Archives for July 2011

Weekend Amusements (July 29-31, 2011)

July 28, 2011 by Dave Leave a Comment

What a weekend! Beer galore, a pair of street fairs, a Timbers match (that they should win!), The Big Float, and more!

Ongoing

Movies in the Park

Movies in the park this weekend:

Friday: The King’s Speech @ Laurelhurst Park
Saturday: Free Will @ Holly Farm Park
Sunday: The Goonies @ Sellwood Park [more]

All Weekend

Oregon Brewer Festival 2011

The 24th annual Oregon Brewers Festival takes place July 28 through 31 at Tom McCall Waterfront Park.

The 2011 beer list is impressive, and 85s beer strong. It’s nice to see more belgian, farmhouse style, and fruit ales – plus plenty of summery wheat beers. Of course there is a plethora of IPAs for the hop heads, as usual. [more]

Saturday

Oregon Historical Society Sidewalk Sale

The Oregon Historical Society Sidewalk Sale (pdf) takes place Saturday, July 30, 2011 from 10am to 4pm at the museum at 1200 SW Park Avenue.

The sale features duplicate and out-of-field books from the Davies Family Research Library. [more]

Overlook Village Street Fair

The 3rd Annual Overlook Village Celebration takes place Saturday, July 30 from 11am until 6pm.

North Killingsworth between Greeley and Concords will be closed to car traffic to make room for three music stages, vendors, a Dog Costume Contest, great food, and activities for the kids! [more]

Brewing Up Cocktails One Year Anniversary Party

The Brewing Up Cocktails One Year Anniversary Party takes place Saturday, July 31, 2011 at The Hop & Vine (1914 N Killingsworth).

Join the tiki-style fun Saturday – the celebration includes a luau and pig roast and takes place in the tiki-torch lit bamboo garden patio, and yes, there’s a thatched roof tiki bar! [more]

Portland Timbers vs. Toronto FC

Toronto FC make their first visit to Jeld-Wen Field this Saturday, July 30, 2011 to take on the Portland Timbers.

Portland most recently beat Argentinian side Independiente in a friendly, 2-0, with goals from Sal Zizzo and Brian Umony. In league play the last weekend the Timbers lost to Columbus 1-0.

Toronto sit at the bottom of the Easter Conference standings, and have lost the last four matches. If Portland doesn’t come away with 3 points, fans will be sorely disappointed.

Sunday

Lents Ramona Street Fair

The 3rd Annual Lents Ramona Street Fair takes place Sunday, July 31 from noon until 6pm – find the festivities at SE 92nd and Ramona!

Vendors galore will be on hand, and of course there’s live music and performers – including Chervona, who headline at 5pm. [more]

The Big Float

The Big Float takes place Sunday, July 31, 2011 – in and on the banks of the the Willamette River in Downtown Portland. This first annual event aims to celebrate our river – highlighting the recreation it offers as well as the restoration it has undergone in recent years.

Despite what you may have heard, the Willamette River is safe to swim in (just, sometimes, not right after heavy rains, when a Combined Sewer Overflow may occur – an event that will become even more scarce when the Big Pipe project is complete). [more]

And for even more weekend events and activities, check out the Dave Knows Calendar, and visit Around the Sun, Blogging Portland on the Cheap, PDX Pipeline, and Oregon Events at OregonLive.com.

July 28, 1966: Final Run of the Astoria-Megler Ferry

July 28, 2011 by Dave 1 Comment

The M.R. Chessman made the final Astoria-Megler ferry run on July 28, 1966 (The Oregonian, 29-July-1966).

Hundreds of nostalgic ferry riders left the Astoria dock at 9 p.m. Thursday to crossover the 4 1/2 miles of river, returning from Megler at 10:30 p.m. Dozens of present and former crewmen who have worked in the ferry service here over the last five decades were aboard.

Though the Astoria-Megler Bridge would not officially open until August 27, the bridge opened to automobile traffic at 6am on July 29, relieving the ferry boats of their duty.

2016 Update: the Astoria ferry may be coming back!

Brewing Up Cocktails Anniversary Party (30-July-2011)

July 27, 2011 by Dave 1 Comment

The Brewing Up Cocktails One Year Anniversary Party takes place Saturday, July 31, 2011 at The Hop & Vine (1914 N Killingsworth).

It has been just One Year since Ezra Johnson-Greenough, Jacob Grier and Yetta Vorobik founded Brewing up Cocktails with the intent of exploring the gray areas and overlap of the craft spirits and craft beer scenes both of which Portland, OR is known for. Since the first experimental event as part of last years Oregon Craft Beer Month at The Hop & Vine the beer cocktails movement has exploded into a full blown nationwide trend attracting the attention of everyone from NBC News to The New York Times and local publications like Imbibe Magazine and Portland Monthly.

Join the tiki-style fun Saturday – the celebration includes a luau and pig roast and takes place in the tiki-torch lit bamboo garden patio, and yes, there’s a thatched roof tiki bar! The party goes from 6pm to 10pm. Admission is free, but you do have to pay for your own drinks.

Sidewalk Sale & Surplus Book Sale at the Oregon Historical Society (30-July-2011)

July 27, 2011 by Dave Leave a Comment

The Oregon Historical Society Sidewalk Sale (pdf) takes place Saturday, July 30, 2011 from 10am to 4pm at the museum at 1200 SW Park Avenue.

The sale features duplicate and out-of-field books from the Davies Family Research Library. Most of the books for sale are priced from $1 to $5. Duplicate photographic prints, including images of Portland and other Oregon and Pacific Northwest subjects, will also be on sale.

Some Museum Store sale merchandise will also be available – including jewelry, art prints, apparel, gift items, books, and more – at 30% to 80% off.

The sale will be held in an area accessible for free, but consider checking out the Timbers or Oregon motorsports exhibits while you’re there – regular Saturday museum hours are 10am to 5pm.

July 27, 1940: Bugs Bunny Debuts, Voiced by Mel Blanc

July 27, 2011 by Dave Leave a Comment

Mel Blanc, the man of a thousand voices, grew up in Portland, Oregon. The Lincoln High School grad began his showbiz career in 1927 on the KGW program The Hoot Owls. He later worked for KEX producing and hosting Cobwebs And Nuts, before making his way to Hollywood in 1935 where his famous association with Warner Bros. began.

He began voicing Porky Pig and debuted Daffy Duck in the 1937 short Porky’s Duck Hunt. Other voices for which he earned fame include Foghorn Leghorn, Yosemite Sam, Tweety Bird, Pepe le Pew, and Sylvester the Cat. Blanc was also the original voice of Woody Woodpecker, though due to contractual issues he had to give up that gig.

Bugs Bunny, however, is the most famous Mel Blanc voiced character. Elements of Bugs were found in earlier Happy Rabbit cartoons, but A Wild Hare, largely considered the first official Bugs Bunny cartoon, was released on July 27, 1940.

Merrie Melodies – A Wild Hare (1940) by Cartoonzof2006

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