Since Voicebox Karaoke Lounge opened its doors one year ago, the Portland karaoke scene has never been the same. In just one year, more than 5,000 Portlanders have rocked out in our private karaoke suites. They’ve sipped more than 5,000 glasses of specialty saké and belted over 85,000 songs – always among friends and without interruption. Portland discovered that karoake is coolest when the mic is in YOU`R hands, when YOU are the KJ, and when the only audience is your BEST friends.

We at Voicebox have discovered that Portland can sing all night, and the song sung most is “Don’t Stop Believin.’” To thank Portland for believin’, Voicebox is celebrating our Journey with month of special events:

Wednesday, November 11, Grand Anniversary Party.

21+. Free admission.

Come and sing on us! Open door party all night long, with free saké tasting guided by reknowned saké sommelier Marcus Pakiser. This historic night will feature the Voicebox Recording Booth. Step in front of our cameras and become the star of your own karaoke music video. Your fame (or shame) will be posted on Youtube. Enjoy the debut of Spanish and Korean song catalogues, as well as hundreds of new additions to our English catalogue.

For more information, visit the Voicebox website!

Courtesy of: Voicebox & PDX Pipeline

Three years into this Southern-food joint’s tenure on East Burnside, and the brunch lines are still around the block. Online reviewers frequently extol items on the menu as the best they’ve ever eaten, and the dining room’s tables and blue vinyl booths fill to capacity even on weekday nights. Is it the buttermilk-battered fried chicken? The rotating menu of local, organic options, such as summer squash griddle cakes with “bodacious” corn? The crispy-skinned pork belly melting into a puddle of peach-bourbon sauce? The impeccable service? It hardly matters, as the menu holds little opportunity for error. If the decision seems overwhelming, choose the Screen Door Plate, which allows a choice of three items from the House Sides menu (don’t skip the red beans and rice, the most authentic this reviewer has tasted outside Louisiana) or the produce-centric Local Organics menu, served alongside a sizable chunk of Southern cornbread. If you’re somehow still able to walk afterward, a full dessert menu awaits. We recommend the banoffee pie.

Order this: Crispy fried buttermilk-battered chicken with tasso gravy and mashed potatoes.

Best deal: Screen Door Plate ($12.95)—your choice of three house sides and/or selections from the Local Organics menu.

I’ll pass: Desiccated fried pork chop.

Screen Door, 2337 E Burnside St., 542-0880.

Drink Local Project

Get locally sauced at Urban Farmer. Each week, bartender Daniel Stern creates four new cocktails featuring a different local producer. Recently, he showcased Integrity Spirits, and in coming weeks Stern will shake or stir selection from House Spirits and Clear Creek Distillery. New cocktails premiere each Tuesday during an extended happy hour.

Urban Farmer Restaurant, 525 SW Morrison St., 8th floor, 222-4900. Cocktails debut 3-7 pm Tuesdays in November.

For more information, visit the Urban Farmer website.

The Northwest Film and Video Festival focuses on showcasing the most interesting, accomplished and innovative work Northwest filmmakers are producing. With films of all varieties- docs, comedies, features, short shorts and long shorts, boundary-busting experimental films and frolicsome fiction- the Festival demonstrates the astounding depth, talent, and innovation film makers of the Northwest are known for.

Grab some imaginary popcorn and take a seat to see the films showcased this year.

Portland Art Museum’s Whitsell Auditorium, 1219 SW Park Ave.

Festival Pass $50. Admission $8 General, $7 Student & Seniors, $5 dollars children. Tickets available at the door or online @ www.nwfilm.org.

Grab a copy of Willamette Week to get the full schedule.

Run, walk, skip, slide, and cavort through our 5K-ish course at PIR’s motocross track. Expect to encounter copius amounts of mud, obstacles, slip and slides, mud pits and water balloons launched by spectators. Really, who doesn’t love running in mud pits, huge mud slides and people throwing things at them?

Costumes encouraged and prizes will be given for “best costume”. Time to pull out toga and run along the route!!

All ages welcome, food, drinks, and a great time!
12:00pm @ PIR Motorcross Track West Delta Park, 1940 N Victory Blvd.

REGISTER @ oregonactive.com!

