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Portland's Keepin' It Weird again this Sunday with the 2011 Annual Mondo Croquet World Championships and Mad HatterPicnic. We asked organizer Stephen Peters a few questions about it last year and the answers are below.

Related Portland Events and Info:

• All Year: Our Portland Events Calendar & Ticket Giveaways
• July 28-31: Oregon Brewers Festival @ Portland Waterfront Park (Win Beer Package)
• July 31: Full Sail Backyard BBQ @ East Burn | All You Can Eat BBQ, Beers, Meet The Brewers
  
• July 30-31: Pool Party @ Blitz Pearl | Hurricanes, Prizes, Music
  
• July 29-31: Trail Blazers Street Jam & Intel AppUp Store | FREE (Win Netbook)

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From website:
Mondo Croquet 14th Annual World Championships
and Mad Hatter Picnic

High Noon, July 31st, 2011
NW Park Blocks | Portland – the park block at NW 8th and Everett
More info: mondocroquet.com

Q&A with Stephen Peters of Mondo Croquet

PDXP: Can you describe what Mondo Croquet is in a a couple sentences?
SP: Mondo Croquet – it’s croquet American style with bowling balls and sledgehammers! There’s nothing quite so satisfactory as smacking a bowling ball with a big mallet. We also hold the Mad Hatter picnic at the same.

PDXP: When did it start? Read the rest of this entry »

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2011 Update: Portland Greek Festival Pictures & 2011 Schedule | 15,000+ People, Food, Music, Dance

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The large annual Greek Festival in NE Portland isn’t until September 30th this year, but you can get a warmup this weekend in Beaverton at the Glendi Greek Fest. It’s free to enter and has all the things you love: food, drinks, music, dancing…more food.

Related: Our Portland Events Calendar & Ticket Giveaways

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From press release:
Glendi Greek Festival
Friday, July 29 @ 4-10 p.m.
Saturday, July 30 @ 11 a.m. – 10 p.m.
Sunday, July 31 @ Noon – 8 p.m.
FREE | All Ages
www.glendigreekfestival.com

St. John The Baptist Greek Orthodox Church
14485 Southwest Walker Road, in Beaverton

Celebrate community! Enjoy specialties from the world’s cuisines. Sip a cup of coffee in the Kafenion, raise a glass of wine or beer, and dance to the beat of the famous Greek Band, Odyssey! Hear Cappella Romana in live performance. Witness the beauty of a living liturgical tradition. Bring the kids for great entertainment and enter to win great prizes!

Visitors will purchase specialties from Greek, Ethiopian, and Read the rest of this entry »

By Will Conwell
FRIENDLY 3: Portland Timbers vs Club Athletico Independiente
Tuesday, July 26, 8:00 p.m. Streaming on PortlandTimbers.com
Previous match-up(s): None

Club Atletico Independiente of Argentina take on the Timbers tonight in a friendly match at Jeld-Wen Field. Independiente is part-way into their pre-season and are coming off a convincing 3-0 win over the Ventura County Fusion of the Premier Development League. Independiente are one of only two teams to have never been relegated from the Argentine first division (Boca Juniors are the other). They are also one of South America's most successful clubs, having won the Copa Libertadores seven times in addition to many other competitions.

The club's nickname, ¬Å“El Ray De Copas¬Â (¬Å“The King of Cups¬Â), will be put to the test against the Timbers whose most fervent supporters, the Timbers Army, have given them the nickname the ¬Å“King of Clubs¬Â.

The Timbers are coming off a hard 1-0 loss to the Columbus Crew and Read the rest of this entry »

The 2011 PDX Bridge Festival kicks off this Friday in NW Portland at TheSlate. With free admission, tons of music, performances, good food and beer, it is sure to be a big party.

Reminder: We give out 100s of $$$ in free tickets every week including to many of the top music and art venues in Portland. Join our email list if you like free stuff

Related: Our Portland Events Calendar & Ticket Giveaways

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From Press Release:
PDX Bridge Festival Kick-Off Party
July 29 |  6PM-Midnight | FREE
Website: pdxbridgefestival.org

TheSLate |  2001 NW 19th Ave
Portland, OR 97209 | (503) 575-7800

PDX Bridge Festival announces their kick-off Block Party event, to be held July 29, 2011. The Block Party, hosted by Scion at TheSlate, features live music on two stages, $3 pints from Lagunitas Brewing Company, food and craft vendors, and live art. The event is FREE and open to all ages!

Music abounds, and the indoor stage will feature Willamette Week’s Best New Band of 2011, And And And, joined by local favorites Wax Fingers, Housefire, Boy Eats Drum Machine and Solovox. In addition, the Block Party will host an outside performance area featuring local multi-cultural acts including Farafina Foly playing traditional drum rhythms of Mali, West Africa, and some of Portland’s favorite buskers, including Nuestro, Joy Now Foundation, Andrew Gorny, DUSU African Drums, and the Amazin’ Jerks.

The Block Party starts at 6pm and continues until midnight. All are invited to join the PDX Bridge Festival as it launches the 2011 Festival with music, art, food and beer – some of Portland’s favorite pleasures. TheSlate is located at 2001 NW 19th Ave. just north of NW Vaughn in the NW Industrial District of Portland. The site includes an incredible view of the Fremont Bridge that ties in well with the festival’s focus.

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From our sponsors at Groupon:
Portland Beer Day
Thursday, July 28
www.groupon.com/Portland

On July 28th, in honor of the Oregon Brewers Festival, Groupon is dedicating the Portland, OR page of their website to deals that spotlight Portland's brewing community.

Groupon will be featuring Portland's best breweries, restaurants, and beer bars while creating awareness and raising funds for the Glen Hay Falconer Brewing Scholarship. Groupon will donate $1 for each Groupon sold on July 28, 2011 up to $2,000 toward the scholarship fund.

The Glen Hay Falconer Foundation is a non-profit organization created to commemorate and celebrate the life, interests, and good works of Glen Hay, a well-loved and leading Northwest brewer. The mission of the Foundation is to contribute to the Northwest craft brewing community by providing opportunities for professional and aspiring brewers to further their knowledge and expertise. The Foundation is also Read the rest of this entry »