Friday 7/20
Music
Beyond the Cultural Revolution: New@Noon
Lincoln Performance Hall
Noon
$10 w/ PSU ID
Chamber Music NW’s summer festival continues with new works by contemporary Chinese composers. Join the composers upstairs in Lincoln 326 after the concert for a Q&A and free coffee!
Music Festival
Cathedral Park Jazz Festival
St. Johns Cathedral Park
Friday–Sunday
Free
Portland’s annual summer jazz festival under the beautiful St. John’s bridge is here, bringing free concerts of PDX’s greatest jazz musicians. Read the full lineup online.
Art
“Between.” Opening night
Portland Art Museum
6 p.m.–8 p.m.
Standard museum admission price
The fourth installment of the series “We.Construct.Marvels.Between.Monuments.” presents the voices of queer and trans artists challenging the patriarchal standards of museum curation and other art institutions. Includes the next installment of Chris E. Vargas’ series “Transhirstory in 99 Objects: Transvideo Store.” An absolute must for any fan of contemporary art.
Film
Wonder Woman (2017)
Pioneer Courthouse Square
7 p.m.
Free
Wonder Woman is a must-see action movie with great performances from Gal Gadot and Chris Pine and a refreshing feminist perspective in a blockbuster. Also, it’s the only DCEU movie so far that doesn’t suck.
Saturday 7/21
Street Fair
Division-Clinton Street Fair and Parade
SE 25th–28th on Clinton and Division
10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Over a hundred vendors and multiple bands will be at the annual street this year. The parade starts at 10:45 a.m., so get there early for a good spot.
Music
Jesse McCartney
Roseland Theater
9 p.m.
$25
All ages
I bet you haven’t heard that name in ages. The former Dream Street member and 2005 Teen Choice Award winner is here in Portland for a night of “oh yeah I remember this song from like 10 years ago.” VIP pass holders will be in his snapchat story and get a personalized autograph.
Food
Tea Fest PDX
World Forestry Center
9:30 a.m.–6 p.m.
$10
Sponsored by Townshend’s Tea and Brew Dr. Kombucha, the Tea Festival features vendor booths, classes, tastings, tai chi and yoga sessions, and live music. Classes are filling up, so sign up ASAP.
Music
Beyond the Cultural Revolution: The Silver River
Lincoln Performance Hall
8 p.m.
$10 w/ PSU ID
Bright Sheng’s opera unites Chinese and Western influences in its interpretation of a 5,000-year-old Chinese folk tale of the unfulfilled love between a goddess and a mortal. Additional performance at 4 p.m. on Sunday.
Sunday 7/22
Music
Juice WRLD
Roseland Theater
8 p.m.
All ages
This dude freestyled for over an hour on Tim Westwood a few weeks ago. Seriously. Black Thought couldn’t even do that. Be sure to see this guy before he blows up, because he’s way more legit than Lil Pump or whoever the fuck hit big this week.
Film
Laura (1944)
The Old Church
8:30 p.m.
$4 at door
A classic noir mystery plays at the Old Church. Detective Mark McPherson (Vincent Price) develops an obsession for Laura (Gene Tierney), whose murder he is investigating. Part of the Summer Film Series.
Music
Opai
Holocene
8:30 p.m.
$13 advance
All ages
Electronic music duo perform their first ever show in Portland, at one of (IMO) our best venues. With Pleasure Curses and Leo Islo.
Theater
Sinferno Cabaret
Dante’s
10 p.m.
$10
Voted one of the Top 10 burlesque shows in the U.S., the weekly show includes fire dancing.
Monday 7/23
Film
The Other Side of Everything (2017)
Whitsell Auditorium at the Portland Art Museum
7 p.m.
$8 w/ PSU ID
Mila Turajlic’s documentary about her mother Srbijanka reflects the history of totalitarianism and political dissent in Serbia. On the, let’s say, less controversial, side of Serbian cinema, this film is a must-see for any cinephile.
Music
Sam Evian, Black Belt Eagle Scout
Mississippi Studios
8 p.m.
$12
21+
The psychedelic Singer/Songwriter Sam Evian recorded much of his music on a four-track in his bedroom, and BBES draws on her queer native identity for her post-rock colonizer call-out songs.
Music
Beyond the Cultural Revolution: Premieres and Tan Dun’s Ghost Opera
Kaul Auditorium
8 p.m.
$10 with student ID
Chamber Music Northwest premieres two new works by Chinese composers inspired by their folk traditions.
Books
Porochista Khakpour book signing
Powell’s City of Books
7:30 p.m.
Free
Her new book Sick, a Memoir delves into her experience as an Iranian American and her many illnesses and addictions. She will be hosting a panel discussion and selling autographed copies of the book.