Drinking Liberally PDX this Thursday: Special guest KC Hanson

KC Hanson, Chair of the Multnomah County Democratic Party, will be talking about this year's legislative session, which officially began in mid-January, and will go into full swing on February 4th.

DL will meet at the Green Dragon, 928 SE 9th Ave., Portland, OR, from 7:00 - 9:00 pm. If you haven't been for a while, here's the moment.

And, as always, DL urges you to drink, and vote, sensibly.

Reminder: It's a Lizz Winstead trifecta this weekend in Portland!

Lizz Winstead, stand-up comedian, satirist, creator of "The Daily Show," and friend to dogs and Drinking Liberally alike is burning a path through Portland this weekend (times and ticket prices at the links):

Friday 6/3: Appearing on Live Wire Radio.

Saturday 6/4: Returning to the Alberta Rose Theater for another one-woman show: "My State of the Union: 2011." (Her email this morning: "It's almost an entirely new show also because it a new and even more f***ed up world! Yay!" Can't beat that.)

(It's not confirmed yet this time around, but after her last PDX performance, DL'ers who attended the show got to chat with Lizz over a beer, after the show. Something to keep in mind!)

Sunday 6/5: Leading her workshop for satirical writers -- learn about writing on deadline and see your work performed! -- From The Page To The Stage In 8 Hours.

Do. Not. Miss.

Screening Liberally presents: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers, this Sunday at 7pm

Join Screening Liberally at Ringo's Bar and Grill, 7pm this Sunday, January 16th, for "The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers."

At a time when Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is being chided by much of the American mainstream press, frozen out of financial support, and pursued by the Department of Justice, it might be a good idea to look back at the case that laid the groundwork for whistleblowing at this level:

(Here's background on Ellsberg and this award-winning documentary about him.)

Screening Liberally meets at Ringo's Bar and Grill (where they serve Portland's Best Burger), 12300 SW Broadway, in Beaverton (across the street from the Beaverton Bakery, just of Hall Boulevard. Admission is free, parking is plentiful, and the Beaverton TC MAX stop is 8 blocks away.

Screening Liberally tomorrow night: "Every War Has Two Losers"

Join the Washington County Peace Vigil and PDX Left Side/Screening Liberally tomorrow night (Sunday 12/19) at 7pm for a holiday film event to honor Peace on Earth.

Tomorrow night we'll be screening Every War Has Two Losers, a poet’s meditation on peace based on the journals of William Stafford. Stafford was an American poet and pacifist who moved to Oregon and taught at Lewis and Clark. He was named Poet Laureate of Oregon in 1975.

(Note to Facebook friends: For reasons of its own, when FB Notes reprints a blog post it disables video embeds. If you're reading this via FB, you'll need to click View Original Post, above, or go to http://everywar.com/, to see the video trailer.)

Join us tomorrow night, December 19th, at 7:00 pm at Ringo’s Bar & Grill, at 12300 SW Broadway St (across from the Beaverton Bakery). Admission is free.

Abbreviated Living Liberally calendar for December

Holiday schedules are going to bump up against the standard meeting schedules for Oregon and SW Washington chapters this month.

So to make sure we know who's meeting when this month, let's just go right to the source. Here are the web pages for the DL chapters in Oregon and SW Washington:

Vancouver WA

Portland Left Side (aka Beaverton OR)

St. Helens OR

Portland OR

Salem OR

And the fledgling Portland West Side Screening Liberally chapter is going to take December off -- we'll see you in January. Remember to drop me any suggestions for films. Meanwhile, what could be more apropos for the season than this?

So wherever you are, join the Living Liberally gang for political conversation, drinks, and great films.

Remember: DL encourages everyone to drink, and vote, responsibly.

And don't forget there's still time to purchase your copy of 538 Ways to Live, Work, and Play Like a Liberal.

Living Liberally calendar for Oregon and SW Washington in November

(Updated with new locations for St. Helens, below!)

Okay, the election's over, so everyone take a couple of days to reacquaint yourselves with your family and pets, then everyone meets back here for 2012. But you know where to go to relax: Drinking Liberally. Am I right?

