Portland 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....
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Classic 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...
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Ready 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...
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2016 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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Potty Mouth set to play Oct. 21
Trio to rock Mississippi Studios with Sabonis, Blowout Western, Mass., based power pop-rock trio Potty Mouth features Abby Weems (guitar, lead vocals), Ally Einbinder (bass) and Victoria Mandanas...
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CERIMON HOUSE FINDS A HOME
After years of searching for and finding the perfect spot for Cerimon House, a nonprofit humanities organization, and after months of renovations, the newly restored Masonic Lodge in the heart of the...
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PCC stages U.S. premiere of Usagi Yojimbo play
Popular comic book series 'Usagi Yojimbo' makes leap from page to stage What do you get when you mix feudal Japanese culture, puppets and rabbits? Its Portland Community Colleges new play, of course....
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Competitive yoga is a serious sport
Oregon contest set; organizers see mats in future Olympics Competitive yoga sounds like an oxymoron. But its a serious sport, one that Angela Patrick, owner of Bikram Yoga in Happy Valley and West...
View ArticleThe Big Screen
Last week, Nov. 6 The Peanuts Movie 3D; Spectre; Miss You Already; Spotlight This week, Nov. 13 My All American (Clarius), PG-13, 118 minutes About An underdog on the football field...
View ArticleBits & Pieces: Veterans Day
A great support group for veterans will be honored in the Ross Hollywood Chapel Veterans Day Parade, which starts at 9:45 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11, in the Hollywood District. Team Red, White and Blue...
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A road to remember in Sandy
Veteran honors fallen soldier by sharing story behind Paul Moore Road About two miles south of downtown Sandy on Bornstedt Road, a green street sign marks the entrance to a gravel-surfaced country...
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Zupan's Markets celebrate 40 years
The family-owned gourmet market has seen many changes Love Your Food. Eat Well. Put Taste First. Those are the credos of Zupans Markets, which sum up what the local grocery store has been promoting...
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Nov. 12 Cult leader speaks Ian Astbury, lead singer of goth-metal-rockers The Cult, has a wide-ranging mind to match his wide-ranging career, which includes singing with former members of The Doors for...
View ArticleBits & Pieces: Roller derby champs!
The Wheels of Justice, The Rose City Rollers roller derby all-star team, won the Womens Flat Track Derby Association championship last weekend at St. Paul, Minn., rallying to beat dominating...
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MUSIC Oregon Symphony: Evans The symphony, conducted by resident conductor Paul Ghun Kim, makes its first foray into country music by playing with Sara Evans, who blends neotraditional country with the...
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The British Inversion
Portland's RAF brings Mod music back to Liverpool Last spring, RAF, a Portland Mod band, got invited to play the International Pop Overthrow Festival in Liverpool, England. As the sharp-dressed men put...
View ArticleMark & Dave: Little wading time on TriMet Brown Line
TriMet wanted us to remind you that no one was at risk during the recent Lake Morrison incident, where those expensive MAX trains were driven through deep floodwater much to the angst of passengers...
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Shoppers flock to Audubon art sale
Hilary Pfeifer brings art into her life from all directions. She writes animal-inspired childrens books, each consisting of much more than just words and pictures on a page. And from her...
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