Saturday December 10, 2005
08:00 PM : UNSCENE LAUNCH PARTY @ HOLOCENE
Party (Launch/B-Day/Etc.) Flyered by kmikeym
Official LAUNCH PARTY for the UNSCENE urban navigator in
Portland!
Saturday, December 10
@ HOLOCENE > 1001 SE Morrison
8pm to midnight
(cocktails + hors d'oeuvres served from 8pm ˆ 10pm)
_complimentary vodka cocktails
_hors d'oeuvres by various UNSCENE establishments
_live DJ playing downtempo music
_free raffle with over $500 in prizes
_lots of holiday cheer
Raffle Prizes:
_Relish > 433 NW 10th
_Music Millenium > 801 NW 23rd | 3158 E Burnside
_Docere > 2256 N Albina
_Crush > 1400 SE Morrison
_Jupiter Hotel > 800 E Burnside
_Le Rouge > 3418 SE Hawthorne
_Noble Rot > 2724 SE Ankeny
others >
Hors d'oeuvres
_Navarre
_Bar pastiche
_others
UNSCENE urban navigator
[defining accelerated urban culture]
visit us online at www.unscene.com
Wednesday April 26, 2006
09:30 PM : [PDXFF] PDX FILM FEST OPENING PARTY @ HOLOCENE WITH WHITE RAINBOW'S PRISM
Music Flyered by adam
TIME
9 PM
TICKETS
@ the door
COST
FREE with festival pass
or $5
white rainbow audio/video/light/prisms/performance/full spectrum temporary art installation/healing experience
free beer provided by Pabst!
more info PDX FILM FEST
Sunday May 28, 2006
01:00 PM : UrHo Company Picnic @ Peninsula Park
Party (Launch/B-Day/Etc.) Flyered by kmikeym
This Sunday, May 28th, we are gathering at Peninsula Park at 1:00 pm for some softball and outdoor time.
Willow, the mastermind behind this plan, is bringing sporting equipment, Smart Dogs (TM), our official permit, and something to sit on. You should bring more picnic foods, a BBQ, beer, a cooler, whatever else you want to bring, more sporting equipment, and sacrifice whatever you can in order to please the sunshine gods.
Here is a Google Map.
UrbanHonking Trivia: This is the park where the 3rd episode of Ultimate Blogger 2 was filmed!
Drop in on UHX if you have any questions!
Thursday June 1, 2006
06:00 PM : Opening Party @ Portland Art Center
Visual Arts / Architecture Flyered by Rob W.
"All I want is everything, and I want it now" seems the Portland Art Center's meme for June, as demonstrated by this show of shows which fills the Goldsmith Building's warrens, Louvre-like. 10,000 square feet is a quarter acre of space, and for the official opening, it will be filled. Comutatus is Oregonian editor Barry Johnson's installation. Gallery Guide exhibition I is a group show. OCAC students show upstairs. Jason Frank and Andy Brown curate Hexasion, a video and sound installation. Jeff Fontaine presents "Entropy and the Arrow of Time", paintings on steel. The art center also releases its Gallery Guide covering 187 Portland visual arts spaces. It's a party too, with music by Vagabond Opera and DJ Stylish. Catering by Pasha. Admission $5. But get this: if you become a member of the Portland Art Center, you get in for free, and also into many more things free throughout the year. How much? Well normally it's $35 a year, but for this one night only - "I can't save you money if you don't see me today" - it's $25 for the most inexpensive membership. Of course, you can contribute more..up to the stupendous member level! www.portlandart.org 32 NW 5th 6-midnight, art earlier, party later.
Thursday June 15, 2006
08:00 PM : PORT 1 year anniversary party @ Apotheke
Party (Launch/B-Day/Etc.) Flyered by kmikeym
The Event: The Eurotrash Bash, 8:00 PM June 15th at Apotheke · 1314 NW Glisan, Suite 2A (Upstairs)
Come over, get your Gjetost on, meet PORT staffers and try some Zwak Unicum as you listen to the Europhile sounds of DJ van Dis.
About PORT: PORT www.portlandart.net has been noted internationally as an innovative macroblog, purposefully evolving the popular blog format into a serious forum for visual art information and discourse. With 8 paid staffers (though it’s still a labor of love and a public service) the site provides nearly daily updates, often with insider information that had been previously difficult to acquire. Also, all three of PORT’s critics have been published nationally or internationally outside of PORT as well.
By combining the skills of 8 savvy writers, with good design and the blog format Portland has achieved strong international voice (just google “Porland Art”).
Portland’s art scene has international exposure through PORT. PORT was Co-founded by Jennifer Armbrust of Motel Gallery and Jeff Jahn (curator & critic) and is supported by Portland galleries and visual art institutions.
Announcing: PORT's 1st Annual Pretentious Art Writing Contest:
PORT may be serious but we wanted to give our readers a chance at a little bit of fun. In conjunction with PORT’s 1st anniversary we are announcing our first annual "Pretentious Art Writing Contest." Simply give us your most craven and pedantic prose somehow remotely related to art (either real or imagined) by emailing it to jeff@portlandart.net on or before June 14th (a shadowy league of judges will decide). Yes you get points for name dropping but only to a point. The winning entry will be published on PORT and receive a dinner for two, complements of Le Happy, where you can feast on the sarcastically undermined pretenses distilled into their legendary Le Trash Blanc crepes. We will announce the winner of our pretentious art writing contest at the Eurotrash Bash.
