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Free Admission at Architectural Heritage Center in December 2010

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AHC Annual Juried Art ExhibitThe Architectural Heritage Center (701 SE Grand) is offering free admission for the entire month of December, 2010.

The Architectural Heritage Center’s mission is to preserve the historic character and livability of our built environment, and to promote sustainability through the re-use of period homes and buildings.

Owned and operated by the non-profit Bosco-Milligan Foundation, we empower people in the Portland region to preserve both landmark buildings and the regular vintage homes and storefronts that collectively define our neighborhoods, culture, history, and quality of life.

On exhibit until December 31 is the annual juried art exhibit, the theme of which for 2010 is Fostering Harmony: The Symbiotic Relationship of Architecture and Nature.

The center is hosting an artist reception this first Friday, December 3rd, from 6pm to 8:30pm, and other community conversation later this month, which are also all free and open to the public.

National Geographic Pre-Holiday Warehouse Sale (December 3-5, 2010)

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National GeographicNational Geographic is holding a Warehouse Sale at the Convention Center (777 NE MLK Jr.) on Friday, December 3 through Sunday December 5.

Fourteen tractor trailers will be loaded with almost everything that National Geographic has offered for sale in the past five years. Many of the items seen in National Geographic gift catalogs as well as 300 book titles will be available. Prices will be discounted up to 90 percent.

“This year’s sale is one of the largest ever. We have more than 600 different products — that’s 200,000 of the best-quality books, maps, DVDs, toys, travel accessories and gifts from around the world,” said Bill O’Donnell, National Geographic’s director of sales, publishing.

Books are discounted 20-90%, and custom prints, and educational materials will also be available.

Admission is free! The sale hours all three days are 9am until 5pm.

Tuesday Timbers Tidbits (30-November-2010)

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TimbersThe expansion draft dust has settled, for a little while at least. These are the guys:

  • Dax McCarty – defender (FC Dallas) – Traded to DC United for defender/midfielder Rodney Wallace and 4th round pick in 2011 MLS SuperDraft
  • Eric Brunner – defender (Columbus Crew)
  • Adam Moffat – midfielder (Columbus Crew)
  • Anthony Wallace – defender (Colorado Rapids) – Traded back to Colorado for allocation money
  • David Horst – defender (Real Salt Lake)
  • Robbie Findley – forward (Real Salt Lake)
  • Peter Lowry – midfielder (Chicago Fire)
  • Jonathan Bornstein – defender (Chivas USA)
  • Jordan Graye – defender (D.C. United) and
  • Midfielder Arturo Alvarez (San Jose Earthquakes) – Traded to Salt Lake for 2nd round pick in 2011 MLS SuperDraft

Read Zaggy‘s guest commentary at Dropping Timber for a good analysis of the remaining Timbers from this list, how their salaries stack up, and some speculation as to what’s next for the Timbers.

December 2010 looks to be, perhaps, the most exciting December in recent Timbers history. The Kit Unveiling takes place next Thursday, December 9 [I’ll be in attendance, taking photos, tweeting, and ultimately blogging about it]. Meanwhile the PGE Park renovation continues apace. And don’t forget Timbers Army First Thursday on Thursday, December 2!

Then the 2011 MLS SuperDraft takes place on January 13. The Timbers pick second in the first round, after the Whitecaps. I expect John Spencer and Gavin Wilkinson have more trade shenanigans up their sleeves.

I know I’m not alone, as a long time Portland Timbers fan, in being utterly ignorant of the MLS. So I’ve actually been finding the Portland Timbers website MLS 101 News section to be edifying. Recent posts include Derby Cups, which reveals that the MLS features some legitimate rivalries, soon to include the reconstituted Cascadia Cup, the biggest derby cup, in my humble opinion, of them all!

The Cort and Fatboy Midnight Movie: Scrooged (3-December-2010)

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Midnight Movie: ScroogedThe final Cort and Fatboy Midnight Movie of 2010 takes place Friday, December 3 at the Bagdad Theater (3702 SE Hawthorne).

Cort and Fatboy are closing out the 2010 Midnight Movie series with a smorgasbord of holiday ridiculousness. For the same 3 dollar ticket price as every other midnight movie, audience members will not only get admission to a 35mm screening of Bill Murray’s way-ahead-of-its-time satire “Scrooged,” but also a screening of David Walker’s short film “Black Santa’s Revenge,” starring Ken Foree as a shotgun-toting Santa out for vengeance, and the first ever episode of “Cort and Fatboy” to be recorded live in front of a studio audience, with every single regular guest of the show onstage at the same time.

For this very special Midnight Movie event, the doors of the Bagdad open early. At 8:30pm Cort and Fatboy present Faces of Meh – Live! At 10:30pm David Walker’s Black Santa’s Revenge will be shown, followed by Scrooged at 11pm. Admission is still only $3, and you have to be 21 or over.

Timbers Army First Thursday (2-December-2010)

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Timbers ArmyCome on out to the Bitter End Pub (1981 W Burnside) on Thursday, December 2 for the Timbers Army First Thursday.

To put it plainly, holiday shopping is a drag. The lines, the endless quest for parking, the untold sums from your wallet…if only you had a place to go to, where you see happy smiling faces, there are drinks all around, and endless discussions about MLS 2011.

That heavenly place exists, at the Bitter End Pub. Come one and all to First Thursday on December 2nd. There will be happy hour prices on food until 10 PM, and a few drink specials will be available to107ist members with their 107ist card.

Drinking commences (yeah right) at 7:01pm. Visit the Facebook event page for more information!