Click the image for her portfolio.

Joseph McSween will be showing at the first REFUGE art opening in the new 2410 space. The art is pretty dope and the space is awesome.

You. Be there.

make your move… from ashley Montague on Vimeo.

1) Free ish… We have a pair of tix to STS9 (Fri), a screening of
Shutter Island (Fri), the Sweet F.A./Doomtown Rock N Roll Fashion Show
(Sat), Offbeat Bellydance performance (Sat) and a VIP booth for
Massive next weekend (2/27)! Wanna win any of them? Forward this email
to a friend, have them write us asking to join the group and we’ll
enter you both in a drawing to win!

2) Free music ish… This DJ Pump x Jeepney mix. Heavy on hip hop
classics and breaks and some solid blends honoring J Dilla.
http://limelinx.com/files/23ab9e39e24be0fe082b3b663a140b06

3) Awesome Ish… Speaking of hip hop classics, breaks and solid blends,
there is a new FM station in town and I highly recommend checking it
out – 100.7. Their program director is looking for dj’s that love any
type of music to play their Friday night late night drive time slot.
Got a mix? Send it my way and I’ll put you in touch.

4) More Awesome ish… On March 17th LifeisaParty and Minority
Information Opportunities Project are teaming up with the crew from
America’s Got Talent. Yep, Nick Cannon (is hilarious), Sharon
Osbourne, Piers Morgan and Howie Mandel will be in PDX judging all our
talented city folk and we have tix for the live taping. We’ll be
sending out info soon but clear your calendar for that date if you
want to attend!

5) Things to look for this weekend… tons of
Vaudeville/Cabaret/Burlesque performances, $2 beers, $2 whiskey’s, Dr.
Dre’s Birthday Celebration, Fashion Shows, Fashion Mixers, Movie
Festivals, Jazz Fest, Anniversary Events galore and Naked Shopping
Sprees!

This list is growing by leaps and bounds. Turn to the person next to
you and see if they are reading the same email. If not, forward it to
them and tell them to join the community.

Life is a party, everyone is just waiting to be invited.

See you all out and about!
Leigh Feldman

PS – Just because Valentine’s Day has passed it doesn’t mean you
shouldn’t buy a loved one something special

Thursday 2/18
•       The Phunktion w/ Philly’s Phunkestra Soul Orchestra @ Crown Room
(live New Orleans brass and word on the street is that there are $2
whiskey’s?!?!)
•       Official Dre Day PDX Party @ East Chinatown Lounge (a national night
celebrating the music of Dr. Dre w/ drink specials on Colt 45 &
Gin’Juice)
•       Art Spark Mingler w/ Young Audiences @ Someday Lounge (gathering of
art minded folks w/ music, doodling, drumming and drinks)
•       Outpost Reggae Band @ Whiskey Bar (reggae)
•       Quivah & Joe Nasty @ The Dapper Cap (hip hop rock)
•       Krushgroove Throwback @ Bar XV (old school hip hop, funk and throwback jams)
•       Savoir Faire Burlesque & Vaudeville Performance @ Hawthorne Theater
(barroom fare)
•       33rd Portland International Film Festival @ NW Film Center (tons o movies!)
•       Winter Sound Sessions @ Report Lounge (dubstep)
•       PSU Lecture Series: The Future of Portland Jews @ PSU Smith Center
(educational)
•       Upia Fashion Mixer @ Upia Loft Space (mingler for fashion folk)
•       Beer And Movie Fest @ Various Theaters (bad movies and good beer)

Friday 2/19
•       Townbombing w/ Dr. Adam & DJ Ka-el @ Tube (cheap beers, sweaty dance party)
•       Josh Gabriel & DJ Jenkins @ Whiskey Bar (progressive house/trance)
•       Heavy Sugar @ Branx (electro bangers)
•       33rd Portland International Film Festival @ NW Film Center (tons o movies!)
•       Sound Tribe Sector 9 @ Crystal Ballroom (hippie electro jam)
•       Excision, Alex B, Ana Sia, Noah D, Tyler T @ 2410 (STS9 after party
– late night affair)
•       Rockbox @ Holocene (vinyl dance party)
•       Night Shift w/ Remy & Lamar @ Someday Lounge (space disco)
•       Farnell Newton Project @ Brassiere Montmare (jazz)
•       Crave Gold Masquerade Dance Party @ Crush (queer lady dance party)
•       Portland Soul Shaker @ Bossanova Ballroom (soul, funk, r&b)
•       100 Bones Art Show @ Breeze Block (art art art)
•       Cuda Cabaret @ Barracuda (burlesque show)
•       Lucky Devil 2 Year Anniversary Party @ Lucky Devil (stripper party)
•       Disjecta Artist Happy Hour Talks @ Disjecta (drinks and discussion
with artists)
•       Beer And Movie Fest @ Various Theaters (bad movies and good beer)
•       Stumptown Jug Thumpers @ Proper Eats (riverboat rock)
•       DJ Izm’s East Infection @ East Chinatown Lounge (hip hop, club, lounge)

