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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...
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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 ArticleThe Big Screen
Last week, Sept. 18 Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials; Captive; Black Mass; Everest; Grandma; Sleeping With Other People This week, Sept. 25 The Intern (WB), PG-13, 121 minutes About A...
View ArticleBold change has main performances slated for summer months
Bold change has main performances slated for summer months Usually, as fall commences, the Portland Opera would be preparing for its season, and there would be hustle and bustle around the Hampton...
View ArticleBits & Pieces: Fun exhibit
The very popular Blue Man Group is coming back to Portland kind of. Blue Man Group has teamed up with Boston Childrens Museum and others to put on a touring exhibit, Making Waves, that will be...
View ArticleHopkinson digs deep to pen riveting tale of Nazi resistance
'Courage & Defiance' tells story of heroic Danes in WWII Critically acclaimed author Deborah Hopkinson has written more than 40 award-winning books. Mainly a historical nonfiction writer, Hopkinson...
View ArticleBag&Baggage asks: Have we really come a long way, baby?
Weve all seen 9 to 5, Mad Men and countless other dramedies dealing with sexism and gender inequity in the culture of American business. In 2015, can a play even if written in 2012 based on...
View ArticleBits & Pieces: Youth Poet Laureate
Youth Poet Laureate Spit/Write, partnering with Mayor Charlie Hales youth initiative, will name a city-sanctioned Portland Youth Poet Laureate, choosing from a racially and socioeconomically diverse...
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Sept. 26 Gallery gig Disjecta Contemporary Art Center, 8371 N. Interstate Ave., hosts the first installment of its Book of Scores series at 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26. Admission is free to the all-ages...
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STAGE Little Gem CoHo presents the Corrib Theatre production, by Dublin playwright Elaine Murphy, a fully staged revival of the award-winning Irish drama after its Kells Irish Pub run earlier this...
View ArticlePortland joins food hall revolution
Two years in the making, Portland is soon to get its first indoor food hall this fall. Pine Street Market a 10,000-square-foot space that will house nine small restaurants, plus 20,000 square feet of...
View ArticleThorogood shows he's still 'Bad to the Bone'
George Thorogood has been an American blues rocker for more than four decades, and hes still going strong. The man who formed the Destroyers back in 1973 will do three shows in Oregon next Monday...
View ArticleBlitzen Trapper: new century rock
Roots band makes classic rock for the 21st century, releases new record next week, heads out on tour If you havent heard Portlands Blitzen Trapper before, its as good a time as any to drop whatever...
View Article2015 Subaru Forester: Better than ever
Subaru has set trends by never chasing them. The Japanese manufacturer sold the first all-wheel-drive passenger car in America in 1974. It also began offering small turbocharged engines before their...
View ArticleGresham mother arrested in alleged homicide of son
Police say 17 year old shot in the back at family's home Police are investigating the alleged homicide of a 17-year-old male who they say was shot and killed by his mother on Thursday, Sept. 24 . The...
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...
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