PDX Picks February 27th 2008

Wednesday 27th: Classical Revolution

Every last Wednesday of the month Classical Revolution get together to prove that classical music can still be fun, relevant and in this case free. Think of it as a poetry slam, except with cellos. This month's event will include performances of work by Mozart, Schubert, Villa Lobos and others. Bring your instrument and your favorite sheet music- sight reading and improv encouraged. Someday Lounge, 125 NW 5th Ave. 9pm. Wednesday 27th. FREE. Over 21's.

Thursday 28th: Rock On: An Office Power Ballad

Former major record label employee Dan Kennedy reads from his hilarious memoir of his time spent juggling ego-maniac, wackos, incompetents and their seven figure bosses. Powell's City of Books, 1005 W Burnside. 7:30pm. FREE

Starts Friday 29th: The Band Visits

Eran Kolirin's heartbreakingly comic film about an Egyptian police orchestra wandering lost around an Israeli village was one the highlights of the recent International Film Festival and is now showing at the Fox Towers 10. 846 SW Park Avenue.

Saturday 1st: A Tribute to Lucinda Williams

An all-female tribute to the music of Lucinda Williams featuring some awesome voices including our own Breanna Paletta.of The Fez Ballroom, 8pm. $8 advance/$10 door.

Tuesday 4th: Tilly and the Wall.

Catchy indie rock and tap dancers providing the rhythm section. If you've never heard of Tilly and the Wall tonights a good night to come meet your new favorite band. With support from Capgun Coup and A Weather. Doug Fir Lounge, 830 E Burnside. 9pm. $12. Over 21's.

International Women's Day Film Screening

The Portland Women’s Film Festival a.k.a. POW Fest, in partnership with Film Action Oregon and Milagros, is hosting a celebration of International Women’s Day (IWD) at the Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy Blvd.) on Sunday, March 9th, 2008, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Born out of the Socialist movement of the early 20th century, IWD is as an annual day of recognition for women who have fought against discrimination, for the right to vote, and for emancipation and equality. It’s also a day to consider how far we still need to go to establish a truly equitable society for all.

The 2nd Annual POW Fest IWD Celebration includes a special screening of Portland-based films by women and a marketplace of women-owned and served businesses. The screening will feature completed short films and excerpts from works-in-progress by both established and up-and-coming Portland women filmmakers, including Beth Harrington, Wendy Downing, Ali Cotterill, Uli Beutter, Jackie Weissman, and Eliza Greenwood. This ASL-interpreted screening will be followed by a filmmaker Q&A. Tickets for the screening are $6, and all proceeds go to the 2008 POW Fest, an event that promotes women’s independent films from around the world. The marketplace is free to the public and includes a children’s play area.

POW Fest is produced by Sour Apple Productions, in partnership with Film Action Oregon and Milagros. Festival sponsors include: Bitch Magazine, New Deal Vodka, and Luna Bar.

For more information on IWD or POW Fest, go to www.powfest.com.

Arts Recovery Workshop

The Imago Dei Refuge and Jane McVay ministries desire that people enter and express their healing journey through creative ways, and so they have created a series of five Art for Healing workshops designed for those who have experienced personal trauma in their lives. Each workshop is taught by a local artist and has a unique theme and medium. Beginning in March, one workshop will be provided once a month at two different times of the day. Cost is $25 per workshop; all materials are provided. All levels of artists are welcome. For dates, locations, and to register, please visit www.imagodeicommunity.com/workshop or contact Anna Studenny (anna@imagodeicommunity.com).

Artists' Retreat 2008

When: April 25-27

Where: Trout Creek Bible Camp

Details:With special guest speaker pastor and playwright David Taylor, Hope Chapel (Austin, Texas) www.hope.org. David will be speaking on the theme of the mature believer artist. The retreat will also be an amazing opportunity to relax, meet other local artists and spend some time being intentionally creative. The cost per person is $60 and spaces are limited so be sure to book early. Booking forms are now available on the arts ministry table in the foyer or from the Imago Dei office. Contact Jan@imagodeicommunity.com for more details.

