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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 Just Wright (tonight), MJ Afrobeat Tribute (fri), Friendly Fire Fundraiser w/ March Fourth & Solovox (sat), Marv Ellis & The People's Prom Night Party (sat) and to Modified Style Fashion Show (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 you can find us on facebook at facebook.com/LifeisaPartyFB to get tickets, music and info on weekly events. (These are from Leigh, not Pipeline. Email him to join his list & win: leighfeldman3 @ gmail)

Free music ish… This Afro Treats mix from DJ Dhundee http://www.zshare.net/audio/75564495ca89ac01/ It's a compilation of songs that sampled one of the greatest musicians of all time — Fela Kuti. For people that aren't familiar with Fela Kuti, or the style of music known as Afrobeat, this week is for you! Tonight at Crown Room Jujuba Afrobeat Project is playing a FREE live African Funk/Jazz show (definitely recommended) and tomorrow Ben Darwish and a group of incredibly talented musicians are playing an Afrobeat tribute to Michael Jackson (definitely recommended as well!).

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

Portland Thursday Events, May 13

• Jujuba Afrobeat Project @ Crown Room (FREE — Live African funk/jazz, 2 for 1 well drinks)
• The Fix w/ Madlib @ Someday Lounge ($15 – hip hop dj's, lounge breaks)
• Housecall @ Groove Suite (FREE — house music)
• Steady Rockin w/ Deff Ro, DJ Renz, Mighty Moves @ Bar XV (FREE — hip hop, funk, r&b)
• Northwest Passage Lecture Series w/ Cool Nutz, Calvin Johnson & more! @ Waypost ($12 — interviews of local celebs)
• Onslaught & Apple @ Upper Playground (FREE — dj and live percussion)
• Simon Bassline Smith @ Whiskey Bar ($8 — dnb, heavy bass, grime)
• DJ Nick Dean @ East Chinatown Lounge (FREE — hip hop, club, lounge)
• Taurus Ball 5 @ Secret Location ($20 — one large late night party, go to Jupiter to buy a ticket and get directions)
• From Pipeline: Free Movie Nights in Portland
• From Pipeline: BTA Benefit @ Madison's Grill | Gear from Nutcase Helmets, Keen, Icebreaker, Portland Roasting, and more.

Friday, Saturday & Sunday after the break… Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by Kimberly Gehl

From the Press Release:

“It was with such a longstanding love and appreciation for zombies that inspired Heather Erickson, in November of 2007, upon a unique idea; a special event that would honor zombies and zombie fans alike. A night where Portlanders could gather, adorned in the finest attire, and dance the night away with friends (and fiends), and perhaps even feast on a brain or two!

Portland Zombie Prom features all of the regular trappings of any other prom.  There is music, dancing, formal attire, refreshments, prom photos, and even the crowning of a Prom King and Queen.  But the music is loud and raucous, the formal attire bloodstained and torn, and the refreshments usually alcoholic in nature.  In other words; it's a prom fit for the unliving!”

This Year's Line-Up
This year's Master of Ceremonies will be Uncle Eerie, host of “Uncle Eerie's Shiver Show”, a new locally-produced horror show premiering this weekend.

Deadly musical entertainment will be provided by Nekronotz and Barnyard Ballers, as well as DJ Apocalypse, DJ Skittish, and DJ Non. Be sure to keep your ears tuned into the music; last year was full of wit with covers of “zombie favorites”, such as Read the rest of this entry »

We rarely post about a clothing sale here on Pipeline, but over 7,000 confirmed guests on the Facebook event means this should be quite a large event as well. Plus, they replenish the clothing so you don't have camp out at 5AM to fight your way through hordes at 10AM. Plus, it is free entry.

Related: 75+ Portland Events, Parties & Free Tickets | May 13-16

From Facebook event info:
American Apparel is bringing its rummage sale back to Portland!

Back by popular request, we're hosting our 2nd rummage sale in Portland. We'll have even more merchandise and better deals. Thousands of your favorite garments to choose from. Up to 85% off, with prices starting at $1. Over 5,000 sq feet of selling space. Inventory will be constantly replenished throughout the day.

Over 50,000 people attended our international rummage sales in the last 6 months. They found great pieces and saved hundreds of dollars. Because the selling space couldn't possibly hold the amount of garments we're bringing, the sales floor will be constantly replenished and turned over. That means there is NO reason to get there early! Come when you can and don't be afraid to come back multiple times.

American Apparel Rummage Sale
Oregon Convention Center (Exhibit Hall E)
777 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd.
Portland, OR 97232

Friday, May 14th 10:00am – 8:00pm
Saturday, May 15th 10:00am – 8:00pm

Free admission
Cash, credit, and debit accepted

We have another street fair this weekend, and it is the Alberta Art Hop. This one is sure to bring out several thousand people who haven't been able to enjoy a good Last Thursday in a while…you have everything you want from street closures to 70+ degree weather to art to music to…well, a big party.

Related from Pipeline:

• 75+ Portland Events, Parties & Free Tickets | May 13-16
• Alberta Art Hop: Collaborative Mural Painting Event | Watch & Participate

From Website:
Art Hop is Art on Alberta's (AoA) day-long celebration held each May.

On Saturday, May 15, 2010 from 11am to 6pm, Art on Alberta will hold its  11th Annual Art Hop with the theme, "ABC: Art Builds Community." Over 15 blocks of NE Alberta Street will  be closed to car traffic to accommodate 150+ artists, craftspeople, music, dance and theater performances,  interactive art events along with food and other vendors. This is a free arts event for kids of all ages! Come  have some fun!

