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I went to one of these rooftop screenings a couple years back, and it is a lot of fun. From what I see now, they have greatly expanded the offerings (both in food/drink and now music!). This picture is from the email I received. I took a couple pics myself. Together, they prove it is a difficult task to take pics at this event. If you have one better, let me know.

Info from Jessica at Northwest Film:

JULY 31 THUR 8 PM
HOT RODS TO HELL
US 1967
DIRECTOR: JOHN BRAHM
“Call them punks…call them animals…but you better get out of their way!” Impotent Dad (Dana Andrews) decides on a career change that takes his emasculating, supportive wife (Jeanne Crain), their jailbait daughter, and pre-pubescent son on a cross-country road trip to a new beginning as moteliers in California. But said daughter turns the eyes and pistons of a gang of hot rod hoodlums bent on terrorizing the family and neutering its patriarch. (92 mins.)

MUSIC: THE RAINY STATES

The evenings begin at 8pm with live local music and refreshments. The screenings start at dusk-around 9pm depending on the light. Top Down is sponsored by the Hotel deLuxe, Willamette Week, ZipCar, 94/7FM Alternative Portland, KPSU Portland's College Radio, TAZO and Sierra Nevada Brewing.

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Not quite, but according to Jonathan at BikePortland, there is more movement in that direction. I think it is a great idea and if the city can't officially make it happen (yet), then this community-style experiment is a good start.

Excerpt from BikePortland:

Dingo

Johannesson also has a creative idea for dealing with any cars that do choose to drive down the street. He'll put Alberta's famous clowns to work, ferrying cars through the pedestrian traffic with tall bikes.

"I'm working with Dingo the Clown and he's going to bring in his tall bikes and pilot the few cars left over down the street." Read More…

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From Marshall:

Last year, an art show called “Thirty!” brought out crowds that lined up around the block waiting to get in to a standing-room-only space to see 900 small paintings created by local Portland artists. In the four-hour opening, over 700 of the paintings were sold – that's almost three paintings per minute throughout the course of opening night. This year brings the sequel, titled “Thirty One!”. Thirty one local artists have thirty one days to create thirty one paintings, apiece. The result: 931 small (7″ X 7″) original panels on sale for $31 apiece, and 31 larger paintings up for silent auction.

This is all happening on Friday, August 1 at OM Tradition Arts – 14 NE 10th Ave @ E. Burnside, right here in Portland.

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Photo by MisterSqueeze, click here for more

A message from Adam at Destroy Store:

Hey Guys.

It seems like it's been forever since we've done one of these considering we took off the last First Friday, but I promise you, we are coming back stronger than ever with the upcoming show this Friday. So we're making up for last month by bringing you guys two artists. Jason Graham and the incredible Mona Superhero. Jason is one of those guys that possess the natural born talent to grab a pen and create the most intricate illustrations I can only dream of being able to create. Mona Superhero on the other hand is not only and amazing designer but also the most patient person on the planet. Her work is all created out of tape. Yeah, I said it, TAPE. The most intricate cut pieces of tape. There is nobody I have been more excited to showcase here at the store and to be honest, it is a true honor.

So come out to the store this Friday and see their work for yourself. And if you are lucky, actually buy something. This is one not to be missed. Details:

When: Friday August 1st. 7-10 PM
Where: The Destroy Store 1712 E. Burnside Portland

Artwork by Jason Graham + Mona Superhero
Clothing by Destroy
BEER COMPLIMENTS OF WIDMER BROTHERS
DJ sets by Infamous 1

Adam
The Destroy Store

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“Wu Tang will survive.” Someone should ask this man how he found this.

From Dan of Grindhouse:

On Saturday July 26th only at 7:45 at the Hollywood Theatre, The Grindhouse Film Festival presents an incredibly rare 35mm screening of SHAOLIN VS. WU TANG!

SHAOLIN VS. WU TANG (1981) It's Shaolin shadow boxing vs. Wu Tang sword style in this kung fu classic!  An evil lord murders a Wu Tang master in an attempt to turn the Shaolin and Wu Tang against each other.  The two schools each begin training to prepare for a showdown while the villainous lord attempts to combine the two styles to become the supreme kung fu master.  This is old school kung fu at its best, filled with excellent fight scenes, strange training sequences, martial arts weaponry, and an opening credit sequence that alone is worth the price of admission.  Starring and directed by Shaw Brothers superstar Gordon Liu (36TH CHAMBER OF SHAOLIN) with fight choreography by the great Lau Kar Leung.

I recently discovered this 35mm print buried in an old film vault, long forgotten.  The print is in perfect condition and had never been run through a projector.  Until now, this movie has only survived on poor quality butchered bootleg video.  Don't miss this!

PLUS: 35mm Kung Fu trailers!  We'll also be giving away a vinyl copy of the Wu Tang Clan's initial album "Enter the Wu Tang (36 Chambers)" which heavily samples this movie, courtesy of Jackpot Records.  For more information and advance tickets: www.grindhousefilmfest.com  The Grindhouse Film Festival is an independent production, not associated with the Hollywood Theatre.

