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Well, Portland’s Voodoo Doughnuts already broke the record for largest box of doughnuts earlier this month, so why shouldn’t CGWC go for a massage record as well? I don’t think the Common Ground Wellness Center will have nearly as easy a time as Voodoo did with their record if the picture below from England is any indication. Either way, free event with good music, food, and potentially–a world record.

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Related Portland Events and Info:

• –> Our Portland Events Calendar & Ticket Giveaways <–
• August 26-27: Ross Coleman Invitational | Professional Bull Riders Show (Win Tickets)
  
• August 27: PDX Hunt Urban Race | Urban Treasure Hunt, $1,000 Cash Prize
• August 27: Portland Parks & Recreation Bridge Walk | Tour Downtown’s Largest Mechanical Structures
• August 27:  Rose City Rollers Axles of Annihilation vs Treasure Valley Roller Girls (Win VIP Tickets)

From Press Release:
Portland Celebration & World Massage Chain Record
Common Ground Wellness Center Celebration
Saturday, August 27 · 10:30am – 5:30pm
5010 NE 33rd Ave PDX

Portland Kneads You!

The big weekend is upon us and we really need your help to pull it off! Please show up and help us beat the record! Then stay and have some fun and some fabulous food. The bathhouse will be closed so that we can give tours to new folks.

The Common Ground Wellness Center is celebrating its recent change to a worker/member owned cooperative. We’re excited about it and we want to invite you to our celebration August 27th. Music with DJ Anjali and the Incredible kid and more, awesome food, dancing, and Guinness Record Breaking!! Yes that right!

Show up at 10:30 to check in and help us break the Worlds Record for the Longest Massage Chain Read the rest of this entry »

From our sponsors at Doubletee:
Pipeline has once again partnered with DoubleTee Concerts and we are giving away tickets to many of their shows, including Bag Raiders, Groundation & Peaches.

To win, email your full name and which show you’d like to attend to editor@pdxpipeline.com. Winners will be chosen and emailed on Monday, August 29.

Reminder: We give out 100s of $$$ in free tickets every week including to many of the top music and art venues in Portland. Join our email list if you like free stuff

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GROUNDATION w/Kevin Kinsella, Outpost, Gavinchi, XactChange HiFi @ Wonder Ballroom, Friday September 2, 21 plus, 9pm.  Jazz influenced Roots, Rock Reggae. (More info: http://wonderballroom.com)

PEACHES w/Rude Dudes, DJ Beyondadoubt @ Roseland Theater, September 4, All Ages, 9pm.  Tough to describe but loads of fun and Peaches is a professional champagne-sprayer. (More info: http://www.roselandpdx.com/)

Related: Video: Bag Raiders @ Peter’s Room | Electro, Dubstep, House

Leigh Feldman (of LifeIsAParty) has a new Last Saturday dance party at Crown Room starting this month! It is called the Red Star Lounge Series, and sponsored by Heineken (free beer!).

Related: Our Portland Events Calendar & Ticket Giveaways

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From Press Release:
Heineken Red Star Lounge Series: Four Color Zack (FOOLS GOLD)
Saturday, August 27 at 9:30pm – Close
$5 | 21+ | The Crown Room
205 NW 4th | Portland, Oregon | Facebook Event

LifeisaParty & Heieneken present… Red Star Lounge Series

This Saturday is the start of the Heineken Red Star Lounge series taking place on last the Saturdays of the month at the Crown Room! Are you a fan of parties like the Do-Over or The Rub or just love good music and want to dance? Of course you are. Join the madness while they bring in some of the best dj’s from around the country, plus there is free Heineken from 9:30 to 10:30 for Read the rest of this entry »

From our sponsors at Blitz Pearl:
UFC Silva vs Okami Screening
Saturday, August 27
5-10 p.m. | FREE | 21+

Blitz Pearl | 110 NW 10th Avenue | (503) 222-2229
Blitz Ladd | 2239 Southeast 11th Avenue  | (503) 236-3592
blitzbarpdx.webs.com/

Come down to Blitz Pearl or Ladd Saturday night for a screening of the biggest UFC Fight card of the year. Blitz Pearl & Ladd will have 4 gyms attending: Team Quest, Portland Thai Boxing, Nemesis BJJ & Next Level MMA. Each gym will have an area to promote their club. T-shirts will be sold and memberships will be offered to guests!

In the heart of the Pearl District, and kiddy corner to Powell’s Books, Blitz Pearl is the place to go to wind down and grab a drink. Full bar on both levels. Projector and over 20 flat screen TVs . Don’t forget shuffleboard, pool, air hockey, and dart all are free to play! Check out the lunch deals in the newly re-modeled upstairs. Video poker too.

