Artist Talk / Performance with Jon Brumit

http://www.jonbrumit.com

7:30p. $3-5 suggested, all ages.

See his infomercial here.

Visiting resident artist Jon Brumit will present for discussion several of his recent hybrid projects fusing community and site-based strategies with improvisation, performance, humor, and failure. For this discussion he will present Vendetta Retreat (a walk-in revenge clinic with accompanying soundtrack now at SPACE until August 13), Door To Door (an attempt to co-opt sales strategies for the purpose of generosity and spontaneity), and his participation in other collaborative projects including Neighborhood Public Radio and various musical projects including Van Boven, Tote Oma, and The New Bobby Sextet.

First Friday Artwalk:

The Steel Yard
Jon Brumit: Vendetta Retreat

5-8p, free, all ages

SPACE hosts a group gallery show with our friends from Providence. The Steel Yard is located at the historic Providence Steel and Iron site, along the Woonasquatucket River in the heart of Providence’s industrial Valley neighborhood. With a 5612 square foot industrial shop featuring a foundry, ceramics studio, blacksmithing shop, and welding shop, as well as studio space and outdoor work and exhibition space, the Steel Yard is a multi-use venue. The Steel Yard’s program areas, focusing on arts education, the incubation of new business and arts initiatives, and the establishment of a lasting community arts resource, cater to working artists, students and community members, tradespeople, arts educators and entrepreneurs.
In the front window, we host visiting resident artist Jon Brumit. (See above).

SAPAT w/ Threads and Our Poor Neighbors

8:30p, $6, 18+

Sapat are a free improv ensemble; one reviewer says they are “essentially based in Louisville, Kentucky, but I get the feeling they’re one of those ‘Well we’ve got our core of 5 but tonight we’re gonna be augmented by those two guys from the other touring band, and the doorman, and did you ask that dude outside with the broken shopping cart yet?’ type bands.” They deliver their version of Sun Ra-esque skronk and jive while improvising the soundtrack to nuclear winter--but with a happy ending! Threads are a side project of Caleb, Colleen and Chriss of Cerberus Shoal with Micah Blue Smaldone. The show opens with Our Poor Neighbors, the wonderfully rough and tumble out-pourings of Donnue Hamulak. Find her ever-moving beauty, which pulls from the deepest place of space.

Magnolia Electric Co. and Grand Buffet

8:30p, $8, 18+

Magnolia Electric Co. is one of America’s most important contemporary live acts, evolving into something really special and doing what it does best -- whipping an audience into a frenzy. It’s all about that wandering spirit, and the longing to wrangle it into place every now & again. Grand Buffet are two smart, sassy hiphop artists who, rather than fronting with wack street imagery, celebrate their real roots--white suburbia, video games, and junk food.

Film: Ong Bak - The Thai Warrior

Official site: http://www.ongbakmovie.com/

Watch the trailer.

7:30p, $5, All ages

Ah, the “Summer Film” . . . traditionally, Hollywood releases its biggest, most explosive films during the summer, when we’re all looking for some repose from the heat and for something to dazzle our imagination. SPACE presents its take on the summer film with this martial arts nugget from Thailand, featuring incredible stunts free from computers, wires and doubles. TIME Magazine calls “Ong Bak” star Tony Jaa “Southeast Asia’s long-overdue answer to Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan.”

Twenty/20

9p, free, 18+

Join us in writing a new chapter in the Portland history books with Twenty/20, a first of its kind urban arts regional community unification. During the day, 20 graffiti writers will “remove” themselves from society for the day on Cow Island, to focus on the creation of their art and learn from each others’ creativity, all while documenting the process. Later at SPACE, the public will be able to come and look at art created on the island, as well as a documentary video of the day.

Documentary Film: Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst

Official site:
http://www.guerillathemovie.com/

Watch the trailer.