Yet again, the first of the month snuck up on me. So tonight I send my sheepish apologies again to Ann and everyone at DL/Corvallis, who will just about be winding up tonight's meeting as I finally get this drafted last night. (Consider this the early promotion for the December Corvallis meeting: First Thursday of the month, address and time below!)


Here's the run-down for Drinking (and Screening) Liberally chapters in Oregon and SW Washington this month. (Click on the chapter's link to join their email list.)



Corvallis: Tonight! Oops!

Meetings: First Thursday of each month, 5pm - 7pm at Squirrels, 100 SW 2nd St., in Corvallis.


Vancouver: Next meeting: Tuesday, October 9th.

Meetings: Second Tuesday of each month, 7pm, at the Fatty's Sports Page, 11606 NE 71st Street (Located at the south entrance to Lowe's)


Portland Left Side (aka: Portland Metro West): Next meeting: Wednesday, October 10th.
Meetings: Second Wednesday of every month, 7:00pm at Ringo's, 12300 SW Broadway St, (just east of Hall Blvd), in Beaverton.


St. Helens: Next meeting: Wednesday, October 10th.

Meetings: Second and fourth Wednesdays of every month, at the Village Inn, 535 S. Columbia River Hwy (We have a room off the bar), in St. Helensin the Cantina at Ixtapa Mexican Restaurant in Scappoose.


Portland: Next meeting: Thursday, October 11th.

Meetings: Second and fourth Thursdays of the month, at the Lucky Lab Brew Hall at 19th and NW Quimby, Thursday at 7pm.


Salem: Next meeting: Thursday, October 14th.

Meetings: Third Thursday of the month at Browns Towne Lounge, 189 Liberty St NE # 112 (Old Sportstop next to Read Opera House) in Salem.

And Portland West Side Screening Liberally is having its next meeting 7pm Sunday, November 20th at Ringo's, 12300 SW Broadway St, (just east of Hall Blvd.--easy parking and MAX access). Vote at the Facebook page or drop me a note for your choice: Either The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. MacNamara (2003) (last month's runner-up), or To Kill a Mockingbird (1962). Suggestions for future movies are also welcome.


There are over 300 DL chapters around the country; to find the one near you -- or to start one in your neighborhood--go here.)

And if you appreciate Living Liberally promoting progressive action through social interaction -- including keeping the whole Living Liberally network up and running -- consider sending them a little love via Tipping Liberally. Or check out becoming a regular pledge donor.

So wherever you are, join the Living Liberally gang for political conversation, drinks, and great films.

Remember: DL encourages everyone to drink, and vote, responsibly.

And don't forget there's still time to purchase your copy of 538 Ways to Live, Work, and Play Like a Liberal.

Reminder: "A Face in the Crowd" at Screening Liberally tonight, 7pm at Ringo's

(Map from MAX line to Ringo's.)

October Living Liberally calendar for Oregon and SW Washington

Have you been out canvassing? Phone-banking? Applying adhesive address labels to mailers? Reading up on the issues? Then Drinking Liberally is the place to kick back afterward!

Once again, the first of the month snuck up on me. So this is a little late, but there's big doin's out there, including the second meeting of Screening Liberally in Beaverton.

Here's the run-down for Drinking (and Screening) Liberally chapters in Oregon and SW Washington this month. (Click on the chapter's link to join their email list.)

Technically, I promoted the October meeting of the Corvallis chapter of Drinking Liberally in last month's calendar entry, but they met last Thursday niht at 5pm - 7pm at Squirrels, 100 SW 2nd St..


Vancouver: Next meeting: Tuesday, October 12th.
Meetings: Second and fourth Tuesdays, 7pm, at the Back Alley Bar and Grill, 6503 E. Mill Plain Blvd. (West of Andersen, in a strip mall 1/2 block west of Safeway on the south side of Mill Plain. It's deep in the lot.)

Portland Left Side (aka: Portland Metro West): Next meeting: Wednesday, October 13th.
Meetings: Second Wednesday of every month, 7:00pm at Ringo's, 12300 SW Broadway St, (just east of Hall Blvd).

Portland: Next meeting: Thursday, October 14th.
Meetings: Second and fourth Thursdays of the month, at the Lucky Lab Brew Hall at 19th and NW Quimby, Thursday at 7pm.