Dance Dance Resurrection

"Dance upon injustice"

Come join us as we dance up a storm and celebrate New Life this Easter Sunday. Dance hard, spend some time focusing on the Resurrection and raise money for a great local non-profit.

Date: Easter Sunday (23rd March)

Time: 6pm.

Venue: Evangel Basement (SE 29th & Flanders)

All donations to These Numbers Have Faces (www.thesenumbers.com) Suggested donation $5 or $15 per family

For more information email jan@imagodeicommunity.com

PICA Lectures: Andrea Bowers

All The Way From Los Angeles!
Andrea Bowers will lecture about her work
Monday, February 25 at 7:30 pm

Andrea Bowers has an MFA from CalArts and lives and works in Los Angeles. Recent solo shows include An Act of Radical Hospitality at Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York; The Weight of Relevance at the Secession, Vienna and Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects; Vows at Halle für Kunst, Lüneburg; and Nothing Is Neutral at REDCAT, Los Angeles and Artpace, San Antonio.

www.pica.org

PDX Picks February 21st 2008

Starts Friday 22nd: Be Kind Rewind

Oh Joy, oh bliss another Michel Gondry movie. This time in Be Kind Rewind Jack Black and Mos Def are video store employees re-recording their own versions of classic movies. Why wouldn't this be wonderful? Various theaters from Friday 22nd.

Saturday 23rd: Clumsy Lovers with Tango Alpha Tango

Tango Alpha Tango featuring Imago Dei Community members Nathan and Aaron Trueb, formerly of The Carolines, bring their own brand of catchy indie rock to an opening slot for the Clumsy Lovers at the Doug Fir Tonight. Doug Fir Lounge 830 E Burnside. 9pm. $15. Over 21's.

Saturday 23rd: Blitzen Trapper.

Blitzen Trapper, Portland's best kept little secret are back in town for a few nights rocking up an all age storm at the Artistery. Catch them quick before they hit the road again. The Artistery, 4315 SE Division, 8pm, $6. All Ages.

Wednesday 27th: Landmarks.

Local artists and musicians collaborate to paint a portrait of the awesome city we call home. With electro-acoustic music from Ethan Rose, visuals from Jeremy Bird and a host of other local artists. Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison, 9pm. $6. Over 21's.

Wednesday 27th: Kabul Beauty School.

In the tradition, "Reading Lolita in Tehran," Deborah Rodriguez's latest book tells the story of a beauty school she founded in the middle of the Afghan city of Kabul soon after the 2001 fall of the Taliban. Powell's City of Books, 1005 W Burnside. FREE. All Ages. 7:30pm.

Reconciled: A Gospel Symphony

Reconciled: A Gospel Symphony

On Palm Sunday afternoon, Seattle Pacific University’s acclaimed Gospel Choir and Wind Symphony join forces for a free, soul-stirring worship event called Reconciled: A Gospel Symphony:

Date and time: March 16, 4 p.m.
Location: Rolling Hills Community Church, 3550 SW Borland Rd., Tualatin

Modeling biblical reconciliation through music, Reconciled: A Gospel Symphony combines two very different ensembles — gospel choir and wind symphony — while fusing musical styles from around the world. Reconciled is the result of a vision shared by two award-winning composer-conductors as different as the ensembles they direct: Gospel Choir Director Stephen Michael Newby, and Wind Symphony Director Gerry Jon Marsh.

“It was amazing how our collaboration turn the ordinary into the extraordinary,” Marsh says. “It quickly became evident that the Holy Spirit was present in our working together to produce Reconciled.” The result of this unlikely partnership is an entirely new musical genre Newby and Marsh are calling “a gospel symphony.”

“I sat with tears in my eyes, awed by the group’s sound, its ministry, and ability to communicate each musical nuance,“ wrote Jim Rice, president of the Northwest Division of the National Association for Music Education, after last year’s Reconciled concert in Portland, Oregon.

