We're throwing a metal Halloween party and we want you all here! DJ Nate C and DJ Triple M of the Heavy Metal Sewïng Cïrcle will be broadcasting live from the bar, Jim Beam will be providing all your drink specials and we will have a costume contest for 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes!
More details on their event page here.
Join us for an extra special 45th Northwest Filmmakers’ Festival Opening Night celebration at the Portland Art Museum’s Fields (Sunken) Ballroom, with Portland band The OK Chorale PDX leading partygoers in songs by dead musicians. In addition to this sing-a-along séance, there will be costume contests with prizes, food, drink, an array of masquerading monsters, large-scale interactive sets including a séance room with special guests Vera Mysteria and Lady Stockholm, pop up performance from Nina Nightshade and video mapping from Invisible Thread. All this and more put together by a team of incredibly talented Portland art directors and designers including Ryan Bruce, Darcy Sharpe, Ira Pratt and the folks at Form 3d Foundry. *A ticket to the opening night film will also get you into this spooky awesome party.
The Northwest Filmmakers’ Festival is the Northwest’s premiere showcase of new work by leading regional filmmakers. This touchstone annual event brings artists and audiences together for a community celebration including current northwest film exhibition, and Northwest Filmmakers’ Summit. Annually, Northwest Fest draws more than 400 entries from Alaska, British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington.
Find the complete schedule at nwfilm.org
NNAMDI OGBONNAYA is a multi-instrumentalist composer, producer, and performer. His musical identity was forged in the DIY community of Chicago. Relentless participation in numerous musical projects bridged genres and created inroads between scenes. Near constant activity quickly made him a locus of gravity in the community. Constant participation quickly opened channels to a broad cross-section of the arts world. Nnamdi has toured the USA, Mexico Europe and Canada with projects ranging from punk to jazz. A full accounting of his musical activity over the last eight years includes approximately 15 bands and dozens of tours. All the while, Nnamdi has not only released a stream of records and EPs under his name and the ironic moniker “Nnamdi’s Sooper Dooper Secret Side Project”, but also runs his own label called SOOPER Records.
His solo styling combines hip-hop, experimental rock, gospel, and jazz. His songs can often contain a sense of satire that is just as humorous as it is critical. Nnamdi’s lyrical insights draw on the diversity of his cultural experience as a Black, Jewish, first generation Nigerian-American. His work is characterized by the coupling of sophisticated compositional structures with pop-music motifs. Nnamdi’s latest record DROOL is his most mature and accessible work to date.
Performing with:
Sen Morimoto is a multi-instrumentalist composer and songwriter born in Kyoto, Japan and currently based in Chicago. He moved to Massachusetts at a young age where he began a life-long study of jazz saxophone. Horn in hand, Morimoto cut his teeth as a songwriter in the DIY hip-hop community of Western Massachusetts. He eventually moved to Chicago where he refined his sound while maintaining a consistent presence in the music culture by producing for and collaborating with artists including Joseph Chilliams (Pivot Gang), KAINA, Qari, and Nnamdi Ogbonnaya. Morimoto’s powerful grasp of jazz composition, pop songwriting, and hip-hop styling are fully articulated as the extraordinary sound of an unrivaled talent on Cannonball!, an LP that he wrote, arranged, and produced by himself.
(PORTLAND, OR)—Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble (PJCE), in partnership with Holocene’s Fin Cu Cinema series and the Creative Music Guild, presents the iconic 1968 film “Night of the Living Dead” with a new live score composed by Amenta Abioto, Sage Fisher (aka Dolphin Midwives), and Maxx Katz for the city’s most adventurous jazz ensemble. On Thursday, October 25th at 8:30 pm the band will be on stage while the film is projected—with the original audio muted and English subtitles—on multiple screens around the Holocene’s two levels, with each composer scoring one-third of the film. Doors open at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $25 reserved seated, $15 general, and $10 Students and available at pjce.org/zombies and the door. This event is 21+ only, and costumes are strongly encouraged. Night of the Living Dead is supported by funding from the Regional Arts and Culture Council’s Project Grant program.
Thursday, October 25th, 2018 @ Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison St, Portland, OR 97214.
7:30 pm doors open, 8:30 pm music begins.
$25 reserved seated, $15 general seated/standing, $10 students.
21+ only.
Tickets available at pjce.org/zombies and the door.
Costumes encouraged.
