PLACES TO GO, PEOPLE TO SEE | October 2008
By blue at 2 October, 2008, 10:50 am
Places To Go, People To See How To Spend Your Time | October ‘08 edition • by Christina “Blue” Crow It’s October! I am so excited that it’s finally October! It’s time for leaves falling, sweaters, pumpkins, and – most importantly – dressing up! Well, if you’re anything like me, you don’t need it to be the month of October to have an excuse to dress up, much less like a superhero, but you’re probably not. So, in addition to Halloween, you’ve got plenty of reason to dress up, especially as a superhero. Portlandia prevails in spandex… Your faithful events informant, RECOMMENDATIONS You must come in a superhero or supervillain costume of your own creation. Need a little inspiration? Check out photos from previous events on the Alter Egos MySpace page or on flickr, then try hitting up the Goodwill bins, your friends’ closets, and the Leotard Store in Lloyd Mall. Yes, there is a leotard store in the mall. For more interesting colored spandex, however, I’d say start searching the internet and order tomorrow. Can you guess an added bonus of putting together a great costume for this party? That’s right, you’ll be ready for Halloween later in the month. October 11th, $5 ($10 w/o costume) – remember to bring extra cash for drink, food, raffle tickets and pedicab rides! 7:00pm-11:59pm, www.myspace.com/alteregosparty October 3rd – 5th, see website for the complete schedule of all movies and events, $46 for a weekend pass, hplfilmfestival.com “Oregon Manifest is the collective vision of Portland, Oregon’s cycling and creative communities, who’ve come together to dream up and develop the most original, spirited and spectacle-laden boutique bike show in the nation. From Portland, in Portland, with love.” October 10th-12th, FREE, All Ages, www.oregonmanifest.com As an added bonus to 24 Hour Comics Day this year, PNCA is battling Cosmic Monkey Comics to see which group can produce more pages in the same 24 hour period! The PNCA group will be at PNCA (duh), upstairs in the Charles Voorhies Library (not so duh), while the Cosmic Monkey Comics crew will be slaving away at Cosmic Monkey Comics (again with the duh). This event is free and open to the public, however space is limited. To guarantee your spot with the PNCA crew, send an email to Neal Skorpen (nskorpen@comcast.net) with your name, and the name and phone number of the person that will drive you home. All attendees must arrange to be picked up after the event and provide contact information for the driver. To join up with the Cosmic Monkey crew, RSVP to cosmicmonkeycomics@earthlink.net or 503-517-9050 (they’re capping it at 20 artists). October 18th at 10:00am – 19th at 10:00am, FREE, pnca.edu; www.cosmicmonkeycomics.com October 1st – November 5th, $8 (general admission), see website for full schedule, www.nwfilm.org October | 1-7 October | 8-14 October | 15-21 October | 22-31
Christina “Blue” Crow, Sequential Art Gallery
The ongoing battle between Superheroes and Supervillains can take its toll on everyone. Ever want to just relax with fellow costumed adventurers without getting struck by a stray energy bolt?? Then suit up and come down to p:ear’s new location for a Saturday night of fun! There will be live music (from The Punk Group, Travis Wiggins, and more), a full bar and appetizers (one vegan option promised for yours truly) provided by R. Palate, raffles (with prizes from Bridge City Comics, Cosmic Monkey Comics, and more), pedicab rides from a mysterious lady superhero, and costume contests with prizes! All to raise money for p:ear.
Every year Portlanders excite themselves and stand in crazy lines for it and there’s a reason why… The H.P. Lovecraft Film Fest is amazing. Don’t believe me? I dare you to go. With feature-length movies (like Hellboy, Fear of the Unknown, and The Dunwich Horror), vendors, amazing guests (Mike Mignola, Brian Lumley, and Jovanka Vuckovic), short films, and panels, you’re bound to find something to inspire fear into your mind…
Oregon Manifest will feature bike-centric vendors, a mix of custom framebuilders, over-the-top parties, and will end with a Sunday cyclocross race to bring home the glory. You’ll find some key Oregon Manifest events listed in this newsletter, but see their website for all events.
It’s time for 24 Hour Comics Day! "What started as a creative exercise between Scott McCloud and Steve Bissette is now an international phenomenon – a day for creators everywhere to produce a full-length comic book (typically weeks’ worth of work) in a single 24 hour period. Sitting on a story you can’t find the time to draw? Need to let your imagination run wild? Craving the company of creative comrades? Grab your pens and paper and join us!"
