering Trees, Gresham Transit Center
Kenton Club
2025 N Kilpatrick St. Haukness, Lunge, Young Dad, The Invention Machine
LaurelThirst
2958 NE Glisan St. Brownish Black, Fast Rattler, Vagabond Tramp (9:30 pm); Tree Frogs (6 pm)
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4129 SE Division St. Anne Weiss, Connie Cohen
Mississippi Pizza
3552 N Mississippi Ave. La Vida Pura Cuban Band (9 pm); Sam Cooper, Clay States (6 pm); Petty Cash (4 pm)
Mississippi Studios
3939 N Mississippi Ave. Pierced Arrows, The Needful Longings, Don’t
Mount Tabor Theater
4811 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Twisted Whistle, World’s Finest
Noho’s Hawaiian Cafe 4627 NE Fremont St. Hawaiian Music
Original Halibut’s II 2527 NE Alberta St. Sonny Hess
Plan B
1305 SE 8th Ave. Thorntown Tallboys, The Royal Tees, Third Attempt, Surrounded by Thieves
Red Room
2530 NE 82nd Ave. Vampirates, Taint Misbehavin, Chase the Shakes, The Backup Razors, Mouthwash Enema
Refuge
116 SE Yamhill St. The Original Dirigible: Defunk, Wanderlust Circus Orchestra, Global Ruckus, Manoj, Mr. Wu, Melting Pot Sound System
Secret Society Lounge 116 NE Russell St. Jamie Stillway
Someday Lounge
125 NW 5th Ave. Safire, The Heritage, Trevor Ras
Star Theater
13 NW 6th Ave. Lawn Boy
The Blue Diamond
2016 NE Sandy Blvd. Margo Tufo
The Lovecraft
421 SE Grand Ave.
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Tiger Bar
317 NW Broadway The Big Small, Alabama Black Snake, Warner Drive
Tonic Lounge
3100 NE Sandy Blvd. Minoton, X’s For I’s, Old Junior
Tony Starlight’s
3728 NE Sandy Blvd. The Tony Starlight Show
Touché Restaurant and Billiards 1425 NW Glisan St. Belinda Underwood, Dan Gaynor
Trader Vic’s
1203 NW Glisan St. Xavier Tavera
Valentine’s
232 SW Ankeny St. Atmospheric Audiochair with samFM
White Eagle Saloon
836 N Russell St. Oakhurst, Strangled Darlings (9:30 pm); The Student Loan (4:30 pm)
Wilfs Restaurant and Bar 800 NW 6th Ave. Richard Arnold & the Groove Singers
Wonder Ballroom
128 NE Russell St. Con Bro Chill, VTRN, Hustle and Drone
SUN. JULY 8 Al’s Den at the Crystal Hotel 303 SW 12th Ave. Ryan Sollee (of the Builders and the Butchers), Joel Miller
Alberta Rose Theatre 3000 NE Alberta St. Jose Cortes, Manuel de la Cruz, Bobak Salehi, Seffarine
Andina
1314 NW Glisan St. Danny Romero
Ash Street Saloon 225 SW Ash St.
Backspace
13 NW 6th Ave. Urban Sub All-Stars
The Blue Monk
3341 SE Belmont St. David Valdez and Weber Iago Group
The Know
115 NW 5th Ave. The Josh Gross, Bridgeport, Amanda Spring, Neal Wright
Beaterville Cafe
Tube
2201 N Killingsworth St. Wheatfield Crows
Doug Fir Lounge
Tillicum Club
Duff’s Garage
203 SE Grand Ave. Smashed Block Party: Repulsion, Danava, Lord Dying, Bloodfreak, Dead Conspiracy, Witch Mountain, Nether Regions, Billions & Billions, Norska, R.I.P., Ripper, Burning Leather, Turboigor, Lesbian, Sons of Huns
Ella Street Social Club 714 SW 20th Place School Daze
Ford Food and Drink 2505 SE 11th Ave. Tim Roth
Gov. Tom McCall Waterfront Park
Southwest Naito Parkway between Harrison and Glisan streets Waterfront Blues Festival: Steve Miller Band, James Hunter, Roy Rogers & the Delta Rhythm Kings, NW Community Gospel Choir members, Jersey Soul (Miller Stage); Duffy Bishop Band, The California Honeydrops, Linda Hornbuckle’s Old Time Gospel Hour, United by Music, Backyard Blues Boys (Blues Stage); California Honeydrops, Cedric Burnside Project, Kilborn Alley, Devin Philips Black and Blue, Creole Roots All-Stars, Geno Delafoise & French Rockin’ Boogie, Ali and Adam Grimshaw (Front Porch Stage); Cedric Burnside, Bobby Rush, United by Music, Mac Potts, Kinzel & Hyde (Crossroads Stage)
Holocene
1001 SE Morrison St. Simon Joyner, The Renderers, Davis Hooker
Landmark Saloon
4847 SE Division St. Jake Ray
LaurelThirst
2958 NE Glisan St. Dan Haley & Tim Acott (9:30 pm); Freak Mountain Ramblers (6 pm)
Mississippi Pizza
3552 N Mississippi Ave. The Cookie Sound (9 pm); Rabbit Foot, Triple Chicken Foot (6 pm)
Mississippi Studios
3939 N Mississippi Ave. Eef Barzelay, Heligoats, Rocky Gunderson (9 pm); Sloan Martin, Suzanne Tufan (3 pm)
NEPO 42
5403 NE 42nd Ave. Open Mic
Rontoms
600 E Burnside St. Black Pussy, Youthbitch
Rotture
315 SE 3rd Ave. Dead Congregation, Grave Miasma, Anhedonist, Knelt Rote
8585 SW BeavertonHillsdale Highway Johnny Martin Quartet
White Eagle Saloon
836 N Russell St. The Sale, The Druthers
MON. JULY 9 Al’s Den at the Crystal Hotel
303 SW 12th Ave. Ryan Sollee (of the Builders and the Butchers), Dustin Hammond
Alberta Rose Theatre 3000 NE Alberta St. Anne Feeney, Raina Rose
Andina
1314 NW Glisan St. Pete Krebs
Ash Street Saloon 225 SW Ash St. Open Mic
Backspace
115 NW 5th Ave. Battery-Powered Music
Dante’s
350 W Burnside St. Karaoke from Hell
1028 SE Water Ave. Boom Chick, Bath Party 1635 SE 7th Ave. Dover Weinberg Quartet (9:30 pm); Trio Bravo (6 pm)
Goodfoot Lounge
2845 SE Stark St. Sugarcane String Band
Hawthorne Theatre
3862 SE Hawthorne Blvd. The Dreaming, Deathtrap America, Ill Lucid Onset, State of Balance
Ivories Jazz Lounge and Restaurant 1435 NW Flanders St. Jazz Jam with Carey Campbell
Jimmy Mak’s
221 NW 10th Ave. The Mel Brown Septet
LaurelThirst
2958 NE Glisan St. Jackstraw
Mississippi Pizza
3552 N Mississippi Ave. Gorden Keepers
Mississippi Studios
3939 N Mississippi Ave. Ramblin’ Jack Elliott
Duff’s Garage
Music Millennium
Goodfoot Lounge
Pioneer Courthouse Square
1635 SE 7th Ave. Susie & the Sidecars 2845 SE Stark St. Open Mic
Jimmy Mak’s
221 NW 10th Ave. The Dan Balmer Band
LaurelThirst
2958 NE Glisan St. Kung Pao Chickens (9 pm); Portland Country Undergound (6 pm)
Mississippi Pizza
3552 N Mississippi Ave. Mr. Ben
Mississippi Studios
3939 N Mississippi Ave. Pure Bathing Culture, Bryan John Appleby, Lemolo
Quimby’s At 19th 1502 NW 19th Ave. Soul Mates
The Blue Diamond
2016 NE Sandy Blvd. Tom Grant Trio
The Know
2026 NE Alberta St. You, Spitting Image, Remain Indoors
Valentine’s
232 SW Ankeny St. Copperfox, San Francesca
White Eagle Saloon 836 N Russell St. Sea at Last
TUES. JULY 10 Al’s Den at the Crystal Hotel
303 SW 12th Ave. Ryan Sollee (of the Builders and the Butchers), Siren and the Sea
Alberta Street Public House
1036 NE Alberta St. Mike Howard, Super Saturated Sugar Strings
Andina
1314 NW Glisan St. JB Butler
WED. JULY 4 The Lovecraft
Bunk Bar
East End
Marino Cafe
Star Theater
225 SW Ash St. The Robinson Age, My Robot Lung, Fun Yeti
2026 NE Alberta St. American Friction, Axxicorn, X’s for I’s
830 E Burnside St. The Mallard, Wimps (9 pm); Lewi Longmire Band, Blind Bartimaeus (3 pm)
Waterfront Blues Festival: Galactic, Bobby Rush, Bettye Lavette, NW Women in Rhythm and Blues, Sugaray Rayford with the Mannish Boys, The Usual Suspects (Miller Stage); Patrick Lamb, Cedric Burnside Project, Lloyd Jones Big Band, Otis Taylor Banjo Project, Marquise Knox (Blues Stage); Geno Delafose & French Rockin’ Boogie, Cedric Watson and Creole Bijou, Creole Roots Allstars, Corey Ledet & His Zydeco Band, Bon Ton Roulet, Roland & Janine Jemerson (Front Porch Stage); Marquise Knox, Otis Taylor and Don Vappie, Kid Ramos with Frank “Paris Slim” Goldwasser and Kirk Fletcher, Cedric Watson, Robbie Laws (Crossroads Stage)
Ash Street Saloon
4830 NE 42nd Ave. The Angel Bouchet Band Jam
Dante’s
350 W Burnside St. Malfunkshun
OUT OF SIGHT: “Make me look like George Clooney.” It takes some gall to demand that of a barber, but I figure the stylists at Portland barbershop/bar The Modern Man (5018 NE 22nd Ave., 284-6008, themodernmanpdx.com) can handle it. After all, the shop’s whole shtick is steeped in the kind of classic, rugged masculinity represented by Hollywood’s silverest fox. With taxidermied deer heads on the walls, oak barrels appropriated into the decor, complimentary cigars and a full-service whiskey bar upstairs, the place is a reaction against contemporary “rock ’n’ roll barber shops.” It’s all a bit silly, frankly. I just want a quality haircut, and it doesn’t matter if the person doing it is wearing skinny jeans or suspenders and a bow tie. What of the haircuts, then? Well, I didn’t come out looking much like Clooney—more like a vaguely ethnic Jason Schwartzman. But then, that’s what I always look like. I am satisfied. MATTHEW SINGER.
