September 3rd, 2008
Barack To School Fashions | What Obama will you be wearing this fall?0 comments
August 27th, 2008
Three-Ring Stiffs | While you relax, they’re still out to make you laugh.0 comments
August 20th, 2008
Destination: Awesome0 comments
August 13th, 2008
Unmasked | How we turn the facially different Into villains0 comments
July 30th, 2008
Betsy, Betsy, Betsey | The arrival of a Betsey Johnson boutique has us seeing triple.4 comments
July 23rd, 2008
Oregon Brewer's Fest: The Game0 comments
July 16th, 2008
Concession Obsession | A sugar rush for this blockbuster season.4 comments
July 9th, 2008
Java Jugs | And you thought caffeine was addictive.13 comments
July 2nd, 2008
POP! Goes The Fourth | Celebrating the real American heroes: stuffed jalapeños.1 comment
June 25th, 2008
Summer Safari | Get wild without leaving the city.0 comments
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[August 6th, 2008]
China is here, fellow Portlanders.
The Olympics kick off in Beijing this week, but we’ve got a trio of local medal-worthy events you can root for guilt-free.
^Headout Picks
WEDNESDAY AUG. 6
[SCREEN] PINEAPPLE EXPRESS Indie auteur David Gordon Green is seduced into Planet Apatow for a stoner comedy. Maybe because it’s a stoner comedy, the results are blissful. Area theaters.
[MUSIC] STRATEGY + SOLENOID, CLOUDBURST, MAP-MAP, JETFINGER
The combo of four of the most inspiring voices in our electronic music scene is exciting enough. Plus, it’ll be a surround-sound experience, with a multichannel six-speaker system ready to immerse the audience in rushes of sine waves and fractured beats. Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison St., 239-7639. 9 pm. $5. 21+.
[AWESOME] THE FAMOUS MYSTERIOUS ACTOR SHOW
The talk-show parody Famous Mysterious Actor Show features sexually explicit rants, a deranged host costumed in a Mexican wrestling mask and, this month, Boy Eats Drum Machine and local hip-hop duo the Chicharones. Berbati’s Pan, 231 SW Ankeny St., 248-4579. 9 pm. $8. All ages.
FRIDAY AUG. 8
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[SCREEN] MAN ON WIRE
A documentary about Philippe Petit’s highwire conquest of the World Trade Center portrays it as a kind of inverted terrorism whose awesomeness affirms instead of destroys life. Fox Tower, 846 SW Park Ave., 221-3280. $7-$10.
[MUSIC] PORTLAND CELLO PROJECT CD RELEASE
At this rate, Portland should be as famous for cellos as for bikes and brews. This fascinating lineup of eight to 16 cellists covers anything from Bach to Zep, Beethoven to Britney. Aladdin Theater, 3017 SE Milwaukie Ave., 233-1994. 8 pm. $13 advance, $15 day of show. All ages.
SATURDAY AUG. 9
[MUSIC] ZS, EAT SKULL, THE VANISHING KIDS
Brooklyn proglodytes Zs make rock music so complex that they have to read it off sheet music. This is the far-out stuff that skronks like jazz and skips like an old record. Rotture, 315 SE 3rd Ave., 234-5683. 9 pm. $7. 21+.
SUNDAY AUG. 10
[PETS] DOVE35
Animal hospital extraordinaire DoveLewis celebrates 35 years of helpin’ PDX’s best friends with a mega “custom art” party in Pioneer Square. Pioneer Courthouse Square, Southwest Broadway and Morrison Street. 4 pm. Free. Visit dove35.com for details.
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