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Saturday Eat Mobile Food Cart Festival @ Disjecta (food!! Tons of food cart vendors showing what they got) Electric Feel @ Fez Ballroom (dance party fantasticness!!) DJ Gray Matter @ Crowbar (classics, dance jams, funk breaks, fun times) Sick @ Branx (a truly alternative alternative party that gets a big crowd) Lille Boutique Bday Party @ Lille Boutique (clothes, wine, discounts, fashion) Roller Derby @ Oaks Park (women on skates) Bicycle Day’s Eve Party w/ Romulo del Castillo @ 2410 (one big party –Warp Records artists performance, bike dance performance, 12” vinyl release and lots of bikes!) Ghislain Poirier @ Crown Room (world music dj and producer throws down a party set) Salsa Night @ Fireworks Gallery (salsa band, salsa dancing and a great chance to network) Off the Wall @ Pala (80’s and 90’s dance party) CAP Art Auction @ Oregon Convention Center (a fundraiser for the Cascade Aids Project) Night Owl Record Show @ SE 4904 Hawthorne (tons of vinyl collectors selling their rare records) Stumptown Comic Fest @ Lloyd Center Double Tree (comics, characters and some self-described nerds/geeks) Chervona @ Biddy McGraws (Balkan brass fun) Bone Zone @ Timberline Lodge (one big snowboarding competition with tons of giveaways) Gaia Tribe ‘Activated Participation’ Party @ Secret Location (call 1-800-991-0286 for details) Young, Fabulous & Broke and Citizens of Humanity trunk show @ Nolita (DJ Evil1 will be playing while tons of people shop and drink champagne – this could be fun to just go and watch) Shrunken Heads Skateboards’ 3 Year Anniversary Party @ Shrunken Heads Skateboards (beer, discounts on gear, bands) Time Trippers Ball @ Someday Lounge (Burning Man favorite Solovox performs with other performance groups) Jackpot Records Party @ Ace Cleaners (local celebrities will be dj’ing this celebratory event) A Decade of Dance West @ PCC Performing Arts Center (multiple dance pieces from past shows re-shown in one big performance) Strength @ Rotture (electro disco dance funk band) Rogue Brewery Job Fair @ NW 14th Location (they are hiring for all types of positions!) Shalia Michelle Jewelry Design Show @ Lizard Lounge (wine, cupcakes and locally made accessories) Portland Garage Sale @ Expo Center (over 750 vendors selling tons of goods) Carl Evans Studio Mixer @ 707 NE Broadway (a chance to look at the photographer’s work and interact with artists) Balkan & Beyond @ It’s A Beautiful Pizza (Balkan brass fun) Ramiro & Deepvibez @ Groove Suite (house music) Second Nature @ 720 Club (psytrance and downtempo dance music) DJ Nature & DJ Evil1 @ Envy (two of the best party dj’s in PDX – people will be dancing) Arcane Arts Breakdance Battle @ Parkrose High School (something for the b-boys and b-girls) Freakshow @ Theater! Theater! (a performance about a traveling carnival and it’s strange acts) Ryan Montbleau Band @ Goodfoot (a combo of funk, r&b, blues and soul) Sunday Stumptown Comic Fest @ Lloyd Center Double Tree (comics, characters and some self-described nerds/geeks) 2009 Hawthorne Pirate Treasure Hunt @ Dollar Scholar (treasure hunt with a pirate theme, which makes sense, since it is a treasure hunt) 420 Revival Party w/ Demetre Baca @ Pala (house music) Quiet Countries @ Holocene (beautiful beat maker – check out the new album for sure) Ben Darwish @ Riverplace Hotel (jazz) Nintendo Wii Mario Kart Tournament @ Hollywood Video in NW (a chance to brag about how good you are at video games) Sinferno Cabaret @ Dante’s (fire dancing/pole dancing) Pinbrawl Pinball Tournament @ Ground Kontrol (who is the best? Many claim to be, but only one will win! … did that sound too dramatic for pinball? Maybe) Thievery Corporation @ Roseland (one of the best live groups you will ever see) Also …. On 4/20 Indamix Records & Vapors Brothers are putting on a 420 party at a castle in West Linn. And they are bringing Cappadonna from Wu-Tang Clan there. I can’t even begin to describe this but the basics are this: 1 Mansion that has been built to look like a castle + DJ Wicked, My-G, Illa J and other performers + video premier of My-G and Devin the Dude’s single ‘Smokin’ + 2 bars, a swimming pool with fountains, basketball court, dance floor etc etc + Cappadonna from Wu-Tang = I don’t know, but I hope people go and tell me how it is. Also Also … if you are still feeling the effects of your 4/20 ‘celebration’ go to Ben&Jerry’s – April 21st is FREE Cone Day!