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Weekend Amusements (June 17-19, 2011)

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Pedalpalooza 2011Pedalpalooza 2011

“Pedalpalooza is 2+ weeks of bikey fun. With 239 events, most organized by individuals, bikers of all persuasions are likely to find many events of interest. Nearly all events are free.”

Runs June 9-26. [more]

All weekend

Pride NorthwestPortland Pride Festival and Parade

Portland’s official LGBTQ Pride Parade and Festival, Portland Pride, takes place Friday, June 17 through 19, 2011. . .

The Portland Pride Parade takes place Sunday, June 19 – kicking off at 11:30pm.

The Waterfront Festival runs Friday though Sunday and features entertainers (schedule here), vendors, and more. [more]

Friday

Offbeat Belly DanceOffbeat 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, June 17, 2011, is no exception – the Offbeat Belly Dance collectives invites you to Offbeat Belly Dance! Fun! Fabulous! Freeee Show! ZOMG! [more]

Saturday

SCRAP Carnival 2011SCRAP Carnival

The 2011 SCRAP Carnival takes place Saturday, June 18 from 10am to 2pm at the SCRAP parking lot (2919 NE MLK Jr.).

The carnival features games, activities, prizes and food – kids of all ages are invited and welcome. [more]

Sunday

Portland TimbersPortland Timbers vs New York

The Portland Timbers (5-5-2) aim, once again, to regain form at home Sunday when Eastern Conference leading New York (5-6-2) make their Jeld-Wen field debut at 7pm.

New York leads the league in goals scored (24), lead by French superstar Thierry Henry with 7 in 11 games played. The Timbers have lost the last three matches, but played well last week (unfortunately lost the match in stoppage time). [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!

Match Day (11-June-2011): Portland Timbers vs. Colorado Rapids

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Portland TimbersThe Portland Timbers (5-5-2) face the defending champion Colorado Rapids (4-3-7) in their first MLS regular season re-match this evening at Jeld-Wen field.

The Rapids, you may recall, embarrassed the young and inexperienced Timbers 3-1 in the season opener for both teams on March 19 in Colorado. Since then, however, the Timbers have improved their play (and changed their lineup) dramatically. Colorado are unbeaten in the eight matches, but the last six have been draws.

Kickoff is at 7:30pm. If you can’t be there, watch on Root Sports, or listen on 750 AM The Game or La Pantera.

Match previews and intrigue

Weekend Amusements (June 10-12, 2011)

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Rose FestivalThe 2011 Rose Festival is in full swing – Fleet Week is upon us, the Grand Floral Parade takes place Saturday, and the Milk Carton Boat Races are Sunday.

Meanwhile beer and cider drinkers, bicyclists, and Timbers fans are also in for a treat this weekend – see below!

Ongoing

Pedalpalooza 2011Pedalpalooza 2011

“Pedalpalooza is 2+ weeks of bikey fun. With 239 events, most organized by individuals, bikers of all persuasions are likely to find many events of interest. Nearly all events are free.”

Runs June 9-26. [more]

Saturday-Sunday

Portland Fruit Beer FestivalPortland Fruit Beer Festival

“Fruit beers are the red-headed stepchild of craft beer, often overlooked by beer lovers because of preconceptions that they are sweet, boring, or artificially flavored. The first annual Portland Fruit Beer Festival aims to change all that and open minds to the strange and exotic possibilities that fruit beers can offer.” [more]

Saturday

Cider Summit PortlandCider Summit Portland

The inaugural Cider Summit Portland takes place Saturday, June 11, 2011 at Elizabeth Caruthers Park (3508 SW Moody) from 11am until 7pm.

The lineup features multiple ciders from two dozen cideries, including Oregon’s 2 Towns Ciderhouse, Wandering Aengus, Blue Mountain Cider Company, Bushwhacker (who will be demonstrating apple pressing at the event too!), Carlton Cyderworks, and EZ Orchards. [more]

Portland TimbersPortland Timbers vs Colorado

The Portland Timbers (5-4-2) aim to regain form at home Saturday when defending MLS champions Colorado (4-3-7) make their Jeld-Wen field debut.

Though the Timbers lost to Colorado to open the season, they’ve been strong at home and have a chance to get revenge. Colorado have played to draws the last five matches.

Sunday

Milk Carton Boat Race 2011Milk Carton Boat Races

The Westmoreland Park casting pond is the place to be on Sunday, June 12: the 2011 Milk Carton Boat Race kicks off at 11am!

My favorite Rose Festival event, I have not missed a race since the 2009 revival, and I won’t miss the 2011 spectacle either. [more]

Cirque du CyclingCirque Du Cycling

This year’s Cirque du Cycling takes place Sunday, June 12, 2011. A benefit for Albina Youth Opportunity School, it’s a street festival, a circus, a bike race and a parade on North Mississippi.

The Cirque features an art bike parade, a criterium-style street race, a cargo bike race, and a family ride. And to accompany the festivities? Exhibitors and a beer garden! [more]

PDX Urban WineriesPDX Urban Wineries Premiere

The PDX Urban Wineries Premiere takes place Sunday, June 12, 2011 at The Slate (2001 NW 19th) from 3pm to 6pm.

