Monday, May 10th:
- Portland Community College’s Art Beat, all week long. See our previous blog for details or click on the web site.

- OMSI Science Pub, 7:00pm – 9:00pm at McMenamins Bagdad Theater. Tonight’s topic is “Searching for Other Earths,” $2 suggested donation, 21+, or minor with adult.

Tuesday, May 11th:
- Oregon Zoo $2 Second Tuesdays. Ride the MAX and show your ticket and receive an additional $1.50 off per rider.

- Submission: The PSU Friends of History will present a free lecture by Professor Bill Robbins on Oregon Statesman Monroe Sweetland at 7:00pm at PSU’s Smith Memorial Center, Room 238. Learn about how Monroe Sweetland contributed to PSU’s development into a modern, urban university.

Wednesday, May 12th:
- Imbrie Hall’s 9th Birthday Bash at McMenamins Cornelius Pass Roadhouse starting at 5:00pm with free music and food and drink specials.

- Dialogues with Don Quijote: A Method to his Madness?” A free series of three forum discussions sponsored by Oregon Humanities. Tonight’s talk is “Second Life, Avatars and Popular Media.” 7:30pm at Milagro Theatre. Call or email for reservations as seating is limited.

- 7:00pm Powell’s Books at Cedar Crossing book reading by Peter Buffet’s “Life is What You Make It.” Free.

Thursday, May 13th:
- Celebración de Mi Gente, Latino Celebration-Peña Folklórica, 6:00pm – 7:00pm at Vancouver’s Clark College in Penguin Union Building, 161. Free and open to the public to celebrate with dance, music and poetry.

- Music Millennium in-store performance at 6:00pm featuring Chris Pureka, free.

- TravelZoo has a special offer for Portland Timbers tickets at 50% for their match-up against Crystal Palace Baltimore at 7:00pm. Ticket prices (booked in multiples of two) are: $8.50 (reg. $17) for price Level 3 and $10.50 (reg. $21) for price Level 2.

- “The Titanic Awards” book reading at Powell’s City on Hawthorne, 7:30pm, free. Synopsis: “From the worst airport layout to the most confusing subway system to the most overrated tourist attraction, Lansky looks at flawed travel destinations with a gimlet eye and a sense of the absurd.”

Restaurant.com gift certificates are discounted 80% from Monday 5/10 – Thursday 5/13. Get $25 gift certificates for $2 when using promo code “ENJOY” at checkout.

Monday, January 11th:
- Last day for free admission to the Lan Su Chinese Gardens in celebration of their 10th anniversary.

Tuesday, January 12th:
- Oregon Zoo $2 Tuesday: admission is just $2 for all (and save $1.50 off each admission if you show your MAX ticket!)

Wednesday, January 13th:
- Brown Bag lecture series “Living Longer, Living Better” at Tuality Health Education Center in Hillsboro, 11:30am -1:00pm, free.

Thursday, January 14th:
- “Green Night Out – Music for Conservation” event to benefit Project Wilderness. 7:00pm at the Agency Ultra Sports Lounge in downtown Portland. $5 suggestion donation.

- Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration at TaborSpace Community Coffee House in SE Portland. “Youth from the Portland area are given a voice through photography in a project known as PhotoVoice. Teens will present photos that depict the messages of MLK, Jr. and how they relate to their own communities.” 6:00pm, free.

- The OSU Food Innovation Center is currently recruiting participants for another taste test:

The Sensory and Consumer Group at the Oregon State University Food Innovation Center is looking for participants for a winter vegetables taste test to take place on Thursday Jan. 21st, Friday Jan. 22nd, Monday Jan. 25th, and Tuesday Jan. 26th. The taste test is about 45 minutes and the compensation is $35. Test times run from 10:00am to 4:30pm. If you are interested, please click on this link to submit a questionnaire. If you are selected to participate, we will contact you via email by Jan. 14th where you must confirm your intent to participate. We only contact those who were selected to participate and will be sending out those confirmation emails by Jan. 14th.

