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THE PEOPLE OF LENTS believe
their neighborhood has the potential to be known for more than video lottery and baggy-pants bans. 4
The Oregon Liquor Control Commission, tasked with regulating legal weed, includes ONLY ONE PERSON WHO WILL ADMIT TO HAVING USED MARIJUANA 40 YEARS AGO, in cookie form. Hoo
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A few days after weed is officially legalized, Portland will host THE ACADEMY AWARDS OF POT. 20 Despite what’s suggested by Saved by the Bell star Elizabeth Berkley’s Razziewinning performance in
Showgirls, REAL STRIPPERS
VERY RARELY LICK THE POLE . 21
Japan has its own CORN DOGS , but with octopus. 22 You can own a still, but you’d better have A GALLON OF LAVENDER OIL handy if the feds come knocking. 23 AFTER LFO BROKE UP, Rich
Cronin wrote a song about his desire to get drunk with Saved by the Bell: The New Class star Tara Reid. 27
Durban Poison is the perfect strain of marijuana to smoke while watching Sunday’s BLAZERS-CELTICS MATCHUP. Maybe we can hook up the OLCC with some “nickel bags” of it. 44
OUR MOST TRAFFICKED STORY ONLINE THIS WEEK: The city wants to buy a bar from an old Greek guy in Lents, but the guy wants more money than the city wants to give him.
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INBOX BAR OWNER TUSSLES WITH CITY
I say this as a Lents resident who lives close to the New Copper Penny and thinks it is a blight on a neighborhood that has so much potential: That’s taxpayer money you are trying to steal, Saki [“Saki’s Big Bet,” WW, Nov. 12, 2014]. If you want to sell, take a fair price. If you don’t, just be honest so your neighborhood can move forward. Patrick Quinton’s words may be quite indelicate, but he’s not totally off base about you. Please, PDC, do not give in to this man’s ransom demands. You can break him and his kids over time; they already owe considerable back taxes. One day you’ll get this place at a discount; be patient. —“You’ll lose eventually” While I sympathize with the folks in Lents, and acknowledge the missed opportunities with the New Copper Penny space, it seems odd that so much focus is being directed there. The Lents Town Center has several properties currently owned by the PDC that are ready to be developed. So while it’s a shame the New Copper Penny attracts the wrong crowd or doesn’t fit the Lentils’ ideal for the neighborhood, it’s one of the few active businesses that has a customer base. And while it’ll be better off gone/changed/ redeveloped in the future, perhaps the emphasis should be getting the other PDC-owned properties developed first. —“City Spectator” I moved to Lents because I saw potential in the neighborhood and it was affordable. I didn’t move there to be close to the New Copper Penny.
i’ve been out of town for a while. Now that i’m back, i see change everywhere. New light rail and construction all over. What gives? is the economy better? is everyone moving here because of Portlandia? —Local Yokel I feel you, Local. You go away for five years (actually, with good behavior it was 3½) and when you get back, the old crack house is crack condos, the methadone clinic has a Tumblr, and Comic Sans isn’t cool anymore. Just the other day I bought half a cantaloupe at Whole Foods (think about it). Has the world gone mad? If by “gone mad” you mean “exploded in an orgy of multifamily residential development,” the answer is yes. One need only walk down Southeast Division Street to sample the dense agglomeration of high-rise luxury bukkake this real-estate bacchanal has left in its wake. What did we do to deserve this? Follow the 4
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I have watched many things in the area improve over the years, but the New Copper Penny has sat there rotting away. And like so many property owners who live elsewhere but make their money in Lents, Saki lets the place rot. —“Mosha78”
KITZHABER’S CREDIBILITY
Gov. John Kitzhaber, having succeeded in attaining his unprecedented fourth term (his equivalent apparently to scaling Mount Everest), is now faced with restoring whatever is left of his credibility [“Blurred Lines,” WW, Nov. 12, 2014]. Obviously he’s got major problems with ethics. On the one hand, you’ve got the Cylvia Hayes contract conflicts currently under review by the Oregon Government Ethics Commission, and now these Cover Oregon campaign questions. It seems all he wanted was to get re-elected. But it’s going to be a very boring four years. —“Harley Leiber”
LEGAL RECREATIONAL POT
It is going to be amazing to see the growth of the Oregon economy and the shift in the national conversation around marijuana [“Smoke Signals,” WW, Nov. 12, 2014]. This vote will create thousands of jobs and inspire other states to follow our lead. We may even see federal change before the president leaves office. —“Jenifer Valley” 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.
money, chump. You may be gobsmacked to learn—I was—that the average condo price in Portland has risen by 41 percent in the past year. As ECONorthwest’s Bob Whelan notes, “This is a very profitable time to be in the apartment business.” Returns like these tend not to be overlooked by Wall Street, and much of the activity in this sector has been driven by “real-estate investment trusts,” which are basically big, amorphous piles of self-replicating capital that try to do with real estate what the now-well-known vampire squids of finance did for banking. Some of the boom can be explained by pent-up demand left over from the recession, but it’s also true that 100,000 new residents moved here in the last year. (To be fair, some folks also moved away.) What’s the attraction? Could it really be Portlandia? That’d be like finding out Hogan’s Heroes caused a million people to move to Germany, but I suppose anything’s possible. QuEstioNs? Send them to dr.know@wweek.com
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SERVICE WITH A SMILE A SENIOR FIRE OFFICIAL WENT TO BAT FOR AN EMBATTLED CLUB OWNER, WHO OFFERED WHAT THREE OFFICIALS SAW AS A BRIBE. By nigel jaquiss
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Maria Toth Brown had some explaining to do. Toth Brown runs Refuge PDX, a club in the Central Eastside Industrial District. On Nov. 23, 2013, records show, Refuge PDX jammed 1,000 people into the club for a rave even though the event was licensed for only 752. The city fire marshal leveled a $1,500 fine. But Toth Brown had a bigger problem: Refuge PDX had scheduled six more events the following month, and she couldn’t get a temporary license from the Oregon Liquor Control Commission to sell booze on the premises if she didn’t settle matters with the city—and fast. On Dec. 4, 2013, Toth Brown met with fire officials in hopes of getting the fine dropped. According to a police report obtained by WW, Toth Brown offered to throw a holiday party for employees of Portland Fire & Rescue if the officials made the violations go away. Toth Brown’s offer triggered a bribery investigation by Portland police. Although Toth Brown was never charged, the investigation turned up some curious behavior by one of the fire officials to whom she had made the offer, Assistant Fire Marshal Doug Jones. Records obtained by WW show Jones—unlike other fire officials—soon came to Toth Brown’s defense, writing
a letter on her behalf for use with state liquor officials. He also castigated a fire inspector who had levied the citations against Toth Brown’s club. Jones’ actions might be considered odd—if he weren’t already under a city personnel investigation for allegedly turning a blind eye to fire code violations at a downtown swinger’s club earlier this year. As WW has previously reported, Jones faces allegations he allowed a June 28 party at Ron Jeremy’s Club Sesso to go forward knowing it would violate fire code, and that he blocked a fire inspector from citing the club when it went ahead with the illegal event (“Hot Tip,” WW, Aug. 20, 2014). It’s not clear whether the city is investigating Jones for attempting to aid Toth Brown, or whether city officials suspect Jones of taking a bribe. But records obtained by WW show Jones stood alone among city officials in defending Toth Brown’s club as he assisted her with regulators, despite the violations. Jones and Toth Brown declined to comment for this story, as did Fire Chief Erin Janssens. Portland’s nightclubs come under regular scrutiny by the Fire Marshal’s Office, which inspects them to ensure they can safely handle large crowds. The office also works closely with the Oregon Liquor Control Commission and the city Office of Neighborhood Involvement, which can recommend that the state deny liquor licenses to clubs. Refuge PDX opened in 2011 and has been a frequent scene for parties, fundraisers and raves. The space, located hard against railroad tracks at 116 SE Yamhill St., bills
itself as “Portland’s premier audiovisionary center.” The Nov. 23, 2013, event was the after-party for an electronic dance music concert at Veterans Memorial Coliseum that featured the groups Emancipator and Pretty Lights. The OLCC also cited Toth Brown, Refuge’s promoter for the event, alleging she had lied to liquor officials about whether security staff she had on duty that night was state-licensed. The OLCC cited Toth Brown for four violations in total. After the citations, city officials were reluctant to grant Toth Brown permits for her scheduled December events. “I just received an email and phone call stating my [city permit] for December has been denied,” Toth Brown wrote in an email to the Office of Neighborhood Involvement on Dec. 4, 2013. “My event is Saturday and as you can imagine, have great anxiety with this news.” That’s the same day Toth Brown allegedly offered a bribe to Assistant Fire Marshal Jones and two other fire officials—Senior Fire Inspector Kim Kosmas and Rob Cruser, the fire inspector who had cited Refuge for overcrowding. The city let Toth Brown hold a Dec. 7 event but refused permission for five subsequent events that month. “We are not going to recommend granting the temporary sales licenses for the events this month,” wrote city liquor inspector Theresa Marchetti on Dec. 11, 2013. “You have 4 pending violations with the OLCC and a citation from the Fire Bureau. Due to this poor record of compliance, the ‘deny’ recommendation will stand.” But Cruser, the fire inspector, reported what he believed to be a bribe by Toth Brown to Portland police. Police reports show the fire officials, during their meeting with Toth Brown, had redirected the conversation away from her offer to throw a party for fire officials if the city dropped the violations. The police report said none of the fire officials wanted cont. on page 9 Willamette Week NOVEMBER 19, 2014 wweek.com
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“ our staff was encouraged with the response we received from maria.” —assistant fire marshal doug jones (left), writing about a club promoter who allegedly offered a bribe.
to pursue criminal charges against Toth Brown. The reports also revealed strange behavior by Jones, the assistant fire marshal, as Cruser described it to police. “Toth [Brown] owns Refuge night club and has owned multiple clubs/bars in Portland over the years,” police Sgt. Erik Strohmeyer wrote in a Jan. 24, 2014, report. “Cruser feels that his supervisors have not held Toth [Brown] to the same standard when it comes to her fines as they do other businesses…. Cruser told me that after he filed the police report, Jones got mad at Cruser for filing the report [against Refuge PDX] and instructed Cruser not to do that again.” In the following weeks, Toth Brown and her lawyer battled the city and the OLCC, winning permission for some events but never getting a clean bill of health. In early January 2014, the city again denied Toth Brown a permit, citing ongoing problems, including an additional citation from the OLCC in December. Despite the city’s denial, Toth Brown sought additional help from a surprising source—the Fire Marshal’s Office. And Jones—the assistant fire marshal whom she’d allegedly offered a bribe—gave it to her. On Jan. 14, Toth Brown wrote an email to the Fire Marshal’s Office asking for an endorsement on fire bureau letterhead. “I am meeting with the OLCC at 11 am tomorrow morning and would like to have this with me to show them good faith and compliance,” she wrote. Jones did as she asked, putting a favorable spin on the December meeting at which she’d allegedly offered to throw the fire bureau a party. “Our staff was encouraged with the response we received from Maria,” Jones wrote in a Jan. 14 letter on fire bureau stationery addressed “to whom it may concern.” “We believe she will be able to successfully control her occupant loads at future permitted events.” That letter helped put Toth Brown back in business. But in March, Cruser cited her again for holding an event without a permit. And on April 6, Portland police responded to an alleged rape in the VIP restroom at Refuge. According to police reports, a security guard named Jaime Skinner informed Toth Brown about the reported rape. “[Skinner] told me that she saw Maria [Toth Brown] and notified her of the rape incident so they could get police resources,” Officer Brent Taylor wrote in his report. “However, instead of requesting police assistance or directing Skinner to call the police, Skinner told me that Maria directed her not to get the police involved.”
Toth Brown denied in emails to city officials telling Skinner not to contact police. Police arrived that night and searched the club for the alleged rapist but could not find him. Jones declined to comment on Cruser’s claim that he had chastised the inspector for citing Refuge. He also declined to say why he put his reputation on the line for Toth Brown after she had allegedly offered fire officials a bribe. The investigation Jones currently faces involves the city’s denial of another special permit, this one to Club Sesso, which sought to hold a fifth anniversary party June 28. The Fire Marshal’s Office denied Club Sesso a permit. Jones told Club Sesso’s manager, Paul Smith, by telephone June 27 that the Fire Marshal’s Office would not have any inspectors working the night of June 28. “You can do whatever you want with that,” Jones told Smith, who secretly recorded the phone call. “So, if that affects your decision, so be it. I’m throwing it out there for that reason, to maybe help you figure out your decision.” However, a fire inspector and two OLCC inspectors showed up at Club Sesso unannounced to find the illegal party in full swing. The club was filled to over capacity and serving booze in unlicensed parts of the building. Although he was off-duty, Jones drove from his home in Sandy, 29 miles away. He ordered the fire inspector to leave Club Sesso without writing a citation. (The fire inspector was Cruser, who six months earlier had reported Toth Brown’s alleged bribe and Jones’ strange behavior.) As a result of Club Sesso’s anniversary party, the OLCC has moved to revoke the club’s liquor license. OLCC spokeswoman Christie Scott says the agency rarely takes such a step. “We don’t cancel a lot of licenses,” she says. Meanwhile, the city reluctantly began an investigation of Jones in August only after the city’s ombudsman forced Fire Chief Janssens’ hand. Jones has continued to work as an assistant fire marshal while the investigation continues. Meanwhile, he made another magnanimous gesture to Club Sesso, records show. The club had paid a $300 application fee for the permit it sought for the June 28 party. But Jones—after effectively allowing Club Sesso to hold its party and then letting it off the hook when it was caught—made sure the club got its application fee back. On Aug. 13, records show, Jones personally approved refunding the $300 permit fee—and made what appears to be a false claim in doing so. “Event did not occur,” a notation describing the reimbursement reads. “Refund per Jones.”
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WAITING TO INHALE
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These are high times for the Oregon Liquor Control Commission. Voters have approved Measure 91, legalizing recreational marijuana, and in doing so handed the details of regulating weed to the OLCC, the agency that oversees the regulation and distribution of booze in the state. The OLCC—with its five-member board—now has until January 2016 to write rules in Oregon. Among the questions: Who can sell pot? What tests must the marijuana undergo? Do retailers have to tell you how much THC is in that brownie? The five OLCC commissioners are volunteers appointed by the governor and rarely get much attention. That’s about to change as they write the state’s rules on legal weed. So we asked them: What, exactly, are your experiences with marijuana? One commissioner, Marvin Révoal, a former police officer who owns a Eugene benefits and insurance firm, declined to answer. But the other four lit up our question.
PAMELA WEATHERSPOON, 33
Portland, oWner of the Virginia Cafe
Portland, CoMMunity relations direCtor for randall Children’s hosPital at legaCy eManuel MediCal Center Weatherspoon declined to say whether she’d ever used marijuana. “honestly, i don’t think my personal experience has anything to do with policy. i grew up in southern oregon, so i wasn’t in a large city where i would see that kind of stuff. i grew up on a ranch. i am one of the younger commissioners. i’m in a generation where it’s more socially acceptable. i think it’s really important that we regulate it in a way that protects our cities. the older people who’ve talked to me are concerned about that. the younger people that have come to me aren’t as concerned.”
MICHAEL HARPER, 56
ROB PATRIDGE, 46
Portland, state farM insuranCe agent, forMer Pro basKetball Player
Medford, KlaMath County distriCt attorney, olCC ChairMan
“i grew up on the south side of Chicago, and the monster at the time was, everybody wanted to buy a nickel bag for $5. i grew up poor, so i didn’t have money to buy a nickel bag. even in college, i was one of those guys who didn’t get involved with drugs. i just wanted to be successful playing basketball. i didn’t smoke. i don’t smoke. i started out here in 1980 playing for the Portland trail blazers, and i got involved with Mothers against drunk driving, telling kids to say yes to life and no to drugs. i’m going to do my best to keep it off college campuses— similar to alcohol. it’s going to be there, but it’s gotta be enforced.”
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BOB RICE, 68 “When i was—oh gosh—early 20s, i had two chocolate-chip cookies that contained marijuana. they made me very thirsty and wanting to go have a cheeseburger. i was uninspired. What i’m told is, from a consumer perspective, the product of today, there’s absolutely no comparison to 40 years ago. it’s a far more intense and potent product today, i’m told. i’ve never been in the business, or anything of the kind. My experience is what i read in the papers.”
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WE ASK OREGON’S NEW POT OVERLORDS: WHAT’S YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH MARIJUANA?
Patridge says he’s never tried marijuana. “nor have i tried other illegal drugs,” he writes in an email, “but have been directly involved in policy-making and budgets related to their precursor chemicals, manufacturing and laws related to their use.” Patridge lists the following as his experience with pot: “Prosecution of marijuana crimes as a deputy district attorney and as the Klamath County district attorney. as a state representative chairing the Public safety subcommittee of Ways and Means as well as a member of budget committees with agencies dealing with marijuana policy and its fiscal impacts to the state of oregon in public health and the criminal justice system.”
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Seventeen years ago, Dav id Douglas High School fi red its varsity girlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; softball coach after a 16-year-old player accused him of sexually assaulting her during a trip to a summer tournament in Idaho. The coach, Patrick Jay Wallace, then 37, declined to answer questions from school officials about the incident. David Douglasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; principal oversaw the investigation, and the district fi red Wallace after concluding his behavior constituted â&#x20AC;&#x153;poor judgmentâ&#x20AC;? and created â&#x20AC;&#x153;an opportunity for inappropriate behavior and the appearance of impropriety.â&#x20AC;? The reason for Wallaceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s firing, while rumored at the school, was never made public. A municipal prosecutor in Post Falls, Idaho, charged Wallace with battery, a misdemeanor, but later dropped the charge. Today, Wallace is on the coaching staff of the Central Catholic High School football team, ranked No. 1 in the state. And the man who runs Central Catholic, President John Harrington, was the David Douglas principal whose investigation of Wallace in 1997 led to the coachâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s firing. Documents released by David Douglas to WW under the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s public records law show Harrington oversaw the investigation of Wallace and made detailed, handwritten notes based on interviews with the girl, her grandmother and another coach. The former student, now 33, has come forward now only after recently learning Wallace was working as a coach, and that Harrington was again Wallaceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s boss. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want Jay Wallace to ever work with kids again,â&#x20AC;? the former student says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He lost that privilege.â&#x20AC;? Wallace tells WW the allegations were untrue and that the Idaho prosecutor dropped the charge against him because the studentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s story was inconsistent. Wallace also says he discussed the incident with Central Catholic athletic officials when they hired him in 2005 and did so again this week after WW raised questions. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve talked to people at Central, and we all seem to be OK with where we are,â&#x20AC;? he says. Harrington says he was never certain what happened in Idaho between Wallace and the student, but he was sufficiently uncomfortable
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with the information he had to support firing Wallace in 1997. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I took it very, very seriously,â&#x20AC;? Harrington says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would not push this under the rug.â&#x20AC;? Harrington says Wallace has since passed at least one background check to get a job at Central Catholic. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be here if we werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t comfortable,â&#x20AC;? he says. Central Catholic board chairman Jim Mountain didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t respond to WWâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s request for an interview. In 1997, the girl was a David Douglas sophomore who lived with her grandmother. She played on the junior varsity softball team when Wallace invited her to join a non-school summer softball league team, the Red Hots. The former student says Wallace gave her rides home from practice and invited her to his house for a Fourth of July celebration. The summer league team traveled to Idaho for a tournament on July 25, 1997. The girl couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afford lodging, so Wallace suggested they share a room at a Best Western in Post Falls. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have any hesitations, because I sincerely believed that we were building a fatherdaughter relationship,â&#x20AC;? the ex-student says now. An Idaho police report and documents from David Douglas spell out the girlâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s accusations. After the fi rst day of softball games, Wallace asked the girl to lie down on his hotel bed with him. She said Wallace then cradled her, holding her tightly. She told police she felt uncomfortable but that she also trusted Wallace. Wallace started to rub her back under her shirt. She â&#x20AC;&#x153;knew it was wrongâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;felt like crying,â&#x20AC;? she told police, but she did nothing because she was â&#x20AC;&#x153;shocked.â&#x20AC;? Eventually he stopped. The following night, Wallace began the â&#x20AC;&#x153;same routine.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;She told me,â&#x20AC;? an Idaho detective wrote, â&#x20AC;&#x153;she knew her original feeling the day before when Wallace was touching her was correct (that it was wrong he was touching her) and she felt stupid she was in the same situation.â&#x20AC;? She said Wallace then touched her breast before getting up from the bed. Two days later, after she returned to Portland, the student wrote a letter, dated July 28, 1997, to David Douglas Principal John Harrington about her experience with Wallace in Idaho. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At this tournament he physically sexually assaulted me,â&#x20AC;? she wrote in a letter released to Ä&#x2039;Ĺ?+*Ĺ?, #!Ĺ?Ä Ä&#x2030;
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WW. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to go into details but he held me, put my hand on his chest, and touched my breast. I am going to file a report or whatever I have to do. Thank you for your time.â&#x20AC;? Harrington launched an investigation and summarized the allegations in a letter to the coach. â&#x20AC;&#x153;[A]t your suggestion, the two of you laid on the bed together, you put your arm around her, kissed her cheek, rubbed her back, and put your hand up under her shirt,â&#x20AC;? he wrote to Wallace on Aug. 1, 1997. Harrington noted that Wallace, on the advice of a lawyer, declined to respond to the school districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s questions. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you continue to decline to talk to me, I will conclude my investigation based on information available from other sources,â&#x20AC;? Harrington added. Wallace tells WW he was following his attorneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s orders. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was not like I was admitting to anything,â&#x20AC;? he says. On Sept. 11, 1997, Ron Russell, then superintendent of the David Douglas School District, fired Wallace. In a letter to Wallace, Russell wrote that the evidence showed â&#x20AC;&#x153;at a minimum, poor judgment on your part.â&#x20AC;?