Saturday 2/20
•       Myka 9, Cyclops Project, Boom Bap Bullies @ Club Calabash (hip hop)
•       Shannon Sanders @ Champions Barbershop (India.Arie’s producer doing
a semi-private concert)
•       Ante Up Mix CD Release Show w/ Dr. Adam, DJ Nature, Ronin Roc @
Someday Lounge (hip hop, club, dance party)
•       Club Crooks 1 Year Anniversary Show w/ DJ Izm, Easter Egg, DJ Stray,
Tigerbeat @ Crown Room (hip hop, club, bmore, hyphy, Stussy clothing
giveaways)
•       33rd Portland International Film Festival @ NW Film Center (tons o movies!)
•       Sweet F.A./Doomtown Rock N Roll Fashion Show @ Fez Ballroom (rock
influenced fashion show)
•       Deelay Ceelay, Dat’r, Fake Drugs @ Doug Fit (indie electro rock)
•       Beer and Music Party w/ Afro Q Ben and more @ Green Drop Garage ($2
pints of Hopworks, swag, art, shenanigans)
•       Smash It Up w/ DPStaley, Sports Cars, Spekt1, Basement Buddha @
Rotture (electro, glitch, dubstep)
•       Triage, Jaden, Jak, George Holland @ Whiskey Bar (minimal techno)
•       DJ Drew Groove @ Valentines (soul/r&b)
•       Swollen Members, Cool Nutz, Luck-One @ Hawthorne Theater (hip hop)
•       Bass Boom w/ Tyler Tastemaker, Barisone, Boy Meets Club @ Branx
(dubstep, glitch electro)
•       Jai Ho w/ DJ Prashant @ Lola’s Room (bhangra and bollywood)
•       Ellie Darling Burlesque Show @ Tiger Bar (burlesque show)
•       Gaycation 4th Anniversary Party w/ Kim Ann Foxman of Hercules & Love
Affair @ Holocene (Queer night dance party)
•       Offbeat Bellydance @ Blue Monk (bellydance performance)
•       Rose City Rollers @ Oaks Park (roller derby)
•       Jon Lemmon @ Groove Suite (house)
•       Miz Kitty’s Parlour @ Mission Theater (vaudeville acts)
•       Mudeye Puppet Company @ Friendly House (puppet performance)
•       Beer And Movie Fest @ Various Theaters (bad movies and good beer)

Sunday 2/21
•       2nd Annual Naked Shopping Spree @ Redlight (4 naked people run
through the store putting on clothes, person with the most clothes on
at end of time wins – this is serious)
•       DoneUndone Adult Puppet Show @ The Woods (adult comedy)
•       Opening Night of PDX Jazz Festival @ Various Locations till Feb 28th
•       Sinferno Cabaret @ Dante’s (fire dancing, strippers, magicians)
•       Aalto Lounge ‘Gay Night’ @ Aalto Lounge (disco, lounge, cheap drinks)
•       Zoo Bombers @ Zoo Bomb Monument (mini bike madness)
•       Soulstice @ Groove Suite (deep house)
•       Anime Hentai @ Paris Theater (sex cartoons)
•       Bike Polo at 2pm @ Alberta Park (bring a bike and a mallet)
•       Soft Sundays w/ Gretchen Mitchell @ Club Calabash (r&b, blues, soul)
•       Band Showcase @ Rontoms (bands, beer, hipsters)
•       33rd Portland International Film Festival @ NW Film Center (tons o movies!)

UPCOMING (just a taste of things to come…)
◊       2/27 – Massive Sweet 16: Have Your Cake And Spend It Too w/ DJ
Zimmie, Risk One, Dr. Adam and Illaj @ Crown Room (the last one was
ridiculous, I’m already ready for the next one)
◊       3/13 – Walk of Shame-Rock St. Patrick’s Day OPEN BAR Party w/ Abstract Rude

Feel free to send us your events/specials/parties/shows – we’ll turn
it into a message to the masses.