Saturday July 15, 2006
01:00 PM : Street Party with the Sprockettes @ Free Geek
Party (Launch/B-Day/Etc.) Flyered by Rob W.
While geeks have been out of fashion, then in, free never goes out of style.
I think my earliest awareness that there was such a thing as an environmental problem was contemplating where there would be enough space to dump garbage. Well of course we've figured that out - in the ocean and in China. Although construction waste is the largest contributer to our landfills, generating 2 pounds of waste per square foot of construction, electronics waste, at 2-5% of the waste stream (see the photos of Seattle artist Chris Jordan 1,2,3), is rising the fastest. Oh yeah, it's toxic. That's why Portland is way in front of the curve with the Rebuilding Center and Free Geek.
Free Geek collects old computers. Volunteers assemble the working parts and load them with free software (Linux et al). In exchange for volunteering, you get a free computer to connect to the Internet, create your writings, mail, IM, maybe even start your own blog! You don't need any special skills to participate, they teach you everything you know. Meanwhile they are saving them from the landfill!
Those geeks like fun too, so from 1-7PM they host the Geek Fair! with entertainment by the Sprockettes, bands, sword swallowers, a dunking booth and a beer garden. Ever wanted to smash a printer with a sledghammer and YouTube it? You can there. Plenty of kid friendly events too. Details: http://www.freegeek.org/geekfair/index.html
In a related note, Dell has announced free home pickup and recycling of all Dell equipment. Since the company has a record of the exact materials that went into making each piece of equipment, it can efficiently separate materials for recycling.
www.freegeek.org
1731 SE 10th Free
Thursday July 27, 2006
08:00 PM : Art Organism Launch @ Wonder Ballroom
Party (Launch/B-Day/Etc.) Flyered by Rob W.
Art Organism launches with a performance by Small Sails, an experimental set by Courtney Taylor-Taylor and members of the Dandy Warhols and a video by Swiss artist Pipilotti Rist. Rist is known for making art at the the intersection of pop culture and identity. She played in the Swiss art-girl-rock-band Les Reines Prochaines, one of whoms performances is described as a: "big, thick cake of bodypoems, scientific lectures, tricks, sounds, lightgames and songs. It's a performance about dangers, miracles and early history". Recently Rist was the artistic director of the 2001 Swiss National Exibition and responsible for curating into that show Scofidio and Diller's building on the lake constructed entirely of fog and documented in their book Blur:The Making of Nothing. Rist is represented by Hauser & Wirth of London, the gallery also of Jason Rhoades, the subject of Organism's next art exhibition.
Organism creates a conversation between creative artists, designers, engineers, filmmakers, architects, ecologists, musicians, entrepreneurs and scientists. Organism engages artists and creative people of international reputation through existing personal networks. In turn, the creative networks that touch Organism expand, becoming more richly interconnected.
Tickets are $15 in advance and available at the Wonder Ballroom box office. Artists in any field may become members for the coming year - it's included just this night in your admission. Early - Doors 7:30, Show at 8.
http://www.artorganism.org/
Saturday July 29, 2006
02:00 PM : Jessie Dayton's HonkyTonk & Hot Rod Music Festival @ Jubitz Ponderosa Lounge
Party (Launch/B-Day/Etc.) Flyered by Rob W.
A festival at a truck stop. OK.
The Rose City Rollers will perform. I do not want to take any responsibility for this, so from the Rollers' web site:
"Beer. BBQ. Hot Rods. Choppers. Customs. Rat Rods. Clothing. MUSIC on 2 stages... One stage will be outside on 2 flatbed trailers, rawkin' the beer garden and the show... Inside, a fully stocked bar, complete with dance floor, pool tables, and plenty of room on stage for the music event of the summer in Portland:
Gates open at noon, first band @ 2pm, goes on until 1am
BANDS:
JESSE DAYTON
THREE BAD JACKS (SPECIAL PORTLAND APPEARANCE - 7PM!!!)
BLACKOUT RADIO
THE SKIRTCHASERS
EAT YOUR HEART OUT
SHAWN HAWKINS AND THE OFFENDERS
THE RAILERS
POWER OF COUNTY
HOLYSH*TRS
$12 ----For more info (503) 345-0300
The Ponderosa lounge at Jubitz 10310 N Vancouver Way, Portland, OR (right off of I-5 near Portland Meadows and the Portland International Raceway)
Now those truck stops paid a lot of money to remodel a Masonic Temple into the Art Museum contemporary art wing, so I say, live and let live.
Thursday August 3, 2006
08:00 PM : Fashion Dance Party @ Holocene
Party (Launch/B-Day/Etc.) Flyered by Rob W.
Consider ending your evening at Holocene for Design Your Own Dance Party with actual designers spinning on the tables along with DJ SewWhat and DJ 1996 Olympics. There will be a raffle of some sweet custom clothing, a showing of 10 Minute Creations, impromptu designs and an "I'm a top model" photo booth. $5-8 sliding scale at the door goes to support the production costs for the upcoming September Fashion Week 1001 SE Morrison www.holocene.org
Sunday August 27, 2006
10:00 AM : CATCH THAT BEAT 3 @ Astoria Yacht Club
Party (Launch/B-Day/Etc.) Flyered by jona
CATCH THAT BEAT 3
Festival in Astoria, Oregon - August 26th & 27th, 2006SATURDAY 8/26/06 (12 noon - 2 am)
Mount Eerie, Bobby Birdman, Thanksgiving, E*Rock, Valet, White Rainbow, Copy, Faerie Talk, Pash, Riddenpaa, Atole, Dites Donc!, Tom Blood, Mise En Abyme, Joey Casio, Sarah Shapiro, Hurricane Nicholas, Universe, Hooliganship, JC & The Killers, Marisa Meltzer, Andrew Kaffer, The Watery Graves...
