It always seems like a looooong road getting from the beginning of a brand new week to its merciful end—but it doesn't have to feel that way. Not with a week as packed with this many things to do, from Twin Peaks inspired dance parties, to parties putting a premium on both kissing and dancing, to saying goodbye to local disco legends, to time-traveling with the Incredible Hulk back to the year 1980, and discovering the joyful madness to be found in Desperate Living via your favorite pencil-stached filthy uncle, John Waters. And that's only a tasty sample of what awaits you this week. Tear into the rest of it below.
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Monday Jun 27
Sloane Crosley
Arthur Bradford hosts a conversation with Crosley on the release of The Clasp, the story of three twenty-something friends struggling to figure their shit out at a wedding.
Powell's City of Books, 1005 W Burnside, 7:30pm
Immortal Bird, InAneona, Woven
It's nothing new for heavy-metal acts to "pretty up" established subgenres by stretching them into new spaces. Death metal sprouted a melodic branch in the early 1990s, and more recently, bands have been pushing both doom and black metal into lighter, more accessible versions of themselves. But it takes a special band to make nasty, gnarly grindcore sound pretty. So here we have Immortal Bird, a Chicago-based trio whose outstanding 2015 album Empress/Abscess sets singer Rae Amitay's horrifying howls against a mix of hardcore, death metal, and hard rock that sounds like the sweet song an angel sings after you take a brick to the face. Okay, maybe that's overstating it a bit, but the way Immortal Bird uses traditionally catchy sounds to complement its harrowing noise is very impressive, indeed. BEN SALMON
Panic Room, 3100 NE Sandy, 9pm, $10
When We Were Kings
The 1996 Academy Award-winner for Best Documentary is easily the greatest film about the Greatest. Made over the course of two decades and pulling from over 400 hours of footage, director Leon Gast touches on almost every aspect of 1974's "Rumble in the Jungle" between Ali and then-heavyweight champion George Foreman. James Brown is in here. Norman Mailer is in here. The secrets behind the rope-a-dope technique and the best way to fight tooth decay are in here. If you don't leave the theater with a grin, shadowboxing and chanting "Ali, bomaye," you might be a replicant. BOBBY ROBERTS
Laurelhurst Theater, 2735 E Burnside, 6:45pm, $4
Keep Kissing: A Benefit for Orlando
Live music and local DJs doing their best to keep you dancing and pay tribute to those affected by the tragedy at Pulse, with all proceeds from the door and an on-site raffle going to the victims and their families. With performances from Mini Blinds, Wampire, Princess Dimebag, Coco Louie, and Thumper
Dig a Pony, 736 SE Grand, 8pm, $5
Holly Ann, Cory Dauber, Evan Way & the Only Light
Holly Ann is a singer-songwriter and a Portland native signed to Deeper Well Records. Catch her tonight when she headlines a showcase for the local label and gospel collective.
Mississippi Studios, 3939 N Mississippi, 8pm, $8-10
Tuesday Jun 28
Maszer
Maszer's dark, brooding vocals sound like an invocation—they call the rites of artists from Led Zeppelin to PJ Harvey to create a modern psych spell. With the last stop of their West Coast tour at Bunk Bar, it's a good time to get lost in Maszer's enchantment. JENI WREN STOTTRUP
Bunk Bar, 1028 SE Water, 9:30pm, $8
John Doe, Jesse Dayton
John Doe is a punk-rock pioneer and founding member of the legendary Los Angeles band X. Catch him tonight playing an intimate show in support of his new psychedelic soul album, The Westerner.
Doug Fir, 830 E Burnside, 9pm, $17-20
Grindhouse Film Festival: Straight Time
This month's entry into the Grindhouse canon is a rare 35mm print of Straight Time, a powerful, little-seen crime epic from the mind of writer/ex-con Eddie Bunker, starring Dustin Hoffman as a robber who gets fucked over by his parole officer, decides "to hell with going straight," and goes on a string of jobs with his partner-in-crime, Harry Dean Stanton. Screens as part of the Hollywood's Harry Dean Stanton series, in honor of the actor's 90th birthday.
Hollywood Theatre, 4122 NE Sandy, 7pm, $9
Mychal Denzel Smith
Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching is Smith's story of witnessing the ways in which America responded to the deaths of Oscar Grant, Trayvon Martin, and Michael Brown.
Powell's City of Books, 1005 W Burnside, 9:30 pm
Anthemtown Artist Showcase: Santi Elijah Holley, Anna Hoone, Will West, Ciara Carruthers, Cosmic Rose
An evening of soul-stirring songcraft from a few of Portland's finest indie-rock, Americana, and folk musicians.
White Eagle, 836 N Russell, 8pm, free
Wednesday Jun 29
Esmé Patterson, Frankie Lee, Oscar Fang & the Gang
This month, Portland’s Esmé Patterson released her third solo album, We Were Wild. On this new record Patterson sings folksy indie-pop that’s endlessly sweet and bright. Instead of hunting for silver linings, on songs like the opening track, “Feel Right,” she warmly embraces gloom, since “Without feeling wrong/How can we know what feels right?” CIARA DOLAN
Mississippi Studios, 3939 N Mississippi, 9pm, $12-14
Rice Beans & Collard Greens
Hopefully you didn’t put away your dancing shoes after last week’s Pride bonanza, because it’s time to celebrate LGBTQ folks of color at the all-ages dance party Rice, Beans, and Collard Greens. DJs Il Trill and Casual Aztec will be spinning hot tracks to get the party moving! COURTNEY FERGUSON
Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison, 8pm, $10, all ages
Re-run Theater: The Incredible Hulk
Amazingly, Ridley Scott's Alien prequel isn't the finest piece of filmed entertainment bearing the title Prometheus. That honor belongs to the star of this month's Re-run Theater: The Incredible Hulk! Vintage '70s commercials play during the breaks of this classic episode about that one time the military kidnapped Hulk because they thought he was an extra-terrestrial, and Hulk (in the form of green-painted Lou Ferrigno) let them realize the magnitude of their error in judgment via SMASH. BOBBY ROBERTS
Hollywood Theatre, 4122 NE Sandy, 7:30pm, $9
Thursday Jun 30
Ancient Heat, Fog Father
Fare thee well, Ancient Heat. Portland’s most authentic and reliable retro-disco band has decided to take down the mirror ball and take off those platform shoes. (Disco tears.) But for one final night, they’re turning Bunk Bar into a dance party for the ages, so put on that medallion and shake your groove thing one last time. NED LANNAMANN
Bunk Bar, 1028 SE Water, 9:30pm, $8
Twin Peaks Dance Party
The crew behind the Black Lodge Burlesque throw a Twin Peaks-inspired party with a full cast of drag, dance, and burlesque performers providing an opportunity for you to get down with all your favorite characters, enjoy a slice of cherry pie, and confess your deepest secrets to Margaret the Log Lady.
Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison, 8pm, $10
Queer Horror: Desperate Living
Drag clown Carla Rossi’s great Queer Horror film series is showing the wackadoodle John Waters 1977 trash classic Desperate Living. It’s a seedy adventure into the garbage town of Mortville, where the Egg Lady is queen, leather daddies abound, and nothing is very pretty. It’s the perfect way to keep Pride going while celebrating Waters’ 70th year of being amazing. COURTNEY FERGUSON
Hollywood Theatre, 4122 NE Sandy, 9:30 pm, $9