Portland filmmakers Alain LeTourneau & Pam Minty present their landscape documentary, Empty Quarter. It's a film filled with long shots and interviews made in Southeast Oregon. You can see it at University of Portland, Buckley Center Room 163 4PM Free
Old-timey music side project of many outstanding Portland musicians, Black Prairie, plays a month of Wednesdays beginning tonight at the Laurelthirst. 2958 NE Glisan 6PM-8 Free
The Guggenheim Museum has had a romance with art and architecture. From the spectacular Frank Lloyd Wright-designed spiral in New York, to the Frank Gehry-designed Guggenheims in Bilbao and now Abu Dhabi. The fantastic collection has also driven the museum to open instances in Berlin and Venice. Tonight the founding curator for Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, Suzanne Cotter, speaks about her grand curatorial project and the challenges of curating across cultures. At Yu Contemporary Art www.yucontemporary.org 900 SE 10th 7PM $3-5, Free members