PLUS VERY SPECIAL PERFORMANCES BY:
Tim & Morgan as "CTRL ALT AWESOME"
Alex Mahan as "I'm Alex"
SUNDAY 8/27/06 (10 am - 12 noon)
Urban Honking presents an Ultimate Blogger meet 'n' greet, press conference, and autograph session with Ultimate Blogger 2 champions Tim & Morgan with very special appearances by UB2 contestants Alex Mahan and Tim Donovan.
@ The Astoria Yacht Club (1555 W Marine Drive - All Ages)
Sunday September 10, 2006
09:00 PM : Ultra 1-Yr Party @ Rake Gallery
Party (Launch/B-Day/Etc.) Flyered by kmikeym
one year (plus) of style, design, and culture for Portland. ultra (http://www.ultrapdx.com) is celebrating this milestone and throwing a closing party for The Collections Sunday, September 10, from 9-12 PM at Rake Gallery, 325 NW 6th (following a fashion show by Liza Rietz, Emily Ryan, and Anti-Domestic).
Saturday September 23, 2006
10:00 AM : Pirate Festival @ Cathedral Park
Party (Launch/B-Day/Etc.) Flyered by kmikeym
23 SATURDAY
First Annual Portland Pirate Festival
10 a.m. - 10 p.m. Portland's first pirate event is a full cargo of family music and fun all day long under the St. Johns bridge in historic Cathedral Park. Explore nautical history aboard the tallship Lynx, witness cannon firing and sword fighting demonstrations, browse the wares of unique merchants, and more! Advance tickets: $10.00 adults, $5.00 ages 3 to 12, free for ages 2 and under. For more details visit www.portlandpiratefestival.com or call 503-292-3418.
Portland Pirate Festival
Friday September 29, 2006
08:00 PM : Art Fair Affair @ the Jupiter Hotel Motel
Party (Launch/B-Day/Etc.) Flyered by Rob W.
Fairs are the latest thing. Miami, the Hamptons, Santa Fe, Shanghi, Havana, Milano, Basel. Freed from the social formalities of the auction circuit, they assume each city's particular cultural admixture of socializing, partying, networking, oh, and art. This one has been crafted by organizers Stewart Horodner and Laurel Gitlen to bring select out of town galleries, some Portland ones, a lot of art, Portland artists and you together in one sweet mix.
The schedule:
Friday, September 29th
4-6PM Private Collector Preview (gala ticket holders)
6-9 PM Opening Gala to benefit the PSU Graduate Lecture Series ($100)
10-1AM Artist's party featuring Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks Disco ($10 -open bar)
7PM-7PM (Saturday) Special video screening of “24 Hour Three Stooges” by Paul Collins
Saturday, September 30th
11-11:30 AM Keynote Address by Helen Molesworth, Curator of the Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio, Sponsored by Sarah and Andrew Meigs
12-7 PM Public Hours ($5)
Sunday, Oct 1st
12-7 PM Public Hours ($5)
12-7 PM A program of video screenings selected by guest curators
There is a charge to wander the hotel's rooms, each dedicated to a gallery. It's a great opportunity though to see what is being made in the world, maybe you can see a place for your own work to fit in.
All details at: http://www.affair-jupiterhotel.com/
Event: http://www.jupiterhotel.com 800 E Burnside
Friday October 6, 2006
09:00 PM : MPP:OSLO @ APOTHEKE - free
Music Flyered by hason
It was the plan from the very beginning a year ago. The Music Population
Project could and should not be contained to Portland alone. So now we're
building a bridge from our beloved city. We're going international. I'm
thrilled to tell you that we are starting a chapter of the mpp and mpo in
Oslo!
Come find out more about our plans and join us in celebrating the beginning
of mpp's international adventure with a free concert at Apotheke, Friday
October 6th at 9pm.
mpo // video installation // apotheke // friday oct6 // 9pm // free // dj safi + dj stay in school
Hear more. Learn more.
myspace.com/thempo
Friday October 13, 2006
07:00 PM : The ARKLEON @ The Cleaners (@ Ace Hotel)
Party (Launch/B-Day/Etc.) Flyered by kmikeym
The ARKLEON
Launching
Friday October the 13th 2006
7:00 - 10:00pm
Drinks, music, lava and smoke
The Cleaners @ Ace Hotel
403 SW 10th Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97205
Supported by DC Shoes
Hosted by Ace Hotel
Sunday October 29, 2006
07:30 PM : Bus Project "Trick or Vote" Party
Party (Launch/B-Day/Etc.) Flyered by Rob W.
Trick or Vote, today I say both, as long as they are not dirty tricks! If you know me, you know real democracy is a passion worth life risking. For reasons far far different than the current administration proposes, in fact, antithetical.
The Bus Project registers Oregon voters then encourages them to vote, the Dean strategy. Today join them visiting Oregon voters and encouraging them to get their vote by mail ballots in to count. Later in the evening they throw a great costume party at the Crystal Ballroom with Thomas Lauderdale and China Forbes, Quivah and March Forth. http://www.myspace.com/trickorvote Doors 7:30 $13
Saturday November 11, 2006
09:00 PM : Magnetic II @ Seattle Science Center
Party (Launch/B-Day/Etc.) Flyered by Rob W.
