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November 19-21: Ignite Portland 7, Back Fence PDX, Gems and Giants, and the FEASTival

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If you count Thursday, there’s plenty to do this weekend!

backfencevsigniteJust for starters, both Ignite Portland 7 and Back Fence PDX take place on Thursday night.

(Can’t decide which one to attend? OurPDX‘s Betsy Richter helps you in her post When Storytellers go Wild.)

GemsAndGiantsGEMS & GIANTS

Standing 8 vs. Clarence Duffy
[8:00pm – 11:00pm Thursday, November 19th at the Jade Lounge (2342 SE Ankeny)]
Your inevitable stop off for your weekend jump off.
This party gets better every time.
http://www.myspace.com/standing8isdead
http://www.myspace.com/hallofrecordsportland

Farmers MarketThanksgiving FEASTival

Look out, Thanksgiving is just around the corner.

Next Saturday, November 21st is your last chance to visit the Portland Farmers Market before the holiday – it’s the Thanksgiving FEASTival.

Arrive early (market opens at 9am in the Fall) to beat the crowds! [More]

Atheist bus ads arrive in Portland

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Atheist Bus Ad

The message Are You Good Without God? Millions Are. will be appearing on ten TriMet buses for at least the next month.

BusAd11-17-09Something tells me this campaign won’t be as controversial in Portland as in some other cities.

The Portland Area Coalition of Reason, with help from the national group, United Coalition of Reason, has purchased ad space on 10 buses in Portland. Similar ads will also be appearing on transit vehicles in New York City, Philadelphia, and Boston, and on billboards in Chicago, Newark, San Diego, and three cities in Ohio.

The campaign is coordinated with the release of the book Good Without God: What a Billion Nonreligious People Do Believe by Greg Epstein, the humanist chaplain at Harvard University. (He will be speaking about the book at Reed College on Thursday, November 19th.)

The Portland Coalition of Reason is a collection of non-theist groups in the Portland area, all of which are comfortable with people expressing skepticism, atheism, humanism, freethought, or other similar views, and exploring issues of the day based on reason and critical thought rather than religious dogma.

Hat tip to the Friendly Atheist

November 19: Ignite Portland 7

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ignite-portland-logoIgnite Portland 7 takes place this Thursday, November 19th at the Bagdad Theater (3702 SE Hawthorne).

If you had five minutes on stage what would you say? What if you only got 20 slides and they rotated automatically after 15 seconds? Around the world geeks have been putting together Ignite nights to show their answers.

That about sums up Ignite Portland. Silicon Florist explains further: Ignite Portland 7 tosses a couple more logs… err presentations on the fire, and also has some keys to getting the most out of the event: Ignite Portland 7: How to win at Ignite or Tips and tricks for getting the most out of your Ignite experience.

And a special note:
Curtis C. Chen, of Team Snout, will be one of the twenty presenters Thursday night, on the topic How to Solve Any Puzzle in Less Than 47 Minutes. He is also the winner of The great Dave Knows Twitter migration and Fawlty Towers 3 disc set giveaway. Congratulations Curtis!

November 21: Thanksgiving FEASTtival at the Portland Farmers Market

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portlandfarmersmarketLook out, Thanksgiving is just around the corner.

Next Saturday, November 21st is your last chance to visit the Portland Farmers Market before the holiday – it’s the Thanksgiving FEASTival.

This pre-holiday market has become the premier shopping destination for all the ingredients for a homemade holiday feast. In addition to shopping for all the Thanksgiving meal necessities–from turkeys to cranberries to the sweetest pumpkin for pie–customers enjoy an atmosphere of community making the FEASTival a festive beginning to the holiday season.

It’s going to be crowded!