Just because the weekend is over doesn't mean we're going to stop offering up a whole bunch of awesome things to do for the rest of the week, like a stand-up star coming home Past Event Like List to Helium, Sneaker Week Past Event Like List hitting its stride, a visit to the Nude Kitchen Past Event Like List , and more. And as our Editor-In-Chief likes to say: If you're going to go out: Wash Ya Damn Hands, Wear Ya Damn Mask, hit the links below, and plan your week accordingly!

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MULTI-DAY

IN-PERSON EVENTS

Stop Killing Us Past Event Like List
A new art exhibition at HOLDING Contemporary focused on Black Portland, Black Portlanders, and the works of Don't Shoot PDX. Works include photos, acrylics, looped documentaries about Oregon's racist history, and memorabilia from Portland's history of protest.

Southern Rites Past Event Like List
Gillian Laub's visual study of racism in rural Georgia, Southern Rites, comes to the Oregon Jewish Museum as part of its travels across the country organized by the International Center of Photography.

LIVESTREAMED EVENTS

Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine Past Event Like List
There was once a time when magazines were healthy and thriving, and the words on their glossy pages could shift culture and make stars out of many a stringy, floppy-haired, fleet-fingered would-be guitar-god. Creem was one of the most influential of such magazines, and this documentary charts the mag's beginnings as an underground zine, basically, to becoming a publishing powerhouse and a must-read thanks to people like publisher Barry Kramer and its most famous columnist, Lester Bangs. Proceeds help benefit the Hollywood Theatre.

Sneaker Week Past Event Like List
Sneaker Week PDX promises not only to scratch the itch of committed sneaker heads, but also to buff that itch with a tasteful nubuck. And since a lot of the sneaker-shopping adventures that heads have been getting in lately are internet-based, Sneaker Week's transition from in-person to virtual festival should be as smooth as a fresh-out-the-box pair. The event features talks, workshops, films, and opportunties to build and strengthen the community. 

MONDAY, AUG 10

IN-PERSON EVENTS

Come Thru BIPOC Market Past Event Like List
One of the state's only Monday markets, open every other week, with BIPOC-only vendors ("Black and Indigenous folks to the front of the line," they say), featuring over 20+ vendors offering up their grown and custom-made goods, including food, drinks, gifts, and health/wellness products.

LIVESTREAMED EVENTS

Collide-O-Scope Remind Like List
Collide-O-Scope has been described as "half video art installation and half stoner gawkfest" and for 10 years it has been an entertainment staple for seekers of fun and hilarity, and lovers of the weird and wild. Using pop culture ephemera and obscure oddities from film, VHS, music, and all forms of media as their paints and canvas, Collide-O-Scope is an expertly crafted, mind-melting, often hilarious stream of consciousness video extravaganza. 

TUESDAY, AUG 11

LIVESTREAMED EVENTS

Literary Arts Town Hall & Info Session Past Event Like List
Andrew Proctor, Executive Director of Literary Arts, sits down for this town-hall-styled conversation with Deputy Director Lydah DeBin about what the organization has on the calendar for their virtual fall season, and how they've adapted their programming to work in an online setting.

Restorative Justice: A Conversation with Returning Citizens Past Event Like List
Dr. Norm Conti hosts this livestreamed panel discussion focused on the topic of restorative justice, and what that looks like after being released from a lifetime in prison.

Nude Kitchen Past Event Like List
A weekly figure drawing class hosted by Seattle's Museum of Museums, taught by Crystal Barbre and Madeline Owens. This two-hour class provides professional instruction and unconventional models, designed for a range of students, from the beginner to the trained artist. 

LIVESTREAMED CONCERTS

Bully Past Event Like List
Don’t let the name fool you—Bully might be rough around the edges, but they play sticky-sweet grunge-punk with emotionally honest lyrics. Bully can masterfully combine punk fuzz and catchy pop hooks, and the result is infectiously energetic. 

Nathaniel Rateliff Past Event Like List
An intimate livestreamed performance of Rateliff's solo LP And It's Still Alright, front-to-back, preceded by a one-on-one interview with Rolling Stone's David Fricke. Proceeds benefit the Marigold Project.

