Dave Knows Portland

India Festival 2012

by Leave a Comment

India FestivalPioneer Courthouse Square plays host to the sights and sounds of India and the Subcontinent on Sunday, August 19 from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the India Festival 2012.

Please be there with your family and friends to get a taste of Indian culture for FREE and get a glimpse of this growing, warm and welcoming community. We are hosting India Festival on August 19th and will celebrate India’s independence and our cultural heritage with our friends in Oregon. Our festival has grown every year with record crowds and new vendors.

Don’t miss out on a memorable event that draws crowds from all over the West Coast!

There will be music and dance exhibitions, as well as food!

The event is sponsored by the India Cultural Association.

Offbeat Belly Dance (17-August-2012)

by Leave a Comment

Offbeat Belly DanceEvery third Friday of the month the Blue Monk (3341 SE Belmont) hosts the Offbeat Belly Dance collective, a club rocking, good timing, genre-defying gang of badass belly dancers.

This Friday, August 17, 2012 is no exception: Offbeat Belly Dance! This Friday! Awesome! Magical! Free Show!

This month’s show is special – yes, I know, they’re all special, but this one’s different – ok, true, every Offbeat show’s rather different from the usual belly dance show, but this month’s show is unique – alright, yes, they’re all… look, that’s not the point. The point is:

THIS MONTH WE’RE STARTING ON TIME!!!!!

Whyfore, you ask? Well, Ringleader Karissa just had a birthday and is all fired up to embrace opportunities for self improvement, but more importantly, the Blue Monk is running two (count ’em! two!) shows this Friday!

Following Offbeat will be a series of dramatic readings hosted by:

Naked Girls Reading!

This show is not affiliated in any way with Offbeat, but the Naked Girls have been kind enough to offer Offbeat patrons a discount on their cover charge for any and all of you fine folks who want to stick around for yet further entertainment after Offbeat.

How exciting! Come for the belly dance show, stay for the dramatic readings! Or just come for the belly dance show! You are the captain of your own ship, Mighty Portlanders! May we humbly suggest you chart course for our fine and festive port?

Join Karissa, the Ringleader of Offbeat Belly Dance (pictured to the right), and the other fabulous dancers at the show Friday night.

Individually, the members of the Offbeat Belly Dance collective perform at shows throughout the Portland area, but on the 3rd Friday of the month they come together at the Blue Monk to perform in a rollicking belly dance revue. One of the things that makes it offbeat, is that the dancers choose whatever kind of music they like. Karissa tells me this has included traditional Middle Eastern music, zydeco, AC/DC, Strauss, The Pogues, hip hop, jazz, blues, Old Crow Medicine Show, the Spice Girls, and just about everything else.

The shows are free, and go from about 7 p.m. until 9:30 p.m.

Visit OffbeatBellyDance.com for more information. You can also become a fan on Facebook, and follow the genre-defying, good timing gang of belly dancers in Portland OR, w/Karissa as ringmaster/carnival barker/propagandiston on Twitter at @OffbeatBelly

Photo credit: Offbeat Belly Dance

Multnomah Days 2012

by Leave a Comment

Multnomah VillageThe 104th Multnomah Days celebration takes place Saturday, August 18, 2012 between SW 33rd and 39th on Capitol Highway in Multnomah Village. The fest runs from from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Start your morning with the Kiwanis Pancake and Sausage Breakfast at the Key Bank, from 8:30 a.m. until 11 a.m. – proceeds benefit the Mt. Hood Kiwanis Camp for Children and Adults with Disabilities. The breakfast includes juice and fresh Starbucks coffee too.

At 10 a.m. the ‘Biggest Little’ Parade begins – featuring musicians, street performers, cars, pets, and more. Timber Joey is the Grand Marshal this year!

Let the kids have free reign in the Kids Zone at the Multnomah Art Center. The third annual Kids’ Zone includes plenty of hands-on arts activities for the kids, including a petting zoo!

The adults will surely enjoy the beer and wine gardens, hosted by Sip D’Vine. Beer, wine, food, and live music are on tap from noon until 10 p.m.

In addition of course there will be about 100 vendors lining the car-free street, showcasing art, food, crafts and more.

Portland Weekend Amusements (August 10-12, 2012)

by Leave a Comment

Used to a more robust Weekend Amusements blog post from me? Cut me some slack – TWINS!

Ongoing

Friday

Saturday-Sunday

Saturday

Sunday

And for even more weekend events and activities, check out the Dave Knows Calendar, and visit Around the Sun, Blogging Portland on the Cheap, and Oregon Events at OregonLive.com.

Alberta Street Fair (11-August-2012)

by Leave a Comment

Alberta Street Fair 2012The 15th annual Alberta Street Fair takes place Saturday, August 11 2012 on Alberta, from NE 10th through 30th.

Things kick off at 11 a.m. with the Kids Parade – which starts at 15th. Enjoy the line up of activities for kids and families throughout the day.

But the festival isn’t just for kids. From 11 a.m. until 7 p.m. enjoy car free streets, dozens of vendors, and the beer garden (at 11th at the Radio Room – 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.). Food carts, other food vendors, and Alberta’s restaurants will make sure you don’t starve.

Live entertainment, including music and dancing, is scheduled all day on three stages, at 11th, 21st, and 30th.

Also this year there’s a 3v3 Street Soccer tournament, and a TXAKPARTI – visit the fair website for more details.