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Portland Weekend Amusements and Events (June 1-3, 2012)

May 31, 2012 by Dave Leave a Comment

Hey Portlanders, you like beer festivals? You’ll love this weekend: Zoo Brew, Firken Fest, and Amnesia Single Hop Fest. Round out your weekend with a Midnight Movie, a disaster preparedness expo, and more!

Ongoing

Village Building Convergence

The 12th annual Village Building Convergence (VBC), a ten-day placemaking festival that combines crowdsourced activism, creative community development, hands-on education and celebration, takes place in Portland from May 25 through June 3, 2012.

“We will come together to create benches, community kiosks, gardens, street paintings, tile mosaics, and more!” [more]

Rose Festival City Fair

Rose Festival CityFair, part of Portland’s Official Festival, is open for three full weekends starting on Memorial Day weekend. This amazing metropolitan fair features local beer, live exotic animals, a wide variety of shopping in the CityFair Shopping Center, a brand new ride, special attractions and a customized fireworks show choreographed to your favorite classic rock hits on opening night! [more]

Friday

Zoo Brew 2012

The 6th annual Zoo Brew takes place Friday, June 1, 2012 at the Oregon Zoo from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.

“Kick off the dog days of summer in style and raise a glass to the Oregon Zoo. Bring your pack to sample artisan beer and cider from more than 60 regional breweries.” [more]

The cortandfatboy Midnight Movie: Total Recall

Total Recall is the featured film at the cortandfatboy Midnight Movie, on Friday, June 1, 2012 at the Bagdad Theater (3702 SE Hawthorne).

“And thus begins our Summer of Schwarzenegger.

Normally, we try to augment the summer blockbuster season by pulling from bonafides from the past. Hollywood spits out a Transformers movie, we decide to show Raiders of the Lost Ark. Fast Five is coming to town? That’s cool, we’re showing Top Gun. That kinda thing.” [more]

Saturday

Resilience: A Community Disaster Preparedness Expo

Resilience: A Community Disaster Preparedness Expo takes place Saturday, June 2, 2012 at King School (4906 NE 6th) from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

“ResiliencePDX is an event to connect Portlanders who want to acquire or share knowledge and skills about disaster preparedness.” [more]

Firkin Fest 2012

Rogue Ales will host the 5th Annual Firkin Fest at the Green Dragon. The Firkin Fest will feature beers from 30 of Oregon’s top breweries. Firkin beers are unpasteurized, unfiltered, naturally carbonated in the cask and served at cellar temperature. Artisan cheeses, chocolates and meats will accompany. Proceeds benefit Buckman Elementary School. [more]

Amnesia Single Hop Festival

“One of last year’s surprise hits was Amnesia Brewing’s first-time Single Hop Fest. The small fest held at the N Mississippi Avenue brewery features all locally-made beers that use only one variety of hop. This year the fest returns to Amnesia on June 2nd with some new and returning beers.” [more at The New School]

Rose Festival Starlight Parade

Welcome to the Sparkling Side of the Portland Rose Festival!

The Portland General Electric/SOLVE Starlight Parade offers funky, eclectic fun for the whole family. One of our most popular events, the parade draws more than 250,000 spectators to downtown Portland. [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.

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The cortandfatboy Midnight Movie: Total Recall (1-June-2012)

May 30, 2012 by Dave Leave a Comment

Total Recall is the featured film at the cortandfatboy Midnight Movie, on Friday, June 1, 2012 at the Bagdad Theater (3702 SE Hawthorne).

And thus begins our Summer of Schwarzenegger.

Normally, we try to augment the summer blockbuster season by pulling from bonafides from the past. Hollywood spits out a Transformers movie, we decide to show Raiders of the Lost Ark. Fast Five is coming to town? That’s cool, we’re showing Top Gun. That kinda thing.

This year, we decided to haul out the big gun himself, and as many a producer did in the late ’80s/early ’90s, we’re turning the summer over to Arnold Schwarzenegger. A trilogy of marble-mouthed mayhem will explode across the Bagdad screen for the next three months, beginning with Paul Verhoeven’s ridiculous sci-fi cartoon, Total Recall.

What are the odds the upcoming remake, directed by That Guy Who Did Die Hard 4 & The Underworld Movies, will be even a third as garish, lurid, unapologetically hyper-violent, and most importantly, goofy as all hell? I’d bet on the sure thing, myself: Bet on Kuato. Bet on Cohaagen. Bet on Jonny Cab, and triple-breasted women, and visuals that will make your eyes pop out of your head.

Doors open at 10pm. Film begins at 11pm. Admission is only $3, and you have to be 21 or over.

Resilience: A Community Disaster Preparedness Expo (2-June-2012)

May 30, 2012 by Dave Leave a Comment

Resilience: A Community Disaster Preparedness Expo takes place Saturday, June 2, 2012 at King School (4906 NE 6th) from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

ResiliencePDX is an event to connect Portlanders who want to acquire or share knowledge and skills about disaster preparedness. Geologists suggest we are due for a major earthquake in this region, and better preparedness can save lives and minimize impacts of a disaster. The more we are prepared, the faster we will be able to recover and return to ‘normalcy’. At this event, we will showcase the various groups around Portland that can serve as resources for the community before, during, and after a major emergency. There will also be a number of skills workshops, where experts will share knowledge to help you prepare for and recover from a disaster.

Some of the workshops offered include:

Earthquake-Proofing Your Home
Preparing a Comprehensive Household Kit
Food Storage/Preservation
Managing Pee and Poop
Bicycle Cargo Demonstration
Social Media and Other Technologies in Disasters

This free event is sponsored by the Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods. Visit the Resilience PDX website and Facebook page for more details – and hope the next big one doesn’t happen before Saturday!

Hat tip Rebecca Lerner (aka @UrbanForager), who blogs about foraging and wilderness adventures at First Ways, and is one of the presenters at the fair.

Zoo Brew (1-June-2012)

May 30, 2012 by Dave Leave a Comment

The 6th annual Zoo Brew takes place Friday, June 1, 2012 at the Oregon Zoo from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Kick off the dog days of summer in style and raise a glass to the Oregon Zoo. Bring your pack to sample artisan beer and cider from more than 60 regional breweries. Shake a tail feather to the premier party sounds of Cool-Ade on the concert main stage and DJ Angry Little Man.

Breweries and cideries in attendance include 10 Barrel Brewing Company, BridgePort Brewing Company, Buckman Brewing, Burnside Brewing Company, Cascade Brewing, Deschutes Brewery, Fort George Brewery, Full Sail Brewing Company, Kona Brewing Company, Lagunitas Brewing Company, Laurelwood Brewing Co., Lompoc Brewing, MacTarnahan’s Brewing Company, Migration Brewing Co., Natian Brewery, 2 Towns Ciderhouse, Ace Premium Hard Ciders, Blue Mountain Cider Company, Carlton Cyderworks – and lots more!

Workshops will be offered as well, on topics including Debunking beer myths, Introduction to home brewing, Wild brew: exciting styles and additions, and more.

Tickets are $35 (unless you got them before May 16) and include a commemorative tasting glass, 10 tasting tokens (extra tokens $1 each), and admission to the zoo after 4pm. This is event is 21 and over only! Proceeds directly support the Oregon Zoo’s efforts in the areas of animal welfare, conservation, education and environmental sustainability programs and activities.

Check out the Dave Knows Portland review of last year’s Zoo Brew, by guest blogger Kristie!