PyCon Dinners

**New for PyCon 2016:** The dinners are not concurrent so you can attend both! Join us Monday May 30th and/or Wednesday June 1st at 6pm after talks for great food, great company, and great speakers! If you are new to PyCon, this is a great opportunity to make new friends early on in the conference. Both dinners have an audience participation aspect designed to get people talking — which we hope will be especially valuable to first-timers at PyCon, which was 60% of attendees last year based on the post-conference survey! If PyCon is already an annual event for you, then you know that the conference continues with great conversations long after the talks end for the day — so pull up a chair! Monday, May 30, 2016 — McMenamins Crystal Ballroom -------------------------------------------------------- * Cost: $35 per person * Location: [McMenamins Crystal Ballroom](http://www.crystalballroompdx.com/), 1332 W. Burnside, Portland OR 97209 * Time: 6:30 – 10:30 PM * Speaker: Brandon Rhodes, running three rounds of Python Trivia * Punk band: The Adventure Capitalists! * Menu: Buffet Style * Dinner: Pepper-Crusted Round of Beef and Wild Mushroom & Spinach Cannelloni * Sides: Garlic Green Beans and Nutty Wild Rice Pilaf, dinner rolls, fruit tray, vegetable platter, mixed green salad * Beverages: Citrus punch bowl, McMenamins own freshly brewed coffee & decaf, black & herbal teas * Dessert Tray * One drink ticket will be included and a cash bar will be available * Vegan entree is available upon request Wednesday, June 1, 2016 - Portland Art Museum ----------------------------------------------------------- * Cost: $45 per person * Location: [Portland Art Museum](http://portlandartmuseum.org/), the Mark Building at 1119 SW Park Ave , Portland, OR 97205 - - Fields Sunken Ballroom * Time: 6:30 – 9:30 PM * Speaker: Adrienne Lowe * Includes access to two floors of the Portland Art Museum Gallery next door to the ballroom! * Menu: Buffet Style (legend: VE = vegetarian, WF = wheat­ free, VG = vegan, DF = dairy ­free) * Hors d’Oeuvres: Mini Latkes & Lox, (DF/WF) Pineapple Rumaki, (VE/WF) Polenta, Lemon, Pine Nut & Honey Canape * Dinner Buffet: (DF) Braised BBQ Beef with Cherry Cola Glaze, (DF/WF) Chicken, Peperonata, WF/VG) Rainbow Quinoa Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms * Sides: (VE/WF) Willamette Valley Salad, (VG/WF) Herbed Potatoes Saute, (VG/WF), Grilled Seasonal Vegetables, (VG) French Baguette * Dessert: Brownies, lemon bars, walnut bars & seasonal bars, (GF) Baby Cakes * One drink ticket will be included and a cash bar will be available Note: Vegetarian, vegan, and gluten ­free meals will be provided at both dinners for those that request such meals on their registration form.