Reconciled features original music by Marsh — a member of the Washington Music Educators Association Hall of Fame — that was commissioned in 2007 by SPU’s Center for Worship.

Admission is free; all ages are welcome.
For more information, visit www.spu.edu/reconciled.

OMSI Photograohy Contest

The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI)
Announces

Kendall Planetarium Astronomy Photo Contest

In 1609, Galileo first used an astronomical telescope to bring the night skies closer. Four hundred years later, we use the wonders of modern photography to capture those skies on film.

In celebration of the International Year of Astronomy, OMSI's Kendall Planetarium is sponsoring an astronomy photo contest. Winning astronomy photos will be published in OMSI's 2009 Kendall Planetarium astronomy calendar.

Grand prize:

Photo featured on the front cover and inside a 2009 astronomy calendar, planned for national distribution

A one-year OMSI Family Membership, which includes discounts on Science Store purchases, science camps and classes, and more

Celestron SkyScout® Personal Planetarium ($429 value)

Prizes for 11 Honorable Mention Winners:

Photos published in a 2009 astronomy calendar, planned for national distribution

A one-year OMSI Family Membership, which includes discounts on Science Store purchases, science camps and classes, and more
In addition, ALL winning photos will be displayed at OMSI in 2008.

Contest Period:

The contest runs February 20 - March 31, 2008. All entries must be received by 5:00 p.m. PST on March 31.
How To Enter:

No more than three entries per person.

By e-mail. Attach online entry form (available at www.omsi.edu/contest) and e-mail form and photo submission to calendarcontest@omsi.edu

If submitting more than one photo: A separate entry form must accompany each submission. You may send separate e-mails. Any single e-mail above 2MB will be disqualified.
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By mail. Print online entry form (available at www.omsi.edu/contest) and mail it with photo submission(s) on a CD to Jim Todd, OMSI Astronomy Photo Contest, 1945 SE Water Ave., Portland, OR 97214.
Note:

If submitting more than one photo: A separate entry form must accompany each submission. However, photos can be sent on one disc and in one mailing package.
Important:

OMSI employees and their family members are not eligible to participate.
Format:

All entries should be sent as .tif or .jpg files. Images should be 100 dpi, 720 x 480 pixels. E-mailed entries must be less than 2MB. Winners will need to deliver high-resolution images (12kx12k at 300 dpi) by April 30.
Judges:

Jim Todd, Kendall Planetarium Manager, and other well-known local amateur astronomers and photographers.
Please see complete contest guidelines at www.omsi.edu before submitting.

If you still have questions, please e-mail calendarcontest@omsi.edu

PDX Freeze

There is a "freeze" happening this Saturday, February 23rd at 3:30pm by at the intersection by Powell's books (and just inside) by the Portland chapter of Improv Everywhere. Basically they are trying to get 100s of people to freeze in place for 5 minutes while getting video of the whole thing. I think it sounds hilarious! Below are the details. Are any of you interested in doing this with me? Forward this to your friends!

Here are some clips of what the original NY group has done.

Grand Central Freeze:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwMj3PJDxuo

Mp3 Experiment
www.improveverywhere.com/2007/08/22/the-mp3-experiment-four/

http://improveverywhere.ning.com/group/portlandor/

Here are the details of the PDX freeze.

Before Saturday:

1) Invite all your friends. If they don't want to freeze, have them come to just be "fluffers" making conversation with the people who aren't frozen, alerting people in stores and restaurants that 'something weird is going on'. Invite someone to record video or audio; even those little digital cameras have video these days. Or they can just be there, observe the event, be moving when others are holding still; the contrast is important.

2) Practice Freezing for 5 minutes. It's harder than it looks. Choose a posture that you can hold and won't damage you in any way. Think twice before doing a maneuver that will leave you in a long stride, or with your arms raised, or in an awkward position for such a long time.

3) Figure out where you want to be, on which corner (or in Powells), doing what, with whom.

