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2015 MINI Cooper 4 door: Fun in a small package
The MINI Cooper comes in a four-door hardtop version this year. OK, so that's not the most groundbreaking announcement in the world. Although the sedan is 6.3 inches longer than the coupe, the back...
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Bits & Pieces: Amazon's best
Looking for a good book? Amazon, not surprisingly, has some recommendations. The Amazon.com Editorial Team has announced its Best Books of the Year So Far, a midyear retrospective. It awarded the most...
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Last week, June 26 Ted 2; Big Game; Max; A Little Chaos; The Overnight This week, July 1, 3 Magic Mike XXL (WB), R, 111 minutes About Mike and the Kings of Tampa go on the road for one...
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Miss Portland upgrades her title to Miss Oregon
Ali Wallace wins $10,000 scholarship, vies for Miss America The theme of the Miss Oregon 2015 pageant, held on Saturday, June 27, in Seaside, was The Driving Force, and at the end of the evening when...
View ArticleBits & Pieces: The Drammys
The 37th annual Drammy Awards were held Monday at the Newmark Theatre, honoring the best of the Portland-area theater scene from 2014-15. All winners can be found at www.drammyawards.org. The...
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July 2 Madus can be L.A. rockers Madus just released their new EP All The Way! and the title cut is a punchy angular tune that would appeal to fans of Arctic Monkeys, Muse and OK Go. This is a band...
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Head outdoors to view sculptures in Lake O
Quintana Galleries to shut; work by college artists on display (Note: The Tribune will highlight some gallery openings and other arts happenings in the first edition of each month to coincide with...
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MISC. Fourth of July It's decision time where to watch fireworks, with the Portland area's biggest displays at Fort Vancouver (Wash.) on the Columbia River, the Waterfront Blues Festival on the...
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Head to waterfront for all shades of the blues
Lineup of national and local talent offers must-hear, must-see music July 2-5 Devon Allman sums it up. Its weird to be in a world where theres no B.B. King. Allman never got to meet King, who died...
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2015 MINI Cooper 4 door: Fun in a small package
The MINI Cooper comes in a four-door hardtop version this year. OK, so that's not the most groundbreaking announcement in the world. Although the sedan is 6.3 inches longer than the coupe, the back...
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McLaren 650S Spider: Day-to-day Supercar
The 2015 McLaren 650S is a two-seater Supercar that looks like a spaceship and is powered by a twin-turbocharged 3.8-liter all-aluminum V8 mounted behind the cockpit that produces a whopping 641...
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The accidental record setter
Linda Graybeal talks softly but powerlifts a big weight Linda Graybeals neck hurt. She had stenosis, a cramped nerve in her neck that caused her arm to go painfully numb. She was told physical therapy...
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Show will go on for Bridget Wilmes, Miss USA hopefuls
Reelz network saves the day for Miss Oregon USA, who hopes to be crowned Miss USA on July 12 Bridget Wilmes, Miss Oregon USA, is probably breathing a sigh of relief, now that Reelz has announced it...
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Last week, July 1, 3 Magic Mike XXL; Terminator Genisys; Aloft This week, July 10 Minions (Universal), PG, 91 minutes About Stuart, Kevin and Bob are hired by a supervillain and her husband...
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Grab a book, laze in the shade
Indulge in guilty pleasures with some light summer reading During the time I was living in Fairbanks, Alaska, I developed a theory about why the Russian classics are so long. See, when youre in...
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Live Music
July 12 Funky fete Holocene hosts a veritable mini-festival, called The Takeover, of funk, soul and hip-hop with this show, which features sophisticated Portland lyricist Champagne Duane backed up by...
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Soak up sounds and suds
Project Pabst pours on refreshing brew of shows at Zidell Yards Terry Six muses for a moment on his life after The Exploding Hearts, the star-crossed Portland power pop band who had three its members...
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The Short List
STAGE The Brody Theater One of Portlands improvisation companies puts on High Five, (July 3) Fly-Ass Jokes (July 3) and My Country Tis of Me (July 4) this weekend, and then gets ready to host...
View ArticleBits & Pieces: Old-fashioned fun
Five Oregon Oldtime Fiddlers Association fiddlers won awards at the National Grand Championship Fiddle Contest at Weisler, Idaho, including Luke Price of Portland, who repeated as the 2015 National...
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Better water means better beer
Oregon Brewshed Alliance taps into green ethos, launches education effort Youve heard about farm-to-table, even farm-to-cone (in artisanal ice cream speak). How about forest-to-pint? It refers to the...
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