Oh man, today is your lucky day to be reading Blogtown. We’ve got four pairs of tickets to Urban Assault Ride, the huge, crazy bike scavenger hunt New Belgium hosts every year in Portland. It’s a giant alley cat ride, where you complete obstacle courses and get clues and get drunk and win bikes. This […]
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Campaign for Fatter Cyclists
$60,000,000 could build one mile of urban freeway in Portland. Or, it could build the country’s best bikeway network, with over 300 miles of bike lanes and super safe bike boulevards. That’s what I learned this week at the open house for the city’s 2009 Bike and Streetcar Plans, which is getting public comment on […]
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Word to Your Mother—tonight!
Tonight at the Bagdad, storytelling extravaganza Word to Your Mother features a best-of sampler from local storytelling events Back Fence PDX, Mortified, and True Stories. Storytellers on the docket include local designer Adam Arnold, Metro Council President David Bragdon, novelist Chelsea Cain, LiveWire host Courtney Hameister, and two of the most mortifying of Mortified’s past […]
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Bonus Brewhaha This Week!
I know, I know, we just had a Brewhaha. It was awesome. We’re only supposed to host one fun, frank, booze-friendly political debate night a month. But in a special turn of events we’re hosting two Brewhahas BACK TO BACK. There is far too much going on in this town so we’ve formed an axis […]
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Cinco de Mayo Dance Party!
Portland is Burning is one of the most invigorating, queer dance parties around town. The last time I went, I even met two very nice dudes who hit on my girlfriend and were politely declined, but still reported that they were having a great time! That, my friends, is a lot of fun. Tonight at […]
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¡Feliz Viernes!
Happy May Day, y’all. There’s plenty of shows shaking around town tonight. Here’s a smattering: Backspace—Blue Horns, Church, Inside Voices, Patterns, 8:30 pm, $6, all agesBranx—Neon: DJ Brokenwindow, Oceania, Rude Dudes, Patricia Furpurse, 10 pm, $3Doug Fir—Southerly, Soft Tags, Themes, 9 pm, freeGroove Suite—Group Therapy: 31 Avas, Pipedream, Nathan Detroit, Steven Quirke, Apolinario Ancheta, Taylor […]
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Le Bistro Bazaar
There’s a new regularly occurring shopping bazaar in town, described by organizers Amber Newby and Lauren Sheets as “a good mix of the Doug Fir’s Crafty Wonderland and the Eagle Lodge’s record sales.” It’s called Le Bistro Bazaar and it’s taking place quarterly (although they are considering expanding to monthly due to the positive response) […]
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No Shit, It’s Sherlock!
Whoa geez, big news: over 100 Portlanders skipped the Blazers’ game last night and instead crowded into Backspace for this month’s frank, fun Brewhaha about urban renewal. AND, in my opinion, the debate delivered. The most notable moment of the night (besides the part where Salem’s youngest lobbyist Henry Kraemer nearly vomited after eating seven […]
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Get a Clue About Urban Renewal Tonight!
Big, mysterious questions are afoot in Portland. How do we get funding for big projects like the Major League Soccer Stadium and the Burnside Bridgehead? Who kills these projects or gives them life? And what the hell does Matt Davis look like in a Sherlock Holmes outfit?!? Answers to these burning questions revealed tonight! At […]
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Bridgetown Comedy Festival – Saturday
Man oh man, my funny muscles are sore and my head is throbbing from last night’s antics at the Bridgetown Comedy Fest. It was a blur really, but I will try to recap. I hit the evening off at the Eagles Lodge where I caught a funny set from Nikki Glaser, who attempted to reconcile […]
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They Made Her a Savage!
Last night’s Cinemapocalypse Trailer War at the Hollywood Theatre was a blast! Did you go? It was like being pummeled over the head with three decades’ worth of grindhouse sleaze, bad stunts, and hysterical jive talkin’… in other words, the best two hours I’ve had all month. As far as who won—Dan of Grindhouse Film […]
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Forecast: The Mercury‘s Spring Fashion Show!
Woah. I wrote the text for the Mercury‘s upcoming fashion issue this morning, and laying out all the details on our upcoming spring fashion show, Forecast, almost made me cry with excitement. The list of designers is incredible: Reif, Adam Andreas, Isaac Hers, Muntedkowhai, and a remarkable textile designer named Dana Bruington are going to […]