Just like last year, the  MeetinPortland (MIPL) people are having a “Running of the Bullshitters” party tomorrow starting at North45 Pub. It's not quite Spain, but you also won't get gored. Here are the rules and this year's agenda:

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Photo by Javier Sesma- copyright 2007

Come celebrate this years' Festival of St. Fermin (http://www.sanfermin.com/) Portland style. Your Mipl Hosts will be Capn Ed, Will, Mike, Shannon, Todd (only for a bit) and our new Toros, Ron & Lisa B. We will be dressed as bulls. We have chosen a route that will require no more time than 10 minutes bar-bar even walking, but beware of the Bulls. We will kick this off at North 45 starting at 5:30pm.

The Rules:

1) First and foremost…. This will be a high visibility event in the heart of downtown Portland. Read the rest of this entry »

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2011 Update: Sand In The City Pictures & 2011 Info | Over 350 Sand Sculptors, Pioneer Square

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Yoshida’s Sand in the City is one of the best summer events in Pioneer Square. It brings out creatives from some of Portland’s great companies, and all for a good cause–Kids on the Block.

Greg Oden Sculpture, Sand in the City

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Info from Kids on the Block:

As the premier fundraising event for Kids on the Block, Yoshida’s Sand in the City brings the beach to downtown Portland. In just six hours, sand teams and architects transform over 450 tons of sand and 4,500 gallons of water into magnificent sand sculptures!

Here are pictures I took at last year’s Sand in the City.
Click Thumbnails to see different sizes.

Friday, July 18th 10-9pm
Saturday, July 19th 10-9pm
Sunday, July 20th 10-4pm

The Kids of Widney High are on their West Coast Tour and will be in Portland tomorrow performing at Backspace. Before that performance, they will be at Floating World.

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Message/Press Release from Jason of Floating World:

This very special tour—the first time that many of the Kids, all coming from poverty-stricken families, have had an opportunity to do any kind of traveling outside of Los Angeles—will be completely documented by a film crew that has been chronicling the Kids for the better part of the last decade. This tour will be the culmination of such documentation, with a feature documentary about the Kids set for release later this year.

For the first time over their rise to international underground fame, the KIDS OF WIDNEY HIGH are embarking on a full-fledged tour up the West Coast. Based out of Los Angeles, CA, the world-famous KIDS OF WIDNEY HIGH are a group of young adults with developmental disabilities who write, record, and produce their own unique brand of rock music.

Compared in the past to Daniel Johnston and Wesley Willis, the Kids have four albums out to date, have been covered by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, the Aquabats, and Osaka Popstar (comprised of members of the Ramones, the Misfits, and Black Flag), and have worked closely with such musical luminaries as Mike Patton (Faith No More, Mr. Bungle) and rock legend Jackson Browne. They were also prominently featured in the hit comedy THE RINGER alongside Johnny Knoxville and Katherine Heigl. Read the rest of this entry »

Keen footwear is putting on a festival in Pioneer Courthouse Square to celebrate its Stand Environmental contest. Good for Keen putting up $75,000 for this contest and now putting on this part to promote the cause of sustainability. Oh, and they are giving away free gear! Also, interested to see what the “HybridLife Lounge” is.

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Info from Keen:

Date: July 12, 2008
Time: 12pm – 4pm
Place: Pioneer Courthouse Square in downtown Portland, OR

You bike to work. Take mass transit to the game. And recycle everything you can get your hands on. Join KEEN in celebrating the winners of our STAND contest and be inspired by the little and big ways people like you are taking a STAND on sustainability every day.

Activities:

• Listen to Japanese jam band, Dachambo
• Make sustainable art with Gravity Free and SCRAP
• Meet Seth Warren as he presents his Elements Tour
• Bring the kiddies to the Mudeye Recycled Puppet Show
• Be refreshed in the Widmer Forest Park beer garden
• Win FREE gear from KEEN in the HybridLife Lounge!

Pasha is self-taught, proving again how a tool can transcend its definition. Her lens penetrates the surface of her subjects like a razor-sharp scalpel, revealing a staggering depth of emotion, transforming both what is photographed as well as those who view the finished work.  Born on a kitchen table from the womb of a self-proclaimed gypsy, Pasha is not a woman who will be tethered to a single space or a single way of being defined. With a seemingly limitless comfort zone she teases an immeasurable frankness and connection from what falls within the grasp of her shutter.

The honesty is arresting to the eyes, and seizes into whimsy. Pasha's portfolio includes ad campaigns for such Portland area mainstays as Bishop's Barbershop and Voodoo Donut. May they be photographs enticing an onlooker to purchase a product, or shots revealing the body's splendor in the throes of late term pregnancy, her work is as diverse as it is striking.

Through her photography she captures the essence of what is seemingly ephemeral and unfathomable within the realm of words. Her photographs speak a language all their own.

Q - If you couldn't be a photographer, what would you do for a living?

Pasha – I could do just about anything if I loved it. I was not raised in a “normal” way and so I've never enrolled in an institution that gave me any sort of certificate of ability. In other words, I'm technically completely uneducated. I went to the school of life. I was born in a small town on the kitchen table to a woman who fancied herself a gypsy. After she wandered back and forth across a few lands with me in tow for about 13 years, I went out on my own. Read the rest of this entry »