A dance party in a science center. Science experiments 10-11. The butterfly room, planetarium, dinosaur room, the robotic insects, an ocean petting tank, and other exhibits are open until midnight. Four rooms of DJ's until 4AM. Breakfast at the Hurricane?
Details http://www.infiniteconnections.org
Saturday December 2, 2006
05:00 PM : street level opening 5-11p
Party (Launch/B-Day/Etc.) Flyered by hason
new retail shop showcasing artists' work + wares from around the country
5-11 pm saturday december 2
w/dj monkeytek + dj safi
909 n. beech st, studio b (just off mississippi)
www.streetlevelpdx.com
Sunday December 31, 2006
08:00 PM : NYE @ Holocene
Party (Launch/B-Day/Etc.) Flyered by kmikeym
Holocene Presents...
DJ Beyonda
Copy
DAT'R
Flaspar
DJ BJ
Holocene is proud to continue our annual tradition of insanely buckwild New Year's parties with this 100% solid throwdown featuring PDX's premier partyrockers DJ Beyonda and Copy. As anyone who's witnessed Beyonda can attest, this lady's patented blend of current crunk and party rap, early 90s jams, live mashups, and dancepunk is pretty much completely undeniable; if this woman doesn't make you dance till your shirt's soaked, you're most likely not paying attention. She's also one of the only non-band recepients of Willamette Week's coveted "Best New Band 2006" awards, a distinction she shares with her co-star in tonight's festivities, Copy. Comprised of one Marius Libman, a keytar, and a laptop, Copy's signature 8bit dance jams have won him a rabid (no, really) following all over Portland, as evidence by the recurring trend of rabid pogodancing pretty much everywhere the man plays. He's joined tonight by big-beat gogo-live-electro duo Dat'r and the twisted dancepop of Flaspar. Add in one of the most kind and capable venue staffs in the city and the general warm, family vibe of Holocene, and you've got a the perfect recipe for a very special night.
TIME
8pm
COST
$8.00 advance
$10.00 day of show
09:00 PM : NYE @ Disjecta
Party (Launch/B-Day/Etc.) Flyered by kmikeym
12•31•06 Disjecta
How stoked are we about this?!!? A special New Year's Eve edition of the Portland Lounge Series, in collaboration with the Portland Radio Authority & Local Cut
Quasi
The Joggers
Grails
DJ Dantronix
(All Ages)
$10.00 advance, $10.00 day of show
tickets available at jackpot records + brownpapertickets.com
Saturday January 6, 2007
03:00 PM : Children of the Revolution @ Audiocinema
Party (Launch/B-Day/Etc.) Flyered by Rob W.
Audiocinema is not just for bands practicing. Some former Gallery 500 staffers have been putting together great nights of visual art, live music, b-boy/girl dancers and DJ's. In that vein, tonight's Children of the Revolution Festival lays down a fierce craze of music, theoretical times noted -
3:00PM Ghost To Falco, 3:30pm Argumantix, 4:00pm Mustaphamond, 5:00pm Show Me The Pink, 5:45pm Siberia, 6:15pm The Better To See You With, 7:00pm Yellow Swans, 7:45pm Scout Niblett, 8:30pm Shaky Hands, 9:15pm Old Haunts, 10:00pm Wet Confetti, 10:45pm Glass Candy, 11:30pm Fleshtone, 12:15am Rabbits, 12:45am Danava and 1:15am 31 Knots.
Artists showing include Tara Mcpherson, Casey Burns, 333, Cory Smith Yoni Kifle, Nat Damm, Son of Enoch, Surreal Estate Agent, Carey Haider, Andrew Smith, Dr. Medz, Lloyed Winter, Meghan Remy, Shauna Haider, Noys Toise, Ryan Jacob Smith.
Advance Tix recommended - Tube, Rotture, O3 Records, and Bishops should have them Audiocinema 226 SE Madison $10 3PM-?AM
Wednesday April 25, 2007
09:00 PM : (PDXFF) Opening Night Party @ Audio Cinema
Party (Launch/B-Day/Etc.) Flyered by kmikeym
Opening Night Party with Retinal Reverb
Audio Cinema - 226 SE Madison St, under the Hawthorne Bridge
Celebrate opening night with us at AudioCinema, where our satellite exhibition Retinal Reverb will be unveiled for your eager eyes. Kick things off right as you explore the massive exhibit, mingle with the artists and enjoy a frosty beverage from Pabst Blue Ribbon.
Thursday April 26, 2007
07:00 PM : REAL FUN BOOK LAUNCH AND PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW WITH ASHOD SIMONIAN @ OFFICE
Party (Launch/B-Day/Etc.) Flyered by kmikeym
OFFICE EVENT DETAILS FOR REAL FUN BOOK LAUNCH AND PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW:
Event Title: REAL FUN BOOK LAUNCH AND PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW WITH ASHOD SIMONIAN AT OFFICE
Book Title: REAL FUN Photographs from the Independent Music Landscape, by Ashod Simonian ($24.95 on sale starting April 26 at OFFICE, premiers nationally in June)
Date: Thursday April 26
Time: 7 to 9 PM – coinciding with last Thursday on Alberta / Free
What: NATIONAL book launch of REAL FUN + art opening featuring limited edition prints from REAL FUN (Ashod chose to bypass South x Southwest instead opting for the launch of the book and his press junket from his hometown, Portland, OR). Published by PictureBox books @ OFFICE, of course!
