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Benefit for a great cause with some fantastic music. We also have a pair of tickets ($50!) to give away for this show. All you need to do is comment on this post and we will draw a winner Saturday morning. Winner will be emailed.

Reminder: Also, we give out free tickets every Thursday to our Portland Facebook Group including to many shows including shows at Doug Fir, Roseland, Berbatis, Holocene, Someday Lounge and many more. Join it if you like free stuff.

Update: Ticket winner is commenter #21.

From Press Release:
Community Looks to Rock 'N Roll to Help Save a Portland High School From Immanent Closure

WHO: Alec Ounsworth of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!, Storm Large, Peter Buck of R.E.M., Steve Berlin of Los Lobos, The Minus 5, The Dimes, and Linda Hornbuckle

WHAT: LEP Rocks! A Concert Benefiting Portland's LEP School (Leadership & Entrepreneurship Public Charter School)
WHEN: May 10th, 2009 at 8:00pm
WHERE: Mississippi Studios – 3939 N. Mississippi, Portland, Oregon 97227 – www.mississippistudios.com

WHY: Caught in the middle of a slumping economy, city bureaucracy, and what appears to be a nasty game of politics seeded deep within Portland Public Schools, Portland's Leadership and Entrepreneurial Public Charter High School (www.lephigh.org) has been targeted for closure Read the rest of this entry »

There are going to be a lot of great events this weekend and we'll have a large list on the Pipeline tomorrow. PDX Film Fest (starting tonight) is one of our top picks including this rather sweet Holocene show on Friday night.

Reminder: Also, we give out free tickets every Thursday to our Portland Facebook Group including to many shows at Holocene. Join it if you like free stuff.

From Holocene:

PDX Fest & Disjecta Present…
PDX Fest Experimental Filmmaker Karaoke Throwdown

Free with PDX Fest pass.

In 2008, PDX Fest birthed a brand new tradition — The Experimental Filmmaker Karaoke Throwdown – creating an unholy alliance between traditional karaoke and experimental filmmaking for the benefit of all mankind. In 2009, the party returns to Read the rest of this entry »

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We've been asking people who follow our Portland Twitter account and Facebook several questions about our great city. This question might be the most important of them all.

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Of course, don't forget to investigate UrbanDrinks & BarFly for more info on these happy hours and bars.

What/Where are the BEST Happy Hours in Portland? Facebook answers:

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Posted by Meagan Kate

All I'd ever learned about Richard Nixon was through my liberal Vietnam-protesting hippie Father, the movie 'Dick', and eighth grade History class (which is spotty because the lesson was mostly shrouded by jokes about 'deepthroat').

Being openly naive about Nixon's past and full Presidential career, I went to see Frost/Nixon when it came out in theaters.  I felt like I got something extra, a different piece of Nixon as a man, and of Frost as well; but I wasn't moved. I didn't find myself thinking about it later or discussing it with friends. When I was able to see the live performance of Frost/Nixon here at Portland Center Stage, however, the game changed.

Bill Christ is disarming in his role as Richard Nixon; Read the rest of this entry »