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Churches celebrate season
Living recreations tell story of Jesus' birth, life, Dec. 12-14 Ten years ago, Lynchwood Church of Gods youth minister Brian Arnold was asked to play Joseph in the churchs annual living nativity...
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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...
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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....
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. 2-4 Poles apart If you were a woman who takes off her clothes for a living, but had a clothes-minded minister for a father, what would you do? Thats the premise behind Vivas Holiday: An Opera...
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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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2016 Kia Optima: A more refined midsize
The 2016 Kia Optima has grown up, a symbol of changes currently underway at the South Korean car company that is transforming itself for the second time. Kia first entered the American market as the...
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Last week, Nov. 27 Victor Frankenstein; The Good Dinosaur; Creed This week, Dec. 4 Krampus (Universal), PG-13, 98 minutes About A boy who has a bad Christmas accidentally summons a Christmas...
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World leader in table tennis moves headquarters to Tigard
Ping pong. Table tennis. Whatever you call it, Judy Hoarfrost calls it her lifes work. For decades, the former professional table tennis player has been working to make the sport she loves relevant to...
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Coming-of-age novel has dark twist
In October 1937, while living on Alcatraz Island, the 10-year-old daughter of a prison guard goes missing and only convicted bank robber Tommy Capello knows why. The Edge of Lost (Kensington Fiction,...
View ArticleBits & Pieces: Quidditch? Yes, quidditch
Straight from the Harry Potter books and movies comes the Portland Quidditch League and Keep Quidditch Weird, the first official U.S. Quidditch tournament in the Portland area. The movie game...
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Portland playwright adapts classic 'Little Women' for Oregon City High School
Oregon City High School drama teacher Karlyn Love has always wanted to direct a production of Little Women, but in reading countless versions of adaptations of the classic Louisa May Alcott novel,...
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