Book Details: 128 page paperback, launches April 26, $24.95 @ OFFICE featuring 100+ photos taken by Ashod with a Polaroid 600 (one-step) - capturing candid shots of life on the road with 2006/7’s most beloved indie rockers, of “regular life” before and after rock shows. A beautiful blur of highways and hangovers, with wonderful anecdotes written by Ashod, providing an intimate, insider’s look at the indie rock landscape, with a large focus on many indie rockers or bands who have in the past or currently call Portland home (including the author, Ashod Simonian who calls NE Portland home), such as members of: DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE, THE DECEMBERISTS, ELLIOTT SMITH, THE SHINS, SLEATER KINNEY, THE THERMALS and SPOON. INCLUDES limited edition CD curated by Simonian especially for the book with songs from Pine Marten, Chris Funk, Kaito, Les Georges Leningrad, and M. Ward, among others. Even for those not interested in the music scene, this book really is a great road trip book, with an amazing design sensibility.
Photos include images of: Cat Power, Death Cab, Decemberists, Dengue Fever, Earlimart, Elliott Smith, Grandaddy, Microphones, Pavement, Rilo Kiley, the Shins, The Silversun Pickups, Sleater Kinney, the Thermals and many others.
Photography show highlights: Through OFFICE, as part of Last Thursday, Ashod is also selling limited edition Polaroid photography/art prints on canvas (12 x 12 size) of 24 of the best photos from the book – showcasing both beloved Portlanders as well as fantastic, gritty, icons of life on the road across the United States — from Death Valley to upper state New York. Art prints will be selling for $200 (or less – price is TBD). The art opening provides a special opportunity to purchase affordable art capturing the images of the Portland’s music scene and even rare images of the late and great Elliott Smith before he died (the author knew him well...details in the book).
Event highlights: Book signing with author, rare opportunity to purchase one of kind intimate photographs of renowned indie rockers connected to Portland, such as Elliott Smith -- includes cocktails sponsored in part by NEW DEAL VODKA, and some very special guests, featured in the book, will be attending the opening. (guest list is not being published)
SPIN magazine is listing this as a MUST ATTEND event in their April issue.
Sunday April 29, 2007
10:00 PM : (PDXFF) Closing Night Party @ Hollywood Theatre
Party (Launch/B-Day/Etc.) Flyered by kmikeym
Sunday April 29 10:00PM
Closing Night Party
@ Moon & Sixpence
2014 NE 42nd Ave
After the Helvetica screening, come join us at the Moon & Sixpence for one last cheer for PDX 2007!
Saturday June 2, 2007
12:00 PM : Portland Buddhist Festival @ Col Summers Park
Party (Launch/B-Day/Etc.) Flyered by Rob W.
One thing about Buddhists is that they don't try to convert you. Never heard of a fundamentalist Buddhist either. But they do like to have fun and an example is the Portland Buddhist Festival. The varied Portland Buddhist entities will be present, you can have your pet blessed and there are a bunch of kid things. All the details are here. Noon to 5:30 Colonel Summers Park, SE 17th and Taylor (Belmont) Free
Thursday June 7, 2007
08:00 PM : Ann Ploeger Book Release Party @ No Fish Go Fish
Party (Launch/B-Day/Etc.) Flyered by kmikeym
"Portrtaits" by Ann Ploeger, National Book Release Party
Thursday, June 7th @ No Fish Go Fish
3962 SE Hawthorne
8-11pm
Friday June 8, 2007
09:00 PM : Fiona Leaves PDX Party @ Vendetta
Party (Launch/B-Day/Etc.) Flyered by kmikeym
Everyone is invited to Fiona's graduation/going away party on Friday night (the 8th).
Vendetta - 4306 N. Williams (at corner of Williams and Skidmore in North)
9:00-ish
Dancing and drinks and stuff!
Her goal is to take over the raised open area in front of the DJ. So if you get there early, stake a claim!
Saturday July 14, 2007
03:00 PM : Bastille Day Block Party! @ Pix (FREE SHOW! YACHT, B. BIRDMAN, COPY, & MORE)
Party (Launch/B-Day/Etc.) Flyered by kmikeym
Bastille Day Block Party!
Pix Patisserie's Bastille Day Block Party AND Employee Talent Show!
On July 14th, everyone’s favorite patisserie is going to be closing down Failing St. next to our North location in celebration of France’s national holiday, Bastille Day. We’re staging a huge street fair complete with live music (Copy, Dat’r, Quiet Countries vs. Wilding, Team Evil, Alan Singley and the Pant’s Machine, and a very special mystery guest), our 2nd Employee Talent Show, Waiter’s Race for kids and adults, Citroen Car Show, 12 liter bottles of Buzet, a Champagne and Oyster bar, whole boiled pig, French movies, clowns and monkeys, Petanque Tournament, a Pinot Noir face off between Oregon and Burgundy, and last but not least, Pix will set the Guinness World Record for the largest Croquembouche ever, with festival attendees invited to “storm” the giant cream puff pyramid after the unveiling. Ooo…la! la!
(N Williams)
Monday July 16, 2007
06:30 PM : The Back Room @ Podkrepa Hall
Party (Launch/B-Day/Etc.) Flyered by kmikeym
On Monday, July 16, the back room closes this season with a big book launch. We've just published a 500-page anthology that collects all the original essays and art work commissioned by the back room over the last two years and adds a little more from other back room guests. It's published by Clear Cut Press (and designed by Tae Won Yu, who designs all the Clear Cut books).
