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Watch the Oscars in Portland this Weekend at East Burn, where you can earn your very own engraved Oscar trophy without that whole Hollywood acting career thing.

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Related: Win Tickets : Bourbon-Barrel Aged Stout Tasting @ East Burn | Full Sail Beer, Appetizers

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From our sponsors at East Burn:
OSCAR QUIZ & VIEWING PARTY
Sunday, February 27th
East Burn @ 1800 E. Burnside
Quiz @ 3:30 PM; Awards show @ 5:00 PM
FREE | http://www.theeastburn.com/

Oscar nerds unite! All eras of Academy Award glory are fair game in this pre-Oscar competition. The champion team wins gift certificates to the bar AND an engraved Oscar trophy, which I have dubbed The Peter O'Toole (he has been robbed by the Academy more than anyone else!).

I will also award a trophy, named The Swan (in Bjork's "honor") to the individual with the best outfit. You could be the best dressed, the worst dressed, costumed as an Oscar nominee - whatever you like. Come for the trivia, stay for the show, which we'll watch on the big projector screen. I'll be rooting for Winter's Bone!

Downtown Portland's Virginia Cafe has been around for 97 years and is still going strong. This week, the Virginia Cafe will have daily food specials, as well as nightly drink specials and entertainment to celebrate its 97th year in Portland.

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From press release:
Join us in Celebrating the past 97 years in Portland, and our 2nd year on 10th Avenue. Come and visit an old friend and have some fun along the way. We all look forward to seeing you soon.

Cheers. The Virginia Cafe Family.

Activities Planned
Monday, 2/21: Ladies Night, 2 for 1 cocktails, $2 wine spritzers
Tuesday, 2/22: 1980s Beer Prices
Wednesday, 2/23: Gentleman's Night, 2 for 1 cocktails, $2 Buds
Thursday, 2/24: Original Buck Night
Friday, 2/25: Napkin Art Contest, unlimited and quickie contests, mystery happy hour 4-7 p.m.

Monday, 2/21: BLT ……$3.50
Tuesday, 2/22: Chef's Favorite…..$4.50
Wednesday, 2/23: Reuben…$4.50
Thursday, 2/24: Cheeseburger………..$3.50
Friday, 2/25: Club…………$4.50

820 S.W. 10th Avenue est. February 2008 to Present…
725 S.W. Park Avenue  est. 1922 to February 2008
1014 S.W. Stark Avenue  est. 1914 to the mid 1960's

Daily Food Specials Priced from the 80's

www.virginiacafepdx.com

We have a pair of tickets for the Bourbon-Barrel Aged Stout Tasting at East Burn this Thursday. To win, comment on this post why you would like to attend. Winner will be drawn and emailed on Thursday @ noon.

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From our sponsors at East Burn:
Full Sail Bourbon-Barrel Aged Stout Tasting
East Burn Annex
1800 E. Burnside

Thursday, February 24
6 to 8 p.m.
$10 | 21 + | Reservations

Full Sail Brew Master John Harris hosts this tasting featuring a 2009 and 2011 Bourbon-Barrel Aged Stout. Hors d'oeuvres to pair with the tasting include clams casino, chocolate covered Neuske bacon, and sweet potato blini with pork tenderloin.

After its initial release in January 2010, Full Sail's Black Gold Bourbon Imperial Stout was aged for a full year Read the rest of this entry »

THE Maple
Japanese Gardens, Portland, Oregon
Photo By pdxpixs

You'll have to wait a a few months to get pictures like this at the Portland Japanese Gardens, but you can still see a beautiful place for free today.

From Japanese Gardens:

Free Admission Day
Monday, February 21, 2011
10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Garden
Free and open to the public
http://japanesegarden.com/free/

Everyone is welcome and encouraged to invite their friends, family, and fellow community members to visit the Garden on this Free Admission Day. Guides will be stationed throughout the Garden to help answer questions and speak about the Garden's history, culture, and traditions.

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

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Win Tickets & Prizes From Pipeline

• Win Tickets: i Anapsy — A Night of Cyber Love Themed Revelry @ Bossonova ($80, Feb 18)
• Win Tickets: Brian Posehn @ Helium Comedy Club | The Comedians of Comedy (Feb 17-20)
• Win Tickets: Soul Stew with DJ Aquaman @ Goodfoot Lounge (Feb 18)
  
• Win Tickets: McTUFF with Skerik @ Goodfoot Lounge ($20, Feb 19)
• Win Tickets: Threshold Chinese New Year Party @ Refuge PDX ($80, Feb 19 & 20)
• Win Tickets: Philly's Phunkestra Live Album & DVD Recording @ MS Studios ($20, Feb 22)
• Win Tickets: TWISTA @ Mt. Tabor Theater | Fastest Rapper in the World ($50, Feb 23)
  
• Win Tickets: 2011 Bicycle Film Festival @ Clinton Street Theater ($20, Feb 25 & 26)

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Portland Thursday Events February 17, 2011