From our sponsors at Bargain Hunting:
Bargain Hunting Clearance Sale
Sunday, August 28
Noon-5 p.m. | FREE | All Ages
www.bargainhuntingpdx.com

Crystal Ballroom
1332 W. Burnside Street
www.mcmenamins.com

The 8th session of Bargain Hunting is set to convene on Sunday, August 28th, at the Crystal Ballroom. Bargain Hunting is a unique, collaborative, indie clearance sale event with over 50 of Portland’s best boutiques & designers all in one place.

Come early for best selection, stay late for best bargains. Bargain Hunting – where Bloody Marys & bargains go hand in hand! Mingling & cocktails encouraged.

Bargain Hunting is a biannual sale featuring some of the best artists and locally owned boutiques in Portland. Vendors sell their high quality wares at rock bottom prices. Bargain Hunting is Read the rest of this entry »

From our sponsors at PDX Bridge Walks:
PDX Bridge Walk Tour
Saturday, August 27
9 a.m.-1 p.m. | $16 | All Ages
No Pre-Registration Required
Contact Nancy Harger at Portland Parks & Outdoor Recreation 503-823-5132, or tour guide Nathan Hoover at 503-200-4140.

On this downtown waterfront walk, we tour the largest mechanical structures in Oregon. We will begin our walk at the corner of NW 2nd & Everett, on the covered steps of the NW Natural Building.

From there, we’ll visit bridge museum, meet a bridge operator, and test for synchronous vertical excitation. We’ll end our walk with a no-host family-style lunch in Chinatown (extra $). We’ll do about a mile of walking, crossing at least three bridges, and seeing about ten in all. Walks are ADA accessible.

Festa Italiana
Pioneer Courthouse Squre
Portland, OR
Photo by malloryfreed

The Hawthorne Street Fair and SE Portland Sunday Parkways aren’t the only large festivals this weekend in Portland. The 20th Annual Italian Festival (“Festa Italiana”) returns to Pioneer Square tomorrow through Saturday. There is music and dancing as you can see in the picture above as well as many other fun activities, italian food, wines, and beer. It is one of the best Pioneer Square events of the summer. Plus, it is FREE!

They are also looking for volunteers and info to do so is below.

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Related Portland Events and Info:

• –> Our Portland Events Calendar & Ticket Giveaways <–
• August 25-27: Maria Bamford @ Helium Comedy Club | The Comedians of Comedy (info/tickets)
  
• August 27 & 28: News From Portland Saturday Market: Final Fling With Summer
• August 27: Portland Burgundy Fest @ Bossanova | Anchorman Costumes, Music, Jazz Flute (Win Tickets)
• August 27: Rose City Rollers’ Axles of Annihilation vs Treasure Valley Roller Girls (Win VIP Tickets)
  
• August 28: Hawthorne Street Fair Pictures, History, 2011 Info | Music, Art, Bikes, Food, Party

2011 Festa Italiana Portland Entertainment Schedule, Info, and More Pictures: Read the rest of this entry »

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 readers. Join our email list and win there.

Related: Our August Events Calendar

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Win Tickets: Intuitive Navigation, SNAP 90s Dance Party & And And And @ Holocene (Aug 25-27, $30)
Pipeline is giving away a pair of tickets for THREE awesome shows at Holocene this week, including: Intuitive Navigation: A Night of Psych, Sculpture & Movement; SNAP! 90s Dance Party; & And And And, Death Songs & Safe Word. To win, comment on this post here.

Win Tickets: Glitter Girls From Outer Space Burlesque (Aug 26, $20)
Take a trip with us for the evening to the far reaches of the galaxy for some inter-galactic burlesque at the Bossanova Ballroom! Glitter Girls from Outer Space is a time traveling out of this world experience you won’t want to miss! To win, comment on this post here.

Win Tickets: Ross Coleman Invitational Professional Bull Riding (Aug 26-27, $70)
The Ross Coleman Invitational has raised $189,000 for Make-A-Wish Oregon and this year aims to raise $25,000, with a silent auction and $1 donation for every ticket sold. The event features top PBR cowboys, the best bulls, and after party with live entertainment from the Piedmont Boys each night. To win, comment on this post here.

Win Tickets: Rose City Rollers Derby Days Bout (Aug 27, $40)
Saturday night will offer an action-packed bout between the Axles of Annihilation and Treasure Valley Rollergirls from Boise, Idaho, followed by a raucous after-party (location TBD). The flat track action take place at the Hangar at Oaks Park. To win, comment on this post here.

