Come experience the region's best musicians and entertainers, a vast marauder's market of pirate treasures, children's rides and activities, and international cuisine worthy of Blackbeard himself. It all takes place in historic Cathedral park alongside the clear waters of the Willamette, and framed by the majestic St. John's Bridge.
As the lingering smoke from the popular B.O.O.M. cannon show shrouds the beach, you'll see officers of the King's Navy mingling with stilt-walkers, jugglers, puppeteers, and wandering peformers of every variety. Enjoy a libation at the Rogue Brewery while you listen to Captain Bogg & Salty or Brothers of the Baladi. Head over to Scupper Monkey Island for free balloons, face painting, and incredible slides and rides.
Live Music
The Portland Pirate Festival has gained a reputation for bringing together the best eclectic musical performers in the Northwest, from the buccaneer rock of Captain Bogg & Salty to the scurvy ballads and chanteys of Brotherhood of Oceanic Mercenaries. 
Dance, juggling, and puppetry
From juggling to cannon battles, from live parrots to puppetry, the Portland Pirate Festival has something for everyone. You'll be immersed in the the best of pirate culture as Cathedral Park transforms into a bustling dock-side village full of wandering buccaneers, redcoats, clowns, jugglers, and balladeers. Between performances you'll be entertained by our favorite Buccaneer Emcee–the talented Mark Lewis
Scupper Monkey Island
The incredible Kraken devours a ship whole while revelers whiz down the 30 foot slides! The kids play area features several inflatable rides, plus the Clowns Unlimited 24-foot climbing wall. Attractions suit a variety of ages, from toddler to adult. Wandering performers, puppet shows, a family market, free tattoos, balloons, and more. 
Cannons and Historical Re-enactments
Pirates, privateers, and redcoats patrol the beaches–and when they meet, swords clash and cannons boom! Will ye root for the King's Navy, or climb aboard with those notorious Privateers of the Emerald Rose, known as B.O.O.M. These freedom loving outcasts are sure to liven up the day as they relive The Golden Age of Piracy with mock sword battles and live cannon demonstrations.
Family Fun in Adventure Gully
Adventure Gully and nearby Scoundrel's Fight Court promise to be more fun than a ship-load of gold, with games and activities for the whole family.
Mix with wandering entertainers.
Witness a live sword fight at the Scoundrel's Court fight arena
Engage in contests of skill for the mind and body.
Join in on the wild fun with Rhys Thomas and Amazama in the BerCirqus.
Interactive strategy game Pirates of the Cursed Seas by WizKids 
Marauders Market & Tortuga Market
All manner of pirate merchants selling their wares while roaming entertainers create a festive and bustling center of activity. This is the best pirate shopping you'll find in the Portland area, with hand-made crafts and garb, trinkets, and toys for kids and adults. But keep your eye out for the Kings Navy; they be hunting pirates.
Food fit for a Pirate King!
When it comes to food, pirates never had it so good! From Rogue Brewery to the Lost Liner Cafe, the region's finest restaurants supply their buccaneer best throughout the festival, providing a variety of eclectic NW flavors and brews that will have you coming back for more. 
History Bazaar
The old world comes alive as pirates, buskers, craftsmen and blacksmiths recreate life in a make-shift island settlement. With hands-on historical displays and demonstrations to educate and entertain scallywags of all ages.
Friday, September 19, 2008
Portland Pirate Festival Sept. 20 & 21st in Cathedral Park, St. Johns, OR
“No Undie Sundie”
An Australian pub once criticized for employing a dwarf to pour liquor down patrons’ throats is now offering free drinks to women customers who take off their underwear.
During its “No Undie Sundie” event, the St. Hotel in Melbourne says it will give women customers $50 drink vouchers for completely removing their panties.
The advertisement for the weekend event featured Brittany Spears’ famous crotch shot taken while getting out of a car.
The Australian hotel industry is outraged at the tasteless publicity stunt and has accused the hotel of sexism and undermining the industry with irresponsible conduct.
St.Kilda Mayor Janet Cribbes said the promotion “puts young women (completely) at risk and makes them more vulnerable to sexual assault.”
No to mention completely unsanitary bar stools!
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
'Tail' Of Survival: Riding Out Ike With A Lion
BOLIVAR PENINSULA (AP) ― Many years from now, a small group of Hurricane Ike survivors will probably still be telling the story of how, on the night the storm flattened their island, they took sanctuary in a church -- with a lion.
The full-grown lion was from a local zoo, and the owner was trying to drive to safety with the animal when he saw cars and trucks stranded in the rising floodwaters. He knew he and the lion were in trouble.
He headed for the church and was met by a group of residents who helped the lion wade inside, where they locked it in a sanctuary as the storm raged. The water crept up to their waists, and two-by-fours came floating through broken windows. But the lion was as calm as a kitten.
When daylight came, everyone was still alive.
"They worked pretty well together, actually," said the lion's owner, Michael Ray Kujawa. "When you have to swim, the lion doesn't care about eating nobody."
Amid the destruction in places like Bolivar Peninsula and Galveston, where row upon row of houses were scoured from the landscape, seemingly impossible tales of survival have begun emerge. Whether through faith or fate, luck or resourcefulness, dozens of people who stayed behind made it out alive, and have harrowing stories to prove it.