The PDX Urban Wineries, an association of wineries that are happy to be producing wine in the city of Portland, OR, are ENSO Winery, Grochau Cellars, Helioterra Wines, Hip Chicks Do Wine, Jan-Marc Wine Cellars, Ribbon Ridge Vineyard, Seven Bridges Winery, and the Vincent Wine Company. [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!

Match Day (29-May-2011): Portland Timbers vs. D.C. United

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Portland TimbersThe Portland Timbers (5-3-2) aim to remain undefeated at home in league play when D.C. United (3-4-3) visit today for an afternoon match.

The Timbers have not been scoring like they did the first two games at home, which they won 4-2 and 3-2. But their defense has improved dramatically: they’ve won the last three home games with 1-0 score lines. D.C. United are one of the most storied MLS franchises, but are coming off a 2010 season they would rather forget (in which they garnered a league low 22 points). They have a respectable record so far this year, but have only played four road games (today’s will be their first and only in May), and have been giving up lots of goals (18 in ten matches).

Kick off is at 2pm today at Jeld-Wen Field. Match will be broadcast live on KPDX 49, and you can listen at AM 750 or La Pantera 940 (ESP).

Match reviews and intrigue

Portland Memorial Day Weekend Amusements (2011)

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Lots of ways to enjoy the rain this holiday weekend!

Friday

Portland Art MuseumPortland Art Museum Free Day

Enjoy free admission to the Portland Art Museum on Friday, May 27, 2011 from 5pm until 8pm!

The museum offers free admission ever fourth Friday (5pm-8pm) of the month, so if you can’t make it this week, mark June 24, 2011 on your calendar! [more]

Fireworks!Rose Festival Fireworks Spectacular

The 2011 Rose Lighting Ceremony & Fireworks spectacular takes place Friday, May 27.

Festivities begin at 8pm at Tom McCall Waterfront Park with a special performance by the Curtis Salgado Band.

The Rose Lighting Ceremony takes place at 9:45pm, followed at 10pm by the one of the state’s largest fireworks displays. [more]

Saturday

John Gets WastedJOHN GETS WASTED’s World Premiere

ULTIMATE PORTLAND PREMIERE-Hollywood Theatre, May 28th, 7pm. This is it, kids, the real-deal premiere. 450 seats, a big-ass screen, beer. Several prominent local media people are already declaring this to be the movie event of the summer. [more]

Saturday-Sunday

Pee Wee's Big AdventureFleur de Lethal Cinematheque Presents: Pee Wee’s Big Adventure

The third annual Pee Wee’s BIG Weekend takes place Saturday and Sunday, May 28 and 29, 2011 at the Bagdad Theater (3702 SE Hawthorne).

Portlanders love certain things: “movies, beer and dressing in silly costumes to name a few. But the bicycle – oh the bicycle – how we love the bicycle!” [more]

Saturday-Monday

Multnomah County Fair - Bunnies!Multnomah County Fair

The 2011 Multnomah County Fair takes place on Memorial Day Weekend at Portland’s historic Oaks Park.

Seriously, don’t miss this! Heather and I had a blast at the 2010 fair – what’s not to like about red necks, funnel cakes, and award winning vegetables? And bunnies!? [more]

Sunday

Portland TimbersPortland Timbers vs DC United

The Portland Timbers (5-3-2) aim to remain undefeated at home in league play when D.C. United (3-4-3) visit today for an afternoon match.

The Timbers have not been scoring like they did the first two games at home, which they won 4-2 and 3-2. But their defense has improved dramatically: they’ve won the last three home games with 1-0 score lines. [more]

Portland Youth PhilharmonicPortland Youth Philharmonic Free Concert

America’s first youth orchestra, the Portland Youth Philharmonic, celebrates their 87th season with a free concert on Sunday, May 29, 2011.

The program features: Giuseppe Verdi’s Overture to La Forza del Destino; John Caughman’s Sinfonietta; Howard Hanson’s Fanfare for the Signal Corps; and, the showpiece, Howard Hanson’s Symphony No. 3. [more]

Monday

KBOO and Hall of RecordsKBOO’s Monday Sampler Live from Hall of Records

Join KBOO at Hall of Records (3342 SE Belmont) on Monday, May 30, 2011 from 2pm until 4pm for a special live remote broadcast of The Monday Sampler radio show hosted by Matthew Clark.

The Sexy Water Spiders will perform live during the broadcast, and from the Hall of Records tap, Hopworks‘ special KBOO IPA will be available. [more]

Witch of KodakeryHistory Pub

Trials and Triumphs of an Oregon Photographer: Myra Albert Wiggins 1869-1956, this month’s History Pub event , takes place Monday, May 30, 2011 at the Kennedy School (5736 NE 33rd) at 7pm.

“Carole Glauber’s book, Witch of Kodakery: The Photography of Myra Albert Wiggins, is the groundbreaking biography of Myra Albert Wiggins, the successful turn of the 20th-century Oregon photographer and painter with connections to New York photographer Alfred Stieglitz and the Photo-Secession.” [more]

Tuesday

Get back to work!

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!