- Our section on Birthday Perks has been updated with new restaurants and offers. We’ll be trying to update our original content in the upcoming weeks, so please check back and thanks for visiting our web site!

Monday, December 7th:
- Enjoy big screen sports starting at 4:30pm at McMenamins Mission Theater to see how the new Oden-less Blazers compete against the New York Knicks. Then, walk down to the Pearl Blitz Bar, On Deck Sports, Candy or the Agency for Monday Night Football to watch the Green Bay Packers take on the Baltimore Ravens.

Tuesday, December 8th:
- Oregon Zoo Second Tuesday. $2 admission for all; ride the MAX and save an additional $1.50. We called the Zoo and confirmed the following: $2 Tuesday is ALSO valid for the Zoo Lights from 5:00pm – 8:00pm! Get in the festive holiday spirit with performances by Corbett Grade School or pay a little more to ride the train.

- “To Hellholes and Back: Bribes, Lies, and the Art of Extreme Tourism.” Book reading by Chuck Thompson at Powell’s City of Books on Burnside, 7:30pm.

- Holiday Artisan Market, 11:30am – 6:30pm at Pioneer Square from December 8th – 11th.

Wednesday, December 9th:
- Free clinic, Introduction to Cross Country Skiing, 7:00pm at the REI store in the Pearl. No registration required.

- First night of the Christmas Ships Parade, now in its 55th year. View the ships along the Columbia River by Jantzen Beach or along the Willamette River from RiverPlace to Milwaukie. See web site for viewing locations. The ships run December 9th – 20th.

Thursday, December 10th:
- World Forestry Center Museum by Moonlight, 6:00pm – 9:30pm. Admission is $8, adults 21 and over only. Sample beer, wine and food and explore their current exhibit “Coffee: The World in Your Cup.”

- We’ve randomly drawn one name out of the hat for our NW Film Center ticket giveaway. Congratulations to Valerie M, you will receive two tickets for the NW Film Center. Thanks to all who entered and thanks for bookmarking our web site and letting your friends know about us (hint hint!).

- Facebook users: get a free burger from TGIF! Just become a fan of Woody, and then enter your email address in the ‘Register’ tab. How can you get a free burger? Woody explains: “Thanks for supporting my burger bet with T.G.I. Friday’s® Restaurants. If I get 500,000 fans on Facebook by September 30th 2009, we can all enjoy a free Jack Daniel’s® Burger from the good people at T.G.I. Friday’s.” Remember, he needs to hit 500,000 fans by the end of the month so sign up and help us all out!

Cheapo Highlights for this week:

- Monday, September 7th: Last day for the Art in the Pearl, 10:00am – 5:00pm, for art, music, food and more.

- Tuesday, September 8th: It’s the second Tuesday of the month, which means admission to our wonderful Oregon Zoo is only two bucks! $2 admission all day, and if you ride the MAX to the zoo, get an additional $1.50 off.

- Wednesday, September 9th: Be one of the first to see the new movie “Whiteout,” in an advanced screening playing at 7:00pm. Go to GOFOBO and enter RSVP code ‘MERCYHK8′ to get your free pass. Theater is overbooked to ensure a full house, so your ticket does not guarantee admission (in other words, get there early).

- Thursday, September 10th: participate in a Free Introductory Yoga Class, 5:30pm – 7:00pm at the Julie Lawrence Yoga Center, located across the street from the downtown library.

- Portland Center Stage JAW: A Playwrights Festival is a free developmental festival of new work for the stage. Seats are first-come, first-served. Shows are at 6:00pm this Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at the Armory in the Pearl District.

- Today, Monday July 13th is the last day to take advantage of Restaurant.com’s promotion to get $25 gift certificates for $3. Just use promo code ‘SEVENTY’ upon check-out to score this deal.

