So far August, so good. Let's keep this up, shall we? Let's just keep on offering up a whole bunch of awesome Things to Do for the rest of the week, things like hanging out in John Legend's living room Past Event Like List , wading through the zombie apocalypse one last time with George A. Romero Past Event Like List , visiting the recently re-opened Oregon Jewish Museum 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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Southern Rites
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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.
Gender Euphoria Photo Scavenger Hunt
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A collaborative photo scavenger hunt, with five no-contact porch-pickup locations in Portland providing cameras and photo prompts for you to capture an image that will be developed later and used in the upcoming Gender Euphoria virtual exhibition.
Zines From Around the World
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A weeklong tribute to the zine, and the impact independent small press publishing has worldwide, with a virtual pop-up library containing samples of a multitude of grassroots global movements documented via zine. Presented in partnership between the Independent Publishing Resource Center, ZineCOOP, Rabbits Road Press, Vo Vo, and Don't Shoot PDX.
Welcome to El: An Intimate Night of Comedy with El Sanchez
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At the end of February 2020, comedian El Sanchez headlined their very last live stand-up show at the Fremont Abbey Arts Center in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle just before live shows were to become a thing of dreams. The show was intimate and fun and involved some new material El never said before and may never say again. It just so happens that El had the show recorded for future submissions and a general reel. Now El is sharing their 45-minute performance with folx who were not able to attend. Not only because the world could use some more laughter and El and their family could use some more diapers (they have a 2-year-old), but also because their material about the last season of The Bachelor will only work for so long.
Monday, Aug 3
Virtual OMSI Science Pub: Oregon's Response to COVID-19
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The live version of OMSI's very popular series combining science with sipping on drinks (you'll have to provide the drinks this time... and you'll probably need them for this one) continues online with a presentation by David Bangsberg, MD, MPH, Founding Dean of the joint OHSU and PSU School of Public Health.
John Legend
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Fresh on the heels of his smash hit new LP Bigger Love, John Legend performs an intimate set amidst the rainbow-colored couch cushions in his living room as part of NPR's Tiny Desk Home Concert series.
Michael Raynor
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Portland/Chicago-based drummer Michael Raynor returns to the 1905 for an intimate livestreamed performance.
Tuesday, Aug 4
The History and Politics of Black Hair and Beauty
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A presentation led by sociology Professor Adia Harvey Wingfield, centered on an often-overlooked group of American entrepreneurs: Black women who own hair salons. The conversation will focus on the unique challenges these women faced on the way to their success, as well as the cultural factors that steer Black women towards the hair industry.
Daniel Kraus, Mary Roach
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Mary Roach is the author of Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War and Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers. So what could she possibly have to talk about with the author of The Shape of Water, Daniel Kraus? Well, it turns out those two subjects have a lot to do with Kraus' latest book, a massive tome co-written with dearly departed director George A. Romero titled The Living Dead. So they'll be talking about zombies, Romero, Romero's legacy, and the apocalypse. Good times!
Oregon Zoo Live: California Condors
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One of the world's most endangered birds is also one of its biggest, and the Oregon Zoo is providing livestream audiences a chance to get up-close and learn about the California Condor.
Bedroom Bingo w/ Betty Wetter & Cookie Couture
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You don't need a bingo card to tune in to powerhouse drag queens Betty Wetter and Cookie Couture on Zoom. Betty & Cookie call out random household items and articles of clothing that you search for from the comfort of your own home. First person to find five items wins that sweet, sweet BINGO! Think of it as a virtual scavenger hunt (and an excuse to clean or re-arrange your living space) with live commentary by your queens!
Phoebe Bridgers
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It would be easy to mistake Bridgers’s country-laced compositions for conventional acoustic singer-songwriter moves—if you weren’t actually listening. Because if you were, you’d hear the wit, wail, and gravity of greatness.
Death by Stereo
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The hardcore punkers from Orange County are back again with a new LP, and they're throwing a high-speed livestream party to celebrate the release of We're All Dyin Just in Time.