Northwest Film Center presents a a series of films on thought-provoking issues. "While cinema can provide entertainment and escape, for many committed filmmakers and viewers it is a vital medium of information and a powerful tool for social change… Activist filmmakers help deepen our awareness of the values of dignity, equality, and justice, as they tell universal stories of human struggle and triumph.While cinema can provide entertainment and escape, for many committed filmmakers and viewers it is a vital medium of information and a powerful tool for social change." I’ve included a few films of the series in this newsletter, but see the website for the full schedule.
Ok, as you know, I love kids, but a chance to drink a beer and goof around OMSI without a kid in sight? Yes, please. 7:00pm-9:30, $10 (free for OMSI members, of course), 21+, OMSI After Dark
Starts at 5:30pm, FREE, www.oldtownchinatown.org
A newer drink-and-draw group, the New Riparian Society for Falconry and Sequential Art meets weekly at various locations around Portland. Show up and draw! 7:00pm, FREE, groups.google.com/group/drinkdraw
Remaining art from her Black & White Graphic Insight, as well as pieces from her past series available for sale. 6:00pm-10:00pm, FREE, nubbytwiglet.com
With longer movies, vendors, amazing guests, short films, and panels, you’re bound to find something to inspire fear into your mind.. See website for the complete schedule of all movies and events, $15 day pass / $46 weekend pass, hplfilmfestival.com
Portland’s premier purveyors of panic push open the crypt doors once again for another season of frights so horrifying, you’ll still have nightmares until next Halloween. Witness the terrifying return of Lord Elshoff to Elshoff Manor – The Asylum! Gasp at the creepy curiosities in Baron Von Goolo’s Museum of Horrors, and outrun their Douchebags of the Living Dead! And dare to enter the brand new Chop Shop, who brings diabolical meaning to the words "body work." Grand opening, $20 / $15 w/ online coupon, 7-11pm, All Ages (but not recommended for the weak of heart), www.frighttown.com
These tours are still happening, why haven’t you taken one? I took my grandfather on one and liked them so much that I’ve taken up pedicabbing and giving these tours! Pdx Pedicab is focusing on offering tours on Sundays, but they’re available most anytime by appointment. Also, don’t forget flag pdxpedicabs down for a ride whenever ou’re downtown! $15 per person / children ride free with paying adult, www.pdxpedicab.com
A Kraut by any other name.. Our host, Mikey Hinton, is showing Dr. Strangelove! Check the Booze Mooves blog, for any changes. 9:00pm, FREE, 21+, boozemooves.blogspot.com
Part of the Global Concerns series, Rape in the Congo is a documentary of the struggles for women and girls in the Congo. Winner of the documentary Special Jury Prize at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. 7:00pm, $8 (general admission), www.nwfilm.org
$20 / $15 w/ online coupon, 7-10pm, All Ages, www.frighttown.com
"Builders will be showing their bikes, sharing their stories, and collectively demonstrating the depth and breath of American cycling culture. This is not your average pipe-and-drape experience; this is a rare opportunity to experience builders and their bikes, up close, raw, personal and powerful." 10:00am-7:00pm, All Ages, $10 one day / $15 both days, www.oregonmanifest.com
A 45 minute screening of Filmed By Bike movies from the past six years of the festival, including nearly-lost footage from the early days, movies that were banned in other cities and removed from the internet, and the unveiling of the 2009 trailer. 8:00 ish, FREE, filmedbybike.org/retro2008.html
"The show continues, with or without a hangover. This will be your final opportunity to meet the builders and get your Bike Geek on in the extraordinary atmosphere of the Greenroom." 10:00am-6:00pm, All Ages, $10 one day / $15 both days, www.oregonmanifest.com
$5 ($10 w/o costume) – remember to bring extra cash for drink, food, raffle tickets and pedicab rides! 7:00pm-11:59pm, myspace.com/alteregosparty
I don’t love Ned either. Our host, Mikey Hinton, is showing Friday the 13th, check the Booze Mooves blog, for any changes. 9:00pm, FREE, 21+, boozemooves.blogspot.com