–
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Leigh Feldman
503.327.3009
twocliche@gmail.com
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facebook.com/leighfeldman3
twitter.com/leighfeldman3
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Life Is A Party, Everyone is Just Waiting To Be Invited

Flyers were an effective means of communicating when you couldn’t afford advertising. Their use was for transient events that would be over in a month. A cheap D.I.Y. advertising campaign. Today, flyer’s have become an old medium exhausting our forests and polluting our rivers. The over production of cheap, chemically laden sheets of paper seems to be easily ignored by our city. The idea that the paper is “recycled” so it’s “alright” might not be the case. Some insiders have said the truth is demand is so high for recycled paper that paper companies put new trees through the process so they can certify it as “recycled”. The endless supply of paper that ends up on the street, or landfill only to dissolve those chemicals right back into the ground should be seen as decadent and wasteful.

The graphic design deluge of the 90’s led to an attitude that all paper should be the heaviest. Conveying  strength and solidity. Professional designers demanded thicker paper with more color, with better coatings. Print shops obliged their customers demands. Leaving them with a need to over sell and to have price breaks  that encourage waste. To make the over production of the most expensive flyers on the heaviest paper, with the most chemicals should be reconsidered.

Reflexively getting flyers should be reconsidered as a method of promoting shows and events. They are a source of permanent waste for short term events. Soon they will be considered as much of a waste as plastic bags. The days of flyers are numbered. How many numbers, I’m not too sure of but believe me, there’s a number.

We’ve all heard the stories of how children were writing music before they could walk or starting retirement plans before Pre-school. This is the true-ish story of a man who was a natural born partier. Leigh Feldman was probably networking with the nurses in the delivery room. Right in the middle of cutting his umbilical cord, he murmurs something like “this weekend you should go to this” and hands the astonished nurse a flyer.

With a mother who’s lifetime involvement with non-profits and community projects, Leigh Feldman has been mentored to make friends and put together events his whole life. As a stranger to his new school in Oregon, Leigh’s mother made cupcakes for, not his class, but his entire school! At his first birthday party in Oregon, where he didn’t know that many people from his school yet (young and self-conscious) his mother in the middle of festivities let’s everyone know if they have any questions about kissing or making out that she’s “the adult they can come to.” Leigh grew comfortable with attention. His mother always socialized leaving Leigh to imitate her energy, attitude and work for community organizations and Non-profits. His events almost always have some of the proceeds go to community organizations, so you can party and help the world. How many people, let alone promoters, have that commitment to helping others?

He’s been a businessman his whole life. Kindergarten, elementary school, teachers lounge. His career/calling led it’s way up to the moment I sat down with him to talk about his future plans at Stumptown. I had no idea I was about meet the love child of Ferris Bueller and Joel Goodson from Risky Business. I won’t go into detail about his high school escapades. That would compromise the unspoken code of “What happened at Leigh’s high school parties stays at Leigh’s high school parties.”, but let me just say, they are on par with those two movies.

Leigh lays out impressive plans for a Dancehall night done proper that include Selector YT from Small Axe Sound along with Portland’s Pete Bodega who’s been running a weekly in Eugene, for 11 years! Plus Jagga Culture of Various fame, toasting throughout. This is the 2nd and 4th Thursdays at The Crown Room.

With the explosion of Dubstep, it has exposed the roots of this sound. Following it’s history backwards we’re eventually led to the Dub and Reggae of Jamaica, the masters of Bass. This is the night I’m most excited for in 2010. Not only are there true heads representing, it’s also FREE. Dancehall at the end of the week, with a great sound system, and it’s free?! You can’t even make an excuse to not go.

Free Phunk. Yeah, that’s right, Phunk.

A blend of Ragtime, Hip Hop, Jazz and straight funk will be blasting the stage on the 1st and 3rd Thursday’s. Having migrated to Cascadia individually, The Philly Phunkestra members came together to jam and see how well things would work together. Apparently, pretty damn good because they are now so tight a hipster couldn’t put them on. When Professionals who have trained to play music their whole lives, connect with other musicians in a way that only those who have been there know, it’s going to be a great night. Communicating through their instruments, all in sync and all on time can be very powerful spectacle. Aside from the genre of Funk making a comeback, this night will be on our list every Thursday.

