LOCATION PROFILE

Imago Theatre

(503) 231-3959

17 SE 8th Ave.

http://www.imagotheatre.com

Neighborhood: Eastside Industrial

With its dilapidated warehouses and crisscrossing railroad tracks, this neighborhood can feel like a working-class ghost town. (read more) But that same undiscovered, after-hours vibe is spawning lots of trendy new growth. Like AudioCinema (226 SE Madison St., 467-4554), a schizophrenic converted warehouse huddled under the Hawthorne Bridge that rents studio and rehearsal space when it’s not hosting art and performance events (like intimate encounters with Ghostface Killah and Cat Power at last year’s Musicfest NW). If you’re saddled with kiddies, try the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (1945 SE Water Ave., 797-6674, omsi.edu), which boasts rotating exhibits, laser light shows, an IMAX theater and its own naval submarine. Afterward, recharge at the Bakery Bar (1028 SE Water Ave., 546-8110) with lattes and decadent chocolate coconut cream puffs. Kidless? Swill Cuba libres at Slow Bar (533 SE Grand Ave., 230-7767) over the molar-rattling, punk-heavy jukebox that belies the bar’s handle. If you’re broke, The Maiden (previously Maiden in the Mist) (639 SE Morrison St., 232-5553) offers inexpensive happy-hour eats. And what else do broke Portlanders love? Bikes, of course. Enter River City Bicycles (706 SE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., 233-5973) and Next Adventure (426 SE Grand Ave., 233-0706), which can cover all your gear needs. Test your wheels out on the Vera Katz Eastbank Esplanade, a 1.5-mile riverfront strip, with a bronze statue of the former mayor beatifically smiling down on the city. —Amanda Waldroupe.

Also in Eastside Industrial neighborhood:

Biwa Food
House Spirits Food
Madison's East Wing Stage
Shoe Box Theater Stage
El Centro Milagro Stage
Imago Theatre Stage
1120 SE Main St., Suite #102 Stage
River City Bicycles Outdoors
Duff's Garage Live Music
Jolly Roger Live Music
Side Door Live Music
The Maiden Live Music
Plan B Live Music
Hippodrome Live Music
Revolver Studios Live Music

Events Today

Upcoming Events

Friday November 21

DANCE

Oslund+Company/Dance

Geometry filters through Mary Oslund’s Bete Perdue (translation: Lost Beast): the dancers form half-circles with their arms, rectangles with their jutting hips and elbows and open-ended triangles with their legs as they swing over their partners’ backs. Oslund+Company/Dance is reviving the piece, which has shifted and smoothed out somewhat since its spring debut and has a way of sneaking up on the viewer with quiet intensity. Oslund collaborated on it with master drummer/composer Obo Addy and engineer Katie Griesar; the resulting score sinks percussive rhythms into an electronic ambience. Bete share a bill with two commissioned works: Thirst, a duet influenced by the films of Taiwanese director Tsai Ming-liang, and Prrr, which viewers may recall from Ten Tiny Dances at this year’s Time-Based Art Festival. Imago Theatre, 17 SE 8th Ave., 234-3557. 8 pm Friday-Sunday, Nov. 21-23. $14-$16.