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The girl reported the incident to Portland police, who referred the matter to police in Post Falls. A city prosecutor, Joel Ryan, charged Wallace in October 1997 but dismissed the charge in April 1998. Ryan didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t respond to WWâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s request for an interview. Today, the former student says a close family friend of hers mistakenly told police she didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to pursue charges. She says her story was consistent throughout. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If I had had a wiser, healthier family, they would have hired a lawyer and pursued it more fully,â&#x20AC;? the former student says now. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was just me the whole time doing the best I could to represent myself. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really sad, actually, that I was so alone.â&#x20AC;? The former student says she faced a backlash from her softball teammates, who blamed her for getting Wallace fired. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The girls blamed me for their coach being gone,â&#x20AC;? the former student says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was the most isolating and horrendous experience.â&#x20AC;? She says she tried to commit suicide at 17 and barely graduated high school in 1999. Harrington was named high school principal of the year by the Confederation of Oregon School Administrators in 2000. He retired from David Douglas in 2004. He took the job of president at Central Catholic in 2008. (Harrington, father of former University of Oregon and NFL quarterback Joey Harrington, is a 1966 graduate of Central Catholic and a former teacher there.) Wallace says Harrington played no role in getting him his coaching job at Central Catholic in 2005. Wallace, who was also a football coach at David Douglas, had among his players Central Catholicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s current head football coach, Steve Pyne. The former student says she has no doubts about telling her story about Wallace again. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He took advantage of my vulnerabilities,â&#x20AC;? the former student says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t realize that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a survivor and fighter and always have been.â&#x20AC;?
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WW. “I don’t want to go into details but he held me, put my hand on his chest, and touched my breast. I am going to file a report or whatever I have to do. Thank you for your time.” Harrington launched an investigation and summarized the allegations in a letter to the coach. “[A]t your suggestion, the two of you laid on the bed together, you put your arm around her, kissed her cheek, rubbed her back, and put your hand up under her shirt,” he wrote to Wallace on Aug. 1, 1997. Harrington noted that Wallace, on the advice of a lawyer, declined to respond to the school district’s questions. “If you continue to decline to talk to me, I will conclude my investigation based on information available from other sources,” Harrington added. Wallace tells WW he was following his attorney’s orders. “It was not like I was admitting to anything,” he says. On Sept. 11, 1997, Ron Russell, then superintendent of the David Douglas School District, fired Wallace. In a letter to Wallace, Russell wrote that the evidence showed “at a minimum, poor judgment on your part.”
“i took it very, very seriously. i would not push this under the rug.” —John harrington
The girl reported the incident to Portland police, who referred the matter to police in Post Falls. A city prosecutor, Joel Ryan, charged Wallace in October 1997 but dismissed the charge in April 1998. Ryan didn’t respond to WW’s request for an interview. Today, the former student says a close family friend of hers mistakenly told police she didn’t want to pursue charges. She says her story was consistent throughout. “If I had had a wiser, healthier family, they would have hired a lawyer and pursued it more fully,” the former student says now. “It was just me the whole time doing the best I could to represent myself. It’s really sad, actually, that I was so alone.” The former student says she faced a backlash from her softball teammates, who blamed her for getting Wallace fired. “The girls blamed me for their coach being gone,” the former student says. “It was the most isolating and horrendous experience.” She says she tried to commit suicide at 17 and barely graduated high school in 1999. Harrington was named high school principal of the year by the Confederation of Oregon School Administrators in 2000. He retired from David Douglas in 2004. He took the job of president at Central Catholic in 2008. (Harrington, father of former University of Oregon and NFL quarterback Joey Harrington, is a 1966 graduate of Central Catholic and a former teacher there.) Wallace says Harrington played no role in getting him his coaching job at Central Catholic in 2005. Wallace, who was also a football coach at David Douglas, had among his players Central Catholic’s current head football coach, Steve Pyne. The former student says she has no doubts about telling her story about Wallace again. “He took advantage of my vulnerabilities,” the former student says. “He didn’t realize that I’m a survivor and fighter and always have been.”
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THEY CAN’T HIDE DARREN FOREVER. IT’S HIGH TIME, TOO: Well, that didn’t take long. Barely two weeks after Oregon voted to legalize marijuana, Portland is scheduled to host the state’s first Cannabis Cup in July 2015. High Times, the publication of record for pot enthusiasts, stages the event, which has been referred to as “the No. 1 competition and expo for cannabis in the world,” for close to three decades in Amsterdam and more recently in cities such as Denver, Seattle and San Francisco. “As soon as you guys legalized, we got it set up the next day,” says Rick Cusick of the New York magazine. No specific details are available, but Cusick says they will “contact every grower in the state” about displaying their wares. Sometimes called “the Academy Awards of marijuana,” last year’s gathering in Colorado drew 37,000 attendees. OTTER’S PIZZA PARTY: The P.R.E.A.M. Wu-Tang-themed pizza night at Ned Ludd is leaving the nest, The Oregonian reported Nov. 17, and moving into the old Tennessee Red’s space at 2139 SE 11th Ave. When restaurant investor Kurt Huffman originally applied for a liquor license for the location, he called the place “Otter’s Sausagefest.” That’s an inside joke: Noble Rot’s Leather Storrs wrote an article on a local blog saying he knew Huffman’s “biggest openings of 2015,” including spots called BRODOJO, Salt and Schmaltz, and, yes, Otter’s Sausagefest, which was meant to feature beards and assless pants. The chef-owners at the former Otter’s Sausagefest promise more pizza and “louder music” than P.R.E.A.M. Hopefully, the Otter name will live on in the sausage pie’s name. BIGGER BIT: You can now buy or sell Bitcoin virtual currency at Pioneer Place, thanks to the new ATM installed in the mall’s food court by local company BitcoinNW. Bitcoin is an electronic currency not tied to any state government, making it popular among Web libertarians. Until recently, Bitcoins could be traded only on the Internet, and are accepted as currency only at a small number of businesses, such as Whiffies Fried Pies food cart, Kit Kat Club and Overstock.com. It’s the most prominent such alternative currency, though a Beaverton programmer designed another cryptocurrency called Dogecoin that briefly had more trading volume than Bitcoin. Users of the Pioneer Place ATM can trade the virtual currency for $20 and $100 bills. The world’s first Bitcoin ATM was installed in Vancouver, B.C., in October 2013, and Seattle got one in May, but this is by far the most prominent location for a Bitcoin ATM. STILL STANDING: Five Portland comics were recently called down to Los Angeles to audition for Last Comic Standing. After advancing past a regional round in Seattle, Amy Miller, Nathan Brannon, Bri Pruett, Barbara Holm and Lonnie Bruhn all performed short sets for a panel of NBC producers and Wanda Sykes. “We enjoyed a very nice time at the Hard Rock Cafe afterward, stress-eating an ice cream sundae and, in my case, a lot of white wine,” Miller says. No word yet on who’s through to the show. Speaking of Portland comedy, WW has again polled the local scene to determine this city’s funniest people. (Miller, Brannon and Pruett all landed on the list last year, as did Shane Torres, who appeared on Last Comic Standing last spring.) The winners will be revealed in next week’s issue, and we’ll hold a free showcase featuring all five at 7 pm Sunday, Nov. 30, at the Bossanova Ballroom. 20
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THURSDAY NOV. 20 CARLA ROSSI SINGS THE END OF THE WORLD [CABARET] The smartest drag clown in town, Carla Rossi (aka Anthony Hudson) puts on a cabaret show that imagines Weimar Germany and modern America as star-crossed lovers. With song, dance and cheeky banter, Rossi looks at the heady, liberal days of Weimar-era Berlin to ask if America could be similarly doomed. Alberta Rose Theatre, 3000 NE Alberta St., 719-6055. 8 pm. $15 advance, $20 day of show. 21+.
f you expect real life to be like the movies, life is full of disappointments. Coed college dorms have fewer late-night sexy pillow fights and a lot more late-night geology homework by light of King of the Hill reruns. Golf has a lot fewer mischievous gophers and a lot more middle-aged men taking putts to forget failed marriages. There are no spaceship dogfights in space, just really cold rocks and astronaut poo. But what about strip clubs? This Friday, Showgirls: The Musical, a play based on the 1995 film starring Saved by the Bell’s Elizabeth Berkley as a hayseed turned Vegas stripper, will be staged for one night at the Hollywood Theatre. We asked an actual stripper, Orchid Souris Rouge, to evaluate the movie’s accuracy. JAMES HELMSWORTH.
NOUVEAU DIVISION CRAWL [WINE] Gamay nouveau is a casual wine meant for festivities—so hit the street crawl, picking up a glass of wine and a snack at eight different spots on Southeast Division Street, including Block & Tackle, Lauretta Jean’s or the Southeast Wine Collective. Get advance tickets at uniiverse.com/Nouveau. Nouveaupdx.com. 5-8 pm. $25 advance, $30 day of event.
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PLOT POINT: Rookie stripper Nomi Malone
PLOT POINT: After getting a huge tip,
PLOT POINT: Veteran showgirl Cristal Connors
(Elizabeth Berkley) bails on a shift. ACCURACY: High.
Nomi goes on a shopping spree with her roommate.
(Gina Gershon) and Nomi bond over their rough upbringings. ACCURACY: Low.
ORCHID: “That’s pretty realistic. I’ve met plenty of girls who are like, ‘I’m going to walk out of the shift.’ I’m like, ‘They might fire you.’ They’re like, ‘I don’t care. I’m going.’ That whole diva attitude is a luxury afforded to dancers, especially in Portland. With so many clubs, we can go anywhere.” PLOT POINT: Nomi licks the pole. ACCURACY: Low.
ORCHID: “No one licks the pole! They’re
brass. You’re rubbing either rubbing alcohol or Windex or bleach on the pole all night. So it’s got the metal itself, the cleaners you’re using, and the towels—they’re replaced often enough, but they get dirty.”
WAMPIRE [PSYCH-POP] Bazaar, the second album in two years from Portland’s house-show heroes made good, is very much a sequel to the band’s 2013 Polyvinyl debut. But even in the short time between releases, Wampire’s shroomadelic New Wave has gotten tighter, brighter, hookier and weirder. Hawthorne Theatre, 1507 SE Cesar E. Chavez Blvd., 233-7100. 7 pm. $7. All ages.
ACCURACY: High.
ORCHID: “There are some days where
you make so much money. And, not surprisingly, going shopping after you make a lot of money feels good. And it’s more fun with a girlfriend.” PLOT POINT: Nomi pushes another dancer
down the stairs. ACCURACY: Medium.
ORCHID: “I’ve never known anyone who
has been violent in order to get what they want, but there’s some pretty horrendous things that girls will do to each other to establish dominance or to assert their seniority at any given club. There were some girls who would pee in other dancers’ work bags. But these girls were typically doing really horrendous things.”
ORCHID: “They think we have daddy issues. They think we have drug problems, [that] we’re not educated, [that] we come from damaged home environments. It’s just not true. I work with girls who have degrees in architecture and law.” PLOT POINT: Nomi hooks up with Zack Carey
(Kyle MacLachlan), a member of the club’s management. ACCURACY: Medium. ORCHID: “I’ve defi nitely worked with some DJs and bouncers and some club owners who are flirtatious. It’s a very delicate balance. I’ve never really accepted any offers because I don’t really know what their intentions are. I have a reputation to uphold.”
GO: Showgirls: The Musical is at the Hollywood Theatre, 4122 NE Sandy Blvd., on Saturday, Nov. 22. 7 pm. $12 advance, $15 day of show. All ages.
JOHN OLIVER [COMEDY] On the first episode of Last Week Tonight, John Oliver endeared himself to Oregonians with a riff on the Cover Oregon debacle and its “violently adorable ads.” He brings his politically tinged standup and tight storytelling to back-to-back shows tonight. Keller Auditorium, 222 SW Clay St., 2484335. 8 and 10:30 pm. $55. All ages.
SUNDAY NOV. 23 COLD SPECKS [DARK SOUL] Sultry and sometimes eerie, the music of Toronto-based singer Al Spx—aka Cold Specks—is like a noir femme fatale converted into pure sound. Built on sparse folk and gospel influences, this year’s Neuroplasticity lays the darkness on thick with creepy lyrics. Doug Fir Lounge, 830 E Burnside St., 231-9663. 9 pm. $12. 21+.
MONDAY NOV. 24 THE MOVIE QUIZ [TRIVIA] How many pairs of prop glasses did Daniel Radcliffe go through in the Harry Potter series? Who was the first character to fart in a Disney movie? Time to win some prizes for all that useless movie knowledge. Hollywood Theatre, 4122 NE Sandy Blvd., 2814215. 7:30 pm. $5. Willamette Week NOVEMBER 19, 2014 wweek.com
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A wined-up version of a block party. Skip out on the formalwear and pomp of the standard Americanized Beaujolais Nouveau fest and take a street crawl down food-and-drinkhappy Division Street. Eight different spots, from Block & Tackle fish house to Lauretta Jean’s bakery will offer snacks to go with Beaujolais Nouveaus or their local gamay equivalents. Oh, and it’s also a contest: The first 50 people to go to all eight spots get a free growler of wine. Check NouveauPDX.com for details and a link to buy lowerpriced advance tickets. 5-8 pm. $25.
FRIDAY, NOV. 21 Beaujolais Nouveau Festival
The Heathman’s big-ass Beaujolais fest enters its 13th year, with a broad selection of the French wines, plus some American adherents of the “fun, fruity,” no-holds-barred, right off the vine gamay wine. Expect Georges Duboeuf, along with Joseph Drouhin, Chateau Timberlay, Belleruche and M. Chapoutier wines and Hardy cognac among the French. Heathman Hotel, 1001 SW Broadway, 241-4100. 6 pm. $55-$70.
SATURDAY, NOV. 22 Amateur Brewers Challenge
Portland U-Brew and Growlers Hawthorne staged a competition among homebrewers this summer, in a Northwest IPA open. Growlers Hawthorne will now offer free samples of the winning beer by Gabe Sainz and Rob Stangland—a Northwest IPA featuring a “Marris Otter base malt flavored with a heaping hop bill of Mosaic and Citra.” Growlers Hawthorne, 3343 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 628-8000. 3 pm.
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1. Beaverton Sub Station 12448 SW Broadway St., 641-7827, beavertonsubstation.com. We pretty much ignored this sub shop for 33 years. Big mistake. 2. Broder Nord 2240 N Interstate Ave., 282-5555, broderpdx.com. Forget brunch. Suppertime’s 20-minute chicken arrives ridiculously tender and brined with a tarragon-infused vinegar, wet with its own juice as well as a bit of salsa verde and capers. It’s like escabeche made of meat but served as a hearth-style broiler.
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3. Chongqinq Huo Guo 8230 SE Harrison St., Suite 315, 971-803-7999. www.shandongportland.com In keeping with its eponymous pepper-bathed region of China, this soup spot doesn’t dull its spicy broth for Western palates. 4. Zaatar 1037 NW Flanders St., 477-8237, zaatarnw.com. Tony Karam—much missed after he sold his namesake Karam to a relative—is back with a new Pearly spot in the old Cafe Theobroma space. 5. Bamboo Izakaya 1409 NE Alberta St., 889-0336, bambooizakaya.com. This izakaya’s brunch includes a bacon flight. Whatever Portland’s locavore meat obsessions, we best loved Drueske’s from Wisconsin.
OH, BALLS: A boat of fish-flake-topped takoyaki.
BUKI Takoyaki is like the corn dog of Japan—a savory snack for streetside stalls and festivals. But Japan being Japan, the little fried flour balls are generally filled not with pork but chewy octopus, then covered with a heaping pile of seaweed and the same bonito fish flakes sold in American pet stores as cat treats. Buki food cart opened at the new Tidbit pod in August, serving takoyaki that its Taiwanese-born chef encountered while living in Japan, smothered in Japanese mayo and takoyaki sauce, which is a bit like a thickened Worcestershire sauce. The traditional octopus balls, which are crisp outside and warmly gloopy on the inside— and wildly fishy from the bonito—are $7 for eight pingpong-sized snacks. Your utensil is a curled piece of bamboo that acts as a toothpick. The cart also offers Order this: Octopus takoyaki ($7) or octopus with dipping sauce. a “bara” octopus dish, with soft steamed octopus served with a ginger scallion sauce. The octopus is the best, but less adventurous eaters may want to try the “Western blend” with sausage and cheese, and a jalapeño-cheese option called the Bomber that’s topped with bacon instead of fish. A spicy version fills the balls with kimchee and uses spicy mayo. All are a fun parade of textures, not quite a meal but a satisfying snack with a beer from the Scout cart. For dessert, you can order little fish-shaped cookies called taiyaki— filled with bean paste, chocolate or Nutella. But that Scout beer is essential, and don’t order hungry. The takoyaki is cooked slowly in a special pan, and for more than two orders the wait may be about 20 minutes; the cart doesn’t have the capacity to keep multiple orders going simultaneously. So don’t treat Buki as a restaurant; treat Tidbit as a street fair. Buki is your food concession. MATTHEW KORFHAGE. EAT: Buki, 2880 SE Division St. (Tidbit Food Farm and Garden pod), 360-931-1541. Noon-9 pm Wednesday-Thursday, noon-10 pm Friday-Sunday.
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ORGANIC FUGGLE IPX (HOPWORKS URBAN BREWERY) Fuggles aren’t especially sexy hops. The Britishbred variety offers a reliable yield and is closely related to the Willamette hop, having a similarly mild, earthy nose and sometimes veering into grassy. It’s not known for the big, juicy flavors prized in American IPAs, making it an unlikely choice for this single-hop brew from Hopworks. But Hopworks rendered the best from the organic Fuggles in its IPX. The hops come from a centuryold family in Aurora, a half-hour south of Portland. In this dry, biscuity ale, those hops are restrained, offering a poppylike scent and a sturdy bitterness with just a touch of orange. It won’t send you searching for more Fuggles. Then again, it’s a name not often slapped on labels. MARTIN CIZMAR.
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THE HILLS OF PORTLAND ARE CRAWLING WITH MOONSHINERS. BY BRIA N YA E G E R
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If there’s any such thing as a commercial version of pawpaw brandy, neither I nor my buddies in Mountain View have ever heard of it. You can’t buy commercial pawpaw wine, let alone pawpaw brandy—not even at the Paw Paw Wine Festival in Paw Paw, Mich., and not at the Pawpaw Cafe in Woolloongabba, Australia. And yet there I was, sipping a high-proof liquid that tasted like the sweet fruit, which resembles the love child of a banana and a mango and grows semi-wild in Portland’s urban jungle. A friend we’ll call Jack—no last name— poured me a glass. It really warms the innards on nights like these; Baloo the Bear would go apeshit over it. You could make your own pawpaw wine or beer—home vintners and brewers have been legal since 1978—but the spirit I sipped was made in defiance of federal law and punishable by up to five years in the clink and fines of 10,000 smackaroos. None of that will stop Jack. “I’m a tinkerer,” he says. “I make shit. It’s just fun.” In Portland, Jack isn’t alone. Distilling hard liquor at home may be against the law, but it’s not exactly rare in this city, which is home to more than a dozen licensed craft distilleries and perhaps a few dozen other stills kept in basements by people like Jack who enjoy the thrill of pursuing the nation’s last banned booze. We won’t name names, but if you look at our first annual Distillery Guide, which is inserted into today’s paper, you’ll find a lot of wonderful products made by people who probably learned their trade illegally and in secret. It’s not especially hard to become a moonshiner—several stores in town sell stills suitable for making essential oils, distilled water or, hypothetically, 151-proof homemade Everclear. That list includes F.H. Steinbart Co. in the Buckman neighborhood. As America’s oldest homebrew supply store, Steinbart was in operation for 60 years before homebrewing became legal. Today, you can walk out the door with an alembic pot still, a domed top and a turbo boiler—the key equipment for building your own still—for around $600. Steinbart’s system sits high on a shelf, above a sign that reads: “Distilling alcohol or spirits without a license is federally illegal. F.H. Steinbart does not endorse the use of these essential oil extractors/water distillers
for the purpose of alcohol distillation.” The sign is a lot like those warnings in head, er, smoke shops, warning that until next July, any bongs, er, water pipes, are intended for tobacco use only. As such, you might want to pay cash for your “water distiller” that just so happens to effectively turn mash into white dog whiskey or wine into brandy. Ask any of the paranoid guys on the HomeDistiller.org forum and they’ll tell you about raids in Florida of hobbyists’ houses, Eliot Ness-style, which are easy for the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau since it can demand sales records (including addresses) from anyone who sold you the equipment. Having a still at your house isn’t illegal, but if the feds knock on your door, you’d better have a gallon of lavender oil around. One reason home distilling remains illegal and will forever be frowned upon is because Big Booze fears competition, especially from anyone who seeks to avoid paying excise taxes. Liquor is a $9 billion industry for a reason. At Portland U-Brew, Kelli (not her real name) knows what’s up when customers AREA GINNY: A Portuguese-made copper alembic still. Great for lavender oil. Owned by a local man. come in for turbo yeast and six-row barley malt. Brewers use higher-quality two-row cereal, but when it comes to spirits, as making beer or wine. Between the threat of blowing yourself Kelli points out, cattle feed will get the job First, there’s the fact that the final prod- up and the fact that it’s “really, stupidly done, too. uct is highly flammable and the process illegal,” Bryson pulls a reverse Nike and Rather than a cheap buzz—the cost of a often includes an open flame. Second, the cautions, “Just don’t do it.” home-distilled spirit isn’t actually cheap final product can be a lot more dangerous Jack isn’t swayed. He works on an allcompared to a $12 handle of rotgut vodka— than skunky homebrew or infected wine. electric still, meaning there are no open she believes most local home distillers par- The old adage about moonshine mak- flames to blow him up. take in the hobby “for fun and innovation.” ing people go blind isn’t apocryphal—an “Running a still is super-easy,” Jack It’s also a good way to avoid waste. A bad untrained distiller can bottle poison if he says. “You sit there, you drink, you bullshit batch of homebrewed or she makes a lousy and play cards or what have you. Every now beer can be turned into cut, serving up the toxic and then you make an adjustment as you go a good batch of white “RUNNING A STILL IS methanol that trickles through the run to keep it at the right temwhiskey, and good wine of a still before perature. A big part of the skill is where you SUPER-EASY. YOU SIT out or cider can become the ingestible ethanol cut it.” great brandy or apple THERE, YOU DRINK, flows. The cut—the moment the distiller starts brandy. Jack’s grappa, Lew Bryson, author collecting condensation coming off of the YOU BULLSHIT AND for example, is made of Tasting Whiskey, still, which begins as poisonous methyl from grape skins left PLAY CARDS OR cautions of the dangers alcohol before the flow turns into sweet over from crush. of distilling—at home ethanol—is a key part of the process. I ask WHAT HAVE YOU.” or even at a bonded Jack how he knows he got that part right Though you won’t d i st i l l e r y. I f h o m e with his pawpaw liquor. find any home spirits clubs in Portland, or distilling picks up steam, he wouldn’t be “For me, right now, it’s guessing.” home-distilling competitions, the quality surprised to hear about more explosions I squint a bit. I’m fine, I think. of the stuff I’ve had here is impressive. I’d like the one that occurred at the East Bexar happily purchase a fifth of “cranapeño,” a County vodka distillery in San Antonio in Brian Yaeger is author of Oregon Breweries, to be published Dec. 1 by Stackpole vodka-based cranberry and jalapeño spirit. late October. But when you dig a little deeper, the prohi“A good insurance company will inspect Books. He will sign at Powell’s City of Books, bition of home distilling, unlike most such it before they’re bonded,” says Bryson, but 1005 W Burnside St., 228-4651. 7:30 pm Frilaws, does make at least some sense given home distilleries don’t exactly undergo day, Dec. 5. A pub crawl through the Pearl District follows. that distilling is far more dangerous than such inspections. Willamette Week NOVEMBER 19, 2014 wweek.com
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WEDNESDAY, NOV. 19
Wonder Ballroom, 128 NE Russell St., 284-8686.. 7:30 pm. Sold out. All ages.
