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Starting Thanksgiving Day, the Oregon Zoo will have “Beast Feast”, where you can watch animals “tear into” paper turkeys filled with treats. There is also a Turkey Trot run and Tot Trot for the kids.

Related on Pipeline: 2010 Portland Thanksgiving Weekend Events: Parade, Shopping, Sales, Fairs, & More

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From Oregon Zoo Press Release:
ZOO'S ANIMALS TO GOBBLE UP THANKSGIVING ‘BEAST FEAST'
Zoo invites community to help Oregon Food Bank during long holiday weekend

Leftovers, schmeftovers! Throughout the four-day Thanksgiving weekend, Oregon Zoo animals will gobble their way through their very own Beast Feast, a cornucopia of enrichment activities and treats aimed at stimulating their minds and stomachs.

The zoo also invites the community to help out Oregon Food Bank by donating nonperishable food items at the zoo's entrance throughout the Thanksgiving weekend.

From Nov. 25 through 28, visitors can watch the zoo's animals tear into large papier-mâché turkeys stuffed with treats and an assortment of other Thanksgiving goodies. Activities will take place daily around the zoo at the following areas and times Read the rest of this entry »

Every Thursday, Pipeline puts out a large list of Portland weekend events, parties, and free tickets. Here is a a list to get you started this Thanksgiving weekend.

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2011 Update: Portland Holiday Events: Thanksgiving, Shopping, Christmas, Buy Local & More

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Portland Wednesday Events, November 24, 2010

• Black Wednesday / Friday Sale @ Floating World Comics | Old Town
• Thanksgiving-Eve Music @ Goodfoot: Sugarcane & Flowmotion (Seattle)
• Free Play @ Ground Kontrol | Last Wednesday of Every Month
• LIFEHOUSE w/Kris Allen, Alyssa Bernal @ Roseland Theater
• Champagne Champagne @ Mississippi Studios
• BarFly’s handy-dandy guide to bars open 365 days a year

Thanksgiving Day, Friday, Saturday and Sunday events after the break…

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We have partnered with Holocene and are giving away tickets to many shows including a pair to No Age, Lucky Dragons, Dangerous Boys Club & more this Sunday, November 28. To win tickets, comment on this post why you would like to attend. Winners will be drawn & emailed Friday, November 26 @ 3PM.

Related Holocene Events on Pipeline:

• November 24: Holocene Presents DISCOS DISCOS Dance Party | Free Before 11
• November 26: SNAP! 90s Dance Party @ Holocene | Free Before 11PM
• November 27: Holocene All-Star DJ Night & Dance Party | Free Before 11

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From our sponsors at Holocene:

Holocene presents…
No Age
Lucky Dragons
Dangerous Boys Club
DJ Vision Quest
DJ Stoned Werewolf

Sunday, November 28 | 8:30pm
COST: $12.00 advance | $14.00 day of show
An ALL AGES evening with LA's art punk heroes, NO AGE!

ADVANCE TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE AT BROWN PAPER TICKETS, JACKPOT RECORDS, AND PORTLAND MERCURY.

Forever cascading forward in a positive direction, gleefully instinctive, No Age erupt out of your speakers, blasting away the clouds above the smoggy cityscape to reveal a solar flaring sun. With an ecstatic force bubbling around and beyond their music, they release contagious energy like they're main-lining a field full of whirring wind turbines Read the rest of this entry »

Pipeline has partnered with Mississippi Studios and we are giving away tickets to several of their shows including:

• Two pairs to Diamond Rings, Boyfriends, & Mattress on Friday (Winner drawn Nov 26 @ 3PM)
• Two pairs to Pigeons, Wax Fingers, What hearts, Teeth on Saturday (Winner drawn Nov 26 @ 3PM)
• Two Pairs to Fences, Ezza Rose, Light For Fire on Tuesday (Winner drawn Nov 29 @ 3PM)

To win tickets, comment on this post below why you would like to attend. IMPORTANT — Put show you want to attend as well in your comment.

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From our sponsors at Mississippi Studios:
Mississippi Studios Presents:
Diamond Rings
Boyfriends (with Tim and Manny of Atole)
Mattress

Friday, November 26
8:30 p.m. doors, 9:00 p.m. show
$8 advance, $8 day of show
21 and over | Buy Tickets

About Diamond Rings (www.myspace.com/diamondrings)
Scrappy, high-spirited songwriting combines crunchy, '70s guitar-rock with the hazy euphoria of modern acts like Sun Airway and Twin Shadow—a retro-futuristic musical braid that's hard to nail down…O'Regan's is unlike seemingly every other bedroom music maker these days. There's a real power and discernable confidence to his croon." ~Slant Magazine

Toronto's Diamond Rings is John O'Regan, an eye-catching performer whose flashy 80's style is reminiscent in songs that combine a mix of Iggy and Phil Oakley. But don't get us wrong; Diamond Rings is no blast from the past. Part laptop pop and part grunge, with Read the rest of this entry »

Jason at Floating World Comics has started his sale early and going on right now.

Related Portland Events, Sales & Info:

• Portland Holiday Events: Shopping, Christmas, Buy Local & More
• Portland Thanksgiving Shopping & Black Friday Sale | Woodburn Company Stores' Moonlight Madness Event
• Holiday Shopping @ Portland Saturday Market | "Green Saturday" (Win $25 Gift Certificate)
• Macy's 2010 Portland Thanksgiving Day Parade Information + Pictures | New Route
• Portland Thanksgiving @ Roseland: J.COLE, CJ Hilton, K. Michelle, Cool Nutz (Win Tickets)

—————————————– From our sponsors at Floating World Comics:

Due to UPS weather delays comics aren't showing up today.  Possibly not until Saturday.  Well some people still need their comics so we're starting our Black Friday sale a couple days early.

