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Montavilla Street Fair (17-July-2011)

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Montavilla Street Fair 2011The 2011 Montavilla Street Fair takes place Sunday, July 17 from 10am until 5pm in Montavilla (SE 79th between Stark and Pine, and 78th between Washington and Stark).

Two stages await you:

  • The 78th Avenue Stage features performers such as Metro Arts dancers and musicians, Mama Yama, and Lew Jones. Milepost 5 will be performing scenes from their upcoming play between acts.
  • Live musical acts including Stargazie, Pork Belly Futures, and The Hill Dogs perform on the 79th Avenue Stage.

Craft and food vendors will be on hand, and the Montavilla Farmers Market will operate from 10am to 2pm during the fair.

Oh, and did I mention the beer and wine garden?! It will be set up in the lot behind the Bipartisan Cafe (7901 SE Stark).

For more details, including full music and performance schedule, visit the Montavilla East Tabor Business Association website, or the Facebook event page.

Pix Patisserie’s Bastille Day Block Party (16-July-2011)

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Pix Patisserie LogoThe fifth annual Pix Pâtisserie Bastille Day Block Party takes place Saturday, July 16, 2011 on N. Failing between Williams and Vancouver.

Celebrate the storming of the Bastille in 1789 with the Mini Médoc Marathon Fun Run 5K or the Tour de Portland Bicycle Scavenger Hunt.

Not your flute of champagne? There’s also the Mayor of Hooperville Hula Hoop Extravaganza, live music, the grape stomp, saber demonstrations, and a dance party!

Pix will, of course, be offering french pastries. Next door neighbors Fifth Quardrant will be hosting a beer garden, there will also be ice cream, a 60 pound Carlton Farms roasted pig, and a Champagne and Oyster Bar!

Check out the Pix event page and Facebook page for details. The celebration goes from 3pm until midnight. Organizers ask attendees at this free community event to bring two or more non-perishable food items for Oregon Food Bank – each donated item gets you a raffle ticket for a chance to win one of 100 gift certificates to Portland restaurants!

Offbeat Belly Dance (15-July-2011)

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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, July 15, 2011, is no exception – the Offbeat Belly Dance collectives invites you to Offbeat Belly Dance! Free show! Awesome good times! Come get some!

This month features some of our favorite returning champions! Dear ones, you shall…

Thrill to the ethereal charms of Zighala Zurah!
Be dazzled by the dynamic Vee!
Exult in the triumphant, sparkly return of Jasmine!

We will also feature instructor, performer, hostess extraordinaire, and treasured friend of Offbeat – Shallah, of The Rhythm Keepers Night of Belly Dance at Marino’s!

We also have the long awaited, much anticipated return of…

The captivating Jen Samson, of Belly Dance Uncorked and Narcissa Productions!

And we have two – Two! – debuts – Debuts! Yahoo! Kazoo! I like rhyming! But I digress…

Surrender to the serpentine stylings of Sundari!
Be captivated by the alluringly awesome Bianca!

And of course, the stalwart and loquacious Karissa!

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 7pm until 9:30pm.

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

OMSI Science Pub (11-July-2011)

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Omsi Science PubThe Big Bang and Beyond: A Beginner’s Guide to the Universe is the topic of the latest OMSI Science Pub, which takes place Monday, July 11, 2011:

What does the Universe look like and what is our place in it? How is it evolving and what did it look like in the distant past? What will it be like in the future? Join Willamette University physics chair and cosmologist Dr. Rick Watkins in an exploration of the Universe and its evolution.

This science pub takes place at the Bagdad Theater (3702 SE Hawthorne) from 7pm until 9pm, but arrive early (5pm doors open) to secure your beer, grub, and a seat! There’s a $5.00 suggested donation/cover charge. Minors with adults are welcome, otherwise this event is 21 and over.

Weekend Amusements (July 8-10, 2011)

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The part of the summer where there are more worthy festivals and events happening each weekend than you can possibly make it to is upon us. Behold:

Friday, Saturday, Sunday

Movies in ParksMovies in the Park

The second 2011 installment of Portland Parks and Recreation movies in the park kicked off a couple weeks ago, but now things really kick in – with a movie every night this weekend!

Friday, July 8: Imagine That at Dickinson Park
Saturday, July 9: The Karate Kid (2010) at Brooklyn Park
Sunday, July 10: Shrek Forever After at Wilshire Park.

Pre-movie entertainment begins at 6:30pm and movies begin as soon as it’s dark. [more]

Friday

Churn-A-MentChurn-A-Ment: Ice Cream Competition

Dairy Farmers of Oregon presents the first annual Churn-A-Ment (pdf) on Friday, July 8, 2011 at Pioneer Courthouse Square. From 11am until 1:30pm witness celebrity chefs creating ice cream the old fashioned way, and enjoy free ice cream! [more]

All Female Artists ShowcaseFAB PDX: All Female Artists Showcase

Join FAB PDX, “a custom fabrication company operating in the heart of the industrial arts district in SE Portland,” for a special All Female Artists Showcase this Friday, July 8, 2011. The showcase opening event takes place the FAB PDX Art Space (1317 SE 9th) from 6pm to 9pm. [more]

Saturday

Mississippi Street Fair 2011Mississippi Street Fair

The 10th annual Mississippi Avenue Street Fair takes place Saturday, July 9, 2011 from 10am until 9pm – on North Mississippi Avenue, of course, between Skidmore and Fremont. [more]

The Cans FestThe Cans Fest

The Can Fest takes place Saturday, July 9, 2011 at The Guild Public House (1101 East Burnside).

This first annual event “provides an opportunity for local and out-of-town beer enthusiasts to taste canned craft beers.” [more]

Bastille DayBastille Day Festival in the Pearl

The 9th Annual Bastille Day Festival takes place Saturday, July 9, 2011, from noon until 8pm at Jamison Square Park in the Pearl District. Admission is free.

The Fête de la Bastille commemorates the storming of the Bastille Prison on le quatorze juillet, 1789. [more]

Sunday

Portland TimbersPortland Timbers vs Seattle Flounders

The Portland Timbers (5-8-3) host the Seattle Sounders (8-4-8) for the first time ever in MLS league play on Sunday, July 10, 2011 at Jeld-Wen Field. Kickoff is at 1pm.

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.