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Timbers Army Season Opener Show (10-March-2012)

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Timbers Army 6th Annual Season Opener Show - Tifo benefitThe 6th annual Timbers Army Season Opener Show takes place this Saturday, March 10, 2012 at the Tonic Lounge (3100 NE Sandy), two nights before the home opener!

The 2012 Season is upon us!! We celebrate the beginning of this years debauchery with the great punk sounds from:

Shock Troops
The Tanked
Green Flag

This year we are overjoyed to be at the Tonic Lounge because not only do they have great beer and spirits, a brand new menu that is out of this world, they also have a lounge in the front to occasionally escape the decibels!

Admission is a mere $5, all proceeds of which go to Timbers Army tifo!

Stumptown Stores: Hindu and Chinese Mythology (6-March-2012)

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Stumptown Stores: Hindu and Chinese MythologyStumptown Stories, an event geared to everyone who loves this city we live in, takes place most Tuesdays at Jack London bar (basement of the Rialto, SW 4th and Alder). Free to get in, but must be 21 or over – there’s a full bar!

The topic of the installment this Tuesday, March 6, 2012 is Hindu and Chinese Mythology:

Kate Bruner will be speaking on various Asian mythologies, including Hindu, Buddhist, Taoist, Shinto, and other stories and beliefs. She will discuss, among other ideas, the Hindu Trimurta, what an omphalos is, what orientation really means, where we get the word “thug”, what Indiana Jones has to do with the death goddess Kali, the differences between Eastern and Western dragons, goddess worship in India, China, and Japan, why the Chinese have a woman in the moon and who she is and how she got there, Chinese alchemy, ancient beliefs about jade, the Chinese kitchen god, the Feast of Hungry Ghosts, avatars, and the Indus Valley civilizations of Harrapa and Mohenjo Jara (sic).

Doors open at 5pm for this free event (21 and over only). Presentation begins at 7:30pm.

Authors in Pubs (1-March-2012)

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Update: Authors in Pubs has moved! See the PortlandWiki page for updates.

Authors in PubsPortland’s venerable Joe’s Cellar (1332 NW 21st) hosts Authors in Pubs this Thursday, March 1, 2012 at 8pm.

The lineup:

Grant Keltner – author & guest MC
Dan Leahy
Terry McLean
introducing: Michael Vincent Pagano
actor, writer, dad : Jonathan Ems
and ‘special guest ‘ Fredric Alan Maxwell

Created by local writer Don Van Kirk last September, Authors in Pubs is a First Thursday event that aims to give local writers a chance to share their work, and receive feedback. The shows run about one hour, but visitors are encouraged to arrive early and stay late to talk with authors and peruse their books.

OMSI After Dark: Bridgetown Baconfest (February 29, 2012)

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OMSI After Dark Bridgetown Baconfest

Bridgetown Baconfest, a very special OMSI After Dark, takes place this Wednesday, February 29, 2012.

Portland is obsessed with two things – bridges and bacon! Explore the engineering behind Portland’s newest bridge while enjoying the candy of meat!

Science nerds unite for childfree, brain-building science fun at OMSI After Dark!

Sample beer, wine, spirits, chocolate and fudge; take part in demonstrations and activities such as Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, TriMet’s Real Stuff, and the Bridge-Building Challenge; enjoy performances by the Wanderlust Circus; try special menu items at the OMSI cafe grill (including Sweet Potato and Pork Butt Poutine!); and check out the wares of a multitude of vendors, many bacon-related, including Bacon Shirts, Bacon Skateboards, Olympic Provisions, Portland Creamery, and more.

21 and over only. Tickets are $12 for non-members, $6 for members – pre-purchase online – and free for OMSI After Dark members. Visit OMSI.edu for all the details.

Humanity on Wheels: An Evening of Mass Transit Tales! (20-March-2012)

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Humanity on Wheels: An Evening of Mass Transit Tales! Humanity on Wheels: An Evening of Mass Transit Tales! is coming to the Jack London Bar (in the basement of the Rialto Poolroom at 529 SW 4th Ave.) on Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at 7:30pm.

Kick Ass Oregon History is pleased to partner with TriMet Diaries in offering for your amusement and education… “Humanity On Wheels; an Evening of Mass Transit Tales!” . . .

On this evening we will revel in Mass Transit Glory with the following distinguished speakers:

www.orhistory.com‘s Ribald Resident Historian Doug Kenck-Crispin, who has publicly commuted downtown daily since 1984, will tell the yarns of TriMet’s history, being sure to leave in all the gory details!

Bill Reagan will share his findings as a devoted Urban Explorer and Chronicler.

Jeff Guardalabene, or just Dr. Jeff will regale the swooned audience with his tales of TriMet adventures, and perhaps channel some tattered beat generation musings on public transportation.

Other Special Guests shall surely arrive (with transfer in hand, of course) and an Open Mic session shall round out the evening – where you too can share your Mass Transit Stories, both angelic and satanic in nature.

And you certainly won’t want to miss orhistory.com‘s assistant Mellia Lang’s awesome TriMet stage set – it’s like a diorama come to life!

Won’t you join us? Conveniently located in the heart of the formerly “fareless square.”

Visit OrHistory.com and TriMetDiaries.com for more details.

Poster design by Heather!