Now, in addition to these two new nights, Leigh also has solidified MASSIVE as one of the best, if not the best party in Portland, as well as the ever furious Hot Mess at Tube. This new year brings two genre’s into downtown that should make Old Town in particular, a win-win every Thursday. But 2010 is more than just Thursdays. Now I can’t confirm exact dates but Leigh was really excited for a new dimension to parties, the open bar. Yeah the rumor was MASSIVE and other nights could have an open bar. $3 cover and open bar!?! Come on. How do you fuck with that?

Leigh Feldman leaves you no excuses.

Things I’m currently jocking…

1) Free ish… We have 2 tix to the Jus Noise Hip Hop Festival for Friday & Saturday w/ Jern Eye & Rob Swift, tix to the Rose City Rollers documentary screening, the Beat Off Battle next Wednesday, 3 pairs of tix to Live & Direct and passes to The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus! Wanna win any of them? Forward this email to a friend, have them write us asking to join the group and we’ll enter you both in a drawing to win!

2) Free music ish… http://therub.crewcial.org/ITMFR3.mp3 Starting the new year off with one of the first mix tapes sent to me for 2010. It’s from the dj collective The Rub from NYC. Awesome flips of vocals you’ll recognize and 100% perfect for a party!

3) Awesome Ish… Tonight is the Launch Party for The Phunktion w/ Philly’s Phunkestra Soul Orchestra @ The Crown Room. It’s live band New Orleans style funk, $2 pints, FREE entry and it kicks off a little before 10pm!

4) More Awesome ish… Daniel Baldwin sightings!! He’s in PDX and he’ll be presenting at the PMA’s at the end of January.

5) Things to look for this weekend… Mystery Rides, $2 pints, Fashion shows with Miss Teen Oregon, Rob Swift, PantyRaid, Portland Queer Night Porn, Rose City Rollers movie documentary, First Thursday, Clowns, Middle School Themed Dance Parties and people not wearing pants on the MAX!

This list is growing by leaps and bounds. Turn to the person next to you and see if they are reading the same email. If not, forward it to them and tell them to join the community.

Life is a party, everyone is just waiting to be invited.

See you all out and about!

Leigh Feldman

PS – stick to whatever resolutions you made for TwentyTen. It’s only been a week. Don’t give up now.

Thursday

- LAUNCH PARTY for The Phunktion w/ Philly’s Phunkestra Soul Orchestra @ Crown Room (live band New Orleans/Chicago style brass funk. $2 pints of Newcastle. Free!)

- Urban Girl NW Fashion Show @ Smart Real Estate offices (Miss Teen Oregon is modeling in this. Does that make you more or less interested?)

- Art of Weddings Showcase @ Gerding Theater (bridal fashion)

- Beat Club ’68 w/ DJ Rhienna @ East End (tracks from sixty eight)

- Krushgroove Throwback Thursdays @ Bar XV (old school hip hop, funk and throwback jams)

- I Hate Your Job w/ DJ KG @ Tube (soul/r&b and rock)

- The Fix @ Someday Lounge (hip hop dj’s)

- Savoir Faire Burlesque & Vaudeville Performance @ Hawthorne Theater (barroom fare)

- Liz Albert Installation @ Alpern Gallery (art art art)

- Play For Keeps @ Tribute Gallery (art art art)

- Komikaze: Comics from the Balkans & Beyond @ Floating World Comics (art art art)

- Natalie Philips Art show @ Pearl Room of Powell’s Books (art art art)

- After Hours Photography Exhibition @ Compound Gallery (art art art)

- Lee M. Hale: Mind if I Smoke @ Nine Gallery (art art art)

Friday

- Turbulence, Iyahson, Paapa Wastik, Small Axe Sound @ Mt. Tabor (reggae/dancehall)

- Fresh w/ PantyRaid & Danny Corn @ Crown Room (electronic music explosion)

- Jern Eye, Alphabet Stew, Risky Star and more @ Ash St. Saloon (hip hop)

- Nightclubbing @ Holocene (disco dance)

- Live & Direct w/ Tre Hardson, Rev. Shines, DJ Nature @ Rotture (hip hop)

- Lowbrow Lounge Sessions w/ Saltfeend, Ryan Organ, Carier, Anitx @ Lowbrow Lounge (dubstep, breaks, glitch)

- Transrevolution Dance Party @ Crush (alternative dance party)

- Mystery Ride @ 11:59 (secret location – check the shift2bikes calendar for announcement)

- Noridc Soul @ Whiskey Bar (techno and house)

- I Am Snowboarding Art Show @ Nemo (art, music, drinks)

- King Louie & Baby James @ Brasserie Montrmarte (jazz, soul, r&b)

- Clowns Without Borders Benefit @ Bamboo Groove (performances, drinks, music)

- Yelp Party/Get Right @ Someday (rsvp for vip from 8-10, post party from 10pm into the late night!)