Spare Room
3158 E Burnside St. Roll Acosta
701 SW 6th Ave. Fast Rattler
Plan B
1305 SE 8th Ave. Wreck and Reference, Barrowlands, Doctor Shopper
Quimby’s At 19th 1502 NW 19th Ave. Tom Grant Band
Someday Lounge
125 NW 5th Ave. Bazil Rathbone, World’s Finest, Outpost
The Blue Diamond
2016 NE Sandy Blvd. Sportin’ Lifers
The Blue Monk
3341 SE Belmont St. Superposition State Quartet (8 pm); Pagan Jug Band (6:30 pm)
The Know
2026 NE Alberta St. Black Wine, Divers, Brick Mower
Thirsty Lion
421 SE Grand Ave. DJs Nealie Neal, Unruly 18 NW 3rd Ave. DJ Creepy Crawl
THURS. JULY 5 Beech Street Parlor
232 SW Ankeny St. Prescription Pills, Jeffrey Jerusalem
White Eagle Saloon
836 N Russell St. If Birds Could Fly, Josh and Mer
Secret Society Lounge
Spare Room
Palace of Industry
Ted’s (at Berbati’s)
511 NW Couch St. DJs Brokenwindow, Strategy 5426 N Gay Ave. DJ Jessicat
Slabtown
1033 NW 16th Ave. Ego Hours with DJ Roxy Epoxy
The Know
2026 NE Alberta St. Dirtbag with DJ Gutter Glamour
4830 NE 42nd Ave. Sugar Town with DJ Action Slacks 231 SW Ankeny St. Painted Percussion: Colibri, The New Law, Grym, Press, Surpass, JD Dyslexic, Enki
The Blue Monk
3341 SE Belmont St. DJ OG One
The Lovecraft
The Lovecraft
421 SE Grand Ave. Miss Prid DJs
Tiga
1465 NE Prescott St. DJ Dad Jeans, DJ de la Rose
Trader Vic’s
18 NW 3rd Ave. Saturdazed with DJ GH
421 SE Grand Ave. Vortex: DJs Kenny, John, Skip 1465 NE Prescott St. Cody Brant 1203 NW Glisan St. DJ Drew Groove
Tube
18 NW 3rd Ave. DJ Sethro Tull
Valentine’s
232 SW Ankeny St. DJ Party Dad
FRI. JULY 6 Al’s Den at the Crystal Hotel 303 SW 12th Ave. DJ Mikey MAC!
Beech Street Parlor 412 NE Beech St. Musique Plastique
Element Restaurant & Lounge 1135 SW Morrison St. Chris Alice
Goodfoot Lounge 2845 SE Stark St. DJ Magneto
Holocene
1001 SE Morrison St. Fresh.: KASTLE, Satellites, Stewart Villain (9 pm); Aperitivo Happy Hour with DJ Copy (5 pm)
Palace of Industry 5426 N Gay Ave. DJ Holiday
Rotture
Tiga
Valentine’s
1001 SE Morrison St. Booty Bassment: Ryan Poulsen, Dmitri Dickinson, Maxx Bass, Nathan Detroit
Ground Kontrol
Tiger Bar
3728 NE Sandy Blvd. Ayars Vocal Showcase
Holocene
116 NE Russell St. Soulciety: DJs Drew Groove, Katrina Martiani
315 SE 3rd Ave. Deep Cuts: DJ Bruce LaBruiser, DJ Kasio Smashio, Monika MHz
Tony Starlight’s
316 SW 11th Ave. Popvideo with DJ Gigahurtz
412 NE Beech St. DJ Roxie Stardust
71 SW 2nd Ave. PX Singer-Songwriter Showcase 317 NW Broadway AC Lov Ring, Franco Paletta and the Stingers
Fez Ballroom
1465 NE Prescott St. DJ Old Frontier
Valentine’s
232 SW Ankeny St. DJ Cuica
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Tiga
Tube
SUN. JULY 8 Matador
1967 W Burnside St. Next Big Thing with Donny Don’t
Plan B
1305 SE 8th Ave. Hive with DJ Owen
Produce Row Cafe
204 SE Oak St. The Do-Over: Haycock, Strong, Blacc
MON. JULY 9 Beech Street Parlor
412 NE Beech St. Cowboys from Sweden
CC Slaughters
219 NW Davis St. Maniac Monday with DJ Doughalicious
Kelly’s Olympian
426 SW Washington St. Eye Candy VJs
Star Bar
639 SE Morrison St. Metal Mondays! with DJ Blackhawk
Tiga
1465 NE Prescott St. Nick and Jed Bindeman
TUES. JULY 10 Beech Street Parlor 412 NE Beech St. Jason Urick
CC Slaughters
219 NW Davis St. Girltopia with DJ Robb
Eagle Portland
835 N Lombard St DMTV with DJ Animal
Red Cap Garage
Al’s Den at the Crystal Hotel
1035 SW Stark St Never Enough with DJ Ray Gun
Beech Street Parlor
1465 NE Prescott St. DJ Magic Beans
303 SW 12th Ave. DJ E3 412 NE Beech St. DJ Humans
Branx
320 SE 2nd Ave. Andaz: DJ Anjali & the Incredible Kid, DJ Rekha
Dig a Pony
736 SE Grand Ave. DJ Maxamillion
Tiga
Tube
18 NW 3rd Ave. Tubesday (10 pm); DJ OverCol (7 pm)
Yes and No
20 NW 3rd Ave. Idiot Tuesdays with DJ Black Dog
The Matador
1967 W. Burnside • Noon to 2:30 am daily
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= WW Pick. Highly recommended. Most prices listed are for advance ticket sales. At-the-door increases and so-called convenience charges may apply, so it’s best to call ahead. Editor: MATTHEW SINGER. Theater: REBECCA JACOBSON (rjacobson@wweek. com). Classical: BRETT CAMPBELL (bcampbell@wweek.com). Dance: HEATHER WISNER (dance@wweek.com). TO BE CONSIDERED FOR LISTINGS, submit information at least two weeks in advance to: msinger@wweek.com.
THEATER A Midsummer Night’s Dream
An al fresco performance of Shakespeare’s fairy-filled comedy, reimagined in Athens, Ga. Milepost 5, 900 NE 81st Ave., 971-258-8584. 7 pm Thursdays-Sundays through July 20. Free.
Cowboy Little’s Big Wild West Show
A monthly showcase of cowboythemed music, comedy and stories. Funhouse Lounge, 2432 SE 11th Ave. 8 pm every first Friday through Oct. 5. $7-$12.
Hamlet
Shakespeare’s doomed Danish prince in Portland’s oldest cemetery? Spooky! Portland Actors Ensemble presents the tragedy surrounded by tombs. Lone Fir Cemetery, Southeast 26th Avenue and Stark Street, 467-6573. 7 pm Thursdays-Saturdays, June 14-July 14. Free.
Irregardless
CoHo Productions’ solo summer wraps up with a show from Curious Comedy founder Stacey Hallal. The show probes the concept of happiness, incorporating songs, stand-up, sketches and storytelling. The CoHo Theater, 2257 NW Raleigh St., 2202646. 8 pm Thursdays-Saturdays, 2 pm Sunday, July 8. $15.
Kabuki Titus
Bag&Baggage presents Scott Palmer’s kabuki-style adaptation of Shakespeare’s goriest tragedy. Starring former Oregon Ballet Theatre principal Anne Mueller as Lavinia and featuring a live chamber ensemble, this American premiere promises to be a strikingly stylized outdoor performance. Tom Hughes Civic Center Plaza, 150 E Main St., Hillsboro, 3459590. 8 pm Thursdays-Saturdays, July 5-14. $16.
Measure for Measure
Northwest Classical Theatre Company closes its season with a production of Shakespeare’s last comedy—and his most nihilistic. Butch Flowers directs. Shoe Box Theater, 2110 SE 10th Ave., 971-244-3740. 7:30 pm ThursdaysSaturdays, 2 pm Sundays. $18-$20.
