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Match Day (20-August-2011): Portland Timbers vs. Vancouver Whitecaps

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Portland TimbersThe Portland Timbers (7-12-5) try to regain form this Saturday, August 20, 2011 when the MLS Vancouver Whitecaps (3-12-9) make their first visit to Jeld-Wen Field. Kickoff is at 7pm.

The match will be shown on FOX Soccer, and you can hear it on 750 AM The Game or La Pantera 940 AM.

Portland’s woes on the road continue, but at home the team has had their best performances. But the Timbers haven’t had as hard a time of it as the Whitecaps, who sit alone at the bottom of the standings with only 18 points out of 24 matches. Portland may be only two spots higher with 26 points, but is still gunning for a wildcard playoff spot.

An honor both teams are aiming for is the 2011 Cascadia Cup. Seattle leads in points (5) with 1 win and 2 draws, but Vancouver (1) and Portland (1) play twice still this season (including tonight’s match); a pair of wins for either may be enough to claim the cup.

If you still need more soccer this weekend, head to Jeld-Wen field again on Sunday at noon when the Timbers Reserves host the Whitecaps Reserves. 10,000 cheap (i.e. $10) tickets have already been sold!

Previews and intrigue

India Festival 2011

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India FestivalCome to Pioneer Square to experience the sights and sounds of India and the Subcontinent on Sunday August 21 from 11am-9pm at the India Festival 2011. There will be music and dance exhibitions, as well as food!

Please be there with your family and friends to get a taste of Indian culture for FREE and get a glimpse of this growing, warm and welcoming community. We are hosting India Festival on August 21st and will celebrate India’s independence and our cultural heritage with our friends in Oregon. Our festival has grown every year with record crowds and new vendors.

Don’t miss out on a memorable event that draws crowds from all over the West Coast!

The event is sponsored by the India Cultural Association.

August 19, 1818: Captain James Biddle Retakes Possession of Oregon Country for USA

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Captain James BiddleUnder orders to to proceed to the Columbia River, with a view to assert on the part of the United States the claim to the sovereignty, by some symbolical or appropriate mode adapted to the occasion, Captain James Biddle anchored at the mouth of the river on August 19, 1818 in the warship Ontario (An Event of One Hundred Years Ago, by T. C. Elliott in The Quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society Vol. 19, No. 3 – Sep., 1918).

Leaving his vessel at anchor outside the bar Captain Biddle “proceeded in with three boats well armed and manned with more than fifty officers and seamen.” The party landed inside Cape Disappointment on the quiet shore of Baker’s Bay near where the buildings of Fort Canby are now located, and there went through the ceremonies of waving and saluting the American flag (with three cheers), of turning up a sod of earth and nailing a leaden tablet to a tree. Meantime the guns of the sloop roared in salute, the few Chinook Indians who happened to be present looked on in wonder, and the fur traders at Fort George fifteen miles away were suddenly awakened from the monotony of their secluded life.

Under the terms of the Treaty of Ghent (1814) all conditions reverted to status ante bellum, which the Americans interpreted as meaning their claims to the Oregon Country were intact, despite Great Britain’s war-time takeover of Fort Astoria, which they had renamed Fort George. Captain Biddle’s mission was meant to underline the American point of view.

Weekend Amusements (August 19-21, 2011)

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Summer is ending (well not quite yet) with a bang – what a weekend! There’s a Timbers match, quite a few beer related events, a street fair, movies, and more!

Ongoing

PDX Beer Week 2011PDX Beer Week

The first annual PDX Beer Week takes place August 19 through 28 (yes, a 7 day week isn’t long enough when the theme is beer!) around town.

“Celebrating the city with the most breweries in the world, PDX Beer Week is a great way to explore all that Portland has to offer within its unique craft beer community.” [more]

Movies in ParksMovies in the Park

Movies in the park this weekend:

Friday: Rango @ Irving Park
Saturday: How To Train Your Dragon @ Warner Pacific College
Sunday: Iron Man 2 @ Lents Park [more]

Friday

Offbeat Belly DanceOffbeat Belly Dance

Every third Friday of the month 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 Friday, August 19, 2011, is no exception – the Offbeat Belly Dance collectives invites you to Offbeat Belly Dance! Awesome August Action! Fun! Fabulous! Freeee Show! [more]

Saturday

Multnomah VillageMultnomah Days 2011

The 2011 Multnomah Days festival takes place Saturday, August 20 between SW 33rd and 39th on Capitol Highway in Multnomah Village. The fest runs from from 10am to 4pm.

