I will admit it, Christmas cheer makes me feel a little like punching babies. So when I accepted the assignment to review the seasonal hallmark, A Christmas Carol, I waited for my stomach to settle before saying yes.
Mead Hunter’s adaptation of the Dickens classic is hauntingly familiar.
A [...]
For Sequential Art Gallery’s second annual group show, artists from a range of backgrounds have submitted My Little Ponies (and a few very special “fakies”) that have been painted, carved, sculpted, bejeweled, and–well, you’ll see…
With a predominantly female bill of artists, both local and [...]
Officer Humphreys has been suspended with pay by Police Commissioner Dan Saltzman for shooting a 12 year old in the leg at close range with a “bean bag gun.” Humphreys is also one of the officers involved with the in-custody death of mentally ill James Chasse. For more information about [...]
From the Mercury:
“There’s a racial gap,” says CCC Community and Programs Director Alison Graves, who laments that the overwhelming majority of her bike shop’s customers are white despite its location in a neighborhood that is nearly 50 percent non-white, according to the 2000 census. “Why aren’t there young people [...]
Check out this beautiful painting by the artist and comics creator, Jonathan Case. This is for the new McMenamins hotel.
Via Comics Alliance.
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I have very little, if any, criticism for Portland Center Stage’s production of Ragtime. I have plenty of mean things to say about the story. A little character development would be nice. I’m entirely unconvinced of any character’s motivations. But PCS puts a lot of life into a questionable show. [...]
Oh hell yes. Zombie Walk 2009 is this Saturday, October 24th.
Get gangrenous and get your limp on downtown. Last year there were over 1,000 zombies stumbling around like wrinkled old grannies going through a scotch withdrawal. (but for brAIIINS!) Participation is free [...]
Friday. October 9, 2009.
Designers:
Amai Unmei (Portland)
Idom (Portland)
Jesica Milton (Seattle)
La Vie by Michelle DeCourcy (Portland)
WyattOrr (Seattle)
Photos by Lisa DiVenti.
Designers:
Suzabelle
Art Institute of Portland Show
Angelia Sasmita
Janeane Marie
Sweet Skins
Paloma Soledad Corsets
Paloma Soledad was the winner of the Emerging Designers Competition.
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Photos by Lisa DiVenti.
Designers:
Icebreaker (New Zealand)
Defyance (Portland)
Tony Dimitri (Portland)
NelliDru Design (Bend)
Gersemi (Sweden)
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Tonight there was a woman doing “Dino Tarot” at the Hawthorne food carts. She does it several times a week at the carts for a $2 donation. Instead of cards she has plastic dinosaur figurines, each one representing a different interpreted fate.
It was engrossing enough [...]
Portland Fashion Week is coming up soon. VERY soon. This Wednesday.
Most designers hail from Portland or the nearby Pacific Northwest, but some international designers have been recruited from as far away as Pakistan and New Zealand (wool, of course).
Portland has a [...]
Dirty Three is the most terrifying band with a violin.
At Berbati’s Pan, they were also pretty dirty. Mick Turner, the guitarist, was only plain and homely in a blue shirt and jeans. However, Warren Ellis (violin) and Jim White (drums) bore greasy long hair [...]
Portland, Oregon, September 29, 2009: The heroes and villains of our fair Portlandia have once more agreed to set aside their petty differences for a single night… and gather together for the betterment of their community!
The Alter Egos Society is excited to announce our 3rd Annual Hero/Villain Ceasefire, a fundraising [...]
As Labor Day approaches, you may be finding yourself with some free time on your hands. What better way to fill it than with a trip to the ritzy downtown hotel for a weekend of bizarrely dressed, and sometimes scantily clad, anime (Japanese animation) fanatics at Kumoricon?
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It doesn’t seem to matter how bad the housing market is, someone is always building or redesigning fancy condos. How do they find buyers? Some condos are cheaper than houses, but not all of them. How does one attract attention to bite-sized luxury when small and expensive is not what [...]
I gotta be really immature here and say that Bike for Shelter’s logo is (in)appropriately(?) vaginal. Ok. ok. I’m over it now. Ahem.
I’m usually pretty bad about announcing events until right before they happen, but this one needs some attention and potentially requires planning. On September [...]
