The Numberz Live Broadcast
Join DJ Ambush of The Numberz (96.7 FM) in thinking about contemporary Black art through the sounds of Black music, past and present. Through both live broadcast and a DJ set, this program will curate a soundtrack to All Things Being Equal…. The program will take place in the Community Partners in Residence space within the exhibition.
Presented in conjunction with the special exhibition Hank Willis Thomas: All Things Being Equal…
THE CORPORATE COUP D’ÉTAT
(A Q&A will follow the screening with the movie’s coproducer Jeff Cohen.)
Hollywood Reporter calls it: “A horror film of the most realistic kind."
The movie examines how we “arrived at Trump.” It travels to the “sacrifice zones” of Camden NJ and Youngstown OH to reveal how corporations have hijacked US democracy to the detriment of most citizens. Featured analysts include Chris Hedges, Cornel West, Sarah Jaffe and John Ralston Saul. The film depicts Trump as a horrific symptom of the disease called “corporatism” and features interviews with former union workers in Ohio who’d voted for Obama and Bernie Sanders . . . and then flipped to Trump.
From The Hollywood Reporter review: "Among the more powerful segments are an interview with a homeless woman who's pitched a tent near a scrapyard and shares what little she has with others in her predicament, and a worker wandering through a foreclosed house still filled with the possessions of its former occupants, including its owner who left a suicide note and hung himself in the garage. It's those human faces of income inequality that give ‘The Corporate Coup d’État’ its greatest emotional heft."
JEFF COHEN founded the media watch group FAIR in 1986, and cofounded the online activist group RootsAction.org in 2011. He has coproduced several documentaries, including “All Governments Lie” and “The Brainwashing of My Dad.” Cohen is a former TV commentator and author of “Cable News Confidential: My Misadventures in Corporate Media.”
Bauhaus performed By 1919
Siouxsie and The Banshees Performed by Bad Juju
Iggy and The Stooges performed by 1969
Sisters of Mercy performed by F#%k Me and Marry Me Young
With DJ ASTARETH
Doors at 8
$8
10/29 VOID REALM at lovecraft, with DJ Kyle Reese of VCR TV
Movie soundtracks, Heavy Synth & Dark Dance music. The cross over between movies & music is where VCR TV will take you. Dj Kyle-Reese is your guide.
https://www.instagram.com/vcr_tv/
Bollywood Horror XVII
Halloween Costume Dance Party
Featuring your hosts & resident DJs
Anjali & The Incredible Kid
with special guest
AURAT (LA)
& resident dholi Adam McCollom (Seattle)
Saturday, October 26th, 2019
The longest-running Bollywood Halloween party in the world is a Portland original, a wild dance party celebrating 17 years of raucous costumed merriment hosted by DJ Anjali and The Incredible Kid.
Only the wickedest beats from the subcontinent: cower at the thundering dhols, shiver at the piercing wails of Bollywood divas.
This year we're hosting at the historic Jack London Revue in downtown Portland. Costumes not required but highly recommended...
Featuring the Portland debut of LA's AURAT.
Jack London Revue
529 SW 4th Ave.
$13 - $15 advance / $15 day of show
21 + w/ proper ID
9PM - 2AM
Adv Tickets:
www.ticketweb.com/event/bollywood-horror-xvii-dj-anjali-jack-london-revue-tickets/9737565
The 2019 AMP Awards
A Benefit Show for Rock ‘n’ Roll Camp for Girls
Honoring Rock Camp Legend Katherine Paul of Black Belt Eagle Scout
And featuring live music by The Rachel Brashear Trio, The Last Man, and Staff Infection
Saturday, October 19th 2019
At The Odditorium, courtesy of The Dandy Warhols
1433 NW Quimby Ave Portland OR
Friday October 18th! Join XRAY FM's DJ AM Gold for an evening of cross-genre oldies on 45.
DJ AM Gold brings her show, Hoot 'N Howl to Foster-Powell's newest hot spot, 5 & Dime!
9pm
No Cover
6535 SE Foster Rd, Portland, OR 97206
Multnomah County Democrats Present a Night of Comedy, Candidates, and Cocktails!
WHEN: October 12th, 2019. Doors open at 7:00 pm, show at 8:00 PM
WHERE: The North Portland Eagles Lodge, 7611 N. Exeter Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97203.