- Tom Waits Tribute Night @ Dante’s (smoke a pack of cigs and drink whiskey to have your own tribute night)

- Fruition @ East Burn (happy time jam band folk)

- Cort & Fatboy Movie Night @ Bagdad Theater (movie screenings)

- East Infection @ East Chinatown Lounge (hip hop, club, lounge)

Saturday

- DJ Rob Swift w/ Gen.Erik, Serge Severe, Cool Nutz, DJ Fatboy @ Someday (hip hop)

- Andrea Gupta’s Going Away Party w/ DJ Sureal, Evan Alexander & Gabe Driscoll @ Whiskey Bar (house, progressive, electro)

- Sucka Free w/ DJ Wicked, Deff Ro, Mighty Moves @ Tiger Bar (hip hop)

- Shop Warming Party @ 525 NE 19^th (promise of beer and barbq!)

- Black Rose Middle School Themed Dance Party @ Black Rose Infoshop (come and act awkward like you know you were in those days)

- Atlas @ Holocene (world music dance party)

- Pink Floyd Tribute Night @ East End (“dude, did you know if you listen to them and watch Wizard of Oz it’s totally like you are watching a movie while listening to music instead of the movie dialogue”)

- Various @ Branx (dubstep)

- Afroknot @ Mt. Tabor (afro rock)

- As Is Opening Party @ Wee House Garage Gallery (art and party time)

- Brutal Beauty screening & After Party @ Hollywood Theater/Bossanove (documentary movie on – Rose City Rollers & After Party w/ Boy Eats Drum Machine and Notes From the Underground)

- Distilled: A Fundraiser for Alembic Series @ 4625 SE 67^th (micro performances from performers and project showcases)

- Sublime Tribute Band @ Dantes (yes, you probably know all the words, so will everyone else)

- Dengue Fever @ Berbati’s (psych rock)

- The Fresh Mashup Series w/ Tigerbeat & Nature @ Report (hip hop, disco, funk)

- McMennimans Grab Bag @ Crystal Ballroom (3 bands!)

- Snail Fever w/ Los Estupidos @ Lagano Lounge (rare funk, latin vibes, modern soul)

- After Dark @ Groove Suite (house music)

Sunday

- Bhob Rainey @ The Wail (composer, saxaphonist, electronic musician)

- No Pants on the Max Ride @ Tri-Met Max Lines (drop trow)

- Hip Hop Cabaret @ IFCC (hip hop showcase)

- Beyond Impanema: Brazilian Music @ NW Film Center (music movies!)

- Holy Revival @ Tube (soul/r&b)

- Expendables, Iration, Passafire @ Hawthorne (reggae)

- Portland Poetry Slam @ Backspace (poetry)

- Buy A Date With A Barista @ Muddy Waters (date auction)

- Nightflight w/ Tigerstripes @ Aalto (disco)

- Sinferno Cabaret @ Dante’s (fire dancing, strippers, magicians)

- Zoo Bombers @ Zoo Bomb Monument (mini bike madness)

- Soulstice @ Groove Suite (deep house)

- Anime Hentai @ Paris Theater (cartoons)

- Bike Polo at 2pm @ Alberta Park (bring a bike and a mallet)

- Soft Sundays w/ Gretchen Mitchell @ Club Calabash (r&b, blues, soul)

- Band Showcase @ Rontoms (bands, beer, hipsters)

UPCOMING (just a taste of things to come…)

1/13 – PDX Queer Night Porn Night @ Crush (dildos galore), Beat Off @ Holocene (no dildos, just a producer’s beat battle)

1/14 – Imperial @ The Crown Room (dancehall and reggae. Get excited for this!)

1/15 – Townbombing @ Tube (sweaty messy dance party)

Feel free to send us your events/specials/parties/shows – we’ll turn it into a message to the masses.

–
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Leigh Feldman
503.327.3009
leighfeldman3@gmail.com
++
facebook.com/leighfeldman3
twitter.com/leighfeldman3
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Life Is A Party, Everyone is Just Waiting To Be Invited

Their live show on Sunday at Superfresh was the highlight of the two festival.