Win Tickets: Portland Burgundy Fest (Aug 27, $60)
Stay Classy Portland! The BurgundyFest is the good-times party of your dreams. As you read this, it probably feels too good to be true, because an opportunity like this only comes along only once in a lifetime. Put simply, the BurgundyFest is no joke, even though you will find it to be fun, funny and orgasm inducing! To win, comment on this post here.

Win Tickets: Futro Record Launch Party (Aug 27, $10)
Enter the Futro as you celebrate Futro Records’ first official release, Futro Kit 1.0, with time traveling performances by Starlight & Magic, Serious Business, Sistafist, Winston Lane, Neo G Yo, DJ Koolaid, and live visuals by Alex Boyce. To win, comment on this post here.

Win Tickets: McTuff w/ Philly’s Phunkestra (Aug 27, $16)
Hammond organist, Joe Doria brings together some of the areas finest with “McTuff”! Joe Doria, Andy Coe, and D’Vonne Lewis, a few of the best from Seattle’s incredible music scene, come together to create a powerful and jaw-dropping take on a soul jazz trio like you’ve never heard. To win, comment on this post here.

Win Tickets: Allium & Stonegate Neighborhood Dinner (Aug 28, $90)
Pull out the straw hat for a special neighborhood dinner on August 28 at Stonegate and 19th Street Farms with seven dishes prepared by Chef Pascal Chureau of Allium Bistro, and wine poured by neighborhood winemakers Molly and Darrel Roby of Ribera Vineyards. To win, comment on this post here.

Win Tickets: Bag Raiders, Peaches & Groundation (Aug 25, Sept. 1, Sept. 4, $150+)
Pipeline has once again partnered with DoubleTee Concerts to bring you FREE tickets for Bag Raiders, Groundation and Peaches this and next month. To win, follow instructions on this post here.

Win Tickets: MusicFest NW Wristband & Tickets (Sept. 7-11, $115)
Portland is one of the most exciting cities on the globe. And MusicfestNW has become the third largest indoor music festival in the United States. We have two All-Show MusicFest NW wristbands to give out that include tickets to Exposions In The Sky, Iron and Wine, and Band Of Horses in Pioneer Square. To win, comment on this post here.

By Nathalie Weinstein
A woman of a hundred voices and equally as many facial expressions, Maria Bamford’s self-depreciating jokes are the stuff comedy dreams are made of. The 40-year old comedian has starred in the Fox series Sit Down, Shut Up and also earned a “Best of the Web” nod from Salon.com for her web series The Maria Bamford Show.

Bamford was lovely enough to do a quick and dirty email interview with PDX Pipeline, where she describes her love of Powell’s Books and how Portland audiences just get her. She performs Thursday, August 25 through Saturday, August 27 at Helium Comedy Club.

PDX Pipeline: You’ve spent a bit of time in Portland. What are your favorite things to see/do in the city?

Maria Bamford: I love to walk about- there’s the Stumptown Coffee situation and the corned beef place next to it and then the River and the POWELL’s!!!! Powell’s is awesome and I will be spending some time in there- for surely. Also, love to see the new local comics. Sleep in at the Crowne Plaza.

Maria Bamford Show & Ticket info… Read the rest of this entry »

Last Thursday
Alberta Street | Portland, Oregon
Photo by dit_tabano

It’s that time again–Portland’s Last Thursday on Alberta is tomorrow evening, August 25th. This might be the last sunny LT event of 2011, so sure to be lots of people out there. As we reported a few months back, there is a new organization working with the city and businesses on Alberta to organize the event. They are the “Friends of Last Thursday” and have sent us these tips and info for event.

On Twitter? We will be using the @lastthursday account to relay information about the event as always. Also use the #lastthursday hashtag to talk about the event and we retweet many of those.

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Related Portland Info and Events on Pipeline:

• –> Our Portland Events Calendar & Ticket Giveaways <–
• August 25: Last Thursday Art Opening @ The Goodfoot | FREE, Music, Drinks
• August 25-27: Maria Bamford @ Helium Comedy Club | The Comedians of Comedy (info/website)
  
• August 25: Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk @ Dantes | New Orleans Funk, As Seen On HBO’s Treme
  
• August 25: Top Down: Rooftop Cinema @ Hotel Deluxe’s Roof | ‘Goldfinger’, Food, Drinks (Win Tickets)
• August 25: Intuitive Navigation @ Holocene | Psychedelic Music, Dancing, Crazy, Costumes (Win Tickets)
• August 25: Video: Bag Raiders w/ American Girls @ Peter’s Room | Electro, Dubstep, House 
  

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2011 Last Thursday On Alberta Info and Tips: Read the rest of this entry »