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Dec 1,2008
Portland Neighborhood Holiday Event Guide
by pearlgirl
Festive much? If not, force yourself—the time has come to ring in the holidays. And, there is no better place to do the deed than a neighborhood near you. Portland's 95 neighborhoods share a bounty of holiday events. Get out there and enjoy them! We'll update this list each week through the holidays, so if we missed something please send it to events@neighborhoodnotes.com . The Pittock Mansion Presents: 'Twas the Night before Christmas . . . in Oregon Event Date: November 24-December 31, 11:00 AMEvent Location: Pittock Mansion, 3229 NW Pittock Drive Neighborhood: Hillside Clement Clark Moore's classic, "The Night before Christmas," provides the delightful theme for this year's holiday celebration at Portland's historic Pittock Mansion . Each of the mansion's 23 rooms will reflect a verse from the familiar 1823 children's poem. Holiday season at the Pittock - when the early-20th-century home is elaborately decor
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Nov 18,2008
Thanksgiving Resource Guide » Things to Do!
by pearlgirl
There's no shortage of things to do on Thanksgiving weekend. Whether you want to get out and shop, enjoy a family activity or just keep eating, there are lots of options. Thanksgiving Day Oregon Zoo Turkey Trot Event Date: 11/27/2008 08:00 AM
Event Location: Oregon Zoo, 4001 SW Canyon Rd. Get ready for Thanksgiving dinner by joining the Oregon Road Runners Club on a four-mile run/walk through Washington Park and the zoo. Registration fee includes zoo admission. For further information, call ORRC (503-646-7867). 4 Mile Run & Fitness Walk starts at 8:00 a.m.
1K Tot Trot (11 & under) starts at 9:30 a.m. Proper's Annual Turkey Bowl Event Date: 11/27/2008 08:30 AM
Event Location: Kenton Park, 8417 N Brandon Come and enjoy good food, fun, and community on Thanksgiving Day '08 for FREE! First join us at the North Portland Annual Turkey Bowl at 8
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Event Location: Oregon Zoo, 4001 SW Canyon Rd. Get ready for Thanksgiving dinner by joining the Oregon Road Runners Club on a four-mile run/walk through Washington Park and the zoo. Registration fee includes zoo admission. For further information, call ORRC (503-646-7867). 4 Mile Run & Fitness Walk starts at 8:00 a.m.
1K Tot Trot (11 & under) starts at 9:30 a.m. Proper's Annual Turkey Bowl Event Date: 11/27/2008 08:30 AM
Event Location: Kenton Park, 8417 N Brandon Come and enjoy good food, fun, and community on Thanksgiving Day '08 for FREE! First join us at the North Portland Annual Turkey Bowl at 8
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Nov 6,2008
Portland Art Museum Shows Integrity
by TeachStreet
Portlanders should be proud to know that the Portland Art Museum has demonstrated its high level of integrity and transparency in regard to the art pieces that it acquires. In September the museum acquired a sculpture of Ganesha Stele that had little historical art record to track its origins with. It is not the kind of art piece you can design after taking a class or two in sculpting, so the museum is not worried about an impostor taking claim. The museum director, Brian Ferriso, said "this is all about transparency". Brian Ferriso is a member of the Association of Art Museum Directors ("AAMD") that was developed as an oversight committee for controversial matters just like these. Photo: AAMD
The purpose of the AAMD, as stated on their website, is to support its members in increasing the contribution of art museums to society.
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Nov 3,2008
15 Mashup Tools for Your Local Neighborhood
by dariusmonsef
Want a donut? Want to know if you'll need an umbrella today? Trying to avoid traffic? Want to know if it's safe for your kids to play in the front yard? We'll look a dozen-ish mashups that provide useful, helpful, interesting and fun information about the local area that you you live in. For those asking what a mashup is? The web 2.0 world spawned thousands of social networks and user contributed content sites... The same world has connected even more sites and people with the ability for developers to take the APIs from a couple different sites and mash them together to create new and interesting ways to share information and data. WalkScore | Find What's In a Walkable Distance
"Walk Score shows you a map of what is nearby and calculates a Walk Score for any property. Buying a house in a walkable neighborhood is good for your health and good for the environment." Portland rates in their top 10 cities. You can even see their directory of Portl
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"Walk Score shows you a map of what is nearby and calculates a Walk Score for any property. Buying a house in a walkable neighborhood is good for your health and good for the environment." Portland rates in their top 10 cities. You can even see their directory of Portl
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Oct 30,2008
Happy Birthday Pearlgirl!
by shooter
Yes it's true, today is pearlgirl's Birthday! So let's all wish her a very Happy Birthday! Yay! All together now: Happy Birthday to you Happy Birthday to you Happy Birthday dear pearlgirl Happy Birthday to you!