Richard Shindell, Daniel Champagne
THURSDAY, NOV. 20
[SINGER-SONGWRITER] Blessed with a rich, supple baritone, a stout heart and a sharp eye for lyrical detail, Richard Shindell has plied his trade as a singer-songwriter for more than two decades. Hardly prolific, he’s released only three albums in the past decade, one of those a collection of covers. While he was once reliable for annual appearances on Portland stages, he’s been a more infrequent visitor since moving to Buenos Aires in 2000. Singer-songwriter aficionados should seize the rare chance to enjoy a consummate practitioner of the form. Shindell is accompanied onstage tonight by pianist-accordionist Radoslav Lorkovic. JEFF ROSENBERG. Alberta Rose Theatre, 3000 NE Alberta St., 719-6055. 8 pm. $22 advance, $25 day of show. Under 21 permitted with legal guardian.
Wampire, Grace Mitchell, Soccer Moms, New Social Outcasts
[PSYCH-POP] Bazaar, the second album in two years from Portland house-show heroes-made-good Wampire, is very much a sequel to the band’s 2013 Polyvinyl debut, Curiosity, but even in the short amount of time between releases, the group’s shroomadelic New Wave has gotten tighter, brighter, hookier and weirder. Tonight’s show is one of the band’s last local gigs before heading to Europe, and benefits Music in the Schools. Hawthorne Theatre, 1507 SE 39th Ave., 233-7100. 7 pm. $5 advance, $7 advance. All ages.
Nature Thief, Big Haunt, Coma Serfs
[DREAM POP] Maybe it’s the name, but when listening to Nature Thief, it is hard not to picture the outdoors. Formed earlier this year, the local fourpiece group crafts simple, hazy indie pop as serene as an autumn morning. Debut EP Moon integrates (occasional WW photographer) Emma Browne’s floating, somewhat eerie vocals with simple, fingerpicked acoustic melodies and heavier bouts of hazy, surf-influenced psychedelic guitar, all creating a lulling ebb and flow reminiscent of the steady sway of a train. The combination should pair well with Coma Serfs, whose distorted surf punk and drawling vocals create a similarly haunting, if grungier, feel. KAITIE TODD. Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison St., 2397639. 8:30 pm. $5. 21+.
TTNG, Emma Ruth Rundle, Mylets
[MATH ROCK] Since its foundation in 2006, the Sargent House label has become a champion of guitar nerds who like their tones lumbering and their time signatures confounding. On this year’s junket tour, we’re gifted with the plaintive noodling of Oxford, U.K.’s TTNG, the ethereal goth folk of Marriages frontwoman Emma Ruth Rundle and the one-man looping labyrinth of the young Henry Kohen, aka Mylets. PETE COTTELL. Star Theater, 13 NW 6th Ave. 8 pm. $12. All ages.
Amanda Palmer
[SONIC LITERATURE] Former Dresden Dolls frontwoman Amanda Palmer is touring in promotion of her book, The Art of Asking, which was released last week. The book has the same name as the TED Talk Palmer gave last year, recounting her former career performing on the street as a human statue, her life of constant couch-surfing, her controversial crowd-funding campaign of 2012 and how all that has lead to her gaining a greater trust in people. Her stop at the Wonder Ballroom will include a raiding, book signing and some music. SHANNON GORMLEY.
David Bazan and Passenger String Quartet, David Dondero
[SINGER-SONGWRITER] Seattle’s David Bazan has been recording inoffensive alt-rock since the mid-’90s, but he recently traded his electric guitar for an acoustic one to re-record songs from his past—by previous bands Pedro the Lion and Headphones, and from his solo albums—with arrangements for a string quartet. Bazan’s songs have always been a little moody, but now, accompanied by strings and Bazan’s deep, crackling voice, they’re overwhelmingly so. SHANNON GORMLEY. Aladdin Theater, 3017 SE Milwaukie Ave., 234-9694. 9 pm. $20. Under 21 permitted with legal guardian.
J Mascis, Luluc, Pete International Airport
[DINOSAUR SR.] Twenty years ago, J Mascis was giving surly interviews to Kennedy on MTV as the frontman and lead guitarist for consummate college-rockers Dinosaur Jr. Now he’s playing the Kennedy Center under his own name. Your local chapter of United Record Store Clerks of America might call that a “sellout,” but the move makes sense. In an era dominated by snotty slackers, Mascis was easily the best musician, interspersing howling, bluesy solos among his wall-of-sound riffs that often drowned out his mumbly singing. You can actually hear his voice now on his latest solo effort, Tied to a Star, a largely acoustic and downtempo album. But he still rips a couple of solos, offering a reassuring testament to his ability to endure in this weird, wild world. JAMES HELMSWORTH. Dante’s, 350 W Burnside St., 226-6630. 9 pm. $18 advance, $20 day of show. 21+.
Deerhoof, Busdriver, Go Dark
[VULGARIZED POP] Sporadic flirtation with the trappings of palatable pop won’t ever persuade San Francisco’s Deerhoof to ignore the outer reaches of difficult composition. On its latest, La Isla Bonita, the band sets speedy rock songs, like “Doom,” alongside serpentine tracks such as “Last Fad,” which is difficult enough to have come from Battles’ convoluted discography but takes on a softer sheen with frontwoman Satomi Matsuzaki’s crooned non sequiturs about cancelled baseball games. During its 20-year career, Deerhoof’s shown an ability to approach, if not master, everything from indie rock and no wave to power pop without ever losing its experimental identity, and this newest release continues the tradition effortlessly. DAVE CANTOR. Doug Fir Lounge, 830 E Burnside St., 231-9663. 8 pm. $15 advance, $17 day of show. 21+.
Modern Kin, the Ghost Ease, Kithkin
[TENT REVIVAL] Stomping, gospeltinged indie-rock three-piece Modern Kin is one of Portland’s most intense live acts, so it stands to reason that the group’s Live from the Banana Stand session is among the more crucial releases in the series. Tonight, all ticket buyers get a free copy. Huzzah! Mississippi Studios, 3939 N Mississippi Ave., 288-3895. 9 pm. $10. 21+.
Swim Swam Swum, Months, Down Down
[POST-EMO] Channeling Jeremy Enigk circa 20 years ago, Portland’s Swim Swam Swum are a bit of a time capsule. The trio produces a tight
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UNKNOWN PLEASURES PETER HOOK BRINGS NEW ORDER’S DEEP CUTS INTO THE LIGHT. BY DAVE CA N TOR
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“I’ve never seen a group bicker as plainly and as openly as me and twat-face,” Peter Hook says over the phone from his room at a Toronto Holiday Inn. The founding bassist of Joy Division and New Order is on tour performing a pair of albums, 1985’s Low-Life and 1986’s Brotherhood, from the latter band’s catalog. Hook’s son, Jack Bates, who plays alongside him in the Light, knocks on the door, momentarily taking the bassist away from the phone to yell something about meeting downstairs. Upon returning, he says, “It’s actually quite unique to see two band members operate like this.” Hook’s “twat-face” comment wasn’t referring to anyone in the Light. He’s talking about Bernard Sumner, a Manchester, England, native who in 1980, along with Hook and drummer Stephen Morris, pivoted away from Joy Division’s somber post-punk in the wake of singer Ian Curtis’ suicide and began playing as New Order. Hook left the group during the ’90s, briefly returning to the fold a few years later. Now, Sumner is touring as New Order, without Hook. And Hook’s not too pleased about it. What’s revealing about Hook’s discourse as he explains the situation, which includes a lawsuit over the use of the band name he believes could be resolved by “guys in wigs” sometime next year, is that he still perceives Sumner as a bandmate, tossing off superlatives about the guitarist amid unprompted jabs. But the reason the bassist began performing the entirety of New Order’s increasingly electronic rock albums in 2012 was because part of the catalog was being underserved. Hook’s not just playing hits. “Most of it hasn’t been played. The band actually settled into what I considered a big rut, just playing the really well-known singles,” Hook says about his second stint in New Order. “It was a source of great frustration to me.” Hook, 58, says crowds are clamoring for LowLife track “Sub-culture,” a synth-streaked dance number laced with Sumner’s melancholy lyrics.
Inhabiting the frontman role hasn’t presented any problems for Hook. But, considering his feud with his former New Order cohort, he sees the irony. After all, black humor is something that’s always floated through the worlds of Joy Division and New Order. Appropriating Nazi discourse for a dour rock quartet and an electronic-tinged dance band shouldn’t be lost on anyone. “The thing about Brotherhood I thought was hysterical was that Bernard wanted it to be completely electronic,” Hook says, declaring himself the troupe’s rock proponent. “We were fighting so much about the music, that when we actually wrote the songs, you have four electronic songs and five acoustic. Bernard wanted to put them separately, so that the electronic songs weren’t tainted by the acoustic songs. And frankly, I felt the same way. So, that’s why we called the album Brotherhood, because there was none.” Terrific tension, though, often yields creative success. And that tension, seemingly omnipresent as Hook describes it, was exacerbated by the increased use of synthesizers and sequencers in New Order’s music, alienating the band’s acoustic players. It’s the sort of experimentation, however, that enabled Manchester, an industrial town about a four-hour drive north of London, to offer up the Buzzcocks’ take on punk, Hook’s bands and the slew of dance music that circulated around the Hacienda club. “We’ve had a stranglehold on music for years,” Hook says of Manchester. “I don’t know why we deserved it better than any other city. But none of them have succeeded in world domination the way Manchester has.” The Light probably won’t release new music, but its frontman says the band hasn’t even gotten around to touring his favorite New Order album, 1989’s Technique. Maybe by the time he undertakes the endeavor, some guy in a wig will have all this in-fighting settled. Or maybe Hook and Sumner will be bandmates again. Or maybe not. “We will be tied together forever,” Hook says. “But it’s like a divorce—like when she won’t give you your suits or your hi-fi back.”
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THURSDAY–FRIDAY batch of slacker indie rock that is nostalgically familiar. With no official releases since 2009’s Circumpolar Westerlies, Swim Swam Swum has been wading under the radar as of late, playing occasional bills and engaging in side projects such as Months and Point Juncture, WA. Fit with a new drummer and some fresh material, Portland’s post-emo frontrunners plan to complete a new record early next year, and if history is any indication, Swim Swam Swum will remain grounded in its ’90s sound. MARK STOCK. The Know, 2026 NE Alberta St., 473-8729. 9 pm. Free. 21+.
FRIDAY, NOV. 21 Har Mar Superstar, the Pizza Underground, Lizzo, Candy Boys
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[CHEESE DAYS] Presumably because, in their last swing through town, Portland actually cheered them rather than throw garbage at the stage as most other cities have done, Macaulay Culkin and his atrocious, pizzathemed Velvet Underground tribute act are coming back. At least they’ve brought R&B singer and Jay Sherman lookalike Har Mar Superstar with them. His paunchy
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Ages and Ages
[CHAMBER POP] Albums born from tragedy are commonplace, but it’s less common that such albums end up sounding as cheery as Ages and Ages’ Divisionary. Between the recording of its first and second album, the Portland band, by awful coincidence, lost a series of close friends and family members, the causes ranging from suicide to cancer to freak accidents. Instead of going melancholy, the wave of loss inspired the band to write lyrics of hope and transcendence, which reach a blissful crescendo on the closing “Divisionary (Do the Right Thing).” SHANNON GORMLEY. Mississippi Studios, 3939 N Mississippi Ave., 288-3895. 9 pm. $10. Through Nov. 22. 21+.
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FIVE BOY-BAND SOLO ALBUMS NOT BY JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE JC Chasez, Schizophrenic (2004) While Timberlake was still in his Off the Wall phase, Chasez—the brooding underwear model to JT’s boy next door—skipped straight to FutureSex/LoveSounds, roping in dance-floor heavies Basement Jaxx to produce and bringing sexy (or at least horny) back two years before his ex-NSyncmate. Justin did it better, of course, and without Chasez’s wet-mullet look. But it’s still an admirably weird and sort of overlooked effort.
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AJ McLean, Have It All (2010) The boys of Backstreet were indistinguishable from one another, but you might remember McLean as “the one who went to rehab.” On his lone solo outing, he attempts to disassociate himself from the boy-band era by referencing literally everything else—Princely funk, ’80s cheese rock, piano pop—reaching “fascinating train wreck” status with “Love Crazy,” which pairs galloping retro soul with incongruously raunchy lyrics.
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Ashley Parker Angel, Soundtrack to Your Life (2006) O-Town was assembled on reality television, so when Angel—the boy-band John Cougar Mellencamp, as far as his ever-shifting name is concerned—spun off on his own, he had to go extra earnest. Soundtrack isn’t half-bad as mall-centric pop rock goes, and he’d probably do well on the Warped Tour these days if he wasn’t in his mid-30s.
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Rich Cronin, Billion Dollar Sound (2008) LFO was hilarious for a few reasons, from its name (“Lyte Funkie Ones”) to the bizarrely free-associative hit “Summer Girls.” Billion Dollar Sound, the only solo effort from founder Cronin, who died in 2010, suggests he was in on the joke, as the record is a concept album about life after fame and contains an entire song daydreaming about getting drunk with Tara Reid. Jeff Timmons, Whisper That Way (2004) 98 Degrees was the most basic of ’90s boy bands—sensitive jocks who probably got wild at the nearest Applebee’s after every show—but third-string member Timmons’ department-store R&B makes Nick Lachey seem like Smokey Robinson. Still recommended if you’re curious what an album by a box of sentient baking soda sounds like. SEE IT: Justin Timberlake plays Moda Center, 1 N Center Court St., on Thursday, Nov. 20. 8 pm. $49.50-$175. All ages. Willamette Weekly 11-19-14.indd 1
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Jamie Stillway Trio
[FINGERSTYLE GUITAR] Ten years ago in these pages, I named Stillway and Bonham’s self-titled album of instrumental acoustic guitar duets my favorite album of the year. Jamie Stillway has continued as a valuable fixture of the local music community, releasing three further albums, and touring and teaching. Her fingerstyle prowess has even earned her the endorsement of Stevens Custom Guitars of Munich. Tonight, she debuts her newly minted trio featuring Arcellus Sykes, bassist for Ural Thomas and the Pain, and Sassparilla drummer Justin Burkhart. JEFF ROSENBERG. Artichoke Community Music, 3130A SE Hawthorne Blvd., 232-8845. 8 pm. $15. All ages.
Fleetwood Mac
[DEFINING LINEUP] There’s a reason Fleetwood Mac’s 1977 classic, Rumours, remains one of the best-selling albums of all time— it’s damn good. It a showcase of Lindsey Buckingham’s effortless guitar work and Stevie Nicks’ velvety wails, but also keyboardist Christine McVie’s excellent songwriting. Given McVie is finally rejoining with the band after 16 years off in the English countryside, you can expect to hear classics like “Don’t Stop” and “Songbird” amid solo and upcoming material from the band’s first studio album since 2003’s forgettable Say You Will. BRANDON WIDDER. Moda Center,
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Charlie Megira, the Pynnacles, the Trench
[DESERT SURF] The Israel-born guitarist Charlie Megira has been issuing a vast array of rock stuff for about 10 years. On each successive album, the reach of Megira’s various groups extends, moving from somber Joy Division worship on his work with Hefker Girl to the all-inclusive Modern Dance Club to the surf- and rockabilly-inflected compositions with Bet She’an Valley Hillbillies. The latter ensem-
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Los Straitjackets, featuring Deke Dickerson, the Twangshifters
[VOCAL INSTRUMENTALS] Along with the Mexican wrestling masks they don in concert, surf-rockers Los Straitjackets have long worn their lack of vocals with pride, billing themselves as “the World’s Number One Instrumental Combo.” But for its latest project, Deke Dickerson Sings the Great Instrumental Hits, the band finally caved, collaborating with fellow rockabilly revivalist Dickerson and adding lyrics to songs best known for not having any (the Hawaii Five-0 theme, “Sleepwalk,” “Apache,” etc.). And y’know what? It’s just as fun as anything else the group’s put out. Dante’s, 350 W Burnside St., 226-6630. 9 pm. $20. 21+.
Avi Buffalo, Los Angeles Police Department
[YOUNG PRODIGIES] When Avi Buffalo’s self-titled album dropped all the way back in 2010, the narrative was centered on the shocking youth of songwriter-bandleader Avigdor Zahner-Isenberg—19 when the album came out, two or three years younger when much of it was written. Some of it was justified: You don’t write a song called “Summer Cum” when you’ve hit middle age. But the staggering thing was that the band’s sound, dense little nuggets of melody that recalled everything from early Built to Spill to the classic folkpop swing of the Zombies, rarely sounded like the work of teenagers. After a four-year break, Zahner-Isenberg is back with At Best Cuckold, set to be one of the year’s best (and most likely underrated, given that soft-focus indie rock isn’t really de rigueur these days) records, led by an increased sense of balladry and lovely lead single “So What.” MICHAEL MANNHEIMER. Doug Fir Lounge, 830 E Burnside St., 231-9663. 9 pm. $12 advance, $14 day of show. 21+.
Blockhead, Elaquent, Muneshine
[ALTERNATIVE BEATS] What does it take for respected electronic label Ninja Tune to pass up longtime signee Blockhead’s album, Bells and Whistles? The answer is legal nightmares. Hip-hop giants like Kanye can use lawsuits over improperly obtained samples to generate buzz, but an indie hip-hop producer like Blockhead, best known for for his work on Aesop Rock’s records, has no such luxury. Bells and Whistles was just released independently online and on vinyl, hopefully not to the tune of a multimillion-dollar lawsuit. It would be a shame, when tracks like “On the Back of a Golden Dolphin” run with vinyl-ripped samples of jazzy pianos, jangly breaks and offbeat vocals like they stole something. Oh wait… MITCH LILLIE. Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison St., 239-7639. 9 pm. $12. 21+.
MIREL WAGNER FRIDAY, NOV. 21 Scary folk songs to sing in the dark.
Mirel Wagner raises a lot of questions on her new album, the first being “What’s underneath the floor?” That comes in the chorus of “1 2 3 4,” which opens When the Cellar Children See the Light of Day, and the answer is a little disturbing: “chewed up lips, milky milk teeth…pretty little face, pretty little eyes.” It’s a fitting introduction. With the Ethiopian-born, Finnishadopted songwriter beckoning the listener as she sings, “Won’t you tell us more?,” it’s as if the songs are the children referenced in the album title, released from the cellar of her brain. Such eerie mystery is a crucial aspect of Wagner’s gloomy folk, as is deceptive simplicity. When asked how many tracks she normally uses to record, she quickly responds, “One,” before confessing it’s not true, and that the real number is “a secret.” Regardless, Wagner’s songs are hauntingly sparse, consisting of not much more than her voice and an acoustic guitar. “Silence is not a bad thing.” Wagner says. “You shouldn’t be afraid of silence, especially in songs. It’s good that there’s space and silence and time to breathe. Sometimes it’s easier just to add things than to consider what’s important.” Wagner says she never planned to make a living as a musician. Songwriting had been a hobby for her, until she was discovered at an open mic by a Finnish journalist, whose press ultimately led her to release a debut album with the small Kioski Rec label. Now, she’s gained the attention of American indie institution Sub Pop, which released Cellar Children in August. Despite the major change in how music fits into her life, Wagner’s primary concern is still telling stories—stories referencing waves of flesh and blood, necrophilia and, of course, things lurking beneath the floor. “They probably have that dark side of life in them,” Wagner says of her lyrics. “Maybe I do have a sort of darker look toward life. But maybe there’s a lot of dark humor also.” When it comes to the story of her album title, though, Wagner is politely evasive. Like many of the songwriters she is often compared to—Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Nick Cave—she wants to leave the possibilities open to interpretation. But her response, when asked about it directly, makes it seem as if it’s just as mysterious to her: “The title makes you wonder about these questions. What are these children? It’s sort of hopeful but in a way kind of upsetting.” SHANNON GORMLEY. SEE IT: Mirel Wagner plays Bunk Bar, 1028 SE Water Ave., on Friday, Nov. 21. 10 pm. $10. 21+. Willamette Week NOVEMBER 19, 2014 wweek.com
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ble, with nothing to its name other than The End of Teenage tape, isn’t exactly a departure from Megira’s past, but the trio does feature a bongo player in place of where one’d expect to see a dude posted up behind a drum set. DAVE CANTOR. The Know, 2026 NE Alberta St., 473-8729. 8 pm. $5. 21+.
SUNDAY, NOV. 23 Cold Specks, the Domestics
[DARK SOUL] Dark, sultry and sometimes downright eerie, the music by Toronto singer Al Spx— better known by her stage moniker Cold Specks—is like a film noir femme fatale converted into pure sound. Built on sparse folk and gospel influences, Neuroplasticity, released earlier this year, lays the darkness on thick, with rough, blaring trumpet, shuddering, soulful vocals and creepy lyrics about stabbing your partner in his sleep. KAITIE TODD. Doug Fir Lounge, 830 E Burnside St., 2319663. 9 pm. $12. 21+.
