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Cort and Fatboy’s Midnight Movie: Superman II (3-June-2011)

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Superman IIThe June 2011 edition of Cort and Fatboy’s Midnight Movie takes place this Friday, and it’s super: Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut.

On June 3rd, the Cort and Fatboy Midnight Movie will unleash upon the Bagdad the full fury of Terence Stamp’s General Zod in Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut. The cut will be digitally screened, and for most, this will be the first time that this version of the film will ever have been seen in a theater. The Richard Donner cut aims to return the film, taken away from Donner after he’d shot 80% of it, closer to his original vision, restoring not only Marlon Brando’s scenes, but the original opening, extra carnage as Zod storms the White House, and the John Williams score that helped cement Christopher Reeve’s Superman as THE incarnation of the Man of Steel, while removing some of the more relentlessly silly elements; like Superman’s finger lasers, or peeling a giant cellophane S off the front of his costume and making a Villain Burrito with it, or some jackass roller skating backwards with a multicolored umbrella through a giant superfight.

The doors of the Bagdad Theater (3702 SE Hawthorne) open at 10pm, film begins at 11pm. Admission is only $3, and you have to be 21 or over.

Popina Swimwear Boutique Travel Showcase First Thursday (2-June-2011)

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Popina Travel ShowcasePopina Swimwear Boutique in the Pearl District (318 NW 11th) is hosting a series of travel events with the help of experts from the travel site BootsnAll.

The latest Popina Swimwear Boutique Travel Showcase takes place this First Thursday, June 2, 2011 from 6:30pm until 8:30pm:

Sherry Ott and Michaela Potter, creators of the career break movement and Meet, Plan, Go!, will be stopping in Portland on their West Coast Career Break Road Trip. Ever dreamed of quitting your job to travel the world? Meet, Plan, Go! will share how you can make taking a one year break from your career, a reality. This event is free, in preparation for the October 18 Meet, Plan, Go! nationwide event, and will include saving & budget, where to go, how to quit your job, making the decision, and creating your own journey. If you have ever dreamed of escaping your cubicle to strike out and discover the world on your own terms, then don’t miss out on this event.

Learn how to escape the cubicle, chat travel with the BootsnAll Travel crew, plan your next getaway with Popina’s retro-inspired swimwear, and enjoy a free beer, courtesy of Kona Brewing! Oh, and don’t forget the giveaways, which this month include two first class upgrades on Alaska Airlines, Alaska Airline travel vouchers, and an Ellington travel bag.

For more details visit the Popina Swimwear website. RSVP on the Facebook Event page.

May 31, 1927: Good Will Industries Opens First Portland Store

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Headline from Morning Oregonian, 31-May-1927Goodwill Industries was founded in Massachusetts in 1902 by a Methodist minister, Rev. Edgar J. Helms.

Helms collected used household goods and clothing from wealthier areas of the city and then trained and hired the poor to mend and repair the used goods. Those items were then resold or given to the people who repaired them. The system worked and the Goodwill philosophy prospered.

In 1926 George C. Todd, who studied under Rev. Helms, became Oregon’s first Goodwill Executive Director, and promptly got to work establishing operations in Portland.

The Morning Oregonian reported on the formal opening of the Portland Goodwill on May 31, 1927:

Portland Goodwill Industries, recently organized, will hold its formal opening today from 2 to 9 P. M. in its building at First and Grant streets. Tea will be served. The reception is being held to acquaint the public with the work the new industry will do.

Goodwill Industries continues to operate in Portland, and around the world. In 2010 the non-profit organization provided workforce development services for over 20 million people. Over 170,000 people earned jobs with Goodwill’s help, and Goodwill organizations generated $4 billion in revenue, 84% of which was spent directly on programs.

May 30, 1906: Lownsdale Square Soldiers’ Monument Unveiled

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Soldier Memorial Unveiling (Morning Oregonian, 31-May-1906)

(The image above is from an article about the previous day’s unveiling in the Morning Oregonian May 31, 1906.)

Soldiers’ Monument, in downtown Portland’s Lownsdale Square, is a monument to Oregonians killed in the Spanish-American War. It was unveiled with great ceremony on May 30, 1906 (Morning Oregonian, 30-May-1906).

This is the day the Nation pays respects to its soldier dead. Here in Portland Decoration day has always been elaborately observed, but this year it will be of all the more interest and importance because of the impressive ceremonies which will be performed this afternoon at Lownsdale square, when the monument to the memory of the Oregon boys who fell in the Spanish American War will be unveiled and formally presented to the city.

The Portland Parks and Recreation webpage on the park describes the monument thusly:

The tall granite obelisk is topped with a bronze replica of an infantryman of the Second Oregon U.S. Volunteer Infantry, part of the first large American fighting force ever sent overseas. At the base of this monument are two small cannons from Fort Sumter (misspelled on the plaque) brought here by Colonel Henry E. Dosch. Because the cannons were used by both Union and Confederate troops, it was Dosch’s idea to face one north and one south.

For more on the cannons, including photos, and the misspelling, check out the cyclotram post: Ft. Sumter Cannons, Lownsdale Square.