dinner & presentations ~ this sunday!

Celebrate our accomplishments over the past year and get a look at 2010 with a seated dinner prepared by Dill Pickler Lucy Rockwell, Sunday, January 3rd at 6PM.

Lucy will be cooking a 3-course vegetarian meal, including:

  • Mixed green salad with corn and peppers
  • Cauliflower, pepper and caramelized onion enchiladas with slow cooked black beans, feta cheese and sour cream
  • Mexican chocolate cake with cinnamon whipped cream

The evening will feature a short slide show of the past six months by the Dill Pickle Club, and a look ahead to what’s in store for the new year. We will also have three very short presentations by folks who have helped us along the way, including:

Charles Overbeck (Eberhardt Press), who has printed all of the Dill Pickle Club’s posters and publications. Charles will tell us of his work at the print shop, which publishes small-edition radical publications and provides low-cost offset printing and binding services to the Portland community.

Brian Pietrowski (Vontundra Design), who has donated their labor in the creation of two hand-crafted display tables for the Dill Pickle Club. Brian will talk about the design house’s work, and how their mission, objectives and community-inspired approach aligns with the work of the club.

Matthew Stadler (Publication Studio), who will be publishing Dill Pickle Editions, a new line of hard-to-find out-of-print books on Northwest History. Matthew will speak on the new collaborative, including the project’s first publication: Twenty Seven Installations, a book chronicling the city’s first contemporary arts organization.

Space is limited to 25 attendees and is already half full! Beer will be available from Ninkasi Brewing.

Advance Registration – Limited to 30 People!

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last chance to see show!


This is the last week to see WORK | PROGRESS before it closes. We still have a great selection of inexpensively-priced art from some of Portland most prolific artists, including original works from Harrell Flecther, MK Guth, Bill Daniel, Brad Adkins, Brittany Powell and more!

Stop on by the Dill Pickle (NW 6th & Everett) to check out the show while you can. We’re open Wed – Sunday noon-6PM. All proceeds from sales help make our ongoing programming efforts possible.

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a few quick updates

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1. thanks mikey kappman JaMichael Kampmann and all the comics at new economy night. it was legendary.

2. the dill pickle shop is closed for the holidays. we will re-open for one final week: wed, dec 30 – sun, jan 3rd.

3. you can now sign up for the show closing and benefit dinner. dinner features a four-course vegetarian meal, as well as lectures/ presentations by the dill pickle club and some folks who have helped us get to this point, including eberhardt press, vontundra design and the publication studio. full info to be posted next week.

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seasons greetings from the dill pickles

It’s that time of year again — when journalists are busy compiling top ten lists, resolutions are made and we assess the last twelve months of our busy lives. The New Year provides a good opportunity to look back over the last six months of activity. In just a short period of time, we have led four diverse tours, released two publications and hosted a significant art show and events series, involving 25 socially engaged artists in the Northwest.

The coming year holds much in store. This winter, we’ll be introducing a monthly lecture series, launching a book line of out-of-print titles with The Publication Studio and offering a series of six field trips examining overlooked aspects of Oregon’s past. We are excited to tell you more about our 2010 programming, and will be releasing more information in the coming weeks.

If you value the work we do, we encourage you to consider us in your year-end giving. For just $50, you can help make our programs accessible to middle- and low-income individuals. In addition, you’ll get first crack at signing up for our trips, as well as a subscription to all our publications for an entire year. If you can’t swing $50, we have a six-month option avail for just $30. Full details are posted here.

As we look ahead to 2010, we are excited to continue to provide a space to examine critical issues in Oregon. We appreciate your support. And we can’t wait to see you there.

Membership Options

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Raffle at the New Economy Comedy Night

This morning we picked up our donations and wanted to show you some of it. Come to the Comedy Night and bring money for the raffle. That’s $1 per ticket and 12 tickets for $10. We have items from: People’s Co-Op, Bobs’ Red Mill, Dave’s Killer Bread, Microcosm, Clinton Street Theater and more.dill pickle club donations

And a reminder about the Comedy Night:
New Economy Comedy Night
Friday, December 18 | 8PM
Eyeful Gallery | NW 6th & Everett
$6 General / $5 Picklers
(No RSVP / pay at door)

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saturday brunch with courier coffee

Drop by the Dill Pickles space at the Eyeful Gallery (NW 6th & Everett) for brunch this Saturday, December 19, from 12PM-3PM. Have a cup of joe (roasted by Courier Coffee), check out the art show and selection of local books, and meet some new friends. It’s free and a great time to see the art show before Christmas break (also a chance to pick up last minute gifts). Bring a dish to pass and/or a friend!

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can’t get enough

Portland is small press crazy! This weekend catch the Dills at two small publisher book fairs: on Saturday, Dec 19th, we’ll be with Eberhardt Press at the Working Class Book Fair at Liberty Hall; the next day, Sunday, Dec 20th, we’ll be zoomin over to the Ace Hotel for their Publication Fair. See ya there.

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jokes? in this economy?!?

UPDATE: BRING CASH FOR BIG RAFFEL, W/ PACKAGES COURTESY OF BOB’S RED MILL ($75 SHOPPING SPREE!), DAVE’S KILLER BREAD, PEOPLE’S FOOD COOP, CLINTON STREET THEATER, OREGON SOAP COMPANY + MORE!!! $1 each/ $10 for 12

Special sneak peak at one of the videos at New Economy Comedy Night (shhh!!!):


New Economy Comedy Night
Friday, December 18 | 8PM
Eyeful Gallery | NW 6th & Everett
$6 General / $5 Picklers
(No RSVP / pay at door)

Join the Dill Pickles for an evening of comedy dealing with the New Economy, featuring stand-up by Andrew Michaan, Phil Schallberger and Freddie Walker; screenings of comedic short films “In This Economy” and “San Giardino” by Notorious M.I.K.; and a special tin-can microphone re-enactment of Eddie Cantor’s cracking speech from the day the stock market crashed in 1929, performed by Portland musician and speech artist Chris Gray. Hosted by local comedian JaMichael Kampmann. With this remarkable line-up, you can’t afford not to come. We promise, we are not debt collectors.

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red tour = success

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You’d be sorry to have missed Mike Munk’s “Red Tour of Portland” this past Sunday. Among highlights were locations of labor strikes, union organizing halls, the office of Dr. Marie Equi and drinks below the balcony of Paddy’s (where the all the action happened at Portland’s first gay bar). We’ve posted a few pics here.

As one tour participant stated, “I think my favorite part was all the jaywalking en masse. I like how Micheal Munk treated downtown like a car free zone.”

Special thanks goes out to our tour leader. We still have many copies of Munk’s book Portland Red Guide available at the shop, or order one with the link below.


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quick note on hours

n208400634480_9272In light of Michael Munk’s Red Tour of Portland tomorrow, the Dill shop will be closed on Sunday. Come visit us after the tour at Valentine’s (232 SW Ankeny), where we will have a table at their Handmade Winter sale, happening 3-9 PM.

The shop will reopen on Wednesday, 12-6. See ya then.

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