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Portland Weekend Amusements (May 4-6, 2012)

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Cinco de Mayo, Cinco de Lebowski, a match the Timbers really ought to win, and more!

All weekend

Cinco de Mayo 2012Cinco de Mayo Fiesta 2012

Join tens of thousands of revelers this weekend at Waterfront Park between the Hawthorne and Morrison bridges to celebrate the Mexican army’s 1862 defeat of French forces at the Battle of Puebla: It’s the 28th annual Portland Cinco de Mayo festival! [more]

Ongoing

Singlehandedly 2012Portland Story Theater presents Singlehandedly 2012

Singlehandedly, the fourth annual festival of new solo works, runs from Friday, April 27 through Friday, May 11, 2012 at Hipbone Studio (1847 E Burnside).

Presented by Portland Story Theater, Singlehandedly is a festival of opening nights and every night is different. [more]

Friday

Cinco De Lebowski 7Cinco de Lebowski VII

Join Cort and Fatboy, hosts of cortandfatboy, this Friday, May 4, 2012 for their annual screening of The Big Lebowski – it’s el Cinco De Lebowski VI!

“Portland’s homegrown, homebrewed Festival of Abide ambles its way back to the Bagdad Theater for the seventh straight year, as Cort Webber and Bobby Roberts of the cortandfatboy podcast once again present CINCO DE LEBOWSKI, a celebration of the Coen Bros. cult classic, and of The Dude himself.” [more]

Saturday

Portland TimbersPortland Timbers vs Columbus Crew

The still flailing Portland Timbers (2-5-1) host the almost equally inept Columbus Crew (2-4-1) at Jeld-Wen Field this Saturday, May 5, 2012 at 7:30 p.m.
The big question is which Timbers team will show up – the giant killers who defeated top of the table Kansas City two weeks ago, or the pathetic and uninspired Timbers who fell apart at Montreal last weekend. [more]

Sunday

Lecture: Rationality and Irrationality

The Humanists of Greater Portland, a community of freethinkers in the Portland, Oregon metro area, fostering camaraderie, lifelong learning, personal growth, and collective action, unfettered by supernatural beliefs or religious dogma, present Rationality and Irrationality, a free lecture this Sunday, May 6, 2012 at the Friendly House Community Center (1737 NW 26th) [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.

Cinco De Lebowski VII (4-May-2012)

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Cinco De Lebowski 7Join Cort and Fatboy, hosts of cortandfatboy, this Friday, May 4, 2012 for their annual screening of The Big Lebowski – it’s el Cinco De Lebowski VII!

Portland’s homegrown, homebrewed Festival of Abide ambles its way back to the Bagdad Theater for the seventh straight year, as Cort Webber and Bobby Roberts of the cortandfatboy podcast once again present CINCO DE LEBOWSKI, a celebration of the Coen Bros. cult classic, and of The Dude himself.

Again this year the fest features a $10 VIP ticket option with preferred seating, early admission (7:30 p.m.), a pre-show performance from Here Come Dots, a cocktail, hors d’oeuvres, and more.

$10 too rich for your blood? Regular admission is only $3. Cinco de Lebowski take place at the Bagdad Theater (3702 SE Hawthorne) Doors open at 10 p.m. (VIP doors at 7:30 p.m.). Costumes encouraged. Visit cortandfatboy.com for more details.

May Day in Portland 2012

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International Workers’s Day, also known as May Day, takes place on May 1st world wide – including in Portland.

Portland’s leftists, labor rights advocates, and May Pole aficionados will be celebrating, protesting, and dancing.

Portland May Day 2012 Portland May Day activities and events:

May Day March & Rally!

What: This is the permitted, family-friendly May Day March & Rally organized by the Pdx May Day Coalition.
When: 2 p.m – 7 p.m.
Where: South Park Blocks – SW Park & SW Salmon

Find more details at the Portland May Day website and Facebook event page.

Liberate May DayLiberate May Day

What: The Portland Liberation Organizing Council, a group of organizations dedicated to addressing the current economic crisis with community-led solutions focusing on the systemic problems that enabled this crisis is ready to reclaim land.
When: 9 a.m.
Where: Woodlawn Park (near NE 13th and Dekum)

Visit LiberatePDX.org and the Facebook page for more information.

May Day CelebrationMay Day Celebration

What: Watch local Laurelhurst Elementary kids skip around the may pole, reenacting a century-old Portland public school tradition. Stay for dinner and maybe a movie in the theater.
When: 4 pm – 9 p.m.
Where: Kennedy School (5736 NE 33rd)

May Day McMenamins-style – food, beer, music, and dancing kids, can’t get more wholesome than that!

Find more May Day actions and events at the Portland May Day website.

Record Store Day 2012

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Record Store Day 2011Record Store Day 2012 is Saturday, April 21: support your local record store!

Record Store Day is an international celebration of independent record stores. To participate a store must be a retailer whose main primary business focuses on a physical store location, whose product line consists of at least 50% music retail, whose company is not publicly traded and whose ownership is at least 70% located in the state of operation.

Dozens of Oregon record stores are participating in the celebration, including Jackpot Records, Music Millennium, 2nd Avenue Records, Everyday Music, and more. Find participating venues at RecordStoreDay.com.

National Corndog Day 2012!

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corndog150National Corndog Day was invented 20 years ago by two dudes from Corvallis when they discovered a 24 pack of corn dogs in their freezer while they were watching the first quadruple-header day of the NCAA basketball tournament.

This year National Corndog Day is March 17th, which this year joins the first Saturday of “the big men’s basketball tournament” and St. Patrick’s Day. For all you basketball mad types, this particular day is significant because it is the one day a year that a quadruple-header of tournament action is broadcast live nationally. Think about it, 7-8 hours of outstanding hoops from start to finish, without ever having to change the channel. Such an occasion deserves a unique way to celebrate. Join us and pay homage by catching up with friends, enjoying a few laughs, and most importantly, enjoying a steady diet of corndogs! Lots of corndogs….

Thanks to Governor Kitzhaber’s proclamation, National Corndog Day is an official holiday this year in Oregon, and there are several officially sanctioned public and private Corndog Day parties in the Portland area.

Read about the Oregon pedigree of the corn dog here, and for more Corndog Day history, see this 2009 Oregonian story: Corn dog lovers, it’s your day (thank two Corvallis guys).