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Popina Swimwear Boutique Travel Showcase First Thursday (2-June-2011)

May 31, 2011 by Dave Knows Leave a Comment

Popina Travel Showcase Popina Swimwear Boutique in the Pearl District (318 NW 11th) is hosting a series of travel events with the help of experts from the travel site BootsnAll.

The latest Popina Swimwear Boutique Travel Showcase takes place this First Thursday, June 2, 2011 from 6:30pm until 8:30pm:

Sherry Ott and Michaela Potter, creators of the career break movement and Meet, Plan, Go!, will be stopping in Portland on their West Coast Career Break Road Trip. Ever dreamed of quitting your job to travel the world? Meet, Plan, Go! will share how you can make taking a one year break from your career, a reality. This event is free, in preparation for the October 18 Meet, Plan, Go! nationwide event, and will include saving & budget, where to go, how to quit your job, making the decision, and creating your own journey. If you have ever dreamed of escaping your cubicle to strike out and discover the world on your own terms, then don’t miss out on this event.

Learn how to escape the cubicle, chat travel with the BootsnAll Travel crew, plan your next getaway with Popina’s retro-inspired swimwear, and enjoy a free beer, courtesy of Kona Brewing! Oh, and don’t forget the giveaways, which this month include two first class upgrades on Alaska Airlines, Alaska Airline travel vouchers, and an Ellington travel bag.

For more details visit the Popina Swimwear website. RSVP on the Facebook Event page.

Back Fence PDX (26-May-2011)

May 23, 2011 by Dave Knows Leave a Comment

The Back Fence PDX story telling show returns to the Mission Theater (1624 NW Glisan) this Thursday, May 26, 2011.

Story telling show? How’s that work?:

Our Back Fence Storytelling event is the kissing cousin to San Francisco’s Porchlight Storytelling Series. It is an evening with seven people telling true, unmemorized ten-minute stories based on the month’s theme. The stories must not have been performed publicly prior to their Back Fence PDX telling.

Heather and have had a great time at all the Back Fence PDX productions we’ve been to. For one thing free cupcakes from Saint Cupcake make the rounds at intermissions. The story tellers are always courageous and their stories are often amusing, always entertaining, and sometimes gut wrenching or cringe inducing – you really don’t know what to expect!

The theme of this particular show is HOT AS SHIT or MISFIT?, and the lineup includes:

ROD ENGLERT – Blood Spatter Expert

ZACHARY SCHOMBURG – Scary, No Scary + Octopus Books

MOE BOWSTERN – Fisherwoman + Former anarcho-activist

ERIC SCHEUR – Animator for TV Commercials

APRIL WOLFE – Snap Judgment + Comedy Duo: Just Desperation

But that’s not all!

YOU can put your name in for our super exciting LIGHTNING ROUND with celebrity guest SABRINA MILLER from Cascadia FM! FIVE randomly drawn audience members will have a chance to strut their narrative stuff by doing their best to tell an entire HOT AS SHIT story in just ONE MINUTE!

And don’t miss the Popina Swimwear fashion show at 7:15!

Reserve your tickets now for $12, and bring cash (for everyone’s convenience) to the show to claim them! A few non-reserved tickets will be available at the door for $15. The show is 21 and over only. Doors will open at 6:30pm for food and drink and chair claiming, fashion show at 7:15pm, and the show starts at 7:30pm.

OMSI After Dark (25-May-2011)

May 23, 2011 by Dave Knows Leave a Comment

OMSI After Dark presents The Art and Science of Creativity this Wednesday, May 25, 2011.

Treat yourself to childfree, brain-building science fun at OMSI After Dark! Check out live demos, new featured exhibitions, and old favorites. Sample tasty snacks and sweets along with beer and wine, and talk to regional food and beverage artisans about the science behind them. The OMSI Cafe will be open with a special dinner menu and cash bars will be available for those who want more than just a taste! It’s geeks gone wild!

Yup, childfree OMSI! With a bar!

Bring cash for the beer and wine bar. Enjoy special menu items at the OMSI Cafe.

Featured science demonstrations and activities include The Chemistry of Art, You Light Up My Dough: Squishy Circuits, and (Not So) Heavy Metal: Molten Aluminum Art. The A-WOL Dance Collective will mix the worlds of dance and aerial, and more!

