Sad Night Live is curated by PMOMA featuring sad songs from performers Michael Hurley, Shelley Short, and Dragging an Ox Through Water. Authors Patrick DeWitt and Jon Raymond will read their saddest stories. Please join us in embracing sadness as part of happiness.
A little about being sad:
Sadness is perhaps the least popular emotion, but there is at times something comforting in its presence, also. The sadness of others, when presented in the form of song, story, or painting, can be moving and empowering, as the viewer is forced to recognize sorrow as a shared or communal experience.
Tuesday March 15th, at the Portland Museum of Art, five local artists will delve into their most melancholic material, in celebration of all things Sad.
Sad Night Live: Because a life without sadness is no life at all.
This is a free event.
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As part of "March Sadness" month at PMOMA, presenting a very unique screening of The Saddest Music in the World by Guy Maddin at the Hollywood Theatre on March 25th, 7:30 pm, with the director in attendance.
Apocalips Slam Poetry, Student Activities, the Finance Committee, the Queer Student Union, the Feminist Student Union, the Asian Student Union, and APANO bring to you a night of poetry, ft Darkmatter!
DARKMATTER is a trans south asian performance art duo comprised of Alok Vaid-Menon and Janani Balasubramanian. Based in New York City, DarkMatter regularly performs to sold-out houses at venues like La MaMa Experimental Theater, The Brooklyn Museum, and the Asian American Writer’s Workshop. DarkMatter was recently part of the Public Theater’s Under the Radar Festival, the Lincoln Center’s La Casita Festival, as well as the Queer International Arts Festival. Known for their quirky aesthetic and political panache, DarkMatter has been invited to perform at stages across the world.
#ItGetsBitter is an interruption: a hybrid mixture of art and activism, poetry and polemic, giggles and gasps. #ItGetsBitter is a remix of spoken word, stand up comedy, fashion, and nursery rhymes. DarkMatter shares stories of navigating the world in all of its ordinariness and peculiarity as trans South Asians, taking the audience on an emotional roller coaster all of the way from the personal to the political. Join us for an evening of poetry and healing as we not only critique – but imagine new ways of being and resisting together.
Additionally, there will be a special opening act from Star~
This show is FREE for all LC students, and you must show your I.D. at the door! Greater-Portland folks, please follow the link to be posted above shortly to purchase a limited-seat.
We will be collecting donations for the Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP)which "works to guarantee that all people are free to self-determine gender identity and expression, regardless of income or race, and without facing harassment, discrimination, or violence" so show up with cash and credit cards!
The space is wheelchair accessible, not scent-free, and one bathroom with be made gender neutral. There will not be anyone signing for the deaf; that is our mistake, and we apologize.
For more on Darkmatter, visit:
www.darkmatterpoetry.com
instagram - @darkmatterpoetry
twitter - @darkmatterpoets
fb.com/darkmatterpoetry
bit.ly/darkmatterpoetryyoutube
A.M. O’Malley lives in Portland, OR where she is the Executive Director of the Independent Publishing Resource Center. Her writing has appeared in Nailed Magazine, Poor Claudia and The Burnside Review, among other publications. Expecting Something Else, her first full-length book of poems is out in early 2016
claire barrera is an artist, educator and mother based in Portland, Oregon. Upcoming projects include (Un)Made YOU with Performance Works Northwest and When Language Runs Dry, a zine anthology to be published by Mend My Dress Press in 2016.
Kelly Rauer is an artist who experiments with video, movement, sound, installation and performance. She was included in the PORTLAND2014 Biennial of Contemporary Art presented by Disjecta and has traveled and presented work in Sao Paulo, Brazil and Berlin, Germany. She is currently enjoying various performative collaborations across genres, club dancing, techno music and is learning how to build analog synthesizers.
Claire Barrera (movement) / Kelly Rauer (video) / A.M. O'Malley (text)
Performance at 7pm sharp
Free, open to the public, 21+ only
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Massimiliano Pagliara (Live at Robert Johnson, Germary) makes his Pacific Northwest Debut on the beautiful covered patio of Produce Row Cafe. His four hour set from 8pm - midnight on Sunday will be preceded by local standouts Natural Magic (Boomarm Nation).
