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Posted by Mike Harper

Oh Snap! Hear the Crackle of the PDX Pop Now! Fest! July 24-26

Summer is definitely the season of choice for music festivals. I could list them all on both hands and quickly run out of fingers to count on. Not to mention empty my bank account and go into debt attending all of them. But if there's one collection of music in one venue that you should go to this summer AND you're a broke child of Portland (like many of us are), PDX Pop Now! Fest is for you!

Three days worth of bands playing inside and outside stages at Rotture (rotture.com) in SE for free. Free! Make sure to take a break from The Oregon Brewers Festival (link to pipeline post?) and the Portland Zine Symposium (link to PZS post on pipeline) to come catch some of Portland's best bands!

Just a handful of what I'm looking forward to… Read the rest of this entry »

Are you tired of beer festivals in Portland? If so, then MOVE because we have another one starting Thursday and it is the biggest one yet.

Update: Oregon Brewers Festival Pictures | Daily Stank Image Bank

Related: Monthly Event List

From Oregon Brewers Festival:
22 years, 80+ beers and countless cheers — must be time for the Oregon Brewers Festival! The 22nd annual event will take place July 23-26 at Tom McCall Waterfront Park.

The Oregon Brewers Festival is one of the nation's longest running and best loved craft beer festivals. With a laid back attitude and scores of award-winning beers, the festival reflects the essence of the city of Portland. The festival provides an opportunity to sample and learn about a variety of craft beer styles from across the country. The event also features live music all four days, beer-related vendors, beer memorabilia displays, beer writers and publishers, homebrewing demonstrations, and an assortment of foods. The Crater Lake Root Beer Garden offers complimentary handcrafted root beer for minors and designated drivers.

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Posted by Kristen Imes

Time for Happy Hour… err… Lunch! – Slow Food Portland Happy Hour and Time for Lunch Campaign

With nearly 32% of children ages 2 to 19 considered obese or overweight, and 1 in 3 born since 2000 in jeopardy of developing diabetes in their life time, it is clear that nutritional reform is an absolute necessity for the sake of our children and their future — and this is exactly what the Slow Food movement would like to address. Cory Schreiber, the founder and former chef of Wildwood, and current Farm School coordinator for the Oregon Dept. of Agriculture, will be speaking about his program and the Time For Lunch campaign.

While sipping on beer and wine, learn about the Read the rest of this entry »

Needs more Dave Chappelle

Blazer Update

With summer league over, aside from a few Blazers (Greg Oden and Jerryd Bayless) scrimmaging with Team USA next week, we're looking at an uneventful lead up to training camp.

Summer League Boxscores:

Game 1 Blazers 87, Raptors 92
Game 2 Blazers 82, Rockets 87
Game 3 Blazers 93, Nuggets 111
Game 4 Blazers 91, Spurs 74
Game 5 Blazers 73, D-League Select 74

Jerryd Bayless, the only guy on the team that has played NBA basketball, continues to look like more of a shooting guard than a point guard. It's no secret that his focus this summer was on trying to be more of a pass first/pass second/score third guard… but it's now painfully obvious that it's just not there. Ben Golliver of BlazersEdge covered Saturday night's post game interview, where Jerryd decided that his  7 turnovers in 27 minutes should've been attached to somebody else:

The quote, Bayless, Pendergraph and Cunningham after the jump…

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Posted by Mike Harper

Jared Mees & The Grown Children are returning from their summer tour to lovely Stumptown with a show that should definitely cost more than six bucks! Honestly, I can't do much more than tell you to listen to these bands and you will come to this show. And for so cheap! $1 vegan corn dogs at Hungry Tiger Too can wait till next week! A night of dancing and folking like Portland kids should is what this is about.

Jared Mees & the Grown Children (http://www.myspace.com/jaredmees)
Story telling and sing-a-long folk, but not in that sappy way. More in a Neutral Milk Hotel/Bob Dylan/folk anthem kind of way. Come sing along! Read the rest of this entry »