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Two years ago, the first Cut and Paste tournament came to Portland. The man who designed our logo, Kris Kanaly, placed second. Cut and Past returns this Saturday. It is one of the best tech and design shows taking place in the PDX. If you like graphic design, you should really enjoy this event.

Info here: Aug 4th Daily Stank Image Bank: Cut & Paste Battle

From Gena of Cut&Paste

CUT&PASTE'S GLOBAL TOUR LANDS IN

PORTLAND ON MARCH 7

WHAT: Cut&Paste Digital Design Tournament 2009

The Portland stop on the Cut&Paste Digital Design Tournament's 2009 global tour will no doubt be fueled by the city's creative and artistic prowess. On March 7, Portland's 2D, 3D and Motion designers will face serious pressure to design with speed, skill, and style as partygoers watch their every move on giant projection screens and cheer them on (if they like what they see). Do these 16 competitors have what it takes to make it to the final showdown at NYC's Global Championship on June 20th? We invite you to join us as designers rack their brains, race the clock, and try not to break a sweat onstage.  Check out Cut&Paste for more info on tour dates, event programming and to purchase tickets. Read the rest of this entry »

This weekend marks the yearly event known as Portland International Women's Day.  On Saturday, there will be a kickoff party at Backspace and a full day of events on Sunday. You can view all the information on their site here (piwd.org).

It is especially important that you readers of the Pipeline attend the Backspace kickoff event/party. You see, the lovely women in the picture below are holding a Miller High Life hat given to me by Coco (in pink) of SNAP! and Portland Radio Authority. After two years, they are now holding it ransom (actual ransom letter here). This picture was taken the night of the theft at PRA's PLAN B fundraiser.

The ransom letter from the President of Portland International Women's Day follows.

Dear Julian,
I am holding your Miller Light hat hostage.  If you ever want to see your precious hat again you will be at the Backspace at 8 pm on Saturday, March 7th for the Portland International Women's Day Kick-Off Party.  Entertainment by Ivy Ross, Felina's Arrow, and Nicole Sangsuree in addition to the antagonism of your motley crew should be sufficient to secure the release of the hat.Sincerely, Cassie Clements
President
Portland International Women's Day Board of Directors

Event details after the jump… Read the rest of this entry »

We went to March 4th show on Monday. I streamed most of the show live with my iphone. It was a bit grainy, but it gives you the feeling of being there for sure. Youc an watch that here on qik (band starts about 4 or 5 minutes in).

The hula-hoop and stick performance were just two parts of this hour -plus showcase. The video was actually much better quality, but my compression and editing work is very limited. If someone out there wants to help Pipeline with video work, we'd much appreciate it and I'd probably buy you a beer or two.

TONIGHT is March 4th, so it is their big performance: 2 sets which start around 9PM.

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Risk is the Mother of Improvisation
by Arthur Smid

I really believe improv is the most exciting form of theater. I don't know what is going to happen. The actors don't know either. Anything that happens is a shared moment. As an audience member you are in on the joke. The laughs are more genuine than anything that happens in the context of scripted comedy.

Super Project Lab at the Portland Center for the Performing Arts in the Winningstad Theater brings actors and audience together in a moment of highest form. The venue is a palace of aesthetic pleasures. The moment you enter the lobby you are in a resort anywhere in the world. You have just stepped away from it all. You can relax a few hours in a superreal theater where anything can happen.

The proscenium perfectly places the actors in view. The lighting casts the action in high contrast. The players mutate into shipmates, gingerbread, mafia, and animal whisperers. The piano player onstage underscores the drama in each scene— and when the moment strikes, he sets the ground for the characters to rise in song.

The risks the actors take give meaning to the old theater salvo: break a leg! Mistakes are the field of Read the rest of this entry »