Massi was born in Tricase (Lecce) in the deep south of Italy. Already as a child, he listened to diverse types of music: rap, classical, reggae, dub and 60s rock'n'roll. Coming from this small village, he and his friends created a small musical world for themselves, spending a lot of time every day playing records in his basement and at private parties.
Upon moving to Milan in 1997, Massi embarked on an academic career and eventually earned his diploma in theatre, dance and choreography at the Civica Scuola di Teatro Paolo Grassi in 2001. While discovering the fashionable and alternative club scene of the city, his imagination was captured by experimental electronic music such as Aphex Twin, Boards Of Canada, Autechre and Mira Calix. Naturally these avant-garde sounds eventually found their way into Massi’s original body of work.
After finishing school he ventured to Europe’s underground capital Berlin, where he continued his studies in contemporary dance, but also dived into the city’s explosive techno nightlife, particularly the renowned Ostgut. Massi’s interest in electronic music found its peak in 2003 when he finally began to pursue DJing with a passion. Ever since he’s been spinning at some of the most popular underground venues in Germany (among them Tape Club, Berghain/Panorama Bar, SchwuZ, Tresor, ://about blank (Berlin) and Robert Johnson (Frankfurt/Offenbach)) as well as playing across the world.
Massi describes his style as an eclectic mix of house, disco, electro and techno – one may call it current-yet-classic. DJing has since led to production, these days Massi lets his obsession with analog synths run wild, usually he’s holed up in his apartment studio, working on his latest productions. But he’s not always alone. Massi has been collaborating with luminaries around town such as Gui.Tar, Snax, Lemercier & The Lala by, Molly Nilsson and Discodromo. The two members of Gui.Tar and Massi later formed [sic!], since 2010 he's been collaborating with Rotciv – as The Rimshooters. Massi also released an EP on Apersonal Music under the alias Egyptian Nipples together with Jules Etienne.
2011 saw the release of his debut album Focus For Infinity (on Live At Robert Johnson), followed by his second long player With One Another (also LARJ) in 2014. Last but not least he’s also one half of the DJ-team Drei Fragezeichen (the other half being nd_baumecker).
There’s an ongoing lust for dialogue when it comes to Massimiliano Pagliara – be it through his collaborations and solo productions, during his DJ sets or on a personal level. The world of dance, movement and communication is deeply rooted in Massi’s life – when you know how to move yourself, you easily know how to move others.
Tickets are $10 at the door or $8 presale on RA:
http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?804744
An Art reception with New work by Sean Christensen
with Live Performances by:
E*rock
New Romancer
Polly Dactyly
New House & Nets is a show of paintings and sculptures that show the nature of home.
Home that is our Body and home that is our surrounding/
The nets we cast to gather our comforts to make us feel a part of an environment we have control over/
Home is a sense of control.
Carl & Sloan Contemporary is pleased to present a solo exhibition of new sculptures by Emily Counts. The show opens March 12, 2016, 6–10pm and will run through April 17.
The work of Emily Counts is an incredibly complex system of mystical symbolism, ropes joining disparate elements, and body-like vessels being penetrated (both lovingly and violently). These sculptures concurrently create a sense of mystery and intrigue alongside fear and unease.
However, there is one thing which truly stands out in her carefully crafted ceramics. It is hidden away in these disjointed bodies and objects attempting to connect with fine, delicate wires. It is the feeling as if Counts is capturing all the joys and dangers, but especially the magic of love and lust in the age of the Internet.
Magic.
Something nearly indescribable which becomes even more abstracted in our times of disjointed communication and technological isolation. But you know magic when you see it and it hits you square in the chest. Then lulls you under its spell.
