Eugene saturday 14 – sunday 15 30th Annual Oregon Asian Celebration Extra wasabi, please! The Eugene/Springfield Asian Council coordinates this event every year to show the little state of Oregon all that the largest continent in the world has to offer. Three stages host constant artistic, martial arts and cooking demonstrations, along with Asian arts […]
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Out of Town 11/5-11/13
portland friday 7 Bleachers After the hilarious Lena Dunham directed video for “I Wanna Get Better,” pop group Bleachers—a side project of Fun guitarist Jack Antonoff—reached #2 on the Alt and Rock charts with its debut Strange Desire. The video depicts Antonoff as a recently dumped psychiatrist dealing with loveless couples, over-sexed blondes and disgruntled […]
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American Idol Bus Hits Portland Tomorrow
Test out your vocal talents for an expert panel of American Idol judges in Portland on July 9. YES American Idol is still on the air and YES it Portland musicians are probably way too weird to make the cut for the show. Auditions for season 14 begin at 9 am in Director Park. Personally, I think […]
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Portland Ranked Nation’s most Courteous Drivers
For the second year in a row Portland has been ranked among the nation’s most courteous drivers. The Driver’s Seat Road Rage Survey measured behavior, observation and attitudes related to “road rage” as reported in America’s biggest cities. No word yet on how Portland’s bike community ranks. Our guess is not as well.
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Better Living Through Music: Gold Casio “Colors On the Wall”
Portland via Bend act Adventure Galley released their most recent EP Anywhere That’s Wild last November. But members have had plenty of other projects in the works. Brothers Brock and Forrest Grenfell and fellow bandmate George Shultz are taking keyboard obsessed disco pop to a whole new level with side project Gold Casio. A baseline […]
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10 Barrel to Open Brewpub in Portland
Let the Bend brewery takeover begin! 10 Barrel Brewing announced today that they plan to open a new brewpub in the Pearl District in Portland. Read the full press release below.
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Out of Town 2/26-3/6
portland friday 28 Steve-O Self-deprecation is the hallmark of good stand-up and “professional idiot” Steve-O takes it to the next cringe-worthy level. The masochistic stuntman of Jackass fame may have given up booze and beef, but he’s still beating himself up in other ways. Past on-stage stunts have included setting his head on fire and […]
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seattle sunday 2 The Super Bowl The Seahawks take on the Broncos in Super Bowl XLVIII (that’s 48 for those not up to snuff on their Roman numerals). Who will win? Who will lose? Who will go nuts on camera and give the world its next viral video? How will cornerback Richard Sherman offend half […]
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Out of Town 1/22 —1/30
seattle friday 24 Krar Collective and Gabriel Teodros The krar is a lyre native to Ethiopia, its psychedelic, tinny-sounding six strings creating a smooth melodic background similar to its sitar cousin. The Krar Collective is a London-based trio with Addis Abada roots which creates what Seattle’s The Stranger describes as a “gorgeous tornado of Ethiopian […]
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Out of Town 1/15 —1/23
seattle friday 17 Damien Jurado Damien Jurado’s music is comparable to the Seattle weather that serves as the backdrop to the artist’s native stomping grounds—depressed and overcast. Simple guitar melodies and harmonic vocals linger like a cloudy ceiling of the city. His quotable lyrics provide a beautiful soundtrack to help limp through the rainy winter. […]
