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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 (blue = linked!) that we think will be good, well attended, or should be interesting.

Reminder: We give out free tickets 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 From Pipeline: Portland Monthly EVENTS LIST

From Leigh Feldman:
Things I'm currently jocking…

Free ish… We have tix here and will be giving away some on twitter (add @leighfeldman3) to a screening of The Human Centipede (tonight), passes to the open bar party with Lateef the Truth Speaker (sat), Talkdemonic's first show in PDX in a year (sat), and to comedian/actor Rob Schneider (sun). 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 — or follow us on twitter @leighfeldman3! (These are from Leigh, not Pipeline. Email him to join his list & win: leighfeldman3 @ gmail)

Free music ish… This promo mix from Z-Trip and Lateef the Truth Speaker. Lateef will be in PDX Saturday night at the Crown Room – http://www.mediafire.com/?4jhotnn1izy

More Awesome ish…For the first hour on Saturday night at the Crown Room (9-10pm) people on the LifeisaParty email list get access to unlimited drinks while Lateef the Truth Speaker (Blackalicious, Fatboy Slim, DJ Shadow…), Marv Ellis, DJ DV8 and E da Boss entertain you!

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

Portland Thursday Events, May 6

• From Pipeline & Sequential Art Gallery: 25+ Portland First Thursday Events
• The Phunktion @ Crown Room (FREE — Live New Orleans brass funk, 2 for 1 well drinks)
• Lizard Lounge First Thursday Party @ Lizard Lounge (FREE — always one of the best events in town, bands, beer, clothes and tons of people)
• Hipsters of The Universe Art Show @ Floating World Comics (FREE — art art art)
• The Fix w/ Diamond District @ Someday Lounge (FREE – hip hop dj's, lounge breaks)
• Housecall @ Groove Suite (FREE — house music)
• Lupe Fiasco, B.o.B. @ Roseland (SOLD OUT — hope you can get a ticket if you are trying!)
• Compound Gallery Art Opening @ Compound (FREE — art and streetwear)
• Le Beau @ East Chinatown Lounge (FREE — electro hip hop lounge)
• Steady Rockin w/ Deff Ro, DJ Renz, Might Moves @ Bar XV (FREE — hip hop, funk, r&b)
• Devin the Dude @ Peter's Room ($20 — stoner rap)
• Ladies Night Gathering. Bellydancing & Lapdancing @ Alberta Loft Gallery ($7 — erotic dance exploration)
• Tender Loving Empire Grand Opening @ 212 NW 10th (FREE — this will be a huge gathering of artists and musicians, expect this to be mobbed)
• Radish Underground Mini Golf @ Radish Underground (FREE — come shop and hit some balls)
• Coco & Toulouse Fashion Show @ Ste. Maine (FREE — fashion show)
• The Parlour Benefit Show @ The Parlour (Donation$ – help save this all ages music venue)
• PNCA Illustration Exhibition @ PNCA (FREE — art art art)
• Where You From @ NW Film Center ($8 — a documentary movie about rural hip hop)
• From Pipeline: Free Movie Nights in Portland
• From Pipeline: Rose City Rollers' Rock 'n' Roll Camp for Girls Fundraiser @ Buffalo Gap

Friday, Saturday and Sunday events after the break…

Portland Friday Events, May 7

• Hot Mess w/ Doc Adam & DJ Berlin @ Tube (FREE — one of the craziest and sweatiest dance parties in the city)
• Billy Casazza @ Whiskey Bar ($5 — heavy bass, tribal, uk funky dance)
• Brightly Colored: UofO's MFA Exhibition @ Disjecta (FREE — art art art)
• Kennedy School 80's Prom @ McMenniman's Kennedy School ($10 — strict dress code on 80's prom attire)
• The Mercury Fashion Show @ Bossanova Ballroom ($15 — chance to see tons of local designers)
• Anything But Clothes Party @ Imagine Night Club ($10 — late night party, strict dress code)
• Shrunken Head Skateboards 4 Year Anniversary @ Plan B ($5 — skateboarder filled wild party. Possible destruction of things will occur)
• Johnathan Richman @ The Know ($10 — hipsters rejoice! This will be packed)
• Mailia Mills Swimwear Trunkshow @ Lille Boutique (FREE — drinks, snacks and bathing suits)
• Cinco de Lebowski @ Bagdad Theater ($3 — movie watching, giveaways, contests)
• Double Down @ Holocene ($3 — final night of this queer friendly dance party)
• WWeek Best New Band Showcase @ Berbati's (FREE — your chance to feel like you are at SXSW)
• Jefferson Dancers Spring Concert @ PCPA ($15 — amazing dance performance)
• A Fifth of Funk @ Twilight Room (FREE — rock, funk, reggae band)
• Portland Garment Factory First Friday @ PGF (FREE — art, wine, fashion)
• From Pipeline: Free Movie Nights in Portland
• From TattoosOfPortland – 2nd Annual Oregon Ink Tattoo Convention | Eugene