Emily Counts opens Saturday, March 12, 2016, 6–10pm and will run until April 17. For more information, please contact the gallery at 360.608.9746 or info [at] carlsloan.com
Emily Counts appears courtesy of Nationale (Portland, Oregon)
EMILY COUNTS
Emily Counts was born in Seattle, WA, and currently lives and works in Portland, OR. She studied at the Hochschule der Kunste in Berlin and the California College of the Arts, where she received her BFA. Counts was an artist in residence creating work for associated solo exhibitions at Raid Projects in Los Angeles in 2004 and Plane Space in New York in 2008. She has exhibited at the Torrance Art Museum (Torrance, CA), Garboushian Gallery (Beverly Hills, CA), Nationale (Portland), Disjecta (Portland, OR), Nisus Gallery (Portland, OR), Mark Moore Gallery (Santa Monica, CA), and in Tokyo at Eitoeiko Gallery and Gallery Lara. In 2012, she received grants from both the Oregon Arts Commission and The Ford Family Foundation. Most recently, Counts received a 2016 Project Grant from the Regional Arts & Culture Council. She is represented by Nationale in Portland, Oregon.
This event was funded in part by the Regional Arts & Culture Council.
The launch of Jon Raymond's "The Community: Writings About Art in and Around Portland," a collection of 20 years of Raymond's writing about the Portland Arts Scene
The book will be available in two versions:
b/w: $25
color: $30
The event is free and open to the public
For info: publicationstudio.biz
to pick up what we set down
It is a constant battle.
Covering things up.
Having layers.
Removing the thing beneath.
Always wanting to see what is resting behind. Always making larger attachments to small moments. Always wanting to find another vantage point. Hoping there is change in movement. Hoping we gravitate toward color. Hoping we gravitate towards light.
Finding myself writing ‘always’ quite a lot these days. Might be the desire for some sort of stability. Wanting to disprove that my relationship with fabric is more closely bound to my person than my relationship to wood. I always end up saving the old wood. I always end up coming back to the belief in fabric’s inherent strength found in interwoven threads made with the body in mind.
Maggie Heath is a Portland artist whose work rests in considering the space a body inhabits. Heath received her BFA from Portland State University in 2015. She has been awarded an honorable mention in ISC's Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award Program, the Kamelia Massih Outstanding Student Prize in the Arts, and received a 2015 Precipice Fund from Portland Institute for Contemporary Art. Her work has been seen at various galleries throughout Portland including: Surplus Space, MK Gallery, AB Lobby Gallery, galleryHomeland, Timeshare Gallery, Autzen Gallery, 511 Commons, B10, Blackfish Gallery, Short Space, and was part of a group exhibition at Virginia Commonwealth University. Heath collaborates with Emily Wobb on running Bronco Gallery, an exhibition tailgate that is based out of a 1991 Ford Bronco. http://www.maggie-heath.com/
DieAna Dae is a Portland based drag queen, performer, dancer, and artist. She has performed at Seattle Center, as well as Critical Mascara at PICA's TBA festival and is the regular host of Blow Pony, one of Portland's queer dance nights. DieAna works to find the bounds of herself within in the performance under the gaze of her audience.https://www.facebook.com/dieana.dae
Mister Yuck stickers were emphasized growing up for the obvious reasons. I recall watching news coverage of an anomalous tidal wave and thinking about all the Mister Yuck stickers washing into the ocean, fearful of exposure.
My dad, Jeff, drinks from plastic bottles filled with Naboo's purified water because he doesn’t trust the tap anymore.
The mosquitoes fly until October these days. Last fall they stuck around all the way into November. I heard officials are considering eradicating certain species.
It’s mid February now and the ants are already swarming inside Portland homes. I make use of them and project my sticky tongue to lap them up and gain their protein. Some comic relief in times of scarcity.
People expect everything to be serious like Terminator, but there’s value in childlike play.
You can’t underestimate anyone. One day you’re banished for your clumsiness and the next you’re elected a senator. Life and politics are equally convoluted. Among the conflicting opinions and social turmoil, I often don’t know what to believe.
I have this memory from early childhood where I’m lying on my parent’s bed staring up toward the skylight and an extinct fish meanders in and out of view, for only a moment.
Do you ever see pictures of organisms of the past and feel a deep sense of yourself implicated in universal forces?
