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2013 Northwest String Summit

Win Tickets ($390): Northwest String Summit | Get Discounted Tickets Now Through July 17

You have until Wednesday, July 17 to get discounted 4-day passes to this year’s Northwest String Summit. Prices go up $15 for day of event passes so purchase today! The full music schedule has also been released, check it out here along with carpool information!

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Witch Doctor: Mal Practice Release Party @ Portland TFAW | Free Food & Beer

Comics fans, it’s time to take your medicine: join creators Brandon Seifert and Lukas Ketner at the Witch Doctor: Mal Practice release party at the Portland TFAW 6/19 from 7 to 10 p.m. Pick up the second volume of Witch Doctor, the popular horror series brought to you by Image Comics, and get it signed! Free food and beer (for those 21+ with valid ID) will be provided.

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Rob Schneider @ Helium Comedy Club | “Saturday Night Live,” “50 First Dates,”The Hot Chick”

Emmy-nominated actor Rob Schneider, well known for his trademark blend of character and comedic acting, has broadened his focus to include directing, producing and writing.

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Win Tickets ($32): Back Fence PDX ‘Anxieties & Phobias’ @ Mission Theater | True, Unscripted Stories

FEATURING: People telling 5-12 minute true stories based on the theme ANXIETIES & PHOBIAS. Funny, sweet, d, snakes, subways, bugs, and Nostradomus-esque predictions.

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Win Tickets ($56): Celebrating 30 Years of Columbia Sternwheeler | Birthday Celebration Cruise

The Columbia Gorge Sternwheeler was built in Hood River, Oregon by Nichols Boat Works and launched in 1983. She is an authentic triple-decker paddle wheeler and presents 360 degrees of breathtaking vistas.

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Win Tickets ($100): Closer PDX Electronic Music Festival | 50+ Performers, Bass Techno, Drum & Bass

Closer PDX is a multi-day festival set in Portland’s inner-East and West sides, offering cutting edge electronic dance music, world-class guests, diverse musical genres, and an unparalleled selection of local and regional talent and labels.

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Win Tickets: Dusu Mali Band @ The Goodfoot | Original Music, Traditional African Beats

“Dusu” means “gentle heart”. Our roots run deep. We never give up. We will continue to work hard and feel the music to keep smiles upon us all.

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Win Tickets ($40): Risk/Reward Festival @ Artists Repertory Theatre | Pushing the Boundaries of Live Performance

The Risk/Reward Festival celebrates its sixth year in 2013. This annual West Coast micro-fest presents dance, theatre and music artists who are pushing the boundaries of live performance in new and innovative directions.

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Clackamas County Kennel Club Dog Show

25th Annual AKC Licensed All-Breed Dog Show | FREE, 1,700+ Dogs, 35+ Vendors

Clackamas Kennel Club INC is pleased to announce that it will hold its 25th annual AKC licensed all-breed dog show in Canby on June 22/23 2013 at the Clackamas County Event Center [Fairgrounds] 1700 dogs will compete for the coveted Best In Show trophy. In addition there will be competition in Obedience and Rally.

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Live Music @ Thirsty Lion | Singer Songwriter Showcase, Guy Dilly, Eric John Kaiser, Dirty Blonde, Gentlemen’s Club

Portland’s best singer songwriters showcase their skills every Tuesday night at the Thirsty Lion Downtown, stop by for great beer, food and music! Our finals show will be on Tuesday, April 30th! Check out some of Portland’s best singer songwriters!

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Win Tickets ($30): Back Fence PDX ‘Russian Roulette’ @ Mission Theater | True Unscripted Stories, OPB Announcer Jason Sauls

FEATURING: Russian Roulette begins with a full wheel of juicy story prompts. One of the 8 storytellers will be randomly drawn. They spin the giant Bunk Bar WHEEL to decide the prompt for their story. They can play or pass. If they pass another teller can steal their prompt. Then the risky part…each storyteller has only 5 minutes to come up with a true 5-minute story based on that prompt! It’s like we invented a new game called truth AND dare.

