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Wurstfest 2012

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Dust off your Lederhosen, starch up your Dirndl and join the happy folk in Mount Angel for two fun days of celebration in honor of the WURST!

WurstfestWurstfest: A Mount Angel Celebration of German Sausage returns to Mount Angel for a fourth year.

Wurstfest was dreamed up in 2009 by the Bavarian-phile merrymakers in Mount Angel, Oregon, home of Oregon’s largest Oktoberfest celebration every fall. Heather and I attended the inaugural festival and enjoyed it immensely – it’s just like Oktoberfest, but in the winter.

Mount Angel area sausage makers present their best wursts at the fest, authentic German beers are on tap, and regional wines and Bavarian glühwein is available. Entertainment includes Oktoberfest-style music and dancing.

This year’s fest takes place at the brand new Mt. Angel Community Festhalle on Friday, February 17 and Saturday, February 18. Hours both days are 11am until 11pm. Included in the $10.00 adult admission fee is a souvenir glass Bavarian beer mug or wine glass (for first 2000 attendees). Anyone under 21 gets in free with an adult.

In 2009 we visited Wurstfest on Valentines Day, which coincidentally is Oregon’s Birthday. Read Heather’s review of the festival, I Went To A Sausage Fest, and check out the festival’s rendition of Happy Birthday Dear Oregon:

Happy Birthday Dear Oregon from Mile73 on Vimeo.

AC/DC Pinball Machine Release Party/Tournament (15-February-2012)

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AC/DC Pinball Machine Release PartyThe Goodfoot Pub & Lounge (2845 SE Stark) is hosting an AC/DC Pinball Machine Release Party/Tournament this Wednesday, February 15, 2012.

Do you play the silver ball? Got a penchant for pinball? Or maybe your fingers have calluses from making those flippers fly? If so, you’d better mark those calendars for next Wednesday (2/15)! We’re thrilled to be hosting Stern Pinball’s new pinball machine: AC/DC Pinball Machine Release Party & Tournament!

Practice on one of the two brand new pinball machines. The second machine will be set up for free play – for the tournament.

Doors open at 5pm, qualifying begins at 6pm. Cut-off time is 9pm. Entry fee per attempt at best score is $5. There’s a Super-special grand prize and cash prizes for other top finishers.

Zwickelmania (18-February-2012)

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ZwickelmaniaThe Oregon Brewers Guild‘s fourth annual Zwickelmania takes place this Saturday, February 18, 2012 at dozens of breweries and brewpubs state wide.

Zwickelmania, held every President’s Day weekend, is a free statewide event that offers beer drinkers a chance to tour Oregon breweries, meet the brewers, and sample beers.

Over thirty Portland-area breweries are taking part. The Oregon Brewers Guild has some suggested itineraries:

N/NE Portland
Fire on the Mountain Brewing, 3443 NE 57th Ave
Laurelwood Public House and Brewery, 5115 NE Sandy Blvd
Columbia River Brewing, 1728 NE 40th Ave
Upright Brewing Co. 240 N Broadway
Widmer Brothers Brewing Co., 924 N. Russell St
Amnesia Brewing Company, 832 N Beech
Lompoc Brewing Co. – 5th Quadrant, 3901-B N Williams
Breakside Brewery, 820 NE Dekum
Alameda Brewhouse, 4765 NE Fremont

SW to NW Portland to St. Johns
Full Sail Brewing at Riverplace to MacTarnahan’s Taproom
Full Sail at Riverplace, 0307 SW Montgomery
Rock Bottom Brewery, 206 SW Morrison
Rogue Hall, 1717 SW Park Ave
McMenamins Crystal Brewery, 1332 W. Burnside St.
Deschutes Brewery-Portland Pub, 210 NW 11th Ave
Rogue Distillery+Public House, 1339 NW Flanders St
BridgePort Brewing Co., 1313 NW Marshall
Lucky Labrador Beer Hall, 1945 NW Quimby
Lompoc Brewing – New Old Lompoc Brewery, 1616 NW 23rd
Pyramid Breweries Mac Tarnahan’s Taproom, 2730 NW 31st Ave
Occidental Brewing, 6635 N. Baltimore Ave

SE/Inner NE Portland
Portland U-Brew + Pub, 6237 SE Milwaukie Ave
Philadelphia’s Steaks & Hoagies, 6410 SE Milwaukee Ave
Gigantic Brewing, 5224 SE 26th Ave
Hopworks Urban Brewery, 2944 SE Powell Blvd
The Commons Brewing, 1810 SE 10th
Hair of the Dog Brewing Co., 61 SE Yamhill St.
Lucky Lab Brewpub, 915 SE Hawthorne Blvd
Green Dragon, 928 SE 9th Ave
Cascade Brewing Barrel House, 939 SE Belmont St.
Burnside Brewing, 701 E. Burnside
Coalition Brewing, 2724 SE Ankenny St.
Migration Brewing, 2828 NE Glisan Street

Visit the Zwickelmania website for more itineraries, a full list of participating breweries in the Portland area and statewide, and several shuttlebus options.

Statehood Day Free Day at Oregon Historical Society (14-February-2012)

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Oregon Historical SocietyThe Oregon Historical Society (1200 SW Park) celebrates Oregon’s Statehood Day with free admission* on Tuesday, February 14, 2012.

Help Oregon celebrate its 153rd birthday by coming to OHS for free! We will be cutting Oregon’s birthday cake at noon with our special guests, past Governors Victor Atiyeh and Barbara Roberts. We will also be unveiling brand new additions to the Treasures of the Vault exhibit, extended through April 1.

The museum’s hours Tuesday are 10am to 5pm.

* The museum is always free to Multnomah County County residents

James Randi Lecture (16-February-2012)

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James RandiThe Center for Inquiry presents a James Randi Lecture on Thursday, February 16, 2012 at Portland’s First Unitarian Church (1101 SW 13th Ave).

James Randi exposes popularly-accepted fakery by discussing with his audience everything from ESP to dowsing, from academic frauds to faith healers. Randi reveals what really took place in the last three decades in the labs of various prestigious “think tanks” that verified a series of simple magicians tricks as genuine miracles, thus launching a world-wide plague of misinformation, the repercussions of which can still be felt today.

Admission is only $10 (tickets can be purchased online or at the door), and Friends of the Center get in free (arrive at 6:15 to grab your VIP seat). Lecture begins at 6:30pm.