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Hot Pants is the first in a series of two solo presentations by Joseph McGehee. These pop-ups will be exhibited within two months of each other in partial fulfillment of an undergraduate thesis project at The Pacific Northwest College of Art.
http://josephmcgehee.com/
Hot Pants
Friday March 11 - Sunday March 13
Opening March 11, 6-9 pm
Gallery hours: Saturday and Sunday, 12-6 pm
Julia Haft-Candell
Kristan Kennedy
Evan La Londe
A marginal tic
March 11 – April 23, 2016
Julia Haft-Candell is an artist living and working in Los Angeles. Haft-Candell’s recent exhibitions include Double Knot, Ochi Projects (Los Angeles, 2016); Loop, IKI IKO (Los Angeles, 2015); Where the Sand Worm Slumbers, The Pit (Los Angeles, 2015); Sculpting in Time, Glendale College Art Gallery (Glendale, 2014); Corporeal Impulse, Vincent Price Art Museum (Monterey Park, 2014); Sight Unseen Offsite (New York, 2014).
Kristan Kennedy is an artist and curator, whose has held recent solo exhibitions at the Crisp-Ellert Art Museum at Flagler College (St. Augustine, 2016) and Ditch Projects (Eugene, 2016) (forthcoming); Soloway (Brooklyn, 2014) and Fourteen30 Contemporary (Portland, 2013.) Group exhibitions include Sincerely Yours, Torrance Art Museum (Torrance, 2015); A Soul Selects Her Own Society, Law Waschaw Gallery, Macalester College (St. Paul, 2015); OO, Misako and Rosen (Tokyo, 2013); and Paint Off/Paint On, Halsey McKay (East Hampton, 2013). Kennedy lives and works Portland, Oregon.
Evan La Londe lives and works in Portland, Oregon. La Londe has presented work in numerous group exhibitions including Portland 2014: A Biennial of Contemporary Art, curated by Amanda Hunt, Disjecta Contemporary Art Center (Portland, 2014); Material Object, Charlie James Gallery (Los Angeles, 2014) and Untitled (Collage with Squares Arranged According to Chance) Fourteen30 Contemporary (Portland, 2014).
Neo-house cruisers and refracted dancefloor rhythms.
Your hosts DJ LIfe Couch & DJ Image Research.
Free!
21+
Soul'd Out Productions and XRAY.FM Present... The Flavr Blue! with HEARTWATCH (SF) and Blossom (PDX)
After a 2015 of major milestones, the Seattle-based trio The Flavr Blue sets out in support of their newest release, the Love Notes EP, a collection that marries the group's crackling energy with a soulful musical wisdom inherited from influences ranging from Cut Copy and Miike Snow to Feist and Sade.
Last year, the trio performed on dozens of stages, from the main stage performance at Seattle's Capitol Hill Block Party to a sold out Exchange LA performance for 30 Days in LA. They've seen their single "We Can Go Blind" play in heavy rotation on Sirius XM, and had one-off collaborations "U Crazy" and "Pretty Girl" crack 100,000 plays on Soundcloud. Their latest single, "Majesty," was premiered on Fader and is in rotation at Seattle's vaunted indie station KEXP, and they've gotten enthusiastic coverage from the likes of Billboard, Earmilk, Dancing Astronaut, and Complex.
The band's success is driven by the way its members -- lead singer Hollis Wong-Wear, whose voice graced the Billboard Top 20 hit "White Walls" by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, and singer/producers Lace Cadence and Parker Joe, each with a litany of Seattle hip-hop and R&B releases under their belts -- weave their voices and eclectic experimentalism within a rich electronic landscape. It's been that way since the beginning, when they first built tracks in a half-bedroom turned studio in Parker's Beacon Hill townhouse. It grew as they translated the sounds to wild live shows, for crowds both charmed and electrified by their combination of heartfelt soul and energetic electronica. Even Questlove tweeted his affection for the band's live performance after watching their set at the Brooklyn Bowl.
Love Notes pushes the Flavr Blue's sound further still, toward an even deeper musicality; they effortlessly blend a range of textures that recall Aaliyah's slinky sensuality, Beach House's washed out reverberations, and Prince's fidelity to the pop hook. The music is still passionately handmade; Love Notes, like releases before, is a true collaboration between three creative minds (and, like their earliest music, was recorded mostly in that same half-bedroom). It's that spirit -- a collective enveloping and integrating of new sounds, their DIY ethos matched with a captivating polish-- that truly defines the Flavr Blue, and makes their future so promising.