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Win Festival Packages ($220): 2013 North American Organic Brewers Festival @ Overlook Park | Free, Extra Day, 40+ Breweries, 50+ Beers, Sustainable

An eclectic mix of more than 15,000 beer lovers, music fans and supporters of sustainable living annually come together the last weekend of June to “Drink Organic, Save the Planet, One Beer at a Time” at the North American Organic Brewers Festival. This year, they’ll have an extra day to celebrate, as the 9th annual event will take place June 27th through 30th at Overlook Park in North Portland, marking a first-time expansion to four days. Event hours are Noon to 9pm Thursday through Saturday and Noon to 5pm Sunday.

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Win Tickets ($20): Albare @ The Blue Monk | Guitarist, Jazz, World-Wide Recognition

The Road Ahead (Enja Records), the latest album from Albare, opens listeners’ hearts and minds through the original music and extraordinary musicianship of Albare and his quartet.

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Win Tickets ($54): Camera Obscura @ Crystal Ballroom | Scottish Indie-Pop

Desire Lines, the new album by Glasgow, Scotland indie-pop group Camera Obscura, was recorded last December when the band decamped to Portland to work with GRAMMY nominated producer Tucker Martine (R.E.M., Spoon, My Morning Jacket) and pleased with the progress they made there, they returned a month later to finish it. Entitled Desire Lines, it’s now slated it for release on June 4th (3rd in UK/EU).

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Blitz Summer Challenge: Recesstime Quadrathlon @ Blitz 99W | $10,000 in Prizes, Foosball, Dodgeball, Horseshoes, Corn Hole

Join up with Recesstime by visiting their website RECESS TIME SPORTS. A $14.00 registration fee is required to join. There will be co-ed teams of 8 with at least 3 men & 3 women per team. On the day of the game, check in at Blitz 99 at 1:30pm. The tourney will then run from 2pm to 7pm. Perfect for your friends or put together a work team and have your office sponsor it!

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Portland Beer Week Weekend Highlights: Beer & Cheese Festival, George Jones Tribute, Hopworks Bike to Pub Ride & More

Portland Beer Week enters it’s final weekend ready to go out in a blaze of glory with such events as the Portland Beer and Cheese Fest, George Jones Tribute Beer Fest at Old Town Brewing, a Bike Pub Crawl hosted by Hopworks and a FREE Deschutes Summer Concert on the lanes at Grand Central Bowl.

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MANY Portland Weekend Events & Ticket Giveaways ($1,050+): Vans Warped Tour, Fathers Day, Pride Weekend | June 13-16, 2013

The weekend is here and there is plenty to do from Pride Weekend to Cider Summit NW, as well as Vans Warped Tour, Portland Dining month and Fathers Day Events!

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Win Portland Tickets from PDX Pipeline

Win Portland Tickets ($1,050+): Vans Warped Tour, Gaylabration, Cider Summit NW & More!

Pipeline is once again giving away many Portland event tickets this weekend including Vans Warped Tour, Cider Summit NW, Michael McDonald, Gaylabration & M0re!

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Win Tickets: Acorn Project w/Dark Matter Transfer @ The Goodfoot | Psychedelic Band, Indie Rock, Album Release

Deep electro-funk grooves and sonic instrumental exploration interlaced with a provocative indie-rock song writing ability have become the signatures of Bellingham, Washington’s Acorn Project.

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2013 Portland Dining Month

2013 Portland Dining Month | Three Course Meals for $29 at 80+ Portland Restaurants

Your key to the city is a fork. It’s Dining Month and in Downtown Portland and beyond, more than 80 restaurants are serving up three tasty courses for just $29. Tastes to excite. Savings to savor. The entire month of June.

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USS Improvise @ Funhouse Lounge

The Unscriptables present USS Improvise, The Next Generation – The Musical @ Funhouse Lounge | Star Trek-inspired Improv Musical

In our last season we created the improvised format USS Improvise TNG. This year we will be doing the show as a musical. All shows and songs are improvised, and with full costumes and props.