Salem: Next meeting: Thursday, October 14th.
Meetings: Third Thursday of the month at Browns Towne Lounge, 189 Liberty St NE # 112 (Old Sportstop next to Read Opera House)

And Portland West Side Screening Liberally is having its next meeting Sunday night, October 24th at Ringo's, 12300 SW Broadway St, (just east of Hall Blvd). Vote at the Facebook page or drop me a comment, below, for your choice: either A Face in the Crowd or The Fog of War.

There are over 300 DL chapters around the country; to find the one near you -- or to start one in your neighborhood--go here.)

And if you appreciate Living Liberally promoting progressive action through social interaction -- including keeping the whole Living Liberally network up and running -- consider sending them a little love via Tipping Liberally. Or check out becoming a regular pledge donor.

So wherever you are, join the Living Liberally gang for drinks and political conversation.

And remember: DL encourages everyone to drink, and vote, responsibly.

Don't forget there's still time to purchase your copy of 538 Ways to Live, Work, and Play Like a Liberal.

Portland Screening Liberally and Laughing Liberally events coming up this month

Two big events coming up for those in the Portland area who are into liberal living (that's in addition to tonight's regular meeting of the Portland Drinking Liberally chapter, with folks from the Multnomah County Young Democrats joining us):


1. Laughing Liberally (Saturday, September 11th):

This Saturday night, September 11th, at 8pm, Lizz Winstead -- writer, satirist, creator of 'The Daily Show,' co-founder of Air America Radio -- is coming to the Alberta Rose Theatre, 3000 NE Alberta, in Portland.

And Drinking Liberally members are invited to a special salon following her performance! Join Lizz in conversation about . . . well, about all kinds of things, including:

• The influence of The Daily Show on media, as well as how Americans receive and interpret their news these days.
• The power of comedy in influencing social change.
• The dearth of female writers and comedians in late night television.
• The wonderfulness of Portland.

Tickets are $25.

And while you're waiting for Saturday night to get here, check out clips from Lizz's hit Off-Broadway show Wake Up World: "The morning show that brings you half the news in twice the time!"


2. Screening Liberally (Sunday, September 19th):

"What's the Matter with Kansas?" is the 2009 documentary film by Laura Cohen and Joe Winston, based on Thomas Frank's 2004 book by the same name.

Named one of the ten best documentaries of 2009 by Roger Ebert, the film follows individual stories to reveal how the Sunflower State converted from a hotbed of leftwing populism in the mid-20th century to a bastion of hard-core conservatism by the beginning of the 21st century -- and what that means for progressive politics in America.

Join us at Ringo's Bar & Grill, 12300 SW Broadway (across from the Beaverton Bakery) at 7pm Sunday September 19th for a screening with plenty of time for discussion afterward. Admission is free!

Directions to Ringo's Bar & Grill from the Beaverton Transit Center MAX stop. (It's only a few blocks. Ringo's also has plenty of off-street parking.)





Thanks to the Washington County Democrats for making "What's the Matter with Kansas?" available!

And have you bought your copy of the ultimate guidebook for living liberally yet?

September Living Liberally calendar for Oregon and SW Washington

What can I say: Labor Day weekend snuck up on me -- I haven't even come to terms with the end of August yet. My bad.

So, since I'm too late to promote the first-Thursday-of-the-month meeting of the Corvallis chapter of Drinking Liberally at 5pm - 7pm at Squirrels, 100 SW 2nd St., which met on September 2nd, I'll try to get ahead of the curve by pointing out that their next meeting will be on Thursday October 7th.

And for the rest of us, still living in September, here's the run-down for Drinking Liberally chapters in Oregon and SW Washington this month. (Click on the chapter's link to join their email list.)

Vancouver: Next meeting: Tuesday, September 7th.
Meetings: Second and fourth Tuesdays, 7pm, at the Back Alley Bar and Grill, 6503 E. Mill Plain Blvd. (West of Andersen, in a strip mall 1/2 block west of Safeway on the south side of Mill Plain. It's deep in the lot.)

Portland Left Side (aka: Portland Metro West): Next meeting: Wednesday, September 8th.
Meetings: Second Wednesday of every month, 7:00pm at Ringo's, 12300 SW Broadway St, (just east of Hall Blvd).

