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Weekend Amusements (February 10-12, 2012)

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Happy Darwin Day weekend everyone! Whether you’re prepping for Valentine’s Day or celebrating science, this should be a great weekend.

Friday

Breakfast ClubThe Cort and Fatboy Midnight Movie: The Breakfast Club

For February’s entry in the cortandfatboy Midnight Movie series, we present a 35mm print of John Hughes’ most heartfelt film, his love letter to the awkward, beautiful, sad, and hilarious horrorshow that is High School, his magnum opus as a writer and director: The Breakfast Club. [more]

PortlandiaWhere to Watch Portlandia In Portland

Updated for 2012: season 2!
Don’t have a TV? Don’t have the Independent Film Channel? Watch Portlandia, if you’re into that sort of thing, at the Portland venues listed below.
Portlandia season 2 airs of Fridays, beginning on January 6, 2012. [more]

Saturday

House SpiritsHouse Spirits’ St. Valentine’s Day Bazaar

House Spirits Distillery‘s first annual St. Valentine’s Day Bazaar takes place this Saturday, February 11, 2012 at the stillroom (2025 SE 7th).

“. . . We will be throwing open the doors of the Still Room and releasing Volstead, our first vodka in over a year. There will be cocktails, food and a slew of our wonderful neighborhood vendors with gifts for your Valentine.” [more]

Sunday

DarwinDarwin Day 2012 in Portland

Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution via natural selection revolutionized biological science and gave us a greater understanding of the origins of life.

Darwin Day is celebrated around the world on February 12th, the anniversary of the day Darwin was born in 1809. [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.

House Spirits’ St. Valentine’s Day Bazaar (11-February-2012)

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House SpiritsHouse Spirits Distillery‘s first annual St. Valentine’s Day Bazaar takes place this Saturday, February 11, 2012 at the stillroom (2025 SE 7th).

We have one event this month, but it’s going to be a big one! Join us for our very first, and hopefully annual, St. Valentine’s Day Bazaar. We will be throwing open the doors of the Still Room and releasing Volstead, our first vodka in over a year. There will be cocktails, food and a slew of our wonderful neighborhood vendors with gifts for your Valentine.

Joining House Spirits will be Olympic Provisions, Stumptown Coffee, Scout Books, 2550 Degrees Candles, Salt & Straw, Olo Fragrance, Pink Slip Jam, The Good Flock, Theo chocolate, Woodblock chocolate, and Xocolatl chocolate.

Admission is free, and all ages are welcome (with parent or guardian). The fun goes from 11am to 6pm.

Stumptown Stories: Jazz Divas (February 7 & 14, 2012)

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Jazz DivasThe Stumptown Stories series, 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).

February kicks off with a two-part presentation on Jazz Divas.

Part 1: Billy Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald (February 7)
Part 2: Sara Vaughan and Dinah Washington (February 14)

The presenter both weeks is Bob Kingston, resident historian for the Portland Opera, librarian, free-lance musicologist, and self-professed opera music-fanatic living in Portland. He blogs at Dramma Per Musica.

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

Stumptown Stories: The Biology, Behavior and Benefits of Bats (24-January-2012)

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The Jack London BarThe Stumptown Stories series, 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!

On Tuesday, January 24, 2012 Stumptown Stories, with the help of Conservation scientist Chris Hein, PhD, of Bat Conservation International takes a look at a creature of the night with the presentation: The Biology, Behavior and Benefits of Bats.

Bats are essential to the health of our natural world. They help control pests and are vital pollinators and seed-dispersers for countless plants. Yet these wonderfully diverse and beneficial creatures are among the least studied and most misunderstood of animals.

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

Timbers Army Third Saturday (21-January-2012)

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Timbers ArmyCome out to the old stomping grounds this Saturday, January 21, 2012 when the Timbers Army Third Saturday returns to the Bitter End (1981 W Burnside).

Yes you get to try to ease off that sense of Timbers withdrawal by supporting one of our greatest game day drinking holes!!

Sip your pint whilst peering dreamingly at the beautiful Jeld-Wen field and fantasizing about what your going to do to once she lets you get in her.

Shake off those non-season blues by basking in the glow and familiarity of what many of you could call your Summer House.

“We’re all going to the Bitter End Pub,
the Bitter End Pub,
the Bitter End Pub!”

The gathering begins, of course, at 7:01pm. More details on the Facebook event page and at TimbersArmy.org.