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Posted By Julian Chadwick

We already have the Farmers Market opening in the list of Portland Weekend Events, but I wanted to share the info I received in a Facebook message from them. I took this picture at the first day of PSU Farmers Market in 2007, so it might look similar in weather and weather-based clothing. Also, no dogs at the Saturday market beginning this year apparently.

Related: 75+ Portland Oregon Weekend Events: March 19-22

Update: 2009 Portland Farmers Market: Video, Pictures & Updates

From the Farmers Market Facebook message: There Will Be Mud

Tomorrow is Portland Farmers Market first market of the season.

For those of you wondering what could have possibly grown so far this spring, rest assured, the market has options beyond chard and kale: Bakeries Pearl, Delphinas, Blue Gardenia and Black Sheepwill be joined by cheese makers Ancient Heritage, Jacobs Creamery/Lady Lane Dairy (& fresh Milk!), Juniper Grove, Willamette Valley Cheese, Rogue Creamery, Fraga Farm along with Montillet Fromogerie.

If you need more than the thought of bread, salad and cheese to motivate you into the elements – Read the rest of this entry »

Posted By Stephanie El-Hajj

What it is: Diamond Liars CD Release Party for "Sweaty Money"
Why I'm going: Boy Eats Drum Machine

"boy eats drum machine is the solo work of native portlander, jon ragel. he is a songwriter, producer, singer, turntablist, and also plays saxophone, guitar, synthesizer, organ, and several percussive nick nacks. as a one-man musical act, BEDM merges the worlds of turntablism and live rock performance as ragel spins breaks and surgically inserts sounds while juggling vocals, percussion, and saxophone."

Note: If you sound like Queen, David Bowie, AND the Postal Service… I'm sold. SOLD I SAY.

Also featuring Portland's own DJ RAD who's opened for Chromeo and Ladytron.

Bonus: Since it's sponsored by UNKL, Thee Creamery, Compound and Hankbuilt I'm expecting to stumble out of here with some cool shit.

Come with – but if you can't, I'll be posting live pics and updates @stephelhajj.

Rotture
315 SE 3rd Ave Portland, OR 97214
9pm / $5 / 21+

Links:
http://www.myspace.com/diamondliars
http://boyeatsdrummachine.com/
http://www.myspace.com/forealtho

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Leigh just sent out his weekly email of Portland weekend events. It is reproduced below. You can receive the email as well by writing Leigh at twocliche@gmail.com.

There are many listings so we have put events in red that we think will be good, well attended, or should be interesting.

Also, starting today–we are giving out free tickets every Thursday on our Facebook Group.

From Leigh Feldman:
Things I am currently jocking….

Drink specials. The Townbombing party at Tube on Friday night is giving you .50 cents off your drinks if you bring your own re-usable mug. Can't beat that. Plus it's a dope free dance party.

Breakdancing. The b-boys and b-girls will be in full effect at the So Fresh So Clean party on Saturday night at PSU. It's a benefit event for the Oregon Food Bank and it starts early, which means you'll have plenty of time to hit up any birthday shindigs or free parties you have planned for the late night.

This live Stevie Wonder performance that you can download for free. If this recording isn't for you, you are not for me … http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2009/03/11/stevie-wonder-rainbow-london-013174/.

See you all out and about and mark your calendar for next Saturday night – that night is gonna be massive with all that is going on around town, Leigh Feldman

Sunday, March 22

• Universe of Keith Herring & Conversation with Basquiat @ NW Film Center (two films about two amazing artists)
• 24/7 Concerts @ W+K (24 concerts in 24 hours)
• World Water Day Party @ World Trade Center (bands, dj's, movies, fun)
• Tallest Man On Earth @ Rontoms (go to the early show)
• Sinferno Cabaret @ Dante's (fire dancing and go-go girls)
• The Homosexuals @ East End (punk rock)
• From Pipeline: The Liberators and Jordi Barnes at the new Mississippi Studios
• Ben Darwish Jazz Jam @ Someday Lounge (jazz)
• Alfredo Muro and his Latin Jazz Ensemble @ Old Church (latin jazz)
• Grenade Clothing Warehouse Sale @ 8120 SE Stark (tons of discount clothes)
• Free Entrance to Classical Chinese Gardens @ Classical Chinese Gardens (relaxation!)
• TOMS Shoes Trunk Sale @ Lizard Lounge (discounts!) (flyer) Read the rest of this entry »

By Kimberly Gehl

"As one of the 39 film festivals around the world dedicated to exclusively featuring the work of women film makers, POW Fest hopes to inspire more women to pursue this art form….As a woman filmmaker, I feel there is no better place to be than Portland, with so much talent in our own backyard," says Tara Johnson-Medinger, Executive Director of the Portland Oregon Women's Film Festival. Or POW Fest, as it is affectionately referred to.

Sour Apple Productions, in partnership with Film Action Oregon, officially kicks off its second year of POW this Thursday night with the screening of local director Rebecca Rodriguez's film Coming Up Easy.

This highly praised debut film provides an honest, thoughtful, and intriguing account of a woman coping with a family whose long cycle of abuse has plagued them. In the true nature of the POW Fest, Rodriguez will be present for the screening and available to answer questions of festival attendees. There will be an Opening Reception after Rodriguez' film.

Friday night's screenings will include Taylor Brodsky's Oscar nominated short Read the rest of this entry »

If you are an artist in Portland or want to be informed of the art scene, this series is highly recommended. Thursday's features PCPA Executive Director Robyn Williams, which makes it even a bit more special than the normal events. PLUS, free food.

