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We are giving away a pair of tickets ($36) to the Nearly New Year’s show featuring Floater happening 9pm December 30th at the Crystal Ballroom. To win, comment on this post why you would like to attend. Winner will be drawn and emailed on the morning of Monday, December 26th.

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 our sponsors:
Nearly New Year’s: Floater
December 30, 2011
Doors @ 8pm / Show @ 9 | Tickets $16 in advance / $18 day of show

The Crystal Ballroom
1332 West Burnside Street Portland, OR 97209
(503) 225-0047 | More Info/Tickets: mcmenamins.com/Nearly-New-Years

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Portland-by-way-of-Eugene, Oregon trio Floater deliver their best album to date with “Wake,” their eighth studio album. Writing more sophisticated, well-crafted songs with each release, “Wake” (Typhon Records) delivers a twelve-track collection of melodic, pop-laden psychedelic guitar-rock decked out in chunky guitar riffs, primal drumming, and soaring vocals.

Consisting of front man/bassist Rob Wynia, guitarist Dave Amador, and drummer Pete Cornett, Floater’s Northwest roots are rich and firmly planted, helping to account for the fact that they are one of the region’s top-drawing acts, and continue to draw new crowds in each of their developing markets. Read the rest of this entry »

From our sponsors at Mt Tabor Theater:
A Very Zombie Christmas
December 16, 2011 | 8:00pm | $10 | 21+

Mt Tabor Theater
4811 SE Hawthorne Boulevard Portland, OR 97215
(503) 360-1450

More Info: http://thetabor.com/

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Do you enjoy Christmas? What about live music? And zombies? Well, if you like all three, experience this one-of-a-kind event that molds all three together into one wild night! Rock to the music of Wild Dogs, Madame Torment and Toxic Zombie as they prepare you for the fat man’s visit. Show up in your best zombie costume to win prizes!

Bring a new unwrapped toy or stuffed animal for a child in need and receive a free raffle ticket to win prizes!

From our sponsors at Bossanova Ballroom:
Christmas Vacation Viewing
December 14, 2011 8:00pm | FREE | 21+

Bossanova Ballroom
722 East Burnside

Circle next Wednesday, December the 14th on your calendar for chaunchy sweaters, Hot Toddies, Chevy Chase, and a viewing of National Lampoons Christmas Vacation at The Bossanova Ballroom! Free Admission. Show up around 6:30-7:00 to grab a seat, have a drink and play pool. Movie will start around 8:00pm.

Your Christmas Vacation movie viewing checklist:

-Your favorite ugly Christmas sweater
-Food of choice (pizza available at the show)
-Alcoholic beverage
-This movie is always on TV… so it has to be free to watch (free admission)
-21+ (sorry – no minors)

Feel free to invite friends & family to view this Holiday classic!

The Jack London Bar invites you to learn about A.E. Doyle and how he has truly left his mark on Portland in terms of his architectural design. Doors open at 5pm tonight!

From our sponsors at Jack London Bar:
Stumptown Stories: The Portland of A.E. Doyle
Tuesday, December 13
5 p.m. doors | 7:30 p.m. lecture
FREE | 21+

Jack London Bar
529 SW 4th Avenue
More Info: rialtopoolroom.com

Architect A.E. Doyle left his mark on Portland. The Benson Hotel, Civic Stadium, Meier and Frank, the Pacific Building-these structures and dozens more are reminders of Portland's rapid growth in the early 20th century and, significantly, how architectural design during that period identified and legitimized institutions and the social structure of the growing city.

Historian Phil Niles examines the stages of Doyle's development as an architect, the evolution of his style, and how his career reflected-and furthered-Portland's growth.

Philip Niles is a professor of History Emeritus at Carleton College, where he taught for thirty-three years on the history of Europe between the Fall of Rome and the Renaissance. He grew up in Milwaukie and returned to the Portland area after retirement. He has since turned his research talents to the history of the Clatsop Indians, A.E. Doyle, and early 20th century Portland. He is the author of Beauty of the City: A.E. Doyle, Portland's Architect and is currently working on a book about Portland's early merchants he calls ¬Å“The Dinner Party.¬Â

We are giving away a pair of tickets to the Y La Bamba show at Holocene on Thursday, December 15th. To win, comment on this post why you would like to attend. Winner will be drawn and emailed on the morning of Thursday, December 15th.