November
Abraham Lincoln was the first president to spare a turkey’s life at Thanksgiving. From the silly annual gesture comes November, David Mamet’s political satire skewering electoral campaigns and the naive beliefs about democracy.President Charles H.P. Smith (Brian Harcourt) is whining his way through his last few days in office, assuming his reelection is already lost given poll numbers “lower than Gandhi’s cholesterol.” A meeting with a representative of the National Association of Turkey and Turkey Products Manufacturers to arrange the annual pardoning ceremony becomes an opportunity to extort funding for his failing campaign. Because this is a Mamet play, the real star is the dialogue. The cast handles it admirably, batting conversations back and forth like high-speed pingpong and spewing obscenity-laced rants to comic effect. Harcourt’s President Smith is such a helpless buffoon that even his vitriolic tirades against the Chinese and his own lesbian speechwriter (Kim Bogus) come across hilariously endearing.As the play culminates in a farcical fiasco of gay marriage, exploding turkeys and a threat to expose Thanksgiving as an ancient orgy ceremony, Mamet’s feelings on the political process become clear. As Smith explains, “To trade this for that separates us from the lower life forms, like the large apes
or the Scandinavians.” Seeing the giblets of the political process may kill your appetite for democracy, but at least November makes you laugh. PENELOPE BASS. Theater! Theatre!, 3430 SE Belmont St., 816-5444. 8 pm Thursdays-Saturdays, 4 pm Sundays through July 21. $20.
Read it and Weep Live: Shark Spectacular
A live taping of Portland comedian Alex Falcone’s podcast about bad movies, TV and books. This installment features reviews of lousy shark movies, with guest panelist William Stn. Hmphy. Action/Adventure Theater, 1050 SE Clinton St. 9 pm Saturday, July 7. $7.
The Match.com Monologues
Apparently, one in six relationships starts online. Who knew? CoHo Productions delves into that virtual world in this multimedia performance, written by former Mercury editor Phil Busse and directed by Debbie Lamedman. Keep the kiddos at home— this show’s got naughty onscreen images and spicy language. The CoHo Theater, 2257 NW Raleigh St., 2202646. 10:30 pm Fridays-Saturdays through July 21. $10.
The Sound of Music
The hills (of Tigard?) are alive, as the heartwarming Rodgers and Hammerstein musical makes it way to the Broadway Rose stage. Isaac Lamb, of lip-dub proposal fame, stars as Captain Von Trapp. Deb Fennell Auditorium, 9000 SW Durham Road, Tigard, 620-5262. 7:30 pm ThursdaysSaturdays; 2 pm Sundays; 2 and 7:30 pm Saturdays July 14 and 21. Closes Sunday, July 22. $20-$42.
COMEDY Chris Warren with Lance Edward
The new comedy venue features stand-up from Chris Warren and Lance Edward. Benny’s Comedy Club, 3862 SE Hawthorne Blvd. 8 pm Saturday, July 7. $10-$150.
Comedy Monster Open Mic
Open mic hosted by Jen Allen and Mandie Allietta. Curious Comedy, 5225 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., 4779477. 9:30 pm every first and third Thursday. Free.
My Country ’Tis of Me
This year’s installment of Brody’s annual Independence Day improv show features an “if I were president” theme. Brody Theater, 16 NW Broadway, 224-2227. 8 pm Saturday, July 7. $8-$10.
own number-one horn man, John Cox, joins a distinguished ensemble of classical soloists in Mozart’s big, almost symphonic Divertimento No. 17 in D Major, one of his limpid, late piano trios, and most important, Portland composer Bryan Johanson’s 2004 string quartet, Notes on a Vaulted Sky, written in response to the sad, early death of Portland violinist Marty Jennings. Monday’s and Tuesday’s shows are for serious romantics: Brahms’ poignant second Clarinet Sonata with CMNW artistic director David Shifrin on clarinet and pianist Gil Kalish, plus Schumann’s powerful Piano Quintet in E Flat Major. Kaul Auditorium at Reed College, 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd., 503-294-6400. 8 pm Thursday, Saturday and Monday, July 5, 7 and 9 at Reed College; 8 pm Tuesday, July 10 at Catlin Gabel School; 3 pm Sunday, July 8 at PSU’s Lincoln Hall. $15-$50.
John Scott
In this Oregon Bach Festival recital, one of the world’s most-acclaimed organists and the music director of New York’s St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue plays one of J.S. Bach’s greatest (in both senses) works: the 1739 collection of major compositions for organ known as the “German Organ Mass” (Clavier-Übung III). Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, 147 NW 19th Ave., 541.346.4363. 7:30 pm Monday, July 9. $10-$25.
Oregon Bach Festival
The venerable Eugene-based summer extravaganza continues its recent push into Portland by presenting the Oregon premiere of a real 20th-century classic: British composer Michael Tippett’s compelling oratorio A Child of Our Time, a passionate response to the devastation of World War II and Nazi pogroms that takes the model of one of J.S. Bach’s mighty passions— but instead of using an 18th-century Lutheran chorale as source material, Tippett employed American spirituals like Deep River. The concert also offers a glimpse of the British keyboard master Matthew Halls, who’ll take over as festival artistic director after next season and leads the OBF singers and players in one of Bach’s less-oftenheard sacred works, the short Mass in G Major BWV 236. Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, 147 NW 19th Ave., 541-3464363. 7:30 pm Friday, July 6. $29-$45.
Portland Summer Opera Workshop
Top singers from around the region perform a concert version of Mozart’s delightful comedy Così Fan Tutte (“All Women are Like That”). St. Michael and All Angels Church, 1704 NE 43rd Ave., 284-7141. 7 pm Tuesday-Thursday, July 10-12. $10.
DANCE Seffarine Ensemble with Jose Cortes and Manuel de la Cruz
CLASSICAL
Spanish flamenco singer José Cortés and dancer Manuel de la Cruz join the Seffarine Ensemble—led by Moroccan singer Lamiae Naki and flamenco guitarist/oud player Nat Hulskamp—for Viviré, a one-night homage to the late gypsy singer El Camarón de la Isla. Alberta Rose Theatre, 3000 NE Alberta St., 719-6055. 7 pm Sunday, July 8. $22-$25.
Andreas Klein
The Phoenix Variety Revue
In this Portland Piano International concert, the much-praised pianist plays Schubert’s great “Wanderer Fantasy,” Schumann’s “Three Fantasy Pieces” and a Beethoven sonata. World Forestry Center, 4033 SW Canyon Road, 503-228-1388. 7:30 pm Tuesday, July 10. $29-$36.
Chamber Music Northwest
The summer festival continues Thursday, July 5, with a three-Bs program that includes Cleveland Orchestra hornist Eric Ruske and renowned pianist Anne-Marie McDermott in Beethoven’s Horn Sonata in F Major, plus a J.S. Bach keyboard partita, Brahms viola trio (an alternative to the original clarinet version) and violin sonata. Saturday and Sunday, the Oregon Symphony’s
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Monthly variety show features rotating cast of performers. Kelly’s Olympian, 426 SW Washington St., 228-3669. 6:30 pm every second Sunday. $7.
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OSCAR THE SLOUCH: Your roommate doesn’t look so bad.
THE ODD COUPLE (CLACKAMAS REPERTORY THEATRE) What a sweet old couple!
Here’s something of a confession (and perhaps a disclaimer): I’ve never seen the movie version of The Odd Couple. I’m familiar with the plot, of course, and I’ve watched maybe half an episode of the television series. But Clackamas Repertory Theatre’s production of Neil Simon’s classic comedy was my first viewing of the full show or film. What an enjoyable first encounter. The familiar plot: Oscar Madison (Tim True), a newly single sportswriter, lives alone in a rumpled New York City apartment. He’s upfront about his shortcomings: “Life goes on, even for those of us who are divorced, broke and sloppy.” Felix Ungar (Michael O’Connell) is finicky and neurotic, the kind of guy who wears his seat belt at a drive-in movie. He is, in Oscar’s words, “the only man in the world with clenched hair.” When his wife tosses him out, he moves in with Oscar. The cheerful slob and the depressive neat freak, together for our amusement. But Oscar and Felix are not stock characters. The enduring strength of Simon’s droll comedy is not in the plot, but in the effortless way he exposes these regular guys as flawed and sympathetic as they fire impeccably constructed zingers at one another. Longtime friends True and O’Connell have the chemistry to do it. Sometimes squabbling like a couple, they also take turns playing the petulant child to the other’s scolding parent. Their comic pacing is perfect and their physical comedy unfussy but hilarious. I was especially impressed with True marching across the couch like a cat kicking up kitty litter. David Smith-English keeps the direction straight, wisely leaving the focus on a strong script and cast. Jayne Stevens and Annie Rimmer were humorous as the tittering Pigeon sisters, but they’re stuck in the show’s weakest roles and at times feel a little flat. The four actors playing Felix and Oscar’s poker buddies are stronger, delivering juicy oneliners without siphoning attention away from True and O’Connell. Portland loves contemporary theater, and I too enjoy the challenges of inventive and intellectual productions. Sometimes, though, it just feels good to relax with a well-worn show. With actors as skilled and funny as True and O’Connell driving it, this is a well-oiled production delivering an evening of easy entertainment. REBECCA JACOBSON.
SEE IT: Clackamas Community College, Osterman Theatre, 19600 S Molalla Ave., 594-6047. 7:30 pm Thursdays-Saturdays, 2:30 pm Sundays through July 22. $12-$24. Willamette Week JULY 4, 2012 wweek.com
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= WW Pick. Highly recommended. By RICHARD SPEER. TO BE CONSIDERED FOR LISTINGS, submit show information—including opening and closing dates, gallery address and phone number—at least two weeks in advance to: Visual Arts, WW, 2220 NW Quimby St., Portland, OR 97210. Email: rspeer@wweek.com.