Food truck fare, beer, wine, and spirits will be available for sale.
WHAT? Portland’s funniest comedians Becky Braunstein, Adam Pasi, Shain Brenden, and Nariko Ott are showcasing their talents to create a night of laughs mixed with political puns! These comedians are not only hilarious, but some of Portland’s most well known performers—top finishers of recent & past “Portland’s Funniest” competitions!
TICKETS: $25.00 available online in advance at multdems.org/Comedynight
Live Stream: Hank Willis Thomas in Critical Conversation
Thursday, October 10, 2019
6:00 p.m.
Dr. Derrais Carter, Assistant Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies at the University of Arizona
Danielle McCoy, Wieden + Kennedy
Ragen Fykes, Wieden + Kennedy
Hank Willis Thomas, Artist
This FREE live stream of the sold-out Critical Conversation kicks off the opening of All Things Being Equal…, a survey by Hank Willis Thomas. Moderated by Dr. Derrais Carter, this discussion dives into the complexities among visual culture, racial icons, branding, and language. Using Thomas’s art practice as a foundation, this conversation unfolds into the expansive terrains of advertising, media, history, and their shifting relationships to Blackness.
Presented in partnership with We+Black—A Weiden + Kennedy collective for the Black Diaspora. Established to enhance the Black experience, encourage equality, celebrate each other, strengthen our community, and share our diverse culture. In-Kind Sponsor: Look Modern.
Members Preview
Friday, October 11, 2019
Noon - 8:00 p.m.
Museum Members can view the exhibition one day early! No advance ticketing required. Not a member? Join here!
Opening Celebration: Benefit Dinner & Party
with honored guest Hank Willis Thomas
Saturday, October 12, 2019
5:00 p.m.
Enjoy a seated outdoor dinner served family style with hosted cocktails and melodic performance by singer Amenta Abioto, followed by special access to the exhibition and late-night party. All proceeds from the dinner directly support the exhibition and programs.
Opening Party with DJ sets by The Jillionaire
with honored guest Hank Willis Thomas
Saturday, October 12, 2019
8:30 p.m.
Celebrate and dance at a late-night party with Hank Willis Thomas, DJ's Shi Shi and Lamar LeRoy, followed by a special set by The Jillionaire. Cocktails and treats available for purchase. All are invited to attend this community event.
Purchase Opening Party tickets
All proceeds support the exhibition’s community outreach and programming.
For questions about this event, please contact Susan Whittaker at (503) 276-4303 or susan.whittaker@pam.org
About the Exhibition
Throughout his career, artist Hank Willis Thomas (American, born 1976) has addressed the visual systems that perpetuate inequality and bias in bold, skillfully crafted works. Through photographs, sculpture, video, and collaborative public art projects, he invites us to consider the role of popular culture in instituting discrimination and how art can raise critical awareness in the ongoing struggle for social justice and civil rights.
Following its presentation in Portland, the exhibition will travel to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas (February 8 – April 20, 2020), and to the Cincinnati Art Museum in Cincinnati, Ohio (July 10 – October 11, 2020).
As Fall is upon us, we are shifting locations to a place that few people have seen, but trust us, you should. It is one of the most amazing creative spaces in the city. Bodecker has hosted musical performances in the bottom of a skate bowl, taught young performers how to manufacture merch and needs to be seen to be believed. We will only be here for this month and be somewhere new in November.
Our topic is suited to the space as we present a panel to explore the promise and challenges of house shows and pop-up musical events. Can these (often well-paying) alternative performance options work cooperatively with traditional venues and with the city to expand the earning potential of local and touring musicians? Expect a vibrant conversation.
These First Monday gatherings have become the place where we remind ourselves that we are a huge and potent professional music community. Come. Connect. Engage. See the incredible Bodecker space - play some mini golf (seriously!!!)
All-ages. Entrance (and the drinks) are free, but require that you have completed the 2-min MusicPortland Profile. (http://bit.ly/MuPoProfile ). We'll check you in at the door and help you complete a profile on the spot, if you need help, but faster if you do it before you come.
Each year Huichica presents a highly curated line up of artists worth knowing about and pairs them with artisan regional wines and local culinary talent. Away from the crowds, there are no bad seats at this family-friendly boutique festival. Pack a blanket, relax and blend in with the crowd of musicians, wine enthusiasts, foodies and music fans.
