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STAGE White Bird The dance presenters (whitebird.org) open their season with two big shows: Alchemia, by Momix, 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Friday, Oct. 8-9, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, Newmark...
View Article2015 BMW i8: The most interesting car in the world?
Owning or even just test driving the 2015 BMW i8 includes certain responsibilities. Among other things, you must always park it where people can find it. You must always hang around the car for at...
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Portland Art Museum presents landscapes from Paul Allen's collection Paul Allen is not only the owner of the Portland Trail Blazers and a Microsoft co-founder and a multibillionaire, he also loves art...
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Cuba Libre Artists Repertory Theatre is putting on the musical Cuba Libre, featuring Afro-Caribbean band Tiempo Libre, and OPBs Oregon Art Beat plans to air a half-hour, behind-the-scenes show...
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Big screen Last week, Oct. 2 Pan 3D; Big Stone Gap; Steve Jobs; Freeheld This week, Oct. 16 Bridge of Spies (Dreamworks/Disney), PG-13, 135 minutes About An American lawyer is recruited by...
View ArticlePower at her fingers
This Sunday afternoon, the auditorium at the Beaverton Public Library will fill with an unusual sound. Because of the exoticness of this opportunity, I could not pass it up, said Judy Castle,...
View ArticleLETTING NATURE TAKE ITS COURSE
Portland Art Museum presents landscapes from Paul Allen's collection Paul Allen is not only the owner of the Portland Trail Blazers and a Microsoft co-founder and a multibillionaire, he also loves art...
View ArticleClackamas Community College to present Teatro Milagro's 'Searching for Aztlán'
Portlands bilingual touring company Teatro Milagro will give a free performance of Searching for Aztlán at noon Wednesday, Oct. 21, in the McLoughlin Auditorium of Clackamas Community Colleges...
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Portland Open Studios Just a reminder that the second weekend of the popular tour of artists studios continues, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 17-18. A tour guide is available for $5....
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Oct. 16 Back to the crossroads Its a story as old as the blues some frustrated cat wants musical success and sells out to Satan to get it. However, Cascade Blues Association Hall of Fame inductees...
View ArticlePortland CHAMBER ORCHESTRA SHINES 'NORTHERN LIGHTS' ON ITS NORDIC ROOTS
Portland Chamber Orchestras roots stretch back to 1947, when Finnish immigrant Boris Sirpo, a composer and conductor, started teaching students at Lewis & Clark College and organized the ensemble....
View ArticleClassic guitar concert series to begin Oct. 16
Portland Classic Guitar (PCG) has announced its 2015-16 concert series, once again bringing world-class guitarists to the greater Portland area. This year the focus is on education. In addition to...
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MISC. Holiday fun Portland Parks & Recreation has a series of events planned in October at parks and community centers, leading up to Halloween: Oct. 16, Harvest Hoopla, St. Johns; Oct. 23, Monster...
View ArticleOregon Shakespeare Festival explored on OPB
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival, celebrating its 80th anniversary, has brought national and international attention to our state Ashland, specifically and now Oregon Public Broadcasting brings its...
View ArticleReady to live the dream; what was it again?
The other person who lives at our house and I are in the process of trying to figure out what were gonna do now that were living the dream. I like that living the dream expression because on the...
View Article2016 Audi TT: Improved both outside and in
The coolest things about the 2016 Audi TT is the instrument panel. I know that's a strange thing to say, considering the new TT has been completely redesigned and can be ordered with a choice of two...
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STAGE Mars Two Action/Adventure opens its eighth season with the sci-fi sitcom adventure, created by Nick Fenster, about the first humans to sign up for a one-way trip to the red planet with the...
View ArticleWhite Bird soars into new season
Dance company welcomes choreographer Twyla Tharp White Bird, the presenters of great national and international dance companies that take the stage in Portland, has the honor of welcoming one of the...
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Oct. 1 Brit invades His Mod take on punk led The Jam to the crest of the New Wave, and his eclectic tastes made The Style Council one of the freshest sounding UK bands of the 1980s. From the 90s on,...
View ArticleDavid Koechner not a jerk, but has played one
Actor-comedian brings standup to Helium Comedy Club David Koechner has played a number of over-the-top characters, from the chauvinist Champ Kind in Anchorman to the obnoxious Todd Packer on The...
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