GENESIS BY MARTIN WAUGH
20th-Century Minimalist Prints
Nobody in Portland knows 20thcentury prints like Augen owner/ director Bob Kochs. This month, he brings his world-class expertise to the works of five artists who were instrumental in the development of minimalism as a style in the 1960s and 1970s. What Ellsworth Kelly, Josef Albers, Robert Mangold, Frank Stella and Donald Judd had in common was an intransigent need to eliminate the nonessential and allow color, form and material to do the heavy lifting of expression. Much of what we know today as design is adapted from the principles set forth by these minimalist masters. July 5-28. Augen DeSoto, 716 NW Davis St., 224-8182.
Generations: Betty Feves
To conclude the museum’s 75th anniversary celebration, curator Namita Gupta Wiggers presents Generations: Betty Feves, exploring the output of a groundbreaking but underappreciated artist. Feves (1918-1985) worked predominantly in ceramics, but her appeal transcends stylistic ghettoization. She studied with Abstract Expressionist master Clyfford Still, and her highly organic, primeval-meets-Space-Age forms betray the influences of that illustrious lineage. Through July 28. Museum of Contemporary Craft, 724 NW Davis St., 223-2654.
Mark Steinmetz: Summertime
It’s fitting that photographer Mark Steinmetz’s new show is called Summertime, because the ambiences he captures resplend with the sunny glow of halcyon memories. He excels in photographing young people in their natural habitats: hanging out at swimming holes (as in Portland, Connecticut), sitting
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on porch swings (Momence, Illinois), making out with their girlfriends and boyfriends while sitting on the hoods of cars (Derby, Connecticut), and checkin’ out the chicks while riding shirtless on their motorcycles (Revere, Massachusetts). Steinmetz is a loving chronicler of white trash and the middle class, and these photographs, which date mostly from the 1980s, feature plenty of feathered hair, baggy T-shirts, and beater cars. The pictures are time capsules, yet still feel timeless. Through July 28. Charles A. Hartman Fine Art, 134 NW 8th Ave., 287-3886.
Martin Waugh: Liquid Sculpture II
“Gee whiz!” is a perfectly valid reaction to Martin Waugh’s photographs of water droplets. Waugh uses ultra-fast exposures to capture the beauty of droplets as they appear suspended in space and time. He also colors the water with food coloring and other materials to create swirling or striped effects. Although these images could never be seen with the naked eye, they are unabashed eye candy that celebrate the ephemeral moment. July 6-Sept. 1. I Witness Gallery Northwest Center for Photography, 1028 SE Water Ave., Suite 50, 384-2783.
Steel Environics. Eric Holt, Stephen A. Miller, Brian Mock and Garrett Price Deep Field is a brand-new gallery in the Pearl District, run by Chroma curator Jennifer Porter. In 2010, Porter co-curated a show called Centrifuge, which pointed out common ground between artistic and architectural practices. The current show follows up by focusing on materiality as it relates to the built environment. Stephen A.
Miller’s video installation, Garrett Price’s acid-etched steel tableaux, and Brian Mock and Eric Holt’s metal sculptures complete a lineup that should make for a strong opening for this latest addition to the local art-scape. July 5-31. Deep Field Gallery, 1126 NW 13th Ave., 473-7226.
The Poetic Pen
Calligraphy is a lot more than the fancy lettering you see on diplomas and wedding invitations. At its best, it captures the emotional core of the written word in ways that exploit the physical contours of alphanumeric characters to suggest metaphysical qualities. In this exhibition, 36 artists from around the world display works that set poetry to calligraphic text, blending the two art forms. Through July 28. 23 Sandy Gallery, 623 NE 23rd Ave., 927-4409.
Undressing Room
Does the naked body still have the power to shock, even in stripperlicious, freak-flag-flying Portland? This is one question posed by the juried group show Undressing Room. Owner Charles Froelick, aided by gallery staff members Rebecca Rockom and Wilder Schmaltz, picked 56 artists from a field of hundreds, choosing work across the gamut of media, all dealing with the nude figure as a theme. How tame or taboo are the selections, and does unclothed flesh really have anything fresh to say in 2012? See the show, judge for yourself, and watch this space next week for a review. Through July 14. Froelick Gallery, 714 NW Davis St., 222-1142.
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THURSDAY, JULY 5 The New Jim Crow Forum
Based on the best-selling book by Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, the New Jim Crow Study Group will host a community forum to discuss the issues facing African-Americans today. Speakers include sociology professor Ricci Franks andformer convict and prisoner-rights activist Nabeeh Mustafa. Portland Community College Cascade Campus, Terrell Hall 102, 705 N Killingsworth St., 978-5326. 6:30 pm. Free.
An American Poetry Reading
Celebrating one’s love for America through the beauty of the written word is more sophisticated than body paint and crotch-mounted sparklers. Renowned American poets David Biespiel (founder of Portland’s Attic Institute) and Phil Meehan (local working chef and poet) will read on the theme of America and other things. Open mic to follow. Stonehenge Studios, 3508 SW Corbett Ave., 224-3640. 7 pm. Free.
MONDAY, JULY 9 David Brin
Like Close Encounters of the Third Kind meets Wall-E, science-fiction author David Brin presents Gerald Livingston, an orbital garbage collector who retrieves an object that doesn’t appear to be human made. Rumor quickly spreads about the alien artifact and the possibility of an alien race attempting to communicate in Brin’s new book, Existence. Powell’s Books at Cedar Hills Crossing, 3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd., Beaverton, 228-4651. 7 pm. Free.
G. Willow Wilson
FRIDAY, JULY 6 75 Classic Rides: Oregon
From casual riders who rarely peddle beyond the nearest bar to the hardcore, multi-day-excursion cyclists, 75 Classic Rides: Oregon offers options for just about everyone. Authored by a collective of passionate local cyclists who’ve covered every mile of each ride described, the book is part of a new Mountaineers Books series. Get inspired and expand your cycling comfort zone. Powell’s City of Books, 1005 W Burnside St., 228-4651. 7:30 pm. Free.
SATURDAY, JULY 7 Entertainment for People: An Indie Variety Show
Like gathering the most interesting people at the party into one room, Back Fence PDX presents a tantalizing selection of readings, music, comedy and video in its variety show Entertainment for People. Visiting author Steve Almond (Candyfreak) will join the local lineup with stripper/author/musician Viva Las Vegas, director Arthur Bradford, radio host Courtenay Hameister, author Pauls Toutonghi and many more. Plus, cupcakes! Disjecta, 8371 N Interstate Ave., 286-9449. 8 pm. $10-$12. 21+.
SUNDAY, JULY 8 Tin House Summer Writer’s Workshop
Being a writer is a tough profession filled with isolation, self-loathing and alcoholism—and that’s if you’re successful. Fortunately, local publisher Tin House is back with a dose of inspiration in its 10th annual Summer Writer’s Workshop, with a full series of readings and lectures. Learn about everything from characterization to choosing a literary agent from a host of renowned writers who’ve all been there. Reed College, Eliot Hall chapel, 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd, 771-1112. Reading and lecture times vary. $15 for lectures, $5 for readings.
It’s a rough life for Alif, a young Arab-Indian hacker living in a Middle Eastern security state. His girlfriend just dumped him for a prince, who also turns out to be the head of the state’s electronicsecurity force that’s on the hunt for Alif. G. Willow Wilson’s Alif the Unseen is a good ol’ fashioned spy novel for the 21st century. Powell’s City of Books, 1005 W Burnside St., 228-4651. 7:30 pm. Free.
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TUESDAY, JULY 10 Cheryl Strayed and Steve Almond
Portland author Cheryl Strayed might be winning acclaim with her new memoir Wild, but she also serves as the (previously anonymous) advice columnist for “Dear Sugar” in the online magazine The Rumpus. Writer and blogger Steve Almond was the first to hold the title. Now, with the release of Strayed’s new collection of columns, Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar, the two will join forces for an evening of good advice, along with special guests Laura Gibson and Courtenay Hameister. Bagdad Theater & Pub, 3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 236-9234. 7 pm. $19.95, book included.
Anne Mendel
Once the apocalypse hits, rules of social etiquette might shift a bit. For example, how long should you wait before barbecuing your neighbor’s dog? In her new novel Etiquette for an Apocalypse, author Anne Mendel’s heroine, Sophie, struggles with the questions of a changing world while trying to track down a serial killer. When it rains, it pours. Broadway Books, 1714 NE Broadway, 284-1726. 7 pm. Free.
Kick Off the Summer
with Live Horse Racing at Portland Meadows, July 18th
Ron Tanner
After rescuing a Baltimore Victorian house from the brink of condemnation at the hands of a fraternity, author Ron Tanner became a do-it-yourself hero for his jaw-dropping restoration. He details the journey in his new book, From Animal House to Our House: A Love Story. Expect plenty of slides and The Money Pit-esque anecdotes. Velo Cult, 1969 NE 42nd Ave., 922-2012. 7:30 pm. Free.
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Editor: MATTHEW SINGER. TO BE CONSIDERED FOR LISTINGS, send screening information at least two weeks in advance to Screen, WW, 2220 NW Quimby St., Portland, OR 97210. Email: msinger@wweek.com. Fax: 243-1115.
A Cat in Paris
B+ This year’s token hand-drawn
nominee for the Best Animated Feature Oscar, A Cat in Paris is an eye-popping beauty, with a unique style employing elements of cubism. It helps that the story of a cat burglar and his feline buddy protecting a girl from mobsters is breezy fun, coming off as a kaleidoscopic combination of To Catch a Thief, Spider-Man, and Cassavetes’ Gloria, with our heroes bounding across Parisian rooftops while eluding bumbling goons and the fuzz. It proved too arty to grab the gold, but it’s certainly evidence that hand-drawn animation is an art form in dire need of preserving. AP KRYZA. Living Room Theaters.
