THURSDAY JULY 10
THINK AND DRINK
[LECTURE] Want the gummint outta your
personal bizness? Historian Stephanie Coontz and Adam Davis of Oregon
Humanities discuss the effects of state intervention in our private
lives, including in sex, parenthood and marriage. See our Hotseat with
Coontz on page 37. Mission Theater, 1624 NW Glisan St., 223-4527. 6:30 pm. $10 suggested.
SATURDAY JULY 12
BASTILLE DAY CELEBRATION
[FRENCH FETE] For whatever reason,
Portland plays home to the largest Bastille Day celebration on the West
Coast. Commemorate the stormy kickoff of the French revolution with
Lillet cocktails, buttery pastries from St. Honoré and a very refined
race among tray-carrying waiters. Director Park, 815 SW Park Ave., afportland.org. Noon-6 pm. Free.
MISSISSIPPI STREET FAIR
The Mississippi Street Fair is one of
Portlandâs quintessential neighborhood parties for 13 years running and
draws about 30,000 people. Expect ribs and beer and music. Wear
deodorant. North Mississippi Avenue between North Fremont and Skidmore streets, mississippiave.com. 10 am-9 pm. Free.
SUNDAY JULY 13
PURE SURFACE
Valentines, 232 SW Ankeny St., 248-1600. 7 pm. Free. 21+.
A SUNNY DAY IN GLASGOW
[MUSIC] For latest album, Sea When Absent,
the band turned its amps up to the max, burying the twin angel voices
of Annie Fredrickson and Jen Goma under a blanket of swirling synths and
roaring guitar, but its blindingly bright melodies shine through the
fuzz. Itâs the pop album My Bloody Valentine will never make. Mississippi Studios, 3939 N Mississippi Ave., 288-3895. 9 pm. $8 advance, $10 day of show. 21+.
TUESDAY JULY 15
WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM
[MUSIC] If the paths of black metal and Pure Moods
New Age were ever to intersect, you can bet your stack of Sunn amps
that the Olympia-based band will be there to light the sage and get the
âastral metalâ party started. Its last record was hailed as âAmerican
black metalâs idiosyncratic defining record of 2011â by Pitchfork. Star Theater, 13 NW 6th Ave., 345-7892. 8 pm. $14. All ages.
WWeek 2015