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The Portland stop of the Bicycle Film Festival kicks off tomorrow and one of the films will give local mountain bike pioneer Bob Crispin a chance to share his historic “Tankagnolo” bike (photo below).
Event website BFF DVD release party! @ rontoms (600 E. Burnside St.) ALLEY/PATIO PARTY 2 pm – till late Music by The Builders and the Butchers Here Comes the Big Black Cloud Performance by the Sprockettes!
Event website with full details, festival passes, etc… All Film Screenings at Cinema 21 (616 NW 21st Ave.) AFTER PARTY @ ROTTURE (315 SE 3rd Ave.) 8:30pm – 2:30am FREE PBR 8:30-10:30 DJ Joee Irwin DJ Copy PROGRAM 4 / 1:00PM • AFRICYCLE (Canada 2006 | Super8 10 min.) Dir. Benny Zenga A youth-run charity … Read more
Event website with full details, festival passes, etc… All Film Screenings at Cinema 21 (616 NW 21st Ave.) Program 1 / 7:00pm • KIEST PARK (USA 2005 | 16mm 5 min.) Dir. John Ayala A seven year old leaves his parents and his block for the first time to explore, observe and destroy in a … Read more
Download program (JPG) The seventh annual Bicycle Film Festival is gearing up for its first-ever stop in Portland next week. About halfway through its worldwide tour, the fest has already made stops in Paris, Los Angeles, New York, and other cities. For Portland, organizers have planned a four day feast of bike culture that will … Read more
Event website BIKES ROCK OPENING NIGHT PARTY @ HOLOCENE 1001 SE Morrison St. 8:30pm – 2:30am DEBATE: BIKES OR CARS? VICE Magazine and Dewar’s host the fifth installment of the Dewar’s Debate series. Come watch as we set the clock running on two masters of argumentation as they tackle the century-old dilemma: BIKES or CARS? … Read more
Ayleen Crotty of Filmed by BikeFile photo: 4/11/07 You can’t go to far in Portland’s bike scene without running into Ayleen Crotty. She’s the spirit behind such beloved institutions as the Midnight Mystery Rides, the KBOO Bike Show, the Multnomah County Bike Fair and more. And after this weekend she’ll be best known for her … Read more
The Bicycle Film Festival (not to be confused with Portland’s own Filmed by Bike) has chosen Portland as one of the cities it will visit in 2007. The event is scheduled for September 5-8th.
[The scene from inside last year’s event.] Filmed by Bike founder and promoter Ayleen Crotty has announced that the event will expand to seven screenings this year. That’s up from two screenings at last year’s event when over 250 people were turned away from a packed Clinton Street Theater.
Filmed by Bike is Portland’s very own, homegrown bike film fest that gets bigger and better every year. The lady behind the action is Ayleen Crotty. She has just announced the esteemed jury that will help select this year’s films: Allan Folz – Shift, Breakfast on the Bridges Caroline Colon – .83 Seattle Janis McDonald … Read more
[Last year’s event poster wasdrawn by Shawn Granton] Filmed by Bike is Portland’s very own bike film festival. Now in its fifth year, the fest has grown from 80 people in a cafe its first year, to 550 people packing into the Clinton Street Theater last year. This year, organizer Ayleen Crotty will offer three … Read more
Comment of the Week: Gratitude for N/NE Broadway project