• Featured: Abstract Earth Project Presents Invisible Allies, Bluetech, Kilowatts @ Holocene
• Featured: Portland Relay for Life Kickoff Event @ On Deck Sports Bar and Grill
• Featured: Brian Posehn @ Helium Comedy Club This Weekend | The Comedians of Comedy
• Old Town: Ground Kontrol Grand Re-Opening Party | $3 for Free Arcade Game Play All Night
• Downtown: Golden Soles Gala Event @ Mercy Corps | FREE, Wine, Snacks
• From LifeisaParty: The Mediations @ Mt. Tabor Theater ($15 — reggae, roots, dub)
• From LifeisaParty: Invisible Allies After Party @ Watershed (FREE before 10pm/$5 after — 3 stages of music, visual artists, psytrance, live music, dubstep, half pipe for people to skate on, fire spinning, multiple rooms of different sound)

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

We have a pair of tickets for Philly's Phunkestra's live album and DVD recording session at Mississippi Studios this Tuesday. To win, comment on this post why you would like to attend. Winner will be drawn and emailed on Monday, February 21.

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From our sponsors at Mississippi Studios:
Philly's Phunkestra Live Album and DVD Recording
Tuesday, February 22
8:30 p.m. doors, 9:30 p.m. show
$8 advance | $10 day of show | 21+
Mississippi Studios, 3939 N. Mississippi St.
Get Tickets

2011 looks like the year for Philly's Phunkestra with their first full length release just months away and a Live Album and DVD recording next week it seems there will be plenty of Phunk to go around.

Tuesday February 22nd will mark the evening that Philly's Phunkestra blows the roof off Mississippi Studios for their Live album and DVD recording in partnership with the 2011 PDX Jazzfest. With so many Jazzfest events in the city it's hard to choose who to see but the Phunkestra has proven that the energy at a Phunkestra show is hard to beat and having shared the stage with some of their influences like Questlove (The Roots), The Wailers, Rebirth Brass Band, Dumpstaphunk, B*Side Players and Mr. Lif you know they will bring the heavy hitting, booty shakin, tender loving care your body deserves!

Philly (Chris Phillips) from Philly's Phunkestra had this to say about what the Phunkestra has been up to this year so far: Read the rest of this entry »

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Related: Win Tickets ($80): Threshold Chinese New Year Party @ Refuge PDX | Acrobats, Burlesque, DJs

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By Nathalie Weinstein
The Year of the Rabbit is upon us and with it, one of the biggest parties of the year.

Starting out as a fund-raising mechanism for Burning Man festival art projects, Threshold for the last four years has brought two days of dance, music and visual arts to Portlanders. This year, proceeds from the party will benefit the Portland Artists Clinic, which provides health care services to artists and musicians with no access to insurance.

Threshold event planner Maria Toth dishes on the Chinese lunar cycle, Pan-Asian style and why its cool to come dressed as a panda.

PDX Pipeline: Could you explain what Threshold is? Read the rest of this entry »

Haunting vocalist Luzelena Mendoza of Y La Bamba plays a free show tonight at McMenamins Edgefield. If you're up for the drive to Troutdale, this is a show you won't want to miss.
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From press release:
The Great Northwest Music Tour presents:
Y LA BAMBA
Friday, February 18
7 P.M. | FREE | All Ages
@ McMenamins Edgefield – Blackberry Hall
2126 S.W. Halsey St., Troutdale, OR
www.mcmenamins.com

With Y LA BAMBA, lead singer Luzelena Mendoza draws from both her strict Catholic upbringing as an only daughter of a Mexican immigrant and a debilitating illness that led her to fall away from her faith, to create what LA Weekly calls “Devendra Banhart-influenced art-folk with hazy femme vocals and traditional Mexican sounds.” Read the rest of this entry »

From our sponsors at Tanker Bar:
Portlandia Episode 5: Blunderbuss

February 18 | 7:30 | 11:05
FREE | 21+

Tanker Bar
4825 SE Hawthorne
Portland, 97215
(503) 445-4635
TankerPDX.com

Description: All of Portlandia is swept up in the excitement of a new music and film festival.

Entrance is free. $3 well drinks, $1 PBRS during the 7:30 show. $4 wells and $2 PBRs during the 11:05PM screening. Check out Portlandia at The Tanker every Friday.

By Terry Gentry

Hello Portland! Here are my pick's for live shows in the Rose City for February 17th -23rd. There are good shows all week so get your disco naps and don't blow all your money on Friday and Saturday, save some dough for shows during the week.

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

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Brainstorm, Archers, Hasau
Thursday, February 17
9 p.m., Mississippi Studios
3939 N. Mississippi Ave.
FREE. 21+

Download Track – Brussels Truffles by Archers (via Gimmetinnitus)

Since there are so many shows to choose and not unlimited funds, I start this week with three excellent local bands at a very cool venue, Mississippi Studios, and an excellent price…Free.

I recently stumbled into an Archers show, and was impressed by the Read the rest of this entry »