Portland: Next meeting: Thursday, September 9th.
Meetings: Second and fourth Thursdays of the month, at the Lucky Lab Brew Hall at 19th and NW Quimby, Thursday at 7pm.

Salem: Next meeting: Thursday, September 16th.
Meetings: Third Thursday of the month at Browns Towne Lounge, 189 Liberty St NE # 112 (Old Sportstop next to Read Opera House)

(The St. Helens chapter is on summer hiatus.)

There are over 300 DL chapters around the country; to find the one near you -- or to start one in your neighborhood--go here.)

And if you appreciate Living Liberally promoting progressive action through social interaction -- including keeping the whole Drinking Liberally network up and running -- consider sending them a little love via Tipping Liberally. Or check out becoming a regular pledge donor.

So wherever you are, join the Drinking Liberally gang for drinks and political conversation.

And remember: DL encourages everyone to drink, and vote, responsibly.

Don't forget there's still time to purchase your copy of 538 Ways to Live, Work, and Play Like a Liberal.


(Cross posted at Loaded Orygun.)

Drinking Liberally meetings for August in Oregon and SW Washington

Have you got your copy of 538 Ways to Live, Work, and Play Like a Liberal yet? Here's author Justin Krebs, Executive Director of Living Liberally, at the FireDogLake book salon earlier this week.

And here's the run-down for Drinking Liberally chapters in Oregon and SW Washington this month. (Click on the chapter's link to join their email list.)

Corvallis: Next meeting: Thursday, August 5th. (That's tonight!)
Meetings: First Thursday of each Month, 5pm - 7pm at Squirrels, 100 SW 2nd St.

Vancouver: Next meeting: Tuesday, August 10th.
Meetings: Second and fourth Tuesdays, 7pm, at the Back Alley Bar and Grill, 6503 E. Mill Plain Blvd. (West of Andersen, in a strip mall 1/2 block west of Safeway on the south side of Mill Plain. It's deep in the lot.)

Portland Metro-West (aka: Portland Left Side): Next meeting: Wednesday, August 11th.
Meetings: Second Wednesday of every month, 7:00pm at Ringo's, 12300 SW Broadway St, (just east of Hall Blvd).

Portland: Next meeting: Thursday, August 12th.
Meetings: Second and fourth Thursdays of the month, at the Lucky Lab Brew Hall at 19th and NW Quimby, Thursday at 7pm.
Note: They may be switching to 6pm-9pm (from 7pm-10pm) to take advantage of the outdoor seating and the finally-arrived summer weather. Be sure to check the chapter email next week!

(The Salem and St. Helens chapters are on summer hiatus.)

There are over 300 DL chapters around the country; to find the one near you -- or to start one in your neighborhood--go here.)

And if you appreciate Living Liberally promoting progressive action through social interaction -- including keeping the whole Drinking Liberally network up and running -- consider sending them a little love via Tipping Liberally. Or check out becoming a regular pledge donor.

So wherever you are, join the Drinking Liberally gang for drinks and political conversation.

And remember: DL encourages everyone to drink, and vote, responsibly.

(Cross posted at Loaded Orygun.)

Drinking Liberally meetings for July in Oregon and SW Washington

Here's the run-down for Drinking Liberally chapters in Oregon and SW Washington this month. (Click on the chapter's link to join their email list.)

Corvallis: Next meeting: Thursday, July 1st. (That's tonight!)
Meetings: First Thursday of each Month, 5pm - 7pm at Squirrels, 100 SW 2nd St.

Vancouver: Next meeting: Tuesday, July 6th.
Meetings: Second and fourth Tuesdays, 7pm, at the Back Alley Bar and Grill, 6503 E. Mill Plain Blvd. (West of Andersen, in a strip mall 1/2 block west of Safeway on the south side of Mill Plain. It's deep in the lot.)

Portland Metro-West (aka: Portland Left Side): Next meeting: Wednesday, July 7th.
Meetings: Second Wednesday of every month, 7:00pm at Ringo's, 12300 SW Broadway St, (just east of Hall Blvd).

St. Helens Next meeting: Wednesday, July 7th.
Meetings: Second Wednesday of each month, 6:30 pm, at The Village Inn, 535 S. Columbia River Hwy (We have a room off the bar).

