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Wow, this month flew by and Last Thursday is here in just two days! Crazy.

On Twitter? Check out @lastthursday and use the #lastthursday hashtag.

Related Info on Pipeline:

• Our Portland Monthly EVENTS LIST
• Portland Pictures: Last Thursday on Alberta

Message from Pipeline friend Anna Todaro:

My art buddy Drew Wheelen and I will be out back Live painting our mural with some new and recent works of ours on display inside the bar.

We'll be there on Last Thursday from around 6-Close.

Our Work will be up all month.

Last Thursday on Alberta
the Alleyway, 2415 NE Alberta St

Great Big Sea – Old Polina
Video by mrcoolvids

From our partners at Oregon Zoo:

Great Big Sea
Wednesday Zoo Tunes
$12.50 Buy

Newfoundland's Great Big Sea combine the traditional Celtic folk melodies of their homeland with hard-driving rock to create a sound The New York Times has called “as evocative of Newfoundland as were the Beach Boys of California.”

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Pipeline recently partnered with the Oregon Zoo & we will be giving out tickets to many shows (including The Levon Helm Band, Chris Isaak and Cyndi Lauper) over the next weeks to our Portland Facebook Group. Not on Facebook? Join our email list and win there.

Related - July 31: ALL DAY PDX Bridge Festival — Hawthorne Bridge Party | MORSound: Free Concert | After Party

Hawthorne Bridge
Portland, Oregon
PDX Bridge Festival
Taken on July 24, 2010
Photo by Andrew Curtis

Description: Hard to tell but there are these canvas sails attached all over the bridge, and supposedly a light display was supposed to be turned on at 10pm last night. My wife and I were scratching our heads trying to figure out if there were any lights at all. Turns out there were, but they weren't very dramatic.

I was up on the bridge waiting for this event to take place. The event description stated it would start at 9:30, but it actually happened about 45 minutes later. There were obviously some problems as there was way too much ambient light to really see the lights projected on the tarps. The problem is explained below in the comments.

Related info:

• Video: PDX Bridge Festival — Fabric & Lighting Install + ‘Hit the Lights' Event
• pdxbridgefestival.org

- More Portland Pictures here on Pipeline
- Add your Portland pictures to our Flickr group here.

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Pipeline has partnered with Helium Comedy Club to give away tickets to their opening weekend with Portland-native Auggie Smith. To Win: Comment on this post why you would like to attend. Please include which night you would like to attend (Friday, Saturday). Winners drawn and emailed Friday morning, July 30th.

Reminder: We give out 100s of $$$ in free tickets every month to our Portland Facebook Group for many of the top events & venues in PDX. Join it if you like free stuff. Not on Facebook? Join our email list and win there.

From our partners at Helium Comedy Club

Marc Grossman is proud to announce the grand opening of Helium Comedy Club Located on the 2nd floor of 1510 SE 9th street. It's the intersection of Hawthorne and 9th across from the Lucky Lab which is currently known as the Chelsea Ballroom. The new comedy club opens on July 29th, 2010. Portland native Auggie Smith, who was on NBC's "Last Comic Standing" will headline opening week (July 29-31).

Helium Comedy Club is the newest addition to Portland's Read the rest of this entry »

Related: Win Tickets To Crystal Ballroom Shows: Wolf Parade, Big Head Todd & More

From our partners at Crystal Ballroom
Wolf Parade; The Moools
Crystal Ballroom
Tuesday, July 27
myspace.com/wolfparade

8 p.m. doors : 9 p.m. show
$20 advance : $20 day of show
All ages welcome
Tickets on sale now!

About Wolf Parade
EXPO 86! OMFG!

What is it?! What ISN'T it?

It's two (2) things!

It's the name of Wolf Parade's third LP, out June 29, 2010.

And it's the catchy name of the World's Fair held in Vancouver, summer of 1986, where five young boys first became friends, just outside the Cars of the Future exhibit, and made a SECRET PACT (whoa!) to meet up in the early 2000s (wha?)-somewhere cool, like Africa or even the moon by then–to form a rock band! ROCK BAND! With guitars and guitar solos and synthesizers! They would call it Wolf Parade! What a bodacious name!

It went like this: Read the rest of this entry »

Portland's Music Millennium has many great free shows, but tomorrow night's might be the best of the year so far. It's going to be packed for sure, but I've heard that if you buy the Menomena album beforehand you have a guaranteed seat.

Related from Pampelmoose & Pipeline

• danny from menomena drops new lackthereof album (free MP3)
• menomena tour europe, get a remix

From Press Release:
*RECORD RELEASE EVENT!*
*MENOMENA*
*FREE LIVE PERFORMANCE*
*Music Millennium – 3158 East Burnside 503-231-8926*
*Tuesday, July 27th 6:00 PM*

Menom­ena formed in late 2000, when Brent Knopf grad­u­ated from Dart­mouth Col­lege and returned to Port­land to col­lab­o­rate with Justin Har­ris and Danny Seim. They played their first show in July 2001, at The Meow Meow, a now-defunct all ages venue in Portland.

