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hey tiny.
tomorrow night is the battle jacket royale. brujos. free. 21+.
six o'clock, the doors open and the music starts. seven, the jackets get judged. eight, the winners get crowned. after that, everyone who lost gets to explain what the judges missed. punk and metal djs. brujos is launching a beer called nekrogoblinkon. i did not name it. i wish i had.
bring the vest you have been patching since august. bring the one you finished on the bus on the way over. bring no jacket at all and vote. paid tinies who show up get a gift i made by hand. i cut every patch and painted every letter myself, and i went through four brushes because they keep snapping in my fingers. come get your reward. count yourself in. i will be the one blocking the streetlights outside.
new behind the wall this week. jen went annual. one more tiny climbed over on the monthly. missi paid for the halloween list, many times the $1 minimum. for you, any amount is exactly the right amount. welcome in. it is warmer back here than it looks.
last call. the halloween list is pay what you want until saturday. some tinies paid a dollar. one paid twenty. nobody was turned away for being cheap, but generosity looks better on you. on sunday the door shuts and the list goes back to being something you have to come all the way in for.
you made it in. eighty-nine more things this week, plus sixty-eight films in eighteen theaters, because screenings are back. a pickle party with free childcare. a family bike ride that ends at a ballot box. a town hall with coloring books, which is the most honest thing a town hall has ever offered.
halloween lives in two rooms now. the halloween list holds everything through the thirtieth. the weekend holds the thirty-first and the first. anything that did not fit up top is waiting in one of them.
read it in any order. nobody is grading you. i would, but my pencil is a telephone pole.
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[ HALLOWEEN ]
the halloween list holds two hundred and thirty-eight things between now and the thirtieth. halloween weekend got too big for the cut and moved out with a hundred and five more. six picks are below. the rest are behind the wall, and after saturday they stay there.
Night Flight's Fright Night: A Halloween Circus Oct 22 to 25, Thu to Sat 19:30, Sun 18:30 Alberta Rose Theatre | from $32.25 [ more ] night flight aerial's fourteenth halloween show. this year it is a queer gothic spoof of the phantom of the opera, on trapeze, aerial chains and contortion. pg-13. the chandelier finally has competition.
Beetlejuice LIVE Oct 23 at 19:00, Oct 30 at 22:00 Funhouse Lounge | see info [ more ] the 1988 movie plays with the sound off. performers do every voice, every sound effect and all the music live, in the dark. say his name three times. somebody is paid to answer.
Lantern Tour of Fort Steilacoom Oct 23 at 20:00 Fort Steilacoom Park, Lakewood WA | $25 [ more ] [ road trip ] a lantern walk, at night, through an 1849 army fort and the grounds of the old state asylum next door. the patient cemetery is on the route. ninety minutes. one mile. the oct 30 walk already sold out, so this is the last lantern. bring a friend who walks slower than you.
Immortal Icons Tour Oct 24, 13:00 to 16:00 Lone Fir Cemetery | $38 [ more ] an art-and-storytelling walk through lone fir. learn what the carved skulls, lilies and lambs on the headstones were trying to say. hear about a few residents from the 1800s. stamp prints into your own passport to the beyond, then make all hallows' eve postcards for your most spirited friends. rain or shine. the residents are not going anywhere.
Powell's After Hours: A Most Peculiar Evening Oct 24 at 18:00 Powell's City of Books | $35 [ more ] the bookstore stays open late and lets the strange in. magicians, poets, a mystic fortune teller, carnival games, a costume contest and, per the listing, furred creatures. a whole city block of books and nobody shushing.
The Pride & Prejudice Halloween Tea Dance Oct 25, 17:00 to 18:30 The Armory | Free, rsvp [ more ] [ + all ages ] portland center stage closes pride & prejudice with a zombie costume tea dance. a regency courting ritual, then afternoon disco, hosted by mona chrome. it is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in a good costume must be in want of a waltz.
[ SEEING ]
Under the Overpass Oct 23 at 17:00 Stelo | Free [ more ] printmakers cassie ferguson and charlie cohan open a show with an artist talk. stone lithographs of diy skateparks and burnside. prints of the bridges. skaters poured burnside under a bridge without asking. now it hangs framed in the pearl. that is the whole arc of portland.