- Oregon Zoo $2 Second Tuesdays: admission is just $2 for all this Tuesday, July 14th at the Oregon Zoo. Show your MAX/bus ticket or pass and save an additional $1.

- Wienerschnitzel is giving away a free original chili dog or small ice cream cone on Tuesday, July 14th from 5:00pm – 8:00pm. At this time, the only location in the area is up in Vancouver, WA at 8601 NE Andresen Road, just off of I-205.

- Free samples of Ben & Jerry’s new ice cream treat Flipped Out will be given out on Wednesday, July 15th at Pioneer Courthouse Square.

- Free movie screening of ‘Food, Inc.‘ on Wednesday, July 15th at Cinema 21. The screening starts at 7:30pm, but seats are first-come, first-served. Please note that PGE Park will be hosting the 2009 Triple A All-Star game so area parking will be a challenge.

- Wednesday is also your last day to enter our drawing for two NW Film Center Tickets. Just email your name with subject line “NW Film” and we will randomly select from all entries and announce the winner on our next post this Thursday.

- Ignite Portland 6 occurs this Thursday, July 16th at the McMenamins Bagdad Theater. Free admission, starts at 7:00pm but get there early, doors open at 5:30pm.

- For this week’s free neighborhood concert listings, open track meets and other free events, be sure to view our calendar.

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- Extra money opportunity: OSU Food Innovation Center seafood taste test, on Wednesday and Thursday, May 13th & 14th, $25 compensation. See web site for details

- Friends of the Hillsboro Library used book sale, Friday May 1st – Sunday May 10th @ Hillsboro Main Library

- Faire in the Grove, Friday-Sunday May 1st -3rd @ McMenamins Grand Lodge, Forest Grove, free

- First Friday free admission to the Children’s Museum on Friday, May 1st from 5:00pm – 8:00pm

- Bank of America customers! Present your BoA card this Saturday and Sunday, May 2nd & 3rd, to the Pittock Mansion and/or the Portland Art Museum and receive free admission

- Champoeg State Park Founder’s Day celebration this Saturday, May 2nd; $3 per vehicle

- Fresh Start Restorative Health Services workshop, “Healthy, Affordable Meals and Snacks,” on Saturday, May 2nd, free

- Home Ownership Preservation Event, Memorial Coliseum, 10:00am – 7:00pm, on Saturday, May 2nd, free

- Portland Opera preview of Verdi’s ‘Rigoletto’, 2:00pm Sunday, May 3rd, @ Multnomah County Central Library, free

- $2 admission to OMSI this Sunday, May 3rd

- Cinco De Mayo Fiesta, Waterfront Park, free admission from 11:00am – 2:00pm on Monday, May 4th

- First Tuesday, downtown Hillsboro on Tuesday, May 5th from 5:30pm – 8:00pm

- First Wednesday, Forest Grove on Wednesday, May 6th

- First Thursday, Portland Pearl & downtown, May 7th from 5:30-9:00pm

- Cake and Punch Revival, Saturday May 9th from 11:00am – 2:00pm @ Center for Architecture, free

- $2 admission for all to the Oregon Zoo on Tuesday, May 12th

- Diet & Optimum Health Public Lecture “What to Eat”, 9:00am Saturday May 16th @ the downtown Portland Hilton, free

-10th Annual UFO Festival on Friday, May 15 & Saturday, May 16, 2009 downtown McMinnville McMenamins Hotel Oregon, free

- Advance screening of ‘Terminator: Salvation’ on Monday, May 18th; click here and enter RSVP code ‘film5333′ to reserve your pass

-Rose Festival Waterfront Village opens at 5:00pm on Friday, May 22nd with free admission on that day and again on Thursday, May 28th from 11:00am – 11:00pm

- 103rd Multnomah County Fair @ Oaks Park, Memorial Day Weekend May 23rd – 25th, free

