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Oct 19: Pooch Parade Costume Contest


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As part of Doggie Palooza at the World Forestry Center we are hosting a Pooch Parade costume contest! With a slew of prizes to pamper your furry friend it’s sure to be a good time. Dress up your pooch and celebrate Halloween early.

Costume categories are: Pooch/Person Look-a-Like, Most Creative Costume and Funniest Costume.

Winners in each category will be chosen by our local celebrity panel.

The winners and first two runners up will receive prizes including gift certificates for humans and canines alike from: Green Dog Pet Supply, Hip Hound, Ruby Violet Spa, Leonardo’s, PetUtopia, From Head to Tails Canine Massage, LexiDog Boutique, Natures Translator, Heal NW, World Forestry Center and More!

Visit our Puppy Rejuvenation Station and enjoy treats by Magic Snacks!

Registration is free with museum admission.

Click here for more information and to preregister for the Pooch Parade, day of registration also available.

Director Cuts: Stomping out the Carbon Footprint Video Contest


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Oct.1- Nov. 3:
Show us what sustainability means to you in 30 seconds

R. Buckminster Fuller was an engineer, designer, poet, and philosopher who, among other things, was Mensa’s second president and invented the geodesic dome.

Together with Portland Center Stage and in celebration of R. Buckminster Fuller’s passion for the environment, Willamette Week is hosting a film shorts video contest.

Portland has been called “America’s top green city,” but it’s old news to us. With the highest bicycle commuter population the United States, most green buildings per capita and the toughest anti sprawl ordinance in the nation; it’s apparent that all Portlanders are making an effort to live sustainably.

Show us what sustainability means to you.

First Prize:
A $100 gift card to Kell’s Irish Pub
4 tickets to the PCS production of to R. Buckminster Fuller: The History and Mystery of the Universe
4 passes to the OMSI exhibit Mindbender Mansion

2 Runners up will receive:
A voucher good for a pair of tickets to any PCS production this season
$50 voucher to Kell’s Irish Pub

How to enter:
1. Shoot a video 30 seconds or less.
2. Upload your video to youtube.com.
3. Go to our contest channel at youtube.com/WWeekcontest
4. Send us a message with your video attached by November 3.
5. We will post it to our channel for the world to see.

Submissions will be accepted from October 1 to November 3. The PCS Art Director and Willamette Week Stage Critic Ben Waterhouse will judge the videos and the winner will be announced on November 10. The winning video will be posted on wweek.com and pcs.org

Happy Shooting!



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