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 our sponsors at Holocene:

Y La Bamba | Sean Flinn & The Royal We & Rememory
December 15, 2011 | 8:30pm | $7

Holocene
1001 SE Morrison Street
More Info: www.holocene.org

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Get to Holocene on Thursday, December 5th to listen to the heartrending tunes of local folk-pop beauties Y La Bamba! Also playing: Sean Flinn & The Royal We and Rememory (Justin Power).

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Our sponsors at PICA are excited to have their ninth-annual art sale Prints For Pica take place on Saturday, December 17. This year they are bringing together over 100 artists to create monoprints and offer them at affordable prices. Looking for a local Christmas gift that is sure to delight and is affordable to boot? Check out the sale on Saturday!

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From our Sponsors at PICA:
PRINTS FOR PICA: THE NINTH ANNUAL ART SALE
When: Saturday, December 17, 2011, 6-9pm

Lux | 500 NW 14th Ave, Portland, Oregon
More info: www.pica.org

Over 100 local artists will spend the day pulling fresh monoprints from the presses at PICA's temporary printmaking studio. This year, we introduce new sizes and prices to the evening sale-prints are available for $50-$250, and all proceeds benefit PICA's artistic programs. Snag a one-of-a-kind artwork from a local legend or fall in love with a piece by a bright new talent.

Prints for PICA was founded in 2003 by artist Stephen Hayes as a way for artists to support PICA without straining their bank accounts or artwork inventories. Hayes wanted to create a new kind of fundraiser that would teach artists the basics of printmaking-a process he loved. As a bonus, when other organizations solicited artwork for their auctions or benefits, artists would be able to donate prints made on a free studio day, and not have to pillage works from their inventory.

The event has grown to include the work of over 100 local artists, ranging the gamut from students to emerging exhibitors to well-regarded and established makers. Prints for PICA is an annual social occasion for the local art community, bringing together artists for a day of camaraderie and creative exchange.

This year’s artists include: Abra Ancliffe, James Archer, Ray Anthony Barrett, Amy Bernstein, Pat Boas, Derek Bourcier, Christine Bourdette, John Brodie, Will Bruno, Christopher Buckingham, Wayne Bund, Nolan Calisch, Bruce Conkle, David Corbett, Matthew Courtway, Posie Currin, Dana Dart-McLean Melia Donovan, Liam Drain, Jenn Feeney, Damien Gilley, Renny Gleeson, Daniel J Glendening, Sam Guerrero, Bryson Hanson, Stephen Hayes, Jesse Hayward, Yuji Hiratsuka, Deborah Horrell, Linda Hutchins, Sara Kacvinsky, Vanessa Kauffman, Gina Keough, Beth Kerschen, Chris Lael Larson, Cynthia Lahti, Tina Lange, Kendra Larson, Michael Lazarus, Jen Lorentzen, Dana Lynn Louis, Alex Mackin Dolan, Victor Maldonado, Mack McFarland, Michael McGovern, Rachael Miller, Jenene Nagy, Melody Owen, Bonnie Paisley, Michael Parich, William Park, Trude Parkinson, Brittany Powell, MaryAnn Puls, Kyle Raquipiso, Kent Richardson, Morgan A Ritter, Catherine Rondthaler, Ben Rosenberg, Calvin Ross Carl, Amy Ruppel, Jack Ryan, Blair Saxon-Hill, Stephen Slappe, Ashley Sloan, Stephanie Snyder, Krystal South, Rory Sparks, Raf Spielman, Anya Spielman, Jason Sturgill, Gary Sweet, Joe Thurston, Everett Vangsnes, Samantha Wall, Valerie Wallace, Heather Watkins, Jacob Wilkinson, Christy Wyckoff, and more to come!

With additional support from Dennis Uniforms, Gamblin Artist Colors, Katayama Framing, The Portland Mercury, and Utrecht Art Supplies.

We are giving away a pair of tickets ($47) to A Christmas Carol at The Old Church. These two tickets are for front-row reserved seating and are valued at $23.50 each!  To win, comment on this post why you would like to attend. Winner will be drawn and emailed on Friday December 16.

