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Stiffwiff, Sabertooth, Wroom and DL Sparks Local record label Arena Rock celebrates a triple release show tonight, with new records—all on sumptuous vinyl!—from heavy improv instrumentalists Stiffwiff, dark and moody folksters Sabertooth, and the brain-scraping ambience of Wroom. It’s a local show you won’t want to miss, and it’s totally free, so there’s no excuse. NL Dante's, 1 SW 3rd Ave., free, 9:00 PM Classic Concerts: Neil Young 1971 BBC Performance If taking your date to a screening of a Neil Young documentary featuring classic footage of his 1971 BBC performance doesn’t get you laid, maybe you should be dating girls more like me. It’s part of the Clinton Street Theater’s Friday night Classic Concerts series. LS Clinton Street Theater, 2522 SE Clinton, $6, 9:30 PM Holidazed It was absolutely inevitable that author Marc Acito would pen a show for the Portland stage. Acito, best known for his 2005 Oregon Book Award-winning novel How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship & Musical Theater, debuts a show this season at Artists Rep, about a suburban family that takes in a pregnant homeless girl for the holidays. Artists Repertory Theatre, 1515 SW Morrison, $20-38, 7:30 PM

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Savage Love
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- by Dan Savage
I, Anonymous
- A Rose Is a Rose
Sold Out
- by Marjorie Skinner

Visual Art

Outside the Lines

Fourteen30's second show features convention-busting work from two young artists.
- by John Motley
- Nov 20, 2008
The Things We Value

MK Guth lets down her hair with "Ties of Protection and Safe Keeping."
- by John Motley
- Nov 13, 2008
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Books

Remembering November 22, 1963

Fact and fiction innovatively merge in Adam Braver's account of the Kennedy assassination.
- by Alison Hallett
- Nov 20, 2008
Inspiration for Clueless Kids: The Mark Oliver Everett Interview

Eels frontman Mark Oliver Everett talks about his new book, and reading on the road.
- by Kevin Sampsell
- Nov 20, 2008
Book Listings »

Theater

Making the Scene

The new theater company Portland Playhouse debuts with After Ashley.
- Nov 20, 2008
Lunacy Stageworks' Remarkable Jack and Jill

A brand-new Sellwood company succeeds where so many startup companies fail.
- by Temple Lentz
- Nov 13, 2008
Theater Listings »

News

Onward

We protested Prop 8. Now what?
- by Amy J. Ruiz
- Nov 20, 2008

Standing Down

Is Sit-Lie Law Fizzling Out?
- by Matt Davis
- Nov 20, 2008
In Other News

Fun-sized news.
- Nov 20, 2008
Hall Monitor

Waiting for Mayor-elect Sam Adams' bureau assignments.
- by Amy J. Ruiz
- Nov 20, 2008

Music

Of Hearts and Elk

Point Juncture, WA go from Elk Lodge dreams to beautiful indie rock.
- by Ezra Ace Caraeff
- Nov 20, 2008

Improvised Remembrance

The instrumental fusion of Stiffwiff proves that improvisation doesn't need to be a dirty word.
- by Ned Lannamann
- Nov 20, 2008
Girls Can Tell

The trouble-free world of the Vivian Girls.
- by Rob Simonsen
- Nov 20, 2008
Like Life, But Better

The Rosebuds keep it like a secret.
- by Ryan J. Prado
- Nov 20, 2008

Film

Abstinence-Only Vampirism

Twilight makes a far better movie than book.
- by Alison Hallett
- Nov 20, 2008

Nerd Pride

Nerdcore Rising offers a glimpse into the hiphop subgenre of nerdcore. Also, Chewbacca noises!
- by Erik Henriksen
- Nov 20, 2008
Jean-Claude Needs a Hug

Jean-Claude Van Damme's JCVD is... brilliant?
- by Ezra Ace Caraeff
- Nov 20, 2008
Geek Out

Mirror's Edge brings a startling originality to gaming.
- Nov 20, 2008

Food and Drink

Around the World

Bete-Lukas recalls the flavor of the world, but the journey ultimately ends with a feeling of home.
- by Patrick Alan Coleman
- Nov 20, 2008

Food Events
- by Patrick Alan Coleman
- Nov 20, 2008
She Likes Us

Amy Sedaris takes a moment to give Mercury readers some party tips.
- by Patrick Alan Coleman
- Nov 13, 2008

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