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No rain or snow this weekend in Portland to keep you in, and Leigh just sent over the party email. There are 70+ events, shows, etc happening starting tonight.

If you want to get this weekly email of Portland Parties  (You Should.), email him at twocliche@gmail.com and tell him Pipeline sent ya.

Plus, Follow PDXPipeline on twitter and win stuff. Pipeline gave away tickets to Chocolate Fest these last two days and we will have more prizes giveaways every week (you can sort of see how it works here).

For Friday-Sunday events, jump to here

From Leigh Feldman:

Oh snap, this weekend is massive. So much going on it's going to be hard to decide what to do. There are movies, art shows, clothing sales, black jack nights, dance parties, free beer giveaways, chocolate festivals, house parties, magazine parties, benefit parties, warehouse parties, birthday parties, nude photos, a party with Simon Rex from MTV fame, fashion shows for lingerie and brides to be and even a 'poetography' exhibit. Whew. It's almost too much to make a decision. Perhaps these two mixes can sway you one way or the other…

MIX 1) DJ Zimme Live 90's Mix – http://www.zshare.net/audio/52131887a1b5e26a/
MIX 2) Monk One Funky Mix – http://www.nyctrust.com/musicbox/funkypromo.mp3

Hope to see you all out and about! Leigh Feldman

Thursday, January 29

• DJ Smooth Hoperator @ Lagano Lounge (hip hop and cheap drinks)
• Bon Temps Rouge CD Release Party @ LaurelThirst (French and folk artists at this neighborhood bar)
• Recession Buster Bash @ Slabtown (rock, free t-shirts, egg sandy's and cheap drinks)
• In It To Fund It Party @ Egyptian Club (ladies ladies ladies)
• Indulgence @ Hawthorne Theater (burlesque dancing with ladies ladies ladies)
• Dapper Cap Weekly Party w/ DJ Wicked @ Dapper Cap Store (free beer, good music, great selection of hats no one else carries)
• Secrets of the Salt @ Crown Room (emotional rock and cheap drinks)
• Arabella 2009: Examination of the Modern Web @ Holocene (sounds like an interesting night of art, music and technology)
• The Good, The Bad, The Ugly @ NW Film Center (wah wah waaah, do do do, do do do do… I was trying to make the sounds from the soundtrack)
• Last Thursday @ Goodfoot (guaranteed good music and good art)
• NW Hip Hop Breakout Showcase @ Ash Street Saloon (Gen.Erik, Luck One, Mic Crenshaw … Portland has hip hop)
• K Records Showcase @ Rotture (every indie psych band on this bill is solid)
• Hydrive @ Zilla Sake House (sexy/funky/rocky/groovy)
• Cut Vinyl Art Show @ Life & Limb Gallery (cool show with record piece projects)
• Dirt Nasty & Andre Legacy @ Dantes (Simon Rex from MTV and Mickey Avalon's homie at Dantes? Sounds like a perfect fit)
• Alan Singley & Pants Machine @ Doug Fir (amazing showman does it Vegas lounge style when live)
• Off Register Opening Reception @ Together Gallery (display of experimental printmaking, looks interesting)
• Thump! @ Report Lounge (dancehall and reggae with Small Axe Sounds)
• The Fix @ Someday (hip hop for the fashionable)
• KJ Sawka Record Release Party w/ Alpaca & Perfect Zero @ Fez Ballroom (Live jungle, drum n bass and funk … people will be getting sweaty)
• Uplift @ Saucebox (good tunes, great vibe and one of the best drinks in PDX)
• 2009 PDX Music Awards @ Crystal Ballroom (hmm, interesting)
• Melodie Sivola Art Show @ Bridgeport Ale House (cool sculpture and design display with industrial materials)
• Keegan Wenkman Art Show @ Radius Gallery (new show in a new space)
• Altern Fabric Fashion Showcase @ Foster Space ('homemade couture' on display)Chervona @ Alberta St. Public House (amazing Balkan brass and funk, this will be fun)

Friday, Saturday, and Sunday after the jump Read the rest of this entry »

The first episode of Fall of the House Season 4 starts tomorrow night. If you miss this weekend, there are three more episodes left in this season–BUT really–see them all. Somehow, I missed the first two seasons of this show. But after seeing one last season, I will miss no more. It is hilarious, and Miranda (writer/production manager) pains herself to live with 6 people to make sure she has constant new material. I spoke with her today and she had 3 new people moving in. That is DEDICATION, people. Go see this woman's play.