There hasn’t been an art u so positive! in too long, join me at a secret location for a secret project with a wishing theme. Email me to get on the team list, or check the myspace page the day of the project to fnid out where to see it. 5:00pm, FREE, myspace.com/artusopositive
"If you kill one person, you go to jail. If you kill 40 people, they put you in an insane asylum. But if you kill 40,000 people, you get a comfortable exile with a bank account in another country, and that’s what we want to change here." – Reed Brody, Counsel, Human Rights Watch. 7:00pm, $8 (general admission), www.nwfilm.org
"Drive by Press is a traveling van that is outfitted with a printing press and promotes the growth and democratization of art through printmaking." 9:00am-5:00pm, FREE and open to the public, www.pnca.edu
$20 / $15 w/ online coupon, 7-10pm, All Ages, www.frighttown.com
Should be another great edition of Live Wire! With guests Berkeley Breathed, The Superman Orchestra, Nau, The Dimes, and Storm Large with Holcombe Waller, if you haven’t been to Live Wire! yet, you better check it out! 7:00pm, $15, www.livewireradio.org
"Drive by Press will demonstrate relief and screenprinting, lecture on the history of printmaking, contemporary American printmaking, graduate programs in printmaking, and offer one-on-one critiques for the PNCA students." 9:00am-5:00pm, FREE and open to the public, www.pnca.edu
Sample more than 20 fresh hop beers from Oregon’s top craft brewers. 12:00pm-9:00pm, FREE admission / glasses are $5 / tastes are $1, www.hopworksbeer.com
10:00am – 10:00am, FREE, www.cosmicmonkeycomics.com, pnca.edu
A book release party for Help! A Bear Is Eating Me!, with a spoken-word performance by the author, a special slide presentation, and a live demonstration of advanced bear self-defense techniques! 6:00pm-9:00pm, FREE, 21+, www.helpabeariseatingme.com
I had a hard-on this morning when I woke up, it had your name written all over it… Our host, Mikey Hinton, is showing Nightmare on Elm Street, check the Booze Mooves blog, for any changes. 9:00pm, FREE, 21+, boozemooves.blogspot.com
$20 / $15 w/ online coupon, 7-10pm, All Ages, www.frighttown.com
The Sari Soldiers is a documentary following six Nepalese women in the midst of an escalating civil war against Maoist insurgents. Experience the struggles faced by women taking such a strong roles in a male dominated society, but on different sides, and why they are willing to risk their lives to influence Nepal’s future. 7:00pm, $8 (general admission), www.nwfilm.org
It’s a high school robotics competition! Teams from throughout Oregon will be taking over OMSI for FIRST Robotics Competition. Robots! 130-pound robots in action! Middle school FIRST LEGO League teams also will be talking about their program and demonstrating their smaller robots. General admission, All Ages, www.omsi.edu
Artisan Spirits is Oregon’s newest distillery, hand-crafting unique, high quality liquors from scratch using local ingredients. FREE, 21+, www.artisan-spirits.com
A new, multimedia event (it includes stories, videos, stand-up, music, and fandancing) focused on making you laugh, which is, ultimately, what stands to make it a Portland instution. 7:00pm-10:00pm, $5, All Ages, myspace.com/thefavoriteshow
It’s that time once again, oh my fellow zombies! Put on your funeral best & shamble on down to the Square for the 4th Annual Zombie Walk. This year, we’re participating in the World Zombie Day, a movement to string together Zombie Walks across the globe. Go to ZombiewalkPDX group @ Yahoo for all the info.
Our host, Mikey Hinton, is showing Psycho, check the Booze Mooves blog, for any changes. 9:00pm, FREE, 21+, boozemooves.blogspot.com
The Recruiter takes viewers to a Louisiana coastal community, where four teenagers spend their last semesters of high school and prepare themselves for boot camp, and transition from students to soldiers thanks to the charismatic Sergeant First Class Clay Usie, one of the most successful Army recruiters working in America, who believes that every American should serve, and that it is his mission to recruit new soldiers from his hometown of Houma, LA. 8:00pm, $8 (general admission), www.nwfilm.org
Vinyl Killers is more than an international exhibit of painted records, it’s a chance to see off-the-cuff work from your favorite or soon-to-be favorite artists (I know one of mine, BT Livermore, will be participating in this show). 7:00pm, FREE, Vinyl_Killers website
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