"Warmish days be damned, because Christian Girl Autumn has officially begun. This week offers many reasons to head indoors, like Spike Lee's Kurosawa-inspired film Highest 2 Lowest, Amanda Lepore's club kid glamour, and '70s art rockers Sparks. Plus, Freddie Robins installs knitted horses at Cooley Gallery, and the storytelling show Be Gay, Do Crime centers icons of queer rebellion. Read on, and don't forget your coat."
"In 1963, the already globally recognized Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa released High and Low. It starred his long-time collaborator, the actor Toshiro Mifune, and is arguably one of the greatest movies made by anybody. Spike Lee's Highest 2 Lowest is the acclaimed contemporary director's fanboy homage to this film, starring Lee's long-time collaborator Denzel Washington. It is not one of the greatest movies ever made by anybody, but it is a perfectly good summer film."
"Also worth it:Mac DeMarco, McMenamins Grand Lodge, SOLD OUT, The perennial indie interlocutor introduces his laid-back new album, Guitar. Historical zines, Multnomah Arts Center, 70+ zines pulled from the Portland Zine Symposium archives are on view. Freddie Robins: Apotropaic"
Portland's arts calendar moves indoors as autumn arrives, offering film, music, gallery installations, zine exhibitions, and storytelling events. Spike Lee's Highest 2 Lowest, a contemporary homage starring Denzel Washington, pairs well with screenings of Akira Kurosawa's High and Low to notice converging and diverging plotlines. Amanda Lepore brings club-kid glamour while '70s art-rockers Sparks perform live. Freddie Robins presents knitted-horse installations at Cooley Gallery under the title Apotropaic. The storytelling show Be Gay, Do Crime centers icons of queer rebellion. Multnomah Arts Center exhibits over 70 historical zines from the Portland Zine Symposium. Mac DeMarco headlines a sold-out show promoting his album Guitar.
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