The Flavr Blue will tour from February and March in select cities across the country in February and March in support of Love Notes. Find all tour dates on their website, theflavrblue.com.
21+, $10 adv // $12 day of
Based on the classic 1989 film, Westerberg High is ruled by a shoulder-padded, scrunchie-wearing junta: Heather, Heather, and Heather, the hottest and cruelest girls in all of Ohio. But misfit Veronica Sawyer rejects their evil regime for a new boyfriend, the dark and sexy stranger J.D., who plans to put the Heathers in their place -- six feet under.
Staged! Executive Director, Diane Englert directs and Erin Shannon choreographs a cast of 17 actors and Jonathan Quesenberry as musical director whom leads a band of 6 musicians.
Nominated for 2 Drama Desk and 2 Lucille Lortell Awards in 2014, this show has been a delight for audiences around the globe. It was created from the screen play of the movie Heathers which starred Winona Ryder and Christian Slater in 1988. With the talents of Laurence O’Keefe (Bat Boy: The Musical and Legally Blonde) and Kevin Murphy (Reefer Madness and writer on TV show Desperate Housewives) combined to write the music, lyrics, and book.
For tickets/information: 503-239-5919 or www.trianglepro.org or Stagedpdx.org
All seats are reserved. Ticket prices $15 - $35 – Group rates available!
See more at: http://www.trianglepro.org/heathers/#sthash.KQHQaK03.dpuf
Deep Under Ground presents the beginning of a monthly discussion based open mic at In Other Words Bookstore. This space is created in hopes to gather the DUG community under one local establishments roof to socalize, network, watch, learn, listen. all that. There will be chillin, politicin, and planning for (ideally) some action.
Sign up is first come first serve in advance and also upon arrival at the door.
Cocoon Youth Storytelling presents an evening of live true stories by Portland youth. The theme of the night is Acceptance. Join us for an evening of great storytelling, treats from our sponsors, and an intermission surprise. This is an all ages show. Stories may contain bad words and questionable decisions. Food and Drink available.
Day of show/Advance tickets $10
Marijuana and the brain | Oregon recently joined only three other states to legalize recreational marijuana. As consumption of the plant's products becomes more a mainstream activity, its health benefits and risks will be at the forefront of policy discussions. Dr. Nephi Stella will explain the role marijuana plays in cutting edge neuroscience research.
Nephi Stella, Ph.D. is a Professor in the departments of Pharmacology and Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington.
Dr. Stella is researching how the bioactive components devoid of drug abuse properties produced by Cannabis Sativa can be used to treat neurodegenerative diseases.
RSVP and stay tuned for updates on when/where is the meeting. Updates about student ticket pickup will also be posted here. If you would still like tickets after the deadline for signing up for full funding has passed, please email our club at neuro@pdx.edu and we will look into requesting more tickets if there is enough interest.
Gran Ritmos celebrates regional styles while finding cultural connections and sounds in new places. A culture clash where Americans make Cumbias and Latinos play Acid House.
This session of Gran Ritmos features Dengue Dengue Dengue, a Tropical Bass duo. Behind the masks are Felipe Salmon and Rafael Pereira, two producers, dj's and graphic designers from Lima-Perú. For their live performances they team up with Nadia Escalante (A.K.A. Vj Sixta) for a full Audiovisual Show.
https://soundcloud.com/dengue
DDD was born in mid-2010 and immediatly made themselves well known thanks to an impeccable audiovisual show, remixing and making mash-ups from their own tracks with old cumbias and modifying cumbia cult themes to electronic versions. All this always joined by amazing visuals and the always present masks.
In early 2011 they began to publish their first original productions, being bloggued in major and specialized music portals in USA, Europe and the UK. Their sound started to spread faster, playing many festivals in Peru and along with the "Auxiliar" Collective, started producing the TOMA! Sessions, helping to consolidate the growing and vibrant Tropical Bass movement in Lima, inviting musicians and DJs from different places to share sounds and ideas.
By 2014 the sound of DDD matured into a wider spectrum of sounds, bringing elements not only from Peru, but studying and researching other cultures and their native sounds, traveling around Europe, Asia and the Americas playing shows. Collecting sounds and ideas.