- Last Thursday, Alberta Arts District on Thursday, May 28th

First off, a big thanks to all of you who have discovered our little web site and have supported us by bookmarking us and sharing via your user submissions, message boards or letting your friends know about us. We humbly ask for your help in spreading the word even more: this month, we are giving away two pairs of tickets to the Portland Art Museum’s NW Film Center, with an expiration of January 2010. To enter:

1) Email to contest@portlandonthecheap.com with subject line ‘NW Film Center tickets’;
2) cc or bcc another recipient(s) like a friend or family member;
3) include a short message along the lines of “Here’s a local website that you might find interesting.”

And that’s it! We’ll randomly draw from all entries on April 20th and will contact the winner via email. The winner will receive a total of (4) regular adult admission tickets to the NW Film Center (we’ll send it snail-mail). Thanks again for helping us to share the Portland savings!

We’ve recently added more updates to our content, including PF Chang’s happy hour menu, CouponTom.com to our Shopping Coupons, Dania Furniture to our Shopping Outlets, the Portland Beavers season promotions and Hidden Portland’s small museums to our Activities & Attractions. If you have anything else to add, please submit!

Now, on to this month’s deals!

First off, our last 2 days of March brings us these deals: Last Monday History Pub lecture at McMenamins Kennedy School, PSU artist lecture, faculty percussion recital at Lewis & Clark College, the last season races at Portland Meadows, Habitat for Humanity LEED home tours and Restaurant.com 70% off savings for the $25 gift certificates (use code ‘SAVE’ at checkout and get them for just $3!).

And in April:

- Forest Grove First Wednesday

- Portland First Thursday

- Discounted preview performance of El Grito Del Bronx, 7:30pm @ Milagro Theater on Thursday, April 2nd

- Free 19th anniversary dinner from 7:00pm – 9:00pm at Santa Fe Taqueria on Thursday, April 2nd

- Children’s Museum first Friday free admission from 5:00pm – 8:00pm on Friday, April 3rd

- First Friday Central Eastside Art Walk with opening receptions at Artful Goods and at Nemo HQ, Friday April 3rd

- Woodburn Company Stores outlet mall celebrates their 10 year anniversary with sales, music and cake all weekend long April 3rd – 6th

- Ever After Resale – Name Brand Children’s Consignment Sale, 9:00am – 3:00pm on Saturday, April 4th. If you can wait it out until 1:00pm, many items will be discounted 30%. Tigard.

- First Sunday, April 5th is $2 admission to OMSI

- 15th Annual Spring Beer & Wine Fest, Oregon Convention Center, offers up free admission from 12:00pm – 2:00pm on Friday April 10th and Saturday April 11th

- Tuesday, April 14th is $2 Tuesdays at the Oregon Zoo

- Wednesday, April 15th is free ice cream cone giveaway at Maggie Moo’s at Washington Square

- The Portland Beavers baseball squad opens up their home 2009 season with weekend games and promotions April 17th-20th.

- Ben & Jerry’s annual free cone day happens on Tuesday, April 21st from 12:00pm – 8:00pm

- Looking for a job? On April 21st, from 10:00am – 4:00pm come to Career Connections, Urban League of Portland’s 17th Annual Job Fair, “Bridges to Sustainable Jobs at the World Trade Center downtown.

- Stop in for a free breakfast at Portland Habitat for Humanity’s ‘Hope Builder’ fund raiser breakfast, 7:30am @ the Convention Center on Wednesday, April 22nd

- We love our video arcade games! Be sure to check out Ground Kontrol’s Classic Arcade Free Play Party, 5pm – close on Wednesday, April 29th. $5 gets you in!

- Finally, the Portland Timbers and their Army begin their 2009 season home opener with a match against the Carolina Rail Hawks on Thursday, April 30th.

For more events and happenings, go to our main web site for our ‘Sweet Bargains of the Week’ or click on ‘Calendar’ for more!