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Jan 5,2009
Portland Neighborhood Wallpaper for Your Computer
by pearlgirl
In 2008, we captured some really great photos of Portland's neighborhoods and have selected our 15 favorites to share with you. We invite you to download the images from our Flickr photo gallery and use them as your computer wallpaper. Enjoy! About the photographs All of these photos were taken using a technique called high dynamic range (HDR). Each photograph is a composite of over and under-exposed images, combined into a single photograph on the computer. This technique provides extraordinary detail in the shadows and highlights, far beyond what a single image can capture. In addition, some images were also shot using a digital camera adapted to shoot in infrared—a spectrum of light not visible to the human eye. These photographs were finished with hand coloring in Photoshop. Sunlan Lighting, Boise Ladd's Addition, Hosford-Abernethy Skidmore Fountain, Old Town Chinatown
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Jan 2,2009
Cinema Junkies » The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
by roxanne
If you have been thinking about seeing The Curious Case of Benjamin Button , run, don't walk to see this remarkable film on the big screen. The film was directed by David Fincher (Fight Club) and based on an F. Scott Fitzgerald short story of the same title. Fitzgerald wrote that the story was inspired by a comment made by Mark Twain that it was "a pity that the best part of life came at the beginning and the worst part at the end." The film has the kind of voyeuristic feel of early Truman Capote or Carson McCullers, whose fiction always seemed to capture a microcosm of humanity that was both fascinating and exposing of the dark underbelly of the deep south. Benjamin Button is an emotionally complex epic, touching all of the deep places in the heart. It is a well-told tale that centers around the big themes in life; love, separation, fear of differences, and vulnerability related to aging and mortality, to name a few. In short, this is a moving story you can really sink
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Dec 28,2008
9th Annual New Year's Eve BarFly Bus Tour
by Calendar Girl
Event Date: 12/31/2008 07:00 PM
Event Location: Barfly Bus, TBA
Event Location: Barfly Bus, TBA
Say goodbye to 2008 and auld lang syne BarFly style aboard the BarF Bus for NYE! Trust BarFly to ring in the New Year properly - and amateur-free! Leave the driving and the planning and bullshit to them, and all you'll need to do is figure out what to wear (no dress code on the Bus!) and who you're gonna kiss at midnight. Midnight champagne toast, infernal noisemakers, silly hats, and all the traditional NYE trimmings, included. 7pm-1am $25 apiece All cover charges, hors d'oeuvres, drink specials, champagne toast, infernal noisemakers and traditional NYE paraphernalia included! WARNING: Last year, all six BarFly Buses sold out in record time - get your tickets early!
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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 e
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Nov 23,2008
NoPo Galleries
by NoPo Ness
North Portland has become a magnet for struggling artist types as one of the last bastions of affordability. It is only fitting then that the arts community would want to hang out in their own hood. From the shops on Historic Mississippi Avenue who provide alternative spaces for local artists to feature their work to the new full-fledged galleries freshly opened- we've got art in the 5Q. IFCC5340 N Interstate Ave
Portland, OR 97217
(503) 823-4322
www.ifcc-arts.org Not only is this a killer venue for live theater but it also houses a gallery. The IFCC just celebrated it anniversary with a very cool 80's themed celebration called Delirious. (Where it just so happens my husband was crowned Homecoming King for his stylish "Flock of Seagulls" hairdo!) This venue provides a space for some of the most diverse art you'll see in the city. Artery
4114 N. Vancouver Ave
Portland, OR 97217
(503) 284-8378
www.arterypdx.com Part DIY frame
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Nov 23,2008
Karaoke in the 5Q
by NoPo Ness
"Sing- sing a song make it simple to last your whole life long. Don't worry of it's not good enough for anyone else to hear just sing- sing a song." Yes- it's that schmaltzy song by the Carpenters that your mom had on vinyl and loved to sing along to. It may very well have been this siren's call of the Carpenters that popularized the desire to be the next big pop star in America. As hundreds of frustrated people threw down their inadequate make-shift hairbrush and wooden spoon microphones in search of something more- more than Mr. Microphone could even provide. It was then, in 1971, that the Japanese musician Daisuke Inoue, of Hyogo, Japan invented something that could showcase a closet singer's burgeoning talents. They called it Karaoke- a phenomenon was born. Fast forward to NoPo today where, our ripe karaoke scene can make your dreams of superstardom come true, if just for one bleary drunken night. We flexed our vocal cords to test out the karaoke landscape for you.
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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 14,2008
“Disabled Lives” Docu Plays Nov. 15
by where's lulu
Event Date: 11/15/2008 01:00 PM
Event Location: New Columbia Community Education Center
Event Location: New Columbia Community Education Center
Some Portland kids have made a documentary about how people view disability, as part of Project Youth Doc, which aims to get under-18s involved in filmmaking. The kids were in control, conducting man-on-the-street interviews and discussions with disabled teens. One of the movie’s directors, a sophomore at Riverdale named Nate Higby (who happens to be deaf), says he wants docu-goers “to think about people who have differences…and maybe see the advantages of some differences over others.” Sounds prime. Project Youth Doc Showing1 PM Saturday, Nov. 15
New Columbia Community Education Center
4625 North Trenton St. Source: OregonLive
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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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