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Great video by Nathaniel. If you are you shooting video this weekend in Portland, add it to our vimeo group. If you are taking pictures, add them to our Flickr group here.

You can see many more of the PDX Night Owls pictures on their flickr group here.

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‘Portland is better than Brooklyn' + Weekend Events: February 19-22

The information below is from Leigh's Portland party email. You can get the email as well by writing Leigh at twocliche@gmail.com. There are so many events that it is a bit overwhelming. Therefore, we have put events in red that we think will be good, well attended, or should be interesting.

Also, I called Leigh about these posters that state “Portland is better than Brooklyn”. They are apparently downtown near Saturday Market and the Crystal Ballroom for some band “Benefactor Magazine”. I've never been to Brooklyn, but they do (did) have the Beastie Boys and Tribe Called Quest. Point for Brooklyn. We have the Blazers and they have the Knicks. Point Portland…

From Leigh Feldman:

There are posters around downtown that say 'Portland is better than Brooklyn.'

As New York City (and Brooklyn) wraps up their fashion week, Portland enters two huge weekends of parties, events and couture to close out and coincide with all the happenings in our much bigger and much colder counterpart. This week Portland offers the Sweet FA fashion show and the Nicolle Shops Portland fashion party (take that Williamsburg!). Next weekend is Massive IV and the Benefit for Alec at the Benson (in your face Times Square!).

Ok, so maybe we don't have to offer all the fantastic things that NYC can, but our music scene is just as good, if not better. For proof, check out DJ Nature's 'For the Dust Live! Suckas' Mix. He's a local Portlander making a name for himself on the national scene. Hopefully he doesn't move to New York.

'For the Dust Live! Suckas' Mix – http://www.divshare.com/download/6529105-c56

See you all out and about. Leigh Feldman

Saturday, February 21

• PDX Jazz Fest @ Crystal Ballroom (Afro Cuban All-stars, Lou Donaldson and Bobby Hutcherson… bring a date and impress her/him with your seductive dance moves)
• Sweet FA Rock & Roll Fashion Show @ Fez (awesome event with some awesome local designers)
• Electric Feel @ Fez (a fun dance party immediately after the fashion show)
• Kool Keith @ Berbati's (I am 100% sure that this will be an interesting show)
• DJ Wicked @ Bar XV (this place always gets crowded on Saturday's)
• Tin House Book Event @ Disjecta (live bands and books! … that actually doesn't sound anywhere near as fun as this will actually be)
• Nicolle Shops PDX Party @ NW 21st & Wilson (for the uber fashionable of PDX)
• Harlem Globetrotters @ Rose Garden (ahh, such memories of being a kid and wishing I could dunk)
• Love Sick @ Branx (a crazy costume party with dancing)
• Broadway Affair Party @ Escape (live cabaret show)
• Saturday Night Heat @ Crown Room (hip hop, dub, dancehall and funk dj's)
• Polar Bear Plunge @ Columbia River (you're kidding right? You want me to jump in the river?)
• Dinocore Dance Party @ Lucky's on 28th and Glisan (a dinosaur themed electro dance party .. only in PDX, or ok, maybe in Brooklyn too)
• Erotic City @ Tiger Bar (Prince cover band)
• Drum Club @ Dunes (cool minimal electro in this cool little space)
• White Light Dance Party @ Valentines (fun dance party with brother/sister dj duo)
• Icarus Comedy Group @ Brody Theater (live improv comedy)
• Fall of the House @ Theater! Theater! (it's theater!)
• Roots Reggae Dancehall @ Calabash (roots, reggae and dancehall — the title kinda says it all)
• Night of 1000 Masks @ Rotture (one big Mardi Gras party)
• Portland Int'l Film Fest @ NW Film Center (movies!)
• Fujinami-Kai Dance Performance @ NW Library (a performance of the traditional dance Buyo)
• Balkan Mardi Gras @ Paradise (Eastern European folk music and vodka!)
• Pop Rocks: A Bite Sized Festival @ Someday (5 awesome bands, 1 awesome venue)
• The Music Tapes w/ Julian from Neutral Milk Hotel @ Backspace (indie rock madness)
• Antiques Improv Show @ Brody Theater (bring in an antique, they will make up a funny story)
• 80's vs 90's Party @ Pala (4 dj's playing classics from both decades)
• Beaux Arts Ball @ Portland Art Museum (dinner, dancing and costumes)
• Johnny Cash Tribute Band @ Ash St. (I imagine 90% of the people here will be drinking whiskey)
• Twilight Rummage Sale @ Eagles Lodge (tons of goods!)
• Hillsdale Brew Fest @ Hillsdale Public House (20 brewers, 20 new beers)

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By Arthur Smid

“Before I moved to Portland, I had basically only heard of Elliott Smith. I didn't know what the music 'scene' was going to be like,” Audie Darling explains, “and I still probably don't know shit about it. But now a lot of my favorite bands are from Portland. There is a huge amount of diversity, and I think that's really cool and I am happy to have my little place in it, whatever that means.”

By her own admission, Darling plays alt-country Americana. This describes her live show: A barroom stirring with people. A woman on stage singing with a guitar and a band of young dudes.

“I grew up in Nashville. My family relocated there from LA when I was about 2 or 3 because my dad is a musician. It was a good place for him to get work, and I saw him achieve some success, so to me, music was never an unattainable career. I have seen people make really good lives for themselves, and I have also seen people who have this big dream sacrifice pretty much everything for nothing.”

Darling handed me a copy of her new CD packaged in a hand-sewn felt bag with a small red heart stitched on the front. She said it had a kinda Mazzie Star thing. I can't confirm the reference but it's great make-out music. Audie Darling's new album “Full of Ghosts” plays a mystery soft with charged energy. Read the rest of this entry »

If you are involved in the arts community of Portland, Art Spark is always a great event. This one should be a bit special though as it has a solo performance of the PYP.

