Thursday, Oct. 3
“Exit The King”
Imago Theatre
17 S.E. Eighth, 503-231-9581
7:30 p.m.
Oct. 3-Nov. 3
$21 youth (under 26), 24 general ad
All ages
A black comedy with an exciting set, this play is the story of diminishing King Berenger I.
“Blast!”
Keller Auditoriun
S.W. Third and Clay, 503-248-4335
7:30 p.m.
Oct. 1-6
$26.50-$68.50 general ad
All ages
www.pcpa.com
“Blast!” is a performance featuring 54 brass, percussion and visual performers. It should be – dare I say it? – a blast.
Tracy Byrd
Crystal Ballroom
1332 W. Burnside, 503-225-5555, ext. 8811
8 p.m.
$30 general ad
All ages
www.danceonair.com
Go see a big country star wearing a big cowboy hat. He sings, too.
Rachel and Jim Hibbard
L&B Gallery
1215 S.W. 16th, 503-241-4144
Oct. 2-Nov. 1
1-6 p.m.
FREE
All ages
Rachel will present her works on paper, while her father, Jim, a professor at PSU for 27 years, will present his monotypes. Maybe teachers really do have lives outside of school.
Susan S. Hall/Debora Callier-Moore
Butters Gallery Ltd.
520 N.W. Davis, 503-248-9378
Oct. 2-Nov. 2
6-9 p.m.
FREE
All ages www.buttersgallery.com
Hall’s exhibit is full of “enigmatically symbolic female portraits.” Moore makes glass orchids just as beautiful as real ones.
Gregory Grenon
The Laura Russo Gallery
805 N.W. 21st, 503-226-2754
Oct. 3-Nov. 2
5-8 p.m.
FREE
All ages
Grenon paints on glass, which is a feat in itself. He has been known to also paint on objects such as windshields and old doors, always in bright colors.
Bennett Bean/Rebecca Dvorin-Strong
Margo Jacobsen Gallery
1039 N.W. Glisan, 503-224-7287
Oct. 3-Nov. 2
6-9 p.m.
FREE
All ages
www.margojacobsengallery.com
Bean is an American ceramicist who likes to incorporate odd shapes into his pottery. Dvorin-Strong paints landscapes and has been influenced by land in Norway.
John Callahan
Lovelake
1720 N.W. Lovejoy, 503-939-2255
Oct. 3-Oct. 25
6-9 p.m.
FREE
All ages
He is a cartoonist who occasionally draws nudes! Add some humor and nakedness to your First Thursday experience.
Friday, Oct. 4
Party in the Park
Portland State University
11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
FREE
All ages
PSU’s way of ushering in the new year. The day features free grub starting at 11:30 and entertainment by the likes of Obo Addy with Kukrudu and the Bobby Torres Ansenmble courtesy of PSU’s Popular Music Board. Be there or be square!
The Clumsy Lovers
Music Millennium
801 N.W. 23rd, 503-248-0163
5 p.m.
FREE
All ages
I never realized that “raging, Celtic/bluegrass rock” existed. Listen for covers of The Beatles and Led Zeppelin songs. (Playing at the Aladdin at 9 p.m.)
Ron Osbourne
Harvey’s Comedy Club
436 N.W. Sixth, 503-241-0338
8 p.m./10:30 p.m.
$12 general ad
Osbourne has been doing stand-up comedy for over 15 years. He had better be good at it by now.
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
S.W. Broadway and Main, 503-228-1353
7:30 p.m.
$21-$72 general ad
All Ages/21+
They have been playing the Big Easy since 1952. You know you want some Big Easy.
Shut Up and Dance!
Lola’s Room
1332 W. Burnside, 503-225-5555, ext. 8811
10 p.m.
$3 general ad
21+
Every Friday, DJ Gregarious plays ’80s music with a “skewed and passionate view.” Go. Dance.
Saturday, Oct. 5
Lew Jones/Scott Fisher/Hellow From Waveland
Music Millennium
801 N.W. 23rd, 503-248-0163
1 p.m./3 p.m./5 p.m.
FREE
All ages
musicmillennium.com
Jones is promoting Sublimation, the latest of his 20 albums. Fisher plays “piano-pop,” and Hello is a Seattle band playing vintage pop.
Project/Object
Lola’s Room
1332 W. Burnside, 503-225-5555, ext. 8811
8 p.m.
$15
21+
Frank Zappa’s coming back, and he’s bringing Ike Willis with him. They will revisit all the old Zappa material.
No Quarter
The Crystal Ballroom
1332 W. Burnside, 503-225-5555, ext. 8811
9 p.m.
$10 general ad
f you are too young to have seen the original Led Zeppelin, go see this tribute band! They even look authentic.
The Dirtbombs/The Detroit Cobras
Berbati’s Pan
231 S.W. Ankeny, 503-248-4579
8 p.m. doors open
$10 advance general ad
21+
www.berbati.citysearch.com
The Dirtbombs are so obscure that Rolling Stone doesn’t even really know about them. The Cobras are garage-y and have a tattooed female singer.
Sunday, Oct. 6
Gogol Bordello
Dante’s
1 S.W. 3rd, 503-226-6630
9 p.m.
$10 advance general ad
21+
The lead singer of this New York band is Ukrainian, and he brings his past to his music. Expect some Gypsy-like sounds.
Monday, Oct. 7
Clinic
Crystal Ballroom
1332 W. Burnside, 503-225-5555, ext. 8811
8:30 p.m.
$15 general ad
All ages
Clinic contains a voice like Lennon and a guitar like The Velvet Underground, according to one of my sources.
Tuesday, Oct. 8
Mark Lundholm
Harvey’s Comedy Club
436 N.W. Glisan, 503-241-0338
8 p.m.
$10 general ad
21+
He makes jokes about his 12-step recovery. This theme may not be overdone quite yet.
Seamus Heaney
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
S.W. Broadway and Main, 503-248-4335
7:30 p.m.
$26.50 general ad
All ages
www.pcpa.com
Heaney won the Nobel Prize in literature in 1995 and has been called “the finest poet now writing in English” by the New York Times Book Review, a trusty source. Go listen to his Irish accent.
Wednesday, Oct. 9
Jonathan Lethem
Smith Memorial Center
PSU, 503-725-5666
7:30 p.m.
FREE
All ages
The author of five novels, Lethem will be visiting campus to do a reading.