The duo released the EP "Serpiente Dorada" on Buraka Son Sistema's label ENCHUFADA, with 6 new tracks that takes their sound to a new level, touring around the world playing 3 European Tours (42 Shows) and and also playing in Cuba, Japan. Argentina, Chile, China, Brazil, Colombia,etc. playing in the most renowned festivals like Roskilde, Dour, Paleo and an amazing show at the SONAR Festival Dome. Reviewed by XLR8R as one of the best shows in the festival. They also get the honour of getting invited by the Red Bull Music Academy to do a lecture on their academy sessions in Tokyo.
PDX locals Daniela Karina (Bed of Roses, Club Tropicana, Women's Beat League) and Michael Bruce (Gran Ritmos) start things off.
21+, $10 adv // $12 day of
http://www.ticketfly.com/event/1077519
Lifelike Family's monthly series Abstracted continues at Ford Food & Drink, this month featuring:
DeLyria
https://soundcloud.com/delyria
https://lifelikefamily.bandcamp.com/album/opus-7
Jesse Mejia
https://soundcloud.com/jmejia
https://soundcloud.com/losdatos
As always all ages and free, but bring some cash to support the artists by buying merch or in the tip jar and for excellent food and drinks care of Ford.
Boston's favorite old time duo Hoot and Holler are now a full time road show, chasing the long white line indefinitely. This is their second West Coast tour of 2016, following up a successful run in January from San Diego, California to Victoria, BC.
Amy Alvey (fiddle, vocals) and Mark Kilianski (guitar, vocals) present a hearty dose of traditional songs and tunes on fiddle, guitar and banjo as well as original songs and compositions. Their songwriting evokes a cross country road trip, sometimes drawing from the sound scape of the dirgy Louisiana swamp to the stark and sparse beauty of a Southwestern desert. The past year was spent gigging extensively in the Northeast, booking a summer tour with Toronto based Hannah Shira Naiman, earning a scholarship last fall to study Cajun music at the Blackpot Camp, and releasing two singles in November 2015.
Amy and Mark, Berklee College of Music grads, are promoting these singles, as well as debuting brand new material in addition to songs from their album released last fall, “Nothing If Not Young”. Whether they share the stage or by themselves, the performance will be spring-loaded with rare energy and exceptional musicality as they unleash their best, and freshest works.
"Hoot and Holler delivers on their debut EP Nothing If Not Young. Grads of the Berklee College of Music, Mark Kilianski and Amy Alvey not only have top-notch chops, they've crafted a top-notch sound that's pleasantly refreshing...The soundscapes are rooted in Old-Time music but with a contemporary feel that keeps the songs fresh and exciting. In short, this is happy music played by happy people with feeling." -Brad Kolodner WAMU's Bluegrass Country
Wikimedia’s gender trouble is well-documented. In a 2011 survey, the Wikimedia Foundation found that less than 10% of its contributors identify as female. While the reasons for the gender gap are up for debate, the practical effect of this disparity, however, is not. Content is skewed by the lack of female participation. This represents an alarming absence in an increasingly important repository of shared knowledge.
Let’s change that. Join us at Yale Union on Saturday, March 5, 2016 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. for a communal updating of Wikipedia entries on subjects related to art and feminism. This is our third year supporting an international effort with Art+Feminism. We will provide tutorials for the beginner Wikipedian and reference materials. Bring your laptop, power cord and ideas for entries that need updating or creation. For the editing-averse, we urge you to stop by to show your support. Women, women-identified, and male allies are welcome. We will have free on-site childcare and a few computers available to use. Please RVSP for childcare with children's ages to artfeminismwiki@gmail.com
For more information visit:
http://art.plusfeminism.org/
http://artandfeminism.tumblr.com/
Portland contact: artfeminismwiki@gmail.com
Portland Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Portland/ArtAndFeminism_2016
Info: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Z9X6NqCGwSr0h-t2aRBd8sjWrcUDayLF8Hr5TnA38hQ/edit?usp=sharing
Organized by Siân Evans/Art Libraries Society of North America’s Women and Art Special Interest Group, Dorothy Howard, Jacqueline Mabey/failed projects, and Michael Mandiberg, in collaboration with POWarts and The Museum of Modern Art.