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Fill a bag - fill a belly
Sixth annual food drive for SnowCap runs through Jan. 8 Every Thursday morning for the last six years, Doug Medler has gone grocery shopping. But not because his cupboards are empty. Medler is a...
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SnowCap director honored for service to hungry
Oregon Food Bank highlights charity's innovative approach Judy Alley believes in sharing credit as much as she believes in sharing food. Recently named a 2015 Hunger Hero by the Oregon Food Bank,...
View ArticleBits & Pieces: OCT grant
Oregon Childrens Theatre received a four-year $300,000 grant from the James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation, which gave awards to 39 arts organizations in the state. For OCT, its operating...
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The Short List
STAGE Back Fence PDX: Mainstage The show has been playing to packed audiences since 2008, featuring local and out-of-town storytellers telling true personal tales based on the nights theme. A new Back...
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Big changes keep Oregon Ballet Theatre on its toes
Now financially stable, new home, new projects, school expansion take center stage Oregon Ballet Theatre, which, over the years, has produced such great works under the guidance of artistic directors...
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Live Music
To our friends in France: This weeks column is dedicated to the folks who lost their lives at the Bataclan Music Hall in Paris when terrorists attacked during The Eagles of Death Metal concert Nov....
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These sips will put you in holiday spirit
Bread & Brew Portland just got a whole lot boozier. House Spirits Distillery this week opened its new distillery and tasting room, which makes it the largest distillery in the Pacific Northwest....
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2016 Kia Forte: Have it your way
The 2016 Kia Forte is all things to all people or at least, several different versions of a compact car that can meet a lot of needs. Although every large volume manufacturer offers a compact car...
View ArticleBits & Pieces: 'Forum Theatre Convergence
Housing and livability will be addressed in the theater group Living Stages Forum Theatre Convergence, featuring teams from community organizations OPAL Environmental Justice, Bus Riders Unite,...
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Davis returns with record deal, growing confidence
Kate Davis sticks to her standards, adds own jazz, pop songs Kate Davis made a name for herself in the music industry with her versions of songs by such jazz legends as Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald...
View ArticleThe Big Screen
Last week, Nov. 20 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2; Secret in Their Eyes; The Night Before This week, Nov. 27 Victor Frankenstein (20th Century Fox), PG-13, 109 minutes About Told from...
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Feast on Banjo King's music bash
Tony Furtado, friends perform at Mississippi Studios Nov. 28 You know the feeling. Its a couple days after Thanksgiving and while you love your relatives, you need a break from them. Tony Furtado...
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Spin that wheel! Price is Right brings prizes to Rose City
Hey, Portland, come on down! Television game show The Price is Rights road show is coming to Keller Auditorium April 1. Portland5 Centers for the Arts said tickets for the show go on sale at 10 a.m....
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GFU makes history at programming contest
Fox news For the first time in school history, Bruin teams place first at sub- regional of the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest In more than 20 years competing in the ACM...
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Custodian saves choking student
Rachel Lane performs the Heimlich maneuver on 5-year-old Luke Edwards Having received flowers from her husband earlier in the day, Antonia Crater Elementary School custodian Rachele Lane was in a great...
View ArticleMark & Dave: Oregon's pot shops growing like, uh, weeds
That didnt take long. In Oregon, there are now more marijuana shops than Starbucks or McDonalds restaurants 248 vs. 204, to be exact. Were pretty sure strip clubs are still No 1. Yay Portland. ...
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Live Music
Dec. 1 Warrens piece Guitarist-singer Warren Haynes has played with The Nighthawks, David Allan Coe, Dickey Betts, The Allman Brothers, the Grateful Dead, Derek Trucks, Dave Matthews and his own...
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A winter wonderland of fun for all
Holiday lights and action warm up the season starting now Here are some holiday/Christmas events starting or happening in the next week: Pittock Mansions The Magic of Wintertime display is open,...
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The Short List
STAGE The Portland Ballet The company and youth ballet academy debut a major piece by Anne Mueller, Day by Day. Witty and humorous, its choreographed to Mozarts Strong Quartet in Bflat Major to...
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Get your Dickens in a twist one more time
'A Christmas Carol' meets 21st-century improv at Portland Center Stage Holidays are a time for family and good feelings and shopping and revelry. With Portland Center Stages third year of A Christmas...
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