Live Stage vs. Movie Puppetry: Adults' Night Out Oct 23 at 19:30 Portland Puppet Museum | $25 [ more ] two local producers argue whether puppets belong on a stage or on a screen. cocktails, a tour of the witch key set, a screening of the short. the puppets do not get a vote. they never do.
Feeble Flame: You're Doing It Wrong! Oct 23 to 25 The Studio at Portland Playhouse | $5 to $20, pay what you can [ more ] [ + all ages ] a brand new puppet company's first show, funded by the henson foundation. forty minutes of handmade slapstick about a bird who cannot build a nest. ages four and up. a bird with a housing problem. very portland.
The Halloween Spooktacular! Oct 24, 19:00 to 21:00 Dead Media Video Rentals | Free [ more ] a free night inside the haunted video store. new theme, new vendors and new performers every saturday in october. the suggested donation is shelf-stable food for the q center. bring a can of beans. leave with a fear the size of a vhs tape.
OMS Mushroom Fall Show Oct 25 at 12:00 World Forestry Center | $23.18, kids under 12 free [ more ] [ + all ages ] the oregon mycological society lays out hundreds of species of mushroom, labeled, on tables. look as long as you like. lick nothing. they are also recruiting volunteers at every level of expertise, so if you have been quietly identifying fungi on walks, this is your coming out.
Creatures of the Night: Burlesque at the Speakeasy Oct 29, doors 19:00, show 20:00 Rose City Social Club | $15 at the door [ more ] the dark fates bring burlesque to a speakeasy on grand. sara james, anita rage, temera titty, obscura fox and nell bent. the flyer promises your senses will crawl with pleasure. wear a coat you can take off slowly.
Tragic Circus feat. Haha the Clown Oct 30 at 21:30 Alberta Street Pub | $20 door [ more ] a circus-cabaret night from monte and marin and rare company, headlined by a clown named haha. a sad circus on a friday night in a pub on alberta. the clown's name is doing a lot of work. so is the clown.
BOOgie Night: Burlesque Dinner Show & Disco Oct 31, doors 19:00, show 20:00 Hōkū Events on Madison | $56.73, dinner extra [ more ] burlesque, then a 'disco ritual,' then a party train till midnight. 21+. 'all bodies, and disembodied, welcome.' i cannot board the party train. i will wave from the street.
[ LISTENING + DANCING ]
Nice As F*#k: Back As F*#k Nice As Ever tonight, Oct 22, doors 16:00, show 17:00 Wonder Ballroom | $25 to $35 [ more ] jenny lewis, tennessee thomas and erika spring, together again as naf. it is an early show, so you are out by dinner and still technically a responsible adult. the asterisks are the band's. the attitude is included.
STS Presents: Hack the Planet Oct 23 at 22:00 Timbre Room, Seattle | $17.83 [ more ] [ road trip ] an all-nineties rave themed on the 1995 movie hackers, for the sts crew's second birthday. 21+. wear the rollerblades. type with conviction. a three-hour drive for a rave about a 1995 movie. it takes me two steps. pack snacks.
Oregon Queer History Collective Turns 32! Oct 24 at 18:00 C.C. Slaughters | $20 [ more ] 32 years of keeping oregon’s queer history out of the dumpster, and the birthday party is in the rainbow room. costumes encouraged. twenty dollars, or pay what you can, and every ticket goes to the archive. dance now. someone will file it later.
Vampire Dance Party Oct 24 at 19:00 Art Bop Beer Co. | Free [ more ] [ + all ages ] blood jacuzzi plays theatrical thrash-pop. [email protected] plays techno and house. all ages and it starts at seven, so the baby bats are home by curfew. the band name is worth the trip by itself.
Danza Fúnebre: A Gothic House Party Oct 24 at 21:00 Dream House Bar | $10, no one turned away [ more ] djs skully and dead steady share the decks with calaverx from mexico city. gothic rock, darkwave, coldwave. 21+. the flyer says the fog creeps in. the fog is a machine. if you want real fog, i can breathe on the windows from outside.
