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The weekend is finally here and once again, we have a great list of Portland events, parties and tons of free tickets.

We have also added events from Leigh Feldman's LifeisaParty email blast. You can get the email and your chance to win hookups for shows and deals by emailing leighfeldman3 @ gmail and asking to join.

********************* 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. *********************

For Your Pleasure: See Portland Music! Terry's Picks For January 7-13 + Downloads

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Win Tickets & Prizes From Pipeline

• Win VIP Tickets: Rose City Rollers Derby Opening Bouts @ Portland's Memorial Coliseum (Jan 15)
• Win Tickets: DJ Magneto @ Goodfoot | Soul, Reggae, Dance-Hall, Hip-Hop, Electronica (Jan 7)
• Win Tickets: Celilo
, Parson Red Heads, Norman @ Mississippi Studios | Portland Alt-Country, Americana Indie-Rock (Jan 7)
• Win Tickets: Pictureplane, Teengirl Fantasy @ Holocene | Arty, Expansive Dance Music (Jan 7)
  
• Win Tickets: Two Evenings Of Stand Up Comedy @ Brody Theater | "Porseattland" ( Jan 7 & 8 )
• Win Tickets: Freak Mountain Ramblers, Electric Jackstraw @ Goodfoot | Americana/Rock ( Jan 8 )
• Win Tickets:Champagne Champagne, Mad Rad, Serious Business @ MS Studios | NW Hip-Hop ( Jan 8 )
• Win Tickets:Portland RiverCity Music Festival This Weekend ($70, Jan 7-9)
• Win Tickets: Five-Time Grammy Award Winner Victor Wooten @ Mississippi Studios (Jan 10, $50)
• Win Tickets: Rap Pioneer Kurtis Blow @ Mt Tabor Theater (January 13 & 14)
• Win Tickets: North Meets South Portland Food & Drink Jubilee | @ The Benson Hotel | Wine, Spirits, Silent Auction, Live Music ($290, March 25 & 26)

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Portland Thursday Events January 6, 2011

• Featured: MANY Portland First Thursday Art Events | NW, SW, Pearl, Old Town, China Town
• First Thursday @ Half/Dozen  — "Time Enough" by Artist Laura Mackin | Everett Station Galleries
• Featured: Dusu Mali Band, fronted by native Malian Ibrahim Kelly (nephew of Legendary Ali Farka Toure) @ Goodfoot Lounge (Info)
• First Thursday Opening @ Anka Gallery | "Resonance — Extended" | Curated by: Anna Solcaniova King
• Free Admission To Portland Chinese Gardens
• Featured: Nucular Aminals, Psychic Feline @ Holocene | Portland Rock
• Semi-Regular Portland Ping Pong Tournament @ The Woods
• Featured: Kevin Hart @ Helium Comedy Club (Info/Tix: portland.heliumcomedy.com/)
• All Month: Free Movie Nights in Portland
• Featured: Get Oregon Ducks BCS Championship Game Fan Gear @ Made In Oregon Stores
• Buffy The Vampire Slayer @ 5th Avenue Cinema
• All Month: Stary Nights Live @ OMSI's Kendall Planetarium: Presentation of Planets, Constellations, Zodiac, Shooting Stars and Satellites
• Featured: Portland Trivia Nights With ShanRock's Triviology — Fun & Free, Prizes! | Slammer, East Burn, Da' Hui, Kenton Club, La Merde
• From LifeisaParty: 1 Year Anniversary of The Phunktion w/ Philly's Phunkestra Soul Orchestra @ Crown Room (FREE — New Orleans brass funk, jazz, soul, $1 beers)
• From LifeisaParty: 4th Annual 100 Bones Art Show @ Breezeblock Gallery (FREE — all pieces of art under 100 dollars!)
• From LifeisaParty: Blazers Art Show @ Compound Gallery (FREE — art art art)
• From LifeisaParty: Blast Call @ Midnight at Mt. Tabor Theater (FREE — 80's/90's/electro glow in the dark dance party)

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

By Terry Gentry

Terry's PDX picks for the second week of January 7-13. Please note I did not include the Rivercity Music Festival (Win tickets here), which has a nice line up of great artists. If you enjoy Bluegrass and Americana music you should check it out.

