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One of the more interesting Portland events this weekend is tonight's PDX Bridge Festival Kick-off at Olympic Mills Commerce Center. It has it all: music, art, beer, wine, performance, Mayor Adams.

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PDX Bridge Festival Kick-off Party
July 23 from 6-11pm
Olympic Mills Commerce Center, 107 SE Washington Street
FREE/ ALL AGES

PDX Bridge Festival organizers will combine three of their favorite things in one kick-off event at Olympic Mills Commerce Center: ART + MUSIC + PERFORMANCE!  Join PDX Bridge Festival and curatorial art partner Portland City Art, as they begin two weeks of art, music, culture, and fun celebrating the bridges that connect us all.

In keeping with the theme of bridging cultures, the opening event of PDX Bridge Festival will showcase the 2-D and 3-D art works of over 50 Portlanders, feature performance by a number of established and newcomer troupes, and involve our elected officials in sanctioning the fun and freaky side of our creative city! From massive sculpture to individual performance, this event—co-produced with Portland City Art—sets the tone for the weeks to come. The event is free and open to the public.

At 7pm, Mayor Sam Adams will officially open the Read the rest of this entry »

Leigh sent out his weekly email of Portland weekend events earlier today. It is mostly 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. Not on Facebook? Join our email list and win there.

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 the Tease Time Burlesque Show (7/23), Scarub of Living Legends + Very, AfroClassics tour (7/23) the Opulent Temple Fundraiser with Lee Combs (7/24), Wolf Parade (7/27) & PDXPipeline is giving away a $50 package to the Oregon Brewers Festival here! 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.

Free music ish… This Live mix from DJ Excel -http://www.mediafire.com/?m2qeugnjwiz – It definitely progresses in sound from hip hop, to club, to house to electro to a part where an annoying host at the club starts talking — otherwise this mix is perfect for getting buck. And lucky for you, you can check out DJ Excel at MASSIVE next Saturday July 31st at the Crown Room!

Awesome Ish… After a long wait, Portland is finally getting its own world-class comedy club!! Portland's Auggie Smith, from Comedy Central's “Live at Gotham” and NBC's “Last Comic Standing,” will be performing at the opening weekend of Helium Comedy Club Thursday July 29 to Sat. July 31st. They also have comedians from Reno911, Chelsea Lately and Whose Line Is It Anyway booked for the next few weeks! Head to www.heliumcomedy.com for tickets, schedule information, clips and advance rsvp to see Maria Bamford, Bill Burr, Todd Glass and Greg Proops!

More Awesome ish… The end of the month is approaching, which means MASSIVE is almost upon us! Come celebrate the end of July on the 31st with us a Crown Room for what will surely be one crazy evening. Special performer, special dj and some really special surprises! And of course, MASSIVE is free for those part of LifeisaParty.

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

Portland Thursday Events, July 22

• No Thoughts Photo Zine Party @ Ella St. Tavern (FREE — music, drinks, zines and things)
• Marv Ellis & The Platform @ Crown Room (FREE — hip hop soul fusion)
• Night Dedicated to House @ Couture (FREE — house music, big room, progressive)
• The Fix @ Someday Lounge (FREE — hip hop, funk, soul)
• Steady Rockin w/ Deff Ro & Mighty Moves @ Bar XV (FREE — hip hop, funk, r&b)
• Oregon Brewers Festival @ Waterfront Park (FREE — tons of music — Jujuba, Animal Farm, Transcendental Brass, Philly's Phunkestra — and tons of beer!)
• PDX Pop Now! @ City Hall (FREE — city hall concert)
• Rooftop Cinemas @ Hotel DeLuxe ($8 — movie and music)
• From Pipeline: Free Movie Nights in Portland
• From Pipeline: 2010 Portland Summer "Movies In the Park" Schedule
• From Pipeline: Portland Concerts 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: Last Night–> ‘CROPSEY' Horror Documentary Film Premieres @ Hollywood Theater
• From Pipeline: No Thoughts Photo Zine Release Party @ Ella Street Social Club
• From Pipeline: Big Head Todd And The Monsters Truth & Salvage Company @ Crystal Ballroom

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

Portland's Keepin' It Weird this Sunday with the Annual Mondo Croquet World Championships and Mad Hatter Picnic. I asked organizer Stephen Peters a few questions about it and the answers are below. It definitely looks interesting and since it is in the North Park Blocks, you could easily make a home run trip on Saturday and hit this up plus Saturday Market and Oregon Brewers Festival and Portland Farmers Market.

Mondo Croquet 13th Annual World Championships
and Mad Hatter Picnic
As featured in Willamette Week's
2004 Best of Portland!
High Noon, July 25th, 2010
Portland, Oregon
the park block in front of Powell's Technical Books
mondocroquet.com

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

More pictures, instructions and Q&A With Stephen Peters of Mondo Croquet Read the rest of this entry »

Anytime Portland's Lone Fir Cemetery has an event, you should definitely consider attending. There are very few and this one is also the premiere of this film, which looks very interesting. Go and experience this because the next Lone Fir event isn't until Halloween.

Related Portland Events & Info:

• July 2010 Portland Concerts in the Park
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From Lone Fir Cemetery Website:
Twilight Heritage Celebration
Saturday, July 24
6:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.

Bring a picnic and a blanket and come enjoy this 30 acre arboretum in the heart of SE Portland while learning about the City of Portland Urban Forestry program and the Lone Fir Pioneer Cemetery. Visit the three heritage trees being dedicated by Commissioner Fish: the lone Douglas fir for which the cemetery was named, the General Lane maple, and a 100-ft-tall cedar.

