“A fun night of code and donuts.” I went to the first Donut.js last month, and it was super fun — four short talks, live performances, and donuts with a great crowd. What more could you ask for?
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When I got my job at Liquid, I was brought on with the task of building a web team from the ground up. When I looked for advice on how to accomplish this, there wasn’t a lot out there. Real…
Plus: John Roderick of The Long Winters/Roderick on the Line, James Urbaniak of The Venture Bros., and comedian Rhea Butcher. Already bought my tickets.
This is a pre-party for IndieWeb Summit 2016! Everyone is welcome to the pre-party regardless of whether you’re coming to IndieWeb Summit, and drink tickets will be provided for registered attendees t…
Seattle-hailing musician, writer, and politician John Roderick and his fellow writer and friend Merlin Mann bring their conversational podcast to the Bridgetown stage. Individual show admission can be…
The sixth annual gathering for independent web creators of all kinds, from graphic artists, to designers, UX engineers, coders, hackers, to share ideas, actively work on creating for their own persona…
Informal, open meetup for Portland-area Mefites at the Abbey Bar.
I love Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, looking forward to standup.
At the Drive-In are an American post-hardcore band, from Texas, consisting of Jim Ward, Cedric Bixler, Omar Rodriguez, Paul Hinojos, and Tony Hajjar.
At The Drive In will be performing on Monday 6th…
Record release tour. See you there!
“On Thursday June 9th, at the glorious new NedSpace location on SW Washington we’re gonna have a full on podcast hootenanny. There will be ample time for some mingling, chatting, talking, inspiration …
My favorite beer festival in Portland. All-ages, free to attend for non drinkers, and a wonderful and strange selection of small beers. Highly recommended.
Awesome shoegazey band. From the press stuff:
OTHING return with ‘Tired Of Tomorrow’, their beautifully profound follow-up to 2014’s widely-acclaimed ‘Guilty Of Everything’. Recorded over the cour…
Open Source Bridge is a conference for developers working with open source technologies and for people interested in learning the open source way.
Join fellow artists for Saturday Night figure drawing night, starting from 5:30pm to 8:30pm with a door charge of $5.00!
Going into the fifth year this September, XOXO is a celebration of independent artists, hackers, and makers living and working online — and all the challenges that come with it.
In the last five years, Portland’s biggest food event has turned into an international affair—dozens of events featuring some of the world’s best chefs and a ridiculous amount of great food.
My favorite little geek event returns for 2017 with a great lineup — Chinedu Francis Nwafili, Brook Shelley, Ivar Thorson, and XOXO 2014 speaker Erin McKean. Tickets are $10, and leftover proceeds go …
Already bought tickets to see these delightfully weird teen brothers, Brian and Michael D’Addario, who are making some of the best indie glam pop I’ve heard in years. For fans of early Todd Rundgren.
The legendary Michigan brewery is coming to Portland, and I’ll be there.
Match Cut Movie Club screens a secret, underseen movie, complete with vintage trailers. From Alex Pasco, Greg Maletic, and Neven Mrgan. This month: “an old-fashioned, romantic screening dedicated to a…
More than 50 fruit beers rotating from Wednesday to Sunday!
One of the most interesting comics in standup right now, often covering her own anxiety and mental health. 21+
One of my favorite events last year, Pop-Up Magazine is a night of true stories, films, photography, and radio—a live, touring magazine of writers, artists, and storytellers.
I’ve wanted to see Lake Street Dive live since their sidewalk rendition of “I Want You Back” went viral in 2012. Rachael Price’s powerful and sultry alto leads this absurdly talented quartet, effortle…
The McElroy Brothers return to Portland for the first live show since having tiny babies, and their first time in Portland since 2015, thanks to XOXO co-organizer @andymcmillan. This will be fun.
Mike can be an asshole on the internet, but he’s also a thoughtful writer and speaker, and I’m interested to hear what he has to say about design and its role in resistance.
“All design is politica…
The Oregon Timber Trail is a world-class bikepacking destination and North America’s premiere long-distance mountain bike route. It runs the length of Oregon—from California to the Columbia River Gorg…
Tech and pitches in Portland.
EmberConf is three days of trainings, sessions, activities and good times with the Ember Core Team and community members from around the world.
It’s #MaxFunDrive time! Meet other Maxfunsters and celebrate MaxFunMeetup Day with cheap drinks, skiball, & free pool.
Described by the NYT as “ecstatic, virtuosic and a little intimidating” but actually it’s just the best karaoke in town
Grab up to five of your closest (and/or smartest) friends and compete for cash and gift certificate prizes against some of Portland’s best and brightest quiz night stars. $2 per person.
Follow the six adventurers of the Wolf OR-7 expedition team, as they retrace the route taken by the GPS-collared wolf known as OR-7. OR-7 was born in NE Oregon and in 2011 left his pack and dispersed …
From NPR: “Red Baraat is the best party band I’ve seen in years. The group plays rollicking funk music steeped in Northern India’s wedding celebrations, with a dash of D.C. go-go beats and hip-hop. It…
When the crew of the spaceship Serenity takes on two new passengers – a young doctor and his unstable, telepathic sister – they get much more than they bargained for. The two are fugitives from the …
In February 1977, Rumours by Fleetwood Mac was born after a lengthy labour of love. To mark the occasion, Fleetmac Wood return to Portland to throw a 40th birthday Rumours Rave with remixes, edits, an…
I can’t believe I’ve never seen Regina Spektor live, and now I waited too long to buy tickets, and now there’s nothing but balcony left. Still tempted to go.
Beer of Trust is a PGP key-signing party with beer! Actually it’s mostly just an excuse for a bunch of us to get together and talk about encryption while enjoying the amazing taps at Loyal Legion.
It’s more important than ever to have your own place to publish on the web. Have a blog? Want a blog? Are you building your own personal bot? Come on by and join a gathering of people with likeminded …
A night of drum & bass at the Fifth Avenue Lounge.
dBridge (Exit Records, UK)
Submorphics (Shogun LTD, Hospital Records, SF)
Aksion (dnb Tuesdays, SEA)
Kontagious
Doors at 9PM, $20 cover.
The Way Downs pull their sound from the gold mine of pre-disco funk—the same deep tracks now widely sampled by DJ’s and producers all over the world. It’s good-time, groove-based, stank-faced dance mu…
Great lineup for Portland’s best live variety show.
Drum & bass night, 100% vinyl, tag sets.
JON A.D. vs RYAN ORGAN
SILPHER vs Kyle T.
LAND vs BOWSER
21+, $5 suggested on a sliding scale
Hang out with PSU.GD design students at this hidden gem of a speaker series. This week Tina Snow Le from Instrument!
12:00pm–1:00pm
Talks are free and open to the public! 2000 SW 5th Ave, Room 3…
Presented in glorious 70mm!
The first of many monthly meetups for Stream PDX, the podcast studio in an Airstream trailer that I helped start! If you’ve been thinking about starting a podcast, we’re here to help you!
The Infamous Stringdusters are a Grammy-nominated modern bluegrass band, and they’re killer, y’all. Full disclosure: I’m a member of The Jackalope Saints, but we’re really excited to be able to play a…