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(We will be giving away a pair of tickets to this show and many other weekend events to our Portland Facebook Group on Thursday/Friday. Join it if you like free stuff.)

Serenity Now!!

Posted by Stephanie El-Hajj

June 27, 2009 – Portland's seen its fair share of crazy fans, but crazy fans supporting a great cause? Now that's novel. "Can't Stop the Serenity" is brought to you by Portland's own PDX Browncoats, a group of local fanatics dedicated to keeping the much loved, but short-lived Sci-fi show "Firefly" alive through annual charity screenings of the movie Serenity.

Since its inception in 2006, the Portland Serenity screening has raised over $28,000 for Equality Now, Joss Whedon's favored charity. And I say Portland because this charity screening is big, supported and duplicated by Firefly fans across the nation.

This year's celebration of Serenity differs from previous years, in that there are two screenings. The first is for tamer fans, those new to the series, and fans who wish to see Serenity in it's untarnished glory on the big screen. The second screening is for fans with a little Read the rest of this entry »

Update: 2010 – Many Portland July 4th Weekend Events: Fireworks, Music, Parties

July 4th is right around the corner and it is time to make plans. Last year the 4th was on Friday, which is good. This year it is on a Saturday, which is even better. There will be many events going on that day and we will have a large list the Thursday before. But for now, here are a few possibilities:

First time to the Pipeline? Read more about us here: Pipeline Posse

Also, check out our guide to Portland Happy Hours, Bars, Food & More

Related Posts/Events:

• July 4: Where to Watch Fireworks on July Fourth in Portland | Many Suggestions
• 75+ Portland Weekend Events & Parties + Free Tickets | July 2-5
• July Concerts in the Park: Portland Summer Concert Series (2009)
• 2009 Portland Blues Festival: The Blues Cruise (Video)

Reminder: Also, we give out free tickets every week to our Portland Facebook Group including to many of the top music and art venues in Portland. Join it if you like free stuff.

• Portland Blues Festival: Big Sam's Funky Nation and: Bonerama, Storm Large, March Fourth Marching Band, Harmonica Blow-Off, and a lot more…full list here. Portland Blues Festival Cruise info here but sold out on July 4 :(
• Watch fireworks at Oaks Park: Annual 4th of July Celebration. Gates open at 10 am, rides start at noon. All picnic spaces are Read the rest of this entry »

Woah. This Saturday was already shaping up nicely with the Roller Derby championships and a sweet concert at Doug Fir. Yet, KPSU has figured out a way to take it up a notch with pole dancing (read below), Rock Band tournament and a ton of great music in Pioneer Square. It will be hard to pass this up just for the pictures alone. Oh, and it is all FREE.

From Press Release:

On Saturday June 27th KPSU, Portland's College Radio station, is shanghaiing downtown Portland from 10 AM – 10 PM in celebration of 15 years of excellent radio! This all day festival will take place in the downtown Pioneer Courthouse Square!

MUSIC and other info after the break… Read the rest of this entry »

(Pipeline is giving away 2 pairs of tickets to the Rose City Rollers championship. VIP TICKETS! FREE BEER. Details at the bottom)

"I sincerely wish our opponents the best of luck, as they will surely need it.  We are settling for nothing short of first place this season."

-Layla Smackdown, Captain of the High Rollers
How to Give a Beating in Skates and Spandex: the Countdown to PDX Roller Derby Victory by Stephanie El-Hajj

From Press Release:

• High Rollers and Breakneck Betties Skate for Championship Title
• Guns N Rollers, Heartless Heathers Brawl for Third Place

The Rose City Rollers are lacing up and training hard for the highest-stakes bout of Season 4 — the championships on June 27! After a nail-biting semi-finals match, the victorious Read the rest of this entry »

(We gots TICKETS to giveaway. Look at bottom of post for details.)

Related: Best Portland Music Venues

March 16, 2009 By Christine Taylor

Review: Super XX Man Swept Me Away | Mississippi Studios

Last Friday night, Super XX Man (pronounced "super double ex man") played a fantastic show at the nice and newly reopened Mississippi Studios. However it made me question the Portland music scene a little. How is it a band this good could have under 50 people in attendance in a city famed for it music followers? Granted it was cold outside, and the new venue is a bit crisp, but Scott Garred is a seasoned Indie-folk songwriter with at least 12 LP's under his wings (all of which are good and you can listen to at www.superxxman.com).

His voice is reminiscent of the The Violent Femmes' continue review

From Press Release:

The Old Believers, A Weather, Super XX Man & Hello Damascus

The Old Believers

From OPB:
Alaska natives but now calling Portland home as much as anywhere, The Old Believers (Nelson Kempf and Keeley Boyle) released Eight Golden Greats earlier this summer (08). As impressive as the marriage of old and new sounds on the self-produced album is, it's even more so when one considers that neither member of the band can legally get a drink in many of the venues they play. The Old Believers' age, in other words, belies the experience their sound suggests as they take on influences covering decades.

From Willamette Week Best New Band 09:

This pedigreed collective is currently at work on the Old Believers' debut full-length. As yet untitled, the LP is slated for a late-2009 release Read the rest of this entry »

Model: Gloria Holer
Photography by: Christine Taylor www.happyplayground.com
Location: Portland, Oregon

Featuring Gloria Holer of local performance band Hotter Than a Crotch, raging rock-n-roll that will break your heart, playing tonight at Plan B. They will be, “Ripping the scene in two with the Slutty Hearts, and the Naughty Things (visiting from Tempe Arizona)“.

More after the break (possibly NSFW)… Read the rest of this entry »