The launch party is at Podkrepa Hall, 2116 North Killingsworth, 6:30 pm and on. Curtis Knapp and Marriage Records will showcase live music all night (he's got a Marriage compilation that he's launching that week, and might have for sale at the party) there will be a "back room open mic," at which anyone in the room can interview anyone else for five minutes; great food and drink, plus the book. Admission is $8, or free if you buy a book ($15).
One other note: the book is dedicated as follows: "This book is dedicated to all the investors in ripe—those who invested money and those who invested their time and skills, often at considerable cost—in the hope that they will get to enjoy some of the tremendous cultural capital (still growing) that their investment set in motion."
So, anyone who ever worked at ripe, or invested their money in it, gets a free copy of the anthology, and free admission to the party.
Wednesday July 18, 2007
08:00 PM : PICA Turns 12 @ Holocene
Party (Launch/B-Day/Etc.) Flyered by kmikeym
PICA Turns 12
A Birthday Party Extravaganza featuring Panther, Plastic Little, Thunderheist, & DJ Copy
Event Information
July 18, 2007 | 8:00 pm – 2:00 am
Holocene | 1001 SE Morrison
PICA Members: $5 | General Admission: $7
21 + over
Tickets available at the door
Treats by Saint Cupcake
www.pica.org
503.242.1419
The Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (PICA) celebrates 12 years of making the world safe for contemporary art with a Birthday Party Extravaganza at Holocene on July 18, 2007 featuring performances from Panther, Plastic Little, and DJ Copy. Treats provided by Saint Cupcake and other surprises abound from artists near and far. While you're there make sure that you grab a super-limited edition birthday t-shirt designed by Adam Porterfield. Only 24 available!
Join us for an eclectic electric ecstatic party of all things PICA! Special thanks to Holocene and Saint Cupcake.
Holocene : http://www.holocene.org/
Saint Cupcake : http://www.saintcupcake.com/
Panther : http://panthertouch.com/
Plastic Little : http://www.myspace.com/plasticlittlerap
DJ Copy : http://mobiusbeard.com/
09:00 PM : SNAP! '90s dance party @ Branx
Party (Launch/B-Day/Etc.) Flyered by kmikeym
July 18
SNAP! ‘90s dance party
At Branx (320 SE 2nd)
9 p.m. to 2 a.m.
Free, 21 and over
Lactatious - http://www.myspace.com/lactacious
Sixteen Switches - http://www.myspace.com/sixteenswitches
Resident DJ P Murder
On July 18th at Branx (320 SE 2nd), PRA will host SNAP!, free, 21 and over show from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. to pump up the jams of the early ‘90s. Think Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes, Reality Bites, Vanilla Ice and Madonna’s cone bra. Pay homage to Sir Mix A lot’s “Baby Got Back,” Wayne’s World and the rise of Snoop Dogg. It’s a DJ dance party with a “Downtown Julie Brown” style host, new guests every month, dance contests and podcasted interviews. If your aging hipster bones can still do The Running Man, The Whop, Kid 'n' Play or that jiggle thing across the stage that MC Hammer used to do, then you’ll fit right in. This month’s first show includes ‘90s inspired sounds from bands Lactatious and Sixteen Switches, along with resident DJ P Murder.
Thursday August 2, 2007
05:00 PM : 5th Avenue Street Fair @ Old Town/Chinatown
Party (Launch/B-Day/Etc.) Flyered by kmikeym
http://portlandmall.org/events/streetfair.htm
Come join friends, family and neighbors on First Thursday for a fun-filled neighborhood street fair to celebrate the completion of light rail construction on 5th Avenue in Old Town/Chinatown. Just stop by NW 5th Avenue between Burnside and Glisan streets.
August 2 • 5-10 p.m.
Wednesday August 8, 2007
09:00 PM : Funbook 2 Release @ Holocene
Party (Launch/B-Day/Etc.) Flyered by kmikeym
The Portland Funbook 2 is ready! We'll release it on August 8th at Holocene. Show Me the Pink is headlining (their last show EVER!) along with Old Growth, Here Comes a Big Black Cloud, and Mustaphamond. There will be giant posters to color & crayons galore. It will be also serve as a fundraiser for the genocide intervention fund.
The book came together verrry nicely. Each Funbook has: 80 pages from 60+ local artists, a 7" vinyl record with 12 one-minute songs from 12 local music acts, 4 stickers, 1 temporary tattoo, and two 1" buttons!
The $8 admission will include a copy of the book. All proceeds will benefit The Genocide Intervention Network.
Sample the music from the record at: www.psilodesign.com
Friday August 10, 2007
10:00 PM : Burnside Bridge Bash @ The RJ Templeton Building
Party (Launch/B-Day/Etc.) Flyered by kmikeym
Dear Friends, Colleagues, Supporters, Artistes, Wiccans, Skeptics, Detractors and General Curmudgeons, et al,
Well, the fat lady has sung the final ballad of RJ Templeton. In honor of the occasion, Disjecta will host one last event at the fabled Templeton Building before moving on to more supple and verdant pastures...and we'd like you to join us!
(Details about our impending move will be forthcoming in the next few months--sorry we can't share more with you now.)
We genuinely enjoyed our brief respite on the Burnside Bridge and couldn't resist the opportunity to have a farewell party. So in grand style, help us say goodbye with Keegan Smith, The West and DJ Wann. A good, old-fashioned summertime dance party. The last of its kind. And we'd love to see you there.