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
C- An odd premise is not what slays Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Yes, it’s surprising to see Honest Abe battle the undead, but novelist Seth Grahame-Smith’s mashup earned great reviews by playfully weaving together history and fanged fantasy. Lincoln goes hunting in all the wrong places. For starters, there’s the total lack of cleverly plied history. The vampires look like Predators when ready to kill and may or may not prefer to wear sunglasses. They are invisible, superhumanly strong and fast, and yet totally destroyable with a swing of a hefty silver-bladed ax. Does anything other than silver kill them? Try trampling them with cheesy CGI horses. R. MARTIN CIZMAR. Century 16 Cedar Hills Crossing, Century Eastport 16, Regal Evergreen Parkway Stadium 13, Regal Lloyd Mall 8 Cinema, Regal Movies On TV Stadium 16.
The Avengers
A It’s hard to imagine anyone who’s
spent the past five years playing out a vision of an Avengers movie in their head being disappointed with what Whedon has come up with. It’s big and loud, exhilarating and funny, meaningless but not dumb. It is glorious entertainment. MATTHEW SINGER. 807 Lloyd Center 10 and IMAX, Century 16 Cedar Hills Crossing, Forest Theatre, Regal Cinema 99 Stadium 11, Regal City Center Stadium 12, Regal Division Street Stadium 13, Regal Evergreen Parkway Stadium 13, Regal Hilltop 9 Cinema, Regal Movies On TV Stadium 16, Regal Sherwood Stadium 10.
The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye
B Anyone who’s ever laid eyes on Genesis P-Orridge already knows he doesn’t just question gender roles; he obliterates the notion of gender itself. P-Orridge is a founding member of Throbbing Gristle, the band credited with inventing industrial music, and his life is an ongoing art project that peaked when he met a pretty blond dominatrix named Lady Jaye. Director Marie Losier followed the couple for five years as they consummated their relationship by undergoing a series of plastic-surgery operations to transform themselves into a single “pandrogynous” entity. These being performance artists, there’s plenty of interstitial nonsense to endure, but at the core of the film is a genuine (and ultimately tragic) love story that’s not as bizarre as it might sound. MATTHEW SINGER. Cinema 21.
observations—“she’d tear you a double-wide, three-bedroom, two-bath asshole”—form the film’s backbone and highlight. The fake interviews, however, make the bits of drama in between seem artificial and secondhand: It’s impossible to suspend the knowledge that you’re watching a reenactment, because the picture itself keeps using a distancing effect. PG13. AARON MESH. Hollywood Theatre, Regal Tigard 11 Cinemas.
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
C The film, directed by fustian Shakespeare in Love hack John Madden, is hardly more mature than The Avengers, and plays to the same desire to see big names join forces. I’m happy to see Bill Nighy, Judi Dench and Tom Wilkinson in any context, even if it’s a geriatric version of a summer-camp movie, with a similar lateafternoon poignancy and corny lines. AARON MESH. Lake Twin Cinema, Regal City Center Stadium 12, Regal Fox Tower Stadium 10.
The Best of God
[ONE NIGHT ONLY] Comedian Owen Egerton presents a reel of ridiculous religious films. Cinema 21. 10:30 pm Saturday, July 7.
Beyond the Spill
[ONE NGHT ONLY, DIRECTOR ATTENDING] Twenty-two Oregon residents traveled to the Gulf of Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon explosion, and returned with this film. Alberta Rose Theater. 7 pm Wednesday, April 20.
The Big Fix
[FOUR NIGHTS ONLY] An investigative documentary about the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Screened as a double feature with Beyond the Spill on July 5. Clinton Street Theater. 6 and 8 pm Monday-Wednesday, July 2-4.
Brave
B- Introducing a touch of femininity to Pixar’s anthropomorphic sausage fest should register as a progressive step forward, but Brave is the most conventional movie the studio has yet produced. A fable pitched directly at the princess demographic, it’s set in medieval Scotland, features run-ins with witches, excursions into deep, dark woods, and a few very expressive bears, and concerns itself with a rebellious daughter of royalty. In short, it feels like a classic Disney picture. Normally, that’d be a compliment. In Pixar’s case, it represents a regression. PG. MATTHEW SINGER. 807 Lloyd Center 10 and IMAX, 99 West Drive-In, Century 16 Cedar Hills Crossing, Century Eastport 16, Cornelius 9 Cinemas, Oak Grove 8 Cinemas, Pioneer Place Stadium 6, Regal Cinema 99 Stadium 11, Regal Division Street Stadium 13, Regal Evergreen Parkway Stadium 13, Regal Hilltop 9 Cinema, Regal Lloyd Mall 8 Cinema, Regal Movies On TV Stadium 16, Regal Sherwood Stadium 10, Regal Tigard 11 Cinemas, Regal Wilsonville Stadium 9 Cinema.
The Do-Deca-Pentathlon
B Brothers are the eternal bloody
nose of familial love; childhood memories of them always eventually come around to the trivial but deliberate cruelties of spit string and Charlie horse, Wet Willie and 52 pickup. In most cases, the rivalrous roughhousB- Meet Bernie Tiede, hymn-singing becomes gauzed over with warm ing assistant mortician with a pennostalgia, made romantic by distance, chant for wooing blue-haired ladies. but in Mark and Jay Duplass’s The The one truly daring element in Bernie Do-Deca-Pentathlon, it is treated as is the one that makes it seem not an open wound. The titular competilike a movie at all. Richard Linklater tion was an improvised 25-event comis a Texas native whose best movies petition between teenage brothers (Dazed and Confused, Waking Life) Mark (Steve Zissis) and Jeremy (Mark exploit his easy rapport with his shamKelly) to determine for all time who bolic Lone Star compadres. For the was the better brother. The stalemated first half of Bernie, he uses mockucompetition is re-opened by the two mentary interviews with the mainbrothers as estranged and aggrieved street gossips of Carthage, Texas, as thirtysomething adults, with mock-epic a kind of Greek chorus. Their piquant events such as pingpong, laser tag and 40 Willamette Week JULY 4, 2012 wweek.com
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ACTION IS HIS REWARD: Andrew Garfield does whatever a spider can.
OH, WHAT A TANGLED WEBB MARC WEBB RESPINS A FRANCHISE WITH THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN. BY A P KRYZA
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Peter Parker has come unstuck in time. Only five years ago, our friendly neighborhood SpiderMan was a grown-up who looked a lot like walking homunculus and worked as a photographer. Five years before that, he was a leotard-clad high schooler dealing with a combination of hormones, rage and radioactive spider venom. Do we really need to see Pete get bitten again, or see poor Uncle Ben blown away, a mere decade after Sam Raimi ushered in the golden age of comic-book films? Of course not. But then, maybe we do. These are comic-book movies, based on pulp fiction that essentially recycles origin stories whenever a new writer picks up the panels. It’s not about whether we’ve seen it before. It’s about how we’re seeing it now, and through the lens of sophomore director Marc Webb, The Amazing SpiderMan is a pretty kick-ass bucket of popcorn, full of great effects, sly performances and enough original thought that it makes a studio cash grab into a solid piece of pulp. Webb cut his teeth on overrated angry-emo wank job (500) Days of Summer, so it’s only natural his Peter seems drawn from a Dashboard Confessional ballad. He’s a super-smart outcast clad in thrift-store duds pining for hottie Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone) in between snapping photos for the school newspaper and getting his ass kicked. But in the slick hands of Andrew Garfield (the emotional crutch of The Social Network), he’s the most three-dimensional part of the bombastic movie, playing Pete as a smartass archetype: the kid whose love of skateboarding and indie music gets him pummeled in high school, but will totally get him laid in college. Pete’s got some daddy issues: His secretive scientist pop abandoned him as a toddler to be raised by his Uncle Ben and Aunt May (perfectly cast Martin Sheen and Sally Field). We know all this, and we certainly know what’s going to happen next, so it’s remarkable how well Webb manages to keep
it fresh, particularly slapstick sequences in which Peter learns how to control his powers and melees far more brutal than what Raimi offered. The gritty storytelling shifts make it easy to forgive the film for telling the same story. Raimi’s films are rooted not only in Spidey’s origins but the origins of Marvel itself, and part of the fun is the breezy, innocent, gee-whiz wonder of it all. Garfield’s Spider-Man is a product of the ’90s, and as such he embodies a certain cynical cockiness that makes him extremely identifiable, but also kind of a dick. He’s humanized by Stone, and the actress does a remarkable job as the flick’s emotional core, struggling with Peter’s secrets as her police-captain daddy (a terrific Denis Leary) pursues Spider-Man, who is declared a vigilante. Garfield and Stone nail the awkward shyness of young love, providing heft amid the chaos. Ah, but who cares about kissy-face when you’ve got Spider-Man slugging it out with muggers and cops, swinging between buildings and, most important, battling the Lizard (the always great Rhys Ifans)? The numerous brawls between Spidey and Lizzy are dizzying in scale, epic slugfests that take place above and below ground, across entire cityscapes and on the sides of skyscrapers, with Spider-Man frequently multitasking by saving citizens from falling debris. The villain is where Amazing falters. Ifans is relegated to a CGI dinosaur who looks great but is seldom a reflection of the man he was. Hiding a great actor behind a costume can work—Willem Dafoe managed it from underneath a Power Rangers mask in the first film—but Ifans’ character, driven to madness by the purest of intentions, is utterly lost behind the snarling teeth. Still, Garfield, Stone and Leary provide The Amazing Spider-Man with enough heart to go around. When the action crackles, it’s a bombastic delight. While it never soars to the heights of Raimi’s first two films, it manages to be at once exhilarating, hilarious and bold. If the biggest casualty is the full development of a reptile’s feelings, well, so it goes. B SEE IT: The Amazing Spider-Man is rated PG-13. It opens Friday at Lloyd Center 10, Regal Lloyd Mall, Pioneer Place and more.
