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Liars TRUTH—The shifting experiments of Liars have mutated over the years, with their most recent material deconstructing the fundamentals of indie, punk, noise, and rock. Tribal thumps and moaned voices meet trancelike anti-melodies that force you to accept them on their own terms. If you do, you won’t be sorry—Liars’ live show is fucking awesome. NL w/Get Hustle, Janet Pants; 9 pm, $12-14, all ages Hawthorne Theatre, 1507 SE 39th Ave., Pietopia With five original recipes making the final cut, the Pietopia pie-making contest makes its debut; there’ll be an exhibition of the winning pies and plenty of pie eating. Or, bring some tins and whipped cream and create your own pie trouble. CN Eastbank Farmers Market, SE 20th & Salmon, FREE Time of Your Life Remember when you were seven and you watched Dirty Dancing with the girl down the street, and afterward she looked like she might kiss you? That’s intimacy, people. INTIMACY. And you will never know anything like it again, which is why Patrick and Jennifer deserve your tearful tribute this evening yet again. MD w/Rose City Band, the Dimes; Colonel Summers Park, SE 17th & Taylor, music at 6:30 pm, film at dusk, FREE, all ages

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Reflecting on Scratching the Surface

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- Aug 21, 2008
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Portland Zine Symposium

An interview with organizers of the Eighth Annual Portland Zine Symposium.
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- Aug 21, 2008
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Win McCormack's You Don't Know Me: A Citizen's Guide to Republican Family Values is a comprehensive guide to conservative hypocrisy.
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Pylon

Portland Ensemble Theatre Company presents Craig Jessen's thoughtful, well-scripted Pylon.
- Aug 21, 2008
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Leonard's Secret List

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- Aug 21, 2008
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Genius Lessons

Wu-Tang is for the children. GZA's Liquid Swords is for everyone.
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Mint Condition

The Mint Chicks make the move from New Zealand to Portland.
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Say it Twice

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- Aug 21, 2008
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- Aug 14, 2008

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- Aug 21, 2008
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Sub Rosa Spirits offers infused elixirs that just may change the way you drink vodka.
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- Aug 21, 2008

Happy Hours

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- Aug 14, 2008
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- Aug 7, 2008

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