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Trailer for “The Worriers”

August 31, 2010 1:36 pm

by Lauren Hudgins

Poetry gangs in Portland. I’m intrigued.

Commercial for MFNW

August 29, 2010 4:46 pm

by Lauren Hudgins

The official commercial for MFNW. Coming up September 8-12.

Pickathon is coming up in less than two weeks! I can’t wait! Pickathon is a 12-year-old, eclectic three-day music festival set in a beautiful, rural greenscape featuring a diverse line-up of bands and musicians whose music draws on the roots of classic American music including blues, folk, bluegrass and a multitude of other both traditional and modern indie styles. The event draws audience members from across the world and caters to individuals as well as families with multiple workshops, events, and local, mostly organic food, and locally brewed beer from Widmer Brothers Brewing Co.

They have released a CD of 2009 performers with 34 tracks. It will be available for purchase at the festival.

Get your advance tickets ASAP!

Get Your Tickets for Pickathon

July 17, 2010 11:20 am

by Lauren Hudgins

Pickathon, the 3-day indie roots festival on Pendarvis Farm is coming up in three weeks! Although tickets are available at the gate, festival entrance will go a lot more smoothly if you get yours in advance.

Pickathon is the first multi-day music festival in the United States to eliminate single-use plastic water bottles and plastic beer cups. Pickathon has partnered with Klean Kanteen® to offer festival participants stainless steel beer cups and affordable, high-quality bottles, both single-walled and vacuum insulated. Single-use plastic bottles and plastic beer cups will no longer be available at the festival.
A new permanent solar array installed on the Galaxy Barn roof will offset 100% of the electricity used in the Galaxy Barn, plus all the energy used by the food and craft vendors.

Langhorne Slim performs “Let It Flow” at Pickathon 2008. Langhorne returns to the stages of Pickathon this year.

Full schedule in pdf

DTR Recommends Hey Marseilles

June 8, 2010 9:03 pm

by Lauren Hudgins

This Thursday Hey Marseilles comes to Mississippi Studios with material from their recent album To Travels & Trunks. The seven-piece band from Seattle incorporates sounds from a mandolin and accordion, along with more expected indie musical instruments. They are touring with Portland’s Loch Lomond.

June 10
8pm
$12 advance/ $14 at the door
Mississippi Studios
3939 North Mississippi Avenue
Portland Oregon 97227

These Numbers Have Faces World Cup Bracket

June 3, 2010 1:05 pm

by Lauren Hudgins

These Numbers Have Faces is a Portland, Ore based nonprofit organization working in the townships of Cape Town, South Africa. Through dynamic education programs, mentoring, and financial literacy, These Numbers Have Faces is empowering young people to reduce poverty in their own communities.

To support its soccer and education programs, These Numbers Have Faces recently launched a World Cup Benefit Bracket for the 2010 games being held in South Africa. All proceeds benefit education programs in South African townships and the bracket offers great prizes for the winners who most accurately predict the outcomes of World Cup matches.

Winner(s) will receive a 20×30 framed print and an exclusive copy of “A Beautiful Game: Football Through The Eyes Of The World’s Greatest Players.”

The photo was taken in 2008 by acclaimed photographer Jered Scott and features South African youth playing soccer in the townships of Cape Town, South Africa.

The hardcover coffee table book “A Beautiful Game” is an exclusive South African edition and features amazing soccer photos from around the world and written testimonials from stars like David Beckham, Lionel Messi, Landon Donovan, Emmanuel Eboue, Robin Van Persie, Fabio Cannavaro, Franck Ribery and more.

Cupcake Cannon

May 3, 2010 7:43 pm

by Lauren Hudgins

Cupcake cannon from the Johnny Cupcakes Suitcase Tour stop at Kamp Grizzly. Awesome, but I can’t help wanting to eat every one of those. A waste of deliciousness, delicious wastefulness.

CUPCAKE CANNON from kamp grizzly on Vimeo.

Scout Niblett’s Kiss

March 29, 2010 10:32 pm

by Lauren Hudgins

Scout Niblett performed at Berbati’s Pan on Friday, but I didn’t hear this song until it was too late and I was far away.

This is her song “Kiss” with Bonnie “Prince” Billy (Will Oldham). The video was filmed in and around Portland and it’s so very Portland.

make/shift in Portland

March 26, 2010 12:36 pm

by Lauren Hudgins

Feminist magazine make/shift is doing a Northwest road tour and stopping in Portland this weekend.

Saturday, 3/27, 7 p.m.: In Other Words Bookstore
8 Northeast Killingsworth Street, Portland, OR
Live performances by Hilary Goldberg, Maribel Gomez of the Portland Central America Solidarity Committee, Jessica Hoffmann, Little Light, and Timmy Straw; original film/video/audio works by Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Jessica Lawless, Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore and Gina Carducci

Sunday, 3/28, 7 p.m.: Reed College, Eliot Hall Chapel
3203 Southeast Woodstock Boulevard, Portland, OR
Live performances by Hilary Goldberg, Maribel Gomez of the Portland Central America Solidarity Committee, Jessica Hoffmann, and Timmy Straw; original film/video/audio works by Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Jessica Lawless, Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore and Gina Carducci

www.makeshiftreclamation.com