Portland: Muddy Boot Festival, Sept. 10-12

Mark your calendars, Portland peeps, for this year's Muddy Boot Festival! I've attended the past two years and love this event. Their mission: to promote sustainable living. Yee-haw! Firstly, those two high fructose corn-drinkin' boys from the movie King Corn, Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis, will be giving the keynote address on Friday the 10th at 7pm (advance tix are $15-20...totally worth it). The festival itself runs Saturday from noon-9pm and Sunday noon-6pm, $5 admission each day for ages 12 and up. You'll get great live music, sustainably-produced food and beverages, info booths and vendors selling green goods, workshops, discussion panels and fun activities for the kiddos. Personally, the backyard goats and the edible landscaping workshops on Saturday look awesome (and they are free with admission). It's all happening at St. Philip Neri Church at 2408 SE 16th at Division. Check it out and have fun!