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This is a big one. USA vs Brazil. According to Mr. Wetzel at Yahoo Sports, this is the “most important game in U.S. soccer history“. From his article:

“Make no mistake about this, though, if the U.S. can defeat Brazil on Sunday for the Confederations Cup title, it will be the most important moment for soccer in this country ever.” Read more here

There are many places to watch huge moment in USA sports history in Portland, and here are some tips and my favorites.

Tanker Bar, 4825 SE Hawthorne

This has become one of my favorite bars to watch sports in Portland. Tim (owner) has done a fantastic job making this a nice place. I just called him and he said some great things about watching the the game there tomorrow. Sunday is all-day happy hour there meaning $1 off wells, $1 off micros (and they have a bunch of good ones) and food specials. He also said they just got in a newly release Session Black beer. Did I mention they have Buck Hunter?!! Doors open at 10AM.

More after the break… Read the rest of this entry »

Related: 75+ Portland Weekend Events, Parties & Free Tickets | June 25-28

Posted by Christine Taylor

Its all-ages electro-madness weekend here in Portland. Superfest starts today at Roturre with a line-up of local acts that will draw fans out in droves. It all begins at 4pm this afternoon with bands such as Panther and Yacht, two of my personal favorites due to the astute creativity seen in both their presentation and approach to the business of music.

Check out these music videos and you will see what I mean.

and

Yes, they live HERE.

That all aside, Superfest will simply be excellent fun with lots of people dancing! What more can you ask for? Okay so are you still hesitant? In addition to hosting some outstanding music festivals, Roturre is a well-designed venue with a pretty damn good sound system. Not too long ago, they pulled off a successful-sounding set for Japanther, which speaks volumes due to their complicated sound set ups.

Once you're done with Saturday, you can return on Sunday at 6pm to see Starfucker, Mattress, and Explode Into Colors – and its only $15 for a two day pass.

Very. Cool.

(Related: 75+ Portland Weekend Events, Parties & Free Tickets | June 25-28 )

Posted by Nathalie Weinstein

Brush off your spacesuit, the Flaming Lips are coming

Those eccentric showmen The Flaming Lips and (God-willing) their giant hamster ball are winding their way to McMenimans's Edgefield this summer with Built to Spill, Stardeath and White Dwarfs in tow.

I hope you have your space suit/santa suit brushed off and ready. Pre-sale tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. this morning and summer just wouldn't be complete without seeing Wayne and gang's pyrotechnic, intergalatic extravaganza.

From Monqui:

Monqui Presents and McMenamins proudly announce the addition of The Flaming Lips to the Edgefield Summer concerts on the Lawn on Thursday August 20. Special guests are Built To Spill and Stardeath and White Dwarfs.

The Flaming Lips release a new Read the rest of this entry »

Leigh sent out his weekly email of Portland weekend events earlier today. It is reproduced below. You can get the email and your chance to win hookups for shows and deals by emailing leighfeldman3 @ gmail and asking to join

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

Reminder: Also, we give out free tickets every week to our Portland Facebook Group including to many of the top music and art venues in Portland. Join it if you like free stuff.

From Leigh Feldman:

Things I'm currently jocking…

Free entry to Snap! the 90's Dance Party @ Holocene before 11pm on Friday night. Get your 90's neon on and dance…. Free entry to Massive on Saturday at the Crown Room if you say ‘LifeisaParty' before 10pm. There are dj's, designers, a dance party, a fashion show, a PBR wheel and lots of (model) mayhem. This is absolutely one of the best parties in the city!…. Free champagne at the Bella Foccia Anniversary Party. Tell them LifeisaParty sent you! … Free craziness at Last Thursday on Alberta. Talking to some of the organizers it sounds like it's gonna be madness!!!

Free music ish… This mix from DJ Ayres who will be destroying the dancefloor at Massive on Saturday night at the Crown Room. If you don't know DJ Ayres, he's most known for his role in the party The Rub, his remixes for house hold name artists like Jay-Z and Madonna and this is It's his recent ‘Dance Till You're Dead Mix' -http://therub.crewcial.org/DanceTilYoureDead.mp3

The satisfaction of knowing that someone from PDX should/could/and probably would win this … http://www.worldbeardchampionships.com/

PS — I finally got twitter and will be talking about all the things I see. Twitter.com/leighfeldman3. I promise it will be absolutely ridiculous.

Life is a party, everyone is just waiting to be invited.
See you all out and about! Leigh Feldman