Burnside Bridge Bash @ The RJ Templeton Building
Friday, August 10th
Doors at 10 pm.
$10 in advance (One drink with entry)
10 p.m. - 2:30 a.m.
5 SE 3rd, PDX, OR 97214
Parking under the bridge and at 400 E Burnside in the Wentworth Chevy lot.
Tickets and info at www.disjecta.org
Sponsored by: Widmer, New West Distillery, Hi-Ball, Hint, Izze Soda, The Chesterfield, West Coast Drape, and LtdLifestyle.com
Wednesday August 22, 2007
06:30 PM : Northwest Institute For Social Change @ Fleming Bldg
Party (Launch/B-Day/Etc.) Flyered by kmikeym
On Wednesday, August 22, Steve Schroeder and I can be seen in the premiere of a short documentary film which looks at online media (UrbanHonking) and paper media (The Mercury). The film was made by four students who took park in the Northwest Institute For Social Change, a summer program invented by former Mayoral candidate and one-time "news" editor of the Merc, Phil Busse. Steve and I are contrasted with our arch enemies, Scott Moore and Amy J. Ruiz of the Mercury. Scott's write-up on Blogtown does not mention us, but I think he is just scared.
Fleming Building (NW 6th and Flanders)
6:30 p.m.
Thursday August 30, 2007
07:00 PM : ReadyMade @ Ace Hotel
Party (Launch/B-Day/Etc.) Flyered by Rob W.
ReadyMade Magazine is about you making stuff. This event has demonstrations and displays by Seattle rock poster guy Dan Stiles and Portland jewelry maker Melissa Stiles. Free magazine issues, cheap magazine subscriptions, free drinks, drawings for more free stuff.
RSVP darci at readymademag.com
At the Cleaners space at the Ace Hotel 1003 SW Stark 7PM Free
Saturday October 20, 2007
07:00 PM : Bitch Magazine Party @ Ace Hotel Cleaners
Party (Launch/B-Day/Etc.) Flyered by Rob W.
Bitch Magazine moved from San Francisco to Portland. They are independent and reader supported, not part of the world publishing media plex. So sometimes they throw a gettogether to recharge the battery. Tonight they invite you and some artists to an art auction party - sm[art]. Evolutionary thinking and art go together. Consider the artists gathered - Hannah Stouffer, Eva Lake, Shannon Wheeler, Amy Ruppel, Nikki McClure, and the Guerrilla Girls. A tarot card reading with Michelle Tea(!), some Queen Bee creations and other things you might want are up for auction too. The Sprockettes will perform and Anjali will DJ for your mad dancing pleasure. 21+ Tickets are on a sliding scale $15-45 at www.brownpapertickets.com. Details: www.bitchmagazine.com Event is at the Ace Hotel Cleaners 7-11PM
Wednesday October 31, 2007
07:30 PM : Halloween Pageant @ Mississippi Pizza
Party (Launch/B-Day/Etc.) Flyered by kmikeym
Don't miss the fun-filled (spooky) evening this Wednesday at Mississippi Pizza, the annual event organized by the über talented friends Hilary Pfeifer and Leah Hinchcliff.
Aa great show for you this year, emceed by the lovely mistress of ceremonies, Miss Ann Thrope (aka TJ Norris) who will grace the stage with her witty banter and nightingale vocals.
At 7:30 is the Wow Wee Zow Wee Shadow Cinema -- an all new, short programme of shadow puppets all designed, created, and performed by Tripper Dungan.
After that, dance a little to the zydefunkalicious sounds of Voodoo BBQ, a local four-piece band with a big sound that will get you up off of your seats in ten seconds flat.
A dance contest as well as a costume contest. The suggested theme is: come as the Disney Spinoff Character You'd Like to See" but come as whatever you like
just come play with us!
Mississippi Pizza is located at 3552 N. Mississippi Ave in Portland. Show starts at 7:30pm and ends around 11pm.
$5 cover
Friday November 23, 2007
10:00 PM : Dance Party @ Saucebox
Party (Launch/B-Day/Etc.) Flyered by kmikeym
A Post-turkey dance thing, w/ Mr. Mumu, Rafa, and B.Zentz
10PM, no cover
Sunday December 9, 2007
03:00 PM : The First Day of Rumball @ JUNIOR AMBASSADORS
Party (Launch/B-Day/Etc.) Flyered by kmikeym
Celebrate " The First Day of Rumball " at The BROWN BRONZE & BLING BARTER BALL! at Junior Ambassadors....
To kick off the Winter Holiday Season officially known as RUMBALL in Mostlandia,
on SUNDAY DECEMBER 9th at 3 pm,
Junior Ambassadors will be hosting a party with a Tea Project by Gary "the Referee" Wiseman.
Wear a shade of Brown or Bronze, a Bright thing, Bring a gift or food to Barter, Boogie, and most importantly...Bring it on!!!!
This outdoor event, regardless of the weather, will get going around 3 o'clock and last, oh you know, a couple hours. Tea, snacks, shelter and music will be provided.
JUNIOR AMBASSADORS is the orange food cart located on the grassy lot next to 4734 North Albina (up from Mississippi, south of Alberta, kitty corner from the Albina Press.)
