“Breaking News!!” announces the press release from the Portland Pirate Festival. “The 4th Annual Portland Pirate Festival has been sanctioned by Guinness World Records™ to challenge the record for ‘Most Pirates Gathered In One Location.’” Since September of last year, I have been planning a rant against the Pirate Festival which is centered on an […]
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All Star Panel Confirmed For Brewhaha On Wed
This Wednesday night’s Brewhaha, in association with the Bus Project, promises to be one of the best yet. Over the last few months we’ve covered important issues like marriage equality, health care reform, and urban renewal. But for many Oregonians, of course, there is no issue more important right now than the state’s record unemployment. […]
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Anamanaguchi Does Two Pre-PAX Shows At Ground Kontrol
There’s, like, three solid reasons to attend the annual Penny Arcade Expo. First, there’s all the videogames. That one’s a no-brainer. Second, it’s your best chance to find out if that hot Night Elf chick you’ve been flirting with all these months actually has lady parts. Third, Anamanaguchi. Paris Graphics Anamanaguchi at PAX 2008 If […]
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Blogtown Movie Night Photos!
The movie Hard Ticket to Hawaii involves a snake contaminated with cancer, a frisbee booby trapped with razor blades and a man named Rowdy destroying a blow up doll with a bazooka. So it would be hard to have a bad time watching the movie under any conditions but last night’s Blogtown movie night meet […]
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Health Care: “Let’s Get It Done” Rally Tomorrow
There’s going to be a big “Let’s Get It Done” rally for health care reform at 10am tomorrow at Terry Schrunk Plaza (outside city hall between 3rd and 4th). You should come. Guests include health insurance whistle-blower Wendell Potter, who quit his job as head of communications at CIGNA, last year. There’s also small business […]
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Blogtown Movie Night Tonight! (with secret snacks!)
I kid you not, the Portland Mercury is now in possession of a bag of genuine movie popcorn the size of an easychair. Food editor Patrick Alan Coleman soon plans to shower this popcorn with a “secret blend of herbs and spices” (all he would say is: truffle salt) and dish it up to anyone […]
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Economic Stimulus Tongue-Waggage
Did you know that the Portland Metro area is currently employing as many people as it did in 2001? That’s right. No new net jobs have been created since then. “We lost some jobs, we gained some jobs, but we’re back where we were in 2001,” says Christian Kaylor, Workforce Analyst at the Oregon Employment […]
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The Most “Pearl District” Event Ever.
Saturday morning DoveLewis animal hospital is hosting a corgi parade through the Pearl District. It should be titled, “Corgis among the condos!” (but it’s not).
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Tomorrow! The Last Splash!
Tomorrow’s a big day for Portland shenanigans, with the Soapbox Derby up on Mt Tabor, followed by The Last Splash pool party/art and fashion runway show featuring experimental swimwear from some of PDX’s most interesting visual artists and designers—in a pool! Check out the floating runway-in-progress: Where else can you watch an avant garde runway […]
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Tomorrow! The PDX Adult Soapbox Derby!
DO NOT FORGET (unless of course, you hate hella fun) that tomorrow, Saturday, August 22 is the annual PDX Adult Soapbox Derby—and for my money? It’s THE funnest Portland event of the summer! Every year the most creative and technologically brainy people in Portland design and build amazing art cars and speedsters and race them […]
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Pietopia Tomorrow
from Pietopia Blog Rabbit Pie Print by Derek Franklin Tomorrow the Eastbank Farmers Market plays host to Pietopia, the second pie contest in the last five days. The big difference between Pietopia and last Sunday’s Portland Pie-Off, however, is that the Pietopia pies come with one additional ingredient: symbolism. Contestants submitting pie recipes to Pietopia […]
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Get Fat at Waterfront Park Tomorrow!
Costume booth! Bike parade! Giant Mercury cover with your face on it! All on the Waterfront tomorrow for the Tour de Fat. via BikePortland New Belgium brewing hosts its annual ridiculous bike parade, jousting party and beer drinking fest tomorrow on the Waterfront. Your friends at the Mercury are handing out free costume materials (think […]