This week will feature shows that should get you dancing. Also, on Wednesday there are 2 different shows I would have really enjoyed seeing (Liz Janes at Mississippi Studios, and Dead Meadows and Sweet Apple—sometimes you need a great rock show), but I have to see The Hood Internet.

Related Terry Picks: Best Portland Music of 2010 + Downloads | Top 20

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1) Pictureplane with (dance accompaniment by Kathleen Keogh & Noelle Stiles), Teengirl Fantasy, DJ Hot Air Balloon and Sex Life DJs. Download Track — Transparent Now (Thin Veil) (via Riddle Park)

Fri., January 7th, 9 p.m.
Holocene. $7 bones in advance. 21+
(Win Tickets on Pipeline Here)

This show is going to induce dancing to the point of dripping sweet.  It also features some local dancers.  I really can't wait.  I have been hoping for Picureplane to make it to our fair city since hearing the song New Mind last summer.  Pictureplane is the work of Travis Egedy.  I first became familiar with his work through his remixes for Crystal Castles and Health.  His sound is unique in many ways with influences of house and dub.  I look forward to the follow up of 2009's Dark Rift.

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Portland's Rose City Rollers begin their 6th season on January 15th and Memorial Coliseum. We are giving away a pair of VIP/Rockstar tickets to the opening bouts here. To win, comment on this post why you would like to attend. Winner will be drawn on Monday, January 10.

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From our sponsors at Rose City Rollers:
January 15, 2011, 5:45 pm to 9:00 pm
The first intra-league bouts of the 2011 Rose City Rollers Home Team season. All four home teams will face off in half-length bouts to determine the seasons starting ranks.

This scramble will be held at Portland's Memorial Coliseum, the first time RCR teams will appear in the Rose Quarter venue.

Doors open at 5:00pm, event starts at 5:45pm.

Tickets are on sale through RoseQuarter Ticketing.

Click to purchase tickets online!

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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 sponsors at Made in Oregon
The Ducks are on their way to Arizona! The BCS National Championship game is coming up in a few days, and many of you are preparing for this monumental game with plans for watching the game at parties or sports bars. In order to show your support for the Ducks, be sure to pick up some Ducks gear at your local Made In Oregon Store or shop online for Ducks gear at www.madeinoregon.com.

Made In Oregon has a wide variety of Ducks BCS Championship game gear for sale, including 25% off BCS Game Apparel (for a limited time, in stores and online). They also carry a lot of standard Ducks gear as well, including food, bumper stickers, and fan gear. And don't forget Ducks Steins and Pint Glasses to make your BCS game-viewing party one your friends will never forget!

Made In Oregon even carries the official Oregon Ducks BCS Championship Blanket made by Pendleton Blankets.

Get your Ducks gear now and show that you love your Ducks!

Shop the entire selection of Ducks BCS gear here: Made In Oregon Ducks Gear

Or find a local Made In Oregon store here and get it today: Made In Oregon Store Locations

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Related BCS Game Events and Info:

• Jan 10: Watch Oregon Ducks BCS Championship Game Online & @ East Burn | Beer & Food Specials
• Jan 10: Oregon Ducks BCS Game Party @ Bossanova | Free Snacks, Beer & Drink Specials, Jersey Raffle
• All Week: Watch 80+ Hours of Oregon Ducks Football | Past Games, BCS Title Game Vs Auburn, Previews, Interviews

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Bossanova Ballroom on East Burnside and 7th is throwing a big BCS game party. This is one of the only times you are able to check this great Portland venue out with free entry. Doors open at 4PM and games starts at 5:30. There is a 15 by 15 foot screen that will show the game. If you haven't been to the new Bossanova, it's a pretty nice ballroom to watch a show or THIS game! Also, there will be:

Free snacks during the game (including 40 lbs of FREE wings)
Jersey Raffles and other prizes
Full bar |Lagunitas on tap/special for $3 | Ninkasi Drafts at $3.50
Free admission

Bossanova Ballroom
722 E Burnside
Portland, OR 97214
(503) 206-7630
http://www.bossanovaballroom.com/

The Helium Comedy club is so hot right now that Kevin Hart's shows this weekend are pretty much sold out (Can still get Ben Bailey of Cash Cab next weekend!). If you don't have tickets for Helium, you can get your comedy fix at the Brody Theater with lots of local comedians including Ian Karmel. Ian has been a guest on the Comcast Sports Blazers after-show, Talkin' Ball, and been killing it.