Kick the morning off with the Kiwanis Pancake and Sausage Breakfast at the Key Bank, from 8:30 until 11am – proceeds benefit the Mt. Hood Kiwanis Camp for Children and Adults with Disabilities. The breakfast includes juice and fresh Starbucks coffee too. [more]

Letterpress Printers FairLetterpress Printers’ Fair

An annual fair featuring local Letterpress printers and book artists, suppliers of letterpress equipment and type, ephemera, rarities, broadsides, cards and more! Many vendors will offer ‘scratch and dent’ items at bargain prices!

Em Space Book Arts Center will feature ‘From The Collection,’ an exhibition showcasing letterpress prints from Portland printer’s personal collections. [more]

Montavilla BrewfestThatcher’s Brewfest

The annual Thatcher’s Brewfest (known as the Montavilla Brewfest in years past) takes place this Saturday, August 20, 2011 from noon to 9pm in the parking lot behind the bar (7906 SE Stark).

$1 get you in, and $1 gets you a sample. A full beer will set you back $4. Over 20 Northwest craft beers will be on tap! Andre’s Texas-Style Barbecue will be available too! [more]

The Three-Minute Picture ShowThree-Minute Picture Show

The Three-Minute Picture Show film festival returns to Portland, and the Clinton Street Theater (2522 SE Clinton), for a second year this Saturday, August 20, 2011.

The Three-Minute Picture Show is a 30 day, 3 minute film making project where participants sign up and commit to spending the month of July creating a 3 minute masterpiece, then experience the glory of watching it on the big screen in front of a live audience! [more]

Portland TimbersPortland Timbers vs. Vancouver Whitecaps

The Portland Timbers (7-12-5) try to regain form this Saturday, August 20, 2011 when the MLS Vancouver Whitecaps (3-12-9) make their first visit to Jeld-Wen Field. Kickoff is at 7pm.

Portland’s woes on the road continue, but at home the team has had their best performances. But the Timbers haven’t had as hard a time of it as the Whitecaps, who sit alone at the bottom of the standings with only 18 points out of 24 matches. Portland it two spots higher with 26 points.

Sunday

India FestivalIndia Festival 2011

Come to Pioneer Square to experience the sights and sounds of India and the Subcontinent on Sunday August 21 from 11am-9pm at the India Festival 2010. There will be music and dance exhibitions, as well as food!

“Please be there with your family and friends to get a taste of Indian culture for FREE and get a glimpse of this growing, warm and welcoming community.” [more]

Giro di Portland 2011Giro di Portland

The first annual Giro di Portland, a criterium bicycle race through the streets of the Pearl District, takes place this Sunday, August 21, 2011. The race is presented by Festa Italiana (which takes place next weekend, August 25 to 27).

A criterium is a fast race, with competitors attempting to complete the most laps in a set period of time. The Giro di Portland’s six corner race course between Hoyt and Kearney 12th and 14th features fast corners, cobblestones, a bit of elevation gain and a long run to the finish will guarantee an exciting race for both racers and spectators. [more]

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

August 18, 1946: All-American Football Conference Debuts With Exhibition Game in Portland, Oregon

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Ad for tickets to Dodgers vs Rockets at Multnomah Civic Stadium (The Sunday Oregonian, 18 August 1946)The All-American Football Conference (AAFC), for a few brief years at the end of the 1940s, put up a respectable challenge to the National Football League’s dominance of professional American football. In 1946, its first year of competition, AAFC rosters included 40 College All-Stars, a pair of recent Heisman Trophy winners, and more than a hundred players with NFL experience.

At the beginning of that first year, the Brooklyn Dodgers began looking for a Northwest training site – ultimately Bend was chosen over Seaside, Astoria, Salem, Eugene, Longview, and Vancouver (The Sunday Oregonian, 23 August 1946).

After weeks of training in Bend, the Dodgers arranged to play the Chicago Rockets in Portland, in what would be the nascent league’s very first, pre-season, exhibition game. The game was played on Sunday, August 18, 1946 at Multnomah civic stadium (The Oregonian, 19 August 1946).

Gridiron warriors of the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Chicago Rockets, playing for keeps and steady jobs this fall and winter, staged a spectacular 14-to-14 battle at Multnomah civic stadium Sunday night.

And when the bruising duel was over, the 18,000 shirtsleeved fans who viewed the thriller were firmly convinced the two teams will go a long way in the new All-American football conference.

The AAFC regular season began a few weeks later, on September 6, 1946, with the Cleveland Browns defeating the Miami Seahawks 44-0. The Browns would go on to win the championship that year, and each year of the league’s existence.

Ultimately though, competition with the NFL proved too difficult, and after the 1949 season the two leagues merged. Three AAFC teams joined the NFL (San Francisco 49ers, Cleveland Browns, and Baltimore Colts) while the rest of the teams folded.