Metro Council President David Bragdon invites you to stay and enjoy featured artists from the Lone Fir Cemetery CD "Dearly Departed" and then watch the screening of the documentary "Come Together Home" by Ivy Lin. Come learn about the early Chinese settlers and rail workers who were interned and later disinterred at Lone Fir Cemetery and the plans for a memorial park on the sacred site known as Block 14.

Schedule of Events: Read the rest of this entry »

We have another $25 Gift Card to give away for Portland Saturday Market! To Win: Comment on this post on why you like the market or want to buy, etc. Will draw & email winner on Friday @ noon.

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 Saturday Market:

Dog Days of Summer

The hottest days of the year are just around the corner. Here at the Market we have just the thing for you and your pet.  From fountains to food and from treats to treasures, the Portland Saturday Market has what you are looking for to stay cool (and hip).

Fountains…

For the four-legged friend in your life, we have two fountains from which to choose (plus plush green grass in Waterfront Park for chasing any number of toys). The Skidmore Fountain is Portland's oldest public work of art and is a wonderful place for your pup to get a drink of water. We also have the Bill Naito Legacy fountain in Waterfront Park. As Portland's newest water feature, this is a wonderful place for you and your hound to splash up a storm.  Since this fountain is chlorinated please remember this is not the water for your dog to drink.

Food…

BBQ DOGS…One can't leave the Market without sampling something from our international food court. My Brother's Famous BBQ has been serving up the best in BBQ since 1979. Read the rest of this entry »

Our friends over at Taplister are having a party at Deschutes Brewpub to kick off the Oregon Brewers Festival and also giving away free swag on their social media profiles.

Reminder: We are giving away a $50 package to the Oregon Brewers Festival here. 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.

Related Portland events & info from Pipeline:

• Oregon Brewers Festival Pictures & 2010 Info + Win $50 Package
• Portland Video: Oregon Brewers Festival Parade + Mayor Sam Adams
• Wednesday: Deschutes Brewery Beers @ East Burn | Oregon Beer Festival Preview

From Taplister email:

Beer Friends

We hope to see you at the Oregon Brewers Festival in Portland, Oregon this Thursday through Sunday. The Taplister crew will be on hand and have a booth so stop by and say hi. We will be giving away free Taplister swag throughout the weekend. If you have a Taplister shirt please wear it and help promote Taplister to patrons of the festival. Remember we have a free iPhone app and for a limited time a free Android app. Don't forget to update the tap lists at local bars while you are out on the town.

Win Free Swag
To win free swag follow us on Twitter & Facebook for our contests and giveaways during the Oregon Brewers Festival.

Join the OBF Parade & Tweet Up
Meet the Taplister crew & our fans at the Deschutes Brewery Pub Read the rest of this entry »

Update: Six Bands To See @ 2010 PDX Pop Now! Festival | July 30 — August 1

We got this message a few hours ago as a reminder about the PDX Pop Now Portland City Hall show tomorrow. Plus, it has four free music downloads from the 2010 Compilation CD.
Related: Our Portland Events List

From PDX Pop Now:
Hey there

Just wanted to drop you a friendly reminder that PDX Pop Now! will hold their special show tomorrow on the steps of City Hall (1221 SW 4th Avenue). The show is from 5:45-8:45pm and will feature performances by the Andrew Oliver *Quartet*, Kelli Schaefer, Atole, and Nick Jaina Band.  The PDX Pop Now! show at City Hall is being presented conjunction with the “Fixed Spans: City Hall” exhibit from the PDX Bridge Festival.

And of course, don't forget that PDX Pop Now!, Portland's favorite all-ages music festival will again return to Rotture (320 SE 2nd Ave) on July 30th, 31st, and August 1st for the free, all-ages festival that showcases Portland's diverse musical talent.  This year's festival will feature indoor and outdoor sets from Read the rest of this entry »

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2011 Update: Portland’s Division-Clinton Street Fair Pictures & 2011 Info | Storm Large, Mayor Adams, Parade, & More

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Clinton Street Parade
Division / Clinton Street Fair
Portland, Oregon
Photo by gonebiking

Another great street fair in Portland this weekend. The Division / Clinton street fair runs from 10AM-5PM and the parade begins at 10:45 at 50th and Division. Portland’s late-night delivery pizza shop–Hammy’s–has a pizza eating contest (picture) at 1PM. There are many more events, music, food and drink vendors and of course–music throughout the day.

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

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From our partners at Oregon Zoo:

Bassekou Kouyate
Oregon Zoo
Portland, OR
Wed, Jul 21, 2010 07:00 PM
$11.50 Buy

What's Bassekou Kouyate, a West African ngoni virtuoso, doing on Sub Pop, the Seattle record label that brought you Nirvana and Soundgarden? Who knows, but we're glad he'll be spending some time here in the Northwest. Kouyate's been playing the ngoni, a lute-like ancestor of the banjo, since he was a kid in his native Mali. His dazzling musicianship has won him fans the world over — including the likes of Eric Clapton, Taj Mahal, Bonnie Raitt and Bono.

Related: 2010 Oregon Zoo Summer Concert Series Announced

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From our partners at East Burn:

Hello EastBurners,

Come kick-off Oregon Brewers Fest early on the EastBurn patio July 21st from 7-9. Deschutes Brewery will be here presenting some amazing brews. The line up will include Mystery Hop IPA, Streaking the Quad and Miss Spelt. Come swing and enjoy some exclusive beers to celebrate craft beer month.

July 21st from 7-9
The EastBurn
1800 East Burnside
Portland, Oregon, 97214