Distal, SPF666
[DANCE FORWARD] Once considered an ambassador of “postdubstep” and America’s answer to similar artists like the U.K.’s Mount Kimbie, Distal has shed even that wide-ranging and nebulous label. After dropping singles like “Eel,” which is almost too forward-thinking to be called dubstep, Distal turned around and made a grimy downtempo juke album with late Chicago legend Rashad. And then there’s the issue of “Booyant,” a collaboration with HxdB that finds
dancefloor stock in the tech-dub forest. The fact that the guy hails from Atlanta—current fount of all things weird and wonderful in hip-hop and beyond—makes a lot of sense. MITCH LILLIE. Mississippi Studios, 3939 N Mississippi Ave., 288-3895. 9 pm. $12. 21+.
Foxing, Gates, We the Wild, Walter and the Conqueror, Robot Boy
[POST-EMO] Since feelings ceded to haircuts in the mid-2000s, the idea of buffing emotional punk rock with orchestral aplomb has felt a little bit dirty and heavyhanded. We now have Foxing and Gates to thank for making cinematic grandeur (and trumpet solos!) a newly fresh approach to a genre that mostly just wants a hug. The former hinges on the slow-burning catharsis of frontman Conner Murphy’s literary musings, which do most of the heavy lifting on debut Albatross, while the latter channels the saccharine thrash of Thrice and the contemplative twinkling of scene heroes the Appleseed Cast. Bring earplugs and a box of tissues. PETE COTTELL. Star Theater, 13 NW 6th Ave. 5:30 pm. $10. All ages.
Smallpools, Magic Man, Panama Wedding
[POP] Smallpools has an app on its website that connects to your Instagram account. If you hashtag your post #smallpoolsdoodles, the band might repost it through their own account. The group’s sound is every bit as slick as its marketing. It’s full of big, supercompressed drums, cutting disco guitars and frontman Sean Scanlon
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Sturgill Simpson, Lucette [BIG BRITCHES] Jesus gets name-checked in the first few lines of Sturgill Simpson’s Metamodern Sounds in Country Music, the Kentucky native’s second album. That dead guy’s name, though, is quickly contrasted by a slew of drug references. It’s all backed by a precisely executed range of country stances—some slowly paced laments and a few barnburners. Coursing through the entire album is a healthy dose of mazy guitar playing, adding at least a tinge of psychedelia to the proceedings. The tail end of “Long White Line,” an otherwise sedate, midtempo affair, gets pretty woolly during its closing guitar solo, going beyond even Gram Parsons’ take on the genre. All of Metamodern, though, is a study in contrast: musical tradition and the freedom to break it in order to write songs Simpson finds interesting; his displeasure with bad living and his need to write about it; achieving his goals while navigating a sometimes-unforgiving world. His work is self-reflective, including a song about ego death. While some of it is a bit awkwardly executed, Simpson’s attempt to expand the genre is a notable feat. Singing a list of psychedelic drugs, though, doesn’t actually make you a psychedelic cowboy. It does, however, set you in good company. DAVE CANTOR. Mississippi Studios, 3939 N Mississippi Blvd., 288-3895. 8 pm Tuesday, Nov. 25. Sold out. 21+. 30
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SUNDAY–TUESDAY/CLASSICAL, ETC. singing “whoa, whoa” really high. For someone with such an affinity for the unabashedly poppy, the band’s lyrics are surprisingly selfaware. It’s even true of the lyric that appears on their T-shirts: “She saw the world through a Mason jar,” which seems like a dig at the young and hip. Already touring the House of Blues circuit on the strength of a four-song, self-titled EP released last year, though, it’s not really clear who the joke’s on. JAMES HELMSWORTH. Wonder Ballroom, 128 NE Russell St., 284-8686. 7:30 pm. $14 advance, $16 day of show. All ages.
MONDAY, NOV. 24 Celestial Shore
[SPACE PUNK] While “Celestial Shore” sounds like the title of a CD that’d be sold exclusively at yoga studios, the Brooklyn band bearing that name is actually something less than serene, melding bent guitar noise with classic melodies (which, truth be told, are kind of soothing) for a sound that should appeal to fans of the rougher edges of the 4AD catalogue. Bunk Bar, 1028 SE Water Ave., 328-2865. 9:30 pm. $7. 21+.
Circa Survive, Title Fight, Tera Melos
[POST HARDCORE] Today’s sign of the scene-kid apocalypse: The beloved screamcore tent pole Circa Survive is about to turn 10. Since leaving Saosin to found the posthardcore outfit in 2004, singer Anthony Green and company have carved out a respectable career built on incendiary guitar tandems, brutal math-rock breakdowns and the inimitable screeching of Green’s vocal presence. This year’s Descensus is hardly a break from the norm, but it certainly meets the expectations of the band’s devout followers. PETE COTTELL. Wonder Ballroom, 128 NE Russell St., 284-8686. 7:30 pm. $20 advance, $23 day of show. All ages.
TUESDAY, NOV. 25 Noah Gundersen, Rocky Votolato
[SINGER-SONGWRITER] Calling Ledges Noah Gundersen’s first solo album feels a bit strange. Over the past six years, the Centralia, Wash., native has released three EPs under his own imprimatur. Those family members with whom he formed indie band the Courage were on hand to help record this early 2014 debut, and the simmering slowburners of fraught introspection and manful regret (he’s licensed tracks to both The Vampire Diaries and Sons of Anarchy) certainly sound familiar. Regardless, with yet another short collection—Twenty-Something, led by a reimagining of “Smells Like Teen Spirit” as bed-sit balladry— exclusively available on this tour, it seems clear that Ledges won’t be his last. JAY HORTON. Aladdin Theater, 3017 SE Milwaukie Ave., 234-9694. 8 pm. 8 pm. Under 21 permitted with legal guardian.
OBN IIIs, Pampers
[EXTREME GARAGE ROCK] The phrase “If you don’t feel it, you must be dead” is overused, but it’s all too appropriate in the case of OBN IIIs. The Austin garage-rock outfit welds Jon Spencer’s dirty blues to Iggy Pop’s manic stage presence with so much intensity it’s hot to the touch. It’s blistering music inspired by early punk rock and curated by a possessed frontman in Orville Neeley III. OBN III’s third and latest album, Third Time to Harm, is a fiery piece of work proudly announcing the band’s arrival at a level with sibling acts such as Ty Segall or Thee Oh Sees. MARK STOCK. Dante’s, 350 W Burnside St., 226-6630. 9 pm. $7. 21+.
CLASSICAL, JAZZ & WORLD Mahesh Kale
[HINDUSTANI VOCAL] Like younger Western classical performers, today’s young Indian classical music stars refresh traditional sounds with
contemporary influences. The young San Francisco Hindustani vocalist Mahesh Kale has the pedigree required of top-level players. He has studied traditional music with venerable gurus and founded a nonprofit organization to preserve Indian musical heritage, but has also performed with jazzers like Trilok Gurtu and Frank Martin and in theater musicals, and explored semi-classical Indian styles. He’ll join equally young and diverse San Franciscan musicians, including AfghaniGerman tabla player and Zakir Hussain protégé Salar Nader and Mumbai-born harmonium master Anand Karve. BRETT CAMPBELL. Valley Catholic High School, 4275 SW 148th Ave., Beaverton, 644-3745. 7:30 pm Saturday, Nov. 22. $20 advance, $25 day of show. $15 students, $12.50 children. All ages.
Susan Chan
[CHINESE CLASSICAL PIANO] Portland State University professor Susan Chan, a Hong Kong native and international award-winning pianist, has long championed the music of contemporary Chinese and Chinese-American composers, especially women. She has released two CDs and even commissioned new works by two of the most prominent composers: the wife-and-husband team of Chen Yi and Pulitzer Prizewinner Zhou Long, who have visited Portland and worked with Third Angle New Music. In this Celebration Works recital, she’ll play music by both composers as well as the other great Chinese-American composer of their generation, Tan Dun, and Chinese-Canadian composer Alexina Louie, mixing in piano transcriptions of music from cantatas by a composer who has nothing to do with China: J.S. Bach. BRETT CAMPBELL. First Presbyterian Church, 1200 SW Alder St., 228-7331. 2 pm Sunday, Nov. 23. $10 advance, $15 day of show. All ages.
Eric Stern, Hungry Opera Machine
[GYPSY JAZZ OPERA] As his 2010 opera, Queen of Knives, demon-
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strated, singer-accordionist-pianistcomposer Eric Stern’s ambitions extend beyond the band he founded, Vagabond Opera. His new Hungry Opera Machine debuts with a concert version of his new operameets-commedia dell’arte creation, Flour, Salt and Moonbeams, for which Stern has enlisted stalwart local alt-classical singers Catherine Olson and Scot Crandal, Wanderlust Circus honcho Noah Mickens, violinist Mirabai Peart, saxophonist Paul Evans and singer-director Annie Rosen to dramatize the story of a tortilla-maven diner cook, a cornedbeef-hash-addicted mafioso, a foulmouthed waitress and a greedy boss, all set to Django-flavored gypsy jazz. Stern will lead a jazz trio after the show. BRETT CAMPBELL. Mississippi Pizza, 3552 N Mississippi Ave., 288-3231. 5 pm Sunday, Nov. 23. $10 advance, $15 day of show. 21+.
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BLACK FRI DAY
Jamie Baum
[JAZZ FLUTE] While male saxophonists and trumpeters rule the bandstands and CDs, flutists are much rarer in jazz, and so are women. New York’s Jamie Baum is both, and a worthy successor to earlier masters like Yusef Lateef and James Newton. She’s performed with some of today’s leading jazzers, including Dave Douglas, Fred Hersch, Anthony Braxton, Randy Brecker and more—including pianist George Colligan, now a prof at Portland State. That probably explains why Portland gets a rare and welcome chance to hear this stylish, multiple-award-winning soloist, whose influences range beyond jazz to contemporary classical, Latin, Brazilian, South Asian and more. BRETT CAMPBELL. Lincoln Hall, Portland State University, 1620 SW Park Ave., 725-3307. 7 pm Monday, Nov. 24. $10. All ages.
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BRAKEMOUTH MARLENE (SELF-RELEASED) [SOLO SYNTH POP] Brakemouth is Casey Frantum, a one-man avalanche of guitardriven electronica, operating high atop prefab samples, typically in the form of synthesizers and neatly ironed drums. But his busy, sometimes disconnected sounds often serve as spectator to his ability as a lyricist. His poetic lines, dwelling on nautical and supernatural themes, are the standout feature of Marlene, an album steeped in equal parts retrospection and reckoning. The highlight is “Wires,” a potluck of everything good about ’80s music. The keyboards and percussion mesh to that sweet spot where you almost can’t differentiate the two, affording the song a deep, sturdy heartbeat. Here, Frantum showcases his ability as a guitarist and lyricist. “Somebody said that the wires got crossed/ But I always felt the instructions got lost,” he sings. The song gains momentum with every line, the vocals and instrumentation moving together in stride, in the company of many effects employed in a way that is clean and uncluttered. All too often, though, the words and the music often seem at odds with each other, and Frantum’s fluid poetry can feel trapped inside a rigid wall of automated sounds. Pretty as his lyrics often are, many of the songs are jumbled to the point of sounding like he simply pressed a demo key on an old Casio keyboard. Even so, Marlene overflows with energy, especially in the marching, Devo-like track “Built to Last” and the textured “Motions.” Brakemouth’s debut is a noble effort, especially coming from a one-man act. He’s got the skeleton; all he needs now is some flesh to match. MARK STOCK.
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TARA CASH SCHWOEBEL • SATURDAY, 11/22 @ 3PM book reading & signing
“In 1995 Johnny Cash’s daughter gave a book of 365 questions. One year later, on her birthday, he returned the book to her with the answers completed.”
ANDREW PAUL WOODWORTH SUNDAY, 11/23 @ 5PM
“The sound itself is hard to define because the songs collected on Woodworth’s third solo album, Saboteur, range from churning guitar anthem to harmony laced, throbbing foot stompers to dirty, intimate lovelorn prayer....like silence shattering and collecting itself.
SEE IT: Brakemouth plays Rontoms, 600 E Burnside St., with Fringe Class and Small Skies, on Sunday, Nov. 23. 9 pm. Free. 21+. Willamette Week NOVEMBER 19, 2014 wweek.com
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836 N Russell St. Jeremiah Clark and the Reason Why, Billy Mixer, Chris Baron & Friends
Wonder Ballroom
128 NE Russell St. Peter Hook & The Light
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LAST WEEK LIVE DANIEL COLE
Alberta Street Public House 1036 NE Alberta St. Mexican Gunfight
Alhambra Theatre
4811 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Reggae Night Stoplight Party, Natural Remedy, Poor Man’s Whiskey
Bossanova Ballroom 722 E Burnside St. Hunter Paye, Leo, and Zax Vandal
Bunk Bar
1028 SE Water Ave. MIrel Wagner
Crystal Ballroom
1332 W Burnside Street Super Diamond, BowieVision
Dante’s
350 W Burnside St Har Mar Superstar, Pizza Underground, Lizzo and Candy Boys
Doug Fir Lounge
TAG TEAM BACK AGAIN: “In case you’re wondering what I’m drinking,” said El-P, one half of hip-hop darlings Run the Jewels, from the stage at Hawthorne Theatre on Nov. 15, “it’s Grey Goose, soda and Emergen-C.” Their show Saturday night was the latest in a long string, he explained, and it was starting to wear on him and partner Killer Mike. If they were tired, though, it didn’t show. The sold-out crowd was electrified even before they walked onstage, thanks to an introduction from Carrie Brownstein. Throughout the 17-song set, which ran about an hour, the duo prowled the stage, bounced back across it, even stood back-to-back like the poster for an ’80s buddy comedy. There was at least one uncomfortable moment, as the mostly male crowd reached peak Jewelmania on “Love Again (Akinyele Back),” chanting the song’s oral-sex-referencing refrain. Still, the energy was mostly infectious, the mix was excellent, and whether shouting out The Anarchist Cookbook on “Close Your Eyes (and Count to Fuck)” or mixing Halloween imagery and chin-checking disses on “Blockbuster Night, Part 1,” Run the Jewels reminded the audience that they’re as clever as they are entertaining. JAMES HELMSWORTH.
Al’s Den
303 SW 12th Ave. Garcia Birthday Band
Aladdin Theater
3017 SE Milwaukie Ave. Gaelic Storm
Alberta Rose Theatre
Holocene
1001 SE Morrison St. Nature Thief, Coma Serfs, Big Haunt
Jimmy Mak’s
221 NW 10th Ave. The Christopher Brown Quartet, Mel Brown Quartet
3000 NE Alberta St. Richard Shindell, Daniel Champagne
Kells
Alhambra Theatre
Kelly’s Olympian
4811 SE Hawthorne Blvd. New Kingston
Ash Street Saloon
225 SW Ash St. Doomstravaganza 2014: DJ Ambush
Doug Fir Lounge
830 E Burnside St. Jay Nash with Josh Day, Javier Dunn
Duff’s Garage
2530 NE 82nd Ave Suburban Slims Blues Jam, Woodlander
Hawthorne Theatre
1507 SE 39th Ave. Wampire, Soccer Moms, Surviving Yesterday
Hawthorne Theatre Lounge
1503 SE Cesar E Chavez Blvd. Coolzey, Moodie Black, Abadawn
112 SW 2nd Ave. Bill Tollner 426 SW Washington St. John Black Band Album Release
LaurelThirst Public House 2958 NE Glisan St. Zac Borden, Kathryn Claire (9 pm); Love Gigantic (6 pm)
Mississippi Pizza Pub
3552 N. Misssissippi Ave Andrew Duhon Trio
Wonder Ballroom 128 NE Russell St. Amanda Palmer
THURS. NOV. 20 Al’s Den
303 SW 12th Ave. Garcia Birthday Band
Aladdin Theater
3000 NE Alberta St. Carla Rossi Sings the End of the World
Dante’s
350 W Burnside St J Mascis, Luluc, Pete International Airport
Doug Fir Lounge
Duff’s Garage
13 NW 6th Ave. This Town Needs Guns, Emma Ruth Rundle, Mylets
Hawthorne Theatre
The Secret Society
Hawthorne Theatre Lounge
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2958 NE Glisan St. Folkslinger, Sam Emerich (9:30 pm); The Earnest Lovers (6 pm)
3939 N Mississippi Ave. Modern Kin, Kithkin
Star Theater
White Eagle Saloon
LaurelThirst Public House
Alberta Rose Theatre
2530 NE 82nd Ave The Tom Bergeron Brasil Band, Tough Love Pyle
116 NE Russell St. The Bicycle Ball
221 NW 10th Ave. Mel Brown B3 Organ Group
Mississippi Pizza
Mississippi Studios
3939 N Mississippi Ave. Sons of Bill, David Wax Museum
Jimmy Mak’s
3017 SE Milwaukie Ave. David Bazan and Passenger String Quartet, David Dondero
830 E Burnside St. Deerhoof, Busdriver, Go Dark
836 N Russell St. Alex Nicole
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The Tonic Lounge
3100 NE Sandy Blvd. Transient, Endorphins Lost, Dodlage, RKC
Turn! Turn! Turn!
FRI. NOV. 21
WED. NOV. 19
The Secret Society
1507 SE 39th Ave. Emery, The Classic Crime, Artifex Pereo
1503 SE Cesar E Chavez Blvd. Milo, Bloodmoney, Elton Cray, Lucas Dix, Durazzo
3552 N Mississippi Ave. Red Yarn
Mississippi Studios
Moda Center
#150, 1 N Center Court St. Justin Timberlake 20/20 Experience
Rotture
315 SE 3rd Ave. The Hoot Hoots, DoublePlusGood, Arlo Indigo
The GoodFoot Lounge 2845 SE Stark St. Jon Ostrom Band, Mr. Rosewater
The Know
2026 NE Alberta St. Swim Swam Swum, Months, Down Gown
The Secret Society 116 NE Russell St. The Ukeladies
830 E Burnside St. Black Prairie, Swansea
Duff’s Garage
2530 NE 82nd Ave Al Hendrix, Levi Dexter, Shuggie B Goode
Hawthorne Theatre
1507 SE 39th Ave. Sisyphean Conscience, Hail the Artilect, Velaraas, Southgate, Kingdom Under Fire
Hawthorne Theatre Lounge
1503 SE Cesar E Chavez Blvd. MF Ruckus, My New Vice
Holocene
1001 SE Morrison St. Weird Fiction & Dizzynest, Fasters, Kinoko Evans
Holocene
1001 SE Morrison St. RockBox, Matt Nelkin, DJ Kez
Jade Lounge
2342 SE Ankeny St. Akaba
Jimmy Mak’s
221 NW 10th Ave. Soul Vaccination
LaurelThirst Public House
2958 NE Glisan St. Olivia Awbrey, Anna Tivel, Echo Pearl Varsity (9:30 pm); Michael Hurley and the Croakers (6 pm)
Mississippi Studios
3939 N Mississippi Ave. Ages and Ages
8 NE Killiingsworth St Kingdom of Smoth, Holographs, Crow Caine
White Eagle Saloon 836 N Russell St. Nova Blue, Reverb Brothers
Wilf’s Restaurant & Bar
800 NW 6th Ave. Michael Allen Harrison and Friends
Wonder Ballroom 128 NE Russell St. Trentemoller
SAT. NOV. 22 Al’s Den
303 SW 12th Ave. Garcia Birthday Band
Aladdin Theater
3017 SE Milwaukie Ave. Red Molly, Melody Walker & Jacob Groopman
Alberta Street Public House 1036 NE Alberta St. Open Road Benefit: Renegade Stringband
Central Lutheran Church
1820 NE 21st Ave. Satori Men’s Chorus Concert
Club 21
2035 NE Glisan St. Sharks from Mars, the Cigarette Burns, Fire Nuns
Clyde’s Prime Rib Restaurant & Bar
5474 NE Sandy Blvd. Andy Stokes
Dante’s
350 W Burnside St Los Straitjackets, Don & The Quixotes
Doug Fir Lounge
315 SE 3rd Ave. Blow Pony, Rica Shay
Sandy Hut
1430 NE Sandy Blvd. Hollow Sidewalks, 1776, Feels, Is/Is
Star Theater
13 NW 6th Ave. Rock the Awareness: Benefit for Survivors of Domestic Violence
The Firkin Tavern
1937 SE 11th Ave. Pinehurst Kids, Bricks
The Know
White Eagle Saloon
836 N Russell St. Ghost Towns, Marty OReilly & The Old Soul Orchestra, The Marshall McLean Band
Wonder Ballroom
128 NE Russell St. Smallpools and Magic Man, Panama Wedding
MON. NOV. 24 Ash Street Saloon 225 SW Ash St. The Underground Resistance
Bunk Bar
2026 NE Alberta St. Charlie Megira, The Pynnacles, The Trench
1028 SE Water Ave. Celestial Shore
The Secret Society
830 E Burnside St. Rich Aucoin, NTNT
116 NE Russell St. Ara Lee, Redray Frazier, Midnight Honey
The Tonic Lounge
3100 NE Sandy Blvd. Thrash Invasion, Onslaught, Artillery, VX36, Raptor, Gladius
White Eagle Saloon
128 NE Russell St. Leading Ladies in Music Awards 2014
SUN. NOV. 23
Doug Fir Lounge
Lincoln Performance Hall
1620 SW Park Ave. Jamie Baum
The Know
2026 NE Alberta St. Thirsty City
White Eagle Saloon 836 N Russell St. Singer Songwriter Showcase, Eric John Kaiser
Wonder Ballroom
128 NE Russell St. Circa Survive, Title Fight
TUES. NOV. 25
Al’s Den
Al’s Den
Aladdin Theater
Aladdin Theater
Dante’s
Alberta Street Public House
303 SW 12th Ave. Dusty Santamaria 3017 SE Milwaukie Ave. Jeff Bridges & The Abiders 350 W Burnside St Mr. Gnome, Young Tongue
Doug Fir Lounge
830 E Burnside St. Cold Specks, the Domestics
303 SW 12th Ave. Dusty Santamaria 3017 SE Milwaukie Ave. Noah Gundersen, Special Guest Rocky Votolato
1036 NE Alberta St. Hip Hatchet
Bunk Bar
1028 SE Water Ave. Nolala, Fog Father, Mascaras
Dante’s
350 W Burnside St OBN IIIs, Pampers
Duff’s Garage
Habesha Lounge
Duff’s Garage
801 NE Broadway St. ABSV
2530 NE 82nd Ave Wingtips
Hawthorne Theatre Lounge
Hawthorne Theatre
Holocene
2530 NE 82nd Ave DK Stewart Sextet
1503 SE Cesar E Chavez Blvd. Proven, Jahai, Dead Last Place, Within Sight, Boudica, Arachnid
Holocene
221 NW 10th Ave. Soul Vaccination
Kells
112 SW 2nd Ave. Coming Up Threes
LaurelThirst Public House
The Know
The Old Church
3552 N. Misssissippi Ave Purusa Reunion Concert
1422 SW 11th Ave. Evening of the Arts
Rotture
2530 NE 82nd Ave Djangophiles
2958 NE Glisan St. Jerry Joseph Acoustic Trio (9:30 pm); The Yellers (6 pm)
2026 NE Alberta St. TSA, Asthma
8 NW 6th Ave. Netsky, Kove, Sidestep
Duff’s Garage
Jimmy Mak’s
1937 SE 11th Ave. Quite!, Tribe Mars
Roseland Theater
13 NW 6th Avenue Foxing, Gates, We the Wild, Walter and the Conqueror, Robot Boy
830 E Burnside St. Avi Buffalo, Los Angeles Police Department
Sandy Hut
The Firkin Tavern
Star Theater
1401 N Wheeler Ave. Fleetwood Mac
Wonder Ballroom
225 SW Ash St. Zindu, Ojos Feos
1001 SE Morrison St. Blockhead, Elaquent, & Muneshine
13 NW Sixth Avenue Tribal Theory & Anuhea
Moda Center
Ash Street Saloon
10350 N Vancouver Way Flexor T
Star Theater
600 E. Burnside St. Brakemouth, Small Skies and Fringe Class
836 N Russell St. Astro Tan, Space Shark, Mamai, Soul Saturdays with DoveDriver
1037 SW Broadway Bernadette Peters
Rontoms
3435 N Lombart St. Tracey Fordice & The 8 Balls
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
Ponderosa Lounge
1430 NE Sandy Blvd. Black Snake, R.I.P, Ox Coven, Barbarian Riot Squad
Mock Crest Tavern
Mississippi Pizza Pub.
