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A week of theater, comics, comedy, and free vibrators.WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4THEATER—When a major theater company gets a brand-new artistic director, it's news. And when he's young, adventurous, and...
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Maria Bamford! Kathleen Hanna! Silent Disco! Diarrhea Planet!WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11FILM—Out of Sight—Steven Soderbergh's 1998 Elmore Leonard adaptation—is quite possibly a perfect film. It's got...
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Shining the light into your weekhole.WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18FILM—Hiphop has come a long way, baby, and everybody likes to look at baby photos. An Evening with Charlie Ahearn features the director of...
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Satisfaction of what's to come.WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25FILM—Following the death of the great crime writer Elmore Leonard, the Laurelhurst's been playing some of the best films based on his books: first...
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Books, booze, chili, and gore.WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2HOCKEY—Coming fresh off a championship season, the Winterhawks have struggled of late to flaunt Portland's dominance. But I'm going to assume the...
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By jove, this week looks fun.WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9MUSIC—You know what a hay-bale of fun the all-star bluegrass of Black Prairie is already, but what happens when they plug in their instruments and...
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To a new world of gods and monsters!WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16MUSIC—Pound for pound, Metric is one of the finest popular music acts of our day. They really go the extra mile! Just listen to Emily Haines'...
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Oodles of canoodles. Probably no Caboodles though.WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23COMEDY—Unless you're living under a rock (or reading the wrong paper), you know that Portland has a thriving comedy scene. The...
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The weens of hallow and days of dead.WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30MUSIC—Look who hit the double digits: Mississippi Studios celebrates year 10 with a double-whammy of live music stretched across two shows...
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Welcome to the wonderful world of fun.WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6MUSIC—What kind of noises does the desert make? If it's anything like Utah band Desert Noises, it's warm, rippling, harmony-laden rock bathed...
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My, what a humpy week!WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13MUSIC—Toro Y Moi is less and less the raw bunch of blips and beats that first wormed their way into your head a few years ago—these days, the kind of...
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No Boredom November.WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20COMEDY—Nick Kroll is the kind of comic who seems simultaneously adorable and capable of feasting on the intestines of children. Which is to say, his cuteness...
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Turkeys, disco, BDSM, and musical twins. It's My, What a Busy Week!WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27MUSIC—It's been four years since Portland band Norfolk and Western dusted off their amber-hued, folk-flecked...
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Welcome to a functional alcoholic's playground.WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4BASKETBALL—The Portland Trail Blazers have a nice record, a nicer offense, and loads of confidence. Cue the naysayers claiming this...
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Let's do this.WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11NAUGHTY BENEFIT—You love Planned Parenthood, and you love mortifying stories—so don't miss Naughty Listed: Stories of Holiday Misbehavior, a benefit for Planned...
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This one is for all those who hate shopping and the holiday rush.WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18MUPPETS—There are those who like their naughty Santas, and their slasher Santas, but you know what everyone...
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Yule do what to that log?WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25MOVIE—It's a Wonderful Life goes something like this: George Bailey—a small-town bumbler who can't say no to the bums he calls "friends"—trusts an...
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It's a clean slate—time to get it messy.WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1SECRET FILMS—Shhh, let's not speak, darling. No, no, no. SERIOUSLY. Let us put on our most comfortable sweat suits, grab our pillows, and...
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We resolve to find fun events.WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8MUSIC—Those Wainwrights just keep coming! Lucy Wainwright Roche (brother of Martha and Rufus, daughter of Loudon III, along with musician mother Suzzy...
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Dogs named Shithead and others.WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15FILM—It's rare for comedies—even the great ones—to be as funny as you remember. But for those who have fond memories of 1979's The Jerk, never fear:...
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