2016 Jaguar F-Type R: Return of the real sports car
We're not sure what the "R" in our 2016 F-Type R Coupe stands for. "Really fast," maybe, since the British sports car comes with a 550 horsepower supercharged V8. Or "raucous," because it also has what...
View ArticleFriends of the Oregon City Library Bookstore to host Hannah Gildea for its...
Hannah Gildea has been asked to give Friends of the Oregon City Public Library Bookstores first-ever author reading at 1:30 p.m. this Saturday, Oct. 10, at 502 Seventh St. Gildea is becoming...
View ArticlePaul Ghun Kim: HIS TURN TO SHINE
Way back when, Paul Ghun Kim remembers his schoolmate at Philadelphia Curtis Institute of Music, and he could foresee the superstardom that Lang Lang would soon reach. We knew each other, and talked...
View ArticleThe Big Screen
Big screen Last week, Oct. 2 The Intern; The Martian; The Walk; Sicario; Coming Home; Goodnight Mommy This week, Oct. 9 Pan 3D (WB), PG, 111 minutes About Young orphan Peter is spirited...
View ArticlePortland author proves to have a powerful style
So many books, so little time. But if we turn off screens those ravenous devourers of time and pick up a book, the ticking clock slows and we feel suspended in time. Turns out, there is actually...
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Portlandia turns 30 The 30th anniversary of the installation of the Portlandia statue on the Portland Building, 120 S.W. Fifth Ave., will be celebrated from noon to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8,...
View ArticleAladdin to welcome Oregon's music stars
If youve ever considered playing harmonica, Bill Rhoades recommends just picking one up and making some noise on it. I would say start off on a harmonica with a medium pitch, like (one in the key of)...
View ArticleCOCKTAILWEEK SETSHIGH BAR FOR MIXOLOGISTS
When it comes to craft cocktails, Colin Carroll works at both ends of the spectrum: He loves mixing up a classic Old Fashioned, but he isn't afraid of creating drinks with names like Bone Marrow...
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Winning big Alison Croll of Portland won some big-time money on Wheel of Fortune, in a show that was scheduled to air Wednesday. She won $74,700 in cash and prizes, including a trip to St. Croix. She...
View ArticleLive Music
Oct. 10 Away Sego Promoting their new EP Long Long Way From The Fringe, L.A. indie pop duo Sego opens for El Ten Eleven at this show. Allegedly slacker punks, they actually sound a lot more...
View ArticleThe Shortlist
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...
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...
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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...
View ArticleBIG SCREEN
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....
View ArticleLIVE MUSIC
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...
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