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El Velador: The Nightwatchman
B+ The tomb business is booming
in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. The freshly built mausoleums for cops and narcos looks like miniature McMansions with onion domes. Counterprogramming to Oliver Stone’s hopped-up glamorization of cartel wars in Savages, director Natalia Almada’s funereal documentary El Velador obliquely observes the carnage by watching its collateral construction. Almada’s static camera places the colorful monuments in the background—jammed together in the desert, they resemble a macabre Legoland—while the titular night watchman wipes the morning dew from the inside of his truck windshield. El Velador is an odd experiment in verite non-fiction, since it keeps the lurid subject matter at a cautious distance. We see small children slurping fresh mango from a food cart parked next to a funeral, and we see an old man smoking a cigarette while caked in plaster, like a mummy with a nicotine habit. We don’t see any of the young men who party at allnight wakes. We hardly see any young men at all, except in memorial photographs flocked by candles. But we hear their goodbye parties somewhere in the city of the dead, parties that seem to have replaced graduations and weddings in Culiacan. At dawn, the night watchman comes to pick up their cans of Tecate, left empty in the graveyard. AARON MESH. NW Film Center’s Whitsell Auditorium. 7 and 9 pm Friday-Saturday, July 6-7. 5:30 pm Sunday, July 8.
Elles
A strange, erotic journey from Milan to Minsk—or something along those lines—starring Juliette Binoche as a journalist who goes undercover in a university prostitution ring. Cinema 21.
The Georgia Guidestones Movie
D [ONE NIGHT ONLY, DIRECTOR ATTENDING] Deep in the heart of Dixie sits America’s version of Stonehenge. The Georgia Guidestones is an astronomically aligned granite monument dedicated to the Age of Reason and commissioned by a mysterious group named R.C. Christian. Written on the stones in 10 different languages are edicts like “balance personal rights with social duties” and “avoid petty laws and useless officials.” It’s the focus of the documentary, The Georgia Guidestones Movie, but interested viewers would be better served by a Google search. The film includes unnecessary details and interviews that ramble, apparently for the sake of adding a little length, and the documentary is poorly edited. Cuts from scene to scene are too abrupt, and the audio is not adjusted for the space and sometimes includes the whir of cars in the background. Still, audiences who can sit through the film’s poor quality will learn the history, controversy and mystery surrounding the stones. KIMBERLY HURSH. Clinton Street Theater. 7 pm Tuesday, July 10.
Grand Illusion
A fresh 35mm print of Jean Renoir’s 1937 masterpiece about French POWs during the first World War, coinciding with the landmark film’s 75th anniversary. Cinema 21.
Headhunters
A- Adapted from a book by Jo Nesbø,
Morten Tyldum’s Headhunters initially portrays itself as something much less unsavory. Its opening moments tease a sleek heist picture: Roger’s secondary occupation is art theft, and the film begins with a primer on the rules of that particular game. Then Roger discovers his partner’s lifeless body in his garage, and the film
turns, on a dime, into a bloodstained, shit-caked, bruised-black comedy of mounting indignities resembling Martin Scorsese’s After Hours. R. MATTHEW SINGER. Cinema 21.
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Homegrown DocFest
Meet John Doe
[ONE NIGHT ONLY] Locally made documentaries. Mission Theater. 7:30 pm Friday, April 20.
I Heart Shakey
[TWO DAYS ONLY] A widowed dad learns lessons about family, love and loyalty via his dog. Starring Beverly D’Angelo and Steve Guttenberg, ‘natch. PG. Clinton Street Theater. 4 pm Saturday-Sunday, July 7-8.
I Wish
A Japanese boy takes the train to visit his brother, separated from him by their parents’ divorce. Living Room Theaters.
The Intouchables
C Can there be a more insulting “fish
out of water” trope than putting a bored black man in front of a chamber orchestra, then holding for laughs? It’s where poor Omar Sy finds himself as Driss, the street-savvy, reluctant caretaker of Philippe (François Cluzet), a charming and disenchanted quadriplegic. R. SAUNDRA SORENSON. Regal Fox Tower Stadium 10.
Katy Perry: Part of Me
A “documentary” on the Sesame Street-scandalizing pop-tart. Not screened for critics. Century 16 Cedar Hills Crossing, Century at Clackamas Town Center, Century Eastport 16, Cornelius 9 Cinemas, Oak Grove 8 Cinemas, Pioneer Place Stadium 6, Regal Cinema 99 Stadium 11, Regal Cinemas Bridgeport Village Stadium 18 & IMAX, Regal City Center Stadium 12, Regal Division Street Stadium 13, Regal Evergreen Parkway Stadium 13, Regal Hilltop 9 Cinema, Regal Lloyd Mall 8 Cinema, Regal Movies On TV Stadium 16, Regal Sherwood Stadium 10, Regal Tigard 11 Cinemas, Regal Wilsonville Stadium 9 Cinema.
The Limits of Control
[THREE NIGHTS ONLY, REVIVAL] Jim Jarmusch’s 2009 crime flick, featuring a lot of well-dressed people staring at each other. R. 5th Avenue Cinema. 7 and 9:30 pm Friday-Saturday, July 6-7; 3 pm Sunday, July 8.
Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted
The third installment in the inexplicably popular, exceptionally loud animated animal franchise. Sorry, parents, but WW was way too hungover to make the Saturday morning press screening. PG. 807 Lloyd Center 10 and IMAX, 99 Indoor Twin, Century 16 Cedar Hills Crossing, Century Eastport 16, Cornelius 9 Cinemas, Oak Grove 8 Cinemas, Regal Cinema 99 Stadium 11, Regal City Center Stadium 12, Regal Division Street Stadium 13, Regal Evergreen Parkway Stadium 13, Regal Fox Tower Stadium 10, Regal Hilltop 9 Cinema, Regal Lloyd Mall 8 Cinema, Regal Movies On TV Stadium 16, Regal Sherwood Stadium 10, Regal Tigard 11 Cinemas, Regal Wilsonville Stadium 9 Cinema.
Magic Mike
B Odds were that Steven Soderbergh’s career of genre hopscotching would eventually land on a male stripper movie. Taking bits from Midnight Cowboy, Boogie Nights and, strangely, Coyote Ugly, the film is a study of a character we’ve seen before: the professional beefcake flush with money and women… but what he really wants is love (and his own furniture business). But after the emotionally cold formal exercises of his last few films, it’s nice to find Soderbergh focusing on character at all. If nothing else, Magic Mike is his first project since The Informant! that has some blood flowing through its veins. R. MATTHEW SINGER. 807 Lloyd Center 10 and IMAX, Century 16 Cedar Hills Crossing, Century Eastport 16, Cornelius 9 Cinemas, Oak Grove 8 Cinemas, Regal Cinema 99 Stadium 11, Regal City Center Stadium 12, Regal Division Street Stadium 13, Regal
[ONE NIGHT ONLY, REVIVAL] Frank Capra’s shockingly cynical 1940 message film, starring Barbara Stanwyck and Gary Cooper as a newspaper columnist and hobo, respectively, who dupe the country into political revolt. Clinton Street Theater. 6 pm and 8:30 pm Monday, July 9.
Men in Black 3
C A decade after the wack sequel, the prospect of resurrecting Men in Black’s scattershot whimsy is a welcome idea. But hey, what about Smith’s daddy issues? Or Jones’ relationship with Agent O? Or the fatherson relationship forged between Smith and Jones? An even better question: Who gives a fuck about any of that? PG-13. AP KRYZA. 99 West Drive-In, Forest Theatre, Pioneer Place Stadium 6, Regal Cinema 99 Stadium 11, Regal Division Street Stadium 13, Regal Evergreen Parkway Stadium 13, Regal Lloyd Mall 8 Cinema, Regal Movies On TV Stadium 16, Regal Tigard 11 Cinemas.
Pink Ribbons, Inc.
B+ Few threats are as amorphous
and frightening as breast cancer: It is nature’s violent misogyny, sex and death bound up far too tightly. And as Léa Pool’s documentary shows handily, if also a bit diffusely, it is as ripe as any fear to be cynically manipulated for profit by Yoplait or Ford or Estée Lauder—or by the Komen foundation’s cheerily self-propagating charity marketing—even as the money that pours in is siphoned away from research that might actually lead to prevention. It’s sort of a horror film in PR smiles, flower-painted cars and pink Niagara. MATTHEW KORFHAGE. Cinema 21.
Prometheus
A- Prometheus isn’t a true prequel.
It’s an “expansion of the Alien mythos.” The movie starts in a cave of forgotten dreams, and it’s worth wondering whether Scott took a tip from Werner Herzog’s documentary about the ancient pictograms of France’s
Chauvet Cave, in which the German madman embraced 3-D as a way of crafting a more tactile viewing experience. With Prometheus, Scott folds in the technology with a similarly subtle hand. It’s a stunning, horrifying success. R. MATTHEW SINGER. 807 Lloyd Center 10 and IMAX, Pioneer Place Stadium 6, Regal City Center Stadium 12, Regal Movies On TV Stadium 16.