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Oct 27,2008
Halloween Celebrations in Portland Neighborhoods
by pearlgirl
If you're looking for a fun and festive Halloween celebration—you won't have to look far. There are events, carnivals and activities all over town. Check out this fun list of spooky happenings for adults, families and even pets in Portland neighborhoods. Southwest Portland Pumpkin Carving and Neighborhood Good Cheer October 28@ downtown Halloween Week Pub Quiz - Wednesday October 29@ Old Town Chinatown
Southeast Portland Halloween Spooktacular October 27@ Sellwood-Moreland Halloween Pub Quiz - Monday October 27@ Buckman Halloween Week Pub Quiz - Tuesday October 28@ North Tabor (formerly Center) Halloween Week Pub Quiz - Wednesday October 29@ Buckman Halloween Art Party at 100th Monkey Studio October 30@ Buckman Halloween Week Pub Quiz - Thursday October 30@ Sunnyside McMenamins Halloween- "100 Feet&qu
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Sep 30,2008
Ignite Portland 4 Submissions Open!
by shooter
Are you ready? Ignite Portland 4 going to happen on Thursday, November 13 at the Bagdad Theater , and we need your talk ideas! An Ignite talk is 20 slides that appear for 15 seconds each, for a total of 5 minutes. Use those minutes to tell a story, fix a problem, make us laugh, or cry. In short, share your burning ideas. Some past Ignite talks: How To Run A Startup And Not Lose Your Mind A Short Course On How to Ride Freight Trains Boiling Water in Five Easy Steps A History of the Stick Figure Open Source Rockets How Keeping Chickens Will Save Your Life The Complete and Utter History of the Numa Numa Dance If you want to share your passion with some of the most brilliant minds in Portland (at least, as many as we can fit into the Bagdad), here's your chance. Submit a short description of your talk idea, and a little about yourself, and you could be chosen to share that idea on stage at Ignite Portland 4. Submit a talk! We'r
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Sep 29,2008
BroadArts Visionary Salons in Portland Neighborhoods
by pearlgirl
BroadArts Theatre , Portland's award-wining, progressive musical theater company is creating Portland's future and they need your help... What? Tables are available on a sliding scale for organizations who would like to play a role in one or all of five upcoming themed, interactive community salons. The BroadArts Visionary Salons will be filled with discussions, presentations, and theatrics all working to bring together our rich community of local leaders, activists and visionaries in order to advocate for the future we want for Portland! Why? Two years ago, BroadArts received a grant from the City of Portland's VisionPDX project to involve and engage more than the 'usual suspects' in creating a thoughtful and inclusive plan for all residents. BroadArts, true to their comic, creative and innovative reputation, created an interactive, musical spoof on The Wizard of Oz called "If I Were the Queen of this Forest!" to encourage civic participation in planning the
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Sep 12,2008
Wanna Talk About Last Thursday?
by pearlgirl
The Last Thursday event is an art walk that happens on and during the last Thursday of every month along Alberta Street. This affects many people in Northeast Portland. Do you have any comments, suggestions, or want to get involved in making decisions about the event? There are three organizing committees working to ensure that Last Thursday is a respectful and welcoming event for our local neighborhood residents. If you want to get involved in reaching out to your neighbors, please contact Lauren McCartney for more information at 503-823-4135 or lauren@necoalition.org .
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Sep 1,2008
Free Night of Theater Coming in October
by Veritable Vegan
Between Oct. 16 and 30, 2008, Portland will join 100 cities across the country that are participating in Free Night of Theater 2008, a program of Theatre Communications Group and local organizations such as the Portland Area Theater Alliance. Here's more from the program's Web site: "Free Night of Theater is Theatre Communications Group's exciting national audience development program designed to attract new audiences to America's not-for-profit theatres. Since the pilot program, which debuted in three cities in 2005, Free Night has expanded across the country and will be presented in over 100 cities by more than 600 theatres in 2008. "As the Free Night program rolls out over an ever expanding national stage, we are thrilled to offer this unique opportunity to provide access to thousands of new audience members to experience the joy of theatre for the first time -- absolutely free of charge!" For further updates and to find which local theatre companies are participa
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