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Fremont Fest (4-August-2012)

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Fremont Fest 2012The 26th annual Fremont Fest takes place this Saturday, August 4, 2012 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

NE Fremont between 42nd and 52nd will be pedestrian-only all day, to make room for a full schedule of events, including a kids and pets parade down Fremont (10 a.m., starting at Beaumont Middle School parking lot), a kid zone, live music (on three stages), craft and food vendors, a pub crawl, and more!

Visit the Fremont Fest website for more information, including a pub crawl map and the full entertainment and activity schedule.

Barrel Aged BeerFest (4-August-2012)

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Bailey's TaproomCelebrate the fifth anniversary of Bailey’s Taproom (213 SW Broadway) at the 5th annual Barrel Aged BeerFest this Saturday, August 4, 2012.

$5 admission includes a 12 ounce souvenir snifter and access to 4 ounce pours of rare barrel-aged beers.

There beer list, as is tradition, is amazing:

10 Barrel Imperial Pray For Snow – Imperial Winter Ale (Brandy) 8%

Alameda The Bear Fighter (Whiskey) ~7%

Anchorage Galaxy IPA – Sour Wit/IPA (Oak) 7%

Block 15 Cherry Canary – Firkin – Sour Belgian Golden with cherries (Oak) 7%

Breakside Old Whiskey Dick – Old Ale (Bourbon) 11.7%

The Bruery Tart of Darkness – Sour Stout (Oak) 5.6%

Burnside Red Light District – Imperial Stout (Rum) 11%

Cascade Sour Summer Sipper – Sour Blonde with orange (Bourbon) 6.5%

The Commons – Amber Table Beer fermented 100% with Brett Lambicus (Gin) 5%

Double Mountian Ferocious Five – Imperial Brown Ale (Bourbon) 11.0%

Firestone Parabola – Imperial Stout (Bourbon) 13%

Flat Tail 2nd Anniversary – Nitro – Flanders Red (Pinot)

Laurelwood Preacher in the Wilderness – Sour Tripel (Gin) 9%

Logsdon Farmhouse Ales Far West Vlaming – Flanders Red/Bruin (Oak) 6.5%

Lompoc 2010 Franc’ly Brewdolph – Belgian Red (Cabernet Franc) 7.6%

Ninkasi Imperiale – Imperial Stout (Bourbon) 9.1%

Sierra Nevada Knock on Wood – Chocolate and Chili Imperial Stout (Bourbon) 9.2%

Silver Moon 2011 Bock Joy – Bock (Oak) 7.2%

Stone 2008 Imperial Russian Stout – Imperial Stout (Bourbon) 10.5%

Uinta Labyrinth – Imperial Black Ale (Rye Whiskey) 13.2%

Upright Bailey’s Fifth Anniversary Beer – Six w/ cherry, currant and sweet vermouth (Pinot) 7%

The fest runs from 4 p.m. until 11:30 p.m. Visit the Bailey’s Taproom website for more fifth anniversary events and more details on the fest.

Sidewalk Sale at the Oregon Historical Society (4-August-2012)

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Oregon Historical SocietyThe Oregon Historical Society‘s annual Sidewalk Sale takes place Saturday, August 4, 2012 from 10am to 4pm at the museum at 1200 SW Park Avenue.

The Oregon Historical Society is holding a Sidewalk Sale of duplicate and out-of-scope books from the Research Library, along with sale, discontinued, and clearance items from the Museum Store.The Museum Store sale merchandise will include jewelry, art prints, apparel, gift items, books, and so much more! Pricing will be reduced between 30% – 90% off original retail, with most items priced over 50% off. Also available will be a wide selection of used picture frames, most priced at only one dollar.

All of the books being sold from the research library duplicate existing OHS holdings or are outside the OHS collecting scope. Nothing from the Society’s permanent collections is being sold.

OMSI Science Pub: Death from the Skies! (1-August-2012)

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Death from the Skies!Death from the Skies!, presented by Dr. Phil Plait, a.k.a the Bad Astronomer, is the topic of a special OMSI Science Pub on Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at the Bagdad Theater (3702 SE Hawthorne):

Asteroid impacts! Cometary debris! Extinction level events! These are the ways the world might end, and these are the topics of “Death from the Skies!”, a scientifically based but fun look at giant impacts from cosmic objects. Phil Plait — astronomer, author, and blogger — talks about how these events have shaped our history, how they may do so again, and why Hollywood always seems to get them wrong. And lest you think it’s all doom and gloom, Plait goes into details on how we might prevent the next great impact from ruining our whole day.

Presenter Dr. Phil Plait earned his doctorate in astronomy at the University of Virginia, worked as a NASA contractor at the Goddard Space Flight Center, working with the Hubble Space Telescope.

This event begins at 7 p.m. but arrive early to secure your beer, grub, and a seat! Tickets for this special Science Pub are $20 – by tickets online or at McMenamins box offices.