Cinco de Mayo, Cinco de Lebowski, a match the Timbers really ought to win, and more!
All weekend
Join 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! [more]
Ongoing
Portland Story Theater presents Singlehandedly 2012
Singlehandedly, the fourth annual festival of new solo works, runs from Friday, April 27 through Friday, May 11, 2012 at Hipbone Studio (1847 E Burnside).
Presented by Portland Story Theater, Singlehandedly is a festival of opening nights and every night is different. [more]
Friday
Join 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 VI!
“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.” [more]
Saturday
Portland Timbers vs Columbus Crew
The still flailing Portland Timbers (2-5-1) host the almost equally inept Columbus Crew (2-4-1) at Jeld-Wen Field this Saturday, May 5, 2012 at 7:30 p.m.
The big question is which Timbers team will show up – the giant killers who defeated top of the table Kansas City two weeks ago, or the pathetic and uninspired Timbers who fell apart at Montreal last weekend. [more]
Sunday
Lecture: Rationality and Irrationality
The Humanists of Greater Portland, a community of freethinkers in the Portland, Oregon metro area, fostering camaraderie, lifelong learning, personal growth, and collective action, unfettered by supernatural beliefs or religious dogma, present Rationality and Irrationality, a free lecture this Sunday, May 6, 2012 at the Friendly House Community Center (1737 NW 26th) [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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