For Art Hop 2010, we plan to have several murals painted and Read the rest of this entry »

From our partners at Matthew Allen Productions

Collaborative mural painting event; come watch and participate

Alberta Street between 18^th and 19^th
Part of the Art on Alberta happenings.
May 15^th. 9am to 7pm.

OOH LA LA:
Come to lend your hand, your brush, or just your blissful personality.  Murals have the quality of bringing communities together to enjoy the event itself and the results long lasting.  The content of the mural loosely depicts some of the various energy and community conscious actions implored by the Community Energy Project.  The imagery will reflect local house-environments depicting many factors that make a house or a building sustainable and also show the sustainable practices of the local urban landscape.

This mural is to be installed on the exterior of the Community Energy Project building at Alberta and MLK Jr Blvd.

Coordinated by Art on Alberta and The Community Energy Project
Organized by Esteban Camacho Steffensen
Directed by Esteban Camacho Steffensen, Robert Maxwell Humphres, and Matthew Allen Wooldridge.
[The Mural Team working with Matthew Allen Productions — MatthewAllenProductions.com]
Sponsored in part by the Regional Arts and Culture Council.

Portland's all-star roller derby team takes on Seattle this Saturday and we are giving away VIP tickets (FREE BEER!) to our twitter/facebook friends. While we wish you a good chance of winning, we also warn that it will likely sell out so you might want to buy ASAP to make sure you see this.

Reminder: We give out free tickets to our Portland Facebook Group including to many of the top music venues and events in Portland. Join it if you like free stuff.

You can go to a bar tonight and get discounted tickets as well (info below/after break).

From our partners at Rose City Rollers:
Sibling Rivalry 2010: The Domination Continues  #6 Ranked Portland Set to Ambush #7 Seattle In "Sisterly Smackdown"

On Saturday, May 15th Portland's Rose City Rollers'  (RCR) all-star team, The Wheels of Justice, renews its rivalry with Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) Western Region foe Rat City Rollergirls at the Portland Expo  Center.

As pioneers of modern Women's Roller Derby, off the track these teams share a  bound of sisterhood. On the track, with both teams ranked in the top ten internationally, it's going to be sibling rivalry taken to a new level.

Each of the last two years Rose City has gotten the better of Rat, and lead by the  returning jammer foursome of Rhea DeRange, Cadillac, Scratcher in the Eye, and Blood  Clottia, Rose City is looking to make it a threepeat. Rat City, led by high scoring Carmen Getsome and transfer skaters Kamikaze Kim and the electrifying Jalapeño Business, has  other plans.

In the trenches, expect some seismic hits when Wheels of Justice newcomer Smack Ya Sideways and Read the rest of this entry »

Top Gun The Musical (aka “Hot Gun”) begins tonight at Dantes. Jedediah "Diamond" Aaker sent us this press release a couple weeks back and yeah…it's going to be talked about for sure. We are giving out a couple pair of tickets to Hot Gun to our Facebook group (giveaway on Thursday/Friday).

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.

From Press Release
Grab your wingman by the stinger, or lose him forever — Hot Gun the musical is locked and ready to load! The best of the best are in the cockpit once again, and they're poised to take your breath away. Are you ready to bring back that loving feeling? Do you feel the need for speed?

The creators of last fall's critically acclaimed "cock opera," Chariots of Rubber, WonderDiamond Productions, present Hot Gun — a rock 'n' roll re-imagining of the iconic blockbuster, Top Gun. Hot Gun will be performed live on stage at Dante's, each Wednesday for a 200-seat, eight-week run, beginning May 12, during Portland's Fleet Week.

Hot Gun reunites the talented team of director Jeffrey Wonderful (Chariots of Rubber, Rose City Rollers, Portland Organic Wrestling), and producer/rockstar Jedediah "Diamond" Aaker (Diamond Tuck, Lucky Thirteens, BarFly). While remaining remarkably faithful to the original screenplay's dialogue and plot line, the new live musical production bears the hallmarks of this dynamic duo's playful tweaking.

The overheated sexual dynamics of the 80s classic are turned up even higher — the pilots' locker room has become a sauna, our hero's rival and love interest flip genders, and the the top-selling soundtrack soars off the charts, with live renditions so testosterone-charged and full-frontal, they instantly Read the rest of this entry »

WebVisions, a three day conference on the “future of design, content creation, user experience and business strategy” takes place next week. Events for some of you non-geeks out there include “The (un)Wired Future of Bikes” plus music events and the parties below.

Our post from last year – WebVisions: Top 8 Reasons You, The Not-Geek, Should Go

Giveaway: Pipeline is giving away a pass for "Photography Tips from the New School" by fashion and music photographer Kris Krüg (May 19) our Facebook friends. We give out free tickets to our Portland Facebook Group every week including to many of the top music and art venues in Portland. Join it if you like free stuff.

Free WebVisions parties:
WebVisions 10th Anniversary Party
Wed., May 19th, 6:30 – 10:00pm
It's the 10th anniversary for WebVisions and we're throwing a hella fun party to celebrate. Co-hosted by the fine folks of ReadWriteWeb and Network Solutions, there'll be free drinks, cake and maybe even some give-aways. » RSVP at Eventbrite
++ Location: Lucky Lab NW – 1945 NW Quimby, Portland

Webvisionary Awards Show + Presentation Karaoke
Thurs., May 20th, 6:00 – 9:00pm
The Webvisionary Awards honors the most visionary, daring, and curious talent on the web by awarding them with a miniature robot. Andrew Dickson returns as our MC, DJs Rev Shines and Ronin Roc will supply the beat, and Chad the Robot will prove Read the rest of this entry »

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