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Hopkinson 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...
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Bag&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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Live Music
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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The Short List
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...
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Portland 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...
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Thorogood 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...
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Blitzen 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...
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2015 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...
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Wanted: 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...
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Washington 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...
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Tigard 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...
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Classic 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...
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Project 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...
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Pokemon 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...
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The 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...
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Veg 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...
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Winning 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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