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Bring chairs or blankets for seating on the lawn.

Photo by periwinklekog

The Oregon Symphony launches off their new season with a FREE outdoor Symphony performance at Tom McCall Waterfront Park on Thursday Sept. 2nd, 2010.

Supported by the City of Portland and the Regional Arts and Culture Council (RACC). The concert will begin at 5 p.m. with a performance by the Portland Youth Philharmonic, followed by the Oregon Symphony at 7 p.m. The Oregon Ballet Theatre is set to perform as well.

Photo by HippieDude

The grand finale of Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture, fireworks, and military canons from the Oregon Army National Guard 218th Field Artillery will be a real doozy. Bring your earplugs, and leave Fido at home.

Image created in Blender by Werner Höhner

And although this concert is completely FREE, a donation of any new school supplies would be kindly appreciated, with all donations going to Portland public schools, with thanks to these fine folks.

And now it’s time to enjoy a short clip of the Oregon Ballet Theatre during studio rehearsals for A Midsummer Nights Dream.  See you at the concert!

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Vieni giù e alcuni hanno un grande divertimento alla festa Portland Italiana il 26 agosto attraverso 28 agosto a Pioneer Courthouse Square vedete qui! (translated from this).

image courtesy momomomo via flickr

mmmmmmm  italian food.

From Festa Italiana Portland website

Pioneer Courthouse Square becomes “Piazza Italia” for 3 days of nonstop Italian entertainment, food, dancing, wine/beer garden, vendors and childrens activities. Children love the Carter Family Marionettes, Pizza Toss and Grape Stomp.

Interesting to note the history of Portland’s Festa Italiana.

THEY EVEN HAVE A GRAPE STOMP!!!

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Live music featuring Ray Massa’s EuroRythms, Bella Ciao, Moreno Fruzzetti, and Andrea Algieri.

You might be asking yourself what will happen if you can’t make this years festa italiana.

(answer below)

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SEE YOU THERE!!!

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Denmark

directed by Daniel Fickle

music composed by Gideon Freudmann

music performed by Portland Cello Project

Denmark from Mark Smith on Vimeo.

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Portland Cello Project will be performing on September 11, 2010 during MusicFest NW, 11pm at Mississippi Studios located at 3939 North Mississippi Avenue Portland, OR 97227-1162.

Tuesday, August 16th, Pioneer Square’s Noon Tunes should be lots of fun. St. James’s Gate will be playing and if you enjoy the sound(s) of bagpipes, then you’ll love these guys.

St. James’s Gate makes you dance!

I’ve often heard stories about people who have had the misfortune of being stranded somewhere in the tropics, and surviving on nothing more than coconuts/coconut milk/coconut water. And after doing a little research, I was surprised to find out that one cup-full of coconut water contains more electrolytes than most sports drinks and more potassium than a banana.  More interesting facts about coconut water can be read here.

For those who would rather watch a short video about the amazing benefits of coconut water, in this case ‘zico’ coconut water, the video below explains a lot.

The official website for zico can be found Here.

This is truly an amazing drink! So much so, it inspired me to make this little animation!

ENJOY!

Okay folks, yet another healthy snack has made it’s way on to the shelves here at Peterson’s. It’s called riceworks, and for those of you who are always on the lookout for gluten-free snacks, this healthy snack may be the one for you!  Here is a list of frequently asked questions about riceworks. Their official website can be found Here. They also have a blog, check it Here. And last but not least, their youtube channel can be found Here.

Inspiring this is

PUSH PULL from Landis Fields on Vimeo.

Edit: Vimeo appears to be down at the moment of this writing. (8-12-10) 11 pm P.T.

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Ladies and Gentlemen, Children of all ages, step right up and feast your eyes upon a most spectacular, fun-filled event, better known as the “Tour de fat”.  What is Tour de fat you may ask? Well for that I turn to our favorite internet ventriloquist, ‘wikipedia’.

Tour de Fat is a bicycle parade and festival sponsored by New Belgium. The events, which take place annually in various large- and medium-sized cities around the West, include music, New Belgium beer, circus and vaudeville type acts, bicycle dance troupes, and the main activist spectacle, a giant group bike ride/parade wherein the participants, many of whom are in fanciful costume, ride through town.The actual activist climax of the tour, however, is the bike trade, in which a local participant transfers the keys and title of their motor vehicle to New Belgium in exchange for a new commuter bike and trailer in order to promote bike riding and sustainability. The “Fat Tire” bike is so strongly associated with New Belgium Breweries that employees of the brewery are given a ‘cruiser bike’ “like the one pictured on its Fat Tire Amber Ale label” on their one -year anniversary with the company.

Cruiser bike as depicted below…

The folks who craft this fine beer at New Belgium Brewery, have a special website for the Tour De Fat.

• Here is the tentative schedule for this years Tour de fat in Portland.
• Location: Waterfront Park
• Date: August 14, 2010
• 10:00 a.m.       Bike Parade Registration
• 11:00 a.m.      Bike Parade Launch
• 12:00 p.m.       Performances Begin
• 12:20 p.m.       The SLOW RIDE
• 1:30 p.m.        The Great Bike Story Contest for New Belgium Cruiser Bike
• 2:35 p.m.         Car for Bike Trade Celebration
• 4:50 p.m.         Faux Finale
• 4:55 p.m.         Faux Real finale
• 5:00 p.m.         Curtain Closes

Here’s some behind the scenes footage of the creative process involved with the Tour de fat.

Below video shows some of the creative genius behind the scenes at New Belgium Brewery.

All the proceeds from the Portland Tour de fat help benefit the BTA.

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Lots of fun can be had in Downtown Portland!

CLICK HERE to find out more.