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NW Quilting Expo - Bigger and better than ever
The northwest's largest quilt expo runs through this Saturday at Portland Expo Center The Northwest Quilting Expo is back for a 16th edition, and its bigger and better than ever – again. If that seems...
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Test Drive: 2017 Acura RDX AWD
Not so long ago, almost every compact crossover SUV offered a V6 as a more powerful optional engine. Today, the optional engine is usually a turbocharged inline 4 that provides the same or better...
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Big screen Last week, Sept. 23 Storks; The Magnificent Seven; The Dressmaker; Queen of Katwe This week, Sept. 30 Deepwater Horizon (Lionsgate), PG-13, 107 minutes About Its a story set on...
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Big grant Portland Childrens Museum has received a Museums for America-Learning Experiences grant of $116,267 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to develop a new water play experience,...
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Skamania's treehouse getaway offers easy escape
A 'refined rustic' adventure in the gorge awaits visitors My boys are fascinated by treehouses. Since they were little, theyve been constructing forts and hideouts out of cardboard boxes, PVC pipes,...
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'JEKYLL & HYDE' STORMS INTO STUMPTOWN STAGES
Kirk Mouser, Katie Harman Ebner pair up in musical drama Although Kirk Mouser and Katie Harman Ebner were both active in the theater department at Centennial High School, they graduated in different...
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Banned books celebrated this week at Milwaukie, Oregon City public libraries
Would you go to jail for your favorite book? This isnt an idle question. American and world history is riddled with times when people have vigorously defended the rights of everyone to seek the forms...
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Bonsai Society of Portland’s third annual Fall Exhibit at the Milwaukie...
What Steve Leaming is looking forward to most at the Bonsai Society of Portlands third annual Fall Exhibit, Demonstration & Marketplace on Oct. 1 is seeing the reactions we get from people when...
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Being Bowie: Vincent pays tribute to late legend's music
Singer joins Oregon Symphony to offer British star's works Tony Vincent calls himself the biggest Anglophile living in New York City, loving The Beatles and The Rolling Stones and bands such as...
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Gaither Vocal Band uses harmonies to share faith and art
Storied gospel group to perform at Keller Auditorium Sept. 30 Weve all heard the saying, Youre preaching to the choir. In the case of the Gaither Vocal Band, however, you could say the roles are...
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Test Drive: 2016 Nissan Altima SL 2.5
Nissan Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn has set an ambitious goal to get 10 percent of the North American market. That might sound impossible to achieve, considering that Nissan has historically sold fewer...
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Movie Time
Big screen Last week, Sept. 16 Snowden; Blair Witch; Bridget Joness Baby This week Sept. 23 Storks (WB), PG, 86 minutes About Storks have moved on from delivering babies to packages, but...
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Book Report: Wordstock serves readers feast
About 80 authors slated to appear at annual book event Find your favorite reading glasses, Portland. There are stacks of books to read if you hope to stay ahead of Wordstock, Portlands biggest book...
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DERBY'S TOP TEAMS ROLL INTO PORTLAND
Rose City Rollers and its all-stars prepare for worlds Portland is home to the biggest roller derby club in the world, and is also home to the world champion all-star team. Both will be showcased when...
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After open-heart surgery, David Legg of Clackamas to attempt St. Helens summit
Vim. Vigor. Vitality. Those words described 66-year-old Clackamas native David Legg just a year ago, before his open-heart surgery for a congenital heart valve defect. Before the death of his mother in...
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Oregon City's Bike Concierge powers unique views of local landmarks
When I met Thom and Shelley Batty at the Bike Concierge, the business they co-own in downtown Oregon City, for a Saturday morning ride, it had been nearly four years since I last got on a bike. I hoped...
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Crushin' it: Wine lovers gather for annual stomp
Wine country events make a perfect day or weekend trip from Portland Each year in late September, thousands of people gather at Willamette Valley Vineyards for the annual stomping of the grapes. Like...
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Winterhawks ready to take the ice
Coach/GM Johnston is back for more; opener is Saturday On the side of the Interstate 205 freeway, there stands a billboard with a huge image of Mike Johnston and the words Hes back. Johnston, who...
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Short List
STAGE How I Learned What I Learned August Wilsons provocative autobiographical solo show about race, culture, oppression, hierarchy and power takes place at Portland Playhouse. Wilson talks directly...
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Hemingway shines a light on depression
Voices lecture series hosts actress, author, aims to inspire women Mariel Hemingway was fortunate. She saw the light, while growing up in a famous family where members often lived in the dark, beset by...
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