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June 25-27: Organic Beer, Scandinavian Midsummer, Sunday Parkways, and the Timbers

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Friday-Sunday


NAOBFNorth American Organic Brewers Festival 2010

The 6th annual North American Organic Brewers Festival takes place this Friday through Sunday, June 25th through 27th, at Overlook Park (Yellow Line will take you right there!).

This is my favorite summer brewers festival. It does not (yet . . .) get nearly as crowded as the Big One, and it’s not as expensive as the Pearl One. And so far (this will be the 6th NAOBF) the crowds aren’t nearly as obnoxious. [more]

Saturday

Scandinavian Midsummer Festival 2010

The 82nd annual Scandinavian Heritage Foundation Midsummer Festival takes place this Saturday, June 26th at the German American Cultural Center (7901 SE Division). Karelian Folk Ensemble will all be there [more]

Sunday

Sunday ParkwaysNorth Portland Sunday Parkways

The second Sunday Parkways of 2010 takes place this Sunday, June 27th in North Portland.

This is an opportunity to spend a pleasant summery Sunday morning and afternoon (10am to 3pm) winding your way on bike or foot through the mostly residential, car free, streets of North Portland. The routes take you from one park to the next, where you can check out the vendors and demonstrations, or just sit down and relax. For this week’s event, the parks include Peninsula, Arbor Lodge, Kenton, Trenton, and the Willamette Bluff. [more]

TimbersPortland Timbers vs Tampa Bay Rowdies

The FC Tampa Bay Rowdies make their inaugural trip to Portland this Sunday, June 27th to take on the Portland Timbers at PGE Park. Kick off is an early 5pm.

The Timbers are coming off their league first road win in a long time, last Saturday at Minnesota. The Timber also beat the Kitsap Pumas this week in a US Open Cup match. The Seattle Flounders visit Portland next Wednesday, June 30th in a third round matchup.

June 27: North Portland Sunday Parkways

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Sunday ParkwaysThe second Sunday Parkways of 2010 takes place this Sunday, June 27th in North Portland.

This is an opportunity to spend a pleasant summery Sunday morning and afternoon (10am to 3pm) winding your way on bike or foot through the mostly residential, car free, streets of North Portland. The routes take you from one park to the next, where you can check out the vendors and demonstrations, or just sit down and relax. For this week’s event, the parks include Peninsula, Arbor Lodge, Kenton, Trenton, and the Willamette Bluff.

North Portland Sunday Parkways

(click map to download in PDF format.)

Heather and I missed the first one this year, but we’ve participated in two Portland Sunday Parkways – we walked the very first one in North Portland in 2008, and last year we rode bikes in the Southeast Portland event. We plan to take part this Sunday!

June 19, 20: Sweet Cakes, Long Journey: A Walking Tour of Portland’s Chinatown

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Sweet Cakes, Long JourneyJoin the Dill Pickle Club on either Saturday, June 19th or Sunday June 20th for Sweet Cakes, Long Journey: A Walking Tour of Portland’s Chinatown.

The tours offer a unique opportunity to learn about the neighborhood through its architecture, oral history and little-known cultural heritage. A rare lecture by visiting scholar Dr. Marie Rose Wong offers a broader sociological and historical view of the area.

Highlighting many of Chinatown’s lesser known landmarks, the walk encompasses Yat Sing Music Club, New Market Theater, historic Chinese association buildings, as well as the original Chinatown on the south side of Burnside. Along the route, elders will meet the tour to share their memories. The walk will stop at sites more familiar to most, including Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association, Portland’s Chinatown gate and Lan Su Chinese Garden.

The Saturday tour goes from 3pm to 6pm, and the Sunday tour 2pm-5pm. Tickets are $15 ($10 for members). Visit the club’s events page for information on how to get tickets.

Here’s a preview:

Preview of Sweet Cakes, Long Journey: A Walking Tour of Portland’s Chinatown from dill pickle club on Vimeo.

The Dill Pickle Club is a Portland creative cultural club, which organizes educational tours, lectures, and publications. For more information visit the website, and consider becoming a member.

Portland Chinatown Gate photo (only visible when post is “featured”, or as thumbnail on front page), by user Cacophony at Wikimedia Commons.

June 11-13: Used Books Fair, Cirque du Cycling, Soccer, and Milk Carton Boat Races

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Friday-Saturday

Rose City Used Book Fair2010 Rose City Used Book Fair

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. Over thirty exhibitors will be displaying and selling used books, bargain books, collectible books, prints, and ephemera. In addition experts will be on hand for appraisals, several seminars are scheduled, and there will be door prizes. [more]

Saturday

TimbersUSA vs. England World Cup Match, Timbers MLS Crest Unveiling

The World Cup match will be shown on one of those big ass truck-portable TVs used for these sorts of events, there will be a beer garden and at halftime the Timbers will reveal the new Timbers MLS logo (view the video clues on the TimberFC YouTube channel). [more]

Cirque du Cycling

Cirque du Cycling

As if there wasn’t already enough to do on Saturday, June 12th, the 2010 Cirque du Cycling takes place on North Mississippi Avenue, from 11am until 7pm.

The Cirque is a street festival, a circus, a bike race and a parade – and a benefit for Albina Youth Opportunity School. [more]

Sunday

Milk Carton Boat Races 20102010 Milk Carton Boat Races

My favorite Rose Festival affiliated event, the Milk Carton Boat Races, takes place this Sunday, June 13th at the casting pond in Westmoreland Park. Races begin at 11am.

Heather and I, with our friends Katie and Justin, attended last year’s event. I was disappointed there was no beer garden, but the event sponsors, the Dairy Farmers of Oregon, did hand out a bunch of freebies, including root beer floats! [more]

June 7: Fleet Week Ends, Morning Commute Sucks

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Rose FestivalThe 2010 Rose Festival Fleet Week ends today, which means another Raising and Lowering of the Bridges.

From 5:30am until 11am today, Monday June 7, the Burnside, Steel, and Broadway bridges will be opening up periodically to let the ships from the United States Navy and Coast Guard, and the Canadian Maritime Forces depart our fair city.

The departure schedule, via OregonLive:

  • 5:30 a.m.: USS Sampson
  • 6 a.m.: USS Bunker Hill
  • 7 a.m.: USCGC Blue Shark
  • 9 a.m.: HMCS FFH; USCGC FIR; USCGC Triumph; USCGC Alert
  • 11 a.m.: USCGC Henry Blake; USCGC Bluebell