Update: Review of Fall of the House: Season Four Opener | Portland Theater

From Miranda King:

Fall of the House —Portland's favorite (and only) improvised serial— returns for a fourth season of irresistible stories, familiar characters and, of course, off the cuff dialogue. The plot is mapped out, but actors work without a script, creating conversations and situations that are sharp and spontaneous. By drawing on their own lives and using their own words, the cast and company collaborate to create a series that is recognizable and relevant.

Showtimes and details after the jump… Read the rest of this entry »

[Dandy Warhol action from 2008 Portland Music Awards. Photo by The Mixtress]

The Portland Music Awards are coming up in tomorrow. Pipeline will be at there “tweeting” live pictures, observations and awards winners. So, follow us on twitter for up for coverage (we GIVE AWAY PRIZES)

Twitter.com/PDXPipeline
-a couple tweets about the drink, music, food situation (especially if it is FREE!)

Twitter.com/PDXTweet
-many tweets from us about wardrobe, awards, lighting & music-supplied

From Alex at In Music We Trust:

January can be a rough month for Last Thursday on Alberta with the near-freezing temps, rain, and so forth. If you are looking for an alternative, how about Last Thursday at Goodfoot Lounge? This will be the first smoke-free one.

From Goodfoot Lounge:
Goodfoot will have an art opening Last Thursday, Jan 29th from 5-11pm. Show will be up until Feb 23rd.  The artists this month are Jennifer Mercede and Anna Todaro.

Jennifer Mercede was born in Long Beach, CA and grew up in Connecticut. At a young age Jennifer began making art, inspired by her grandmother, a free-spirited watercolorist. She would spend hours making hundreds of handmade floral greeting cards and loved when she had the house to herself to turn the music up and work on a creative project.

Jennifer's primarily abstract paintings consist of free flowing text, bright color fields, and crazy energetic doodling. Internally guided they involve letting go, taking big risks and trusting that there is no such thing as a mistake. They are meant to enjoy and motivate. She is inspired by color, children's art, old school hip hop flavor, graffiti, Read the rest of this entry »

We are giving stuff away (who likes giveaways?) on the Pipeline twitter account. Last year, we had only one giveaway, but this year—WE ARE GIVING STUFF AWAY EVERY WEEK.

The easiest (actually only) way to win these items is to follow PDX PIPELINE on twitter—Twitter.com/PDXPIPELINE.

Today and tomorrow (and maybe Friday), we are giving away passes to the Chocolate Festival this weekend. How strong is your local chocolate trivia knowledge or how strong are your Google skills?

Follow us on twitter and go for it: Contest #1 begins January 28 at 11AM PST

UPDATE: Giveaway 1 was great with many participants and 3 winners. (Contest question, Contest winners and Contest answer). Giveaway #2 occurs Thursday, Jan 29 at 2PM PST

Info from World Forestry Center:
ChocolateFest is Portland's premier chocolate event. Visitors can indulge in our cascading chocolate fountains, be delighted by delicious chocolate samples, and shop in our Chocolate Bazaar and Market.

Stop by for Choco-talks and demonstrations to include wine and chocolate pairings, Chocolate 101 and more!

ChocolateFest
Jan. 31 – Feb. 1, 2009
10am – 5pm
World Forestry Center
Washington Park, Portland
www.worldforestry.org/organization/ChocolateFest.php
ChocolateFest is free with museum admission: $8.00 adults, $7.00 seniors, $5.00 children 3-18. Members are free! Read the rest of this entry »

Massive II , a fashion affair to benefit the Oregon Food Bank.
December 6, 2008

Leigh Feldman, from the Portland Party email,  is having another one of his massive events this weekend…called Massive…III. There are a lot of great giveaways, black jack, and Pipeline is a sponsor–MEANING you should go.

Plus, if you arrive by 10 and say PDX Pipeline–free entry.

From Leigh:
With almost 700 people through the door last time for the fashion show, we are expecting even bigger and better things for Massive III on the 31st. The Crown Room is ready (205 NW 4th), the black jack dealers are ready (wha? yeah, we have black jack tables), and I know Monk One from Wax Poetics magazine, along with our two other dj's are ready.

