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FRIDAY

FOOD & DRINK

Beer & Candy Pairing Party with Laurelwood Brewing Past Event Like List
Why let kids have all the Halloween candy fun? Savor four sweet favorites (candy corn, Nerds, Whoppers, and Reese's peanut butter cups), each paired with a crisp beer from Laurelwood Brewing. Plus, carve pumpkins and watch spooky flicks on the "Scream Screen."
(Imperial Bottle Shop and Taproom, Richmond)

LIVE MUSIC

Glitterfox at Wonderwood Springs: A Health Care for All Oregon Fundraiser Past Event Like List
Revel in an evening of summery indie folk tunes fit for a late-night campfire with local trio Glitterfox at artist Mike Bennett’s mystical new cafe, Wonderwood Springs. All proceeds will be donated to Health Care for All Oregon, a nonprofit advocating for publicly funded universal health care.
(Wonderwood Springs, St. Johns, $10-$12)

The Delines Past Event Like List
Music fans who like Spaghetti Westerns should check out retro country-soul group the Delines, a seven-piece band that's borderline super group thanks to the name recognition of all of its members: author and musician Willy Vlautin (of Richmond Fontaine), vocalist Amy Boone, pedal steel player Tucker Jackson (also in the Minus 5), Cory Gray on keyboard / trumpet, percussionist Sean Oldham, bassist Freddy Trujillo, and baritone guitarist John Askew. You see what I mean. Their third album, the Sea Drift, which dropped in February, centers on Willy Vlautin’s and singer Amy Boone’s mutual love of the Gulf Coast. It showcases Vlautin’s literary songwriting style on songs like the somber “Surfers in Twilight,” and “Kid Codeine,” in which Boone sings about a “cool and easy” woman who never gets mad: “People call her Kid Codeine/ owns a lounge off Lombard Street/ Stuck by her boxer even when he went punch drunk and broke / hеard just buying milk she wears a full-length fakе fur coat.” PORTLAND MERCURY CONTRIBUTOR JENNI MOORE
(Polaris Hall, Humboldt, $15)

PERFORMANCE

Queers From Space Triple Feature
Past Event Like List Prepare for interplanetary realness at this triple feature of Queers from Space, a stellar trilogy created during quarantine to "push the definitions of drag and the future of underground queer art." Far out! Spacey couture is encouraged, and otherworldly drag stars like Violet Hex, one-half NelSon, Jocelyn Knobs, and others will perform throughout the evening.
(Clinton Street Theater, Hosford-Abernethy, $12)

READINGS & TALKS

Hallie Ford School of Graduate Studies Lecture Series: Jeanne Medina Le Past Event Like List
As part of Portland TextileX Month programming, LA-based fiber artist and professor Jeanne Medina Le will head to PNCA for a discussion of her profound installation practice, which she approaches as a continuous process of decolonizing the "fixed and fluid spaces of her filipina-american identity."
(PNCA, Pearl District, free)

Kundiman Reading Salon
Past Event Like List Presented by Kundiman, a nonprofit "dedicated to nurturing generations of writers and readers of Asian American literature," this evening of readings revolves around the theme of "burden, bliss, and balance." Poet Jennifer Perrine and writer Frances Lu-Pai Ippolito will lead the salon, which will include writing exercises, discussion, and an open mic for BIPOC writers. 
(Literary Arts, Southwest Portland, free)

SATURDAY

COMEDY

ROYGBIV’s Comedy Show Past Event Like List
This evening of cheeky queer comedy will be headlined by Arlo Weierhauser, who appeared in the Disney+ flick Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made (famously set in Portland) and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Weierhauser will be joined by a ragtag gang of funny faves including Sagan Genesis, Mary Grall, Connor Smith, and Julia Corral.
(Crush, Buckman, $10)

FILM

Mandy Past Event Like List
The electrified, freaked-out world of Mandy is challenging to describe, but picture a giallo flick set to a drone metal soundtrack and featuring a demonic biker gang, and you're maybe halfway there. Nicolas Cage is at the absolute top of his game here as a Pacific Northwest logger-turned-chainsaw-wielding-revenge-hound, and director Panos Cosmatos's phantasmagoric vision is the visual equivalent of a lucid dream. Just watch it.
(Clinton Street Theater, Hosford-Abernethy, $8)