Thursday, June 25

• Last Thursday!! @ Alberta St. (lions, tigers, bears… hipsters with beers, art galleries, thai food carts, oh my!)
• Last Thursday After Party @ The Church (fire dancing, drinks, nekkidness)
• Sleep of Old Dominion Video shoot @ Momentum Studios (wear a dark hoodie and be in a rap music video!)
• Blue Spectral Monkey DJ Set @ Common Ground Wellness Center (ambient)
• From Pipeline's Twitter: @equalizeit is having a bake sale at Last Thursday tonight! http://bit.ly/8uV6E #pdxeats #pdxvegan #pdxevents
• 80's Themed Flavour @ The Agency (hip hop, club, dance)
• Brittlestar Art Opening Event @ Moment of Truth on MLK (art art art)
• X-otica Go Go @ Dante's (go go dancers, bass music, dj's)
• M-64 7" Release Show @ Someday Lounge (live band hip hop)
• Budzik's Music Video Class Project Presentations @ Aalto Lounge (drinks and displays of music videos)
• Floating World Comics Animation Festitval w/ Flaspar @ Holocene (video, art, comics, illustration, animation and bands)
• Creative Music Guild Improv Session w/ Urs Leimgruber and 20 other musicians @ Worksound Gallery (one master saxophonist and 20 other musicians doing jazz improv)
• Superfest Pre Jump Off w/ Dat Politics, Strength, Breakfast Mountain and DJ Solomon @ Rotture (electro, disco, rock and dance)
• Wormholes 20 Artist Art Celebration @ Grass Hut Gallery (drink, eat, see friends, look at the stars)
• Beaker & Flask Opening Party @ Beaker & Flask (food and drinks)
• 3 Year Anniversary Mabel & Zora Party @ Mabel & Zora (wine, cupcakes, giveaways, sales)
• Button Magazine Ladies Night Slumber Party @ Jupiter Hotel (drinks, music and girl only activities … keeping my fingers crossed for erotic pillow fight)
• Delicious @ Crown Room (weekly alternative dance night)
• House Call @ Groove Suite (house music)
• Reflux @ Branx (electro futurist disco party)
• Breakdown Thursday @ Pala (dubstep, dnb, electro, breaks)
• Chervone @ Alberta St. Public House (balkan brass fun)
• Danava @ East End (good ole' fashioned rock)
• Goodfoot Last Thursday Art Opening @ Goodfoot (Art! Beer!)

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Posted by Julie Ma

There are a lot of great events Friday in Portland (big list), but this is definitely one of the best. Art from some interesting people, great location, usually they have free beer & wine, and….yeah, all for a great cause.

Update: In preparation for Friday's benefit exhibit, Nemo HQ has released this trailer

From Press Release:

MIXED MANIA -Burnside Skate Park Benefit Exhibit

NEMO presents Mixed Mania, a benefit exhibit for Burnside Skate Park, opening Friday, June 26, 2009, 7-11pm. The show will run through Monday, July 31, 2009 at NEMO: 1875 SE Belmont Street in Portland, OR.

Artists include:
Jon Humphries,
Chet Childress,
Gus Van Sant,
Rick Charnowski

There is no cost to attend.  Proceeds from exhibit sales will go to Burnside Skate Park Benefit

MIXED MANIA opening reception at Nemo HQ follows Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by Stephanie El-Hajj

Beginning on Friday, hundreds of Portlanders will flock to Overlook Park to participate in an annual celebration of organic beer and sustainability. Two of Portland's hottest industries, united at last thanks to the North American Organic Brewers Festival (NAOBF). All beer is brewed from organic ingredients, and imported from all over the world, from Belgium to Germany and naturally, the Northwest.

In the name of sustainability, the NAOBF aims to be car-free, instead encouraging attendees to bike in and offering admission discounts to Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by Dan Wheeler

The Floating World Animation Fest 2009 is Tonight!

Watch this, then we'll talk….

Not satisfied with being a truly freaking awesome comic shop, Floating World Comics presents (for the third year running) a carefully curated program of short animation that promises to range from the experimental to the plainly mental. A highlight of the program is David O'Reilly's beautiful and strange Please Say Something, winner of the prestigious Golden Bear award for best short this year in Berlin. Remember Octocat? Yup, same dude. But this film feels more like Jimmy Corrigan, Smartest Kid on Earth meets Blade Runner to surprisingly touching effect.

Here's a challenge: this is a direct link to Read the rest of this entry »

(We will be giving away a pair of tickets to this show and many other weekend events to our Portland Facebook Group on Thursday/Friday. Join it if you like free stuff.)

Serenity Now!!

Posted by Stephanie El-Hajj

June 27, 2009 – Portland's seen its fair share of crazy fans, but crazy fans supporting a great cause? Now that's novel. "Can't Stop the Serenity" is brought to you by Portland's own PDX Browncoats, a group of local fanatics dedicated to keeping the much loved, but short-lived Sci-fi show "Firefly" alive through annual charity screenings of the movie Serenity.

Since its inception in 2006, the Portland Serenity screening has raised over $28,000 for Equality Now, Joss Whedon's favored charity. And I say Portland because this charity screening is big, supported and duplicated by Firefly fans across the nation.

This year's celebration of Serenity differs from previous years, in that there are two screenings. The first is for tamer fans, those new to the series, and fans who wish to see Serenity in it's untarnished glory on the big screen. The second screening is for fans with a little Read the rest of this entry »

Update: 2010 – Many Portland July 4th Weekend Events: Fireworks, Music, Parties

July 4th is right around the corner and it is time to make plans. Last year the 4th was on Friday, which is good. This year it is on a Saturday, which is even better. There will be many events going on that day and we will have a large list the Thursday before. But for now, here are a few possibilities:

First time to the Pipeline? Read more about us here: Pipeline Posse

Also, check out our guide to Portland Happy Hours, Bars, Food & More

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• July Concerts in the Park: Portland Summer Concert Series (2009)
• 2009 Portland Blues Festival: The Blues Cruise (Video)

Reminder: Also, we give out free tickets every week to our Portland Facebook Group including to many of the top music and art venues in Portland. Join it if you like free stuff.

• Portland Blues Festival: Big Sam's Funky Nation and: Bonerama, Storm Large, March Fourth Marching Band, Harmonica Blow-Off, and a lot more…full list here. Portland Blues Festival Cruise info here but sold out on July 4
• Watch fireworks at Oaks Park: Annual 4th of July Celebration. Gates open at 10 am, rides start at noon. All picnic spaces are Read the rest of this entry »