We have gift bags, giveaways, merchandise coupons, a raffle (free tattoo work from Adorn East and tons of other stuff!), spring line debuts from local clothing companies, drink specials from 42 Below Vodka, $2 beers and even a chance bar where you flip a coin and if you guess heads or tails correctly your drink is just $1. Party starts at 9, which means that the party really does start at 9.

Like always, Massive is a benefit event; this month we are raising money for the Anti Prop 8 campaign, which is definitely an important issue as our country attempts to move forward with change. We for sure hope to see you and the entire Pipeline community there!

Massive III: A Chance for Change. Saturday January, 31st. 9pm. 21+. Crown Room @ 205 NW 4th. $3 or free with rsvp to leighfeldman3 @ gmail

Valentine's Day is coming up shortly. For those of you who are looking for something a bit more unusual this year, here is a Barfly Bus bar party. The last two Barfly bus event we've put up sold out in advance, so jump on it.

From Jen Lane Myspace message:
LOVE STINKS, LET'S DRINK ANTI-VALENTINE'S DAY BARFLY BUS TOUR
Saturday, February 14th, 2009 7pm-1am
$20 apiece or $175 for a group of ten • Pay no cover charges, enjoy drink specials and complimentary hors d'oeuvres, too!

Swingin' single on V.D.? Congratulations! Celebrate with a BarFly Bus chockful of comrades in arms. You know what they say – if you can't get laid on the BarFly Bus, you're probably dead. So, this V.D. grab your best wingman or woman, and go bagging and tagging with BarFly.

We'll do a little dancing, a little karaoke, and a whole lot of partying, up, down, and all around P-town.

Get your tickets today at www. barflybus. com – only $20 each or 10/$175. Pay no covers, get drink specials, and complimentary appetizers, too.

Click here for tickets for BarFly's Anti-Valentine's Day Bus Tour!

By Arthur Smid

I walk into Fourteen30 Contemporary, and everything fits: the high ceiling, white walls, paintings, braided hair strung from the floor to ceiling. I won't mention how much the braided hair costs, you have to experience the gallery for what it is: a staging ground for emerging artists. “It's intimidating at first,” gallery owner Jeanine Jablonski says, “with contemporary art there's such a long history involved. It's so all over the map, that people do need a little guidance as to who is a good investment.” Jablonski's gallery, Fourteen30 Contemporary, is in SE Portland at 1430 SE 3rd Avenue.

A new show opened Friday January 23rd featuring Portland-based artist Read the rest of this entry »

By Jacksonps

"We must face the prospect of changing our basic ways of living. This change will either be made on our own initiative in a planned way, or forced on us with chaos and suffering by the inexorable laws of nature." ~ President Jimmy Carter

We hear about presentations on environmental concerns fairly often in our "oh so green city" but how much do we really learn. I attended "World Oil Supply: At The Turning Point?" at the Baghdad Theatre with John Kaufmann, Senior Policy Analyst Conservation Division at the Oregon Department of Energy of over 25 years.

I believe there are really three main issues surrounding the end of the oil age, Read the rest of this entry »

Tonight's Monday Night lecture at PSU features a local artist–Michael Brophy. PNCA has this to say about him: “Any Who's Who of emerging Northwest artists would have to include Michael Brophy.” Read more on PNCA's site here.

From PSU:
Jan . 26 : Michael Brophy
Northwest artist Michael Brophy graduated in 1985 from the Pacific Northwest College of Art, where he has also taught. He has shown extensively in the Northwest in both solo and group exhibitions. In 2005, he was honored with an exhibition, The Romantic Vision of Michael Brophy, by the Tacoma Art Museum and the Hallie Ford Museum of Art at Willamette University. He is a recipient of multiple honors including a NEA Westaf Grant, a Pollock Krasner Grant, and an Individual Artist Fellowship from the Regional Arts & Culture Council. His work is in collections including Microsoft, the Multnomah County Library Collection, the Portland Art Museum, the Seattle Art Museum, the Tacoma Art Museum, OSU Library in Corvallis, and the City of Portland, OR. Public commissions include Portland's City Hall and the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center in Wasco, OR. Read the rest of this entry »