LIVE MUSIC

Kelsey Waldon: No Regular Dog Tour
Past Event Like List Sharing bills with Americana heroes like John Prine and The Drive-By Truckers, country singer-songwriter Kelsey Waldon became the first artist in fifteen years to be signed to Prine's record label Oh Boy Records back in 2019. She will play tracks off of her classic country inspired-album, No Regular Dog, which press materials describe as a "gritty and glorious portrait of living in devotion to your deepest dreams." Kindred honky-tonk angel Emily Nenni will support.
(Polaris Hall, Humboldt, $15)

PERFORMANCE

Oregon Origins Project I: Indigenous Voices
Past Event Like List This gathering of regional Native American creators will celebrate Indigenous cultural expression through a variety showcase. Visual artists Jake DePoe and Justin Quaempts will share their work alongside performances by singer Fred A. Hill, Sr. and storytellers Wilson Wewa, Shannin Stutzman, and Esther Stutzman.
(Reed College, Southeast Portland, free)

SHOPPING

Frankenstein's Comic Book Swap Returns
Past Event Like List Frankenstein's Comic Book Swap returns this year to a new location that's surprisingly generating a lot of comics-related buzz: the Lloyd Center. While they're no longer headquartered at the Eagles Lodge, the beloved crate-digging bonanza retains its low-fi charm with weirdo ephemera, hard-to-find VHS, classic comics, and dog-eared paperbacks.
(Lloyd Center, Lloyd District, $0-$5)

Record Hawk: Portland's Largest Record Show
Past Event Like List Dealers from across the Pacific Northwest will once again peddle their eclectic wares (of all genres and all price points) to adoring vinyl hounds at Portland's largest record show.
(Doubletree Hotel, Lloyd District, $3-$15)

VISUAL ART

Artist Talk with Tom Nakashima Past Event Like List
As part of the Japanese American Museum of Oregon's programming for the ongoing exhibition Resilience—A Sansei Sense of Legacy Past Event Like List , artist and curator Tom Nakashima will head to the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education to discuss how his Japanese American identity has shaped the themes and traditional mediums used throughout his six-decade(!) multimedia art career.
(Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education, Pearl District, Free)

Witch's Eye: The Camera Lens as Occult Device Past Event Like List
Wyrd War does it all—the record label, film series, and "guerrilla action group" also has an art gallery walking distance from Hollywood Theatre, where you may have already caught one of their screenings. They'll present a new group exhibition, Witch's Eye: The Camera Lens as Occult Device, just in time for Halloween; the eerie exhibition features artifacts from "Hollywood’s most diabolical cinema" alongside works by 20th-century glamour photographer and occultist William Mortensen, plus contemporary work by Edward Colver, Lorena Torres Martell, Brittany Rose Luciani, and Matthew Dutton.
(Wyrd War, Hollywood District, free)

SUNDAY

FILM

Church of Film: Girl's Dormitory Past Event Like List
Church of Film presents another tingly thriller this month in Girl's Dormitory, an Iranian horror set within a Tehran college. When a gang of eager freshmen explores a supposedly haunted building nearby, they uncover a deadly jinn—or so it appears.
(The Red Fox, Humboldt, free)

Fin de Cinema: Agnes Varda’s La Pointe Courte with Live Score by EMA and Kathy Foster
Past Event Like List As part of the ongoing Fin de Cinema live film score series curated by Holocene's Gina Altamura, this screening of Agnès Varda's first feature film, La Pointe Courte, was co-organized by POW Film Fest and the Portland artists behind the grassroots project Agnès Varda Forever. Local musicians Kathy Foster and EMA will perform an original score to accompany the screening of Varda's self-funded masterwork, which marked the start of the French New Wave movement.
(Holocene, Buckman, $13)

Portland Latin American Film Festival Past Event Like List
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month and support Latin cinema at the Portland Latin American Film Festival, which will feature flicks from ten countries on select dates through December. PDXLAFF continues this week with a screening of Home Is Somewhere Else, an animated documentary spotlighting the lives of immigrant youth and their undocumented families.
(Hollywood Theatre, Hollywood District, $8-$12)