The band's name was cho­sen for "the way it rolls off the tongue, sex­u­ally, or some­thing" and has no spe­cific mean­ing, although it is often assumed to refer to the Piero Umil­iani song "Mah Nà Mah Nà", a sta­ple of The Mup­pet Show. A recent audio­clip from SpotDJ had Brent stat­ing that the band name was a con­trac­tion of the words "Men" and "Phe­nom­ena". This is most likely a joke.

The band uses a com­puter pro­gram called the Read the rest of this entry »

If you are Mad Men fan, this picture probably looks a bit funny now. They've come a long way since that first season. Tonight is the premiere of Season 4 and Portland's Cari Bugbee/Cari Bella/@PeggyOlson is throwing a big Party at the Gypsy Lounge. You don't have to wear 60s attire to go to the party, but there will be many people doing so.

From Slate's TV club Series:

Mad Men Season 4 Preview: What Will the Show Do With Betty Draper?

What will the show do with Betty Draper?At the end of last season, we saw her headed for a Nevada divorce ranch (accompanied by her paramour Henry Francis and baby Eugene) to make her split with Don official. Continue reading…

Portland Event Info and places to watch online below... Read the rest of this entry »

From the large Portland weekend event list compiled by Leigh Feldman & supplemented by Pipeline. 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. Not on Facebook? Join our email list and win there.

Portland Sunday Events, July 25

• Sinferno Cabaret @ Dante's ($8 — fire dancing, strippers, magicians)
• Zoo Bombers @ Zoo Bomb Monument (FREE — mini bike madness)
• Anime Hentai @ Paris Theater (FREE — sex cartoons)
• Bike Polo @ Alberta Park (FREE — come watch or participate!)
• Band Showcase @ Rontoms (FREE — bands, beer, hipsters)
• Concerts in the Park w/ Jujuba @ McCoy Park (FREE — bands, barbq, byofood)
• 13th Annual Mondo Croquet & Mad Hatter Picnic @ NW Park Blocks (FREE — one huge costume and croquet event)
• SOMA @ Report (FREE — chill, lounge, electronic vibe)
• Oregon Brewers Festival @ Waterfront Park (FREE — tons of music — Jujuba, Animal Farm, Transcendental Brass, Philly's Phunkestra — and tons of beer!)
• From Pipeline: Free Movie Nights in Portland
• From Pipeline: Jamie Cullum with Gin Wigmore @ Oregon Zoo | Zoo Beat Premium Concert
• From Pipeline: Artists in the Vineyard @ Confluence Winery | Ridgefield, Washington
• From Pipeline: 2010 Trek In The Park @ Woodlawn Park
• From Pipeline: Free Summertime Outdoor Acoustic Music Series @ Mississippi Studios (3pm-7pm, free, all ages, drink specials)
• From Pipeline: Watch Mad Men Season 4 Premiere Online & In Portland | 60′s Cocktails, Music, Food
• From Pipeline: 2010 Portland Summer "Movies In the Park" Schedule
• From Pipeline: Coho Productions' Live Girls: Play About Portland Strip Clubs
• From Pipeline: End Of An Era: Malice Is Leaving Portland + Final Dates @ Sassy's
• From Pipeline: Free Portland Concerts Every Thursday Of July @ Ecotrust
• From Pipeline: Dog Days Of Summer @ Portland Saturday Market + Win $25 Gift Card

Description: Watch the PDX Bridge Festival production team stop center lane traffic on Multnomah County's 100-year old Hawthorne Bridge to install tension fabric and motion triggered lighting in preparation for the 'Hit the Lights' event tonight (Saturday July 24th) at 9:30pm. Best full pan viewing for the show is likely to be on the Morrison, one bridge to the north. Come and bear witness to a 'first' in our city's history.

Related: 75+ Portland Weekend Events, Parties & Free Tickets | July 22-25

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2011 Update: Portland Trek In The Park Is Back: 2011 Schedule, Pictures, Video, & Info

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Trek In The Park
Woodlawn Park
Taken July, 2010
Portland, Oregon
Photo by Erin Connolly

Anyone have a suggestion of a larger venue for Trek In The Park?

It's going to be pretty hot out there today and tomorrow for those in Trek outfits. As you can see from these pictures from last weekend, Trek in Park is quite popular and crowded. If you want to be guaranteed of hearing all the dialogue, you need to get there early to have a close seat.

Related Posts and Information on PDX Pipeline

• 75+ Portland Weekend Events, Parties & Free Tickets | July 22-25
• Portland Pictures: Trek In The Park & 2010 Schedule
• Video: Trek In The Park & 2010 Info | Woodlawn Park Read the rest of this entry »