Thursday, April 3
“Man and Superman”
Portland Center Stage, Newmark Theatre
1111 S.W. Broadway
503-274-6588
Through April 13
8 p.m.
$12-$47 general ad.
All ages
www.pcs.org
George Bernard Shaw is a legendary playwright. This particular play shows how, as Shaw puts it, “It is a woman’s business to get married as soon as possible, and a man’s to keep unmarried as long as he can.”
“Recent Fresco Paintings”
Margo Jacobsen Gallery
1039 N.W. Glisan
503-224-7287
Through April 26
6 p.m.
FREE
All ages
Marcia Myers’ exhibit includes large paintings of the frescos of Pompeii and resembles art from the Italian Renaissance. A bit rustic, her paintings are.
“A View from the Bridge”
Keller Auditorium
S.W. Third and Clay
503-248-4335
Through April 5
7:30 p.m.
$33.50-$130.50 general ad.
All ages
www.pcpa.com
Aaaaaa-(insert vibrato here) AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH! An opera full of “sexual tension, passion and betrayal.” “View” is your last chance this season to catch the vocal orgy that is opera.
Stratum: 5 Photographers
Soundvision
625 N.W. Everett, #108
503-238-7007
Through April 26
6 p.m.
FREE
All ages
www.tjnorris.net
Featuring Dan Burke, Donald Jones, Barbara Loomis, Julie Orser and Martina Verhoeven, this exhibit will also feature the sounds of htur.
Mark Bornowski
L & B Gallery
1215 S.W. 16th
503-241-4144
Through May 1
6:30 p.m.
FREE
All ages
www.lb-studios.com
Bornowski’s art exhibit at April’s First Thursday is quite a mix of seemingly random pieces of twigs, shells, drawings, etc. Maybe you’ll find that precious penny you lost on the street months ago.
Friday, April 4
cKy, Leisure, Letter Kills
Roseland Theatre
8 N.W. SixthB
503-224-2038
8 p.m.
$12 advance general ad.
All ages
www.doubletee.com
This is what a certain band member of cKy has to say: “cKy will take over the name of rock and roll and piss in its face, I promise.” Here’s hopin’.
Illusion of Safety
Soundvision
625 N.W. Everett, #108
503-238-7007
8 p.m.
$5-$10 suggested donation
All ages
www.tjnorris.net
His only West Coast live performance this season, Illusion is a project by Dan Burkea, who has worked with Jim O’Rourke of Sonic Youth and Stereolab. If you don’t know of either band, get thee to a music store NOW.
Eleni Mandell
Music Millennium
801 N.W. 23rd
503-248-0163
5 p.m.
FREE
All ages
www.musicmillennium.com
With a stylish, “neo-lounge” sound, Mandell is promoting her fourth album. What is neo-lounge? Hmmm, well, I’d say less neo and more lounge, if I must distinguish, though Billboard would call it country.
Buju Banton, DJ Rising Sun
Crystal Ballroom
1332 W. Burnside
503-225-0047
9 p.m.
$15 advance general ad.
All ages
www.danceonair.com
It’s spring, and that means it’s time for reggae! Why? Oh, I don’t know, it just feels right.
Saturday, April 5
Joaquin Achucarro
PSU
Lincoln Performance Hall
503-725-5400
Through April 6
7:30 p.m.
$12.50-$25 general ad.
All ages
www.fpa.pdx.edu
Part of the PSU Piano Recital Series, Achucarro (a Canadian, eh) is wonderfully talented, as a touring artist should be. There will be a pre-concert lecture by Harold Gray at 6:30 p.m.
DJs are Not Rock Stars
The Ohm
31 N.W. First
503-224-TIXX
9 p.m.
$13 general ad.
21+
www.directproductions.com
Featuring Princess Superstar (oh yeah!), DJ P, DJ Magneto, DJ Kyle T, this show will kick ass. If you want to go but have kids, be sure not to hire a bad babysitter with her boyfriend in your shower and pay her 6 bucks an hour. *Highly Recommended*
Jagermeister Tour 2003
Crystal Ballroom
1332 W. Burnside
503-225-0047
7:15 p.m.
$18.50 advance general ad.
All ages
www.danceonair.com
You can go see Saliva, HED, Breaking Benjamin and Systematic, but be warned, lead band Saliva is about as hardcore as Fred Durst when he did that duet with Christina Aguilera (or anytime, actually). And an alcohol company sponsoring an all-ages tour? That’s just as cheesy.
Pare Benefit
Fez Ballroom
216 S.W. 11th, Third Floor
503-221-7262, Ext. 41
Cover
www.drtheopolis.com
Dr. Theopolis will be there, and that’s enough reason to go. You need more funk in your life, I can tell.
Sunday, April 6
Bright Eyes, Arab Strap
Crystal Ballroom
1332 W. Burnside
503-225-0047
9 p.m.
$15 general ad.
All ages
www.danceonair.com
Another show at the Crystal, you whine? But it’s Conor Oberst! C’mon, this is the last one I’ll force on you! (But the Ataris are playing on Tuesday.)
Lilya Zilberstein
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
1037 S.W. Broadway
503-796-9293
Through April 7
7:30 p.m.
All ages
www.orsymphony.org
Zilberstein will be playing a Beethoven piece, his Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor to complement this Beethoven-filled season. Enjoy.
Monday, April 7
Pinback, Two Guys, Menomena
Berbati’s PAN
231 S.W. Ankeny
503-248-4579
8:30 p.m.
$12 advance general ad.
21+
www.berbati.citysearch.com
Pinback has only two core members in its instrumental existence, the rest are rotating players. You won’t know quite what to expect. Muhahaha!
Tuesday, April 8
Black Heart Procession, Radar Brothers, Bartender’s Bible
Aladdin Theater
3017 S.E. Milwaukie
503-233-1994
9 p.m.
$12 general ad.
All ages
www.aladdin-theater.com
According to the good people in marketing, the Procession is “beautifully bleak and brooding indie-rock with a dark side.” I thought all indie rock had a dark side. Otherwise, it would be folk music.
-J. Nikole Degan