Portland Saturday Events, May 8

• Lateef the Truth Speaker, Marv Ellis, DJ DV8, Berlin @ Crown Room ($5 — first hour is open bar for people on the LifeisaParty list! Definitely a fun night of live band, Grammy nominated hip hop and dj's)
• Any Decade Charity Prom @ Large Films on NE 8th & Couch ($20 online/$30 at door — dress in a style from any decade you choose, one big dance event fundraiser)
• OPB Open House & Concert w/ Sallie Ford @ OPB HQ (FREE — music, food snacks, a chance to see where art is made)
• Simply Jeff @ Whiskey Bar ($5 — electro shock mix cd tour)
• 6th Annual Portland Indie Wine & Food Festival @ Bison Building ($75 — unlimited tastings from 40 wineries)
• After Dark @ Groove Suite ($5 — house music)
• St. John's Bizarre & Parade @ St. John's (FREE — music, beer gardens, a celebration of the ‘5th quarter of Portland')
• Vagabond Opera ‘Queen of Knives' Show @ IFCC ($20 — one big burning man style production)
• Sultan Hookah Lounge Grand Opening @ Sultan (FREE — hookah, food, music)
• Talkdemonic @ Doug Fir ($15 — ambient electro and strings)
• From Pipeline: Dvořák's Cello Concerto, Featuring Dutch Cellist Quirine Viersen + Mother's Day Special (watch online live)
  
• From Pipeline: Free Movie Nights in Portland
• From Pipeline: Portland Saturday Market (over 400 vendors) - website
• From TattoosOfPortland – 2nd Annual Oregon Ink Tattoo Convention | Eugene

Portland Sunday Events, May 9

• Sinferno Cabaret @ Dante's ($8 – fire dancing, strippers, magicians)
• Aalto Lounge ‘Gay Night' @ Aalto Lounge (FREE – disco, lounge, cheap drinks, dj)
• Zoo Bombers @ Zoo Bomb Monument (FREE – mini bike madness)
• Soulstice @ Groove Suite (FREE – deep house)
• Anime Hentai @ Paris Theater (FREE – sex cartoons)
• Band Showcase @ Rontoms (FREE – bands, beer, hipsters)
• PDX Poetry Slam @ Backspace (FREE — poetry event)
• Rob Schneider @ Aladdin Theater ($35 — comedy)
• Meydan @ Mariano Adriatic Safe (FREE — Turkish folk)
• From Pipeline: 'Ingredients': A Documentary Film Screening and Discussion @ Multnomah Central Library
• From Pipeline: Free Movie Nights in Portland
• From Pipeline: Portland Saturday Market (over 400 vendors) - website
• From TattoosOfPortland – 2nd Annual Oregon Ink Tattoo Convention | Eugene
• From Pipeline: Dvořák's Cello Concerto, Featuring Dutch Cellist Quirine Viersen + Mother's Day Special

UPCOMING (just a taste of things to come…)
◊       5/13 — Jujuba Afrobeat Project @ Crown Room
◊       5/28 — Risk/Reward Patio Party w/ Fatlip of The Pharcyde @ Plan B
◊       5/29 — Massive w/ Chris Cutz @ Crown Room

Upcoming from Pipeline:

• May 12 – June: “Hot Gun” aka Top Gun The Musical @ Dante's
• May 15: MELANGE ~ Bollywood Movez Annual Recital @ PCC Sylvania Auditorium | Over 350 People
• May 16: Portland Zombie Prom
• May 15-17: Beethoven Festival Weekend @ Oregon Symphony (tickets/info)
• May 21-23: Circus Artemis, Portland's New All-Women Circus