Mississippi Studios
3939 N Mississippi Ave. Ages and Ages
1507 SE 39th Ave. Issues, I Killed The Prom Queen, Ghost Town, Nightmares, Marmozets
LaurelThirst Public House
2958 NE Glisan St. Open Mic (9 pm); Freak Mountain Ramblers (6 pm)
Mississippi Pizza
3552 N Mississippi Ave. Eric Stern, Hungry Opera Machine
Mississippi Studios
3939 N Mississippi Ave. Distal, SPF666
Moda Center
1401 N Wheeler Ave. Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Reed College
3203 SE Woodstock Blvd. Portland Baroque Orchestra: Bohemium Trumpets and Stylus Fantasticus
1001 SE Morrison St. Bill of Goods: Tryptophantiastic!, Danielle Ross, Lucy Yim, Robert Tyree, Jin Camou, Meshi Chavez
Jimmy Mak’s
221 NW 10th Ave. Mel Brown Septet
Lola’s Room
1332 W Burnside The Soil & the Sun, Pretty Gritty
Mississippi Studios
3939 N Mississippi Ave. Sturgill Simpson
Roseland Theater 8 NW 6th Ave. G-Eazy
The Know
2026 NE Alberta St. Steel Bearing Hand, Satanarchist
White Eagle Saloon 836 N Russell St. Anthemtown Artist Showcase
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BAR REVIEW
Where to drink this week. 1. The Knock Back 2315 NE Alberta St., 284-4090, theknockback.com. the Knock Back has added top-notch bartender Jesse card to make an unlikely transition to a fine cocktail bar, with frozen Spanish coffees and whiskey cocktails that use quince, pumpkin or madeira as mixers. 2. Lucky Horseshoe Lounge 2524 SE Clinton St., 954-1606. taking over the space previously occupied by the Workshop pub, the loosely Western-themed Lucky horseshoe keeps a neon horseshoe in the window, its bottles in a metal tub on the bar, and its occidental or Gigantic beers on tap at a cool $4. 3. Bar Bar 3939 N Mississippi Ave., 288-3895, mississippistudios.com. it’s dark, cold and wet again—weather secretly cheered by some of us—and Bar Bar’s covered deck and constant campfire make it one of the best wintertime patios in town. 4. The Big Legrowlski 812 NW Couch St., 206-6481, biglegrowlski.com. mostly this is an understated little tap nook on the edge of chinatown. the chinatown crowd is not the issue—no rich fucks, no fucking strumpets waltzing around, just a black-andwhite rendering of the rug that tied the room together and Bowling nixon in the restroom. 5. Prettyman’s General 2637 SE Hawthorne Blvd., prettymansgeneral.com. this dandy little pub and market has all the trappings of contemporary portland culture: antlers, sheepskin-adorned leather sofas, oil landscapes, courtney Barnett records, super-fancy tuna salad sandwiches.
THE GREAT MIDDLE WEST: The Pearl District’s newest brewpub, Fat Head’s (131 NW 13th Ave., 820-7721, fatheadsportland.com), really channels the spirit of suburban Cleveland. That’s not a knock. There’s a lot to love about this big, doughy brewery and restaurant. First, the beer, which is solid to excellent, including a squeaky-clean Czech Pilsner and the state’s best new weizenbock; that weiz is the deceptively smooth 8.7 percent ABV Alpenglow, a glorious pigpile of clove and banana that took gold at the Great American Beer Festival last month. Then, there are bunbusting sandwiches and burgers, which come from a billboard-sized menu and include the super-stacked Southside Slopes—a whole kielbasa, halved, topped with fried perogies, onions, American cheese and spicy horseradish sauce ($12.99) served with huge mounds of house-fried potato chips. Other offerings follow the steroidal Applebee’s theme: The Bender has pastrami, Italian sausage, a fried egg, grilled onions, Tillamook cheddar and cherrypepper mayo. The space is Cheesecake Factory-scale, decorated with company branding and, so far, slammed, meaning we waited over an hour for our food. (The waitress halved our bill.) The taps haven’t yet poured the flagship Head Hunter IPA—a revelation in North Olmsted, Ohio, though hard-pressed to rank among Oregon’s top 10 IPAs—but it’s already becoming one of the Pearl’s more pleasant bars. Hey, if it’s good enough for Cleveland’s westside ’burbs, it’s good enough for Portland’s admen and tourists. MARTIN CIZMAR.
The Lovecraft
421 SE Grand Ave. Electronomicon
The Lovecraft
421 SE Grand Ave. Darkness Descends
The whiskey Bar 31 NW 1st Ave Caspa
wed. Nov. 19 Ground Kontrol Classic Arcade 511 NW Couch St. TRONix
The Lovecraft
421 SE Grand Ave. Event Horizon
valentines
232 SW Ankeny St. Stevie Shmidt
Thurs. Nov. 20 dig a Pony
736 Southeast Grand Ave. Aan DJs
holocene
1001 SE Morrison St. Club Chemtrail: Shy Girls DJ, DJ Sappho, SPF666, Commune
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639 SE Morrison St. DJ Jonny Cakes
The Tonic Lounge
3100 NE Sandy Blvd. House Call
valentines
232 SW Ankeny St. Thomas Murdick, Bleach Blonde Dudes
fri. Nov. 21 Branx
320 SE 2nd Ave. No Vacancy: Prince Club
dig a Pony
736 Southeast Grand Ave. Jimbo, DJ The Beatles
Lola’s room
1332 W Burnside 80s Video Dance Attack
valentines
232 SW Ankeny St. DJ Theo
sAT. Nov. 22 Branx
320 SE 2nd Ave. Blow Pony: Rica Shay
suN. Nov. 23 dig a Pony
736 Southeast Grand Ave. Santi
star Bar
639 SE Morrison St. DJ Joey Prude
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232 SW Ankeny St. Pure Surface
Crystal Ballroom
1332 W Burnside Street Come As You Are
dig a Pony
736 Southeast Grand Ave. Freaky Outty
star Bar
639 SE Morrison St. DJ SG
The Goodfoot Lounge
2845 SE Stark St. DJ Anjali and The Incredible Kid, Tropitaal
moN. Nov. 24 The Lovecraft
421 SE Grand Ave. Departures, DJ Waisted and Friends
Tues. Nov. 25 The Lovecraft
421 SE Grand Ave. Bones with DJ Aurora
valentines
232 SW Ankeny St. Twin Peaks
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THEATER OPENINGS & PREVIEWS Blithe Spirit
In 1941, Noël Coward’s London flat and office were destroyed in the Blitz. So, as any sensible playwright would, he decided to take a writing holiday in coastal Wales, where he proceeded to write Blithe Spirit in less than a week. Given that it was written during wartime, it’s a fairly farcical romp: A novelist invites a clairvoyant to his house to hold a séance, and things go haywire when she inadvertently summons the ghost of his first wife. The play provided its original London audiences a brief break from the war, and Artists Rep seems to be angling its production as a respite from holiday stress. But the best argument for the production is the always great Vana O’Brien as the zany clairvoyant, a role she’s sure to relish. Artists Repertory Theatre, 1515 SW Morrison St., 241-1278. 7:30 pm WednesdaysSundays and 2 pm Sundays through Dec. 28. $25-$55.
Carla Rossi Sings the End of the World
Puppetz vs. People
Since 1999, ComedySportz’s improvisers have waged a comic battle against the puppets of Tears of Joy Theatre. This time around, expect appearances from characters from Tears of Joy’s recent production of Alice in Wonderland. Imago Theatre, 17 SE 8th Ave., 248-0557. 8 pm Friday-Saturday, Nov. 21-22. $15-$22.
Rabbit Hole
Twilight Theater presents a strippeddown, script-in-hand production of David Lindsay-Abaire’s 2007 Pulitzer Prize-winning play about a family reeling from the accidental death from a young child. Central Hotel, 8608 N Lombard Street, 847-9838. 7:30 pm Friday-Saturday, Nov. 21-22. $10.
The Santaland Diaries
Like Santa Claus and Rudolph, this stage adaptation of David Sedaris’ stint as a Macy’s elf will never die. For the third year running, Darius Pierce dons the striped leggings at Portland Center Stage. Gerding Theater, 128 NW 11th Ave., 445-3700. 7:30 pm TuesdaysSundays and 2 pm Saturdays-Sundays through Dec. 28. $25-$60.
Showgirls: The Musical
Local drag clown Carla Rossi (known as Anthony Hudson when not caked in makeup) puts on a cabaret show that imagines Weimar Germany and modern America as star-crossed lovers. Performing songs from 1920s Berlin, accompanied by pianist Maria Choban, and joined by cabaret dancers the Dolly Pops, Rossi looks at the heady, liberal days of Weimar-era Berlin and asks a provocative question: Could that happen to us? Alberta Rose Theatre, 3000 NE Alberta St., 719-6055. 8 pm Thursday, Nov. 20. $15-$20. 21+.
Proving the trend of screen-to-stage adaptations knows no bounds of decency or good taste, the Chicagobased A Touch Too Much Productions presents a live stage version of the 1995 movie—starring Saved by the Bell’s Elizabeth Berkley as a hayseed turned Vegas stripper—to the Hollywood. The show was originally produced in the Windy City back in 2012, but it’s been recast with local actors. Hollywood Theatre, 4122 NE Sandy Blvd., 281-4215. 7 pm Saturday, Nov. 22. $12-$15.
Eh Things: A Clown Show
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In Post5 Theatre’s clown show, written and directed by Cassandra Boice, a gaggle of absent-minded clowns sings some tunes and scrounges for cardboard and chocolate. Post5 Theatre, 1666 SE Lambert St., 971-258-8584. 9:30 pm Fridays-Saturdays through Dec. 13. “Pay what you will.”
Flash Ah-Ahhh!
StageWorks Ink returns with a revamped round of its rollicking schlock-operetta, which pays faithful tribute to 1980 camp classic Flash Gordon. Alberta Rose Theatre, 3000 NE Alberta St., 764-4131. 2 and 7 pm Saturday-Sunday, Nov. 22-23. $18-$23.
Holiday Harmonies
Northwest Senior Theatre presents a musical variety show with songs and skits from the 1920s through the ’40s. Alpenrose Dairy Opera House, 6149 SW Shattuck Road, 227-2003. 2 pm Wednesday-Saturday, Nov. 19-22. $5.
Mamma Mia!
If you want to see this touring production about ABBA, you probably already know who you are. Keller Auditorium, 222 SW Clay St., 2411802. 7:30 pm Tuesday-Friday, 2 and 7:30 pm Saturday and 1 and 6:30 pm Sunday, Nov. 25-30. $30-$85.
NT Live: Medea
NT Live—which brings performances from London’s West End to theaters around the world via hi-def broadcast—presents a screening of Euripedes’ unflinching tragedy about a woman who exacts revenge on her husband by murdering their children. This version, translated by Ben Power and directed by Carrie Cracknell, puts the actors in modern dress, and was called “remorselessly gripping” by Time Out London. World Trade Center Theater, 121 SW Salmon St., 235-1101. 2 pm Sunday, Nov. 23. $15-$20.
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Portland Storytellers Guild presents an evening of tales by Mary Gay Ducey. First Unitarian Church Sanctuary, 1211 SW Main St., portlandstorytellers.org. 8 pm Saturday, Nov. 22. $15.
Twist Your Dickens
In a move of stunningly bad taste, Portland Center Stage brings back this spoof of A Christmas Carol. Though the show boasts a seal of approval from Chicago improv behemoth the Second City, last year’s production left an aftertaste worse than that of spoiled eggnog. Jokes were alternately lazy (foul-mouthed nuns), insulting (“Police Navidad”) and tone-deaf (JFK’s assassination), with the talented cast hamstrung by the abysmal material. Many of those performers are returning this time around, which just makes us weep over the wasted comedic talent. Gerding Theater, 128 NW 11th Ave., 445-3700. 7:30 pm Tuesdays-Sundays, 2 pm SaturdaysSundays and noon Thursdays through Dec. 24. $29-$69.
Yo Gabba Gabba! Live!
Indoctrinating children into the hipster lifestyle since 2008, every alt-parent’s favorite kids show brings its colorful cast of characters to the stage with a new show called Music Is Awesome! Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 1037 SW Broadway, 248-4335. 3 and 6 pm Wednesday, Nov. 19. $23-$43.
ALSO PLAYING Alice in Wonderland
Puppet theater company Tears of Joy presents an original adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s classic tale. Imago Theatre, 17 SE 8th Ave., 248-0557. 11 am and 1 pm Saturday and 1 and 3 pm Sunday, Nov. 22-23. $14-21.
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Bat Boy: The Musical
Bat Boy: The Musical explores the simmering resentments and shadowy machinations set in motion by our hero’s vague resemblance to the order Chiroptera. This Funhouse production embraces a ramshackle approach that encourages a welcome verve among the talented cast of improv vets. Love interest Shelley (Leslie Spitznagel) sticks her landing with Portmanish brio on a hip-hop number that would’ve been disastrous in the wrong hands, while Reverend Hightower (Pip Kennedy) spikes thankless revival scenes with an electric facility. Brian Demar Jones plays the lead role as Nosferatu imagined by Noël Coward, and he’s a marvel throughout. JAY HORTON. Funhouse Lounge, 2432 SE 11th Ave., 841-6734. 7 pm ThursdaysSaturdays (and 2 pm Sunday, Nov. 22) through Nov. 29. $15-$25.
Holding Onto the Sky
working on a screenplay and Lee is—well, doing whatever it is Lee does. A smalltime crook, he’s cagey when Austin asks him how else he spends his time. But when he happens upon a meeting between Austin and producer Saul Kimmer (Duffy Epstein), Lee takes the opportunity to invite the man to golf and pitch him an idea. Saul likes it. And is so often the case when men play golf, jealousy, violence and moral depravity ensue. The chemistry between the two leads is dynamic, and their careful negotiation through True West’s wide emotional range is a thrill. But with the countless laments about the Decline of White Male Ruggedness since True West premiered more than 30 years ago, the play feels dated. Is there any need for cowboy eulogies in 2014? JAMES HELMSWORTH. Artists Repertory Theatre, 1515 SW Morrison St., 241-1278. 7:30 pm Wednesdays-
Saturdays and 2 pm Sundays through Nov. 23. $15-$30.
You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown
Watching a full-grown adult suck his thumb is a little unsettling. But that’s exactly what you’ll get in Stumptown Stages’ You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, because it features a cast of adults playing kids. It’s a little hard to tell if it feels uncomfortable for that reason, or if it’s because it’s supposed to be a feel-good show even though it’s about how Charlie Brown (Roger Welch) hates his life and how his friends are jerks to him. Linus (Douglas Zimmerman) sucks his thumb and gleefully pulls his blanket over his head, Sally (Darcy Wright) pouts and speaks in baby talk, and Lucy (Donna Sellman-Pilorget) wears such a consistent smile and bulging eyes
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At some point in the not-too-distant future, a big earthquake is likely to hit Portland. Faultline Ensemble, a new company made up of experimental performers and health care workers, puts on an original play set in such a post-disaster Portland, asking how we prepare for and respond to catastrophe. The Headwaters, 55 NE Farragut St., No. 9, 650-814-5519. 8 pm Thursday-Saturday and 2 pm Sunday, Nov. 20-23. $10 suggested.
Ivy + Bean: The Musical
Oregon Children’s Theatre kicks off its season with a musical based on Annie Barrows’ bestselling book series about two mischievous friends. Newmark Theatre, 1111 SW Broadway, 248-4335. 2 and 5 pm Saturdays and 11 am and 2 pm Sundays through Nov. 23. $15-$30.
Masque of the Red Death
Shaking the Tree’s Masque of the Red Death confirms director Samantha Van Der Merwe as one of the most creative minds in Portland theater, able to take tricky material and forge work that’s immersive, captivating and alive. It’s something of an anthology play, braiding together stories (and one poem) by Edgar Allan Poe. The connective tissue is the titular story, about a prince named Prospero (Matthew Kerrigan) who invites a thousand nobles to his abbey to elude a plague. In Poe’s original “Masque,” the guests are met with rooms of different colors, each containing a unique oddity. Here, that conceit translates to a series of highly atmospheric mini-plays, all adapted by members of local collective Playwrights West. The downside to the format is that what’s intended as a through line—Prince Prospero’s party—becomes more of a sideline. Kerrigan is one of the city’s most nimble and magnetic performers, and it’s a shame he doesn’t have more stage time. I could have watched an evening-length version of “That Smell,” Ellen Margolis’ meta riff on Poe’s life and legacy. Kerrigan’s monologue— antic, funny, incisive—draws some of its timing from standup, just with the expertly deployed double takes and winking knowingness of the theater. As he exits, he calls out: “Don’t let me spoil the party!” Impossible. REBECCA JACOBSON. Shaking the Tree, 1407 SE Stark St., 235-0635. 7:30 pm Thursdays-Saturdays and 5 pm Sundays through Nov. 22. $20-$25; $5 for ages 19 and under.
She Loves Me
Lakewood presents the oh-so-sweet 1963 musical about feuding perfumery clerks who don’t realize they’re infatuated pen pals. Lakewood Center for the Arts, 368 S State St., Lake Oswego, 635-3901. 7:30 pm ThursdaysSaturdays; 7:30 pm Wednesdays, Nov. 19 and Dec. 10; 7 pm Sundays, Nov. 16, 23; 2 pm Sundays, Nov. 30, Dec. 7, 14, 21. Through Dec. 21. $37.
True West
There’s no Wild West anymore. So says Austin (Nick Ferrucci) to his brother Lee (Ben Newman) in True West, the final production in Profile Theatre’s season of Sam Shepard. The pair is cooped up in their mother’s home in Southern California, where the Ivy League-educated Austin is
a neW leaf: Partying it up in plaid.
AS YOU LIKE IT (POST5 THEATRE) A converted church in Sellwood: the perfect home for Shakespeare.
You don’t have to give Macbeth a lightsaber, turn Rosencrantz and Guildenstern into Mafiosos or set Twelfth Night at an office party in Tigard to reimagine Shakespeare. Making the Bard accessible is largely a matter of carefully breaking up the language and using blocking to reinforce its meaning. In this production of As You Like It by Post5 Theatre—which recently made the move from a low-slung space in Montavilla to a much larger, converted church in Sellwood—that’s exactly what director Ty Boice does, to fantastic result. As You Like It finds Rosalind (Isabella Buckner) living with her cousin Celia (Jessica Tidd) and feeling down because her father has been banished to the forest of Arden. Things start to look up for Rosalind when she catches the eye of fellow put-upon noble Orlando (Chip Sherman), but she’s soon banished to the forest, where she disguises herself as a man named Ganymede. As is wont to happen when Shakespeare’s characters enter forests, treachery, intrigue and romance ensue. The production’s time and place aren’t exact—the set consists of three minimal panels, covered in gray cloth during court scenes and fall leaves when we’re in the forest—but a handful of signifiers suggest it isn’t Shakespeare’s. A wrestler wears a luchador mask. The backing musical trio plays Blur’s gender-bending “Girls & Boys,” Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros’ anthemic “Home,” and the Proclaimers’ karaoke standby “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles).” Characters smoke pot. These elements don’t so much lock the action into an era as they do bridge it from the Bard’s time to ours—the archetypal pothead is a pretty fair analog to Touchstone (Max Maller), the fool who falls in love with a goat girl. But what really makes the show feel fresh is the cast’s thoughtful and nuanced delivery of the language. Of course, much of the comedy of the play, whether performed now or centuries ago, comes from the fact that Rosalind is a woman pretending to be a man. Buckner plays up that tension expertly, using a shticky John Wayne accent as Ganymede and slipping into her natural register when her character is under pressure. It’s clear we’re watching an actress play someone who’s acting, and it’s fun. As Post5’s first production in its new space, no one could have asked for a more auspicious start. JAMES HELMSWORTH.
see it: As You Like It is at Post5 Theatre, 1666 SE Lambert St., 971258-8584. 7:30 pm Fridays-Sundays through Dec. 13. $15; Sundays “pay what you will.”
