Headout Picks 4/2/14

ALONE IN THE DARK: Lydia Loveless plays Doug Fir Lounge on Wednesday, April 2.
By WW Culture Staff

WEDNESDAY APRIL 2

BATMAN ’66 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 ’66 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, let’s hope this 23-year-old country-punk singer-songwriter never gets right. Somewhere Else, Loveless’ 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 ex’s marriage to her cravings for both oral sex and a lover so passionate he’d 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 Director’s 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 music—just wait until you hear the ballad “Ode to Dysentery.” 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 that’s 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. Powell’s 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? That’s 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+.

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