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Leigh sent out his weekly email of Portland weekend events earlier today. It is reproduced below with some additions by Pipeline. 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 (or blue = linked!) that we think will be good, well attended, or should be interesting.

Reminder: 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.

Related: Portland EVENTS LISTINGS

From Leigh Feldman:
Things I'm currently jocking…

Free ish… We have 4 passes to Bumbershoot this weekend, 4 tickets to De La Soul (fri), 10 tickets to The Knux (sun), two passes to the premier showing of the movie 9 (next thurs), two tickets to Bernie Worrell (the 19th) and one pass to Kumoricon (this weekend)… Wanna win any of them? Forward this email to a friend, have them write us asking to join the group and we'll enter you both in a drawing to win! (These are from Leigh, not Pipeline. Email him to join his list & win: leighfeldman3 @ gmail)

Free music ish… Doctor Adam's mix for Karmaloop.tv x Massive 10 has over 3,000 downloads and it hasn't even been sent out yet. If you haven't grabbed it yet get it here – http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ixmkyxx5i5f … and grab DJ Jayceeoh's Karmaloop mixtape as well. He'll be at the next Massive Sept 26th at the Crown Room – http://www.zshare.net/audio/567833514139a7d2/.

Awesome ish … TBA, First Thursday, Labor Day Events, Hot Mess, College Football, the fact that it's September already (?!?!), the Someday Lounge Bday Party … quite a weekend!! I just hope it doesn't rain. I'm not ready for it.

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

Portland Thursday Events, September 3

• From Pipeline: First Thursday Events in Portland
• Textbook History Art Opening @ Compound Gallery (tons of artists' take on events and people that have shaped the world)
• From Pipeline: Where To Watch The Oregon Ducks vs Boise State in Portland
• PNCA Hybrid Gallery Opening Party/Fashion Show @ Indigo/TwelveWest (art, Pendelton Wool Clothing Fashion Show, drinks, music)
• Gang Gang Dance @ TBA (this band is amazing)
• Extra Golden, Explode Into Colors, Ohmega Watts @ Holocene (world beat electro funk)
• Lizard Lounge First Thursday @ Lizard Lounge (clothes, drinks, food, music)
• Marco Zamora Art Opening @ Upper Playground (art art art and beer)
• Brit Re-Invasion @ Branx (brit rock, fuzzed out dance)
• Guy Davis Book Release and Art Show @ Floating World Comics (art show)
• Brother West Clothing Designs Showcase @ Raddish Underground (art and clothes)
• Oregon Symphony Performance of 1812 Overture @ Waterfront Park (what can you say about this besides awesome)
• Prom Party 3030 @ Buffalo Gap (3rd Annual 80's style prom put on by the Underdog Sports League so expect heavy drinking)
• In Our Sleep and In Our Absences: 22 Ethereal Nudes by Jaret Ferratusco @ Portland Coffee House (live music, b&w photos, opening event)
• Lovejoy Thurdsay @ Tim Gunter Studio (food, music, art, drinks)
• 60's Swank Cocktail Party @ Forkfly Offices (a Mad Men inspired reception)
• Biosonik @ Report Lounge (dubstep)
• Scout Niblett @ Wonder Ballroom (indie funk rock)
• I Hate Your Job w/ DJ KG @ Tube (soul/r&b and rock)
• Chariots of Rubber @ IFCC (a play about cars, hookers and carnivals)
• Psychedelic Sock Hop w/ DJ AM Gold @ The Tanker (Psych, Rockabilly, Surf, Early Soul and R&B and Fuzzed-out Garage)
• From Pipeline: TBA | Brody Condon | Without Sun | September 3rd Opening Reception
• Breakdown Thursdays @ Pala (dubstep, electro, glitch, bass)
• Flavour @ The Agency (hip hop, club, dance)
• The Fix @ Someday Lounge (hip hop)
• From Pipeline: The Devil and Daniel Johnston Come To Portland | September 3 @ Wonder Ballroom
• Delicious @ Crown Room (weekly alternative party with super cheap drinks)
• X-otica Go Go / After Burn Party @ Dante's (bass and booty)
• Rose City Sirens @ Hawthorne Theater (burlesque performance)
• Twisted Thursdays @ Calabash (hip hop)

Friday, Saturday and Sunday after the break... Read the rest of this entry »

This is a huge game tonight. The Oregon Ducks have really put it on the line going to the dangerous blue field in Boise in first game. AND, in front of a national audience. Dan Wetzel at Yahoo! Sports puts it like this:

Oregon vs. Boise St.: How the West is won

When Oregon coach Chip Kelly repeatedly praised Boise State in recent weeks, he wasn't just trying to lower expectations for the Ducks' season opener Thursday. He was speaking about a modern reality of college football in the West — after decades of dominance, the Pac-10 has, at the very least, a challenge to its throne. Read full article here

Portland sports bars are going to be packed with Ducks and Broncos fans. If you are still looking for a place to watch the game, here are some suggestions from Pipeline:

Pipeline Pick: Tanker Bar, 4825 SE Hawthorne

They have some great beers on tap (4 Ninkasi!), Buck Hunter,  and if you want to try something new—they also have the largest amount of cans of any bar in Portland (50+). Also, you are right at the top of the BARmuda triangle if you want to celebrate/drink away the sadness after the game.

Family Pick: Blitz Ladd , 2239 SE 11th Ave.

If you have the kids, Blitz Ladd might be your spot…with one issue– Kids are not allowed after 9PM (OLCC!) They have 28 HD TVs & foos ball. They also have a ping pong table, but they siad it will not be set up tonight.

Pearl Pick: Life of Riley, 300 NW 10th Ave.

Life of Riley will be in the heart of Pearl First Thursday action tonight, so it should be hopping. I've been there a few times and the happy hour is a pretty good deal. I would get there early if you don;t want to sit in the basement, but the basement isn't bad and it has pool. Apparently, their veggie burger is better than the normal burger.

Free Beer Pick: Lizard Lounge, 1323 NW Irving St

If you are a real football fan, you might not want to go here b/c they are just going to have a regular TV set up in the Mens clothing section. However, if you are a casual fan and like free Widmer beer and a first thursday party, then this might be your place. They tell me they usually are at capacity by 8PM, so get there before that.

Related: First Thursday @ Lizard Lounge: Art Show, Live Music, Benefit, and Free Beer!

Gresham Pick: 4th Street Brewing

We've never made a Gresham pick, but then they hit us up with this tweet and sounded pretty good:

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  4thStBrewing: @PdxPipeline best place to watch Ducks vs Boise game? 4thStreetBrewing. Pints of Demented Duck Amber only $3. #pdxevents

Other bars of note: Claudias, Belmont Inn, On Deck, Thirsty Lion, Grand Central Bowl, The Agency, North 45, Paddy's (wall of alcohol), East Burn (Tequila Thursdays), Belmont Inn, Triple Nipple Nickel, Marathon Tavern (much nicer than when it was my NW dive bar pool spot 5 years ago), Virginia Cafe (say “hi” to Leah) and...suggestions from twitter after the break… Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by Meagan Kate

Portland artist brings aerosol indoors

Calling Portland a creative town is an understatement; many Portlanders consider themselves artists, live with artists, work with artists. Few, however, are gaining popularity as quickly as Rai Villanueva.

Rai's medium and live art appearances have gotten her some unique opportunities and an impressive fanbase. After seeing Rai's live work at a benefit recently, I asked to talk with her about her work, her inspiration and her show at the Egyptian club tomorrow night.

PDX Pipeline: When did your love of art begin?

Rai Villanueva: I always felt drawn to express myself emotionally through drawing and painting with virtually anything I could get my hands on. I started with tempera paint, high lighters, pencils, markers, colored pencils. Over the years, I've pretty much used every medium out there. March of 2009 I discovered the use of spray paint.I fell in love with it! I loved the movement my body naturally made while I sprayed trying to get the my lines sharp.

PDXP: Would you consider yourself a 'graffiti artist'?

RV: I really appreciate street art and graffiti. I think it's extremely important to treat urban art movements seriously. I've draw a lot of inspiration from it, but I don't consider myself a graffiti artist. Read the rest of this entry »

It looks like Clackamas is tired of being left out of the “Keep Portland Weird” action.

From Press Release:

Hundreds to Unexpectedly Break Out in Viral Dance at Clackamas Town Center

Portland, Oregon — Saturday, September 5th, 2009 — Portland Improv, a social experiment and performing arts group known to push the limits on the social norm, will be hosting their latest event, dubbed, "Let's Dance!," at the Clackamas Town Clackamas Town Center at two o'clock p.m. within the main mall corridor in front of the Macy's Home Furniture Store. An audio track will begin playing through the mall speaker system, and two of our dancers will begin performing before the unsuspecting shoppers, followed by more and more of our dancers until all four-hundred are showing off their moves. By the end of three-minute dance, we hope to have many shoppers picking up the moves as well, right in time for the dance to end just as quickly as it began, while all of the dancers will dissipate into the rest of the crowd.

Related: Portland EVENTS LISTINGS

Portland Improv is a collective mainly comprised of Read the rest of this entry »