NOV. 19–25 that her expression looks drawnon. SHANNON GORMLEY. Brunish Theatre, 1111 SW Broadway, 2484335. 7:30 pm Thursdays-Fridays; 2 and 7:30 pm Saturdays; and 2 pm Sundays through Dec. 7. $30.75-$50.
COMEDY & VARIETY The 3rd Floor’s War On Christmas
Some of the funniest people in Portland skewer the holiday season, with a series of sketches about— among other things—George Bailey, the Grinch, sexy Mormons, cocaine gift exchanges and naked ghosts. Miracle Theatre, 525 SE Stark St., 908-1141. 8 pm Fridays-Saturdays through Dec. 20. $15-$18.
The $5 Bill
Record-store bar Turn! Turn! Turn! continues its monthly standup showcase with sets from Sean Jordan, Curtis Cook, Lucia Fasano and Kristin Rowan. Turn! Turn! Turn!, 8 NE Killingsworth St., 284-6019. 8 pm Wednesday, Nov. 19. $5.
Aries Spears
Comedian Aries Spears most recently got attention for cracking an unfunny joke about Michael Sam, the first openly gay player in the NFL. “I went out and got my first Michael Sam jersey,” he said. “It’s got 15 S’s on the back.” He likely won’t be back on ESPN anytime soon, but the onetime MADtv cast member will still hit Helium for a three-night run. Helium Comedy Club, 1510 SE 9th Ave., 888-6438669. 8 pm Wednesday-Thursday and 7:30 and 10 pm Friday-Saturday, Nov. 19-22. $20-$32. 21+.
Broad City Live
Good luck getting a ticket—both shows have been sold out for ages— but maybe you can sit at home and smoke a bowl while your friend Skypes you in. Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer’s Broad City is one of the smartest and most encouraging things on TV these days, a testament to the fact that women can be imperfect without being selfloathing, and that female friendships aren’t just about drinking cosmos while gabbing about penis size. Mississippi Studios, 3939 N Mississippi Ave., 288-3895. 7 and 10 pm Monday, Nov. 24. Sold out. 21+.
Competitive Erotic Fan Fiction
The Nerdist-approved event returns to Portland for another raucously bizarre night of comics writing and performing original erotic stories. Funhouse Lounge, 2432 SE 11th Ave., 841-6734. 8 pm Sunday, Nov. 23. $10.
Down to Funny
Hell or Highwater
Curtis Cook hosts a monthly standup showcase featuring a consistently good lineup of comedians. Tonight’s headliner is Chicagoan Sean White, who tackles tragedy with unexpected irreverence. The High Water Mark, 6800 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., 286-6513. 9 pm every last Monday. Free.
John Oliver
On the very first episode of his HBO show Last Week Tonight, John Oliver called Oregonians “stupid fucking idiots.” In fairness, his slight was directed more precisely at botched health-insurance exchange Cover Oregon and its “violently adorable ads.” Good thing most of us agreed those commercials were the twee-est shit ever. Oliver will bring his politically tinged standup and tight storytelling to these backto-back shows. Keller Auditorium, 222 SW Clay St., 248-4335. 8 and 10:30 pm Saturday, Nov. 22. $45.
Midnight Ma$$
Amy Miller returns to the clownfilled environs of Funhouse Lounge to host this monthly showcase, this time featuring standup from Gabe Dinger, Nathan Brannon, Bryan Cook, Kevin O’Brien, Mara Wiles, Barbara Holm, Alex Falcone, Derek Sheen and, as always, some surprise guests. Funhouse Lounge, 2432 SE 11th Ave., 841-6734. Midnight Saturday, Nov. 22. Free.
The Minions
Brad Fortier unites performers from the Brody and Peachy Chicken for a serialized, seriously nerdy improv show in the form of a role-playing game. Guardian Games, 345 SE Taylor St., 238-4000. 8 pm Saturday, Nov. 22. $5.
No Pun Intendo
This monthly standup showcase, hosted by Steven Wilber and Raishawn Wickwire, is chaotic, noisy and fun. Ground Kontrol, 511 NW Couch St., 796-9364. 9 pm every third Thursday. $3.
Random Acts of Comedy
Curious Comedy puts on a freewheeling show that brings together sketch, standup and improv. Curious Comedy, 5225 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., 477-9477. 9:30 pm Saturdays through Dec. 27. $7-$10.
Resurrection: The Brunchening
Geared towards the service industry and day drinkers, this afternoon comedy showcase is all about the bloody marys and the bacon. And the standup, we suppose, with a lineup that includes Seattle’s Derek Sheen, Chicago’s Sean White and local guys Sean Jordan and David
Mascorro. Entry includes a meal and a cocktail. Doug Fir Lounge, 830 E Burnside St., 231-9663. 1 pm Saturday, Nov. 22. $15. 21+.
Script Tease
Using unfinished works by Portland playwrights, performers launch into staged readings—and then improvise once the scripted pages run out. Brody Theater, 16 NW Broadway, 224-2227. 7:30 pm Saturdays through Nov. 22. $9-$12.
Standup at the Corner Bar
Andie Main hosts a twice-monthly showcase featuring comedians performing 20-minute sets. Rialto Corner Bar, 401 SW Alder St., 2287605. 10 pm every second and fourth Saturday. Free.
DANCE Dunyana Dance Company
The Dunyana Dance Company returns with another performance of fusion belly dance. The group mixes Egyptian and American cabaret styles of belly dance while also drawing on their backgrounds in hip-hop, ballet, jazz and modern. The Sky Circus aerial performers will also hit the stage. Sky Club at Ankeny’s Well, 50 SW 3rd Ave., 223-1375. 8:30 pm Friday, Nov. 21. $5. 21+.
Ecdysiast
Aerial pole dancing company Ecdysiast presents Oh, Alice, a retelling of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Setto a modern score by the likes of Beats Antique and Outkast, the show features aerial acrobatics and some very tall poles—21 feet tall, to be precise. Ashley Nelson—a member of the A-WOL Dance Collective— takes on the role of Alice, company founder Shannon Gee portrays the Mad Hatter and silk/trapeze dancer Yuki Conlon plays the White Rabbit. Alberta Rose Theatre, 3000 NE Alberta St., 231-2542. 8 pm Friday, Nov. 21. $24.
TopShakeDance
To explore competition and groupthink, TopShakeDance’s A-bout employs wrestling mats, mixedmartial-arts-inspired choreography and a 5-foot-4, 70-pound dummy named Chuck. Choreographed by TopShake artistic director Jim McGinn—who was a wrestler in high school—A-bout weaves wrestling, MMA fighting and roller-derby influences into modern movements. A-WOL Warehouse Theater, 2303 N Randolph St. 8 pm Friday-Sunday, Nov. 21-23. $15-$20.
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Katie Brien revives her twicemonthly standup showcase. The first installment features sets from Sean Jordan, Curtis Cook, Barbara
Holm, Whitney Streed and Nariko Ott. Analog Cafe, 720 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 206-7439. 9 pm Tuesday, Nov. 25. Donation.
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Back and Forth: Collaborative Paintings—Mathew Zefeldt and Kyle Austin Dunn
Mathew Zefeldt and Kyle Austin Dunn’s collaborative paintings incorporate imagery from Greek statuary, as well as more abstract shapes such as pyramids and rectangular bars of color. In one work, a Donald Juddesque box floats in a surreal expanse of blue space. Another work is a pastiche of studded belts, a corinthian column and a melting blob of pink, bubblegum-like ooze. This postmodernist extravaganza is the latest in a run of superb shows at Hap, a diminutive space that ought to be called “The Little Gallery that could.” Through Nov. 29. Hap Gallery, 916 NW Flanders St., 444-7101.
Diane Avio-Augee and Carola Penn
Pictorially, you couldn’t get further apart than painters Diane Avio-Augee and carola Penn, who headline a new two-person show at Mark Woolley. Avio-Augee paints abstractly with a vocabulary of organic shapes, drips and creamy impasto. Penn, on the other hand, paints representationally, often focusing on forest scenes. Her compositions teem with ferns, arcing trees and boldly colored leaves. The painters’ visions are so disparate they’re strangely complementary, making for a soothing and satisfying double-bill. Through Jan. 11. Mark Woolley Gallery @ Pioneer, 700 SW 5th Ave., 3rd floor, Pioneer Place Mall, 998-4152.
Flight
Veteran painter Henk Pander lends his talents to the P:ear program for at-risk youth, affording teens the chance to exhibit their own artwork alongside that of one of the Northwest’s pre-eminent masters. The theme of flight has figured in many of Pander’s well-known expressionistic tableaux. Metaphorically, it’s well-suited to a program that helps young people rise above their circumstances and ascend to new heights. Through Nov. 20. P:ear, 338 NW 6th Ave., 228-6677.
Forbidden Fruit: Chris Antemann at Meissen
In a long-overdue follow-up to her delightful installation at the 2011 contemporary Northwest Art Awards, chris Antemann stages a rococo bacchanal in the Portland Art Museum. Her porcelain figures fill a mirrored antechamber, engaging in all manner of languid frivolty. In the sprawling sculpture Love Temple, they sit around—and in some cases, crawl on—a lavishly appointed dining table, some of them naked, some clad only in the skimpiest suggestion of diaphanous fabric. Antemann accents the
figures’ white skin with delicate golden lines. Although her revelers, with their powdered wigs and rouged cheeks, are a little too one-note in their appearance to sustain the viewer’s attention, perhaps that is on purpose. After all, 24-hour party people, whether in the 18th century or the 21st, begin to all look the same after the ninth or 10th flute of champagne. Through Feb. 8. Portland Art Museum, 1219 SW Park Ave., 226-0973.
Jo Hamilton: Our House of Portland: A Portrait in Yarn
crocheting isn’t just for sweaters and 1970s-style bikinis anymore. contemporary artists who work in fabric, including Portland-based Jo Hamilton, are doing eye-popping work using crocheted yarn. Hamilton’s show at the Q center, Our House of Portland: A Portrait in Yarn, uses this unusual fine-art medium to portray local people whose lives have been affected in one way or another by HIV or AIDS. She lets the yarn drip down from her subjects’ contours, an effect reminiscent of stalactites. Seeing the figures’ features appear to melt away underscores the fact that our identities are always unraveling at the edges as time carries out its relentless mission of turning cohesion into disintegration. Through Nov. 30. Q Center, 4115 N Mississippi Ave., 234-7837.
Poetic Ghost
Artist cassandra Straubing and singlemonikered fashion designer Babette collaborate in a sprawling exhibition entitled Poetic Ghost. Using cast glass, Straubing creates sculptures in the shape of blouses, a motif she associates with women’s ascent into the workforce at the turn of the last century. It’s fascinating to see folds of soft fabric translated into the cold, hard medium of glass. That Straubing handles the translation so naturally is a testament to her superb technique working with a notoriously prickly material. Babette’s clothing designs are the basis for the sculptures, as well as for pieces that feature fashion sketches on paper. There’s also an interactive element, in which viewers are invited to get up close and personal with chunks of glass and swaths of fabric. On the placard are written two words you don’t often see at a gallery or museum: “Please touch.” Through Dec. 23. Bullseye Gallery, 300 NW 13th Ave., 227-0222.
Stu Levy: Recent Landscapes—In Search of “What Else”
If you learned to take pictures from legendary master Ansel Adams and you were paying attention, chances are your photographs aren’t going to suck. That’s certainly an understatement in the case of Stu Levy, the gifted pho-
tographer whose ecstatic landscapes are being featured at Augen this month. What Levy is able to extract from earth, sea, and sky is the stuff of which epiphanies are made. These vistas show us the world as it would be if every sunset were filtered through a diamond and every mountainside a tapestry woven by God herself. In an aesthetic climate dominated by nihilism, this is a refreshingly idealistic and uplifting show. Through Nov. 29. Augen DeSoto, 716 NW Davis St., 224-8182.
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The Lost Secrets of the Bennett-Brackett Portfolios
Artists Jessica Brackett and Tom Richards collaborate in the logorrheically titled show The Lost Secrets of the Bennett-Brackett Portfolios: Getting to the Roots of a Botanical Mystery. The gallery has been turned into a maze of real and fake plants, punctuated by drawings, sketches, scientific journals and esoteric brica-brac, all calculated to confuse and intrigue the viewer. Through Dec. 31. The Faux Museum, 139 NW 2nd Ave.
This Is War! Graphic Arts From the Great War
Here’s a show that will appeal as much to history buffs as art geeks. To commemorate the centenary of the start of World War I, PAM is mounting an admirably even-handed examination of the art and design of both the winners and losers of the “Great War.” The exhibition includes not only the well-known propaganda posters produced to spin the war according to each nation’s interests, but also artwork referencing parents who lost sons, women who lost boyfriends and husbands, and the sufferings of innocent children injured or killed as collateral damage. Woodcuts, etchings, posters and drawings are on view, spanning the output of artists from Germany, the U.S., the U.K., Belgium, France and Switzerland. Through Dec. 14. Portland Art Museum, 1219 SW Park Ave., 226-0973.
Timothy Scott Dalbow
Timothy Scott Dalbow is one of the most dedicated and talented painters in the Northwest. If your memory stretches back to the days of nowdefunct galleries Haze and New American Art Union, you’ll recall Dalbow’s scrumptious, compositionally sophisticated oil paintings, which have also been exhibited in group shows at spaces such as Laura Russo Gallery. Dalbow has a new grid of 35 small paintings at the Radish Underground boutique, along with ravishing paintings on stretched and unstretched canvases. These artworks show him at the top of his form, finessing form and color with equal parts wit and muscularity. In the art world, it’s been said far too many times that “painting is dead,” so it’s a pleasure to see the medium elevated by a midcareer master. Through Dec. 31. Radish Underground , 414 SW 10th Ave., 928-6435.
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GREGORY GRENON, TRUTH IS A LIE AND ANGER FOLLOWS The sexually ambiguous relationship between portraitists and their subjects has generated no small measure of purple prose through the centuries. What was going on between Leonardo da Vinci and his Mona Lisa, or Jan Vermeer and his Girl With a Pearl Earring? In this context, it’s noteworthy that Portland artist Gregory Grenon, renowned for his erotically charged paintings of women, doesn’t use real, live models; he paints from his imagination. And what an imagination it is. Truth Is a Lie and Anger Follows is tart, sassy and wholly unbeholden to any conception of feminism. Like Henri de ToulouseLautrec, Grenon is obsessed with painting youngish women in garish colors and confrontational poses that accentuate their vulnerability. The girl in Getting Inaccessible woozily swills a cocktail, her eyes in a stupor. The girl in Esteemed and Intense has a black eye, while the girl in The Arrogance sits defiantly on a stool, her legs spread in that particular way that girls are taught never to sit. There’s a trashed-out skankiness in the louche posture of the Courtney Love look-alike in Truth Is a Lie. Grenon has finger-painted the woman’s skin; his black fingerprints cover her arms, chest, neck and face. Literally and metaphorically, he’s had his hands all over her. Dressing Room shows a saleswoman tape-measuring the bust of a girl in a pink negligee, initiating her into a world in which a woman’s self-worth and bra size are all too often linked. What’s the takeaway from this unrelenting male gaze? Certainly not female empowerment. But Grenon’s paintings succeed as metacommentaries on the fuzzy lines that separate looking from leering. He challenges us to untangle our responses to the retrograde conception of women embedded in his paintings. If there were any doubt that Grenon revels in this ambiguity, it’s erased by his title for a painting of a girl lounging on a green chair, the neckline of her red dress plunging, one leg hiked up, arm raised coquettishly to her shoulder. It’s called I Am Not My Paintings, and My Paintings Are Not Me. RICHARD SPEER.
Lust or critique?
SEE IT: Truth Is a Lie and Anger Follows is at Laura Russo Gallery, 805 NW 21st Ave., 226-2754. Through Nov. 29.
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Barbara Drake and Jim Heynen
Two Essays and a Poem
Minnesota-based writer Jim Heynen will read from his newest collection of poetry, Ordinary Sins. Joining him for the ongoing Mountain Writers Series will be Oregon author Barbara Drake, whose new book, Morning Light, is a memoir of her life in the Yamhill Valley. Glyph Cafe & Arts Space, 804 NW Couch St., 719-5481. 7 pm. $5.
Portland writer and publisher of Future Tense Books Kevin Sampsell will host Litsa Dremousis, who will read from her new collection of essays, Altitude Sickness. Joining in will be writer and zinester A.M. O’Malley and poet Sarah Bartlett (Freud Blah Blah Blah). Glyph Cafe & Arts Space, 804 NW Couch St., 719-5481. 5 pm. Free.
TUESDAY, NOV. 25 Ali Berman and Karelia Stetz-Waters
Adolescence is a bitch, especially when you are the only goth girl in rural Oregon (as in Karelia StetzWaters’ Forgive Me If I’ve Told You This Before) or a 15-year-old atheist in a conservative Colorado town (Ali Berman’s Misdirected). Both authors will share their literary tales of pain, awkward confusion and life lessons learned. Powell’s Books at Cedar Hills Crossing, 3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd., Beaverton, 800-878-7323. 7 pm. Free.
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THURSDAY, NOV. 20 Ross Eliot
In his memoir Babette: The Many Lives, Two Deaths and Double Kidnapping of Dr. Ellsworth, Ross Eliot explores the unusual and extraordinary life of Portland professor Albert Ellsworth, who was kidnapped as a child, raised in occupied France during World War II, involved with the Rajneesh cult in Oregon, and underwent a late-in-life sex reassignment. Eliot will give a lecture for the PCC Queer Resource Center about Ellsworth. Portland Community College, Rock Creek Campus, 17705 NW Springville Road. 10-11:30 am. Free.
Ted Rall
Journalist and syndicated editorial cartoonist Ted Rall has a knack for cutting through the bullshit with his political commentary and cartoons. His new book, After We Kill You, We Will Welcome You Back as Honored Guests, is a mix of photos, cartoons and travelogue that depicts modern life in Afghanistan. Powell’s City of Books, 1005 W Burnside St., (800) 878-7323. 7:30 pm. Free.
Tell It Slant
The Tell It Slant reading series features emerging writers and artists sharing new work. This month will see the series’ first alumnus return, as poet and musician Trevino Brings Plenty shares his new collection, Removing Skins. Also in the lineup will be Tessara Gabrielle Dudley and mother-daughter writing duo Ruby and Patricia McConnell. Turn! Turn! Turn!, 8 NE Killingsworth St., 2846019. 8 pm. $2.
FRIDAY, NOV. 21 Sacred Storytelling Series
During a time of year most frequently marked by heavy consumption from the alcohol- and gravy-based food groups, it’s good to turn focus toward the things we have to be grateful for (like alcohol and gravy shared with friends). Mythteller Brian Rohr will continue his Sacred Storytelling Series with “Surrendering in Gratitude: Myths and Stories of Celebrating our Lives.” Awakenings Wellness Center, 1016 SE 12th Ave., 544-3838. 7:30 pm. Free.
Back Fence PDX
Social media has opened new realms of communication, interaction and humiliation. But once again proving that another’s ill fortune can be your Friday night entertainment, Back Fence PDX will host its main stage show on the theme “Sex, Lies and Social Media.” Storytellers will include writer and producer Jessica Lee Williams, Bunk Bar coowner Matt Brown, cartoonist and poet Robyn Bateman and standup comedian Kristine Levine. Hollywood Theatre, 4122 NE Sandy Blvd., 2814215. 8 pm. $13 advance, $16 day of event. 21+.
REVIEW
CHARLES D’AMBROSIO, LOITERING Orphans was orphaned from the start—a prescient name, perhaps. The 2005 essay collection from renowned Portland fiction writer Charles D’Ambrosio was known to few and found by far fewer, a limited edition that was limited still further by the fact its author publicly wished the edition out of existence. But Apocalypse redux. to those who found it, it was a trove of startling insight, precise language and painful emotion, cementing D’Ambrosio as one of the most talented essayists in the country. I made the mistake, years ago, of loaning away my copy— which, in the way of orphans, never came back home. On Nov. 11, Portland’s Tin House finally reissued the 11 essays— along with seven new ones—under the name Loitering (Tin House, 368 pages, $15.95). In the title essay, one of the volume’s best, an insomniac D’Ambrosio stumbles across a world of pain at 2 am in Seattle: A man is holed up in an apartment building, threatening to shoot himself or maybe others, while the rest of the tenement’s residents are stuck huddled in a bus outside. He worries first about himself, of course, feels phantom rifle sights trained everywhere on his body and wants to duck for cover “until it occurs to me that the whole notion of being ‘behind’ anything is a logistical matter I can’t quite coordinate, since I don’t know where the Bad Guy is.” In other essays he does a lot more loitering near heartbreak, writing about a fundie Texas Hell House “drained of love”; the children of a Russian orphanage for whom “happiness is a big word”; convicted statutory rapist Mary Kay Letourneau’s dedication to a “rule exempt, healing notion of love”; or the blinkered dreams of a biosquatter who believes that paradise is in the sky. But while the book’s subject is often disappointment and death, it remains relentlessly full of life. D’Ambrosio is a lively host to tragedy—perhaps because he is at home there, downright personable in his ease with sadness. In “Documents,” he recalls a poem his father wrote about how he wanted to abandon his family; the bad rhymes embarrassed the son. He also describes his brother’s suicide note, which he wrote in D’Ambrosio’s bedroom before he shot himself there. With harrowing empathy and beauty—a wound that blooms like lilies—D’Ambrosio writes that he still reads the note so often “that the words ring like lines of a poem I know well.” You are likely to do much the same with this book. MATTHEW KORFHAGE. BUY: Loitering is available in bookstores.
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Art and Craft
= WW Pick. Highly recommended. Editor: REBECCA JACOBSON. 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: rjacobson@wweek.com. Fax: 243-1115.
OPENING THIS WEEK 5Point Film Festival
[ONE NIGHT ONLY] The traveling festival of short films about all variety of adventure—including rock climbing, kayaking, surfing, skateboarding, bike touring, fishing, long-distance swimming and skiing in the forest (yes)— hits Portland for one night. Cinema 21. 7 pm Thursday, Nov. 20. $15-$20.