From Art Spark:

Every third Thursday, we gather at local venues to meet, discuss, blather, applaud & plot the growth of the arts in Portland.

Upcoming hosts:

February 19th: PYP @ Jimmy Mak's

America's first youth orchestra, the Portland Youth Philharmonic introduces their new conductor David Hattner and what's new at PYP + a special solo performance.

Reminder–Art Spark on tour! This fall quarter we are mixing it up and will be at rotating venues–so make sure to note new locations.

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Pipeline is a big fan of the Virginia Cafe and ninety-five years is a long time in a Western town, but the VC has made it. To celebrate, they will have six days of good times and good pries.

From Leah at Virginia Cafe:
Join us in Celebrating the past 95 years in Portland, and our 1 st year on 10 th Avenue. Come and visit an old friend and have some fun along the way. We all look forward to seeing you soon.

Cheers. The Virginia Cafe Family.

Activities Planned
Thursday, 2/19: Original Buck Night
Friday, 2/20: Lip Print Contest
Sunday, 2/22: 1980's Beer Prices
Tuesday, 2/23: Napkin Art Contest
Wednesday, 2/25: 1 Year Anniversary

Thursday, 2/19: Cheeseburger ……$3.50
Friday, 2/20: BLT …………………….$3.50
Saturday, 2/21: Chef's Favorite ..$4.50
Sunday, 2/22: Nacho ………………..$4.50
Monday, 2/23: Reuben ………………$4.50
Tuesday, 2/24: Club ……………………$4.50
Wednesday, 2/25: Cheerseburger ….$3.50

820 S.W. 10th Avenue est. February 2008 to Read the rest of this entry »

Producer Laurence Cotton will screen the film C.E.S. Wood and provide a Q & A discussion after the showing.

Aired as part of the Oregon Experience on OPB, the film covers the life and career of C.E.S. Wood, taking as its central story Wood's participation in the Nez Perce war, his sympathies with the Indian side, his role in recording Chief Joseph's surrender speech, his friendship with Chief Joseph, the impact of the Indian war experience on his career, and the friendship that ensued between the Wood family and the Nez Perce, still very much alive today.

The film also focuses on his career and influence in Portland (including his role in founding the Portland Art Museum and Multnomah County Library).

In conjunction with the C.E.S. Wood in the John Wilson Special Collections exhibition at Central Library.

Sunday, February 22, 1—2:30 p.m.
Central Library, U.S. Bank Room

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I haven't been to the Agency yet, but I do watch the “Talkin' Ball” show after the Blazers games. From what I can see, there are a lot of HD televisions and the twitterati seem to enjoy watching sports there. Plus, a good benefit as well.

From The Agency:
2009 2k Video Game Tournament
Benefiting the Special Olympics Oregon

“Come see your favorite Portland players battle it out on the sticks”

Special invited basketball guests
Play against your favorite basketball stars
Special Guest DJ and MC
Two divisions for Beginners and All-Stars
Prize packs for each division winner and raffles with prizes from the Portland Trail Blazers, 2k Sports, adidas and LRG Clothing

Register today at: www.2kportland.com
The Agency
1939 SW Morrison St
Portland OR 97205
February 19, 2009 starts at 6 p.m.

By Nathalie Weinstein

It's 11 o'clock on a Thursday evening and I am sitting in the lounge of the Hawthorne Theater watching a man in a unicorn suit croon Fiona Apple's “Criminal” while playing the accordion. Once he has finished his tune, a sassy brunette with Betty Paige bangs and vinyl red leggings mounts the stage, and begins engaging in some rather unconventional poses with the unicorn. This is not an acid test. This is Dr. Sketchy PDX, a new brand of burlesque entertainment in Portland.

Part art class, part cabaret performance, Dr. Sketchy allows artists and voyeurs to sketch a lineup of pin-up models, who are more than happy to sneer and pout at the drooling crowd for ten minutes at a time. In between poses, the bevy of beauties (who have names like Baby Le'Strange, Green Orchid, and Hai Fleisch) perform raffles, judge impromptou art contests and make naughty balloon animals. Towards the end of the night, I feared I wouldn't get to see a nipple tassel. But my fears were quelled, when a lithe, porcelaine skinned beauty took to the stage in a very sexy praying mantis costume (that you'd have to see to believe), complete with the severed head of her lover, and began a slow, taunting strip tease that left me wondering if I might have a bit of an artist in me after all.

The next Dr. Sketchy PDX will be held at the Stumptown Comic Fest on April 18. For more information, visit http://www.myspace.com/drsketchiesportland. Read the rest of this entry »

This woman does a pretty good job here, but I don't believe she is a hula-hoop professional. There will be hula-hoop professionals called “Melody Jordan and Gang” at Backfence PDX this Wednesday.

You can buy tickets to the event at Mission Theater here at their website or if you are on twitter, you can answer our trivia question here and win free tickets. Read the rest of this entry »

Portland Japanese Garden
Taken on August 2, 2008
Photo by donelly duck eclair

This was taken last summer, so it might not be quite a lush tomorrow. But, entry will be free tomorrow (February 16) and today kicks off the Art in the Garden events.

From Japanese Garden website:

Art in the Garden 2009
Shodo: The Way of the BrushThe Calligraphy of Yoshiyasu Fujii and the Meito Shodo Kai
February 15—22, 2009

The second year of the Art in the Garden series begins with an exhibition of fine calligraphy by Master Calligrapher Yoshiyasu Fujii of Tokyo with work by members of the Meito Shodo Kai. Fujii Sensei began the study of calligraphy at the age of five in his childhood home of Saga, Japan. He studied under Master Calligrapher Read the rest of this entry »