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

Going to the game and don’t want to deal with driving/parking? Blitz offers a FREE shuttle from Blitz Ladd to and from all home Blazers and Timbers games.

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By Andy Popp
GAME 80: Blazers (47-33) vs Memphis Grizzlies (46-34)
Tuesday, April 12, 7 PM, CSN
Previous match-up(s):
Tuesday, November 16th Blazers 100 Grizzlies 99
Monday, December 13th Blazers 73 Grizzlies 86
Related: Trail Blazers Games, Schedule, and WIN Tickets

The Blazers are playing their final regular season home game tonight against the Memphis Grizzlies.

Tonight’s game is the rubber match between the two teams, with both the Blazers and Grizzlies winning earlier games this year. The winner of the game tonight will also own the tiebreaker if the two teams end up with the same regular season record.

The on Grizzlies on paper: Read the rest of this entry »

Pipeline has 10 pairs of tickets to see Simpsons writer and stand-up comic Dana Gould at Helium Comedy Club on Friday, April 15 at 10 p.m. and Saturday, April 16 at 10 p.m. To win, comment on post below why you would like to attend and which show you’d like to attend. Winners will be drawn and emailed on Friday, April 15.

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From our sponsors at Helium Comedy Club:
Dana Gould @ Helium Comedy Club
SE 9th and Hawthorne Street

Friday, April 15 @ 7:30 and 10 p.m.
Saturday, April 16 @ 7:30 and 10 p.m.
Tickets are $20-25
For tickets and more information, please visit www.heliumcomedy.com/portland or call 888-64-FUNNY.

Dana has appeared on HBO “Late Night With Conan O’Brien,” “The Late Show with David Letterman” “Seinfeld” and “The Ben Stiller Show.” Along the way he was on the staff of “The Simpsons,” where he wrote for seven years.

About Dana Gould: Read the rest of this entry »

Retro, rock-and-roll-feeling Star Bar recently opened in the former Maiden of the Mist space at SE 7th and Morrison Street. If you don’t come for the jukebox or sexy velvet paintings of 1970s babes, come for their new Happy Hour menu, which includes sliders, artichoke dip and more treats to soak up the booze.

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From our sponsors at Star Bar:
Star Bar Happy Hour
4 – 7 p.m., 11 p.m. – 1 a.m.
SE 7th and Morrison Street
star-bar-rocks.com
Happy Hour Menu
Regular Menu

It all began with the black velvet paintings and the lighting. Everything else is because that is how it should be.

Located in the inner SE, the Star Bar is a place to drink real drinks, eat real food, and listen to real music. Our new happy hour food menu is all under $5, all natural, and includes a Hummus plate, sliders and an all-beef hot dog, just in time for Read the rest of this entry »

Pipeline has a pair of festival passes for the 2011 Bridgetown Comedy Festival, featuring headliners Margaret Cho, Andy Dick and Doug Benson. To win, comment on post below why you would like to attend. Winner will be drawn and emailed on Monday, April 15.

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From our friends at Bridgetown Comedy Festival:
2011 Bridgetown Comedy Festival
Thursday, April 21 – Sunday, April 24
Festival Pass $75 | Day Pass $20
Multiple PDX Venues
Facebook event
For Full Schedule and Tickets, visit bridgetowncomedyfestival.com

Voted Best Comedy Festival by Punchline Magazine, the 2011 Bridgetown Comedy Festival is the premier event showcasing comedy’s biggest names and rising stars. The 4th annual Bridgetown Comedy Festival features over 175 of the funniest comedians and comic actors in the world.

This year’s festival features headlining act Margaret Cho, Andy Dick and Doug Benson, as well as dozens of other hilarious comedians from here in Portland and around the nation. A special performance by the cast of IFC Sketch Comedy Series Whitest Kids U’Know is also on the agenda.

A Bridgetown Festival Pass is $75, and grants admission to all Bridgetown 2011 shows (subject to availability). $5 from every pass sold will be donated to the Red Cross. For more information, and a full list of participating comedians and venues, visit: bridgetowncomedyfestival.com

From our sponsors at Oregon Symphony:
With textbooks, tuition and housing costs, its expensive being a student. That’s why the Oregon Symphony will now offer Discounted Student Tickets for only $10 each to its Classical and Pops series concerts.

Students can snap up tickets to upcoming Oregon Symphony concerts by showing their student ID at the Oregon Symphony ticket office (923 SW Washington Street) beginning the Monday before each concert weekend. You can also show your student ID at the Arlene Schnitzer concert hall (SW Broadway & Main) beginning two hours before each performance.

Log on to www.OSoundcheck.org - our website just for students – for concert availability and more information. The student rush ticket program and OSoundcheck.org are supported by a generous grant from Bank of America.

A list of Upcoming Oregon Symphony Concerts after the jump… Read the rest of this entry »

Only the fastest fingers will survive this Sunday, April 17 at Ground Kontrol when the 3rd Annual Portland PinBrawl pinball tournament kicks off. Over the past two years, nearly 250 people have competed for the Pinbrawl grand prize: a full-size pinball machine of your very own.

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From press release:
2011 Portland PinBrawl
Sunday, April 17
10 a.m. doors | 10:45 a.m. Registration Closes
$20, Competitors | FREE, Spectators
21 and over
Pre-Register at www.groundkontrol.com

Ground Kontrol
511 NW Couch Street

On Sunday, April 17th, the finest pinball players in the Pacific Northwest will once again gather in historic Old Town for Portland Pinbrawl 2011, Ground Kontrol’s third annual pinball tournament. Join your fellow Portland ‘ballers to battle the best of the Northwest for the grand prize: a full-sized pinball machine. Ground Kontrol will extend its beer, wine and food serving hours to cover the entire day of the tournament.

Ground Kontrol’s Portland Pinbrawl tournaments have drawn Read the rest of this entry »