Win Tickets ($30): Pimps of Joytime @ Mt. Tabor Theater | Afrobeat, Rock, Electronica

Pipeline is giving away a pair of tickets to see the Pimps of Joytime on Saturday, January 21, 2012 at Mt. Tabor Theater. To win, comment on this post why you’d like to attend. Winner will be drawn and emailed Friday, January 20.

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From our sponsors at Mt. Tabor Theater:
Pimps of Joytime @ Mt Tabor TheaterPimps of Joytime
Saturday, January 21
8 p.m. | $15 | 21+
Purchase Tickets from Ticket Biscuit

Mt. Tabor Theater
4811 SE Hawthorne Blvd.
More Info: thetabor.com

Over the course of the past four years, the Pimps of Joytime have evolved into a road tested and audience approved groove machine. They have excited crowds at over 100 club dates and festivals in 2010 and this year’s ongoing “All The Way Live” tour far exceeds the volume of previous years. Amazingly, their stage performance improves each night as the electricity between band members rises to new heights.

This fluidity is not something you can manufacture, it is an authentic and exciting collaboration that is the Pimps of Joytime. With the “All The Way Live” tour, The Pimps are offering their fans and music lovers alike a chance to experience the electrifying rhythms that lace the upcoming album, Janxta Funk!

Win VIP Tickets ($60): Rose City Rollers 2012 Season Opener @ Memorial Coliseum | Intra-League Bouts

Pipeline is giving away a pair of VIP tickets for the Rose City Rollers Season Opener on Saturday, January 21, 2012. VIP Tickets include VIP Seating and two drink tickets per person. To win, comment on this post why you’d like to attend. Winner will be drawn and emailed Friday, January 20.

FREE PORTLAND EVENTS: We give out 100s of $$$ in free tickets every week including to many of the top events in Portland. Join our newsletter if you like free stuff.

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From our sponsors at Rose City Rollers:
Rose City Rollers 2012 Season OpenerRose City Rollers Season 7 Opener
Saturday, January 21
5 p.m. doors | 5:45 p.m. bouts
$14 general admission | $20 Rockstar Guaranteed Seatings
Purchase Tickets at Rose Quarter
More Info:www.rosecityrollers.com

Memorial Coliseum
300 N. Winning Way

The first intra-league bouts of the 2012 Rose City Rollers Home Team season. The Heartless Heathers will face the Guns n Rollers in the first full length bout of the night follwed by the Break Neck Betties taking on the High Rollers in the second full length bout of the evening.

This season opener will be held at Portland’s Memorial Coliseum.

Loni Love @ Helium Comedy Club Portland | Chelsea Lately, Chocolate News

From our sponsors at Helium:
Loni Love @ Helium Comedy Club PortlandLoni Love @ Helium Comedy Club
SE Ninth & Hawthorne Blvd.
Thursday, January 19 @ 8 p.m.
Friday, January 20 @ 7:30 & 10 p.m.
Saturday, January 21 @ 7:30 & 10 p.m.
Tickets are $15-20
For tickets and more information, please visit www.heliumcomedy.com/portland or call 888-64-FUNNY.

Just how funny is comedian and actress Loni Love? Ask both Variety and Comedy Central, both of which have named her among their Top 10 Comics to Watch, or Campus Activity magazine, which honored her as its Hot Comic for 2009.

Love is not only one of the most hilarious and lovable comics performing stand-up on the comedy club and college circuits but also a busy TV host, guest and actress who has also appeared in films and dramatic plays. Love starred in her own half-hour special for Comedy Central in 2007 and has also been seen on the channel's ¬Å“Premium Blend,¬Â ¬Å“Weekends at the DL¬Â and ¬Å“Chocolate News¬Â. Read the rest of this entry »

Win Tickets ($20): Fruition CD Release Party @ Bossanova Ballroom | Folk Rock, First 75 Tickets Buyers Get FREE CD

Pipeline is giving away a pair of tickets to attend the Fruition CD Release Show at Bossanova Ballroom on Friday, January 20, 2012. To win, comment on this post why you’d like to attend. Winner will be drawn and emailed Friday, January 20.

FREE PORTLAND MUSIC: We give out 100s of $$$ in free tickets every week including to many of the top music events in Portland. Join our newsletter if you like free stuff.

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From our sponsors at Bossanova:
Fruition CD Release Show @ Bossanova BallroomFruition CD Release Show w/ Tango Alpha Tango
Friday, January 20
9 p.m.| $10 | 21+

Bossanova Ballroom
722 E. Burnside Street
More Info & Tickets: www.bossanovaballroom.com

Come see these folk rock locals while you still can! With the release of their new CD “It Won’t Be Long,” things look promising for them to hit the national stage soon. The first 75 people to buy advance tickets at $10 will receive a free copy of the CD – how could you go wrong at that price?

The new, self-titled release from Portland band Tango Alpha Tango sits in that uncomfortable place between EP and full-length-it runs seven songs, just under half an hour-but everything else about the record fits perfectly. Starting with the laidback country swoon of “Oh Mama,” the quartet then launches into a slow-building motorik guitar riff in “Mona Lisa’s Death.” Elsewhere, the band continues that expert and surprising balance of folk noir and space rock, even finding room for a glossy pop chorus in “Give of the Summer.”

