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Portland celebrates Bastille Day. We can't tell you why—there hasn't historically been any significant French presence here—but we do. Paris had a Portland festival recently, so it seems only fitting we should return the favor. Grab your Nicolas Batum jersey, a copy of Camus' Le Mythe de Sisyphe and a pack of Gauloises to surrender your July 14 to France.
6 am: Tour De France at Oblique
While Le Mans may be more interesting,
the Tour de France is by far the most important race in France. Oblique
Coffee Roasters (3039 SE Stark St.) will be showing every leg live.
9 am: Brunch at St. Honoré Bakery
10 am: Buy a beret
11 am: Monet at the Portland Art Museum
Water Lilies
River at Lavacourt
Noon: Bastille en ville at Director Park
2 pm: Portland Waiters Race at Director Park
3:30 pm: Croissant at Little T American Baker
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5 pm: Champagne at Ambonnay Bar
Shout yourself a glass of le vin du diable at Portlandâs only Champagne bar, Ambonnay (107 SE Washington St.).
7 pm: Dinner at Brasserie Montmartre
9:50 pm: Americano at Living Room Theaters
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Headout Picks
THURSDAY JULY 12
MARK BAUMGARTEN
[BOOKS] Exploring underground music through K Recordsâwhich helped launch Modest Mouse, Beck and Gossipâformer WW
music editor Mark Baumgartenâs new book is full of interesting
anecdotes and commentary. Youâll even learn why K passed on Nirvanaâs
demo. Powellâs City of Books, 1005 W Burnside St., 228-4651. 7:30 pm. Free.
FRIDAY JULY 13
BRONX LEGENDS TOUR
[MUSIC] Some nearly forgotten hip-hop
forefathersâPercee P and Coke La Rock among themâunite, cross the
country and remind the masses it wasnât always about the Benjamins. Tedâs at Berbatiâs Pan, 231 SW Ankeny St. 9 pm. $15. 21+.
PUCKERFEST
[BEER] Belmont Stationâs celebration of
âsour, wild and funkyâ beers is back. Thereâs a rotating lineup of 10 to
14 beers on tap through the festivalâs six days, plus meet-the-brewer
events with Oakshire, Logsdon, Block 15, Upright, Double Mountain, the
Commons and New Belgium. See puckerfest.com for the full lineup. Belmont Station Biercafe, 4500 SE Stark St. July 13-19.
ALPENROSE VELODROME CHALLENGE
[BIKES] Like an amusement parkâs rotor
ride, a velodrome track uses centrifugal force to stick cyclists on its
43-degree banked walls. Drop below 12.5 mph, and theyâll fall. Racers
from around the world compete on one of the nationâs most challenging
tracks. Alpenrose Dairy, 6149 SW Shattuck Road, alpenrosechallenge.com. Friday-Sunday, July 13-15.
SATURDAY JULY 14
MISSISSIPPI STREET FAIR
[BLOCK PARTY] Kitschy crafts, fried foods
and a sea of dads with sunglasses on their heads: Itâs getting harder
to tell the Mississippi Street Fair from an average day on the block,
but the music helps. This yearâs highlights include blues/gospel queen
Linda Hornbuckle, autoharp-driven jam-rock act Old Light and catchy
up-and-coming trio Fanno Creek. North Mississppi Avenue between Fremont and Skidmore streets, mississippiave.com. 10 am-9 pm. Free.
SUNDAY JULY 15
RAY DAVIES DAY
[ROCK ICON] Proving again that our city
is batshit crazyâand has impeccable tasteâPortland celebrates Ray Davies
Day, which begins with a 3 pm reception for Davies at the Hollywood
Theatre followed by a 4 pm screening of the Kinks frontmanâs 1984 film, Return to Waterloo; moves
to the Aladdin Theater at 8 pm, where Davies will play a show; and
wraps up at Holocene for British Invasion cover acts, including Kinks
tribute band Young Eduardians. Various venues.
WWeek 2015