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Hillsdale Brewfest and Battle of the Belt (25-February-2012)

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McMenaminsThe 19th annual Hillsdale Brewfest and Battle of the Belt takes place this Saturday, February 25, 2012 from 11am until late at the Hillsdale Brewery and Public House (1505 SW Sunset Blvd).

Twenty-two brewers from the vast McMenamins empire bring specially brewed beers to the festival Saturday to be judged (and enjoyed) by festival patrons. Order trays of beers, try them all (remember to eat!), then vote for your top 3. The top vote getter wins the belt and earns the coveted honor of representing McMenamins at the 2012 Oregon Brewers Festival this summer.

Visit the McMenamins website for more details and the list of beers!

Winter Nano Beer Fest (February 24-26, 2012)

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Nano Beer FestThe third annual Winter Nano Beer Fest takes place this weekend, February 24 through 26, 2012, at Max’s Fanno Creek Brew Pub (12562 SW Main St., Tigard).

Featuring big beers by small local breweries, including Astoria Brewing Company‘s Bitter Bitch Imperial IPA, Beer Valley‘s Leafer Madness Imperial Stout, Bend Brewing‘s Sexi Mexi Imperial Stout, Boneyard Brewing’s Notorious Triple IPA, The Common’s Sticke Double Alt, and lots more!

Enjoy heated tents, live music all three days, and plenty of beer 11am to 11pm Friday and Saturday, and 11am to 6pm Sunday. The full pub menu will also be available. The commemorative tasting glass will set you back $5, and 4oz tasters are $1.50 each.

Portland Art Museum Free Day (24-February-2012)

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Portland Art MuseumThe Portland Art Museum (1219 SW Park) is offering free admission on Friday, February 24, 2012 from 5pm until 8pm.

And there will be food carts!

The museum offers free admission ever fourth Friday (5pm-8pm) of the month, so if you can’t make it this week, mark March 23, 2012 on your calendar!

Regular adult admission is $12 ($9 for seniors 55 and up and college students, 18 and up, with ID; free admission for children up to 17).

Fix-It Fair (25-February-2012)

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25th Annual Neigbhorhood Fix-It FairThe last of the 25th annual series of Portland neighborhood Fix-It Fairs takes place this Saturday, February 25, 2012 at Jefferson High School (5210 N Kerby Avenue).

Fix-It Fair is a FREE event where you can learn simple and affordable ways to save money and be healthy at home this winter.

From 8:30am to 2pm visit exhibits and attend workshops on water and energy savings, health, food and nutrition, recycling and composting, yard and garden care, transportation, and more.

The fair also features door prizes and other giveaways, free childcare, free lunch, and even free bike tune-ups and flat repairs for students and families.

The Fix-It Fairs are presented by The City of Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability.

Stumptown Stories: The Eggs! (21-February-2012)

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Kick Ass Oregon History #2The Stumptown Stories series, geared to everyone who loves this city we live in, takes place most Tuesdays at Jack London bar (basement of the Rialto, SW 4th and Alder). Free to get in, but must be 21 or over – there’s a full bar!

This Tuesday night, February 21, 2012, Kick Ass Oregon History‘s inimitable resident historian, Doug Kenck-Crispin, will be talking about the sad legacy of the Oregon State Hospital, and a big ol’ batch of bad, bad eggs…

For a preview, listen to Kick Ass Oregon History Volume 1, #2: The Eggs!, and read my This Day in History blog post on the tragic event:

On the evening of November 18, 1942, hundreds of patients and staff members at Salem’s Oregon State Hospital for the insane sat down for a dinner that included scrambled eggs. Now normally breakfast for dinner is a special treat, but on this particular evening the eggs tasted funny. In one ward, as a matter of fact, an attendant who found the taste peculiar ordered her patients not to eat them. Everyone in that ward survived. [more]

Doors open at 5pm for this free event (21 and over only). Presentation begins at 7:30pm.