All dressed up and no place to go?
Thursday, Feb. 20
Rock Against Suicide Benefit Show
Fez Ballroom
316 S.W. 11th, Third floor
503-226-4171
8 p.m.
$5 general ad. before 10 p.m., $7 after
All ages
www.rockagainstsuicide.com
Featuring bands Six Million Dollar Band, The Slow Rollers and Captain Rock, this event started after Kurt Cobain’s suicide in 1994 and became non-profit last fall.
The Deadly Snakes, Fireballs of Freedom
Dante’s
1 S.W. Third
503-226-6630
Evening
Cover
21+
www.danteslive.com
The Snakes play lively R&B using horns, keyboards and lots of yelling. A kind of “soulful garage” says the promoter, Screaming Peach Media.
Bassoon Brothers
BridgePort BrewPub
1313 N.W. Marshall
21+
www.orsymphony.org
Part of the Chamber Music on Tap series, these boys (and one girl) play their favorite instrument in all sorts of musical styles.
“The Vagina Monologues”
PSU
Smith Memorial Center Ballroom, 3rd floor
Through Feb 23
5 p.m.
$10 student
$12 general ad.
All ages
Eve Ensler’s famous play returns to the PSU stage. Go and watch strong women tell their hilarious, depressing and unexpected stories.
Friday, Feb. 21
“The Vagina Monologues” After Party
Fez Ballroom
316 S.W. 11th, 3rd Floor
503-226-4171
9 p.m.
$5 student
$8 general ad.
21+
www.jambase.com
This party is after the performance and features DJ Heather, Ursula 1000, DJ Elliot and Martini Bomb.
Majestic
PSU
Smith Memorial Center
Noon
FREE
All ages
Local hip-hop talent Majestic graced the cover of the Willamette Week recently and is humbly coming with DJ Sneakers to play while we eat.
“Hadassah – The Servant Queen”
West End Theatre
1220 S.W. Taylor
503-245-6919
Through March 15
7:30 p.m.
$15 general ad. (opening night only)
All ages
www.tapestrytheatre.org
Oh my god! A marionette play! How reminiscent of kindergarten finger puppets and creepy puppets-coming-to-life childhood stories. Plus a mini jazz band.
Kinksi
Jackpot Records
203 S.W. Ninth
503-222-0990
6 p.m.
FREE
All ages
A commonly instrumental rock quartet, this band visits from Seattle. There will even be a bit of psychedelia.
minimal at liminal
Liminal’s new space
403 N.W. Fifth
503-890-2993
Through Feb 22
8:30 p.m.
$15 general ad.
All ages
www.liminalgroup.org
Liminal Performance Group’s new space allows them to perform their minimalistic (what did you think it would be?) music from the ’60s to the ’90s.
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Jasmine Tree
401 S.W. Harrison
503-799-0092
9 p.m.
$5 general ad.
21+
Also playing is kosher, and who knows what else might happen with so many hot DJs around? Excitement, noise and entertainment.
No Quarter
Crystal Ballroom
1332 W. Burnside
503-225-0047
8 p.m.
$10 advance general ad.
21+
www.danceonair.com
Playing ALL the music from “The Song Remains the Same,” this Led Zeppelin tribute band will also kick off a two-hour pre-concert party in Lola’s Room.
Saturday, Feb. 22
Satori Men’s Chorus
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
1244 N.E. 39th
503-460-2623
7 p.m.
$8 students
$12 advance general ad.
All ages
The Chorus (no girls allowed, except for Susan Dorn of the Portland Opera) will promote peace through their music, led by music director and PSU grad Ray Elliot. They will also be joined by the NO KIDDING! Choir.
Surrounded By Ninjas
The Goodfoot Lounge
2845 S.E. Stark
503-239-9292
Evening
$5 general ad.
21+
www.surroundedbyninjas.com
This is a CD release party for SBN’s album Real Time Modify. They will be joined by Kevin Sawka, Mike Slavin and DJ Grasshopper.
Oregon Chamber Players
All Saints’ Episcopal Church
4033 S.E. Woodstock
503-224-8499
7:30 p.m.
$10 student
$12 general ad.
All ages
www.oregonchamberplayers.org
Portland can never get enough Stravinsky, right? Right. Also played will be some Telemann, Reinecke and Boyce. Oh, yeah.
“Pictures at an Exhibition”
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
1037 S.W. Broadway
503-796-9293
Through Feb. 24
7:30 p.m.
$16-$72 general ad.
All ages
www.orsymphony.org
Don’t be fooled by the title, this is music. Guest conductor Pavel Kogan will direct pianist Max Levinson and company in proper Beethoven style.
Sunday, Feb. 23
Annie Sprinkle
Berbati’s Pan
231 S.W. Ankeny
503-248-4579
9 p.m.
$10 advance general ad.
21+
www.thrasherpresents.com
This “prostitute/porn star turned performance artist/sexologist” will give you something to think about. Like, um, sex.
Monday, Feb. 24
@ac venue:Bigg Head Todd & The Monsters
Crystal Ballroom
1332 W. Burnside
503-225-0047
8 p.m.
$23 advance general ad.
21+
www.danceonair.com
Back in Portland, BHT will play an extra long show with no opening act. Gotta love that confidence.
Tuesday, Feb. 25
Further Seems Forever, Elliot, The Beautiful Mistake
The Meow Meow
527 S.E. Pine
503-230-2111
6 p.m.
$10 advance general ad.
All ages
www.thrasherpresents.com
Also playing is Open Hand, Acceptance and Watashi Wa, in case three bands weren’t enough to satisfy you, you demanding reader.
��� Dredg is another one of the bands playing. Their music video for the song “Same Ol’ Road” was directed by Quake creator American McGee. Cool. Lisa Loeb, Will Hoge Ahh, Lisa Loeb. Cat-eye glasses, brown hair, a little nerdy and desperate in her biggest hit from years ago, “Stay,” but maybe she’s even cooler now. Check it out. Wednesday, Feb. 26 With Finch, hard rock meets pop punk, and then they hold hands and skip off together into the sunset. -J. Nikole Degan
Roseland Theater
8 N.W. Sixth
503-224-2038
7 p.m.
$16 advance general ad.
All ages
www.doubletee.com
Dante’s
1 S.W. Third
503-226-6630
9 p.m.
$15 advance general ad
.21+
www.danteslive.com
Finch, The Movielife, A Static Lullaby, Senses Fail
B Complex
315 S.E. Second
503-235-4424
7:30 p.m.
$12 advance general ad.
All ages
www.bherenow.com