A night celebrating She Shreds 5-years of pushing boundaries for women guitarists/bassists and what's to come in the next 5 years. Featuring headliner Nai Palm from Hiatus Kaiyote, plus a special performance from one of Beyoncé and Kehlani's guitarists, Francesca Simone. SÁVILA and Black Belt Eagle Scout will be opening the show.
On October 25th, the IPRC is partnering with City Commissioner Chloe Eudaly’s office to bring their 20th Anniversary Reading to Portland City Hall.
The reading will feature writers Lidia Yuknavitch, Anis Mojgani, and Martha Grover, as well as ephemera from the 20 years of the IPRC. Artists Heather Lane and Erika Rier are creating original broadsides to commemorate the event.
More information available at https://www.iprc.org/20th-anniversary-reading-at-city-hall-on-october-25th/
Join Oregon Humanities for a conversation with Eli Saslow, a Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter for the Washington Postand author of Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist. In this new book, Saslow explores the story of Derek Black, once a prominent young advocate for white supremacy, who came to question and, eventually, renounce his worldview after concerted efforts by his college classmates to expose him to experiences, history, and science that he had previously ignored. Joining him for this conversation is Emily Harris, reporter and producer for the Center for Investigative Reporting’s Reveal podcast. Read more about this event.
!!! JUMP JACK SOUND MACHINE at HOLOCENE !!!
-FEATURING-
SELECTORS
Sappho - Megan Andricos - (NoFOMO, Underground SF, Bottom Forty)
Chanti Darling - Chanticleer Trü
GOGOS
Soph - Sophorn Chim
Phallus Johnson - Alice Johnson
Kyle Ford
Ms Coco B - Coco Madrid
PERFORMANCE
Snakeoil - Justin Walling
HOST
Shitney - Josh Spencer
VISUALS
Rak Salt
SNAPS
Ky Bouge
FLYER ART
Steven Didis
Serving you Deep House/Disco/Break/RNB/Diva/Boogie/JAMS
ALL NIGHT LONG!
SOUND MACHINE PRO TIPS:
-LQQKS are where it's at.
Come to be seen.
-Come with an open mind and prepare to have it blown ...
We are a diverse group of queerdos, art makers, qweens, movers, and allies.
-Prepare to lose yourself in the music ...
Get into it.
Doors at 10PM
$10
$8 Presale tickets at https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1764719?utm_medium=bks
This month Impact! Monthly is focusing on HEAVY BASS so let's make the room shake! Bring your roots, dancehall, dub and step up to the tables! It's going to be a reggae family affair while we drive those drivers and tweet those tweeters!
A camp-inspired celebration to benefit Oregon Wild
Leftbank Annex, Portland (101 N. Weidler) | Friday, October 12 - 5:30pm-9:30pm
Call of the Wild is an event like no other to benefit the work of Oregon Wild, our state's premier conservation group for over 40 years. This event features casual flannel instead of black ties, campfire circles instead of white tablecloths, and custom local bites galore instead of pre-selected entrees. Guests will enjoy a silent auction, local food and drink, live music, and more. Be part of the celebration by purchasing your advance ticket or your tent sponsorship. We hope you'll join us!
What's a camp-inspired party without a few tents?!
Consider becoming a Tent Sponsor ($450 for 10 tickets) and you and your guests will receive special perks at the party. As a Tent Sponsor, you will be recognized at the event and your guests will receive complimentary camp mugs for the signature wild-crafted cocktail.
We are thrilled to present local R&B favorite Chanti Darling with support from Oakland's psych-pop tinged R&B outfit Bells Atlas!
Aesthetically, Chanti Darling melds '80s retro-futurist iconography with a late-night summertime vibe; THE RNB
is a place of neon lights and palm fronds, washed in the pastels of dusk and dawn. Together, Chanti Darling is
undeniable and immersive. This has not gone unnoticed in the Pacific Northwest – and beyond. Voted
Portland’s “Best New Band” in a poll held by Willamette Week, the band has already performed at the
Pickathon, Treefort, and What The Festival events, played a host of shows with Hercules &Love Affair, been
featured in Vice and Dope, and shared the stage with NAO as part of Red Bull Sound Select.
“This record is built upon a sort of string theory of RNB sounds” says Trü. “THE RNB is a type of place that
exists in another plane. It’s another dimension. A place beyond dreaming that is the totality of your highest
vibration. All the rest though… is just mundane.”