More details available at https://wallawalla.huichica.com
HUICHICA
Walla Walla, Washington
With!
>> Yo La Tengo (2 Sets!)
>> Allah-Las
>> Destroyer (Solo)
>> Purple Mountain (David Berman Of Silver Jews)
>> Robyn Hitchcock (2 Sets!)
>> Moon Duo
>> Waxahatchee
>> Titus Andronicus
>> Howlin Rain
>> The Minus 5
>> Lia Ices
>> Madeline Kenney
>> Marisa Anderson
Womxn House presents
NATURA
Works by Celina Stilphen & Elana Gabrielle
September 12th - October 13th
http://www.elanagabrielle.com/
https://www.instagram.com/wovencurrents/
9/4 - Portland, OR @ Turn Turn Turn w/ Miss Rayon // Bleach Blonde Dudes
Join a group of vinyl enthusiasts and crate diggers as we are escorted on a coach bus from record store to record store enjoying music, food, drinks and fun.
The #VanportJazzFestival honors the city of Vanport and the voices that formed our jazz community.
We intend to transform Colwood Golf Course into a cultural revival, welcoming internationally renowned artists and breathing new life into Portland jazz.
Check out the complete schedule at https://vanportjazzfestival.com/
Tacocat, The Black Tones, B.R.U.C.E.
Tickets
Doors: 8:00 pm / Show: 9:00 pm
$18 Advance, $20 Day of Show
This event is all ages
When Seattle band Tacocat—vocalist Emily Nokes, bassist Bree McKenna, guitarist Eric Randall, and drummer Lelah Maupin—first started in 2007, the world they were responding to was vastly different from the current Seattle scene of diverse voices they’ve helped foster. It was a world of house shows, booking DIY tours on MySpace, and writing funny, deliriously catchy feminist pop-punk songs when feminism was the quickest way to alienate yourself from the then-en vogue garage-rock bros. Their lyrical honesty, humor, and hit-making sensibilities have built the band a fiercely devoted fanbase over the years, one that has followed them from basements to dive bars to sold-out shows at the Showbox. Every step along the way has been a seamless progression—from silly songs about Tonya Harding and psychic cats to calling out catcallers and poking fun at entitled weekend-warrior tech jerks on their last two records on Hardly Art, 2014’s NVM and 2016’s Lost Time.
This Mess is a Place, Tacocat’s fourth full-length and first on Sub Pop, finds the band waking up the morning after the 2016 election and figuring out how to respond to a new reality where evil isn’t hiding under the surface at all—it’s front and center, with new tragedies and civil rights assaults filling up the scroll of the newsfeed every day. “What a time to be barely alive,” laments “Crystal Ball,” a gem that examines the more intimate side of responding emotionally to the news cycle. How do you keep fighting when all you want to do is stay in bed all day? “Stupid computer stupor/Oh my kingdom for some better ads,” Nokes sings, throwing in some classic Tacocat snark, “Truth spread so thin/It stops existing.”
Despite current realities being depressing enough to make anyone want to crawl under the covers and sleep for a thousand years, Tacocat are doing what they’ve always done so well: mingling brightness, energy, and hope with political critique. This Mess is a Place is charged with a hopefulness that stands in stark contrast to music that celebrates apathy, despair, and numbness. Tacocat feels it all and cares, a lot, whether they’re singing odes to the magical connections we feel with our pets (“Little Friend”), imagining what a better earth might look like (“New World”), or trying to find humor in a wholly unfunny world (“The Joke of Life”).
Throughout the album, Tacocat questions power structures and the way we interact with them, recalling the feminist sci-fi of Ursula K. Le Guin in pop-music form. “Rose-Colored Sky” examines the privilege of people who have been able to skate through life without ever experiencing systemic disadvantage: “For all the years spent/Hot lava shaping me/For all the arguments/I wonder who else would I be?” Nokes sings. “If I wasn’t on the battleground/I bet I could’ve gone to space by now.” “Hologram” reminds us to step outside ourselves and try to see beyond imaginary structures that trap us: “Just close your eyes and think about the Milky Way/Just remember if you can, power is a hologram.”