Repo! The Genetic Opera
In the mid-21st century, an epidemic of organ failures leads to the rise of GeneCo., a company providing transplants at a great price. Those who miss their payments become targets of GeneCo. mercenaries, who repossess the organs. In a world of drug addiction and legalized murder, a sheltered youth (Alexa Vega) seeks a cure for her rare disease as well as information about her family’s mysterious
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holding your breath for a really long time. Though far from perfect, the film manages somehow to avoid the twin pitfalls of broad Hollywood slapstick and saccharine schmaltz and arrive at recognizably genuine sentiment, even tenderness. Just watch out for the presumed remake starring Adam Sandler and Kevin James. Because it’s going to suck. MATTHEW KORFHAGE. Living Room Theaters.
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Moonrise Kingdom
A- Of all the Wes Anderson
movies in the world, this is the Wes Andersoniest. Yet a fresh breeze airs out Moonrise Kingdom in every scene where the 12-year-old runaways Sam Shakusky and Suzy Bishop (Jared Gilman and an astonishing Kara Hayward) arrange an elopement from their Norman Rockwell world. PG-13. AARON MESH. Century 16 Cedar Hills Crossing, Century Eastport 16, Lake Twin Cinema, Moreland Theatre, Regal City Center Stadium 12, Regal Fox Tower Stadium 10, Regal Lloyd Mall 8 Cinema.
One Week Job
C [ONE NIGHT ONLY] In 2008, Sean
Aiken, a college grad from Vancouver, B.C., spent the entire year doing one job a week, for 52 weeks. Like many kids of his generation, Sean is looking for his passion in life, and he seeks to uncover it by bumming around Canada and the U.S., trying on different careers for as long as his tiny Gen-Y attention span can endure. This documentary ends up being less about what each job entails and more about the challenges of pulling this project off. During Sean’s year of self-discovery, he falls in love, his mom is diagnosed with cancer, he gets caught up in his own celebrity and then finally comes back down to Earth. This would be compelling enough stuff if our leading man was an enigmatic Michael Moore or Morgan Spurlock sort of documentarian, capable of holding our interest for over an hour. Instead, the film drags, and the only reason to stick with it is to find out what Sean decides to do at the end of his year. I’ll save you the trouble: He becomes a motivational speaker, talking to other young people about his One-Week Job project. Zzz. RUTH BROWN. Clinton Street Theater. 7 pm Sunday, July 8..
Orbit
[ONE NIGHT ONLY] An all-ages omnibus film about science. Clinton Street Theater. 6 and 8 pm Saturday, July 7.
People Like Us
Chris Pine meets Elizabeth Banks, the sister he never knew he had. Michele Pfeiffer also does something. WW skipped the press screening. PG13. Century 16 Cedar Hills Crossing, Century Eastport 16, Cornelius 9 Cinemas, Oak Grove 8 Cinemas, Regal Cinema 99 Stadium 11, Regal City Center Stadium 12, Regal Division Street Stadium 13, Regal Evergreen Parkway Stadium 13, Regal Fox Tower Stadium 10, Regal Hilltop 9 Cinema, Regal Lloyd Mall 8 Cinema, Regal Movies On TV Stadium 16, Regal Sherwood Stadium 10, Regal Tigard 11 Cinemas, Regal Wilsonville Stadium 9 Cinema.
NARCO PELICULA: Taylor Kitsch and Aaron Johnson are behind the masks.
SAVAGES Oliver Stone mixes a Tijuana speedball.
It takes some kind of performance to bust through Oliver Stone’s hardened lacquer of film stocks and oblique angles. In Savages, Benicio Del Toro gives some kind of performance. He’s a Tijuana marijuana-syndicate enforcer so ruthless that he can terrify people even while wearing the pompadour-and-mullet hairstyle made popular by Joe Dirt. Victims spit in his face, and he licks their saliva off like a cat cleaning its whiskers, suggesting one of Siegfried & Roy’s tigers approximately six seconds before it tried to eat Roy. Del Toro’s villainy is heroically silly. Smart choice: The only way to survive a Stone picture with your dignity intact is to set it on fire. Savages is Stone without even the affectation of ideas. It takes the saint-and-sadist duality from Platoon and tosses it into the berserker butchery of Natural Born Killers. (But in Mexico!) For more than an hour, it is a very bad movie—mostly because it stars Gossip Girl’s Blake Lively, a water-resistant bronzer in search of a spontaneous gesture. She’s the center of a leggy three-way with Taylor Kitsch and Aaron Johnson, Laguna Beach weed kingpins who fall into escalating negotiations south of the border. These are television actors exposed and embarrassed on the big screen. But then everybody here is discredited a little: Salma Hayek vamping as a cartel boss, John Travolta inflated into a bulging, cartoon smiley face. The second half of the movie might also be bad, although it’s hard to say, since it’s also breathtakingly violent. The torture and slaughter are so extravagant—bullwhips, dangling eyeballs, ice chests—that the characters and audience both show symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. If Savages has no political compass (as a treatise on Mexican drug wars, it makes Will Ferrell’s Casa de mi Padre look like a William Finnegan report), well, golly: It has no conscience whatsoever. It is current events as mere sensation. The film registers best if you lean back and watch it impassively—like Del Toro looking over a massacre scene while sucking Frappuccino through a straw. Everybody’s exporting some kind of junk to get you amped. R. AARON MESH. C SEE IT: Savages opens Friday at Lloyd Center 10, Regal Division Street Stadium 13 and more.
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history. Her questions are answered at “The Genetic Opera.” R. Clinton Street Theater.
Rock of Ages
C- They call these things “jukebox musicals,” but this is more like a six-disc Monsters of Rock compilation come to life, with songs piling up one on top of another. By the time the camera pans over the “Hollywood” sign in the final moments, I prayed a plaid-patterned bomber would appear on the horizon and nuke the entire goddamned city. PG-13. MATTHEW SINGER.
Safety Not Guaranteed
A There is something heartbreakingly true in witnessing a wizened writer in his mid-30s demand of an intern: “Why are you sitting there in front of that screen? You’re a young man!” That’s a truer basis for Safety Not Guaranteed than its origins as an Internet meme, a late-’90s want ad of sorts that sought a time-travel companion. The film’s protagonists stumble onto what is possibly the greatest space-time paradox: You can never go back, except when you can. R. SAUNDRA SORENSON. Hollywood Theatre, Regal Fox Tower Stadium 10.
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Tremendo Vacilon
[ONE NIGHT ONLY] A kaleidoscopic celebration of contemporary Cuban dance and music, culminating with a night of salsa dancing and a performance by Melao de Cuba. Clinton Street Theater. 7 pm Friday, July 6.
True Wolf
No, it’s not the name of a hot new Canadian indie rock band. It’s a documentary about a celebrity wolf named Koani. Cinema 21.
Your Sister’s Sister
B Your Sister’s Sister regards a
bereaved bloke (Mark Duplass) ferried to the Puget Sound cabin of his longtime best friend (Emily Blunt), where he immediately and drunkenly tumbles into bed with her lesbian big sister (Rosemarie DeWitt). If Your Sister’s Sister feels good in the moment but doesn’t hold up under scrutiny, that’s probably because DeWitt’s character, Hannah, is so indelible (and intelligently performed) that she throws the love triangle out of balance, like a penny-farthing tricycle. Hannah is that rare pious lefty not treated as an object of sport—she’s the woman the moms in The Kids Are Alright wanted to be. AARON MESH. Kiggins Theatre, Fox Tower.
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A- In a world where the Armageddon plan of attack didn’t work and the asteroid is still coming for us, a dialed-down Steve Carell, playing an insurance salesman named Dodge, sits listening to a forecast of the end of the world. Writer-director Lorene Scafaria has created a solid story and a relatable world, even if it transitions unevenly from tight black comedy to sentimental romance. R. SAUNDRA SORENSON. Regal Fox Tower Stadium 10.
Snow White & the Huntsman
A- Snow White and the Huntsman is
beautifully, blessedly graphic. There’s the dark forest, which provides Snow White (Kristen Stewart) with questionable sanctuary but plays out like an LSD-laced fever dream, populated by banshee marsh creatures and every infestation imaginable. It’s unfortunate that soldier Stewart was made to be so much the center of the film. While it offers a great message for young girls to be proactive, another scene of Charlize Theron wining and dining on the blood of the innocent might have made for more compelling cinema. PG-13. SAUNDRA SORENSON. 99 Indoor Twin, Century 16 Cedar Hills Crossing, Century Eastport 16, Regal Cinema 99 Stadium 11, Regal Division Street Stadium 13, Regal Evergreen Parkway Stadium 13, Regal Fox Tower Stadium 10, Regal Hilltop 9 Cinema, Regal Lloyd Mall 8 Cinema, Regal Movies On TV Stadium 16, Regal Sherwood Stadium 10, Regal Wilsonville Stadium 9 Cinema.
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D- Contempt fuels the comedy of Seth MacFarlane. He’s disdainful toward his own meal ticket, the Simpsons rip-off Family Guy. He sneers at other performers: His new talking-bear movie Ted has the gall to shit-talk Razzie winners before it manages to land a single joke of its own. Most of all, MacFarlane—Ted’s writer, director and vocal star—bullies any member of the audience who dares take offense to his putatively outrageous poon-’n’-minstrel humor. Ted only values a joke if it makes people uncomfortable— never mind whether it’s funny, or if it even makes any sense. (Talking bear to Norah Jones: “Thanks for 9/11.”) It may be the first featurelength movie to exist primarily as an act of trolling. R. AARON MESH. 807 Lloyd Center 10 and IMAX, Century 16 Cedar Hills Crossing, Century Eastport 16, CineMagic Theatre, Cornelius 9 Cinemas, Oak Grove 8 Cinemas, Pioneer Place Stadium 6, Regal Cinema 99 Stadium 11, Regal City Center Stadium 12,
ROME-EO: Ellen Page and Jesse Eisenberg.