More information and tickets available at Holocene.org
South Central recording and visual artist, Jared Lee, was the "different kid" but don't expect a sob story of the struggle and misunderstanding. He wore it on his sleeve with pride, understood he was misunderstood and was still respected by his peers for being exactly who he is, "Your Friendly Neighborhood, Duck".
After graduating high school, he ventured off to bay area's Academy of Arts where he honed his artistic talents and became the artist we now know as Duckwrth, a named derived from his mother's maiden name.
He started developing a cult fan base by appearing on popular TeamBackPack Youtube videos and by releasing mixtapes like "Ducktape", "Taxfree V1" and his 2015 collaboration with hip hop producer, The Kickdrums titled "Nowhere".
In 2016, he released his critically acclaimed debut LP, "I’M UUGLY", a project that merged the most unique parts of Duckwrth’s talents to create a sound and visual palette that indicates he had not only grown as an artist but is well on his way to being a music icon and visionary for his generation.
Now, "an XTRA UUGLY Mixtape" vows to take that a step further blending genres from rock to hip hop to funk and soul and incorporating live contributions from his favorite long time collaborators. Bringing a unique identity of masculinity and femininity to his music, Duckwrth's vivacious and free-spirited approach has earned him comparisons to a millennial Prince of Jimi Hendrix. This embrace of individuality and passion to push his art into unknown territory has led Duckwrth to create his most ambitious body of work yet, an XTRA UUGLY Mixtape.
He is adamant about being hands on in the visual perception promoted to the world through his music. He is the illustrator of all of the artwork accompanying the projects he has released, the creative force behind the videos he puts out, has created branding and artwork for other artist, had his work displayed at galleries in the bay area and recently launched his popular brand B.O.Y., a campaign that supports blurring the gender lines, discourages gender biases and encourages fans and friends to take pride in B.eing O.nly Y.ou.
More details and ticket information at Holocene.org
Not Sorry: Feminist Experimental Film from the 1970s to Today
With Opening soundtracks provided by XRAY.FM DJs
What is feminist experimental film? How is it feminist, and what makes it experimental? Through this four-program series, we explore these questions, inspired by the new text Film Feminisms: A Global Introduction co-written by PSU film professor Dr. Kristin Lené Hole and Dr. Dijana Jelača. Taking place each Sunday evening in October, Not Sorry presents a survey of short works spanning from the 1970s to today with an explicit intent on questioning the largely white male canon of experimental film while positioning different modes of experimentation within both international and contemporary terms.
The program will include more well-known works like Peggy Ahwesh’s She Puppet (2001) that repurposes footage of video game character Lara Croft; under-recognized landmarks like Black feminist work from LA Rebellion filmmaker Barbara McCullough, Water Ritual #1: An Urban Rite of Purification (1979); and contemporary pieces like the hand-manipulated 16mm confessional films Solitary Acts #5 (2015) and Her Silent Seaming (2014) from Turkish-American filmmaker Nazli Dinçel, who will be in attendance October 14. Portland-based artists Ariella Tai, Vanessa Renwick, Julie Perini, and Hannah Piper Burns will also be represented in the series, bringing a local perspective to the film selections and discussions.
Tickets and the complete schedule available here.
Every first Tuesday from 9PM-1AM join XRAY.FM DJs spinning records live at one of the coziest bars in Portland, Beech Street Parlor! For a full schedule of events visit Beech Street Parlor here.
You can dance, you can dine, you can drag, you can disco, having the time of your (after)life!
As everyone knows Cher’s new album of ABBA covers comes out on Friday September 28th and what better way to celebrate than with a CHER VS ABBA DRAG DISCO!!! Get down at the NecroNancy Disco at Chapel Hill aka Studio 69. It’s time to do the hustle, do the electric slide, and take your booty to funky town! Show up in your best disco dubs and live your fantasy. Disco all night, drag show at (gimmie gimme a man after) midnight. Performances will be all Cher, all ABBA, and all Cher covering ABBA. This is historic event and you do not want to miss this one!
Performances by:
Faun Dae
Wolfgang X
Miss Inanna
Harlow Quinzel
Diva Dott
& more to announce soon!
Disco DJ Buckmaster all night long!
