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The Beer Bible Book Launch (11 August 2015)

August 9, 2015 by Dave Leave a Comment

The Beer Bible

Local author Jeff Alworth, long-time beer blogger at Beervana, has written a fantastic new book: The Beer Bible. Join Jeff for the Beer Bible Book Launch celebration on Tuesday, 11 August 2015 at Belmont Station (4500 SE Stark) from 5 PM to 7 PM.

On Tuesday, August 11, the Beer Bible will officially go on sale. We will celebrate this milestone with a celebration at Belmont Station, where you can buy the book and where I will gladly sign it. I’ll plan to say a few words around 6 pm, but I’ll be signing books from five onward–so come early if you can and pick up a copy of the book. Belmont Station is hosting this event for free (thanks, guys!), so consider enjoying a delicious beer when you come. I suspect there will be some toasting going on sometime a bit after six.

For those of you who have been following this odyssey, you know how much the book has dominated the last four years of my life. It’s been odd to have such a huge presence that is essentially known only to me. Finally, finally, I get to share this thing, and I really hope you consider buying a copy, even if you can’t make it to the launch. Whether you like it or not, at least you will finally see it. I look forward to hearing your thoughts, good, bad, snarky, corrective, thoughtful–all of it will be great.

Visit Beervana for more details. Learn more about The Beer Bible and book tour at JeffAlworth.com.

Know Your City – New Projects in 2016

July 28, 2015 by Dave Leave a Comment

Updated: They did it!

Know Your CityKnow Your City does great things – they lead fascinating walking tours, create thought-provoking and informative publications, and organize creative placemaking projects. All of their programs are built around scholarship and art, and emphasize social justice.

And they have three days left on their kickstarter campaign, Know Your City: Sustain our new projects into 2016! Give them a few dollars (check out the most extensive selection of kickstarter donor rewards I have ever seen!), and consider a membership too!

Friend of the Library Spring Used Book Sale 2015

April 15, 2015 by Dave 1 Comment

FriendsOfLibraryspring_sale.1.1.5The 42nd annual (by my count) Friend of the Library Spring Used Book Sale takes place April 17-19, 2015 at the Gresham Station Shopping Center (1271 NW Civic Center Dr., Gresham, Oregon 97030).

20,000 Donated Books and Materials – Well Sorted

• Gently Used Books
Children’s books, pocket-sized paperbacks start at $0.50
Hardcover books and soft cover books start at $2.00

• Audiovisual Materials
DVDs, CDs, Audiobooks on tape and CD

• Sheet music, Pamphlets, and Maps

Categories

Art, Biography, Children’s, Classics, Cooking, Crafts, Gardening, History, Hobbies, Home Repair, Horror, Literature, Math, Mystery, Old Books, Popular Fiction, Reference, Romance, Science, Sports, Travel, Westerns

The Collector’s Corner is open Friday for members only from 6 PM to 9 PM. Non-members can join Friends of the Library at the door or online. Basic memberships are only $10, family memberships $15.

Saturday and Sunday the sale is open to the general public. Hours Saturday are 9 AM to 6 PM, Sunday 10 AM to 4 PM. Sunday is 50% discount day!

Collector’s Corner, open Friday and Saturday, features special books and ephemera.

Proceeds of the sale directly support the Multnomah County Library system.

Things to do in Portland on Christmas Day 2014

December 23, 2014 by Dave Leave a Comment

Christmas Day doesn’t have to be about family™

SHOPS

Powell’s Books (1005 W Burnside). The downtown Powell’s is open 10 AM to 6 PM on Christmas Day (all other locations, save the one at the airport, are closed).

ACTIVITIES

Seedy, Seamy & Sinful Portland Tour: Join Kick Ass Oregon History‘s Resident Historian Doug Kenck-Crispin for the Naughtiest Walking Tour of the Year on Christmas Day, 2014.

Movies. Catch a movie – many movie theaters are also open on the Holiday.

Notably, The Hollywood Theatre is showing The Interview on Christmas Day!

Bowling. Many (most?) bowling alleys, are open on Xmas day.

BARS, CAFES, and RESTAURANTS

Radio Room (1101 Northeast Alberta) will also be open again this year, serving a special brunch menu from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM and a special dinner menu 3:30 PM to 9:00 PM And they accept reservations.

Mary’s Club (129 SW Broadway), of course, is always open.

Rialto (529 SW 4th). This downtown institution is open 365 days a year. Play some pinball or pool, while enjoying your beer. Watch basketball on the ginormous TVs.

The Beer Mongers are open all day on Christmas, and they will tap a few special kegs.

For a comprehensive list visit PortlandBarFly.com‘s Bars open in Portland 365 days a year

And Portland Food and Drink maintains a handy list of restaurants open Christmas Eve and Christmas day.

TRANSIT

TriMet’s Christmas Day schedule: TriMet buses, MAX trains, and the Streetcar will run on Sunday schedules. No WES service!

The information in this post is compiled through a combination of hearsay, website perusals, assumptions, and direct contact – please do not take it as gospel; if you don’t want to make a fruitless trip out, give the place a call first!

Holiday Cheer: A Celebration of Oregon Authors (7 December 2014)

December 1, 2014 by Dave Leave a Comment

Holiday CheerThe 47th Annual Holiday Cheer: A Celebration of Oregon Authors takes place Sunday, December 7, 2014 from noon until 4 PM at the Oregon Historical Society (1200 SW Park).

This celebration of Oregon writers is a popular holiday tradition. Authors will be on hand displaying, autographing, and of course selling their latest works.

Attendees this year include Heather Arndt Anderson (Portland: A Food Biography), Barney Blalock (The Oregon Shanghaiers: Columbia River Crimping from Astoria to Portland), J.D. Chandler and J.B. Fisher (Portland on the Take: Mid-Century Crime Bosses, Civic Corruption and Forgotten Murders), Bart King (The Big Book of Superheroes), and dozens more.

Admission is free this year! Visit the OHS website for the full list of authors attending and special offers.

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