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Pipeline is once again giving away many Portland music and event tickets this weekend.

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: Our Portland March Events Calendar

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Win Passes: Big Sip Oregon Wine Tasting and Sale ($110, Mar 5)
Big Sip Oregon is an event for anyone who is interested in finding the best wine at great values. Sample and taste over 100 different wines from 30 wineries and learn the best way to buy, savor and save your wine from industry experts. To win, comment on this post why you you like to attend.

Win Passes: Scott Pemberton Superband and Scott Pemberton Trio CD Release ($16, Mar 5)
The Goodfoot Lounge's grand party band Scott Pemberton Trio brings the funk Saturday night with two drummers, extra keys, horns and percussion, to form the Superband. Pemberton's band absolutely cooks and leaves crowds sweaty, blissed out and fully satisfied. To win, comment on this post why you you like to attend.

Win Passes: Kung Fu Double Feature at Historic Hollywood Theater ($20, Mar 5)
The Grindhouse Film Festival presents an incredible kung fu double feature: the martial arts masterpiece Invincible Pole Fighter and the Wu-Tang classic The Bastard Swordsman . Extremely rare 35mm prints of two of the greatest crowd-pleasing martial arts films ever made! To win, comment on this post why you you like to attend.

Win Passes: Foodportunity Food Industry Social Networking Event at The Heathman ($40, Mar 7)
Think of the food blogger you follow daily, but have never met. Or your favorite butcher, artisan chocolate maker or cheese guru. Foodportunity is an opportunity for people from all different food and beverage careers to mingle and talk about food.  Admission includes bites from a collection of great Portland restaurants. To win, comment on this post why you you like to attend.

Win Passes: Barrington Levy, Jamaican Dancehall Legend at Mt. Tabor Theater ($50, Mar 11)
Called reggae's "Mellow Canary" by virtue of his strong, pure vocal style, he's renowned as the first original singer of the dancehall era. Barrington developed his signature riff by experimenting with different vocalizations and bouncing the sounds off the surrounding hills. To win, comment on this post why you you like to attend.

By Terry Gentry

Here are my picks for March 4-9. You may find yourself wanting to be at two places at the same time; Friday Fashawn, Evidence and more will be at Backspace, and Asobi Seksu is headlining at the Doug Fir Sunday. The rest of the weekend is equally packed.

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

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FASHAWN, Evidence, Illmaculate & G Force, Curt@!ns
Gilbert Forte
Grind Time Now NW – Battles to open the show
Friday, March 4th
9:00 p.m. | $12 | All Ages
Backspace, 115 NW 5th

Download Track - Fashawn “ Strange Fruit (ft Common & John Legend) (via mostlyjunkfood), Evidence (of Dilated Peoples) x The Beatles “ I Don't Need Love (Mixtape)

Fashawn's Boy Meets World was one of my favorite hip hop albums of 2009. He has been very active since that time releasing a couple of mixtapes including one with Evidence.

Being a fan of Dilapidated People, I know Read the rest of this entry »

Our sponsors at Blitz Ladd (2239 SE 11th Ave, website) play every Blazers game. They have over 24 50″ HDTV's and a large projection screen + $2 Coors pints special during all Blazer games.

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By Andy Popp

GAME 61: Blazers (33-27) vs Sacramento Kings (15-43)
March 2, 7 PM, CSN
Previous match-up(s):
Wednesday, January 19th Blazers 94 Kings 90
Monday, January 24th Blazers 81 Kings 96
Related: Blazers Games, Schedule,WIN Tickets

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Bad news is that the Blazers are on the road tonight riding a 2 game losing streak. The good news is that they're playing the 15-43 Sacramento Kings.

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
Per doctor's orders, Brandon Roy will not play Read the rest of this entry »

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2012 Update: Blitz Portland Private Party Bus Promotion: Bar Crawls, Blazer Games, Timbers

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From our sponsors at Blitz:
Want to go on a Portland bar crawl or brewery tour with 28 of your friends? How about a private party bus to a Blazer or Timbers?

The Blitz party bus is equipped with party-style seating inc. leather couches and a rocking stereo system. Full bar availability and over 20 draft beer growler options for sale. The Blitz party bus will take your party ANYWHERE in the Portland metro.