Black Wednesday & Friday sale:

• 20% off everything.
• Tons of backstock moved to 50% table (including Absolute editions, art books, trades and hardcovers)
• All used sets are 50% off.
• All dollar comics are just a quarter.

We'll also be open for a couple hours on Thursday from 11am -1pm.

Just received this message from the Mayor's office. If you didn't get one/haven't seen it, there is information on how you can help the rescue mission and family homeless center below.

Related Thanksgiving events and info on Pipeline:

• Portland Holiday Events: Shopping, Christmas, Buy Local & More
• Free Portland Thanksgiving Dinner Event @ Celebration Tabernacle | Music, Storytelling
• 2010 Portland Christmas / Holiday Tree Lighting Information + Picture & Video | Pioneer Square

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From Mayor Sam Adams:
Dear Portlander,

Thanksgiving is a special time for Portlanders. It's a time to be with family and enjoy the company of friends and loved ones. And it's a time to say thank you for all we have, and share what we have with those who aren't as fortunate.

Portlanders make this place special, from the organizations and causes we support to the neighborhoods we live in and strengthen.

I am thankful for the people who make this City what it is — a welcoming, exciting, compassionate and innovative place where anyone from anywhere in the world can find their community.

I am thankful for the hardworking employees of the City of Portland Read the rest of this entry »

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Related 2011 Portland Holiday & Black Friday Events:

• Nov 25, 2011: Downtown Portland Black Friday Holiday Shopping @ The Jack London | 15 Local Vendors
• Nov 25, 2011: Portland Thanksgiving Shopping & Black Friday Sale | Little Boxes, 90+ Stores, Prizes
  
• November 25-27, 2011: Thanksgiving Day Weekend in Portland: Wine Country Without The Drive

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From our sponsors at Woodburn Company Stores :
Savvy Shoppers Start Your Engines — Woodburn Company Stores’ Annual Moonlight Madness All-Night Shopping Event Starts Thanksgiving Night

All 97 outlet stores open their doors at 10 p.m. on Thursday, November 25, offering an earlier start for those looking to score the best deals

The feasting is done and the family is antsy.  It’s time to head to Woodburn Company Stores where fresh air, miles of sidewalks, serious holiday deals and the thrill of all-night shopping await during Moonlight Madness, the center’s annual Thanksgiving night and pre-Black Friday sales event.

Last year, more than 60,000 people took part in the center’s Moonlight Madness all-night sales event and Black Friday shopping day. Woodburn Company Stores is the only shopping center in Oregon opening its doors on Thanksgiving Night. Parking lots open at 7:30 PM.

“All year long, we’re a destination for shoppers in search of great prices and value,” said Teri Sunderland, general manger of Woodburn Company Stores. “The tradition of delivering huge deals to holiday shoppers is as much a part of our holiday celebration as a visit with Santa.”

Woodburn Company Stores offers tips for making the most of the Moonlight Madness sales event:
Woodburn Company Stores is the only shopping center in Oregon opening at 10 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day and staying open all night, offering shoppers 97 retailers to choose from and big discounts in every store.

Preview store bargains and view shopping and travel tips at http://www.shop-woodburn.com.

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Related On Pipeline: Portland Holiday Events: Shopping, Christmas, Buy Local & More

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From our sponsors at Goodfoot Lounge:

Thanksgiving Eve is a special night around here as friends old and new lift a pint in thanks and enjoy the prospect of lazing about with a heaping plate of food on Thursday.

Tonight we welcome Seattle's Flowmotion - a highly skilled band that puts their polished chops to use as they merge Southern rock with world influences.

They are followed by Sugarcane, a Goodfoot favorite known for their high-energy blend of roots, Americana and bluegrass (with a hint of the Caribbean)!

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. Winner will be drawn and emailed on Friday, November 26 @ 3PM.

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.

Related On Pipeline: Portland Holiday Events: Shopping, Christmas, Buy Local & More

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From our partners at Saturday Market:

Green Saturday
By Hollyanna McCollom

November means different things to different people. Some look forward to family gatherings, football on the television and Thanksgiving turkey with all its trimmings. Some people begin a slow descent in to that eggnog-soaked, mistletoe-trimmed chaos known as the holiday season. For a few brave souls, November means one thing: Black Friday. Now, while we here at the Saturday Market respect their wherewithal, we present another more user-friendly option: Green Saturday.

What is Green Saturday you ask? Well,

it's not braving the super stores and fighting with a disgruntled mom in slipper boots over the last package of socks. It's not lining up outside a store for an hour in hopes that you will get a free doughnut before racing off to collect the doorbuster deals. We like to think of Green Saturday as an alternative to the traditional holiday shopping frenzy Read the rest of this entry »

By Ben Golliver

Photo by Patrick de Laive

Portland Timbers Tuesday: Buzzing About Trade Talk and Vuvuzelas

For fans of the NFL and NBA, the run up to the leagues' annual drafts often causes as much interest as the season itself. For poor teams, or rebuilding teams, the draft represents everything holy: youth, potential, the future and the excitement of the unknown. It's more fun to watch your team obtain the rights to the "superstar of tomorrow" than it is to watch them get crushed by the superstars of today.

Wednesday's MLS expansion draft isn't quite the same, as it involves the Portland Timbers and Vancouver Whitecaps selecting players left unprotected by the other MLS teams as part of their initiation to the league. The top end talent won't be available for the picking, so some of the luster of the process is removed.

With that said, the expansion draft is a critical step in Portland's roster development, and Jose Romero of SoccerByIves.net chatted with Timbers technical director Gavin Wilkinson about his plans. The result, Romero writes, is a wide-open strategy: "The Timbers will be looking for Read the rest of this entry »