Win Tickets ($20): Previte, Doria, Horvitz & Young @ The Goodfoot | Hammond Organ, Improv, Funk, Jazz

Pipeline is giving away a pair of tickets to attend Previte, Doria, Horvitz & Young at the Goodfoot on Saturday, January 21, 2012. To win, comment on this post why you’d like to attend. Winner will be drawn and emailed Friday, January 20.

FREE PORTLAND MUSIC: We give out 100s of $$$ in free tickets every week including to many of the top music events in Portland. Join our newsletter if you like free stuff.

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From our sponsors at The Goodfoot:
Previte @ The GoodfootPrevite, Doria, Horvitz, and Young
Saturday, January 21
9 p.m. | $10 | 21+

The Goodfoot
2845 SE Stark Street
More Info: thegoodfoot.com

This is a veritable summit of musical Titans and perhaps the most impressively talented collective of players we've had in the room in some time!

Wayne Horvitz (Fender Rhodes: Zony Mash), Joe Doria (Hammond Organ: McTuff), Bobby Previte (Drums: Charlie Hunter, Coalition of the Willing) and Tim Young (Guitars) aim to astound the ears and tickle the intellect with an improv-laden evening of jaw-dropping musical excursions!

Watch Portland Trail Blazers @ Atlanta Hawks: Preview, Food & Drink Specials

Good News! The Blazers beat the New Orleans Hornets on Monday and saved us from four straight losses.  More good news! The are playing Atlanta this evening and with all the Hawks injuries and inconsistencies, they could win another road game. This game is nationally televised on ESPN and at a time the rest of the country is still awake. Therefore, many people who don’t stay up to watch 10PM East Coast start times will actually see our team play and journalists will likely write about how great or terrible they are tomorrow morning.

The games starts at 5PM on ESPN and Comcast Sports Network. If you do not have television or want a good Portland establishment to enjoy the game with friends, here are several suggestions from our sponsors.

Watch Trailblazers Games in Portland:

Tanker Bar (Se Hawthorne & 48th) | (503) 445-4635 | More info: tankerbar.com
Tanker Bar will be playing all games on their 6 large LCD TVs. $1 Pabst during all Blazers & Football games, and $1 off Nachos during all games. 15 beers on tap, Buckhunter, free popcorn.

Blitz (Ladd, Pearl, Tigard, NW 21) | More info: blitzbarpdx.webs.com
Blitz's FOUR locations will be happening as always with tons of televisions, drinks specials, and games (ping pong, shuffleboard, buckhunters, horseshoes in Tigard, and more).

East Burn (East Burnside & 18th) | (503) 236-2876 | More info: www.theeastburn.com
East Burn will have the game on a large projection screen on their heated patio and also downstairs. Recess discount menu from 3-6PM. They  have daily drink specials (pdf of specials here). 

NE 15th Avenue & Hawthorne Hophouses | More info: oregonhophouse.com
15th Avenue: 1517 NE Brazee | Hawthorne: 4111 SE Hawthorne Blvd.
The Blazers are back and we are ready to make up for lost time. While they dunk, we'll drink. Come watch the Blazers take on the Cavaliers at 6pm at the Hophouse! Dress in Blazer gear and get your first beer for $2.00.

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Preview - Portland Trail Blazers @ Atlanta Hawks:  Read the rest of this entry »

Portland Timbers Off-Season Report | Events, Superdraft Picks, Trades

Portland Timbers 2012 SeasonBy Will Conwell

In the last week the Portland Timbers have seen a flurry of activity with players both coming and going. A big trade, a big signing, and six draft picks all happened since last week's update and with under a week to go before the first practice of 2012 the Timbers still have moves to make.

Cooper Traded To New York

One of the most high profile players from the Timbers first year in Major League Soccer, Kenny Cooper was the team's leading scorer and the biggest name fielded by the Timbers in 2011. All that, however, could not convince the Timbers front office to turn down a trade from the New York Red Bulls for Cooper on the morning of the Superdraft. Read the rest of this entry »

Win Tickets ($60): Big Plastic Heroes @ The Sanctuary | Portland Fertile Ground Festival, Stories of Misplaced Heroes

Pipeline is giving away two pairs of tickets to see Big Plastic Heroes on Friday, January 27. To win, comment on this post why you’d like to attend. Winners will be drawn and emailed Monday, January 23.

FREE PORTLAND THEATER: We give out 100s of $$$ in free tickets every week including to many of the top theater events in Portland. Join our newsletter if you like free stuff.

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From our sponsors at Big Plastic Heroes:
Big Plastic Heroes @ Portland Fertile Ground FestivalBig Plastic Heroes- Warning: Trying To Be Your Idol Is Dangerous
January 21, 26, 27, 28
February 3, 4
7:30 p.m. | All Ages
Tickets are $15-17.50
More Info and Tickets at bigplasticheroes.com

The Sanctuary
1785 NE Sandy Plaza

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Portland comedian/Fertile Ground and Second City alum auGi and award-winning PBS writer Slash Coleman will present the world premiere of ¬Å“Big Plastic Heroes¬Â beginning on Saturday, January 21 with six shows running through February 4, at The Sanctuary at Sandy Plaza. The production is being presented as part of Fertile Ground Festival of New Works 2012.

Set against the backdrop of two small towns in the 1980s, ¬Å“Big Plastic Heroes¬Â features two autobiographical solo-performances that highlight what bad things can happen when oddball teen boys try to be their action-hero idols. Read the rest of this entry »