Blitz is hooking up PDX Pipeline readers: Read the rest of this entry »

Portland's monthly First Thursday event is tomorrow! It will be a little wet and cold, but you are probably used to that by now. So put on pullover and have some fun. 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 March 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:

• March 3: World's Greatest Ghosts, Archers, Heartbreak Beats @ Holocene | Local Rock & Roll
• March 3: Mike Mignola Comic Signing Event @ Bridge City Comics | FREE, Author of ‘Hellboy'
• March 5: Big Sip Oregon @ DoubleTree Lloyd Center | 30 Wineries, Music, Snacks (Win Tickets)
• March 5: FREE Wristbands For Dandy Warhols Show @ SE Kettleman Bagel Co. | March 10 show w/ Y La Bamba, Typhoon
• March 5: Scott Pemberton Superband @ Goodfoot Lounge | CD Release Party, Dirty Funk (Win Tickets)
• March 7: Foodportunity @ Heathman Restaurant | Social Media Panel, Bites, Drinks (Win Tickets)

MANY Portland First Thursday Art Events Read the rest of this entry »

We have have a pair of tickets to the Kung Fu Double Feature @ Hollywood Theater. To win, comment on this post why you would like to attend. Winner will be drawn on Friday, March 4.

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From our sponsors at Grindhouse Film Festival:
Grindhouse Film Festival Presents…
Kung Fu Double Feature
Saturday, March 5
Invisible Pole Fighter @ 7 p.m.
The Bastard Swordsman @ 9 p.m.
$7 per movie | $10 double feature
Buy Tickets

Hollywood Theatre
4122 NE Sandy Boulevard

This Saturday March 5th at the Hollywood Theatre, The Grindhouse Film Festival presents an incredible kung fu double feature: the martial arts masterpiece INVINCIBLE POLE FIGHTER and the Wu-Tang classic THE BASTARD SWORDSMAN. Extremely rare 35mm prints Read the rest of this entry »

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Related Holocene Event: World's Greatest Ghosts, Archers, Heartbreak Beats | Local Rock & Roll (Thursday, March 3)

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From our sponsors at Holocene:
Holocene presents…

ROCK & ROLL BEACH PARTY
Feat. Dirty Mittens, And And And, DJ Hanukkah Miracle, DJ Jimbo and DJ Lifepartner
Friday, March 4
8:30 p.m. | $5 show| 21+

Holocene
1001 SE Morrison Street
More info: www.holocene.org/calendar

Blow up your beach balls and hike up those short shorts from last summer—we're going to the coast!

Ditching the Seasonal Affective Disorder abounding, we skip towards Spring with a beach-themed dance party, featuring local indie pop from Dirty Mittens and And And And! Beach attire encouraged!

Both bands dole out an infectious energy best experienced live. Dirty Mittens' boisterous pop burst onto the scene with (More info and BOOTY BASSMENT after the jump, NSFWish) Read the rest of this entry »

From our sponsors at Portland Saturday Market:
Portland Saturday Market
38th Season Kick-off Event
Saturday, March 5: 10 – 5 p.m.
Sunday, March 6: 11 – 4:30 p.m.
www.portlandsaturdaymarket.com

SW Ankeny Street and Naito Parkway

Join PORTLAND SATURDAY MARKET, March 5 & 6, 2011 for the official opening of the 2011 season. PSM has celebrated arts & crafts in the Pacific Northwest for 38 years.

Unlike most outdoor Market's, PSM operates 10 months out of the year from March until Christmas Eve. Since the Market moved into Waterfront Park in May of 2009 membership has increased by 111 new artisans. The majority of these artisans are from the Pacific Northwest but, also include artisans from across the nation.

Show your support of artists and your local economy and join us for a two-day celebration, which includes: Read the rest of this entry »

The Google Hotpot "Best Ever" show series continues next Thursday with a concert for The Dandy Warhols, Typhoon, and Y La Bamba. On Saturday, you can get a free wristband for the concert at Kettleman Bagel's SE Portland location.

Follow @kettlemanbagel and @hotpotpdx on Twitter for more details.

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From our sponsors at Kettleman Bagel Co:
Best Ever Concert Series feat. The Dandy Warhols, Typhoon, Y La Bamba

Wristband Giveaway Date: Saturday, March 5 |10 am – 1pm
Location: SE Kettleman Bagel Company
2235 SE 11th Avenue

Show Date: Thursday, March 10th | Doors at 6pm, show 7pm
Location: The Univeristy Chapel
3210 S.E. Taylor St . Portland, OR . 97214

This Saturday, March 5th from 10am-1pm Google Hot Pot will be giving away wristbands at Kettleman Bagel Company's SE location to see The Dandy Warhols, Typhoon and Y La Bamba at The Univeristy Chapel.

Google Hotpot presents the "Best Ever" show series – concerts featuring some of the best bands in Portland. This is a free show for all ages.

Entry requires special wristbands that will be given out at various locations around town, and Kettleman Bagel Company will be a location to pick up wristbands FOR FREE to the Dandy Warhols show at The University Chapel on March 10th.