From Art Spark:

This Month: March 19th: PCPA @ ArtBar

Come hear The Canoe Group present Portland Center for the Performing Arts new cultural video project and Executive Director Robyn Williams will tell us about the opportunities available for arts organizations and artists. Tasty nibbles provided courtesy of PCPA Read the rest of this entry »

Wieden+Kennedy radio is showcasing twenty-four straight hours of music in NW Portland this weekend. Curators Bill Crane and Pink Martini's Thomas Lauderdale have organized the concert to shed light on the fact that we've been in a war in Afghanistan for over seven years. Sadly, even with the new administration, there does not appear to be an end in sight…

Update: Wieden Kennedy 24/7 Concert Pictures

From the press release (website):

“24/7,” it will be a series of 24 dramatic concerts, each starting upon the hour, from 7:00 p.m. Saturday, March 21, and continuing through to 7:00 p.m., Sunday, March 22.

All 24 concerts are free and will take place in the auditorium of the Wieden+Kennedy building, 224 Northwest 13th Avenue, between Davis and Everett Streets, in Portland's Pearl District. Wieden+Kennedy join the performing artists to invite sincerely all area residents of good will to these concerts.

No tickets are required.

Neither a protest nor a memorial, “24/7″ nonetheless is a profound calling by its performers to their fellow citizens to remember that we are a nation at war. The musicians creating 24/7 hope to move their neighbors by their music to “do what must be done” as our city, region, and nation face many challenges. This will be music of encouragement as well as entertainment.

To add to the conviviality of this big occasion, the popular and award-winning restaurant Bluehour, next door to the concert venue, will be open all night and the following day. Restaurateur Bruce Carey and chef de cuisine Kenny Giambalvo are planning a special bar menu just for 24/7 performers and audience members.

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Posted by Julie Ma

The Epicocity Project, an outdoor media company focused on whitewater kayaking and protecting the natural world around us…aka several extreme athletes perusing international, deep and rapid waters that I wouldn't even dare to dip my toes in.

Join two members of the team (Trip Jennings and Andy Maser) at the Lizard Lounge for the Portland premiere of A River's Last Breath, a film that tells the story of the conflict between cultural heritage and economic development in China's Naxi minority region.

Enjoy hosted Widmer beer and wonderful conversations with these world travelers.

“A River's Last Breath”
March 19, 6-8PM FREE
Lizard Lounge
1323 NW Irving St
Portland, OR 97209

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By Sherri Montgomery

Portland fans of SciFi Channel's popular Battlestar Galatica series have been showing up Friday nights for the past 9 weeks at the McMenamins Bagdad Theater since Battlestar resumed this January. Every week people have braved damn-cold, lousy, wet Portland winter weather, a line stretching around the block to get in, another long line for beer once inside, the vampire series Midnight broadcast while waiting for the latest episode to start, and an endless assault of KFC commercials.

Surprisingly, the fine folks at the Bagdad have had trouble sorting out the logistics of so many people turning out each week.

KUFO has been sponsoring the Friday night showing of Battlestar, sending DJs Cort and Fatboy to host the excitement, threaten beatings if there is any talking, and lead the audience in chanting, “So say we all!” before each show. Local comic & memorabilia shop Things From Another World have also sponsored weekly drawings for show merchandise. This popular event has also seen Mark Verheiden, one of the show's executive producers & writers, and local actress Katee Sackhoff ('Starbuck') show up for post-show Q/A sessions.

This Friday will be the two-hour series finale of BSG and Read the rest of this entry »

Wow. I thought we had wrapped up with the Portland Urban Iditarod coverage until I saw this video from Brewcaster this morning. It's fantastic. Hilarious. Probably NSFW. Brewcaster stopped filming a little before I arrived on the scene with the live-stream. Therefore, you can kind of see most of the action in the resources below.

More resources from Portland Urban Iditarod

Video Update

• Paddy's to Hawthorne Bridge (lower quality live streamage from me)
• Party at/under Hawthorne Bridge (lower quality live streamage from me)
• East-Side sneak peak video from Brewcaster (unedited video of the one above)

Picture Update:

• Portland Urban Iditarod pictures under Hawthorne Bridge (Flickr)
• Pictures from participant, @PDXSoshlbutrfly (Flickr)
• Pictures from Squid Vicious (Flickr)
• WHAT A WEEKEND!!! (Pictures & blog from Iditarod + lingerie party by Audrey Rose)

Do you have PICTURES or VIDEO of Portland? Add them to our Flickr group and Vimeo group.

The best way to know when our video streams are running is to follow our twitter account (@Pipeline).

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By Jonathon So

When I walked into the Keller Auditorium for the first time, I was in awe of the magnificent set of "Wicked", waiting patiently for my arrival. The towering stage draws the audience down to the front, inviting you to take a closer look. The stage is just the beginning of the connection the musical has with the audience. Though photography is not allowed, the quick snapshots with cameras and iPhones were taken by audience members who wanted to take a piece of this experience with them.

As the audience settles in, Glinda the Good comes floating down from the ceiling on a cascade of bubbles. She sets the mood for the show as she asks the citizens of Oz, "It's good to see me, isn't it?"

For the next two and a half hours, the show cast a spell over the audience as the stories of Glinda the Good and her "evil" counterpart, Elphaba (the future Wicked Witch of the West) unfold. Their friendship grows, their lives connected – leading them toward two very different destinies. Within the pop music and catchy lyrics, hides a very clever message about love, politics and revolutionary ideas. From teenage girls Read the rest of this entry »