Hours are 6pm to 10pm. Admission is $10 for nonmembers (free for members). You can buy tickets online, or at the door (no reservations necessary). 21 and over only!

Offbeat Belly Dance (20-May-2011)

May 19, 2011 by Dave Knows Leave a Comment

Every 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.

And this third Friday, May 20, 2011 is no exception – the Offbeat Belly Dance collectives invites you to Offbeat Belly Dance! THIS FRIDAY! Blue Monk! FREEEE! Wooo!

Yiyiyi! It’s time!

Join us THIS FRIDAY for this month’s edition of the one, the only, the original gangster – Offbeat Belly Dance!

This month we have glorious returning champions!
…
Vee!

Ziggy!

Jasmine!

Karissa!

We have the thrilling return of…

Samira

And Kalilah!

Finally and fabulously, we have the debut performance of …

Jadzia!

Plus one player to be named later! Building suspense! Can you feel the excitement? It’s electric 😀

Ye gods, such variety! Old friends! New friends! Each one a fantastic dancer, and each one looks forward to dancing for you, noble Portlander. Yes you. And other noble Portlanders too, of course, but really. You should join us. Forsooth, it shall be off the hook, yo. Come get some of our awesomeness!

As always, the show is freeeeeeeeeeee!

As always, the show is fabulous!

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 10pm.

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

St. Johns Bizarre and Parade, Sound and Vision, UFO Fest, and more! (May 12-15)

May 12, 2011 by Dave Knows Leave a Comment

Thursday-Saturday

Sound and Vision Fest

The Sound and Vision Fest, a benefit for Portland’s historic, and non-profit, Hollywood Theatre, is a “three day festival featuring works in progress by Michel Gondry and Lance Bangs, new work from Spike Jonze and Matt McCormick, a rare screening of ‘Who Took the Bomp: Le Tigre on Tour,’ as well as performances by Eluvium, Goodnight Billygoat, the Corin Tucker Band and Hurry Up (featuring members of the Thermals).” [more]

Friday-Saturday

UFO Festival

On Thursday, May 11, 1950, at a farmhouse just outside of McMinnville, Ore., Evelyn Trent went out to feed her chickens and rabbits behind the farmhouse where she and her husband Paul lived. While attending to her chores, Evelyn was astonished to see a large, metallic looking, disc-shaped object hovering silently in the sky. After a little scrambling as they looked for their trusty Kodak camera, they both ran back outside. Paul Trent clicked off two snapshots. These photos are still considered to be some of the most credible images of UFOs to date.

In honor of the Trents and their sighting, McMenamins began the annual UFO Festival which features both serious and fun for believers and skeptics alike. [more]

Saturday

St. Johns Bizarre and Parade

The 5th annual St. Johns Bizarre, “a one-day Art/Craft/Music event in downtown St. Johns celebrating the unique character of North Portland”takes place Saturday, May 14, 2011 from 10am until 6pm.

At noon join the revelers to take in the 49th annual St. Johns Parade.

The Bizarre boasts over 75 craft booths, four music stages, and a beer garden! [more]

FredFest 2011 – Sold Out!

What started as a small surprise 80th birthday party for world-renowned beer writer Fred Eckhardt is coming back around in its sixth year as one of the most anticipated beer events of the year.

Attendees will be treated not only to a rare assortment of hand-selected beers, but also light fare cooked in beer and a birthday cake — complete with a round of “Happy Birthday” — just for Fred.[more]

Portland Indie Wine and Food Festival

Grab your food-and-wine-loving friends and spend the day tasting your way through Oregon’s best craft wineries. Stop along the way to enjoy food from the city’s most talked-about restaurants. Talk with the winemakers and chefs themselves, as you discover new wines that you love, and taste food that you’ve been dying to try. [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, and PDX Pipeline!

Saturday-Sunday

Wonder Northwest

Wonder Northwest is an amalgamation of pop-culture subcultures. Here you will find regular folks co-mingling with super heroes, pirates, geeks, nerds, cosplayers, film enthusiasts, gamers and other nice people! Our vendor room will feature comic books, toys, video games and more from some of the best dealers from across the country. Contests, panels and other special events will be open for all attendees to enjoy. [more]

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