Things to Do in Portland This Week
Image: Courtesy Lance Bangs
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Tribute Forever Dolly
7PM Thu, Sept 3 | Darcelle XV Showplace, $25
The legendary drag club puts on what's sure to be a legendary celebration of a legend. All proceeds will benefit the Dolly Parton Imagination Library.
theater Barefoot in the Park
7:30pm Thu–Sat & 2pm Sun, SEPT 3–20 | BAG & Baggage Productions, FROM $30
FILM A Page of Madness (with live score)
7PM FRI, sept 4 | TOMORROW THEATER, $25
Teinosuke Kinugasa's spooky 1926 experimental silent film, set in a Japanese mental hospital, gets a live score from some veteran Portland musicians: Sam Coomes and Janet Weiss of Quasi, and Rachel Blumberg and Kathy Foster of Soft Rumble.
visual art The Stars We Do Not See: Australian Indigenous Art
SEPT 5–JAN 3 | PORTLAND ART MUSEUM, $27.50
Melbourne's National Gallery of Victoria provided nearly 150 works for this exhibition at PAM, which features pieces by Indigenous artists from across Australia, spanning from the late 19th century to the present. The work spans genres, too—ochre bark paintings, sound installations, photography, weavings, and more.
FILM Sherman's March
3PM Sun, sept 6 | TOMORROW THEATER, $15+
Image: Courtesy Oregon State Fair
ROAD TRIP Oregon State Fair
Thru Mon, SEPT 7 | Salem, TICKET PRICES VARY
FILM Xanadu
6:30PM SUN, SEPT 6 | HOLLYWOOD THEATRE, $10–12
Olivia Newton-John on roller skates. Gene Kelly’s final film role. A Don Bluth animated sequence. An ELO-heavy soundtrack. And more than a dash of Greek mythology. This fantastical 1980 musical is best enjoyed on a big screen, in the company of others. Warning: Spontaneous singalongs may occur.
MUSIC Bikini Kill
8 pm SUN, SEPT 6 | CRYSTAL BALLROOM, SOLD OUT
Founded in 1990 in Olympia, Washington, Bikini Kill disbanded in the late ’90s but, as if answering a bat signal that the world needed to hear "Rebel Girl" and "Anti-Pleasure Dissertation" live, has embarked on multiple reunion tours over the past decade. It's no surprise this all-ages show in the hometown of singer-songwriter (and author) Kathleen Hanna is already sold out.
Ongoing
Burlesque Dolly!
thru Sept 20 | Paris Theatre, $39+