2015 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 ArticleClassic cars to cruise Oregon City's Main Street for Sept. 19 fundraiser
Classic car owners will be revving their engines and getting ready to rumble, as 400 cars return to Oregon Citys Main Street from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 19. This marks the sixth year for...
View ArticleProject shows power of the flower to heal
The Bloom Project provides bedside bouquets to patients Ever wonder what happens to the flowers nobody buys at your local grocery and flower stand? Wonder no more. Many of them are donated to a very...
View ArticlePokemon music plays on symphony stage
Tunes from classic video game will fill Schnitzer hall Now the second biggest gaming franchise after Mario, both for Nintendo and the world, Pokémon always has thrilled the younger set with its social...
View ArticleThe Short List
MUSIC Def Leppard The summer concert season is winding down, but its not over, yet. Def Leppard will stop at Amphitheater Northwest in Ridgefield, Wash., on Sept. 17, headlining a night that also...
View ArticleVeg out at Portland's first vegan festival
Meat eaters welcome, too, for munchies, music, beer and more Nic Adler wants to make one thing perfectly clear: Carnivores are welcome to come to his festival. The owner of the legendary Roxy Theatre...
View ArticleWinning ticket to mark Winterhawks' milestone year
Hockey team celebrates 40 years, WHL reaches 50 with promo events planned all season Its a milestone season for the Portland Winterhawks and the Western Hockey League, and the club plans another year...
View ArticleLive Music
Sept. 17 Fated to happen Electronic musician and singer Natasha Kmeto is set to release her newest record, called Inevitable. Tunes on it include the midtempo Come and Say, a techno-flavored...
View ArticleTBA shows wake up senses
More cool shows on tap for weekend The show Bronx Gothic kicked off the Time-Based Art Festival (TBA 15) with a bang. The sheer force of the story/dance, performed and written by Okwui Okpokwasili,...
View Article2016 Honda HR-V: Fun new subcompact crossover
The all new Honda HR-V is one of the latest entries in an automotive market segment that didn't even exist a few years ago the subcompact crossover. Although brand new, the 2016 HR-V is already one...
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...
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