As of Tuesday, the official death toll from Ike stood at 48. Only 17 were in Texas -- and many of those were people killed by fires or generator fumes after the storm had passed. However, authorities held out the possibility that some victims were washed out to sea.
Among those who made it out alive was Kathi Norton, who put on a life jacket as the storm closed in on High Island, on the Bolivar Peninsula. She and her husband, Paul, knew the dangers of staying, and put their important documents, credit cards, money and cell phones into a plastic bag, and held on tight.
All too quickly, the floodwaters rose and the house started to break apart. Through the gaps, they saw refrigerators, lawn mowers and hot tubs floating past. The deck broke away next. Then the roof started to buckle.
"The whole floor was just opened out," he said. Norton grabbed his wife and headed for an outdoor staircase, escaping in time only because a flagpole kept the house from crashing down for a few precious seconds. "I look up, the house is coming on us," he said.
For hours, they sloshed around in 4-foot waves before finding themselves perched in a tree. They finally made their way onto someone's motor home, which then started to sink. They were able to cling to rafters of a nearby structure and hang on until daybreak.
"We had to grab that staircase and float wherever it took us," the 68-year-old retiree said.
Willis Turner decided to ride it out on his wooden boat next to his house on Crystal Beach, also on Bolivar Peninsula, but it nearly capsized and he was saved by a rope his wife tossed to him. The two held on inside a home that she said "vibrated like a guitar string."
"It was like an atomic bomb going off. Right after the eye passed, whole houses came by us at 30 miles an hour -- WHOLE HOUSES! -- just floating right past," Turner said. "It was unreal. Unreal."
Turner and his wife awoke the next day to an island they no longer recognized. The first four rows of houses on the beach were washed into the sea. There were no more restaurants, no more gas stations, no more grocery stores. The neighborhood was gone.
In Galveston, Charlene Warner, 52, weathered the storm with her landlord and a neighbor in the apartment above her own.
"It felt like an earthquake -- the rumbling and the rocking of the building," she said, smoking outside a shelter in San Antonio. "Everyone was praying."
"It was so terrible. All I could say was, 'Lord, please don't kill me. Forgive me for what I done,"' Warner said, as a tear rolled down her cheek.
After the storm, she and neighbors waited for rescue, but no one came. The water receded, leaving a layer of muck filled with snakes. But with no water, no electricity and a shrinking supply of food, Warner decided to go for help, sliding her way across the goo a block and a half to the fire station.
Firefighters took her and neighbors to a spot where they could get on an evacuation bus. She arrived at a shelter in San Antonio with her purse stuffed full of personal documents and cigarettes, and one spare outfit that she washed and drip-dried on a railing Tuesday.
"I lost everything. What you see with me is all I have," she said. "I never seen anything like that in my life. I'll never ride out another storm."
Cheryl Stanley said she and her husband, Tom, wanted to evacuate their Galveston apartment before the hurricane hit but couldn't. Their son, Casey, has cerebral palsy, and the three live on the third floor. When they tried to leave, the elevators were turned off, and they couldn't carry Casey down the stairs.
"It was horrible," Cheryl said. "The building was shaking all night."
A few hours into the storm, Casey said he didn't feel safe in the bedroom, so they moved him to the living room. About three hours later, the ceiling in his bedroom collapsed.
"Thank God, we got Casey out of there," his mother said.
After the storm passed, paramedics carried Casey downstairs. And neighbors carried the wheelchair.
At the Baptist church on Bolivar Island where the lion spent the night, Richard Jones, a shrimper, said he wasn't afraid of the beast.
"That little old fella is just as tame as a kitten," Jones said.
After the storm passed, the lion's caretakers fed it pork roast to keep it happy.
National Guardsmen dropping off food and water lined up Tuesday in the choir loft to get a glimspe of the lion, and the soldiers jumped back when the lion looked up from it perch on the altar and snarled.
Jones said he hadn't stepped foot in a church in the 40 years he has lived on this spit of land. And he wasn't ready to call his survival divine intervention.
"I drink beer and chase women, gamble, cuss," Jones said. "You can't call that religion. I'm either too good, the devil won't have me, or I'm so bad the Good Lord won't take me. That's a good toss-up."
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Lions and tigers and prayers! Oh my!
Seems there are some rather different hurricane victims giving authorities problems in Texas.
Tiger roaming hurricane-ravaged streets in Texas
3 hours ago
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — Texas authorities busy trying to clean up after Hurricane Ike have a new problem on their hands: There's a tiger loose.
A county official said Tuesday that the animal somehow left its enclosure at an exotic pets center in Crystal Beach. Animal experts are coming in to try and catch the tiger
Crystal Beach is on Bolivar Peninsula. The area is one of the hardest-hit by Ike.
The news follows reports of a lion holed up in a Baptist church with its owner on Bolivar Peninsula as well as livestock and other animals roaming amid Hurricane Ike's wreckage.
Source: ap.google.com
Monday, September 15, 2008
Circus Krone
Nikolai Tovarich
Truppe Borzovi
Truppe Iriston
Val de Fun
Martin Lacey jr.
Jana Mandana 
Christel Sembach-Krone
Crazy Wilson
Shaolin Kung-Fu-Truppe
Totti
James Puydebois
Toni-Alexis-Familie
Mister Dalmatin
Atlantis
Truppe Catana
Krone-Ballett