The record is full of beautiful details, finding plastic beaded curtains catching light amidst feelings of despair. This Mess is A Place explores politics with more nuance than the topical songs of Tacocat’s past, inviting listeners in for more complicated exchanges and leaving space for introspection. “Grains of Salt” finds the band at the best they’ve ever sounded: Maupin’s spirited drums, McKenna’s bouncy walking bass, Randall’s catchy guitar and Nokes’ soaring melody combine to create a bonafide roller-rink hit that reminds us that it just takes some time, we’re in the middle of the ride, and to live for what matters to you. It’s a delightfully cathartic moment and the cornerstone of the record when they exclaim: “Don’t forget to remember who the fuck you are!”
Producer Erik Blood (who also produced Lost Time) brings the band into their full pop potential but still preserves what makes Tacocat so special: they’re four friends who met as young punks and have grown together into a truly collaborative band. Says Nokes: “We can examine some hard stuff, make fun of some evil stuff, feel some soft feelings, feel some rage feelings, feel some bitter-ass feelings, sift through memories, feel wavy-existential, and still go get a banana daiquiri at the end.”
—Robin Edwards
JAMS FOR CAMPS is My Voice Music's spring benefit concert that raises funds for our summer camp season. The funds raised at this event will ensure we can provide summer rock camps tuition-free to youth that can't afford them otherwise.
This year's event will be held at Lagunitas Brewing Company's Community Room in NE Portland, and features:
- Performances by MVM students with Eric Earley (of Blitzen Trapper) and other artists TBA
- Silent auction
- Drinks and light snacks, including beer from Lagunitas
- and more!
Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the door (includes 2 free drinks). Youth tickets (ages 12 and under) are available for $10.
Monthly donors to My Voice Music get 2 free tickets to JAMS FOR CAMPS! Become a monthly donor today and we will email you a discount code for free tickets! Sign up here: https://crm.bloomerang.co/HostedDonation?ApiKey=pub_3e88cbd4-2b86-11e7-bb7f-024e165d44b3&WidgetId=41984
Sponsored by Schoolhouse
Food from Cheryl's on 12th and Sizzle Pie
JAMS FOR CAMPS
Friday, May 31
Lagunitas Community Room
237 NE Broadway St, Suite 300, Portland 97232
Doors 6:30pm / Show at 7pm
All Ages
We welcome you to join us in the first ever, Oregon premier food, beverage and equity celebration event called TASTE. Our collective mission is to celebrate our diverse community and support equity work in Greater Portland.This event showcases the Oregon Wine, Beer, and Food industry with over a dozen local diverse chefs such as Gregory Gourdet and winemakers from Adelsheim to Abbey Creek; all while honoring and celebrating important equity work taking place in the community.
All proceeds generated from the event sponsors will support local culturally-specific and equity based non-profits. The event program will also honor local equity heroes across sectors spotlighting how the Portland Metro region is leaning into love and equity.
TASTE isn't just about enjoying the best Oregon cuisine + wine, or being inspired by an incredible Spoken Word artist and a TED Talk style speaker, but it's about you participating in the celebration - so, don't forget to bring your dancing shoes.
TASTE Beneficiaries this year include: KairosPDX, Latino Network, NAYA (NativeAmerican Youth and Family Center) and Q Center.
Fri, May 31, 2019
5:30 PM – 11:00 PM PDT
We the Wild Youth is an event to launch a youth empowerment movement to inspire and empower all youth to believe in themselves, have their voices heard, their initiatives supported, and to showcase the supportive resources that already lie within our community. Designed, planned and produced by youth for youth. 5 youth Speakers and 3 youth musical acts will make it a night to remember.
More information at: https://cityrepair.org/youth
BAKE: It’s more than just dessert! Come join us for small bites, both sweet & savory, from Portland’s best-loved culinary creators with cocktails and more at this year’s tasting event. We invite you to make a night of it! Join us for just the tasting event or add-on a ticket for a VIP dinner beforehand, featuring Chef AJ Voytko of The Porter Hotel.
Portland Art Museum on Wednesday, May 29th
Dinner starts at 5:00 pm; Tasting event doors open at 6:00 pm
Tasting event tickets cost $35; Dinner tickets are $100 (include tasting event)
Purchase tickets online at: https://oregonhunger.org/bake/
Buy before April 30th and you will save $10 on each ticket plus be entered to win 2 tickets to Feast Portland!
All proceeds benefit Hunger-Free Oregon, working to ensure every Oregonian, especially kids, have enough to eat every day. If you are unable to make it please consider making a donation.