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 our partner:

A Christmas Carol – 8th Annual Performance
December 20, 2011 | Noon

The Old Church
11th & Clay Portland, OR
For More Info + Purchase Tickets: http://www.pdxchristmas.com/

Tickets: $10 – $23.50

PDX Pipeline Special: Use discount code “pipeline” and buy tickets for $8!

A CHRISTMAS CAROL
ONE MAN. TWENTY VOICES.

Go back in time to the 1800s, when Charles Dickens toured the world giving one man performances of his most beloved story, A Christmas Carol, dazzling audiences with his theatrical virtuosity.

Working from the original reading version that Dickens himself used, veteran actor Thom Bray re-creates Dickens’ one-man tour de force. In this solo version, Bray, as Charles Dickens, creates all of the characters himself, from Scrooge to Tiny Tim.

Now in its 8th Year,the Oregonian called his performance “A revelation!…. in his straightforward yet highly accomplished performance, Bray rediscovers the Victorian soul of this Christmas perennial.”

If you’re looking for something 130 years away from our modern, holiday kitsch, then this version of A Christmas Carol will transport you!

“No ghostly apparitions floating down from the fly space or up from a trap door. No street-scene crowds or wooden crutches. Just a room, a text, a voice and the audience’s imagination.” The Oregonian

We are giving away a pair of tickets ($50 VALUE) to Ginger?!…Bread Boy at Portland BodyVox Dance Center. This holiday dance performance is sure to entertain both adults & children! To win, comment on this post why you would like to attend. Winner will be drawn and emailed on December 16.

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 our sponsors at BodyVox:
Ginger?!…Bread Boy?: A Multi-Media Dance Performance by Luciana Proano
Saturday, December 17 and Sunday, December 18
7 p.m. | $15-$25 | All Ages
Purchase Tickets at www.lucianaproano.com

BodyVox Dance Center
1201 NW 17th Avenue

This holiday season, enter a world of wonder, amazement, and joy with Ginger?! ¬Â¦Bread Boy? Childhood fairy tales, folklore, and modern life come to fantastical vivacity in one Gingerbread Boy's journey. Join us for a mesmerizing evening where children and adults alike will engage and participate in this world of adventure and unforgettable characters.

Weaving magical landscapes, a plethora of cultures, layers of understanding and mythology with a dash of satire, Ginger?! ¬Â¦Bread Boy? will satisfy your sweet tooth with this family-friendly multimedia dance spectacular.
Ginger?! ¬Â¦Bread Boy features Luciana Proaño in Dance with collaborating dancers Dar and Rio Butler, Music by John Butler, Storytelling by Anne Rutherford, Lyrics by Eric Dash, and Damian Erskine on Bass with Mark Griffith on Drums. Trained in Ballet, Modern Dance, Yoga, Peruvian Folk Dance, Gymnastics, Athletics, Percussion and Anthropology, Proaño brings a unique aesthetic style highlighting her Peruvian heritage and world travels.

The boundaries between time and space, reality and dreams, are erased in her mysterious performances. Her performance history includes the Queen Elizabeth Hall (London), UNESCO (Paris), and the American Dance Festival. Proaño has taught numerous workshops globally including La Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Perú, NYU, Parsons School of Design, Penn State University, and Oregon Ballet Theater Outreach Program. Her art has been showed at the Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Arts (MOCHA) in New York and Gallerie Lumiere and Galería Libertadores in Lima. Proaño has lived in Portland, Oregon since 1994 where she is always dancing, teaching, and touring.

Fulbright Scholar in Music, Butler is a guitarist, composer, teacher, and experienced performer in the fields of Jazz, Latin, New Music and Dance. Active in the Portland jazz scene beginning in 1975, he has toured and taught in New York, Holland, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Peru. Rutherford has been a storyteller and writer since 1999. Her storytelling brings audiences smart, genuine fun with their originality and adaptations of vintage fiction, trickster tales, spooky stories and northwest folklore. Dash has been singing to children for 20 years - sometimes from a stage, but more often in a large circle sitting on the floor with parents and children. He has written over 150 songs with roots and inspiration stemming primarily from folk music but incorporating bluegrass, rock, and a variety of instruments.