Monday December 24, 2007
09:00 PM : Heebonism @ The Cleaners
Party (Launch/B-Day/Etc.) Flyered by kmikeym
Heebonism Portland will take place at the Ace Hotel (1022 SW Stark, Portland, OR). The party runs from 9:00 p.m. to 1 a.m and will feature Manishevitz cocktails, ping pong and vintage video games, plus DJ Hanukkah Miracle, HR Paperstacks, DJ Solomon and Never Forget & DJ Safi ($5), but you can also show up for a delicious Chinese dinner beforehand ($30) and spend the night at the hotel after the shindig ($100). Proceeds from the event will benefit the Oregon Jewish Musuem. If you're down for the 6:30 p.m. dinner, please email jac@acehotel.com as space is limited. Oh yeah, almost forgot. The event is 21+
Friday January 18, 2008
07:00 PM : Audiozine II Party @ IPRC
Party (Launch/B-Day/Etc.) Flyered by kmikeym
What: Release Party and Reading for the IPRC's newly-released Audiozine II
Where: The Independent Publishing Resource Center (IPRC)
917 SW Oak #218, Portland, OR, 503.827.0249
When: Friday, January 18, 2008, 7 pm
Cost: Free
For more information contact the IPRC at 503.827.0249 or iprcworkshops@gmail.com
Portland, OR- As part of its mission to facilitate creative
expression, identity and community by providing individual access to
resources and tools for the creation of independently published media
and art, the Independent Publishing Resource Center (IPRC) offers an
ongoing and comprehensive program of workshops and events.
The IPRC has over 5500 self published and independently produced
publications in the circulating zine library and now for the 2nd time
has self-produced an "audiozine" with live readings of written work by
local Portland zinesters.
On Friday January 18, 2008, starting at 7 pm the IPRC is hosting a
Release Party for the IPRC's 2nd audiozine CD featuring tracks from
nine truly inspiring zine publishers, several of which will be
performing their written works. Have some hot cider and be the first
to own a copy of the new IPRC Audiozine! Performances/readings include
Kate Hass (Miranda), Sarah Contrary (Glossolalia), Dan Hack (The
Faithful), and Aria Joughin aka Lost Rocket (Confessions of an Urban
Hillbilly).
Copies of the cd will be for sale at the event for a special release
price of $8. ($10 afterwards)
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What Is the IPRC?
The Independent Publishing Resource Center (IPRC) supports
community-based arts education and expression by providing a
self-service work studio and printing equipment; instruction and
workshop opportunities; outreach to Portland's youth and disadvantaged
via public libraries and schools; and a lending library that houses
more than 5,500 independently published zines and ephemera.
Memberships to the center are on a sliding scale from $45 to $100 per
year. Open hours are Monday, noon-10 pm; Tuesday through Thursday,
4-10 pm; Friday and Saturday, noon-6 pm; and Sunday, noon-8 pm with
noon-5 pm on Sundays for youth (ages 8 to 18) only.
IPRC is located at 917 SW Oak St. 218. in Downtown Portland. Tele:
503.827.0249. www.iprc.org
Friday January 25, 2008
07:00 PM : 2 Year Anniversary party @ TILT
Party (Launch/B-Day/Etc.) Flyered by kmikeym
TILT TWO-YEAR ANNIVERSARY PARTY!
(Portland, OR-) It is with great enthusiasm Tilt Gallery and Project Space would like to announce our anniversary party celebration. Please join us as we celebrate our second year of excellent programming. The evening will also host a closing reception of ONE NONE DONE, a site-specific project by Portland artist Jesse Hayward.
Please join us January 25, 2008 from 7-11pm at the gallery. Tilt Gallery and Project Space is located at 625 NW Everett #106, Portland, Oregon. There will be food to eat, drinks to drink, and artists to love.
This event is free and open to the public.
Friday February 1, 2008
07:00 PM : Netscape Memorial Service @ Backspace
Party (Launch/B-Day/Etc.) Flyered by kmikeym
Memorial Service For Our Friend, Netscape
Old Town Computers invites you to help us bid a fond farewell to an era.
January 15th, 2008 -- PORTLAND, Ore. -- As the AOL/TimeWarner Voltron finally draws the curtain on the last remaining vestige of the 90s internet euphoria, join Old Town Computers in a celebration of Web 1.0. The festivities will feature screenings of "A Brief History Of Memes" (dir. T. Bradford) & "Hackers: the Movie" and a round of .com bubble pub-style trivia. They'll be lubricated with the preferred beverage of online pet store startups: Beer. Revelry will transpire at the center of Portland's geek life, Backspace, on Friday, February 1st, beginning at 7pm. Dress up as your favorite pre-YouTube internet celebrity and receive a free beer for compromising your dignity.
"We're excited to take this chance to look back on those heady days," says Tyler Bradford, owner/operator of Old Town Computers. "The thing of it is, Netscape proved that what we geeks believed was important, in our basements and garages, could change the world for the better. It also proved we could get ludicrously rich by selling out at the right moment."
"A Brief History of Memes" is a hastily assembled collection of irony & nostalgia, evoking the irrational exuberance and short attention span of the day trading set. A highlight reel for nascent cyberculture's self-important phase, if your friends made you watch it before y2k, it's in there. Hackers, requiring little introduction, was the most misguided and ambitious attempt made by the mainstream to appropriate the signs of arcane nerdery.
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Old Town Computers is a full service PC & Mac computer shop located in the heart of Portland's Old Town/Chinatown. We opened our doors in 2005. Our goal is to bring the highest quality technical support to the downtown Portland area. We have a deep, burning, somewhat unnatural desire to fix computers. Any computers. PCs, Macs, desktops, laptops, handhelds, servers, you name it. If it beeps, we're on it.