Save the Date
December 5th , 2009: New Deal Distillery’s Season’s Eatings
As we prepare for the holidays, we each have our own culinary traditions. When it comes down to it, regardless of what we cook, we all share the same desire –to create through a meal, a meaningful experience for ourselves and those we care for. How fortunate we are then, to have a plethora of amazing local food artisans, vintners and distillers right in our own backyard. Choosing locally when we decide what to bring, serve or give during the holiday season reflects respect for ourselves and appreciation for the environment that sustains us. It strengthens our local food economy, and lends support to the family farms who make it all possible. It allows us to create holiday traditions that are meaningful on so many levels.
Please join us at the Distillery and Tasting Room from noon to 5:00 PM for a spirited holiday market event celebrating our area’s finest chocolates, cheeses, wines, spirits and foodstuffs to benefit the Oregon Food Bank. Meet the artisans behind the culinary treasures, sample extraordinary local spirits, and find something wonderful for every foodie on your list. Admission is free with 1 non-perishable food item or cash donation for the Oregon Food Bank.
Guest vendors include Organics to You, Monteillet Fromagerie, Random Order Coffeehouse, Tails and Trotters, Xocolatl de David, Black Sheep Bakery, Little Red Bike Café, Velo Café, River Wave Foods, Pacific Pies and more!
Meet the New Deal Distillers
Friday, November 13th, 2009, 4:00 – 7:00 PM
Portland West Moreland Liquor Store
7207 SE Milwaukie Ave
Tasting Room Hours
Saturday, November 14th, 2009, 12:30 – 5:00 PM
Come out and sample our vodkas at our distillery tasting room and store in Southeast. Come tour the distillery and sample our craft-distilled vodkas and organic liqueurs before you buy a few bottles.
Upcoming Events
Thursday, November 12th, 2009
Film Action Oregon’s Casino Night at the Hollywood Theater
Join lady luck for a spirited night of gambling and carousing at one of Portland’s most beloved, historic movie palaces. Participants are encouraged to dress in Vegas inspired attire, with the best costumes of the evening winning prizes galore. Guests that win big will earn a shot at unbelievable prizes including world-class travel packages, an autographed Blazer’s basketball and so much more. Compete in our Vegas Crooners karaoke battle and rub elbows with the highest rollers in town – the Rose City Rollers. A full no-host bar will be available, complete with absinthe from Portland’s own Integrity Spirits and vodka from New Deal Distillery.
More info & tickets at Box Office Tickets
Friday, November 13th, 2009
Native American Youth and Family Center Annual Gala: Uniting Our Children & Families, Supporting Our Native Foster Children
Join NAYA at their annual fundraising gala to savor a one of a kind traditional Native Alaskan dinner and bid on original native art work from all over the nation including fine antique baskets, carvings from master artists, original paintings, prints and hand created jewelry in silent and live auctions. Enjoy a native dance performance and have an amazing night!
Key note speaker, Terry Cross, of Seneca Nation, Bear Clan, is the director of the National Indian Child Welfare Association. Honored by Al Gore with an award for improving government, Cross was one of the few non-federal employees to receive such an award. He is the author of numerous seminal texts on child welfare and family well-being, and is widely recognized and respected as a national leader and powerful speaker.
More info at NAYA PDX
Tickets at AuctionPay
Saturday, November 14th, 2009
Portland Youth Development Coalition’s 1st Annual Glass Ball
The Portland Youth Development Coalition (PYDC) is a consortium of Portland based non profits committed to putting youth first. The PYDC works to connect youth with Portland Organizations that offer resources that help youth to develop strong educational, artistic, emotional and professional growth. PYDC members include Artist Mentorship Program (AMP) and Urban Opportunities. These programs are dedicated to offering Portland’s youth free opportunities to develop their emotional, educational, artistic and employment skills.
