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Ticket Giveaway: Portland Timbers vs. Toronto FC (July 30, 2011)

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UPDATE: The contest is over . . . the winner has been contacted – thanks for playing!

Portland TimbersThe Portland Timbers host Toronto FC at Jeld-Wen Field on Saturday, July 30, 2011 at 8pm. And Dave Knows is giving away a pair of tickets to the match!

The seats are in section 117 – not the Timbers Army section mind you – but rather in the west stands with a great view of the field. Two All Zone All Day TriMet bus tickets are included!

To Enter: Who is your favorite 2011 Portland Timbers player? Leave a comment below with your answer.

The Winner: The winner will be selected in a random drawing of all valid entries* on Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at 5pm.

*The Timbers player you select does not have to be on the currently active roster, but must be on or have been on the roster this season (so Adam Moffat and Ryan Pore, for example, are valid entries).

A valid email address must be provided in the appropriate field below so that I can contact you if you win. You do not, however, have to give a real name, and you can leave the Website field blank. I will not use the email address for anything except contacting the winner. The winner will be contacted by email and ticket delivery arrangements must be made before noon on Wednesday, July 27, or the tickets will be given to someone else – so make sure to check your email!

One entry per person please!

Don’t fret if your comment does not show up immediately – for various reasons some comments go into moderation, but I will attempt to approve them promptly!

Kick Ass Oregon History: Chinatown Special Edition Part 3

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Update: Don’t miss the Kick Ass Oregon History presentation Portland’s Chinatown – the Gambling, the Girls, the Opium at The Jack London Bar (529 SW 4th – in the basement of the Rialto) on Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at 7:30pm!

Kick Ass Oregon History: Chinatown Special EditionKick Ass Oregon History is the latest series of podcasts from the enthusiastic historians behind ORHistory.com.

Part 3 (out of 4) of the Chinatown Special Edition has just dropped!

Chinatown Special Edition Part 3, In which we learn that, in Portland’s Chinatown, if you want to kiss a Wookie, that can be arranged.

Chinatown Special Edition Part 2, In which we learn that the possibility of successfully navigating Chinatown is approximately 3,720 to 1.

Listen to part 1 here:
Chinatown Special Edition Part 1, In which we learn that Portland’s Historic Chinatown was once a hive of scum and villainy.

The previous episodes:

The brains behind this project are the crack hustlers of Oregon History Doug Kenck-Crispin and Andy Lindberg. Doug is a graduate student studying Public History and Pacific Northwest History at PSU, and Andy, though a Portland native, is currently working as an actor in New York City. Doug does most of the research and writing for the podcasts with input from Andy, who voices the broadcasts with a thespian’s flair.

With the Kick Ass Oregon History podcast they plan to cover just the good stuff: Sex, Drugs, Rock and Roll and Earth Shattering, Devastating Destruction.

Ultimately, our goal is to take Oregon History out of the hallowed halls of the academy, get folks excited and enthused about this shared history, and get them out into the state, digging it and experiencing it. Get them to embrace it, and get their boots muddy in the process. It’s all OUR History; nobody owns it.

Visit ORHistory.com and stay tuned to @Oregon_History on Twitter for further details on specific episodes and the series.

Kick Ass Oregon History: Chinatown Special Edition Part 2

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Kick Ass Oregon History: Chinatown Special EditionKick Ass Oregon History is the latest series of podcasts from the enthusiastic historians behind ORHistory.com.

Part 2 (out of 4) of the Chinatown Special Edition has just dropped!

Chinatown Special Edition Part 2, In which we learn that the possibility of successfully navigating Chinatown is approximately 3,720 to 1.

Listen to part 1 here:
Chinatown Special Edition Part 1, In which we learn that Portland’s Historic Chinatown was once a hive of scum and villainy.

The previous episodes:

The brains behind this project are the crack hustlers of Oregon History Doug Kenck-Crispin and Andy Lindberg. Doug is a graduate student studying Public History and Pacific Northwest History at PSU, and Andy, though a Portland native, is currently working as an actor in New York City. Doug does most of the research and writing for the podcasts with input from Andy, who voices the broadcasts with a thespian’s flair.

With the Kick Ass Oregon History podcast they plan to cover just the good stuff: Sex, Drugs, Rock and Roll and Earth Shattering, Devastating Destruction.

Ultimately, our goal is to take Oregon History out of the hallowed halls of the academy, get folks excited and enthused about this shared history, and get them out into the state, digging it and experiencing it. Get them to embrace it, and get their boots muddy in the process. It’s all OUR History; nobody owns it.

Visit ORHistory.com and stay tuned to @Oregon_History on Twitter for further details on specific episodes and the series.

Kick Ass Oregon History: Chinatown Special Edition Part 1

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Kick Ass Oregon History: Chinatown Special Edition Part 1Kick Ass Oregon History is the latest series of podcasts from the enthusiastic historians behind ORHistory.com.

The newest episode has dropped:

Chinatown Special Edition Part 1, In which we learn that Portland’s Historic Chinatown was once a hive of scum and villainy.

The previous episodes:

The brains behind this project are the crack hustlers of Oregon History Doug Kenck-Crispin and Andy Lindberg. Doug is a graduate student studying Public History and Pacific Northwest History at PSU, and Andy, though a Portland native, is currently working as an actor in New York City. Doug does most of the research and writing for the podcasts with input from Andy, who voices the broadcasts with a thespian’s flair.

With the Kick Ass Oregon History podcast they plan to cover just the good stuff: Sex, Drugs, Rock and Roll and Earth Shattering, Devastating Destruction.

Ultimately, our goal is to take Oregon History out of the hallowed halls of the academy, get folks excited and enthused about this shared history, and get them out into the state, digging it and experiencing it. Get them to embrace it, and get their boots muddy in the process. It’s all OUR History; nobody owns it.

Visit ORHistory.com and stay tuned to @Oregon_History on Twitter for further details on specific episodes and the series.

Dave Knows Turns 4!

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Dave Knows Turns 4 - rocking the birthday hat Unicorn-style!Dave Knows Portland was launched four years ago today – that was one thousand, nine hundred, and thirteen posts ago!

That first post was about beer, which was a harbinger of things to come – the most popular blog post categories over the years (and I’m still not bored of them) are beer, the Timbers, and festival. But I’ve written about everything from eating contests to Canada too. A few categories have actually spawned their own websites – as long time readers know, I’m obsessed with quite fond of poutine, which I now blog about at Portland Poutine. More recently I launched Portland Soccer Bars and TriMet Diaries.

But ultimately, Dave Knows Portland is my home. Heck, I don’t actually live in Portland right now, but I’m still (healthily?) obsessed with what’s going in Portland – both to benefit you, my dear reader, and myself – for I’m still spending a lot of time in Portland (almost every other weekend it seems).

But ultimately on the occasion of the fourth birthday of this blog, I would like to thank you – for making it worth writing.

Thanks for reading, commenting, linking, and lurking – there’d be no point without you!