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Portland Beer Week June 13 & 14 Highlights | Gentlemen’s Club Beer Release, Colorado Beer Day, Double Mountain CLUSTERF#CK & More

Portland Beer Week rolls on through Sunday June 16th with events all around the city you do not want to miss.

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Win Tickets: Gaycation: Pride 2013 @ Holocene | JD Samson, Bruce La Bruiser, Dance Party

JD Samson is best known as leader of the band MEN and for being one-third of the electronic-feminist-punk band and performance project, Le Tigre. For more than a decade JD’s career as a singer, producer and DJ has landed her at the intersection of music, art, activism, and fashion.

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Win Tickets ($25): I’ve Got A Hole in my Soul @ Holocene | DJ Beyondadoubt, American Roots

The stomping, storming sounds of American roots music are laid down at 45rpm, all night until the sweaty end. Six years strong, this truly legendary dancefloor institution has moved to Holocene and takes place every second Thursday. Expect the same jubilant ruckus you’ve come to know and love, refreshingly reinvented within Holocene’s walls.

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Deschutes Salute to Summer Free Concert @ Grand Central Restaurant & Bowling Lounge | FREE, Photo Booth, DJ Cooky Parker, Electric Ill, Adventure Galley

Kick off the summer with Deschutes Brewery and Grand Central at the Salute to Summer Concert! DJ Cooky Parker, Electric Ill and Adventure Galley will all be performing live on the lanes in this can’t miss free concert. Da Booth will be on site with their awesome photo booth and you’ll have to check out the new second floor game room.

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Crafty at the Carts on Foster | Free, Beer, Handmade Goodies, Live Music, Food

The summer is looking super hot and tasty in these here parts as The Crafty Underdog head to the Carts.

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Win Tickets ($50): Gaylabration 2013 @ Crystal Ballroom | Portland Pride Weekend’s Biggest Pride Event, Dance Party, DJ Grind

Join us for the third year of Gaylabration that is now SATURDAY NIGHT!!! DJ Grind is BACK to tear up the dance floor. In the heart of the city at the renowned Crystal Ballroom this will be the biggest Pride event all weekend!

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Win Tickets ($20): Happy Thursday w/ McTuff & Skerik @ Dante’s | Seattle Groove-jazz, Saxophonics Pioneer

The Seattle groove-jazz trio you all know and love is back at Dante’s and bringing Saxophonics pioneer Skerik for a full night of music to move your mind and body!

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Cruise The Gorge & Portland’s Bridges w/ Spirit’s New Vessel, The Explorer | Cruises Offered Daily All Summer

Explore the crossings that make Portland famous on the Portland’s Bridges cruise or watch the Portland skyline unfold into the beauty of the Gorge on the Heart of the Gorge Cruise.

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Live Music @ Thirsty Lion | Singer Songwriter Showcase, Guy Dilly, Eric John Kaiser Band, Jacob Merlin Band

Portland’s best singer songwriters showcase their skills every Tuesday night at the Thirsty Lion Downtown, stop by for great beer, food and music! Check out some of Portland’s best singer songwriters!

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Win Tickets ($20): Beer Bräul @ Hawthorne Hophouse & Fifteenth Avenue Hophouse | Blind Beer Tasting, How Well Do You Know Your Hops?

The Beer Bräul is essentially a blind tasting competition using beers from the following breweries: Migration, HUB, Occidental, Laurelwood, Base Camp, Lompoc, Commons, Upright, Gigantic, Burnside, Natian, Amnesia .

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anahata festival @ bossanova

Anahata Festival @ Bossanova | Workshops, Music, Dance

Enter the Temple for a Full Day Transformational Immersion in Devotional Practices and Sacred Expression

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Win Tickets ($60): Cider Summit NW Festival @ Elizabeth Caruthers Park | 100+ Ciders, Bike Valet, Food, Dogs

SBS Imports and the Seattle Beer Collective are pleased to announce the return of Cider Summit NW Festival to Portland, OR. The third annual event expands to two days – Friday, June 21 from 3p-8p and Saturday, June 22 from 12n-6p.

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