Your curated guide to the best things to do in Portland this week (August 3-9) ⬇️ August 4-20: pdxlive at thesquarepdx! Ani DiFranco kicks things off on August 3, with Built To Spill, Vince Staples, Suki Waterhouse, Modest Mouse, Courtney Barnett and more artists set to perform live downtown this summer. August 5: Lindsay Stripling’s Where Do Geese Fly at Night? opens at chefasprojects August 6: Time for a little Chekhov on the tennis court. Playwright Emma Gardener and director Laura Loy will bring the play Bimbo Tennis—an adaptation of Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard—to life. August 6: Colin Meloy (dullandwitlessboy) will be joined by national ambassador for young people’s literature Mac Barnett (macbarnett) and former Oregon Poet Laureate Anis Mojgani (thepianofarm) to discuss the art and lyrical technique of picture books theevergreenpdx. August 8: Saturday is the final day for the Lloyd Center Mall. There will be a funeral bike procession, the foodcourt5000, Lloyderpalooza by ...