Friday, June 07, 2013

June 8 Sad Tamales

We are approaching peak daytime hours as the scales of Winter-sad are lifted! That's a perfect antidote to Sad Night Live, a celebration of sad musics. Michael Hurley, Shelley Short and Dragging an Ox Through Water perform sad songs and writer Patrick DeWitt reads his saddest stories. The presenters win a special copywriting award for their observation: "The sadness of others, when presented in the form of song, story, or painting, can be moving and empowering, as the viewer is forced to recognize sorrow as a shared or communal experience". At the Portland Museum of Modern Art inside Mississippi Records www.portlandmuseumofmodernart.com 5202 N Albina Map 8 Free



I have never seen the fireplug party trick in Portland, but we do love our street parties. This afternoon and evening, art and street party make love. Latino Art Now is a show at Recess Gallery including Chris Beanes, Alejandro Ceballos, Claire Barrera, Julia Carrillo, Paul Clay, Edgar Frias, Hector Hernandez, Mark Martinez, Michael Martinez, Jeremy Neldon, Kirk Rea and Sergio Torres. Recess is one of a list of the top Portland experimental galleries countable on one hand. So their work with Latino Art Now, following previous great shows on crossing national and cultural borders is recommended. The street fair includes a tamale taste off with tamales from Amo Sabor, Mextica Catering, Gabe Flores, Montiel's Cocina and more. Taste, vote 3PM-5:30, winners 6. Music afternoon; performances and readings at 6PM and 7. www.latinoartnow.org/street-party.html at RECESS recessart.com at Oregon Brassworks Building, 1127 SE 10th Map All ages. 3PM-9 Free