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By Mark Lore

2008 Bridgetown Comedy Festival Highlights, Part 1
Portland, Oregon

2009 Bridgetown Comedy Festival pre-sale tickets are at a discount through Monday. Pipeline is a sponsor..so buy, enjoy and love the comedy. Look below at that lineup and you know you want in on that…

Link to tickets: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/58458

From Bridgetown Comedy:
Over 120 acts are scheduled to perform at the 2009 festival, taking place April 23rd-26th, including standouts such as Janeane Garofalo, Brendon Small, David Koechner, Maria Bamford, Neil Flynn, Jon Glaser, Todd Glass, Hannibal Buress, Pete Holmes, Dave Hill, Leo Allen, Brody Stevens, Tig Notaro, Chris Hardwick, Andy Blitz, Natasha Leggero, and Hari Kondabolu, to name just a few, whose resumes include shows like The Office, Saturday Night Live, Scrubs, Metalocalypse, Reno 911!, The Sarah Silverman Program, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Tonight Show, The Larry Sanders Show, The Ben Stiller Show, Human Giant, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Last Comic Standing, Politically Incorrect, Mr. Show and Comedy Central Presents, and hit comedy films such as Wet Hot American Summer and Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy.

This year's lineup includes an historic cast reunion of the hit animated comedy Read the rest of this entry »

From Creative Advocacy Network:

The Creative Advocacy Network, a new non-profit working towards a regional dedicated funding solution for the arts, is working hard to make sure that the Regional Arts and Culture Budget is preserved by Portland City Council.  On March 12th at 2:00 RACC will be giving their "State of the Arts" presentation to Portland City Council and describing how last year's investments in the arts benefited the City. It is important that City Council see strong support and solidarity from the arts community.

The Arts CAN, and must live here.  Please RSVP to info@theartscan.org if you think you can make it on March 12th.

*Does Vancouver care about our arts budget.

If you are in North Portland or can make it that way tomorrow night, this is definitely one of the better shows this weekend (weekends start on Thursdays now).

From Press Release:
Super XX Man
Scott Garred started off his career as Super XX Man (pronounced “super double ex man”) in the mid-'90s while still a member of the Austin, TX indie pop trio Silver Scooter, putting out a pair of self-released cassettes. Garred has since relocated to Portland, OR, continuing a steady stream of releases that have moved from home recorded four-track material to full fledged studio productions. Along the way, he has also turned Super XX Man into a bona fide band, that these days features his wife Michelle on accordion, singer Ali Wesley, Kelly Dachtler, and drummer Bob Ham.
Super XX Man has been featured on OPB and recently NPR's: Tiny Desk Concert Series on  All Things Considered.

Hello Damascus
Hello Damascus has performed with DeVotchka, Catfish Haven, alaska!, Long Winters, Pit er Pat, Matteah Baim, Jesse Sykes, Scout Niblett, Norfolk & Western and Dolorean.

Hello Damascus has recorded a follow-up to 2006's acclaimed Harvest Dolls that is yet unreleased and the band hasnt been seen live since August of 08. Read the rest of this entry »