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Portland's ADX is a big ol' warehouse where the Etsy-inclined pay $40 a day to bring their designs into the third dimension using facilities not unlike what you'd find in a high school shop class. Those "makers" create some oddly practical contraptions—alarm clocks that look like bombs, for starters. You're welcome to peruse them at GIFTED: A Maker's Marketplace, which the group says caters to "the anti-consumer who still needs to buy things." A few highlights:
Coat
Poler, polerstuff.com. $130
Clock
Sharebrained Technologies, sharebrained.com. $49.
Stationery
KeeganMeegan & Co, keeganmeeganco.com. $10 and up
Map
54/40, fiftyfourforty.com. $20 and up, depending on the state
GO: GIFTED: A Maker's Marketplace is at ADX Warehouse, 417 SE 11th Ave., adxportland.com. 11 am-5 pm Saturday, Dec. 17.
Headout Picks
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 14
THE KNUX
[MUSIC] These days, most rappers want to
be rock stars. But the Knux are rock stars without even trying. The New
Orleans-bred duo goes big with a rock/rap/dance/hip-hop/electro-pop
fusion that parties as hard than Ke$ha while actually making good music.
Doug Fir Lounge, 830 E Burnside St., 231-9663. 9 pm. $12. 21+.
THURSDAY, DEC. 15
ORGAN GRINDERS: THE UNKNOWN
[MOVIES] Lon Chaney Sr. plays a killer
carny (âsmall hands...â) with a live soundtrack by aptly named band the
Subterranean Howl. Hollywood Theatre, 4122 NE Sandy Blvd., 281-4215. 8 pm. $12.
FRIDAY, DEC. 16
PGC3 EPIC WINTER FORMAL
Someday Lounge, 125 NW 5th Ave., 248-1030, geekportland.com. 7 pm. Free.
YOUNG ADULT
[MOVIES] Charlize Theron plays a filthy drunken whore, in a movie written by Diablo Cody (Juno). Itâs a little like The Lost Weekend with
Replacements songs, and it reminded our critic of some dark times in
his lifeâwhich, sadly, did not involve Charlize Theron. Multiple locations including Regal Lloyd Center 10, 1510 NE Multnomah St., 287-0338. $10.
PORTLAND BAROQUE ORCHESTRA, CAPPELLA ROMANA
[MUSIC] The one truest Messiah. First
Baptist Church, 909 SW 11th Ave., 222-6000, pbo.org. 7:30 pm
Friday-Saturday, 4 pm Sunday and 2 pm Monday, Dec. 16-19. $26-$69.
SATURDAY, DEC. 17
SPOOKIES
[MUSIC] It has been a long year without WWâs
2007 Best New Band, the Shaky Hands, so we were happy to hear that
three ex-Hands (and a less-Shaky friend) started a new band, Spookies.
Early demos show them to be lo-fi, campy and entirely rocking. The Know, 2026 NE Alberta St., 473-8729. 8 pm. Cover. 21+.
UNSILENT NIGHT
[HOLIDAYS] For nearly 20 years, New
Yorkers have gathered to rove through the streets blaring a four-part
Christmas composition by Shortlist-nominated composer Phil Kline. The
event, Unsilent Night, started with boomboxes playing cassettes,
switched to CDs and evolved to MP3s. Now, itâs an app and happening in
Portland for the first time. Meet at 6:45 pm at the South Park Blocks
(corner of SW Park Avenue and Salmon Street). Bring loud,
battery-powered speakers and a copy of the track. Info at
unsilentnight.com.
WWeek 2015