We have a pair of tickets to give away for each night. To win, comment on this post why you would like to attend (IMPORTANT – comment WHICH NIGHT as well – Friday/Saturday). Winners will be drawn/emailed on Friday.

From press release (Poster of Friday show):
Fly Ass Jokes presents: Porseattland, an evening of stand-up comedy from the Pacific Northwest

January 7th at 10pm | January 8th at 8pm
The Brody Theater
16 NW Broadway, Portland, Oregon
The show is all ages and admission is $10

Fly Ass Jokes, the weekly stand-up comedy showcase at The Brody Theater, is kicking off the new year with two evenings showcasing some of the best young stand-up comics in the Pacific Northwest. Among them are Saturday Night Live and The Onion writer Mike Drucker, from The Whitest Kids U' Know Timmy Williams, 2010 Portland Amateur Comedy Competition winner Ian Karmel and from Comedy Death Ray, Ron Funches, as well as many other talented comics.

The first show will kick off at 10pm on January, 7th and will feature Mike Drucker (SNL, The Onion), Jen Allen (The Brody Theater, Comedy Underground), Shane Torres (Bridgetown Comedy Festival), Christian Rickets (Bridgetown Comedy Festival) and Jessie McCoy (Unibash Radio.)

The second show will start at 8pm on January, 8th and will again feature Mike Drucker and Ian Karmel, who will be joined by Ron Funches (Comedy Death Ray, Bumbershoot), Barbara Holm (Castlebraid Comedy Festival, Bumbershoot), Timmy Williams (The Whitest Kids U' Know) and John McKay (Bumbershoot)

Pipeline has partnered with Goodfoot Lounge on SE Stark & 29th, and we are giving away tickets to many of their shows including this weekend. To win, comment on this post WHICH SHOW & WHY YOU'D LIKE TO ATTEND. Winners drawn and emailed Friday, January 7.

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From our sponsors at Goodfoot Lounge:

Friday, January 7th, 2011
DANCE NIGHT FEATURING DJ MAGNETO @ 9:00pm

Rotating special guests fill the night with soul, reggae, hip-hop, electronica, dance-hall and more. $5

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Saturday, January 8th, 2011

FREAK MOUNTAIN RAMBLERS, ELECTRIC JACKSTRAW @ 9:00pm

Our annual double bill extravaganza featuring two of PDX's most beloved bands. Jackstraw opens up with a set of plugged in (and drummer accompanied) Americana/rock to be followed by the psychedelic Americana of the legendary Freaks! $8.

Portland's monthly First Thursday event is tonight! It might be a bit wet out there, but not too bad and not too cold and there will still be many people out enjoying great art. There are over 50 (probably 100) galleries having openings this month.

We have a very large list below thanks to Sequential Art Gallery (328 NW Broadway) & Rich Vail Mackin. They compile an email called the "[h]IT LIST" of events every month. You can join it by emailing them @ sequentialart @ gmail dot com. We have reproduced much of it below with permission.

Related: 2011 Portland January Events

Are you on the Twitter? Follow @FirstThursday or the #firstthursday hashtag to see what people are posting about it. You can also follow Sequential art on twitter: @sequentialart

Related Events & Info From Pipeline:

• January 6: Semi-Regular Portland Ping Pong Tournament @ The Woods
• January 6: Nucular Aminals, Psychic Feline @ Holocene | Portland Rock
• January 6: First Thursday @ Half/Dozen  – “Time Enough” by Artist Laura Mackin
• January 6: First Thursday Opening @ Anka Gallery | “Resonance – Extended”
• January 7: Celilo
, Parson Red Heads, Norman @ Mississippi Studios | Portland Alt-Country, Americana Indie-Rock (Win Tickets)
• January 7: First Friday Art Opening @ Launch Pad Gallery: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
• January 7: First Friday Art Opening @ Gallery Zero | “Heavy” by Ben Perkins
• January 7: Pictureplane, Teengirl Fantasy @ Holocene | Arty, Expansive Dance Music With 90s Influence (Win Tickets)

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