Portland: Next meeting: Thursday, July 8th.
Meetings: Second and fourth Thursdays of the month, at the Lucky Lab Brew Hall at 19th and NW Quimby, Thursday at 7pm.
Note: They may be switching to 6pm-9pm (from 7pm-10pm) to take advantage of the outdoor seating and the finally-arrived summer weather. Be sure to check the chapter email next week!

Salem: Next meeting: Thursday, July 15th.
Meetings: Third Thursday of each month, 7:00 pm, at Browns Towne Lounge, 189 Liberty St NE # 112 (Old Sportstop next to Read Opera House)

There are over 300 DL chapters around the country; to find the one near you -- or to start one in your neighborhood--go here.)

And if you appreciate Living Liberally promoting progressive action through social interaction -- including keeping the whole Drinking Liberally network up and running -- consider sending them a little love via Tipping Liberally. Or check out becoming a regular pledge donor.

So wherever you are, join the Drinking Liberally gang for drinks and political conversation.

And remember: DL encourages everyone to drink, and vote, responsibly.

(Cross posted at Loaded Orygun.)

The definitive liberal lifestyle handbook

(Update: Armed with Justin's book, Matt Labash at the Weekly Standard tried his hand at living liberally for about a week. Predictable results.)

Somewhere between here and New York City, my review copy of Justin Krebs' 538 Ways to Live, Work, and Play Like a Liberal is making its way westward.

From the publisher's website:

There are hundreds of ways to lead a more environmentally friendly, socially conscious, and liberally minded life -- ways that can even be enjoyable. What readers will find in this friendly inclusive book are simple steps, lifestyle adjustments, and ideas that entertain.

Many of you already know of Justin as the co-founder and executive director of Living Liberally, the just-turned-7 national network of over 300 chapters promoting social organizing for progressive politics. LL is the umbrella for Drinking Liberally -- and Laughing Liberally, Screening Liberally, Eating Liberally, and Reading Liberally. (In the Pacific Northwest, Oregon has 5 DL chapters, Washington has 15, Calgary, Alaska has 2, and Hawaii and Alberta each have 1.)

More about the book when my copy arrives (although you don't have to wait on me; you can always order your own).

(And for those of you who like a mystery to puzzle over while you wait for your own copy of 538 Ways to Live, Work, and Play Like a Liberal: There are 538 electors in the Electoral College, and 538 ways to live liberally in Justin's book.

Coincidence?)

Drinking Liberally meetings in OR and Southwest WA for March

Here are the regular schedules for the DL chapters in the area. (Click on their link to join their email list. To find the DL chapter near you--there are over 300 hundred of them--go here.)

Vancouver: Next meeting: Tuesday, March 9th.
Meetings: Second and fourth Tuesdays, 7pm, at the Back Alley Bar and Grill, 6503 E. Mill Plain Blvd. (West of Andresen, in a strip mall 1/2 block west of Safeway on the south side of Mill Plain. It's deep in the lot.)

Portland Metro-West: Next meeting: Wednesday, March 10th.
Meetings: Second Wednesday of every month, 7:00pm at Ringo's, 12300 SW Broadway St, (just east of Hall Blvd).

St. Helens Next meeting: Wednesday, March 10th.
Meetings: Second Wednesday of each month, 6:30 pm.

Corvallis: Next meeting: Wednesday, March 10th.
Meetings: Second Wednesday of each Month, 5pm - 7pm at Squirrels, 100 SW 2nd St.

Portland: Next meeting: Thursday, March 11th.
Meetings: Second and fourth Thursdays of the month, at the Lucky Lab Brew Hall at 19th and NW Quimby, Thursday at 7pm.

Salem: Next meeting: Thursday, March 18th.
Meetings: Third Thursday of each month, 7:00 pm, at Browns Towne Lounge, 189 Liberty St NE # 112 (Old Sportstop next to Read Opera House)

And if you appreciate Living Liberally promoting progressive action through social interaction--including keeping the whole Drinking Liberally network up and running--consider sending them a little love via Tipping Liberally. Or check with your chapter host about becoming a regular pledge donor.

So wherever you are, join the Drinking Liberally gang for drinks and political conversation.

And remember: DL encourages everyone to drink, and vote, responsibly.

(Cross-posted at Loaded Orygun.)