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Match Day: Portland Timbers vs. Chicago Fire (20-May-2012)

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Portland TimbersThe Portland Timbers (2-5-3) host the Chicago Fire (4-2-3) at Jeld-Wen Field today, Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 4 p.m.

The match will be broadcast live on ROOT Sports, 750 AM The Game, and La Pantera 940 AM.

Timbers are coming off consecutive draws against mediocre Houston and Columbus teams, while the Fire beat a tough (though currently struggling) Sporting KC last week, and drew with top-of-the-table Real Salt Lake the week before. Last season, however, the Timbers had the Fire’s number, defeating them 4-2 in Portland and 1-0 at Chicago. This is the only regular season meeting between these two teams this year.

Match previews and intrigue

Portland Weekend Amusements and Events (May 18-20, 2012)

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Holy crap there’s a lot to do this weekend – the Carolyn Show Launch Party, Maifest, Kenton Street Fair, Rose City Used Book Fair, a Timbers match, and more – whew!

Friday-Saturday

Rose City Used Book FairRose City Used Book Fair

The 2012 Rose City Used Book Fair takes place Friday and Saturday, May 18 and 19 at The Double Tree Lloyd Center (1000 NE Multnomah). The fair runs from 2 to 8 p.m. Friday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. . . .

This unpretentious book fair is sponsored by the Portland Area Used Booksellers’ Association, and features thousands of books from independent booksellers from Portland and beyond. [more]

Friday

The Carolyn ShowThe Carolyn Show Launch Party

The Carolyn Show Launch Party takes place Friday, May 18, 2012 at Cosmic Monkey Comics (5335 NE Sandy) at 8 p.m. . . .

Cartoonist Carolyn Main and filmmaker Mike Vogel have teamed up to create The Carolyn Show, a web series about a cartoonist, her talking pug, and paying the rent. It includes a mix of live action and animation. [more]

Offbeat Belly DancingOffbeat Belly Dance

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.

This Friday, May 18, 2012 is now exception: Offbeat Belly Dance! This Friday! Free Show! Wooooo! [more]

Saturday and Sunday

Mt. Tabor Art Walk 2012

The 7th annual Mt. Tabor Art Walk takes place this Saturday and Sunday, May 19 and 20, 2012 – on and around Mt. Tabor!

The Mt. Tabor Art Walk showcases the many artists who live in this neighborhood. This annual event is sponsored by a community of artists supporting each other. It is designed to promote high-quality visual art in a variety of media within the unique setting of the Mt. Tabor neighborhood. [more]

Saturday

Maifest!Maifest!

Celebrate spring the German way at Maifest on Saturday, May 19, 2012 at Oaks Amusement Park.

Join Zeitgeist Northwest for a unique experience of German culture and a day of fun for the whole family! We bring an old German tradition, the celebration of spring, to town. [more]

Sunday

Kenton Street FairKenton Street Fair 2012

The 3rd annual Kenton Street Fair takes place Sunday, May 20, 2012 in the heart of Kenton, on N. Denver between Schofield and Willis, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

“The Kenton Fair is an annual celebration of diverse and engaged communities aimed at promoting local growth and a sustainable future for Historic Kenton.” [more]

Portland TimbersPortland Timbers vs Chicago Fire

The Portland Timbers (2-5-3) host the Chicago Fire (4-2-3) at Jeld-Wen Field this Sunday at 4 p.m.

Still struggling, Portland is coming off a well-earned draw at Houston on Tuesday. Draws on the road are respectable, but the Timbers haven’t scored a goal in weeks! Chicago lost to Sporting Kansas City last weekend. This is the only regular season match between these two teams this season. [more]

Attack of the FlixAttack of the Flix #5

Attack of the Flix, presented by Microflix, is a monthly competition for Portland filmmakers held at the Curious Comedy Theatre (5225 NE MLK).

This month’s show, #5, takes place Sunday, May 20, 2012.

Vote for your favorite flicks – the first place winner receives a golden trophy! [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.

Stumptown Stories: The History of Pinball and Gaming in Portland (8-May-2012)

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These babies were mine in my bachelor days!Are you fond of pinball and Portland history like I am? Then head down to the Jack London Bar (529 SW 4th Avenue – the basement of the Rialto Pool Room) tonight (Tuesday, May 8, 2012) for a free presentation on The History of Pinball and Gaming in Portland.

Learn all about the old forms of gambling like punch-cards, fan-tan, pinball, slots, and the attendant controversies and scandals that surrounded them. Hear sordid tales of Portland vice! Discover the history of pinball! Before the reforms of the 1960s and 1970s, Portland was a very different kind of town. It was more industrial, less progressive, and in the mid twentieth century, awash with gambling. Coin machines, punch cards, and games of various sorts operated all over town, and the racketeers who ran them worked hand-in-glove with a corrupt police force. In the late 1950s, though, the whole system came crashing down.

Your presenter will be writer and Portland Walking Tours guide and researcher – and native Portlander [so few of us!] – Joe Streckert.

The presentation begins at 7:30 p.m., doors at 7:00 p.m. (no cover!) – arrive early to grab a seat. The Jack London Bar features a full menu and bar – 21 and over only!

The Stumptown Stories series, geared to everyone who loves this city we live in, takes place most Tuesdays at Jack London bar.

Match Day: Portland Timbers vs. Columbus Crew (5-May-2012)

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Portland TimbersThe 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 match will be broadcast live on KPTV 12, Freedom 970, and La Pantera 940 AM.

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.

Match previews and intrigue

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.