The escape artists
Raymond Latocki and his children expand their spooky entertainment empire on the Westside Puzzles and tricks and frightening sights? For the Latockis, its a family business. Raymond Latocki and his...
View ArticleThe big Screen
Last week, Sept. 4 The Transporter Refueled; A Walk in the Woods; Before We Go This week, Sept. 11 The Perfect Guy (Screen Gems), PG-13, 100 minutes About: A woman enters into a relationship...
View ArticleRenamed theater group has no time to wait
NWCTC restructures, puts new spin on Beckett's classic 'Godot' The initials are the same, but the meaning has changed: Northwest Classical Theatre Company has become Northwest Classical Theatre...
View ArticleTitle puts Miss Tall on top of world
Erica Hand towers over competition as international champ Playing basketball and volleyball while growing up in Woodburn, and not having anything to do with pageants, Erica Hand never envisioned that...
View ArticleClackamas Repertory Theatre 'One Man' sure to be crowd pleaser
Its not every day that a hugely successful, Tony-award winning Broadway show makes its Northwest debut in Oregon City, but that is exactly the case with Clackamas Repertory Theatres production of...
View ArticleLive Music
Sept. 10 Shera delight Lauren Sheras third album, Gold and Rust, recently was named Best CD of the Year in the Singer-Songwriter Category by Indie Acoustic Project, and one listen will tell you...
View ArticleThe Short List
MISC. Volunteer Expo The annual event, put on by The Standard, shares the virtues of volunteerism for Portlanders eager to make a difference. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10, Pioneer Courthouse...
View Article2015 TBA Fest: Experimental Magic
All the city's a stage for avante-garde arts performances The people who run the Time-Based Art Festival understand that deep-thinking performance and art is not going to click with everybody, that...
View ArticleBits & Pieces: Miss America?
Ali Wallace, the reigning Miss Oregon from Portland, hopes to garner votes and win over judges to be in the running for Miss America, which crowns its winner on Sunday, Sept. 13, in Atlantic City (9...
View ArticleCat's out of bag: Chefs pen 'Heartlandia'
Country Cat owners release heritage craft cookbook this month It took four years to write, but Adam and Jackie Sappington promise their first cookbook Heartlandia: Heritage Recipes from The Country...
View Article2016 Honda Pilot: Stunning transformation
Fairy tales aren't the only place where ugly ducklings turn into the beautiful swans. The 2016 Honda Pilot has transformed from a dated boxy family hauler into a thoroughly modern large crossover that...
View ArticleNature is frame for 30 artists at third annual Forest of Arts
The third annual Forest of Arts on Sept. 19 and 20 at the Hopkins Demonstration Forest, a 140-acre forest in Oregon City, allows visitors to sample the best of two worlds nature and nature-inspired...
View ArticleWanted: A real life 'cat' burglar
Meet Tigger, the 'Kleptokitty' who happens to belong to a West Linn police officer The irony is almost too rich. A police sergeant with a cat who loves to steal? It sounds like an idea from the...
View ArticleWashington County museum's Rock Creek site nearly finished
The Washington County Museum wrote a new chapter in its own history last week when it re-dedicated its facility at Portland Community Colleges Rock Creek Campus. For the museum, once mired in...
View ArticleTigard group Breast Friends helps women all over country
Local organization expands nationwide to help women cope Becky Olson and Sharon Henifin know what its like to live with a cancer diagnosis. They know the stress, the fear, the pain. Both friends have...
View ArticleBits & Pieces: Bosch on breakfast
A local chef, Paul Bosch from F&B Cafe, is taking part in the largest national chef competition, the Hometown Breakfast Battle. It includes 135 chefs in 135 cities, and it started Monday. Boschs...
View ArticleThe Big Screen
Last week, Sept. 11 The Perfect Guy; 90 Minutes in Heaven; Learning to Drive This week, Sept. 18 Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (20th Century Fox), PG-13, 131 minutes About After having...
View ArticleTigard couple hitch a ride on Cuba's cultural adventure
Dunlaps are among first tourists to enter island from the U.S. Fleeing Cuba by boat has been going on for decades since Fidel Castro assumed military and political power in 1959 and the U.S. embargo...
View ArticleGamut of arts graces calendar
(Note: The Tribune will highlight some gallery openings and other arts happenings in the first edition of each month to coincide with First Thursday this month, its Thursday, Sept. 3) The...
View ArticleLive Music
Sept. 4 Jukebox hero Thom Gimbel, guitarist, keyboardist and saxophonist for Foreigner for the past two decades, says he started playing rock n roll for the same reason lots of guys do to meet...
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