Video & Pictures: Oregon Zoo’s Samudra The Elephant Turns 3 Tomorrow


Samudra The Elephant
Oregon Zoo | SW Portland

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New Belgium Stories @ The Goodfoot | Win A Fat Tire Cruiser, Beer, Free Pool

From our sponsors at The Goodfoot:
Fat Tire Cruiser @ The GoodfootCome down to The Goodfoot (2845 SE Stark Street) on Tuesday, August 23 between 9 and 11 p.m. for a chance to win a Fat Tire Cruiser Bike from New Belgium Brewing.

Tell your New Belgium story to a Fat Tire representative and be automatically entered to win this sweet cruiser. The raffle and cycle ceremony will be held on Tuesday, August 30 at 11 p.m. Thank you for supporting alternative transportation and Celebrating Fat Tire’s 20th Anniversary.

The Goodfoot also has free pool all summer long and just re-felted their tables. Come down for beer, stories and some eight ball.

Daniel Johnston Free Portland Concert @ Wieden+Kennedy This Thursday

As we posted earlier in the month for the Daniel Johnston art show at w+k, the free concert takes place this Thursday. It’s going to be packed for sure, so get there early if you want to get in…maybe camp out even.

Related: Portland First Thursday: Daniel Johnston Art Show @ Wieden + Kennedy & FREE Concert

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

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From press release:
Free Daniel Jonston Concert @ Wieden+Kennedy This Thursday | NW PortlandDaniel Johnston Live Gallery Performance
Thursday, August 25 | 6:00-6:30 PM
Wieden+Kennedy | 224 NW 13 Avenue | Portland, Oregon 97209

Wieden+Kennedy is pleased to host a live, intimate gallery performance by Daniel Johnston on Thursday, August 25, from 6:00 - 6:30 pm.

Daniel Johnston - singer, songwriter, musician and artist - has spent the last 30-years exposing his heartrending talks of unrequited love, cosmic mishaps and existential torment to an ever-growing international audience.

The performance is free and open to the public, and celebrates the culmination of the month-long Daniel Johnston Art Show, ¬Å“Space Ducks: An Infinite Comic Book of Musical Greatness,¬Â which includes work from his upcoming comic graphic novel comic book as well as selections of his most popular previous work.

The gallery performance also coincides with the re-launch of Daniel Johnston's popular hihowareyou.com website, produced byWieden+ Kennedy Entertainment.

We encourage anyone to come early to view the gallery, followed by the performance. Hope to see you here!

 

2011 Oregon Ducks Football Specials, Full Game Encores, Chip Kelly Show, & Watch 2010 Games This Week

We are less than two weeks away from college football season, and Comcast started their Oregon Ducks football coverage this morning with a replay of the 2010 beat-down against the “mighty” Washington State Cougars (final score 43-23).

We posted a couple weeks back where to watch the September 3rd Oregon Ducks vs LSU Tigers game online and in Portland, and below is information on where to watch every game from last season, plus specials to get you ready for this season.

Beavers, don’t get upset…I went to Portland State (defeated 69-0 last year by the Ducks). ;)

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 From Comcast Press Release:
Oregon Fans Can Find Ducks, Ducks and More Ducks on Comcast SportsNet and CSNNW.com

Comcast SportsNet Northwest, home for Northwest sports television, today announced two brand new Ducks and Pac-12 focused football shows, Talkin' Ducks and CSN Game Day, and extensive Ducks football programming leading into opening weekend and throughout the season. Details of Comcast SportsNet's Ducks programming are below:

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Stumptown Stories @ Rialto | Story of Dr. Marie Equi, PDX Suffragist

From our sponsors at Rialto:
Stumptown Stories Marie Equi @ RialtoStumptown Stories: The Stormy Petrel of Portland
Tuesday, August 23
7:30-10:30 p.m. | FREE | 21+
Facebook Event

Rialto Poolroom Bar & Cafe

401 SW Alder Street
rialtopoolroom.com

Among the many fascinating people in Portland's Progressive Era history, Dr. Marie Equi stands out. She was a suffragist, an advocate for labor rights, and a vocal political agitator against World War I, imperialism, and profiteering.

As a medical doctor, she treated women and children in the Portland working-class neighborhoods-often for free-and was one of the few Portland physicians to provide birth control and abortions. She was also openly gay-a fact that came up in her indictment by the federal government Read the rest of this entry »