7:30p, $5, All ages

“Guerilla” is an unprecedented account of the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA), arguably the most notorious and flamboyant domestic terrorist group in American History. Their audacious 1973 kidnapping of teenage newspaper heiress Patty Hearst inspired what might be the first true media “frenzy,” one that only exploded further when Patty transformed into “Tania” and joined the ranks of the SLA. “REMARKABLE. With reality this compellingly bizarre, fiction doesn’t stand a chance.” – Boston Globe

Milled Pavement Records: A-Frame and Mike Clouds

8:30p, $5, 18+

A-Frame & Mike Clouds release “Life with a Hangover” on Milled Pavement Records, their third full-length / follow-up to their “Life on a Barstool.” A-Frame’s lyrics take you on a journey through corrupt politics, bad relationships, and rough nights of heavy drinking, all laced on Mike Clouds’ infamous bass heavy beats. The album features guest spots from Portland’s best hip hop acts including Sontiago, Kut Kaper, Bread & Kgb. Moshe & guests, Brzowski & Agent8 open. DJ set by Kut Kaper.

Oakley Hall and Christopher Teret

8:30p, $6, 18+

As recently as 2004, Brooklyn’s Oakley Hall was a big, sprawling, endearingly messy country orchestra, fronted by Papa Crazee, a founding member of Oneida who left noise rock to pursue honky tonk. While Crazee is still at the helm, the personnel have undergone dramatic adjustments to a streamlined six member ensemble – guitar, bass, drums, fiddle, banjo and lap steel – tilting more to the rock side of country-rock. “If the old Oakley Hall had been a quaking VW bus, the updated version showed itself to be a long, sleek ‘70s sedan with a brand-new engine – still a good, fun time, but now an exhilarating ride as well.” - Time Out New York. Local songwriter Christopher Teret opens with songs of tenderness and grit backed by special guests.

The Pernice Brothers with Cloud Room and Jose Ayerve

8:30p, $10, 18+

Formed after the 1997 breakup of singer/songwriter Joe Pernice’s alt-country group the Scud Mountain Boys, the Pernice Brothers did an about-face from the lush ‘70s country sound of their previous band and turned to lush orchestrated pop. Their newest album, “Discover a Lovelier You” is near-perfect Pernice Bros., thus near-perfect guitar pop. Royal Gun opens.

Vorcza Trio

8:30p, $8, 18+

Originating as an informal jazz organ trio, Vorcza has advanced to writing “adventurous yet accessible original material that marries jazz and funk with world-influenced rhythms.” (Tom Huntington, Times Argus) Their skillfully written compositions and their strong presence have earned them much deserved recognition as a powerhouse trio whose combined efforts include working and touring with many musical greats.

8.26.05 | Fri

Esperanza

9p, $7, 18+

Portland based Esperanza is an nine-piece Afro-Caribbean ensemble whose styles include son montuno, mambo, cha cha, bolero, guaguanco rumba, mozambique and songo. Their last performance at SPACE (defying one of the most blizzardy nights Portland saw last winter) resulted in a fantastic CD that’s been flying off the record store shelves.

8.31.05 | Wed

Rainer Maria with Hail Social

8:30p, $8, 18+

The energetic emo-indie Rainer Maria has been called "one of indie music's smartest bands to emerge from late-'90s post-grunge." Now, ten years in existence, their live shows combine a sophistication and youthful exhuberance which defy the typical tour-wearied attitude of many "successful" bands.

Hail Social singer/guitarist Dayve Hawk describes his band as "'80s roller-skating music played by a metal band," and while the "metal" part may be questionable if the word "Borknagar" causes you to respond in a fashion other than "gesundheit," one can easily hear Reagan administration echoes on Hail Social's debut full-length, which picks up the ball from luminaries like The Cure or the Psychedelic Furs as well as more recent '80s-inflected acts like Bloc Party or Hail Social tourmates Interpol.

[ UPCOMING ]

10.01.05 | Sat. | Lori McKenna
10.03.05 | Mon. | Kayo Dot
10.08.05 | Sat. | The Lunchbox Series with Wade Zahares

And always more to come...stay tuned.

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