LIVE MUSIC

The CMG Improvisation Summit of Portland Presents: Round Robin Past Event Like List
Midway through the Creative Music Guild's twelve-day festival, acclaimed indie-folk artist Haley Heynderickx, Grammy Award-winning trombonist Denzel Mendoza, film composer Alexander Thomas, Seattle-based saxophonist Logan Strosahl, and more will join forces for an improvisational round robin performance. The proceedings will be hosted by the multi-talented Machado Mijiga.
(The Fixin' To, St. Johns, Sliding scale $11-20)

Marisa Anderson, Fronjentress, and Mouth Painter Past Event Like List
Portland guitarist Marisa Anderson, whom The New Yorker called "one of the most distinctive guitar players of her generation," will share her tranquil take on acoustic roots and folk music, infusing the genres with inspiration taken from 20th-century classical and West African guitar techniques. She will be joined by cosmic country project Fronjentress and experimental folk outfit Mouth Painter.
(Mississippi Studios, Boise, $15)

Rontoms Sunday Sessions - October
Past Event Like List While Rontoms’ patio shows are absolutely lovely in the summer, the actual best time to go to Sunday Sessions (in this critic’s opinion) is in the cooler months. Take advantage of Rontoms’ big, cozy interior room and the chill, intimate sets that unfold in full view of East Burnside. Concertgoers can cuddle up on couches by the fireplace, order grilled cheese sandwiches, and clutch mugs of mulled wine. This weekend, the series continues with local blues-rock band Tango Alpha Tango and psychedelic rockers Møtrik. PORTLAND MERCURY CONTRIBUTOR JENNI MOORE
(Rontoms, Buckman, free)

SHOPPING

Queer Mini Maker's Pop-Up
Past Event Like List On Sundays through November 20, queer artists and makers will head to rustic bakery Paper & Twine with handmade ceramics, jewelry, self-care goodies, and more. While you're there, don't miss the chance to snag a few cheddar garlic biscuits, seasonal scones, and chai cream cookies.
(Paper & Twine, Mount Scott-Arleta, free)

MULTI-DAY

COMEDY

Talk of the Town
Past Event Like List As the nights get shorter, the skies get gloomier, and we all stare down a solid eight months of rain, living in the City of Roses might have you feeling a little glum. Talk of the Town has your back. The recurring improv show will hit the stage every third weekend of the month with rotating guests sharing what makes Portland great—good art, great food, and hilarious, off-the-cuff conversation. Each guest will inspire a ragtag team of improv experts to create fresh scenes and characters on the spot. (Just don't bring your umbrella—it's gauche.)
(Curious Comedy Theater, King, $15, Friday-Saturday)

EXHIBIT

Oregon Chinese Diaspora Project Past Event Like List
Created to serve underprivileged communities in southern and eastern Oregon, the award-winning grassroots initiative Oregon Chinese Diaspora Project (OCDP) is celebrated in this pop-up exhibition. Blending public education, archaeological research, and local partnerships, OCDP does invaluable work to help preserve rural Chinese American history—learn more about it at the exhibit, which includes videos, project artifacts, and more.
(Portland Chinatown Museum, Old Town-Chinatown, $0-$8, Friday-Sunday)

FALL

The MAiZE at the Pumpkin Patch Past Event Like List
Have a corntastic day navigating immaculately cut pathways through corn stalks at Portland's eight-acre corn maze. This year's theme is "Cinnamon and Sugar"—warm up with the "easy" section of the maze before tackling the more challenging section, and don't forget your boots!
(The Pumpkin Patch, Sauvie Island, $8, Friday-Sunday)

Oregon Heritage Farms Fall Activities Past Event Like List
Apples are king at this fourth generation-owned and operated orchard, but there are also pumpkins ripe for the picking at a "less mess" pumpkin patch run by the Hillsboro High School Spartan baseball team as part of their fall fundraiser. Pick up some apples by the pound and don't miss the farm's succulent apple treats, including mini apple cider donuts, apple cider slushies, and caramel apples.
(Oregon Heritage Farms, Hillsboro, free, Friday-Sunday)

