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The Cowboy outside his bike rack at Powell's - Portland

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About Joe "Metal Cowboy" Kurmaskie

 Joe Kurmaskie, dubbed the "Metal Cowboy" by a blind rancher he encountered one icy morning in Idaho, has been addicted to the intoxicating freedom and power of the bicycle ever since he "borrowed" his big sister's banana-seat bike at the age of five. As he careened down the neighborhood hill, much to his parents' dismay, Joe set in motion what has become a lifelong love affair with the road and the wheel. In Metal Cowboy, Joe offers up an infectious and big-hearted collection of true adventures and misadventures, chronicling his time touring America on his bicycle.

Joe shooting rapids

Whether he is climbing a tree to avoid the insistent pecking of a flock of geese in New Hampshire, tooling around a motel parking lot in Utah with a touring group of Elvis impersonators, or filling in as a last-minute scarecrow in a North Carolina Halloween parade, Joe revels in the charm of small town America and the unforgettable characters who dot our landscape. Full of energy, wit, and wisdom, Metal Cowboy is both an inspiration and a call to the road, full of the simple joy of a path well pedaled and a life less ordinary.

Metal Cowboy Riding Outside The Lines Momentum Is Your Friend
Metal  Cowboy
(Best seller)
Riding between the lines
Momentum is your friend
(Best Seller)

Joe & the boysJoe has been a journalist for two decades. He's been a contributing writer to Bicycling Magazine, Details, Men's Journal He worked as an editor for five years at an AP newspaper, before becoming and author and entertainer (mostly so he could sleep in later.) His work has appeared in Details, Midwest Bike and The SF Chronicle. He reviews books for The Oregonian and is a educator for Literary Arts Inc and Community of Writers - COW writer in residence at Portland State University. He lives in Portland Oregon with his wife Beth and his three boys Quinn and Lorenzo and Matteo. They attempt without much success to grow webbed feet during the "wet" season.

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Questions: Call 503-239-6985 or 408-595-6025 to order books, hire Joe for programs, assemblies, speaking events - quotes/fees for Joe's performances and appearances etc...


Performance Events


February 2010

Sunday Feb 28 10am-3pm
Northwest Trail alliance Bike Swap
Sandbox Studios Portland, oregon
http://nw-trail.org/


March 2010

Friday March 12th noon
Amazon Headquarters
Fishbowl Performance

Friday March 12 3pm to 8pm

Booksigning
REI flagship Store Downtown Seattle

Seattle Bike Expo
Saturday, March 13, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sunday, March 14, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Smith Cove Cruise Terminal 91
Booksigning at Seattle Bicycle Paper Booth all weekend
Performance on Main Stage
Sunday 12:30 p.m.
www.cascade.org/eandr/expo/index.cfm


April 2010

Friday April 9, 6 p.m.
CPAH Twelfth Annual “HomeWord Bound” Charity Event
Tualatin Country Club 9145 S.W. Tualatin Road, Tualatin, OR 97062.
Featured Author
http://www.cpahinc.org/hwbound2010.html

Saturday, April 10, 2010 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sunday, April 11, 2010 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The Bicycle Show
Oregon Convention Center Portland, Oregon
Booth and Performance/booksigning
Performance, Saturday at 4pm and Sunday at 2pm
http://pedalnationevents.com/

NWTA Banquet
Thursday April 22nd

Speaker/booksigning
Time TBA
http://nw-trail.org/


Saturday April 24 Sunday April 25

9am to 5pm
Kidfest
Portland Expo Center
Metal Cowboy Performances all weekend
Adventure Dad Depot
Booksigning: Bart King and Joe Kurmaskie in One Booth!
www.kidfestnw.com/

Tuesday April 27th 6:30 pm
Salem Bike Club
Performance
and booksigning
First Methodist United Church
Salem, Oregon
www.salembicycleclub.org/index.plx


May 2010

Wednesday May 12th 6pm
Vancouver Bike Club
Performance
and signing
Bortolami’s Aero Room
In the building behind Bortolami’s Pizzeria
9901 NE 7th Avenue
2nd floor, Room A201
Vancouver, WA
Corner of 99th Street & 7th Avenue in Hazel Dell
http://vbc-usa.com/

Sunday, May 16th 2pm
Hillsboro Library
Hillsboro, Oregon
Performance and booksigning

Sunday May 23 10 to 4pm Sunday Parkway
Booth booksigning

May 18th thru May 27th
Seattle washington /Kings County Library and School Tour
Crystal Springs Elementary (Bothell) – Tuesday, May 18 – 2:15-3:15pm
Cascade View Elementary (Tukwila)- Wednesday, May 19th, 2 to 3pm;
Des Moines Library – Wednesday, May 19th, 7pm;
Maywood Hills Elementary (Bothell) – Thursday,  May 20th, 1 to 2pm
Bothell Library, Thursday, May 20th, 7pm
Pacific Middle School (Des Moines) Tuesday, May 25th, 8:15 to 9:15am;
Covington Library, Wednesday, May 26th, 7pm;
Bear Creek Elementary (Woodinville), Thursday, May 27th, 9:15am;
Redmond Library, Thursday, May 27th, 7pm


June 2010

Brown Bag Lunch Transportation Series
Thursday June 17th, Noon PSU Campus

Portland, Oregon

June 27th
Sunday Parkways 10am to 4pm
North Portland
Book and booksigning
Front of Metal Cowboy’s House 2820 Willamette Blvd
Portland, Oregon


July 2010

July 18th Sunday Parkways
Location TBA
10am to 4pm

July 31 Saturday
Tour de Cure
Hillsboro Stadium
Hillsboro, Oregon
Performance/booksigning
http://tour.diabetes.org/site/TR/TourdeCure/TDC460018030?pg=entry&fr_id=7041


August 2010

Sunday August 15th
Sunday Parkways
10am to 4pm
Location TBA
booth and booksigning

Saturday August 21st
10th Annual Wine Ride
Newberg, Oregon
Performance Booksigning
www.vienride.com


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