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Cinco De Lebowski VII (4-May-2012)

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Cinco De Lebowski 7Join Cort and Fatboy, hosts of cortandfatboy, this Friday, May 4, 2012 for their annual screening of The Big Lebowski – it’s el Cinco De Lebowski VII!

Portland’s homegrown, homebrewed Festival of Abide ambles its way back to the Bagdad Theater for the seventh straight year, as Cort Webber and Bobby Roberts of the cortandfatboy podcast once again present CINCO DE LEBOWSKI, a celebration of the Coen Bros. cult classic, and of The Dude himself.

Again this year the fest features a $10 VIP ticket option with preferred seating, early admission (7:30 p.m.), a pre-show performance from Here Come Dots, a cocktail, hors d’oeuvres, and more.

$10 too rich for your blood? Regular admission is only $3. Cinco de Lebowski take place at the Bagdad Theater (3702 SE Hawthorne) Doors open at 10 p.m. (VIP doors at 7:30 p.m.). Costumes encouraged. Visit cortandfatboy.com for more details.

Cinco de Mayo Fiesta 2012

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Cinco de Mayo 2012Join tens of thousands of revelers this weekend at Waterfront Park between the Hawthorne and Morrison bridges to celebrate the Mexican army’s 1862 defeat of French forces at the Battle of Puebla: It’s the 28th annual Portland Cinco de Mayo festival!

Sponsored by the non-profit Portland Guadalajara Sister City Association, enjoy the rides, music and dance, food and more from Friday, May 4 through Sunday, May 6, 2012.

Again this year there will be Lucha Libre bouts!

Note: Unfortunately no fireworks this year 🙁

Festival hours are 11am to 11pm each day. Admission is $8 if you’re 13 or older, $5 for those 6 to 12 and for seniors (62 and over), and kids under 6 get in free. Visit the Cinco De Mayo website for the full entertainment schedule, special deals, and other event details.

Cinco De Mayo Carnival from Andrew Curtis on Vimeo.

May Day in Portland 2012

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International Workers’s Day, also known as May Day, takes place on May 1st world wide – including in Portland.

Portland’s leftists, labor rights advocates, and May Pole aficionados will be celebrating, protesting, and dancing.

Portland May Day 2012 Portland May Day activities and events:

May Day March & Rally!

What: This is the permitted, family-friendly May Day March & Rally organized by the Pdx May Day Coalition.
When: 2 p.m – 7 p.m.
Where: South Park Blocks – SW Park & SW Salmon

Find more details at the Portland May Day website and Facebook event page.

Liberate May DayLiberate May Day

What: The Portland Liberation Organizing Council, a group of organizations dedicated to addressing the current economic crisis with community-led solutions focusing on the systemic problems that enabled this crisis is ready to reclaim land.
When: 9 a.m.
Where: Woodlawn Park (near NE 13th and Dekum)

Visit LiberatePDX.org and the Facebook page for more information.

May Day CelebrationMay Day Celebration

What: Watch local Laurelhurst Elementary kids skip around the may pole, reenacting a century-old Portland public school tradition. Stay for dinner and maybe a movie in the theater.
When: 4 pm – 9 p.m.
Where: Kennedy School (5736 NE 33rd)

May Day McMenamins-style – food, beer, music, and dancing kids, can’t get more wholesome than that!

Find more May Day actions and events at the Portland May Day website.

History Pub: “Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas: Environmentalism and Oregon” (30-April-2012)

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Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas: Environmentalism and Oregon is the topic of the latest History Pub at the Kennedy School (5736 NE 33rd), on Monday, April 30, 2012.

Whitman College alumnus William O. Douglas was appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States in 1939 by Franklin Roosevelt. He served longer than any other justice in U.S. history, and is the only justice from the Pacific Northwest.

Douglas was a beacon for the preservation of wild places and individual freedom, by word and by example. The answer to society’s problems is more freedom, not less. This was the message he gave in countless speeches to citizens, not just the legal and academic world.

A New Deal insider and poker buddy of FDR he was seriously considered as his Vice Presidential running mate. Douglas also found time to author over 30 books in his lifetime. His career spanned events from the Great Depression to Watergate and was as controversial as it was prolific, four marriages and four impeachment attempts, also both records attest to that. Praise and criticism were constant companions to his work.

The film Liberty & Wilderness, a William O. Douglas film project, will be shown, followed by a discussion lead by the producer of the film, John Concillo, and Adam Sowards, Accociate Professor of History at the University of Idaho, and author of the book The Environmental Justice: William O. Douglas and American Conservation.

Join event co-sponsors Oregon Historical Society and Holy Names Heritage Center at 7pm Monday for a beer and history! Admission is free and this event is all ages.