Put on your bowling shoes and stocking caps for “The Big Chill” at Grand Central Bowling Lounge. We will be kicking it off at 9 pm and keeping toasty all night long with a cold one from the Widmer Brothers. It’s the time of year to re-evaluate your closet, and stock up on some cozy clothes. Check out the latest winter fashions from US Outdoor Store with a fashion show on the bowling lanes, and win great prizes including snowboards, outdoor gear, and Mt Hood Meadows lift tickets.

Grand Central Bowling Lounge, 839 SE Morrison St.

Starts at 9pm. 21+.

See you on the bowling lanes!!

Labelmates: Congratulations, Rob Walmart. Selector Dub Narcotic, DJ Kev It Up, E*Rock, DJ Hot Air Balloon

[HOMEMADE LOVE] Everyone knows the Rose City is home to more bands than just about any city or neighborhood that just about any city or neighborhood that isn’t, well, Williamsburg. But did you know we also have a fledging independent label scene? Tonight Holocene celebrates all things wax, CD and tape by showcasing 12 labels-including K Records, Lucky Madison, Tender Loving Empire and HUSH-whose operations run somewhere in this town. You’ll be able to purchase records and tees while jamming to the soothing, Motown-played-by-kids-next-door pop of Congratulations and venturing outside to dance to Rob Walmart’s interactive Cube. You want more? How about video premieres from Bobby Birdman, White Fang and Ghosties?

See ya there.

MM.

Wed., Oct. 28. 8:30 pm. Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison. Free. 21+.

Montage Restaurant

$3 HAPPY HOUR MONDAY / FRIDAY 5PM-6PM

Well Drinks, Draught Beer, House Red/White Wine

All Bottled Wine 1/2 off on Mondays and Tuesdays

Happy Hour Food

Red Beans and Rice, Veggie Gumbo $3.00

Red Beans and Rice With Andouille, Chicken and Andouille Gumbo $4.00

Macaronis

Plain $4.00

with Chicken or Spam $5.00

Old

Spicy

Spold

Pesto

Tomato Pesto

Smoked Cheddar

Check out their amazing seasonal cocktail list!

Rudy Fernandez

House Infused Hibiscus Herradura Tequila, Lime, Agave Syrup, up

Safe Word


House Infused Vanilla Vodka, Makers Mark, Godiva, cream, up with a cocoa powdered rim

Planet Claire

House Infused Coffee Makers Mark, Bailey’s, Godiva, cream, rocks

O-Tay

Sazerac Rye Whiskey, Lillet Blanc, buckwheat honey, up

The Professional Irishmen

Muddled house made Maraschino Cherries, Jameson, Cointreau, Sweet Vermouth, bitters, rocks

Monkey Lover

Hot Monkey (hot pepper infused vodka), Goldschlager, Godiva, cream, up with a cocoa powdered rim

Hullabaloo

Clear Creek Pear Brandy, Frangelico, Lemon, Organic Agave Nectar, rocks, cocoa powder

301 SE Morrison St. 234-1324.

BLUEHOUR

Chef Kenny Giambalvo is an Italian-American from New York trained in classic French technique, but the focus on regional (and regionally popular) ingredients at Bluehour lets you know you’re in Oregon. Think salmon, beets and lobster mushrooms. Many dishes on the constantly changing menu are classic and familiar, but the thoughtful combining of complementary elements keeps them interesting: Porchetta is served with a hunk of pork confit, just-picked beans and a meaty grilled cipollini; salmon tartare comes with avocado and housemade gaufrettes (potato chips). Like the food, the soaring, loftlike dining room is formal enough for a special occasion while still being comfortable and welcoming.

Order this: Melt-in-your-mouth porchetta is what pigs dream of being when they grow up.

Best deal: Prix fixe menu with salad, entree and dessert ranges from $30 to $35. Tack on an after-dinner sherry for four clams.

I’ll pass: Salty risotto.

250 NW 13th Ave. 226-3394.

Courtesy of: Shoshanna Cohen. Featured in Willamette Week’s 2009 Restaurant Guide.

Willamette Week’s monthly concert and interview series, Portland Makes Music, featuring Throwback Suburbia & hosted by Tara Dublin.

9:30 pm @ Someday Lounge, 125 NW 5th Ave. 248-1030. Free. All ages.