$10 cover / $8 in Disco Lewkz! / 21+ only
Friday September 28th
XRAY.fm Presents : Rotations
<>Disco<>House<>Jazz<>Funk<>Soul
Quidity
Zsa Zsa
Cee White
Roane
More details at https://www.facebook.com/events/859932231063463/
Doors 7pm each night / 21+ / $15+ / www.loseyrmind.com
LOSE YR MIND Fest is entering its fifth year and they got a new warehouse to celebrate! Join us for two nights of vinyl DJs, food trucks, projections, local products + live sets from:
+ Friday September 28 +
Jacuzzi Boys
Mean Jeans
The Savage Family Band
Jenny Don't And The Spurs
WEEED
STAR CLUB
Buy Fri tix here: http://bit.ly/LYM18FRI
+ Saturday September 29 +
L.A. WITCH
jo passed
Sugar Candy Mountain
Kyle Craft
Cat Hoch
Kulululu
MELT
Buy Sat tix here: http://bit.ly/LYM18SAT
LYM is proud to be an independent music festival that supports local and national artists while only partnering with Oregon-based companies. The goal is to cultivate community in an alternative venue setting while showcasing some of our favorite bands. ♥
The QUARTERLY event brings you some of the best hip-hop in the region. With an additional hour featuring beat sets from some of the region's best producers, the open mic segment and live remixes from resident DJs Trox and O.G. One., the Hip Hop Showcase is happening the last Thursday of the quarter at White Eagle, with Live performances, drink specials and good vibes!
Make sure you hit www.miccheckpdx.com
THURSDAY September 27TH:
Special Guests...
MIC CAPES
FOUNTAINE
COVI
Beat Set by: CEE GOODS
Hosted by: DJ Klyph
Music by: Trox & DJ O.G. One
Dooors @ 8pm, Show starts at 9pm...
21 and over, Tickets: $8 @ the Door
Event Features:
• On Saturday Sept 22 from 3-8pm come enjoy music, theatre, food, drink, dancing, raffle prizes from local businesses and vendor& fitness fair.
• On Sunday Sept 23 from 6am-11am join us for our USATF Sanctioned and Certified Chip Timed 5k, 10k and 15K Races through the beautiful neighborhoods of the Soul District.
o All run participants will receive I AM We wrist bands, a grill cheese sandwich courtesy of Tillamook Cheese and Dave’s Killer Bread and ice cold brew from Widmer Bros ( 21 and older).
o Winners from each race in age and gender category will receive medals, prize packages, and bragging rights until next year.
o Other post-race features include music, raffle prizes from local businesses, vendor village and great community networking.
Benefiting the Next Generation of Entrepreneurs
Funds raised through the MLK Dream Run will benefit the Soul District Fellows Youth Entrepreneur Career Leadership Program designed to help emerging entrepreneurs (ages 16-24) improve and expand skills that come from operating successful businesses. Our Fellows are able to leverage these skills to secure opportunities for better employment and pathways to higher education. Each year, in collaboration with the generous support of Multnomah County’s Summer Works program, approximately 20-30 interns are employed to help put the MLK Dream Run together. Simultaneously their work plan helps both connect them with the business community while leaving a sustainable and positive impact in the community.
Over the past year the Soul District Fellows program has expanded to include the Green Lighting Black Lives Matter Youth Media Project which recruits and trains next generation youth entrepreneurs, ages 14-26, in the usage and purposeful application of cutting edge video technology, film and video production equipment and seeks to inspire and empower them to bring their unique perspectives in telling the stories of their community of Portland, Oregon. Through controlling the narratives, they learn how to control the outcomes and experience the business confidence that come with you increase feelings of capability, significance and influence
For examples of their work go to our YouTube channel Green Lighting Black Lives Matter Youth Media Project
This Year’s MOTTO: I AM WE
This Year’s THEME: Generational Health Generational Wealth
This Year’s Colors: Blue, Gold, Black- symbolizing generational health and generational wealth. We will be encouraging the community to walk and run as family and friend units that span generations.
Join TLE & Family as we celebrate the opening of our new store in Bridgeport Village! Festivities all day, including:
10am: Deluxe gift bags for the first 50 shoppers!
12pm-5pm: DJ Dijon + XRAY.FM
12pm-close: Spin & Win!
2pm-5pm: Tastings from our friends Gigantic Brewing Company + Portland Cider Co.
Free prizes for kids all day
Join TLE at Bridgeport Village for a day of fun and celebration!
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