4) Set the vibrate alarm on your phone to see if it works and that you can feel it when it goes off. If possible, turn off your phone so it doesn't ring (or vibrate) in the target time so it isn't confusing when to go again.

5) Check the weather and dress appropriately.

6) Take public transit or bike. Keep it Green!

On Saturday 2/23:

*Leave your valuables at home or secure your phone, watch, wallet, purse, etc. so you don't get pick pocketed while frozen.* Also do not choose to freeze in the intersection, nor in the doorway of a business; we want to have fun, but not be a nuisance.

2:30pm: Meet at the North Park Blocks for marching orders & synchronize phones/watches: NW Park Ave & Burnside

3:00pm: Disperse so as to arrive at the target location from different angles and directions.

3:10-14pm: Arrive at the intersection of W 10th & Burnside, any of the 4 corners, also along Burnside toward 11th, inside Powell's lobby and/or in the Powell's coffee shop on the corner or 11th & Burnside.

3:15pm: FREEZE! Hold it for 5 (FIVE) minutes. Don't move. Stand still. Don't react if spoken to. Be there.

3:20pm: Move again; just keep walking, nothing to see here, move along...

3:30-4:00pm: Meet up to celebrate, have a drink at the McMenimins on the 1st floor of the Crystal Ballroom on 14th & Burnside. Or go out with your friends & family.

Send all video & sound clips to Dale so he can edit our event into a finished piece.

Oregon Ballet Theater French Program

OBT French Program at Keller Auditorium

Feb 23 at 7:30 PM
Feb 24 at 2:00 PM
Feb 29 at 7:30 PM
Mar 1 at 7:30 PM

Featuring four different ballets with the music of four French composers

Zais (Christopher Stowell/Rameau)
Afternoon of a Faun (Jerome Robbins/Debussy)
World Premiere* Pas de Deux Parisien (Christopher Stowell/Delibes)
World Premiere* Bolero (Nicolo Fonte/Ravel)

tickets: 503.2.BALLET
or: www.obt.org

Tango Alpha Tango Show

Local band Tango Alpha Tango, featuring Imago musicians Aaron and Nathan Trueb will be opening for The Clumsy Lovers on Saturdau 23rd February and the Doug Fir Lounge. Doors at 8pm, show at 9pm. Over 21's $15 advance (tickets available through Tickets West), $15 day of show. Check out Tango Alpha Tango's music at http://www.myspace.com/tangoalphatango

Fritz Liedtke Photography Exhibition

Fritz Liedtke - Skeleton in the Closet

February 23 - March 21, 2008
Artist’s Reception: 7-9pm Friday, February 29, 2008

Camerawork Gallery
Peterson Hall
2255 NW Northrup
Portland
9-5 M-F, 1-5 Sat, often open other hours by chance

Check out Fritz' work at www.fritzphoto.com

PICA Lectures: Matthew Coolidge

All The Way From Culver City!
Matthew Coolidge from Center for Land Use Interpretation Will Lecture About His Work!
The Public Is Invited (it's free, tell your friends)
Monday Feb 4th, 7:30 pm Sharp!
PSU 5th Avenue Cinema, Room 90
510 SW Hall St. at SW 5th

Matthew Coolidge has been the director of the Center for Land Use Interpretation since its inception in 1994. The CLUI takes a broadly interdisciplinary approach to the investigation of land use, drawing on the natural sciences, sociology, art, architecture, and history. The work of the Center is presented in museums and noncommercial exhibit spaces, as well as in the institution's network of public exhibit facilities.

The Center maintains an online database of unusual and exemplary land use in the United States, publishes books, operates a residence program and interpretive site in the salt flats of Utah, and conducts public tours. Recent regional and thematic programs produced by the Center include Pavement Paradise: American Parking Space (at CLUI: Los Angeles); Up River: Points of Interest on the Hudson River from the Battery to Troy (at CLUI: Troy, New York); Ultima Thule: An American Outpost at the Top of the World (at the Greenland National Museum, Nuuk, Greenland and CLUI: Los Angeles); and Immersed Remains: Towns Submerged in America (at CLUI: Los Angeles).

