WEDNESDAY APRIL 2
BATMAN â66 RELEASE
[COMIC BOOKS] Batman, most recently a
(POW!) dark and troubled knight, is now again being portrayed (BIFF!) as
the go-go-era Caped Crusader (BOOM!) made famous by Adam West. Batman â66 Vol. 1 reimagines
the classic TV series in comic-book form. (WIZZ!) Writer Jeff Parker
and artist Jonathan Case will be signing copies. (ZOW!). Cosmic Monkey Comics, 5335 NE Sandy Blvd, 517-9050. 5-7 pm. Free.
LYDIA LOVELESS
[MUSIC] If oversharing is wrong, letâs hope this 23-year-old country-punk singer-songwriter never gets right. Somewhere Else,
Lovelessâ third album, is a stunner, in both its songwriting and what
she is willing to own up to, from doing blow and trying to break up an
exâs marriage to her cravings for both oral sex and a lover so
passionate heâd shoot her out of sheer jealousy. Doug Fir Lounge, 830 E Burnside St., 231-9663. 9 pm. $10 advance, $12 day of show. 21+.
THURSDAY APRIL 3
NORTHWEST DANCE PROJECT
[DANCE] For one night only, the contemporary company will simulcast its Directorâs Choice show
via a 50-foot projection on the wall of a downtown office building (you
can also pay $36 to $49 to see it live through Saturday at the Newmark
Theatre). The show includes a premiere work by artistic director Sarah
Slipper. Jive Building, 915 SW Stark St., 421-7434. 7:30 and 10:30 pm. Free.
MONDAY APRIL 7
SONGS INSPIRED BY THE OREGON TRAIL
[HISTORY/MUSIC] Bringing to life the
experiences of Oregon Trail pioneers, Bend folk-revival duo the Quons
will perform original musicâjust wait until you hear the ballad âOde to
Dysentery.â Excerpts from literature and journal entries will put it all
in context. Mission Theater, 1624 NW Glisan St., 223-4527. 7 pm. Free.
WALTER KIRN
[BOOKS] In Blood Will Out, a new
book thatâs part memoir and part true-crime reporting, Kirn recounts his
15-year friendship with the eccentric New York art dealer Clark
Rockefeller, a man who was ultimately revealed to be a German con man,
serial impostor and murderer. Powellâs City of Books, 1005 W Burnside St., 228-4651. 7 pm. Free.
VERTICAL SCRATCHERS
[MUSIC] The Kinks were pretty punk, but what if they were an actual punk band? Thatâs the apparent conceit behind Daughter of Everything,
the debut album by L.A. band Vertical Scratchers that zips through
jangly Briticisms at a bracing, Minutemen-like pace. Call it Double Nickels on the Village Green. Bunk Bar, 1028 SE Water Ave., 328-2865. 9 pm. $8. 21+.
WWeek 2015