Tonight marks the last Thursday art walk and gawk on Alberta Street. It isn't the same without the clown house though. One of the few places that show contemporary material is Office. Tonight they have prints from Crack Press=Pete McCracken. McCracken is the go-to guy for unusual silk screen and letter press projects. That makes sense as the tree state is distilled into the paper town (thanks Gordon Gilkey, RIP), and paper is purposed to art by McCracken and about 10,000 Portland artists. At OfficePDX www.officepdx.com 2204 NE Alberta
Umbrella, umbrella, umbrella - another highly local adaption adopted. It is also the title of a short film by Portland-Brooklyn filmmaker-poet Cat Tyc. From what I have heard the film focuses on a woman in the hours before her visit to the clinic to end a pregnancy. It happens. Luckily legal and safe. For some reason she is being followed by a man in a grey suit who is hitting her over the head with an umbrella as this all unfolds. I'm sure you can get more details from Cat.
Films are expensive, they are the time labor of many many people stored in frames per second. So Tyc is holding a fundraiser performance raffle party with a few friends. Like Sad Horse, Sarah Winchester, Sarah Dougher, Janet Pants, Tara Jane O'Neil, Mattress, Rush-n-Disco and DJ Mike McGonigal. Magic decoder ring wow! There is also a raffle for some super useful things, like from McTarnahan's beer, Plexifilm, La Mignoette, Half and Half, the Journal of Short Film, PLAZM magazine & the Portland Trailblazers.
At Holocene www.holocene.org, corner Morrison and SE 10th. 9PM on $5-10 with $2 going to Planned Parenthood and the Rock and Roll Camp for Girls.