Coolidge teaches in the curatorial practice program at the California College of the Arts in San Francisco. He is the author and editor of several books, including Overlook: Exploring the Internal Fringes of America with the Center for Land Use Interpretation, and The Nevada Test Site: A Guide to the Nation's Nuclear Proving Ground.

PDX Picks February 13th 2008

Wednesday 13th: Oregon Book Awards Authors Reading

Oregon Book Award winner Alison Clement reads alongside nominees Robert Hill and Monica Drake. South Waterfront Artist-in-Residence Studio, 3623 SW River Parkway. FREE.

Starts Friday 15th: Portland Jazz Festival

The fifth annual Portland Jazz Festival, presented Qwest & The Oregonian A&E, will open with 2007 Pulitzer Prize and Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Ornette Coleman on Friday, February 15, 7:30 PM, at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. The Festival runs through until February 24th and includes over 150 registered events. For full listings check out the website at www.pdxjazz.com

Friday 15th: 5th Annual Johnny Cash Birthday Bash.

Local artists take on classic Cash tracks, rarities and much mirth in the name of celebrating the man in black's birthday. With music from Joshua James & the Runaway Trains, Kate Mann and Myrrh Larsen. Ash Street Saloon, 9:30pm. $7. Over 21's.

Saturday 16th: Keren Ann.

Honey drenched French pop from indie songstress Keren Ann with support from Dean and Britta. Aladdin Theater, 8pm. $17.50/$19. All ages.

Monday 18th: Paranoid Park.

Hometown premiere for local director Gus Van Zant's Portland based tale of mournful teenage skateboard virtuosos. Part of the Portland International Film Festival. Featuring an appearance from Gus Van Zant. Whitsell Auditorium, Portland Art Museum. 1219 SW Park Ave. 6:30pm. $12.

February 25th: Cornelia Seigneur Reads at Powells

Cornelia Seigneur, an Oregonian newspaper freelance journalist and Mom Columnist, a freelance editor, and an adjunct instructor at George Fox University, will be presenting "25 Tips for Freelance Writing" at Oregon Writer's Colony's OWC Presents - Monday February 25, 2008 - Powell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing
in Beaverton (3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd); FREE. Visit http://www.oregonwriterscolony.org/owcpresents.htm


Cornelia Seigneur has been a freelance journalist for The Oregonian newspaper since 1996, and pens the family column "Real-Life Mom" which runs in the newspaper's SW Weekly section. She is a regular contributor to the paper's Faith and Inspiration section of The Oregonian. Cornelia has also been published in Travel Oregon, Parents, and Family Circle magazines, among other publications, and has a contract to write a book for Arcadia Publishers, due out later this year. As a freelance editor, she has overseen the production of a small weekly newspaper along with other editing jobs. Cornelia has taught memoir, creative non-fiction and journalism workshops through Portland State University, and currently teaches a public relations course at George Fox University. Her website and blog can be found at: www.writermom.net and her e-mail is inaword@comcast.net

February 17th: Portland Artist Trading Card Swap

People of all ages and skill levels are invited to join us at the next Portland Artist Trading Card Swap which is going to be held Sunday, February 17th from 5-7 p.m. at the I.P.R.C. (Independent Publishing Resource Center) which is located at 917 S.W. Oak Street #218 in downtown Portland (the I.P.R.C. is located above Reading Frenzy on the triangular block that is diagonal from Powell's Books).

What Are Artist Trading Cards?