Hungry Hungry Hip Hop Anniversary Party Oct 25 at 14:00 Atlantis Lounge | $5 day, $10 from 19:00 [ more ] the monthly local hip-hop showcase turns another year older, under a pizza place. 21+. the cover doubles at seven. the name was a warning. come early.
Acid Flag + peejmudd Oct 28 at 19:00 The Snug | Free [ more ] free jazz with math and swing, then cinematic electronica built from live keys and broken beats. 21+. no cover. a wednesday that thinks it is a film score.
Halloween Weekend Cover Show Oct 29 at 19:30 Blackwater | $13 [ more ] local bands in costume. marquee moon goddess as television. telepathic lovers as wipers. pocket knife as pj harvey. lips6lung6tongues as nomeansno. four costumes you can hear from the street.
[ MAKING + DOING ]
Food Preservation Workshop: Pickle Party Oct 22 at 16:00 Rockwood Market Hall | Free (registration required) [ more ] pickling, fermenting and an intro to canning. capped at 10 tinies. childcare provided, so the only thing left to ferment unsupervised is the cabbage.
Resilient Roots: PNW Wool from Pasture to Craft Oct 24 at 10:00 Wool for the People | Free [ more ] drop-in drop-spindle lessons, mill tours, local sheep breeds and an all-day spinning circle. you keep the yarn you spin. by noon you will have a favorite sheep.
Know-Ivy Crafting Workshop Oct 24 at 13:00 Rice School Gym | Free, rsvp [ more ] [ + all ages ] it is no ivy day. the city spends the morning tearing english ivy off its trees. in the afternoon you weave the remains into baskets and wreaths. warm drinks provided. revenge, but crafty.
Crow Party Oct 24 at 15:00 Atlantis Lounge | Free [ more ] a party for crows and the people who love them. a trinket contest, and the winner is crowned crow majesty. karaoke, a photo booth, maker vendors, s'mores. bring your shiniest bottle cap. the local flock can roost on my collarbones. we will judge you together.
Halloween Bingo With Cats Oct 25, 13:00 to 15:00 Animal Aid | $20 [ more ] bingo at the animal aid shelter, with cats in the room. the listing calls bingo an afternoon of seemingly random letter-number combinations. the cats agree. they will sit on your card.
Monthly Zine & Collage Night Oct 28 at 18:00 Second Shapes Bookstore | Free [ more ] [ + all ages ] drop-in zines and collage for all skill levels, which includes none. my zines run one page, and the page is a billboard.
Sardines Party Oct 30 at 19:00 a secret location | Free [ more ] [ + all ages ] make portland weirder runs reverse hide-and-seek across the whole city. register and the clues come by text, sharper as the night goes on. everyone who finds the spot stays, until it is packed into a sea-themed party. themed costumes required. dress like a fish. get found.
Traditional Native Games & Storytelling with Drea Robideau Nov 1 at 12:00 St. Johns Library | Free [ more ] [ + all ages ] a community artist teaches native games and 'the healing power of play.' free, in a library. losing counts as practice.
[ ROAMING ]
Wildwood Ride: St. Johns Bridge Crossing Oct 24, meet 07:30, rolls 08:00 St. Johns Library | Free, rsvp [ more ] [ ~ outdoors ~ ] [ + all ages ] a two-mile family ride over the st. johns bridge and back, for laika's stop-motion wildwood, which is set in st. johns. two miles. one very green bridge. it has been waiting for its close-up since 1931.
Notable Neon: Fall Night Ride Oct 25 at 18:00 Wunderland Cinemas, Milwaukie | Free [ more ] [ ~ outdoors ~ ] eighteen no-drop miles of neon signs. milwaukie, westmoreland, hawthorne, downtown, then the old motel signs on interstate. it ends at the alibi, which is the only right place for a neon pilgrimage to end. i use those motel signs as nightlights. down on the street they will not light your way. bring your own.
Breakfast on the Bridges Oct 30, 07:00 to 09:00 five bridges | Free [ more ] [ ~ outdoors ~ ] [ + all ages ] volunteers stand on the sellwood, blumenauer, flanders, steel and tilikum bridges handing free coffee and treats to anyone who bikes or walks across. twenty-plus years of last fridays. the nicest toll in town.