Wednesday, Aug 5
Overnight Makers Series
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The latest installment of crafting goodness from Assembly PDX (Portland's preeminent DIY Crafters) and the Jupiter Hotel. Hang out together (apart) and enjoy their "Mounted Plants" class, after which you can go back home and beautify your house accordingly.
The Stranger Presents: Silent Reading Party
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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?
This Album Saved My Teenage Years
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KCRW's Program Director Anne Litt and DJs Jason Bentley, Novena Carmel, Aaron Byrd, Anthony Valadez, and John Moses get together for this roundtable conversation that involves the audience and includes true-life storytelling based on the beloved LPs that made being a teenager a little more bearable.
Voices for Choice
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A livestreamed fundraiser helping ensure reproductive freedom in the state of Tennessee isn't taken away by right-wing stooges. Proceeds from this concert benefit the ACLU of Tennessee and CHOICES Memphis Center for Reproductive Health. Performers include Amanda Shires, Bre Kennedy, Gabe Lee, Eric Slick, Katie Pruitt, and more.
Tahirah Memory
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Tahirah Memory calls to mind artists such as Jill Scott and early Emily King, while keeping to a more classic-jazz backbeat, accented by lush vocal harmonies. While Portland may never really be ready for jazz, Ms. Memory is continuing proof that something special is going on here.
Shady Pines Open Mic
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The Open Mic experience Shady Pines Media has been providing to Portland at both Cruzroom and EastBurn has now moved online, so if you're feeling like showing the city your skills, or peeking in on up-and-coming artists in the area, you can do that from the comfort of your home.
Thursday, Aug 6
Stop Killing Us: A Black Lives Still Matter Exhibition
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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 memorability from Portland's history of protest.
Movies Under the Stars: The Princess Bride
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The Rose City Rollers are getting in on all the drive-in fun happening this summer in the hopes it'll help raise funds for the organization, and so: Drive out to Oaks Park, park in front of the beloved Hangar, and watch as The Princess Bride plays out under the stars in all its charming, left-handed glory.
Trevor Wallace
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The star of the Life as a Zumiez Employee Facebook series and the All Def Digital channel on YouTube takes to the Helium stage for an entertaining evening of live stand-up.
Cinema Unbound Drive-In Theater
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Northwest Film Center and Portland Art Museum are transforming Zidell Yards into a drive-in theater (building it from scratch, in fact) dedicated to showing how freeing good film can be by screening classics, new releases, and little-seen gems on as big a screen as they can. Each movie will be preceded by a regional short to help spotlight even more unique and necessary voices in cinema. The debut film? John Lewis: Good Trouble, an example of unique and necessary voices if ever there was one.
Comedy Juice
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The ongoing comedy streaming series dedicates an episode to the all-stars that are keeping the Nowhere Comedy Club going, with sets from Kelsey Cook, Emma Willmann, Dwayne Perkins, and Jarret Berenstein. Hosted by Jen Saunderson.
Fox & Bones
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Sarah Vitort and Scott Gilmore's musical partnership tells the story of two people exploring the modern world through a folk music soundscape.
Clodewerks
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A unique livestream full of loops and live effects layered under and over passionate trumpet playing from multi-talented musician Kyle Linneman.
Mayer Hawthorne: The Wine & Vinyl Hour
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There's something endearingly cheesy about sonic seducer Andrew Cohen, who performs under the moniker Mayer Hawthorne. With song titles like "Lingerie & Candlewax" and a voice like Curtis Mayfield, you might not expect to find a nerdy white guy from Michigan behind Hawthorne's throwback sound. But the guy can actually sing, and he confidently pulls off the whole schmaltzy, red wine-stained, sex-on-a-faux-fur-area-rug vibe. That vibe is exactly the whole point of his weekly livestream, "The Wine & Vinyl Hour," so why not treat yourself?
Drama
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Na'el Shehade and Via Rosa definitely live up to the name Drama, but the Chicago duo create it with subtlety. Shehade's beats aren't overbearing, and instead hang mystically behind Rosa's supple vocals. The project’s mellow dramatics could score both late-night dance parties and solitary introspection.
Mt. Joy
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A special livestreamed concert from the acclaimed Los Angeles-via-Philadelphia indie-folk quintet headed up by singer/songwriter Matt Quinn.
