All dressed up and no place to go?
Thursday, Feb. 6
“One Way Ticket. Destination: Woman”
L&B Gallery
1215 S.W. 16th
503-241-4144
1-6 p.m.
FREE
All ages
Artist Bianca Lencek-Bosker will be showing her exhibit of paintings and drawings. Ever seen a pink and black lace bra on a green and yellow floor? Then go.
Emery Hinkley and Anne Marie Nafziger
Mark Woolley Gallery
120 N.W. Ninth, Ste. 210
503-224-5475
6 p.m.
FREE
All ages
www.markwoolley.com
Hinkley will be showing her action-packed oil paintings, while Nafziger’s “Evidence” exhibit exists more in a still, pastel world.
Asylum Street Spankers
Music Millennium
801 N.W. 23rd
503-248-0163
5:30 p.m.
FREE
All ages
www.musicmillennium.com
Wanna get spanked? Well, don’t go expecting a show of S&M, you lonely PSU student. But you can still hear some good acoustic tunes.
“Hung Out to Dry” and “Abaca Quest”
Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center
5340 North Interstate Ave.
503-823-2072
5 p.m.
FREE
All ages
Artists Bill Rutherford and Raymond Alexander, respectively, will be at the showing of their possibly controversial paintings. Meet them.
Geoffrey Pagen
Margo Jacobsen Gallery
1039 N.W. Glisan
503-224-7287
6 p.m.
FREE
All ages
www.margojacobsengallery.com
Pagen will be showing his recent work in ceramics. He likes to exhibit the shards of his series of slabs that broke in the kiln. Interesting.
“Evasion”
Butters Gallery
520 N.W. Davis
503-248-9378
6 p.m.
FREE
All ages
www.buttersgallery.com
Dorothy Goode will be showing off her tempera paintings as well as some drawings. Who knows what kind of images you can find in her abstract work?
“Portraits”
Pushdot Studio
830 N.W. 14th
503-224-5925
FREE
All ages
www.pushdotstudio.com
Jason Tlush’s photography could turn out to be quite fascinating if you look at it from the right angle. Go, if only because you are tired of looking at your own badly taken pictures.
Friday, Feb. 7
“The Dimensions of Islam”
The Center for Spiritual Development
147 N.W. 19th
503-478-1218
7:30 p.m.
$10 general ad.
All ages
Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr, professor of Islamic Studies at George Washington University, will lecture about Islamic science and spirituality. Learn something this weekend.
“Willy Wonka”
Clinton Street Theater
2522 S.E. Clinton
503-294-0840
10 p.m.
$6 general ad.
All ages
Gene Wilder with hair almost as wild as in “Young Frankenstein”! Go see Charlie and other “bad eggs” while singing along. A portion of the proceeds will benefit Danzine, a local magazine by and for sex workers.
Saturday, Feb. 8
Vagabond Opera/Freddy Trujillo
Music Millennium
801 N.W. 23rd
503-248-0163
1 p.m./5 p.m.
FREE
All ages
www.musicmillennium.com
The Eastern European quartet The Vagabond Opera will play songs about “thieves, Jewish weddings Parisian tramps” while Trujillo plays poppy rock about modern American Indians.
Dr. Theopolis, King of Spain, The Bella Fayes
Dante’s
1 S.W. Third
503-226-6630
9 p.m.
$6 general ad.
21+
www.danteslive.com
Do you want to know where the funky people go? To Dante’s to listen to the smooth rhythms of Dr. Theopolis, of course, and the smoother rhymes of Mr. Fabulous.
Urban Revival
Woks Up
17527 S.E. Stark
503-253-7888
$5 general ad.
Portland’s own ultra-mini Ibiza will feature enough DJs to pretend you’re out of the country, dancing the night away. And for you drunkards, there will be a bar.
Sunday, Feb. 9
“Symphony Sundays”
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
1037 S.W. Broadway
503-796-9293
3 p.m.
$13 student
$22 general ad.
All ages
www.pcpa.com
Oboist Karen Wagner will play a solo: Telemann’s Oboe Concerto. Also heard will be Haydn’s Symphony No. 96, along with some Strauss and Stravinsky added in, just for fun.
Monday, Feb. 10
“Voice of the Dragon: Once Upon a Time in Chinese America”
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
1037 S.W. Broadway
503-796-9293
7:30 p.m.
$21-$59 general ad.
All ages
The Oregon Symphony will perform the martial arts ballet score the New York Times hails as “one of the best dance scores to be heard in recent times.”
Tuesday, Feb. 11
Coheed & Cambria, One Line Drawing, Hopesfall
The Meow Meow
527 S.E. Pine
503-230-2111
7 p.m.
$10 general ad.
All ages
With theatrical performances and prong-metal pop, Coheed & Cambria was originally a trio (in 1995) called Shabutie. Makes no sense? Just wait for the music, my friend. Just wait.
Wednesday, Feb. 12
Bobby Torres Ensemble
8 N.W. Sixth
503-224-2038
8 p.m.
$8 general ad.
21+
www.doubletee.com
Never heard of Bobby Torres? He played at Woodstock with Joe Cocker and toured with good ‘ol Tom Jones for 10 years. He’s all about Latin jazz. Mmm.
-J. Nikole Degan