[ EATING + SHOPPING ]
Space Ghost: Back From Reality Oct 23, in-store 17:00 to 20:00, afterparty 21:00 to 01:00 Passenger Seat Records, then Statera Cellars | afterparty $15 to $25 [ more ] the oakland producer's first solo album since 2022. ambient, downtempo and house about escaping an overwhelming world. hear it in the record shop at five. then a 21+ afterparty at a natural wine bar with a skyline view, batom b2b luum in support. escapism, with a cork.
Fang's 3rd Annual Seed Exchange + Tea Party Oct 25, 14:00 to 16:00 Fang! Pet & Garden Supply | Free [ more ] bring the seed packets rattling around your junk drawer, or bring nothing and just take some. there is tea. it happens in a pet store's garden center, so the trading floor has canines.
Knight Fork Oct 25, 16:00 to 20:00 Cully Central | Free, rsvp [ more ] portland's traveling foodie chess club lands in cully. chess, lao food and live jazz. different tables, new friends. the giant sets in the park are the only ones my size, so i will sit this one out. try not to take a bishop with your fork.
SpookTeasy's 8th Annual Haunted Victorian Tea & Costume Night Oct 30, 19:00 to 23:00 Enthea Teahouse | $20 [ more ] the teahouse's biggest night of the year. five to seven tea stations spread across the whole property, full-service tea all night, and a room full of ghouls in their spooky best. twenty dollars and the kettle never stops. pinkies out. the ghosts take oolong.
[ BULLETIN BOARD ]
Large Fox Head Costume until sold [ more ] fifty dollars cash at gateway. no trades. no barter. a big orange and white fox head, for halloween or, per the seller, question mark. the question mark is the whole pitch.
Fast Food Cardigan, No Carbs until sold [ more ] ninety-nine dollars, forest grove. a cardigan knit with a burger, fries, pizza and a hot dog, with hamburger buttons the seller says do not button. it was sold on home shopping network once. you wear it open, like a menu.
Drag Queen Needs a Halloween Date oct 31 [ more ] a vancouver queen needs a date for a halloween party. any gender. it pays fifty dollars. her one requirement is be serious yet fun. that is also my job description. i would volunteer, but nobody makes a gown for a water tower.
Missed Connection: The Organ Grinder Documentary until they call [ more ] a filmmaker met someone in the checkout line at the safeway on ne sandy. they talked about the organ grinder, earthquake ethel's and the old embers. you took the card. you said don't worry. it has been two months. worry.
Versions of Me: Real People Wanted rolling [ more ] metamora films is casting real people in portland and southwest washington for a documentary series about the part of a life nobody sees at first. no acting. no pay. just you, telling it.
Free Advice for Desperate Losers no deadline [ more ] somebody taped a phone number to poles around town, more than once. free advice for desperate losers. you call. a stranger tells you what to do. cheaper than a therapist. less licensed.
eighty-four posts are pinned up right now. one of them is a 1974 chalkware mushroom plaque, one of only fifty made, from a man who uses three exclamation points and will not take less.
[ read the board ]
[ SCREENINGS ]
screenings took a week off. count on every other week for now. sixty-eight films in eighteen theaters, which is how i know they missed me. three below. the rest wait behind the wall, every title, every theater.
The Devils (1971) Oct 22 at Cinema 21 + the Hollywood, Oct 24 at the Hollywood [ more ] ken russell's story of a priest, a convent of possessed nuns and the town that burns him for it. censors have been cutting it for fifty years. the hollywood runs it uncut, on 35mm. two theaters show it the same night. portland has a type.
Candyman (1992) Oct 23 to 30 Academy Theater [ more ] eight nights in a row. somebody at the academy said his name five times in the mirror and now the run will not end. go any night. bees not included.
Eyes Without a Face (1960) Oct 25 Whitsell Auditorium [ more ] georges franju's french classic. a surgeon steals faces for his daughter, who drifts through the house in a smooth white mask. one night. it is still the most elegant mask in horror, and it is not in the halloween aisle.
come behind the wall.
once you're down here you can never say "there's nothing to do"
i'm coming in!what's back here:
- every weird thing this week, sorted. you pick.
- any night, you already know where the noise is.
- you hear about it before it sells out. not after.
- first dibs on tv pdx events + gifts made by a giant.