Artist Trading Cards are 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" works of art that are produced to trade with other artists at swaps.
A.T.C.s can be drawn, painted, sculpted, collaged, stamped, sewn, beaded, welded, you can use photographs or almost anything that you can think of to make them.
Make sure to sign the back of your cards and if you like, you can provide a title for the card and an email address where you can be contacted. Find out more about A.T.C.s at their blog site. http://portlandartisttradingcards.blogspot.com

Write Around Portland: Benefit Workshop

HOTLIPS Pizza hosts Valentine's Day writing workshop to benefit Write Around Portland


Join us at HOTLIPS on V-Day this Thursday for a deliciously fun writing workshop and craft some truly inspired work. Noted poet and essayist Kim Stafford and author Kali Sanders will lead the workshop, Writing for Love. They’ll help you stretch your literary muscles with a series of thought-provoking, creativity-building exercises, reading and discussions.

This Thursday, February 14, 9am - Noon

HOTLIPS Pizza, 2211 SE Hawthorne Blvd

Light breakfast and lunch will be served.

$25 fee benefits Write Around Portland

Class is limited to 25. RSVP to jeana@hotlipspizza.com.

This workshop is part of the HOTLIPS Art Action, a series of events and artworks that express the working philosophy that sensory experience enhances life, and that art, like pizza, is an irreducible ingredient for a healthy society.

HOTLIPS Pizza is a local family-owned company with 4 restaurants in Portland, a central processing facility and a soda production operation. Thanks to HOTLIPS, Kim and Kali for supporting Write Around Portland through this great event!

Van Wheeler Reading

A Multi-Faceted Reading

Join Vandoren Wheeler, Jay Ponteri, and producer/songwriter Richard Jankovich at Backspace (115 nw 5th ave) on Tuesday, Feb. 19th, at 7:30 pm, for an evening of words and music. The reading of stories and poems will be soundtracked by music. The event is free and open to the public & will last one hour (no longer!).

W. Vandoren Wheeler teaches writing and literature in Portland, OR. His poems have appeared in Forklift, Isotope, and Swink, among others.

A recent transplant from Brooklyn, NY, Richard Jankovich is producer/songwriter for Burnside Project whose song, "Cue the Pulse to Begin" was the theme for Showtime's television drama Queer as Folk and went on to achieve top-40 status in Japan. Also a pocket musician, Jankovich has done remixes for of Montreal, Elk city, Mendoza Line, Dirty on Purpose, Eskobar and more. Jankovich is currently completing a full length album of new music with guest vocalists: Tanya Donelly, Craig Wedren, Dave Smalley, Robyn Hitchcock, Mark Burgess, Sal Principato, Martha Davis, Jamie Stewart, Steve Kilbey, Yuki Chikudate, Shonali Bhowmik and more. This will be Jankovich's first Portland performance.

Jay Ponteri teaches writing and literature seminars at Marylhurst University. He has published fiction and nonfiction in Clackamas Literary Review, NW Edge iii: The End of Reality, Eye-Rhyme: A Journal of New Literature, Thirsty Ear Magazine, Cimarron Review, Del Sol Review, and Puerto Del Sol. A chapbook titled In The Dream is forthcoming from Featherproof Books.

PICA Lectures: Emily Prince

All The Way From San Francisco!
Emily Prince Will Lecture About Her Work!
The Public Is Invited (it's free, tell your friends)
Tomorrow! Monday, February 11 at 7:30pm Sharp!
PSU 5th Avenue Cinema, Room 90
510 SW Hall St. at SW 5th

Emily Prince is a recent graduate of Stanford University, and a post graduate candidate at the University of California, Berkeley. Most notably, Prince's ongoing project entitled American Servicemen and Women Who Have Died in Iraq and Afghanistan (but Not Including the Wounded, nor the Iraqis nor the Afghans) was recently featured in the 52nd International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale, curated by Rob Storr. A work in progress, Prince offers a detailed rendering of the human cost of the United States' intervention into the Middle East. To date, the project is comprised of over 4000 hand-drawn portraits of the American service men and women who have lost their lives in conflict. www.pica.org

Poetry Northwest Happy Hour

POETRY NORTHWEST
4232 SE HAWTHORNE BOULEVARD / PORTLAND, OR 97215 / WWW.POETRYNW.ORG

Come in out of the rain to join the editors of Poetry Northwest at the magazine's February Happy Hour: Friday, February 22, 5-7pm, at the Blue Monk.