Bike inflation. I fully believe it’s real. Buying a functional and respectable bike in Portland is an investment. And I do want to place emphasis on respectable. Used bikes are often more expensive than new mass produced ones.
I don’t doubt that the Schwinn Midtown is a [...]
It’s kinda like the 48 Hour Film Project. But with writing, and a scavenger hunt.
Writers to your marks. Get set. Shatter!
(Your writer’s block, that is.)
For the second year running, the Sledgehammer Writing Contest innovatively incorporates a scavenger hunt with a team competition and a prize package worth thousands [...]
Presented by Floating World Comics & the Pander Bros.
Voicebox Karaoke Lounge - 2112 NW Hoyt, PDX
Thu, 8/20 - 7pm til late - 21+ and over only
Sing your heart out in private karaoke rooms, Tokyo style! Comics by Floating World! Wear pink and get a free sketch!
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Laura Hudson, a comics journalist located in Portland, is the chief blogger for Comics Alliance.
Today she published an interview with Greg Rucka about his newest book, available in October. It’s a very Northwest production. The book is titled “Stumptown.” The writer actually lives in Portland. [...]
Here are some shots from the Manor of Art opening at Milepost 5, including work by Jennifer Mercede, Rai Villanueva, Jason Graham, Hawking Collective, Amy Jorgensen, and sometimes Describetheruckus.com contributer Eatcho.
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Mac Expo
I got a flier for “Portland’s Biggest Mac Expo” at MacForce. I’m not too sure what goes on there, but it boasts free wi-fi (big woop) and “social networking tent.” (So that attendees can facebook chat while their sitting right next to each other?) The flier claims there [...]
The trailer for The Breakfast Club, from which Describetheruckus.com took its name:
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Reminder!
The fundraiser for the Ruckus Test Team (no official affiliation) is tonight. Support a biking team going the distance for Multiple Sclerosis research.
The Ruckus Test Team is hosting an event of controlled inebriation, games, and EPIC prizes that are well worth their weight in raffle tickets on July 18th at [...]
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845 SW 4th Ave
(4th and Taylor)
503.445.8188
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There’s a lot going on this Saturday, June 11th. In order of scheduling:
1. Flea Market at Voodoo Two
The second Voodoo Doughnuts, the one in NE, is having flea market. What sort of cheap nicknacks do you buy in a doughnut vendor’s parking lot?
10am – 4pm
Voodoo Donuts Too
NE 15th [...]
Amanda Palmer (of the Dresden Dolls) is in town. The night before last she invited fans to go with her to the strip club Mary’s via Twitter. Last night she welcomed anyone who wanted to join her for a ukulele concert in the north Park blocks.
Around 70 [...]
We would also like to remind readers about this weekend’s Night Ride, a benefit for the BTA (Bicycle Transportation Alliance).
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TREK IN THE PARK
Boldly GO!!!
It’s finally here!! The LIVE performance of the classic Star Trek
episode ‘Amok Time’ opens July 11th at 5pm!!
Atomic Arts presents at the Woodlawn Park amphitheater a LIVE
performance of the classic Star Trek episode “Amok Time”! Witness Mr.
Spock undergo the bizarre and brutal [...]
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This was the worst Last Thursday ever. For the first time, there were Matrix-style agents walking around in turquoise shirts that read “EVENT STAFF” with walkie-talkies in their ears. These same staff were involved in enforcing the apparent 10pm ending time. With cops. With so many cops chocking the streets, [...]
Impromptu vigils broke out around the world, from Portland, Ore., where fans organized a one-gloved bike ride (“glittery costumes strongly encouraged”) to Hong Kong, where fans gathered with candles and sang his songs.
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I saw Guitar Magazine a few days ago at East End and had a great time. They’re coming back to North Portland’s Kenton Club (just off the Max yellow line in the Kenton neighborhood) on Friday July 3rd.
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My friend has been bike shopping all over town and noticed some particularly good prices on used bikes at The Bike Exchange on Division. She had her eye on a glittery gold Trek road bike for $250. She called for my opinion. Not that I am at all a bike [...]
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Jake from the Musician’s Union responded to our post about the Fair Pay to Play Campaign.
Union membership is NOT required to participate in the campaign. In fact, it’s rarely, if ever mentioned. The campaign is made up, primarily, of non-union members. Your band would not have to pay anything.
I [...]
