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We've got World Cup Fever!WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11QUEER STORIES—In celebration of Pride, Slant: Live Queer Storytelling presents the perfect opportunity to hear a boatload of true tales from the LGBTQ...
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Drop it like it's hot. Or at least lukewarm.WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18SCIENCE—Like a bright torch shining into Portland's anti-fluoride, anti-vaccine, anti-GMO darkness, NPR's Science Friday comes to town...
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It's an all-week summer-fun roundup.WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25PARTY—No one really needs an excuse for a midweek summer party. But if you do: Planned Parenthood Advocates of Oregon is throwing its annual Pink...
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It's a busy week in the city.WEDNESDAY, JULY 2MUSIC—Eric D. Johnson, formerly of Fruit Bats, has some damned impeccable taste, so let him curate your evening at A Few of My Favorite Things. The...
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The dog days of Busy Week.WEDNESDAY, JULY 9MUSIC—When he's not making album covers and designing T-shirts, Dutch-born LA-based Nick Van Hofwegen—AKA Young & Sick—makes brightly colored,...
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Of trombones and beer fests.WEDNESDAY, JULY 16MUSIC—The mudflap country-rock of Natural Child is perfect for kickin' back, boozin', tokin', or whatever sort of trouble you feel like getting into. If...
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How much fun is too much fun?WEDNESDAY, JULY 23MUSIC—The population of Portland is about to double, 'cuz the Polyphonic Spree is coming to town. The multitudes of Spree are touring on their 2013 album...
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Just when you thought it was safe to go in the water.WEDNESDAY, JULY 30READINGS—Tell It Slant has quickly gained a reputation as one of the warmest and most well-curated reading series in town....
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Ride that bike up and down, and all over town.WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6MUSIC—We're getting freaky in this month's installment of the free Ear Candy concert series. Sam Coomes' aptly named Deep Fried Boogie...
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We be jammin'.WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13MUSIC—Formerly the star trombonist for New Orleans' famed Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Big Sam Williams struck out on his own to form Big Sam's Funky Nation—a freaking...
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Let's not be rash. Let's be busy!WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20FASHION—One of the city's most original fashion presentations, Fade to Light combines new collections from Portland designers with videos that...
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Busy? Why... we're simply frantic!WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27COMEDY—For those who want to see some of Portland's finest comedy talent shoe-horned onto one stage, check out 105.1 The Buzz Comedy Night,...
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What are you going to do this week?WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3MUSIC—It was a big deal in June when Point Juncture, WA, opened for Orquestra Pacifico Tropical—in what was the band's first show in more than...
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So much comedy. So much fun.WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10COMEDY—Your favorite purveyors of truly cracked, disgusting, and surreal sketch comedy are here: Tim and Eric in the fleshy flesh should be an...
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Dirty tales, Polish Fests, and kickball tests.WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17COMEDY—Storytelling series are all the rage these days, and Risk!, the popular podcast and live show, is the best such series for...
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Music (and other stuff) for your ears.WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24MUSIC—He's something of a living legend. Bob Mould's inspirational contributions to many modern bands you hold near and dear are legion....
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Let's get scary, 'cuz it's the best month of the year!WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1MUSIC—Once awesomely described by Vibe as "indie rock's Timbaland," YACHT is the family of projects by Jona Bechtolt and...
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You've been a very busy week.WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8MUSIC—Name-dropping may be tacky, but it's hard not to mention the New Pornographers without the relevant information that its members include people...
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It was a graveyard smash.WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15MUSIC—Toronto's PUP are, of course, mere pups in the grand scheme of rock 'n' roll, but their blistering, joyously great punk rock will have you dangling...
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My, what a boozy, beardy week!WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22BEER—Hood River's pFriem Family Brewers make a host of exceptional beers (I would happily drown in vats of their Wit and Belgian Strong Dark ale),...
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