Local poets and aspiring writers of all stripes will be there, along with volunteer angels and friends of the magazine. David Biespiel, poet about town and editor of Poetry Northwest will be there holding court; others will be waxing poetic or just making nice with each other. So, whether you're an aspiring poet, fiction writer or essayist, come on out and get chummy with likeminded types. Everyone's friendly, and the conversation is stimulating--especially after you've had a few. And--bonus--we'll be giving out free copies of Poetry Northwest. *

Note: this is not an open-mic event, but it is a lot of fun and can get loud.

Friday, February 22nd
5-7pm
at The Blue Monk
3341 SE Belmont Ave.

For details, call Franny at 282-6957 or e-mail frannyfrench@gmail.com

Sunday 10th: Project Beauty Restored @ Backspace.

Join the gang from Project Beauty Restored, a locally based faith and arts initiative, for an amazing evening of great art, live music and poetry, blending the Psalms with the best of local art. Includes FREE gourmet vegetarian food for everyone. Events kick off at 5pm with an open mic section at 7:30pm. Backspace, 115 NW 5th Ave. FREE.

PDX Picks February 7th 2008

Starts Thursday 7th: 31st Portland International Film Festival

Some great directors from around the world are represented at PIFF this year. Events kick off Thursday evening with "The Band's Visit," a great movie from Israel and run all the way through to February 24th. Broadway Multiplex, Newmark Theater, Northwest Film Center's Whitsell Auditorium. Full listings at www.nwfilm.org

Sunday 10th: Worst Day of the Year Ride

Join 2,00 local cyclists as they take to the streets to "celebrate" the worst day of the year in Portland. The 18 mile route begins and ends at the Lucky Lab with hot drinks and snacks along the route. Register early to avoid disappointment. Lucky Lab, 915 SE Hawthorne 10am. $35-50. www.worstdayride.com

Sunday 10th: Project Beauty Restored @ Backspace.

Join the gang from Project Beauty Restored for an amazing evening of great art, live music and poetry, blending the Psalms with the best of local art. Includes FREE gourmet vegetarian food for everyone. Events kick off at 5pm with an open mic section at 7:30pm. Backspace, 115 NW 5th Ave. FREE.

Monday 11th: Super Furry Animals.

Welsh indie rock legends, and arguably keepers of the best band name in all rock, Super Furry Animals, bring their own brand of melodic, upbeat indie rock to the Doug Fir. (Let me know if you want a gig going buddy as I don't want to stand by myself.) With support from a Canadian band with an unrepeatable name. Doug Fir Lounge, 830 E Burnside 9pm, $15. Over 21s

Tuesday 12th: Tim Timmerman Lecture.

Tim Timmerman, Arts Director at George Fox University, will be lecturing on the Church's relationship with art throughout history. Beginning with the origins of Church art and progressing right through to the modern Church's often strained relationship with the arts, Tim Timmerman will draw upon many years of experience as an artist, believer and lecturer wrestling with the tension between Church and Art. Incorporating elements of his own story and work, Tim Timmerman's lecture promises to be a valuable and intriguing insight into where we've come from and a provocative tool for instigating the discussion on where we're heading. This seminar will include opportunities to ask questions and debate some of the issues raised by Tim.
7 to 9 p.m Evangel (29th & NE Flanders) in the Fellowship Hall. You can check out Tim’s art at: www.timtimmerman.com.

Writers' Resource Fair

Sunday, March 16, noon–3 p.m.

* Central Library
* 801 S.W. 10th Ave.
* 503.988.5123

Attend this free fair to:

* Celebrate the region's lively literary scene
* Visit the Sterling Room for Writers
* Tour the John Wilson Special Collections
* Attend the Small Press Book Sale — portion of profits to benefit The Library Foundation
* Meet representatives of organizations offering support and opportunities for writers
* Visit the Friends' Library Store
* Enjoy refreshments

Learn more about writing for fun and profit

For more information, call 503.988.5473.