Find your glass slippers and your checkbook ladies and gents, this is a night to remember. It will be a dress up affair: a great date for a great cause. Just in time for your favorite holiday purchases, the gala event of the season will feature performances by Last Regiment Marching Band, members of the Dandy Warhols, Viva Voce, and Aerial Acrobats from AWOL. Open bar provided by New Deal Vodka, Amnesia Brewing, & local wineries, and catering by Birdie Yum Yum! Support PYDC at the silent auction and bid for your favorite PYDC Glass Balls at a live auction emceed by Tres Shannon of Voodoo Donuts.
More info at PYDC
Tickets at AuctionPay
Saturday, November 14th, 2009
Junk to Funk Recycled Fashion Show Contest
Junk to Funk Recycled Fashion Show Contest is an annual production aimed to educate it’s audiences about waste reduction, recycling issues and to inspire creative re-use. We do this in a most unique way: through showcasing wearable art and couture fashion based on the creative use of “trash” in an eclectic and often humorous production.
Join Mayor Sam Adams and the Mercury’s Marjorie Skinner at the Crystal Ballroom for the Junk to Funk Fashion Show Contest presided over by the Junk Jury: Local Designer Adam Arnold, Kelley Carmichael-Casey from SCRAP, Kristen Calhoun from the Regional Arts and Culture Council, Prasenjit Tito Chowdhury from Portland Fashion Week and Ronda Chapman-Duer from the Oregon Association of Recyclers. Enjoy musical performances by Junquestra. Audience costumes are encouraged! But don’t worry, if you don’t get to it before hand, SCRAP will be on site with a DIY Scrappy Accessories Table.
More info & tickets at Junk to Funk
Saturday, November 14th, 2009
Lower Columbia River Estuary Partnership’s Reach for the Columbia Annual Dinner, Art Show & Sale
The Lower Columbia River Estuary Partnership works to protect and restore the nationally significant lower Columbia River estuary with on-the-ground improvements and education and information programs. To augment existing efforts, the Estuary Partnership focuses on bringing together the whole picture; building capacity of partners and leverage resources and providing information; and removing barriers to better management of the lower Columbia River through collaboration, convening and coordination.
Join them for their annual fundraiser held at the Portland Art Museum. The evening will include an art showing and sale featuring artists of the lower Columbia River region. We’ll also showcase children’s art from our Kids from the Columbia education program. Join us for the evening to celebrate the partnerships that make our work to protect, restore and educate possible!
More info & tickets at Lower Columbia River Estuary Partnership
Holiday Events
We have a lot of fun events we’re sponsoring coming up this Fall, including OMSI After Dark on December 2nd, our Season’s Eatings Festival at the distillery on December 5th, and Planned Parenthood’s Sexy Tuesday at the distillery on December 8th. Stay tuned to DISTILLATE and our Events page for more updates.
Announcements
November Newsletter Out Now
If you haven’t signed up for our newsletter you can take a look at the new November issue here. Or, better yet, you can sign up and get it delivered to your inbox every month!
New Distillery Row Website
Something truly unique is occurring in Portland—a craft distillation revolution. A handful of innovative small distilleries are making handcrafted, locally distilled spirits available for the first time since prohibition. The heart of this movement lies in Distillery Row: an inconspicuous neighborhood of small warehouses and light industrial buildings in Southeast Portland, known as the lower east-side industrial district. In a strip 16 blocks long and five blocks wide, five independent distilleries (housing seven spirits companies) have begun producing over twenty unique liquors. They make everything from vodkas and gins, rums and whiskeys, to more specialized spirits such as absinthe,
aquavit, and flavored liqueurs.
New T-Shirts for Sale at the Tasting Room
We have the new batch of New Deal t-shirts on sale in our Tasting Room Store for only $15 a piece! We would like to thank our awesome designers for their beautiful work! Please check out their websites the next time you’re in need of graphic design work. We highly recommend them all: Sean Timson, Kevin Bostwick, and
Bob Thompson. Special shout out to Modified for screen printing the t-shirts. Come down and get some while we still have sizes available! Our Tasting Room Store is open every Saturday from 12:30 to 5:00 PM.
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