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June 20: You Are Timbers History Open Studio #2

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TimbersYou have another chance to make Portland Timbers history, this Sunday, June 20th, at FC Media’s second Open Studio event.

The first Open Studio, earlier this month, was a success. Fans brought Timbers memorabilia of all kinds to the event to be photographed and cataloged for the Timbers visual history project.

For this second event, the FC Media team invites you to bring any and all Timbers ephemera, but especially that of the homemade variety, to Studio 20 (419 SE Ivon Street) from 4pm to 9pm:

In particular we are hoping to gather a collection of DIY materials. From homemade t-shirts to patches, stickers, buttons and scarves – this is your opportunity to show off the ingenuity and creativity that has made the Timbers Army the greatest football supporters that the world has ever seen. And don’t forget tattoos!

So join FC Media on Sunday June 20, enjoy a beer and the company of fellow Timbers supporters and help us collect the most comprehensive record of the Timbers’ history. The club will be dispensing of all of this stuff with the new logo sooner than we all realize. So bring it by, show it off and let’s not let the club’s history be forgotten.

Visit the Facebook event page for more information.

Portland’s Outdoor Pools Open June 21

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Peninsula PoolPortland’s outdoor pools open this summer on Monday, June 21st. All of them remain open until early to mid September.

Summer 2010 pool activities include free swim lessons during the first week, June 21 through 25, at city pools outdoor and in. Register in person this Saturday, June 19th, 8 to 11:30am at your neighborhood pool.

The outdoor pools:

Photo credits: Peninsula Pool image from Portland Parks website. Rooftop pool image (only visible on homepage) from Wikimedia Commons – photographer: Hu Totya.

June 18: Offbeat Belly Dance

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Offbeat Belly DancingEvery third Friday of the month, from 7 to 9pm, the Blue Monk (3341 SE Belmont) hosts the Offbeat Belly Dance collective, a club rocking, good timing, genre-defying gang of badass belly dancers.

This third Friday, June 18th 2010, is no different:

This month we have glorious returning champions!

Vee!
Ziggy!
Jasmine!
Karissa!

And we have thrilling newcomers!

Melisande!
Jeathena!

Finally and fabulously, this month we have the second Offbeat performance of the luminous and illustrious…

Ruby!

Ye gods, such variety! Old friends! New friends! Each one a fantastic dancer, and each one looks forward to dancing for you, noble Portlander. Yes you. And other noble Portlanders too, of course, but really. You should join us. Forsooth, it shall be off the hook, yo. Come get some of our awesomeness!

The show is free and goes from 7pm to 9pm.

For more information read my April Offbeat Belly Dance post and visit OffbeatBellyDance.com. You can also become a fan on Facebook, and follow the genre-defying, good timing gang of belly dancers in Portland OR, w/Karissa as ringmaster/carnival barker/propagandiston on Twitter at @OffbeatBelly

Photo credit: Offbeat Belly Dance

Share your Knowledge and Love of the Timbers at PSU this Summer

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Professor Alon Raab, one of the editors of The Global Game: Writers on Soccer, will be teaching a class this summer, June 22nd to July 15th, at Portland State University about the History and Culture of Soccer:

From its roots in religious rituals among the Aztecs and the Chinese and up to its present global popularity, Football (Soccer) is the game most played, written about, watched and dreamed about, in the world. This class will examine the nature and history of the game and will look at its intersections with issues of class, gender, nationalism, and globalization.

And he is looking for guest speakers to come to the class to share their knowledge and love of the Portland Timbers and/or of the game in other lands.

If you’re interested, send me your contact information (to d a v e @ d a v e k n o w s . o r g) and I will pass it along to Professor Raab.

Tuesday Timbers Tidbits: Everyone is a Critic (06/15/2010)

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The Portland Timbers lost to Miami Saturday, but the biggest moans and groans (and boos) came at the Timbers MLS crest unveiling at half time of the USA vs. England match viewing at Director Park.

If you’re a Timbers fan, you’re already aware of the controversy. My stance is that yeah, the new crest is crap. Cartoon shadows and that weird pendulous chevron thing? Really?

Most of the MLS logos kinda suck though. Lots of ahistorical or nonsensical team names, and tenuous grasps at traditions elsewhere. The new Timbers logo does at least tip the hat to the team’s history and previous crest. I can imagine far worse results.

That being said, I didn’t expect the Timbers organization to make such a big change. No doubt they will retain the trademarks to the previous Timbers logos, and use them for retro lines of souvenirs and other ephemera (and if they don’t, they ought to license the previous crests to the 107ist for fund raising efforts).

Timbers Logo 2There are some proposals floating around to jettison that silly triangle chevron thing, but keep the cartoony shadow. Interestingly, the team already has something new that, I think, would be far more acceptable to more of the Timbers faithful. Take a look at the image to the right. I did not mock that up; it’s from an image of a Timber scarf for sale on the MLS Gear website.

Anyways.

Here are few other reactions:

And I’m looking forward to today’s Morning Submission broadcast. Expect a good rant . . .

Meanwhile, the Timbers also announced the season ticket prices for 2011. And they seem more reasonable than the crest choice. Check out this nifty virtual venue thing to see the pricing and compare views from different sections.

And tonight, Tuesday, May 15th the Portland Timbers host the Sonoma County Sol in a US Open Cup match. Kickoff is at 7pm. Tickets are cheap.