While I personally know nothing about sports stats, I do know how to read headlines, and word on the street is the Trail Blazers beat the Clippers by 10 points last night! Is that a lot? Let me know! Anyway….yay!

To celebrate, get bluegrass wild with Billy Strings at Matthew Knight Arena this October with solos that don’t quit and a crowd that never sits still. We’re giving away tickets. Get in on it and roll the dice.*

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• Hot Ones energy, Portland attitude. The Hot Sauce Challenge hits Cut Supper Club on April 12. Run the gauntlet of local sauces, melt your face off, earn bragging rights. Bring friends, guts, and napkins.*

• Julian Gargiulo hits The Old Church with a piano and zero interest in playing it safe. It starts classical. Then it swerves. Funny one minute. Unhinged the next. You’ve never seen a piano concert like this.*

• Benson Boone hits Moda Center on August 5 on the Wanted Man Tour. The backflipping, heartbreak-belting pop star is going big with this one.

• Weezer rolls into Moda Center on September 11 with The Shins and Silversun Pickups. Get tickets for a full night of indie rock that raised you.

• Dermot Kennedy brings a voice that cuts straight through you. The songs start quietly, then swell into something massive. By the end, the whole room is locked in together. Get tickets for October!

WIN STUFF WEDNESDAY

Free tickets are floating around and yeah, you want in. We pulled together the giveaways worth your time. Enter a few. Win something fun. Brag about it later. Then come back for more.

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• Portland’s James Beard Award finalists have been announced. Gado Gado, Scotch Lodge, and Nodoguro have made the cut for 2026.

• One of Portland’s most whimsical traditions is just around the corner. Do you have what it takes to cycle Ladd’s Addition 500 times? If not, you can still watch from the sidelines on April 11.

• Portland is entering its scooter era. How European of us! Lime is testing out 250 seated scooters dubbed LimeGliders. Any takers?

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