Things to Do in Portland This Week
Image: Michael Novak
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Music PDX Live
THRU AUG 20 | PIONEER COURTHOUSE SQUARE, FROM $50+
Fourteen concerts come to Pioneer Courthouse Square over the stretch of two weeks, kicking off with Ani DiFranco on August 4. The lineup also includes Muna, Courtney Barnett, Vince Staples, and the Breeders (with opening support from Team Dresch). —RJ
theater A Midsummer Night's Dream and King Lear
THRU AUG 22 | ARTISTS REPERTORY THEATRE, FROM $25
Salt and Sage stages two Shakespeare heavy-hitters in repertory. Voyage to a magical, fairy-filled forest one night and to a fracturing kingdom the next—or visit them both on the same day. —RJ
Image: Courtesy Cat Power
CONCERT Cat Power
8PM WED, AUG 12 | REVOLUTION HALL, $60+
This tour marks the 20th anniversary of The Greatest, recorded in Memphis with a slew of the, well, greatest session musicians the legendarily blues capital had to offer in the mid-2000s. And we’re fast approaching the 30th anniversary of the Chan Marshall/Cat Power’s first Matador Records release, What Would the Community Think, if we want to keep celebrating the confessional indie singer-songwriter.
Image: Michael Novak
FUN PDX Adult Soapbox Derby
10am–4pm Sat, Aug 15 | Mt. Tabor Park
Every August, an absolute menagerie of homemade derby cars, operated by costumed Portlanders, tear down the extinct cinder cone that is Mount Tabor. It’s goofy and joyous and terribly crowded, and it must be experienced at least once.
Ongoing
Burlesque Dolly!
thru Sept 20 | Paris Theatre, $39+