Plumper Pumpkin Patch Fall Festival 2022 Past Event Like List
Listen, we already love Plumper Pumpkin Patch for the name alone (say it three times fast!), but the fact that it was once named one of the top 10 pumpkin patches in the nation by MSN sweetens the deal. And, in addition to all the usual suspect fall farm activities, they have a hobbit house (!) for kiddos to explore.
(Plumper Pumpkin Patch and Tree Farm, $13-$15, Friday-Sunday)

FILM

Decision to Leave
Past Event Like List Park Chan-wook, the visionary director behind Oldboy and The Handmaiden, won Best Director at Cannes this year for this stylish thriller. Decision to Leave begins with a man falling to his death from a Korean mountain peak, and unravels into a sensual noir with subtle nods to Vertigo.
(Hollywood Theatre, Hollywood District, $7-$10, Friday-Sunday)

Eyes Without a Face
Past Event Like List When a sudden accident disfigures his once-beautiful daughter Christiane, Dr. Génessier does what any sane parent would do—kidnap a few women, remove their faces, and try to graft them onto Christiane's. But radical plastic surgery is never simple (natch), and Christiane begins to lose her sanity while Dr. Génessier's little plan grows increasingly complicated.
(Fifth Avenue Cinema, Southwest Portland, $0-$7, Friday-Sunday)

Tár
Past Event Like List Some have described the journey Tár takes us on as one about cancel culture: a phrase that can mean whatever one wants it to mean at this point, though this easy categorization feels far too neat and Internet-brained. A more apt comparison would be to 2014’s Whiplash, a film that explores ambition and power—though Tár contains more humor and a willingness to poke fun at its central subject. Without tipping off exactly what happens, those who stick out the two and a half hour film are treated to a final, fraught, and unexpected punchline. It cements. Field's tragicomedy uncovers the full picture of a unique figure in all her grim glory. PORTLAND MERCURY WRITER CHASE HUTCHINSON
(Cinema 21, Nob Hill, $8-$11, Friday-Sunday)

Wendell and Wild
Past Event Like List Henry Selick, the downright brilliant director behind The Nightmare Before Christmas and Coraline, returns with more visionary stop-motion animation for this fun goth flick featuring the voices of Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, and Angela Bassett. Wendell and Wild follows two mischievous demons whose journey to the "Land of the Living" hinges on the help of a wry 13-year-old girl.
(Hollywood Theatre, Hollywood District, $7-$10, Friday-Sunday)

FOOD & DRINK

Apple Fest Past Event Like List
The specialty marketplace Providore Fine Foods will feature tastings of 18 different apple varieties, plus apple pastries from Little T Baker, apple sausage from Revel Meat Co., apple cider tastings, seasonal arrangements from Hilary Horvath Flowers, apple and cheese pairings, and TwoXSea oysters with apple mignonette.
(Providore Fine Foods, Kerns, free, Saturday-Sunday)

VISUAL ART

Cairnatopia: Nan Curtis Past Event Like List
Interdisciplinary artist Nan Curtis constructs found object and handmade assemblages inspired by cairn formations in this solo exhibition. Referencing material memory and subtle humor, Cairnatopia feels both playful and grounded.
(SATOR Projects, Central Eastside, free, Friday-Saturday; closing)

Chris Burnett: Colibri Past Event Like List
LA-based artist Chris Burnett, a tastemaker who's designed for heavy hitters like Kendrick Lamar, Odd Future, and Baby Keem, presents a series of glossy mixed-media collages for this solo exhibition. One surprising inspiration? Hummingbirds—Burnett has felt a strange affinity for the fluttering buddies over the last few years, and they show up as a recurring motif throughout the ultra-contemporary show.
(Fisk, North Portland, free, Friday-Sunday)

Portland TextileX Month
Past Event Like List Exploring a "regeneration" theme this year, the Portland TextileX Month (PTXM) is back to explore everything from myths and rituals to community building and protesting through diverse textile exhibitions and workshops. We're tied up in knots about Charlie Wilcox's stop-motion embroidery explorations Past Event Like List and Francesca Capone's Material Memory Past Event Like List , but you can find a full list of the month's events here.
(Various locations, Pricing varies, Friday-Sunday)