Tim Timmerman Lecture

Tim Timmerman, Arts Director at George Fox University, will be lecturing on the Church's relationship with art throughout history. Beginning with the origins of Church art and progressing right through to the modern Church's often strained relationship with the arts, Tim Timmerman will draw upon many years of experience as an artist, believer and lecturer wrestling with the tension between Church and Art. Incorporating elements of his own story and work, Tim Timmerman's lecture promises to be a valuable and intriguing insight into where we've come from and a provocative tool for instigating the discussion on where we're heading. This seminar will include opportunities to ask questions and debate some of the issues raised by Tim. Check out Tim's art at www.timtimmerman.com

When: Tuesday, February 12th, 7-9pm

Where: Evangel (29th & NE Flanders) in the Fellowship Hall.

PICA Lecture Series: Kate Pocrass

All The Way From San Francisco!
Kate Pocrass Will Lecture About Her Work!
The Public Is Invited (it's free, tell your friends)
Monday Feb 4th, 7:30 pm Sharp!
PSU 5th Avenue Cinema, Room 90
510 SW Hall St. at SW 5th

Kate Pocrass resides in San Francisco, California. She received her BFA from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and her MFA degree from the California College of the Arts in San Francisco. Pocrass produces both independent and collaborative projects dealing with pedestrian culture and social sculpture. She draws on the anonymity of daily experience, reveling in common moments that unwittingly happened upon us each day. Pocrass develops systematic interaction through socially attuned and ephemeral projects in the public sphere. Her work is often encountered outside the gallery via hotlines, bus tours, audio tours, and participatory websites.

Pocrass has been awarded two Cultural Equity grants from the San Francisco Arts Commission to help self publish the books Mundane Journeys and Mundane Field Guide to Color. A recipient of the Fleishhacker Foundation 2008 Eureka Fellowship, Pocrass has exhibited work at Southern Exposure, Rena Bransten Gallery, AIA, Spanganga, Pond, New Langton Arts, and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, University of California at Davis, Nelson Gallery, Artists Space in New York City, Foundation De Appel, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Rooseum in Malmo, Sweden, and participated in the 2006 California Biennial at the Orange County Museum of Art in Newport Beach.

PDX Picks January 30th 2008

Showing all week: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Julian Schnabel's adaptation of Jean-Dominique Bauby's 1997 tells the story of the debilitating stroke which left the then editor-in-chief of French Elle entirely paralyzed save for the use of his left eye which he used to continue his writing career. An amazing story and a beautiful movie. Showing all week at Fox Towers 10, 846 SW Park.

Thursday 31st: Jim Wallis Lecture

The progressive evangelical reads from his brand new book, "The Great Awakening. Bagdad Theater, 3702 SE Hawthorne. 7pm. $25.95, including copy of the book.

Friday 1st: Tried Tried Again.

Fourteen established local songwriters risk mortification to perform the very first song they ever wrote before a live audience. Red Room, 8pm. FREE. Over 21's.

Saturday 2nd: The Round.

An intimate evening of collaborative live music and art featuring music from local favorites, Alan Singley, Ioa (Point Juncture, WA) and Per Se. Plus slam poetry from Matt Gano and Brian Ellis and live painting from Martha Wallallis and Seattle-based artist Scott Erickson. Pacific Crest Community School (116 NE 29th Ave.) 8pm. Suggested donation $5-10. All ages

Showing all week: Twelfth Night.

Under the control of Seattle based director Jane Jones, Portland Centre Stage delivers a no-nonsense and thoroughly engaging adaptation of Shakepeare's classic comedy of misadventure. Gerding Theater, 128 NW 11th. 7:30pm Thursdays-Saturdays. 2pm and 7:30pm Sundays, Noon Thursdays. $16.50-$61.50.