TO ROME WITH LOVE In To Rome With Love, the latest stop on Woody Allen’s prolonged European vacation, there’s a recurring reference to “Ozymandias melancholia,” a made-up condition in which being among the ruins of a fallen empire triggers a deep sense of loss and depression. Sour critics will take the opportunity to appropriate the phrase as a metaphor for Allen’s late career: Once a pillar of effortless genius, they’ll say he’s crumbled into a broken relic. To behold his decrepit state is to mourn the glory of the past. Screw them: Allen doesn’t owe anyone another masterpiece. It’s a good thing, too, because a masterpiece To Rome With Love is not. Interweaving four stories linked only by setting and loose themes of celebrity and adultery, it’s like Allen emptied his notebook of a few half-conceived ideas, then used them to fund a Roman holiday. So what, though? If Woody wants to spend his golden years making movies purely as an excuse to visit the world’s greatest cities, he’s earned the right. At age 76, with 42 features to his name and an above-.500 batting average, what else does he have to prove? When Allen tosses off a film that indeed proves nothing of consequence, it’s hardly worth despairing. Make no mistake—To Rome With Love is terribly uninspired. In Midnight in Paris, the City of Light clearly inflamed Allen’s passion: He opened the film with the same montage of location photography he lavished upon his beloved New York in Manhattan. Despite the affectionate title, he isn’t nearly as enamored with the Eternal City. None of the crosscutting vignettes—which jerk the film uncomfortably from farce to fantasy—have much to say about Rome itself. Although sumptuously photographed by cinematographer Darius Khondji, the city is a mere set piece, lending the entire movie a tepid air. But the film still has its moments, and most of them belong to Allen. He employs not one but three avatars—Jesse Eisenberg, Roberto Benigni and Alessandro Tiberi—but he out-Woodys them all as an unhappily retired opera director. It’s a performance so hyper-neurotic it borders on self-parody, and that just might be the intent. His arc culminates in a somewhat hacky sight gag, but it helps explain the impulse that compels Allen, after almost a halfcentury, to continue working: It’s better to perform Pagliacci in an onstage shower than quietly submit to age. MATTHEW SINGER. All Holiday Roads lead to Rome.
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THE WALLS HAVE EARS: Francis Ford Coppola’s The Conversation was a relatively small and quiet character study released between the twin behemoths of The Godfather parts I and II. As a result, the film was overshadowed commercially, despite being nominated for several Oscars in 1974, but it remains an artistic highlight in Coppola’s career, easily ranking among his larger, more iconic works. At least half the credit for that goes to Gene Hackman. He plays Harry Caul, a legend in the private-surveillance industry uncomfortable in his own skin. He knows firsthand that the concept of privacy in contemporary society is mostly illusory, and the nature of his occupation has made him increasingly paranoid and plagued by guilt. As Caul, Hackman pulls off a subtle acting feat, managing to make a man who’s so emotionally guarded he’s practically lifeless into a fascinating character. MATTHEW SINGER. Showing at: Laurelhurst. Best paired with: BridgePort Stumptown Tart. Also screening: Raiders of the Lost Ark (Hollywood Theatre), The Godfather Part II (Academy).
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I M A D E T HIS ARIES (March 21-April 19): Members of the Nevada Republican Party have concocted a bizarre version of family values. A large majority of them are opposed to gay marriage and yet are all in favor of legal brothels. Their wacky approach to morality is as weird as that of the family values crowd in Texas, which thinks it’s wrong to teach adolescents about birth control even though this has led to a high rate of teen pregnancies. My question is, why do we let people with screwed-up priorities claim to be the prime caretakers of “family values”? In accordance with the astrological omens, I urge you to reject the conventional wisdom as you clarify what that term means to you. It’s an excellent time to deepen and strengthen your moral foundation. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): There’s a term for people who have the ardor of a nymphomaniac in their efforts to gather useful information: infomaniac. That’s exactly what I think you should be in the coming week. You need data and evidence, and you need them in abundance. What you don’t know would definitely hurt you, so make sure you find out everything you need to know. Be as thorough as a spy, as relentless as a muckraking journalist, and as curious as a child. P.S. See if you can set aside as many of your strong opinions and emotional biases as possible. Otherwise they might distort your quest for the raw truth. Your word of power is empirical. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Of all the signs of the zodiac, you’re the best at discovering short cuts. No one is more talented than you at the art of avoiding boredom. And you could teach a master course in how to weasel out of strenuous work without looking like a weasel. None of those virtues will come in handy during the coming week, however. The way I see it, you should concentrate very hard on not skipping any steps. You should follow the rules, stick to the plan, and dedicate yourself to the basics. Finish what you start, please! (Sorry about this grind-it-out advice. I’m just reporting what the planetary omens are telling me.) CANCER (June 21-July 22): The epic breadth of your imagination is legendary. Is there anyone else who can wander around the world without ever once leaving your home? Is there anyone else who can reincarnate twice in the span of few weeks without having to go through the hassle of actually dying? And yet now and then there do come times when your fantasies should be set aside so that you may soak up the teachings that flow your way when you physically venture outside of your comfort zone. Now is such a moment, my fellow Cancerian. Please don’t take a merely virtual break in the action. Get yourself away from it all, even if it’s only to the marvelous diversion or magic sanctuary on the other side of town. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In Norse mythology, Fenrir was a big bad wolf that the gods were eager to keep tied up. In the beginning they tried to do it with metal chains, but the beast broke free. Then they commissioned the dwarves to weave a shackle out of six impossible things: a bear’s sinews, a bird’s spit, a fish’s breath, a mountain’s root, a woman’s beard, and the sound a cat’s paws made as it walked. This magic fetter was no thicker than a silk ribbon, but it worked very well. Fenrir couldn’t escape from it. I invite you to take inspiration from this story, Leo. As you deal with your current dilemma, don’t try to fight strength with strength. Instead, use art, craft, subtlety, and even trickery. I doubt you’ll need to gather as many as six impossible things. Three will probably be enough. Two might even work fine. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): This is a time when your personal actions will have more power than usual to affect the world around you. The ripples you set in motion could ultimately touch people you don’t even know and transform situations you’re not part of. That’s a lot of responsibility! I suggest, therefore, that you be on your best behavior. Not necessarily your mildest, most polite behavior, mind you. Rather, be brave, impeccable, full of integrity, and a little wild. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Goldfish that are confined in small aquariums stay small. Those that spend
their lives in ponds get much bigger. What can we conclude from these facts? The size and growth rate of goldfish are directly related to their environment. I’d like to suggest that a similar principle will apply to you Librans in the next ten months. If you want to take maximum advantage of your potential, you will be wise to put yourself in spacious situations that encourage you to expand. For an extra boost, surround yourself with broad-minded, uninhibited people who have worked hard to heal their wounds. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Over the years, you’ve explored some pretty exotic, even strange ideas about what characterizes a good time. In the coming days, I’m guessing you will add to your colorful tradition with some rather unprecedented variations on the definition of “pleasure” and “happiness.” I don’t mean to imply that this is a problem. Not at all. To paraphrase the Wiccan credo, as long as it harms no one (including yourself ), anything goes. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): There come times in your life when you have a sacred duty to be open to interesting tangents and creative diversions; times when it makes sense to wander around aimlessly with wonder in your eyes and be alert for unexpected clues that grab your attention. But this is not one of those times, in my opinion. Rather, you really do need to stay focused on what you promised yourself you would concentrate on. The temptation may be high to send out sprays of arrows at several different targets. But I hope that instead you stick to one target and take careful aim with your best shots. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I’ve been meditating on a certain need that you have been neglecting, Capricorn -- a need that has been chronically underestimated, belittled, or ignored, by both you and others. I am hoping that this achy longing will soon be receiving some of your smart attention and tender care. One good way to get the process started is simply to acknowledge its validity and importance. Doing so will reveal a secret that will help you attend to your special need with just the right touch. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Due to the pressurepacked influences currently coming to bear on your destiny, you have Official Cosmic Permission to fling three dishes against the wall. (But no more than three.) If you so choose, you also have clearance to hurl rocks in the direction of heaven, throw darts at photos of your nemeses, and cram a coconut cream pie into your own face. Please understand, however, that taking actions like these should be just the initial phase of your master plan for the week. In the next phase, you should capitalize on all the energy you’ve made available for yourself through purgative acts like the ones I mentioned. Capitalize how? For starters, you could dream and scheme about how you will liberate yourself from things that make you angry and frustrated. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Check to see if you’re having any of the following symptoms: 1. sudden eruptions of gratitude; 2. a declining fascination with conflict; 3. seemingly irrational urges that lead you to interesting discoveries; 4. yearnings to peer more deeply into the eyes of people you care about; 5. a mounting inability to tolerate boring influences that resist transformation; 6. an increasing knack for recognizing and receiving the love that’s available to you. If you’re experiencing at least three of the six symptoms, you are certifiably in close alignment with the cosmic flow, and should keep doing what you’ve been doing. If none of these symptoms have been sweeping through you, get yourself adjusted.
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