WEDNESDAY, AUG 12

LIVESTREAMED EVENTS

The Stranger Presents: Silent Reading Party Remind Like List
A lot of people are taking the opportunity to turn the online version of The Stranger's super-successful words 'n' vibes experience into a weekly online destination, a respite from (waves hands exasperatedly at basically everything) and an opportunity to simply... slow up, sit down, and just listen to live piano music while sinking into a good book. If you haven't tried it out yet, tonight's the night, and we'll see you at 6pm. If you have tried it out before? Welcome back. It's a damn nice oasis of low-key bliss, isn't it?

The Daily Show Writers Standup Tour Past Event Like List
A special livestreamed evening at the Nowhere Comedy Club, starring the comics behind the jokes that make you laugh nightly on The Daily Show. Featuring Kat Radley, Randall Otis, Devin Delliquanti, and Joseph Opio.

Shruti Swamy, Kiese Laymon Past Event Like List
A livestreamed conversation between Kiese Laymon, author of Heavy: An American Memoir and Shruti Swamy, who just released her latest short story collection, A House is a Body, blending the world of dream, myth, and modernity.

THURSDAY, AUG 13

IN-PERSON EVENTS

Shane Torres Past Event Like List
Whenever former Portland comic Shane Torres pops back into town, it’s a cause for celebration. A true comedian’s comedian, Shane’s stand-up is both wickedly sharp and sharply emotional, and he’s a true pro at crowd work and hilarious off-the-cuff improvisation. He’s also not afraid of taking on nearly any topic, dancing to the edge of losing the crowd, and then pulling them back at the last possible second. Beginning comics: Watch this guy. ’Cuz this is how one does it. 

LIVESTREAMED EVENTS

Flip Schultz Past Event Like List
The Nowhere Comedy Club hosts this livestreamed set from a 25-year vet of the stand-up scene, a man known for cracking up some of your favorite comics, including Dana Carvey, George Carlin, and Weird Al.

Speakeasy! Remind Like List
Do you love to make cocktails? Do you love to draw? Want to chat with ‘Police Reports Illustrated’ creator Callan Berry? Join the party at Speakeasy!— the talkshow where you get to make cocktails!— every other Thursday, starting on June 10! You’ll learn how to make a cocktail, draw a small comic, and get any questions asked— ANY questions!— by the one and only Callan Berry! 

Chris Garcia Past Event Like List
Sit down for some stand-up from the star of Comedy Central's This is Not Happening and WNYC's upcoming podcast Dead Parents Social Club.

LIVESTREAMED CONCERTS

59th Annual Philadelphia Folk Festival Past Event Like List
While COVID has closed off many opportunities to enjoy live music the way we used to do, it's also opened up a ton of opportunities to enjoy experiences we likely would have never gotten around to seeing in ye olden times (of 2019). The Philadelphia Folk Festival (now in its 59th year) is a pretty big deal, but not a lot of Portlanders usually have it on their radar. But for 2020, now you can bring that fest to your TV with a couple clicks, and that means enjoying live music from Los Lobos, Allen Stone, Shakey Graves, Ben Gibbard, Rhiannon Giddens, Ivan Neville, and many, many more. It's not just live music, either: The Philadelphia Folksong Society is planning on adding campfire open mics, zoomable campsites, a craft show, and all the things that make going to a fest feel like going to a fest.

Music Gives: Together for St. Jude Past Event Like List
A benefit concert supporting St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, pulling together artists from multiple genres and eras to lend their voice to a good cause, and also inviting some of the country's best-known chefs to help viewers make meals to enjoy while they watch performances from Kirk Franklin, Seal, Anthony Hamilton, Coco Quinn, Third Eye Blind, Brad Paisley, and more.

Lucinda Williams Past Event Like List
There are very few American singer/songwriters who’ve been able to transcend the purgatory of genre and cross over into “national treasure” territory. While debating nominees, one should consider Lucinda Williams, who has written a ubiquitous Grammy jam (Mary Chapin Carpenter’s “Passionate Kisses”), a universally acclaimed Americana masterpiece (Car Wheels on a Gravel Road), and produced a fruitful catalog that includes collaborations with legends like Ramblin’ Jack Elliott and Elvis Costello. Like a twangier Chrissie Hynde wearing well-worn cowboy boots, lost in the Laurel Canyon wilderness, Williams expertly glides between steely grit and tender grandeur, shedding tough layers to expose vulnerable heartstrings and then wrapping them back up with swathes of faded denim.

José James, Taali Past Event Like List
He's been a smooth jazz crooner, a jazzed-up R&B singer, a Hendrix-esque player, and now he's a solid synthesis of all those things, and he's streaming live from Levon Helm studios tonight, with help from Taali.