• The city’s foremost supplier of your favorite doin’ stuff-stuff, Hand-Eye Supply celebrates five years this week, with a First Thursday celebration featuring a set from garage rockers the Reverberations and live printmaking. Hand-Eye Supply, 427 NW Broadway, Thurs Aug 6, 6-9 pm

Popina Swimwear’s Pearl District shop has a fresh new look (including the addition of a mini bar that has Kona beers on tap), and they’re throwing a party to show it off, with 25 percent off the entire store. Popina Swimwear, 318 NW 11th, Thurs Aug 6, 6-9 pm

• Vintalier is hosting their first-ever art show, featuring featuring Barcelona/Marrakesh-based fashion illustrator Stephan Beaumont, AKA One Eye Girl—look for our Q&A with Beaumont in the next issue! Vintalier, 412 NW 13th, Thurs Aug 6, 6 pm

• SE Portland’s Windowwall Salon is having a blowout celebration to celebrate their newly expanded space, along with a new collaboration with Portland designers Rachel Turk and Nathaniel Crissman’s legendary Church + State label in the form of official WW jackets, now available along with your cut ‘n’ color. The party will feature the Newrotics DJs, summertime cocktails, and lots of good hair. Windowwall, 2505 SE 11th, Ste 323, Sat Aug 8, 7-10 pm

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• One of the hallmarks of the Portland summer has become the Alley 33 outdoor fashion show. It hits the five-year benchmark this weekend with 20 of the city’s designers (Amelia Boutique headlines), with an eye to small-batch production methods, affordability, and including options for plus sizes and swimwear—I’ll be paying extra attention to what’s new from Laurs Kemp, hosts Altar Houseline, Sarah Bibb for Folly, and Eve Skywalker. DJ Gregarious will hold down the event music as well as the after party. SE 33rd & Hawthorne w/after party at Gold Dust Meridian, 3267 SE Hawthorne, Sat Aug 8, 7 pm, $12-15

• 2015 marks the 18th year for the Alberta Street Fair. The commercial drag will close to car traffic for the festivities, including two beer gardens, a kids’ corner, three stages of music, a parade, and 300 vendors. NE Alberta St between 10th & 30th, Sat Aug 8, 11 am-6 pm

Nationale is ringing in August with a new art show of collages from Daniel Long, A Peanut in a Suit Is a Peanut Nonetheless, which will run through September 14. The opening reception is a relaxed Sunday afternoon kind of thing. Nationale, 3360 SE Division, Sun Aug 9, 2-5 pm

• It’s time again for the Montavilla Community Flea Market, where you’ll find a ton of good scores on jewelry, clothing, books, plants, crafts, oddities, and other treasures, nestled in the parking lot of the Portland Garment Factory. 408 SE 79th, Sun Aug 9, 10 am-3 pm

• P:FINE hosts a productive afternoon for emerging designers with the conversation event “Merchandising Products at the Retail Level: Direct to Market.” Show up to learn and network with others in the industry—plus, it’s outside! Wallace Park, 2550 NW Raleigh (under the picnic shelter), Sun Aug 9, 4-7 pm