All dressed up and no place to go?
Thursday, Oct. 31
U.S. Air Force Band Woodwind Quintet
PSU
Lincoln Recital Hall, Room 75, 503-725-3105
Noon
FREE
All ages
www.fpa.pdx.edu
Military men and women blowing hot air … into instruments. They’ll make beautiful music, and for free.
Dia De Los Muetros Ayer Y Hoy
Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center
5340 North Interstate Ave., 503-823-2072
Through Nov. 27
5 p.m.
FREE
All ages
www.ifcc-arts.org
This art exhibit opening reception will start your Halloween right, with plenty of skeletons on canvas by artists like Armando Olveda and more.
Cool As Cucumbers
The Rabbit Hole and Mad Hatter Lounge
203 S.E. Grand, 503-231-2925
9 p.m.
FREE
21+
www.slyrecords.com
Local band! These white-boy rappers will make your brain bounce in your head and get you stuck on them like gum on a Nike. *Highly recommended*
Ani DiFranco
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
1037 S.W. Broadway, 503-796-9293
8 p.m.
$35.25 general ad.
All ages
www.pcpa.com
Supporting her new album, So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter, Ani leaves her band behind for this enticing solo show.
Thrice, Hot Water Music, Coheed and Cambria, Curl Up and Die
B Complex
315 S.E. Second, 503-235-4424
5 p.m.
$10 advance general ad.
All ages
www.thrasherpresents.com
California punk rock at its ___. You can only fill in the blank if you check Thrice out. Don’t you want to know?!
KUFO Paranormal Party
Crystal Ballroom
1332 W. Burnside, 503-225-5555, ext. 8811
8 p.m.
$15 general ad.
21+
www.danceonair.com
Featuring bands Earshot, Assisted Living and The Strand, here’s a Halloween party where can get you at least a little tipsy.
“Rock ‘n’ Ghoul”
The White Eagle Hotel
836 N. Russell, 503-282-6810
8:30 p.m.
$5 general ad.
21+
www.mcmenamins.com
Go out to a spooky hotel and listen to the sounds of The Freak Mountain Ramblers. There’s enough tequila to go around.
Disco Dance Party
McMenamins Edgefield
2126 S.W. Halsey, Troutdale, 503-669-8610
Evening
$10 general ad.
21+
www.mcmenamins.com
If you’re going to go all the way to Troutdale, you may as well dress up as a dead disco queen.
Friday, Nov. 1
“True West”
Portland Center Stage, Newmark Theatre
1111 S.W. Broadway, 503-274-6588
Through Nov. 17
8 p.m.
$12-$47 general ad.
All ages
www.pcs.org
Go see this intense, absolutely amazing play by Sam Shepard. It’s the story of two violent brothers that’ll make you feel better about your home life. *Highly recommended*
The Residents
Crystal Ballroom
1332 W. Burnside, 503-225-5555, ext. 8811
9 p.m.
$25 general ad.
All ages
www.danceonair.com
The 30th birthday of the band that makes odd pop songs. Come on, they’re younger than The Stones.
Kurosawa and Mifune Film Series
Cinema 21
616 N.W. 21st, 503-223-4515
Through Nov. 14
7 p.m.
$5 student
$6 general ad.
All ages
www.cinema21.com
Starting with the 1954 film “Seven Samurai,” this series includes a total of five masterful films by Kurosawa and stars the legendary Toshiro Mifune. Hi-ah!
Saturday, Nov. 2
Elaine Summers, Andy Stochansky
Music Millennium
801 N.W. 23rd, 503-248-0163
1 p.m., 3 p.m.
FREE
All ages
www.musicmillennium.com
Both performing, Summers is a veteran of television and film performances (like “Almost Famous”), while Stochansky sounds a little like Bono.
Bruce Campbell
The Hollywood Theatre
4122 N.E. Sandy Boulevard
503-281-4215
5 p.m.
FREE
All ages
www.brucecampbell.com
Everybody’s favorite “B” movie actor is coming to promote his book. Look for a full review and interview by the opinion section’s own Ira “The Pissed Off Artist” Kortum next week.
Stone Sour, Chevelle, Sinch
B Complex
315 S.E. Second, 503-235-4424
8 p.m.
$20 advance general ad.
All ages
www.thrasherpresents.com
A couple of guys from Slipknot take off their masks and become Stone Sour. A young man claims Chevelle sounds like Tool, but I wouldn’t say they’re quite up to Maynard’s standards yet.
The Movielife, Brand New, Salem, Blue Turns White
The Meow Meow
527 N.E. Pine, 503-230-2111
8 p.m.
$8 general ad.
All ages
www.thrasherpresents.com
Just four kids from Long Island, Movielife made it into the safe hands of Drive-Thru Records. I’ll let you decide if that’s good or bad.
DRI, New Society of Anarchists, 2X Noise
Ash Street Saloon
225 S.W. Ash, 503-226-0430
8:30 p.m.
$12.50 advance general ad.
21+
www.thrasherpresents.com
It’s the Dirty Rotten Imbeciles! Are they British? God, I hope so.
Sunday, Nov. 3
Lou Rawls
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
1037 S.W. Broadway, 503-796-9293
Through Nov. 4
3 p.m.
$23-$65 general ad.
All ages
www.pcpa.com
Grammy award-winner Lou Rawls will be in town. I’ve always wanted to say that. (It’s R&B.)
East Meets Jazz
Hollywood Theatre
4122 Sandy, 503-281-4215
7:30 p.m.
$3 student
$5 general ad.
All ages
www.hollywoodtheatre.org
EMJ kicks off its NW tour. From a tabla to a saxophone to a mridangam, you’ll hear instruments whose names you can’t even pronounce.
Tuesday, Nov. 5
Chris Mills, Reclinerland, Carl vs. Carl
Lola’s Room
1332 W. Burnside, 503-225-5555, ext. 8811
8 p.m.
$6 general ad.
21+
www.danceonair.com
Mills is a singer-songwriter from Chicago. He’s for those of us that melt when James Taylor plays on the radio. Some of us really do. Really.
Hoobastank, Home Town Hero, Greenwheel
Roseland Theater
8 N.W. Sixth, 503-224-2038
7 p.m.
$13 advance general ad.
All ages
www.thrasherpresents.com
I know some of you out there are suckers for wussy “rock.” This show is for you.
Wednesday, Nov. 6
Ben Folds, Duncan Sheik
Crystal Ballroom
1332 W. Burnside, 503-225-5555, ext. 8811
8 p.m.
$20 general ad.
All ages
www.danceonair.com
Both men are famous, both have great voices. Folds is a bit more humorous, Sheik a bit more ethereal. This’ll be good. *Highly recommended*
U.S. Air Force String Band
PSU
Lincoln Recital Hall, Room 75, 503-725-3011
7:30 p.m.
FREE
All ages
www.fpa.pdx.edu
More Air Force music! Enjoy, dear students, and have a good week.