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
Katniss Everdeen, everyone’s favorite archer, is back for more dystopian tumult. This final installment is—like the Twilight, Harry Potter and Hobbit movies—stretched into two films, which means you won’t actually get any Hunger Games here. Screened after WW press deadlines, but look for Michael Nordine’s review at wweek.com. PG-13. Bagdad, Cedar Hills, Eastport, Clackamas, Mill Plain, Cornelius, Moreland, Oak Grove, Cinema 99, Bridgeport, City Center, Division, Evergreen Parkway, Hilltop, Lloyd Center, Lloyd Mall, Movies on TV, Pioneer Place, Sherwood, Tigard, Wilsonville, Roseway, Sandy, St. Johns Cinemas.
Jealousy
B Love hurts in veteran French film-
maker Philippe Garrel’s new feature, the expressionistic and evanescent Jealousy. The film—77 minutes long and shot in crisp black-and-white—follows Louis (played by Garrel’s son, also named Louis, and modeled on the filmmaker’s father), a 30-something actor with a dramatically tousled mop and such broody sensitivity that his castmates call him “our young Werther.” That, at least, is what they say after he claims he’ll blow his brains out if his current girlfriend, Claudia (Anna Mouglalis), were to leave him. Louis himself is fresh off leaving someone else, a woman with whom he has a young daughter (Olga Milshtein, with the uncalculating honesty only a child can bring). And even as Louis boils over Claudia’s infidelities, he’s also prone to stolen kisses, whether backstage at the theater or against ivycovered walls. Ah, Paree! The film is unmistakably French, with a detached romanticism to the proceedings, which consist mostly of in-between moments. Which is to say, the stuff that takes up the majority of our lives: idle hours, unremarkable outings, ordinary meals. But each scene is so brief that things rarely drag. There’s a sense, too, of being divorced from time, which imbues the film with the woozy delicacy of a waking dream. REBECCA JACOBSON. Living Room Theaters.
K2uesdays
[ONE NIGHT ONLY] Shred the gnar with a night of snowboarding films. Clinton Street Theater. 7 pm Tuesday, Nov. 25.
Lighter People
[ONE NIGHT ONLY, DIRECTORS ATTENDING] Local directors Daniel Marker and Matthew Clayton Clark screen their new movie about two best friends, Aaron and Zach, who take a road trip to California to visit Aaron’s girlfriend. Clinton Street Theater. 7:30 pm Saturday, Nov. 22.
Low Down
B+ Think your childhood was tough?
Unless you were raised by a heroinaddicted jazz pianist, chances are your rough-and-tumble youth can’t begin to compare to Amy Albany’s. In Low Down, a new film from director Jeff Priess, Amy (Elle Fanning) worships her talented but self-destructive father, the real-life pianist Joe Albany. “I loved him out of all proportion, as only a daughter could,” Fanning says, in one of the rare voice-overs. Low Down is based on Albany’s memoir, which, incidentally, was the first book to come out of Tin House’s now-prestigious press. It’s a coming-of-age-inthe-’70s tale, and Priess’ shots are true
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to the time period. Everything is soft, analog and a little tobacco-stained. Except, of course, for Fanning, who somehow manages to be both ethereal and down-to-earth at the same time. She’s perfect as the naive Amy, and John Hawkes will break your heart as Joe. It’s his face: Gaunt, wide-eyed and innocent in spite of its many lines, Hawkes’ mug tells us everything we need to know about music’s long and twisted tryst with drugs. Also starring Glenn Close as Joe’s no-nonsense, chain-smoking mother, Peter Dinklage as a kind neighbor who sometimes slathers himself in blue porno paint, and Flea as Joe’s jazz-loving best friend and fellow junky. R. DEBORAH KENNEDY. Cinema 21.
Mei Mei, A Daughter’s Song
[ONE NIGHT ONLY, DIRECTOR ATTENDING] In 1989, Portlander Dmae Roberts produced a 25-minute radio documentary about her relationship with her mother, who grew up in Taiwan and was sold into servitude at the age of 2. Now she’s created a halfhour film version that mixes animation, archival footage and live action. Clinton Street Theater. 8 pm Friday, Nov. 21.
Pulp
[ONE NIGHT ONLY] A new documentary from Florian Habicht about the titular Britpop band, centering on the group’s final concert in Sheffield, England, in 2012. Hollywood Theatre. 9:30 pm Wednesday, Nov. 19.
Reel Feminism: LaDonna Harris: Indian 101
[ONE NIGHT ONLY] In this new documentary about LaDonna Harris, director Julianna Brannum—who happens to be Harris’ niece—charts the life and political struggles of the Comanche social activist. Clinton Street Theater. 7 pm Monday, Nov. 24.
Rhymes for Young Ghouls
Canadian filmmaker Jeff Barnaby’s debut feature is set on an Indian reservation in rural Quebec in 1976, a time when all native children under the age of 16 were required to attend residential schools. Rhymes for Young Ghouls follows a teenage pot dealer who’s been dealt a tough lot—her mother committed suicide and her father is locked up for manslaughter—that only worsens when her drug money is stolen and her dad is released from prison. R. Kiggins Theatre.
Roaming Wild
[ONE DAY ONLY] A documentary about the oft-heated debate over wild horses in the American West. Clinton Street Theater. 3 pm Saturday, Nov. 22.
Trance and Travel: The Work of Ben Russell
[TWO NIGHTS ONLY, DIRECTOR ATTENDING] The work of experimental filmmaker Ben Russell has been called “psychedelic ethnography,” which often means woozy visual effects and immersive sound. Cinema Project presents two separate programs of his work—the first night features six short films made between 2007 and 2012, while the second evening features two slightly longer films from the last couple years. Hollywood Theatre. 7:30 pm Wednesday and 9:30 pm Thursday, Nov. 19-20.
STILL SHOWING The Amazing Catfish
[TWO NIGHTS ONLY] In Mexican director Claudia Sainte-Luce’s semi-autobiographical drama, two women—a young supermarket clerk and an HIV-positive mother of four— form a quick bond. Clinton Street Theater. 7 pm Wednesday-Thursday, Nov. 19-20.
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A documentary about Mark Landis, a prolific art forger (he donates his works to museums to avoid prosecution) who is also a diagnosed schizophrenic. Living Room Theaters.
Bad Turn Worse
B- [TWO NIGHTS ONLY] Billy Joe
knows who he is, what he wants, and how to get it—or so he tells his girlfriend Sue, in the defining scene of Simon and Zeke Hawkins’ gritty and compact crime thriller Bad Turn Worse. This single-mindedness is the catalyst for the film’s entire plot: It starts with Billy Joe robbing his boss, who turns out to be part of a larger circle of crime that envelops Billy Joe and his friends. In the pivotal scene, though, Billy Joe confronts Sue about sleeping with his best friend, Bobby. Cut through with tension, sensuality and danger, his monologue is the closest Bad Turn Worse comes to brilliant. The rest of the film is well-acted and a bit suspenseful, but ultimately feels more like an elaborately recounted anecdote than a fully developed story, with the ending more of a punch line than a resolution. BLAIR STENVICK. Clinton Street Theater. 9 pm WednesdayThursday, Nov. 19-20.
make a convincing—or even amusingly satirical—argument. R. REBECCA JACOBSON. Cedar Hills, Clackamas, Oak Grove, Movies on TV, Sandy.
JACOBSON. Eastport, Empirical Theatre at OMSI, Mission, Mt. Hood.
Boyhood
A Boyhood took 12 years, in film as
The Book of Life
B- A transcendent flourish of four-
color splendor and kinetic verve, new animated feature The Book of Life arrives overstuffed with artisanal delights, including the world’s grandest piñata. But, while the picaresque drollery will surely draw crowds, the film is still hollow, disposable and a shameless waste of candy. PG. JAY HORTON. Cornelius, Movies on TV.
in life. For 12 years, director Richard Linklater shot the movie for a few weeks each summer as both the main character, and the actor, Ellar Coltrane, came of age, from 6 to 18. The epic undertaking has resulted in one of the most honest and absorbing representations of growing up ever put to film. R. MATTHEW KORFHAGE. Laurelhurst.
Dear White People
A- When Justin Simien began work
The Boxtrolls
C+ As in Laika’s previous two efforts—
the fantastical Coraline and playfully supernatural ParaNorman—The Boxtrolls boasts a scrupulously crafted world. But its overstuffed screenplay lacks humor, and it could use a great deal more fun. PG. REBECCA
on Dear White People, early drafts of the screenplay included an over-thetop college party featuring white students in blackface. At some point, though, he ruled it too outlandish and slashed it from the film. Then came the Compton Cookout at the University of California, San Diego, in 2010. The invi-
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Beyond the Lights
Gina Prince-Bythewood, best known for Love & Basketball, directs a new movie about a pop megastar (Gugu Mbatha-Raw, of Belle) who falls in love with the cop assigned to her detail. PG-13. Cedar Hills, Eastport, Clackamas.
Big Hero 6
A Shelving wordy cleverness for its
own sake, ignoring parental intrusion, and allowing moral lessons to develop organically through a simplified storyline, Big Hero 6 is that rarest thing: an animated children’s adventure designed purely to delight its target audience. Substantial swaths of the picture are devoted to nothing loftier than portraying just how unstoppably cool soaring on the back of your own robot would feel. Based on a Marvel comic about repurposed Japanese mutant-villains, this Disney feature drops all references to a larger Marvel world and scales back the well-worn superhero textures to best serve the needs of a slightly harder-edged kids’ cartoon. It opens in the mean streets of San Fransokyo, where Tadashi narrowly saves his little brother Hiro from a beating after the 14-year-old prodigy wins fistfuls of cash during back-alley ‘bot fights. The appeal of superherodom isn’t even suggested until an explosion kills Tadashi, but, upon discovering a nano-tech project has been stolen for shadowy ends, what’s a boy to do but weaponize his brother’s adorably puffy health care robot and outfit his goofball lab mates as newly minted misfit warriors of science? PG. JAY HORTON. Cedar Hills, Eastport, Clackamas, Mill Plain, Cornelius, Indoor Twin, Oak Grove, Movies on TV, Sandy, St. Johns Theater.
Birdman
B- In Birdman, our protagonist is Riggan Thomson (Michael Keaton), a washed-up actor who once wore wings as the titular superhero. But in this film, directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, the real thing with wings is the camera, which soars and swoops through narrow stairwells and bustling Manhattan streets. The effect is that of a single, continuous take. But just as the camera floats along, so too does much else in this self-consciously clever film skate along the surface. Decades ago, Riggan struck gold as a Hollywood superhero, and he’s now trying to rebuild himself by adapting, directing and starring in a Broadway play. It’s of course a wink-nudge role for Keaton, 63, who wore the Batman suit more than 20 years ago and whose career has wobbled since. The actor works himself into a fidgety lather as he stomps through the theater, bleeding insecurity, self-pity and wounded arrogance. But the screenplay— a committee affair, by Iñárritu and three others—is creaky and self-satisfied. If Birdman’s message is that the theater is the home of high art and Hollywood a place of debased, greeddriven entertainment, Iñárritu doesn’t
kEyS TO SuCCESS: Justin kauflin (left) and Clark Terry.
KEEP ON KEEPIN’ ON Too much of a good thing.
There’s nothing inherently bad about a happy film. But there’s nothing inherently good, either. That’s the case with Keep On Keepin’ On, a documentary about jazz trumpeter Clark Terry and his relationship with one of his students. It’s uplifting, informative and a little too neat. Clark Terry is the Michael Jordan of the trumpet: His creativity is as dazzling as his technical skill, and all the other legends look up to him. The nonagenarian counts such pillars of jazz as Miles Davis and Quincy Jones among his former students. But Keep On focuses on one of his current pupils, a blind 23-year-old named Justin Kauflin. Australian director Alan Hicks—himself a former student of Terry’s—finds them in hard times. Terry suffers from diabetes, while Kauflin struggles to find gigs, a challenge complicated by his disability and stage fright. Keep On is, of course, the second film about jazz pedagogy to come out this fall, after Damien Chazelle’s Whiplash. Besides the obvious fact that one is a documentary and the other fiction, the two films could not be more different. Whiplash is categorically mean, full of cruelty and desperation. Keep On is about love, and paints a beautiful portrait of a student-teacher relationship. Kauflin visits Terry, whom he addresses with an avuncular “C.T.,” at his bedside and in the hospital. Terry, too physically ill to play, doles out lessons and advice. He and his wife, Gwen, welcome Kauflin into their home, where he sleeps on the couch. They frequently express their love for each other. If Terry’s excitement, no matter how sick, at greeting Kauflin’s Seeing Eye dog, Candy, doesn’t make you feel something, then you’ve never felt. That’s not to say this is one long puppy video. Kauflin can’t catch a break. Terry is aging and truly sick. In a poignant moment, Hicks trains his camera on Gwen, passed out at the dining-room table, illustrating the sacrifice of caring for someone with a serious medical condition. But the core of the film is Terry and Kauflin’s relationship, where there’s absolutely no tension. Their interests are presented as perfectly congruent: All Terry wants is to teach and see Kauflin succeed, and all Kauflin wants is to succeed and hang out with Terry. A rosy conclusion feels inevitable. For hagiography, Keep On is well-earned. But saintliness alone doesn’t make for a compelling narrative. JAMES HELMSWORTH. B- SEE IT: Keep On Keepin’ On is rated R. It opens Friday at Living Room Theaters.
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John Wick
A- John Wick treads familiar ground:
LOW DOWN tation promised chicken, watermelon and purple drank. Students showed up in heavy gold chains, oversized T-shirts and, yes, blackface. Simien quickly revived the party in Dear White People, and it’s one of many pieces that makes this satire so smart, gutsy and relevant. Set at a fictional Ivy League university, the film revolves around four black students. Most intriguing is Lionel (Tyler James Williams), a shy, gay Trekkie with a beachball-sized Afro, who attempts to reject labels entirely, which allows Simien to ask probing questions about internalized racism. And his screenplay is a marvel, hurtling from quick-hit Tyler Perry and Kanye West references to piercing banter about contemporary race relations. Many have likened Simien to Spike Lee, and in terms of both subject and style, it’s not an off-base comparison. But Simien’s voice is his own, and it’s vital. R. REBECCA JACOBSON. Cinema 21.
Dumb and Dumber To
B Twenty years after Dumb & Dumber
entrenched the Farrelly brothers as keepers of a frat house of filmic offense, the directors return to their first heroes for the sequel just about nobody demanded. As if there were any doubt, Harry Dunne (Jeff Daniels) and Lloyd Christmas (Jim Carrey) remain resolutely unchanged. By means of a long-mislaid postcard, Harry finds out he has a daughter, and, as happens, he needs a kidney while Lloyd wants to bone her. What results is a fusillade of absurdist puns and scatological taunts amid a Lifetime picture about two mildly disabled friends on an amiable, misguided quest. It all should feel tragic— few things age more poorly than the charms of an arrested boyhood—but the film takes pains to resist portraying Harry and Lloyd as sympathetic characters. Moreover, as filmmakers famously steeped in the comedy of ugliness, the brothers take special delight in the increasingly desiccated visage of Carrey, aging into a cross between Ruth Gordon and a gnarled bedpost. Perhaps such enviable resources shouldn’t be given to directors boasting the unreconstructed instincts of 10-year-old boys, but handing them cameras and expecting them not to film their own bungholes just seems, well, stupid. PG-13. JAY HORTON. Cedar Hills, Eastport, Clackamas, Mill Plain, Cornelius, Oak Grove, Movies on TV, Sandy.
The Equalizer
C Antoine Fuqua’s revenge thriller
The Equalizer could easily have been downright awful. Instead, it’s merely mediocre, which is testament to the immutable charisma of Denzel Washington: Few others could have made such ultraviolent silliness even halfway engaging. R. MICHAEL NORDINE. Movies on TV.
Force Majeure
A- The family of four lies on the bed,
limbs intertwined. They’re Swedish. So of course they’re gorgeous—they look ripped from a Hanna Andersson catalog, down to their matching thermal underwear. But not all is so serene on this ski vacation in the French Alps, which unfolds with chilly menace, and a welcome shot of caustic humor, in Ruben Östlund’s
Force Majeure. On the second day of the trip, during lunch at an outdoor cafe, an avalanche comes rumbling down the mountain. Tomas (Johannes Bah Kuhnke) insists it’s a controlled slide. But when it doesn’t seem to stop, he grabs his iPhone and darts away, leaving his wife, Ebba (Lisa Loven Kongsli), to shield the kids and scream after him. Turns out Tomas was right, and once the cloud of snow clears, the family resumes their meal. And turns out Force Majeure is a disaster movie after all, only with casualties emotional rather than physical. When Ebba confronts Tomas about fleeing, he shows no contrition. Many have seen the film as a commentary on gender roles, and Östlund indeed told The New York Times he wanted to create “the most pathetic male character on film.” But Mars/Venus debates aside, Force Majeure is an incisive exploration of shame and cowardice. R. REBECCA JACOBSON. Living Room Theaters.
Fury
C Brad Pitt makes an inglorious return
to Nazi-killing movies in Fury, David Ayer’s would-be epic about tank warfare in the waning days of World War II. Ayers sets up Fury as a gritty depiction of the Nazis’ “total war” period—which would be more effective if the director didn’t use these atrocities as little more than action-movie set pieces. R. MICHAEL NORDINE. Cedar Hills, Eastport, Clackamas, Cornelius, Forest, Oak Grove, Movies on TV, Sandy.
Gone Girl
B+ Gone Girl might be David Fincher’s
battiest work. The director has taken a lurid suspense yarn—the wildly popular novel by Gillian Flynn—and emerged with a film that deftly straddles the line between brilliant and stupid. It’s a media satire and a meditation on a volatile marriage that masquerades as the kind of plop you’d find Ashley Judd starring in back in the ’90s. It’s mesmerizing. The film centers on Nick and Amy Dunne (Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike), a couple whose relationship is dying, though who’s to blame is a matter of debate. When Amy disappears, it sparks a national media circus. But what starts as a procedural mystery goes bonkers after a midfilm twist that transforms the tale into perhaps the most expensive, well-acted Lifetime movie ever. R. AP KRYZA. Cedar Hills, Eastport, Clackamas, Mill Plain, Movies on TV.
How to Train Your Dragon 2
More animated Vikings, dragons and, scariest of all, teenagers. PG. Academy.
Interstellar
C+ Christopher Nolan is Hollywood’s
most masterful huckster: a blockbuster auteur who uses incredible sleight of hand to elevate into art what other directors would leave as garbage. So it makes perfect sense that Nolan takes us to another galaxy with Interstellar. In space, nobody can hear you scream, “Wait, that doesn’t make sense...but holy shit, did you see that?!” The plot finds former pilot Cooper (Matthew McConaughey) raising his kids and crops on a blighted Earth, when he’s enlisted by a speechifying Michael Caine to captain a space expedition to
A retired hit man is roped back into the life. But this is the rare film that excels as much for what it puts on display as for what it holds back. It oozes style, yet avoids showy slow-mo and CGI. It’s birthed from cliché, yet populated with unpredictable characters. It’s the perfect vehicle for Keanu Reeves— which is to say, it’s one of the best action flicks to come along in years. R. AP KRYZA. Cedar Hills, Eastport, Clackamas, Movies on TV.
Kill the Messenger
B- Michael Cuesta’s Kill the Messenger is based on the true story of Gary Webb (Jeremy Renner), an ace reporter who discovered CIA-backed guerrillas in Nicaragua were funneling cocaine into the United States. After Webb publishes his story, he’s harassed by the CIA and defamed by the The New York Times and The Washington Post. Renner’s testosterone-fueled approach works in the action-packed first half, but it proves unwieldy in the second. Journalism isn’t all about fleeing from Nicaraguan narcos. There’s far more time spent second-guessing your sources and picking Cheetos out of your keyboard. R. JAMES HELMSWORTH. Laurelhurst.
The Maze Runner
Because there just aren’t enough film adaptations of dystopian young-adult novels out there, here’s another one, about—as you might have gleaned from its title—kids trapped in a maze. PG-13. Academy, Empirical Theatre at OMSI, Kennedy School, Laurelhurst, Mt. Hood, Movies on TV, Valley.
Rosewater
B Rosewater is a torture film in which
suffering is beside the point. Gael García Bernal plays unjustly imprisoned Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari, and his performance is by turns affecting, subtle and hilarious, if also often glib. Bahari, of course, is the very real Newsweek reporter who was kept for 118 days in solitary confinement in Iran after filming a riot in the wake of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s spurious re-election in 2009. It’s been adapted to film by The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart, who brings the same jaunty momentum, schoolboy wit and self-congratulatory sincerity that make his comedy news program popular. Rosewater brims with the journalistic piety that information is the most dangerous weapon in the world. It is a naive and somewhat smug dream, but an infectious one. When we see Bahari dancing alone, in the new knowledge that the world outside his prison cell knows he exists, it is one of the most joyful and cathartic moments I’ve seen in film. But even so, the viewer understands that the music he’s dancing to is imaginary. R. MATTHEW KORFHAGE. Clackamas.
St. Vincent
B- Freshman director Theodore Melfi is a very, very lucky man. Under most circumstances, his debut, St. Vincent, would be blasted for its contrived, overwrought plot. Does the world really need another story about a mean old bastard who finds redemption and purpose thanks to a kid? But luckily for Melfi, that crusty bastard is played by Bill Murray, who takes what could have been a geriatric riff on About a Boy and turns it into a showcase of his ever-evolving comedic prowess. PG-13. AP KRYZA. Cedar Hills, Eastport, Clackamas, Forest, oak Grove, Movies on TV.
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
A- From Studio Ghibli cofounder Isao
Takahata comes a hand-drawn adaptation of a 10th-century Japanese folk tale about a girl who emerges from a stalk of bamboo. PG. Academy, Laurelhurst.
This Is Where I Leave You
C+ Shortly after discovering that his wife is cheating on him, a radio producer (Jason Bateman) returns to his childhood home with his semiestranged siblings to mourn their father’s death as part of a sevenday Jewish ritual their mother (Jane Fonda) insists was the dearly departed’s final wish. Director Shawn Levy doesn’t do much to hold this all together, instead relying on his ensemble cast to strike a workable balance between laughter and tears. R. MICHAEL NORDINE. Academy, Laurelhurst, Valley.
Whiplash
B+ Whiplash clefts music from dance,
love and spirituality. What’s left is muscle, red and raw, beating faster and faster against a drum. That’s how Damien Chazelle’s film begins: 19-yearold Andrew (Miles Teller) is practicing jazz drumming in a dark room of a New York conservatory. Conductor Terence Fletcher (J.K. Simmons) happens upon him and invites him to join the school’s top band. A battle of egos and tempos ensues, as Andrew must decide how much of himself and his sanity he’s willing to give to music. But Whiplash is troubling: It views the abusive instructor as a necessary evil for creating great art. Whiplash is certainly an affecting film, but taking it as anything more than a portrait of a single student-teacher relationship would be a mistake. R. JAMES HELMSWORTH. Cedar Hills, Eastport.
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save humanity. At nearly three hours, Interstellar could easily chop an hour off its runtime and remain an exhilarating piece of escapism. Instead, Nolan overcomplicates things with indecipherable equations and endless exposition. Add a twist ending that’s ludicrous and self-important to the point of hilarity and you’ve got a lot of strained goodwill. PG-13. AP KRYZA. Cedar Hills, Eastport, Clackamas, CineMagic, Mill Plain, Cornelius, Hollywood, Oak Grove, Movies on TV, Sandy, St. Johns Cinemas.
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Nightcrawler
B+ With eyes bulging from his gaunt
skull like a Chihuahua trapped in an industrial vise, Jake Gyllenhaal is an unnervingly strange sight to behold when he walks onto the screen in Nightcrawler. And that’s before his character, Lou Bloom, even opens his mouth. Once Lou starts chattering, what emerges is one of the slimiest, most disarming sociopaths to hit theaters in some time. The title of Dan Gilroy’s debut feature refers to the lecherous freelance cameramen who prowl city streets, their ears trained to police scanners so they can get to gruesome crime scenes before help arrives and shoot the carnage, tragedy and response as it all unfolds. What makes Lou such a fascinating and terrifying beast isn’t rooted in traditional cinematic tropes of violence. It’s his extreme disconnect and lack of conscience: He sees nothing wrong, for example, with moving a still-breathing victim into better light to improve his shot. R. AP KRYZA. Cedar Hills, Eastport, Clackamas, Forest, Oak Grove, Movies on TV.
Ouija
A supernatural thriller about...you guessed it. PG-13. Eastport, Clackamas, Movies on TV.
Pride
B+ Politics make strange bedfellows.
That was certainly true of gay activists and mineworkers, who formed an unlikely alliance during a British labor strike 30 years ago. Their story is dramatized in Pride, Matthew Warchus’ unabashedly crowd-pleasing but not overly saccharine film. Though Pride hits the expected beats—the soundtrack swells and a little old lady asks if all lesbians are vegetarians—it’s so ebullient that it just feels shrewish to resist. R. REBECCA JACOBSON. Cinema 21.
RELATIVELY SPEAKING: A brief history of Stephen Hawking’s 30-year marriage to Jane Wilde, The Theory of Everything fits a tad too snugly into the biopic tradition. Anyone who’s seen Errol Morris’ expressionistic 1992 documentary on Hawking knows a conventional approach isn’t ideal for the ALS-afflicted genius—which isn’t to say James Marsh’s new film doesn’t succeed on its own more modest terms. Here, Hawking’s contributions to the fields of physics and cosmology take a backseat to the story of his and Wilde’s courtship, marriage and eventual divorce. That’s no surprise: The Theory of Everything is based on Wilde’s memoirs, so anyone expecting a disquisition on Hawking’s theories should seek out the Morris doc instead. Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones do a superb job bringing Hawking and Wilde to life, like two shining stars revolving around the same tragic center of gravity. Hawking’s mind never slows as he deteriorates physically, nor does his wife’s resolve to stick with him—until it does, that is. The film glosses over the inconvenient details of their parting, making it clear that Hawking married his nurse while declining to say much more. The Theory of Everything might not live up to its ambitious title, but there’s still much to admire in this visually arresting portrait of a long and unique relationship. MICHAEL NORDINE. B- SEE IT: The Theory of Everything is rated PG-13. It opens Friday at Fox Tower, Cedar Hills.
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FIDDLE ME THIS: A lovesick peasant in The Eve of Ivan Kupalo, a Soviet fever dream from 1968.
INSANE IN THE UKRAINE THE PSYCHEDELIC MANIA OF IVAN KUPALO. BY A P KRYZA
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With imagery that makes Dali’s surrealism look like a kids’ coloring book—pig-riding demons, bleeding bread, slain children—and enough psychedelic color washes to give Dario Argento a seizure, Soviet director Yuri Ilyenko’s The Eve of Ivan Kupalo left my mouth agape and my brain swirling. The 1968 mindbender, playing at the Hollywood Theatre at 9:30 pm Monday, Nov. 24, tells the story of a peasant who sells out to the devil to win the hand of his love. Or something like that. It’s an exceptionally bizarre example of Ukrainian poetic cinema, a topic about which AP Film Studies is blissfully underqualified to speak. So, this week, we’ve brought in Emory University’s James Steffen, an expert on Soviet cinema, to give us the scoop. WW: Can you explain a bit about U k ra in ia n poetic cinema and Yuri Ilyenko’s role in it? James Steffen: Ukrainian poetic cinema originated in the silent era, and was revived in the 1960s with Sergei Parajanov’s Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, which Ilyenko photographed. It was a way of expressing and preserving a specifically Ukrainian identity while pushing the boundaries of fi lm language. Ilyenko’s visual style is more extravagant than other filmmakers’ in the Ukrainian poetic school, with the exception of Parajanov. I’m assuming this film is steeped in—or at least inspired—by folklore. I think the film’s style was inspired in part by a desire to convey the fantasy and grotesque comedy in Nikolai Gogol’s early Ukrainian stories. It was adapted from his short story. It also borrows from—and exaggerates—visual motifs from Ukrainian folk art. Is there significance to imagery such as the bleeding bread and the burning fern? Not that I’m aware of. I think these ideas were just invented by Ilyenko. According to the Hollywood and other sources, the Communist government banned the film. The film was definitely not banned when it was originally made. Ilyenko’s first film, A Well for 42
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the Thirsty, was banned for 20 years, but this film was released in theaters and reviewed by critics. It wasn’t widely distributed at that time, but other Soviet “art” films at that time were also given relatively limited distribution, so it was nothing unique. However, it may have been shelved during the political crackdown in Ukraine. The film was poorly received. Do you think it’s underrated, or were those critics right? I don’t think it is quite as strong as A Well for the Thirsty—it tries too many different effects, and the historical allegory elements don’t mesh well with Gogol’s original story. But it’s crammed with amazing imagery. ALSO SHOWING: Joy Cinema’s free Weird Wednesday series rolls out the horror classic House on Haunted Hill. The Vincent Price one. Not the Lisa Loeb and Chris Kattan one. Joy Cinema. 9 pm Wednesday, Nov. 19. Obscure nerd collective Church of Film presents 1971’s Malpertuis, a gothic fantasy starring Orson Welles. North Star Ballroom. 9 pm Wednesday, Nov. 19. The NW Film Center dedicates the week to some of the finest looks at World War I, including Jean Renoir’s The Grand Illusion, All Quiet on the Western Front, The Big Parade and Kubrick’s Paths of Glory. NW Film Center’s Whitsell Auditorium. Nov. 19-23. See nwilm.org for full listings. The Red Violin traces the 400-year history of a Nicolo Bussotti violin, which survived war and being yelled at by Samuel L. Jackson. The actual violin will be present, and played by Elizabeth Pitcairn of the Portland Columbia Symphony Orchestra. Hollywood Theatre. 6:15 pm Thursday, Nov. 20. Roman Polanski’s Chinatown might be the most labyrinthine and confusing detective tale of the modern era. It’s also the best. Laurelhurst Theater. Nov. 21-26. Beer-drenched Canadian comedy Strange Brew is perhaps the smartest goofball comedy ever. Between Rick Moranis extinguishing a fire with urine and a drunken dog that flies, it’s easy to miss that it’s a sly update of Hamlet, with Bob and Doug McKenzie as Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Academy Theater. Nov. 21-26. Bad Movie Nite screens a mystery flick apparently about mind-controlling, blood-drinking beasts. Clinton Street Theater. 9:30 pm Friday, Nov. 21. Grindhouse rolls out a secret screening of a rare 35 mm flick that you probably don’t want to take your mom to, unless she’s really into boobs and violence. Hollywood Theatre. 7:30 pm Tuesday, Nov. 25.
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IF I DIDN’T HAVE PUKE BREATH: Strange Brew plays Nov. 21-26 at the Academy Theater. OF MADAGASCAR Wed 12:15, 02:45, 05:15, 07:45, 10:15 PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR 3D Wed 11:00, 01:30, 04:00, 06:30, 09:00
Bagdad Theater
3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 503-249-7474 THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY, PART 1 FriSat-Sun-Mon-Tue-Wed 12:00, 03:15, 07:00, 10:30
Cinema 21
616 NW 21st Ave., 503-223-4515 DEAR WHITE PEOPLE FriSat-Sun-Mon-Tue-Wed 04:15, 07:00, 09:30 PRIDE Fri-Sat-Sun-Mon-Tue-Wed 04:30, 07:15 LOW DOWN Fri-Sat-Sun-Mon-Tue-Wed 04:15, 06:45, 09:00
Clinton Street Theater
2522 SE Clinton St., 503-238-8899 MEIMEI Fri 08:00 ROAMING WILD Sat 03:00 LIGHTER PEOPLE Sat 07:30 THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW Sat 11:59 LADONNA HARRIS: INDIAN 101 Mon 07:00 ALICE’S RESTAURANT Wed 07:00
Laurelhurst Theatre & Pub
2735 E Burnside St., 503-232-5511 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Fri-Sat-Sun-MonTue-Wed 07:00, 09:30 CHINATOWN Fri-Sat-SunMon-Tue-Wed 09:15 THE TALE OF THE PRINCESS KAGUYA Fri-Sat-Sun-MonTue-Wed 09:00 THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU Fri-Sat-Sun-Mon-Tue-Wed 06:45 BOYHOOD Fri-SatSun-Mon-Tue-Wed 06:00 THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY Fri-Sat-Sun-MonTue-Wed 06:15 KILL THE MESSENGER Fri-Sat-SunMon-Tue-Wed 08:45 THE MAZE RUNNER Fri-Sat-Sun 12:45, 03:45
Mission Theater and Pub
1624 NW Glisan St., 503-249-7474-5 THE BOXTROLLS FriSat-Sun-Mon-Tue 05:00 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Fri-Sat-Sun-MonTue 07:30 ANIMAL HOUSE Fri-Sat-Sun-Mon-Tue-Wed 10:30
Moreland Theatre
6712 SE Milwaukie Ave., 503-236-5257 THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY, PART 1 FriSat-Sun-Mon-Tue-Wed 05:30, 08:15
Roseway Theatre
7229 NE Sandy Blvd., 503-282-2898 THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY, PART 1 FriSat-Sun-Mon-Tue-Wed 01:30, 04:45, 08:00
St. Johns Cinemas
8704 N Lombard St., 503-286-1768 INTERSTELLAR Fri-SatSun-Mon-Tue-Wed 05:00, 08:30 THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY, PART 1 Fri-Sat-Sun-MonTue-Wed 04:30, 07:15, 10:00
CineMagic Theatre
2021 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 503-231-7919 INTERSTELLAR Fri-SatSun-Mon-Tue-Wed 05:00, 08:30
Century 16 Eastport Plaza
4040 SE 82nd Ave. ST. VINCENT Fri-Sat-SunMon-Tue 11:20, 02:10, 10:20 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Fri-Sat-Sun-MonTue 11:40, 05:00, 10:20 THE BOXTROLLS Fri-SatSun-Mon-Tue 11:50, 02:30, 05:10, 07:45, 10:25 GONE GIRL Fri-Sat-Sun-Mon-Tue 02:10, 08:15 WHIPLASH Fri-Sat-Sun-Mon-Tue 11:15, 05:30 OUIJA Fri-Sat-SunMon-Tue 02:35, 08:00 BIG HERO 6 Fri-Sat-Sun-MonTue 11:05, 01:45, 04:40, 07:30, 10:20 BIG HERO 6 3D Fri-Sat-Sun-MonTue 12:25, 03:15, 06:05, 08:55 INTERSTELLAR Fri-Sat-Sun-Mon-Tue 11:00, 12:20, 02:45, 04:15, 06:30, 08:10, 10:15 DUMB AND DUMBER TO FriSat-Sun-Mon-Tue 11:10, 02:05, 05:00, 07:50, 10:30 BEYOND THE LIGHTS FriSat-Sun-Mon-Tue 11:00, 01:50, 04:40, 07:35, 10:25 THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY, PART 1 FriSat-Sun-Mon-Tue-Wed 11:30, 12:30, 01:30, 02:45, 03:45, 04:45, 06:05, 07:00, 08:00, 09:15, 10:15 FURY Fri-Sat-Sun-Mon-Tue 12:40, 03:50, 07:05, 10:30 NIGHTCRAWLER Fri-SatSun-Mon-Tue 11:05, 02:00 JOHN WICK Fri-Sat-SunMon-Tue 11:10, 01:55, 04:35, 07:10, 09:50 THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA Sat 09:55 HORRIBLE BOSSES 2 Tue-Wed 11:00, 12:40, 01:45, 03:30, 04:30, 06:20, 07:30, 09:10, 10:30 THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA ENCORE Wed 06:30 PENGUINS
Academy Theater
5736 N.E. 33rd Ave., 503-249-7474-4 THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY Fri-Sat-Sun-MonTue-Wed 02:15 THE MAZE RUNNER Fri-Sat-Sun-MonWed 04:45 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Fri-SatSun-Mon-Wed 07:20, 10:00 DESPICABLE ME 2 Sat-Sun 12:00
7818 SE Stark St., 503-252-0500 THE TALE OF THE PRINCESS KAGUYA Fri-SatSun-Mon-Tue-Wed 01:40, 06:45 THE MAZE RUNNER Fri-Sat-Sun-Mon-TueWed 04:35, 07:00 THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU Fri-Sat-Sun-Mon-Tue-Wed 04:25, 09:35 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY FriSat-Sun-Mon-Tue-Wed 02:15, 04:45, 07:15, 09:45 STRANGE BREW Fri-SatSun-Mon-Tue-Wed 02:35, 09:25 HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 Sat-Sun 12:00
Empirical Theatre at OMSI
Century Clackamas Town Center and XD
Kennedy School Theater
1945 SE Water Ave., 503-797-4000 WALKING WITH DINOSAURS 3D Fri-SatSun 11:00 WILD OCEAN Fri-Sat-Sun 01:00 BEARS Fri-Sat-Sun 02:00 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Fri-Sat-Sun 06:30 D-DAY: NORMANDY 1944 Fri-Sat-Sun 12:00, 03:30 GREAT WHITE SHARK Fri 05:30 THE MAZE RUNNER Fri-Sat 08:30 FLIGHT OF THE BUTTERFLIES Sat-Sun 10:00 THE BOXTROLLS Sat-Sun 04:30
5th Avenue Cinema
510 SW Hall St., 503-725-3551 YOU’VE GOT MAIL Fri-Sat 07:00, 09:30 Sun 03:00
Hollywood Theatre
4122 NE Sandy Blvd., 503-281-4215 INTERSTELLAR FriSat-Sun-Mon-Tue-Wed 08:00 BACK FENCE PDX: SEX, LIES & SOCIAL MEDIA STORIES Fri 08:00 ROXIE HART SatSun 02:15 SHOWGIRLS! THE MUSICAL! Sat 07:00 FEAST YOUR EYES: THE FOOD FILMS OF LES BLANK Sun 07:00 THE MOVIE QUIZ Mon 07:30 THE EVE OF IVAN KUPALO Mon 09:30 GRINDHOUSE SECRET SCREENING Tue 07:30 LINDY HOP, JUMPIN’ JAZZ & JITTERBUG Wed 07:30
NW Film Center’s Whitsell Auditorium
1219 SW Park Ave., 503-221-1156 THE BIG PARADE Fri 07:00 PATHS OF GLORY Sat 07:00 ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Sun 07:00
St. Johns Theater
8203 N Ivanhoe St., 503-249-7474-6 BIG HERO 6 Fri-Sat-SunMon-Tue-Wed 01:00, 03:45, 06:30, 09:15
12000 SE 82nd Ave. ST. VINCENT Fri-Sat-SunMon-Tue 11:10, 01:45, 04:25, 07:10, 09:55 GONE GIRL Fri-Sat-Sun-Mon-TueWed 11:55, 03:20, 07:00, 10:25 BIRDMAN OR (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE) Fri-Sat-SunMon-Tue-Wed 10:35, 01:40, 04:35, 07:30, 10:20 OUIJA Fri-Sat-Sun-Mon-Tue 10:40, 01:05, 03:30 BIG HERO 6 Fri-Sat-Sun-Mon-Tue-Wed 10:50, 01:35, 04:20, 07:05, 09:50 BIG HERO 6 3D Fri-Sat-Sun-Mon-Tue-Wed 11:40, 02:25, 05:15, 08:00, 10:45 INTERSTELLAR Fri-Sat-Sun-Mon-Tue-Wed 10:05, 11:45, 01:50, 05:40, 07:00, 09:25 DUMB AND DUMBER TO Fri-SatSun-Mon-Tue-Wed 11:20, 02:10, 05:00, 07:50, 10:35 BEYOND THE LIGHTS Fri-Sat-Sun-Mon-TueWed 10:40, 01:30, 04:30, 07:20, 10:15 THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY, PART 1 Fri-Sat-Sun-MonTue-Wed 10:00, 11:15, 11:45, 12:20, 01:00, 02:15, 02:50, 03:20, 04:00, 05:20, 05:50, 06:20, 07:00, 08:20, 08:55, 09:30, 10:00 FURY Fri-SatSun-Mon-Tue-Wed 10:00, 01:10, 04:20, 07:25, 10:35 NIGHTCRAWLER Fri-SatSun-Mon-Tue-Wed 03:50, 10:40 SAVING CHRISTMAS Fri-Sat-Sun-Mon-Tue-Wed 10:30, 12:55, 03:25, 05:45, 08:05, 10:25 JOHN WICK Fri-Sat-Sun-Mon-Tue 11:50, 02:35 ON ANY SUNDAY: THE NEXT CHAPTER FriSat-Sun-Mon-Tue 06:45, 09:10 ROSEWATER FriSat-Sun-Mon-Tue-Wed 11:15, 01:55, 04:35, 07:15, 10:05 SUBJECT TO CHANGE. CALL THEATERS OR VISIT WWEEK.COM/MOVIETIMES FOR THE MOST UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION FRIDAY-THURSDAY, NOV. 21-27, UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Someone on Reddit.com posed the question, “What have you always been curious to try?” In reply, many people said they wanted to experiment with exotic varieties of sex and drugs they had never treated themselves to before. Other favorites: eating chocolate-covered bacon; piloting a plane; shoplifting; doing a stand-up comedy routine; hang-gliding and deep-sea diving; exploring the Darknet and the Deep Web; spontaneously taking a trip to a foreign country; turning away from modern society and joining a Buddhist monastery. What would your answer be, Aries? The coming weeks will be an excellent time to explore what you have always been curious to try. The risks will be lower than usual, and the results more likely to be interesting. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Contrary to popular opinion, crime fiction author Arthur Conan Doyle never once had his character Sherlock Holmes utter the statement “Elementary, my dear Watson.” For that matter, Humphrey Bogart never actually said “Play it again, Sam” in the film Casablanca. Star Trek’s Captain Kirk never used the exact phrase “Beam me up, Scotty.” Furthermore I, Rob Brezsny, have never before issued the following prophecy: “Deep sexy darkness and deep sexy brilliance are conspiring to bring you Tauruses intriguing pleasures that will educate the naive part of your soul” -- until now, that is. At this juncture in the ever-twisting plot of your life story, I am most definitely saying just that. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Here are some thoughts from Gemini author Fernando Pessoa: “The feelings that hurt most, the emotions that sting most, are those that are absurd -- the longing for impossible things; nostalgia for what never was; the desire for what could have been; regret over not being someone else.” Can you relate, Gemini? Have you felt those feelings? Here’s the good news: In the coming weeks, you will be more free of them than you have been in a long time. What will instead predominate for you are yearnings for very possible things and contentment with what’s actually available to you. (Pessoa’s words are from The Book of Disquiet, translated by Alfred Mac Adam.) CANCER (June 21-July 22): The most important thing you can do in the coming weeks is learn how to take care of yourself better. What? You say you’re too busy for that? You have too many appointments and obligations? I disagree. In my astrological opinion, there’s one task that must trump all others, and that is get smarter about how you eat, sleep, exercise, relax, heal yourself, and connect with people. I can assure you that there’s a lot you don’t know about what you really need and the best ways to get what you really need. But you are ripe to become wiser in this subtle, demanding, and glorious art. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Naturalist Greg Munson says that many dragonflies are great acrobats. They are the “Cirque du Soleil” performers of the animal kingdom. Not only do they eat in mid-air, they also have sex. While flying, two dragonflies will hook up and bend into a roughly circular formation to accommodate the idiosyncrasies of their reproductive organs, thereby forming a “mating pinwheel.” I don’t expect you to achieve quite that level of virtuosity in your own amorous escapades, Leo. But if you’re adventurous, you could very well enjoy experiences that resemble having sex while flying. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Born under the sign of Virgo, Yuriy Norshteyn is a Russian animator who has won numerous awards. His Tale of Tales was once voted the greatest animated film of all time. But he hasn’t finished any new films for quite a while. In fact, he has been working on the same project since 1981, indulging his perfectionism to the max. In 33 years, he has only finished 25 minutes’ worth of The Overcoat, which is based on a story by Nikolai Gogol. But I predict that he will complete this labor of love in the next eight months -- just as many of you other Virgos will finally wrap up tasks you have been working on for a long time. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “Every saint has a bee in his halo,” said philosopher Elbert Hubbard. Similarly, some Libras have a passive-aggressive streak hidden
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