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A giant falls: Sam Mowry, 1959-2024
Sam A. Mowry, a beloved Portland actor and director known both for his personal gentleness and generosity and for his deep, profoundly captivating onstage speaking voice, died on Saturday morning, July 20, 2024, at Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center in Clackamas. He suffered massive cardiac arrest while being prepared to undergo emergency surgery for severe blockages in his arteries. He was 64.
Enjoy A Sense Of Peace At This Incredible Waterfront Restaurant In Oregon
Are you looking for a peaceful waterfront restaurant in Oregon this summer? Try The Deck at McCuddy’s Marina in Northeast Portland. This spot is so close to the Columbia River that you can touch it! Instead of being waterfront, it’s actually a floating deck right on the water — and you can arrive by car or boat!
Portland honors late drag queen Darcelle XV with new plaza for ‘all walks of life’
The Darcelle XV Plaza was recently unveiled in Southwest Portland, named after the late drag queen Walter Cole, who performed at the world's longest-running drag show for over 50 years.
Golf clothing retailer TravisMathew opens store near Portland
An upscale golf apparel and lifestyle brand has opened its first Oregon location at the Washington Square mall. TravisMathew, a California-based clothing company that sells casualwear and golf attire, opened the new 3,200-square-foot store at the Tigard shopping center on Monday. The store features a large-screen television for watching sports,...
You know what we need? Another chicken place in Washington.
You know that I love a good spicy chicken sandwich and the best one I've been able to find in Wenatchee Washington honestly, is at KFC. But guess what, there is a new chicken franchise coming to Washington state. Now my first reaction was, “oh good, that's what we need...
Remembering the Night Dave Chappelle Took Over Portland—and Didn’t Even Perform
This story first appeared in the Oct. 9, 2013, edition of WW. Forget the Arab Spring: For me, the true power of social media emerged on July 14, 2009, the day Dave Chappelle shut down Portland. A rumor, spread via Twitter, that the elusive comic was planning to perform a surprise midnight set at Pioneer Courthouse Square on a random Tuesday drew one of the largest crowds ever to Portland’s living room. It seemed like the makings of a very successful hoax. Turns out, it was just poor event planning.
Win Tickets ($50): nobigdyl. @ Mission Theater | Dove Award Winning Rapper, Hip Hop
Nobigdyl. is most known most for combining concept driven lyricism with eclectic production. musically he bounces from hard-hitting to ethereal-pulling from trap, jazz, golden era hip hop, underground and beyond to create his own sound. The Dove-Award winning, President Obama Playlisted, NPR Tiny Desk Contest Fan Favorite rapper is a storyteller at heart. His lyrics are part memoir, part stream of consciousness, as he wrestles with concepts such as faith, ego, love, and loss.
CAN’T MISS AUGUST EVENTS
Whether you’re a local or a visitor, or planning a fun summer getaway near Portland, check out our list of can’t-miss August events. Catch the final weekend of the Northwest Lily Festival (August 3-4; free). Each year, David Hill Farm showcases their gardens featuring more than 75 varieties of lilies in bloom. Take home a potted lily to bloom in your own garden, or purchase one of their gorgeous bouquets. Oregon’s largest sunflower festival, Lee Farms’ Annual Sunflower Festival (August 2-18; $25), returns to Tualatin Valley. For three weekends in August (Friday-Sunday) explore the sunflower fields via a scenic hayride, learn about the many different varieties of sunflowers, pick your own fresh flowers, wander the sunflower maze and more.
Kitten Yoga event offers exercise, chance to adopt a cat in Northeast Portland
KOIN 6 News visited a kitten yoga event at the Northeast Community Center in Portland, where attendees could exercise with cute kittens meandering around the floor area, while also offering the opportunity to adopt the 21 participating kittens for $10.
Primus, Coheed And Cambria Stir Up Mosh Pit Of Heavy Metal Nostalgia In Oregon [Photos/Videos]
A diverse crowd gathered near Portland, OR on Friday for a concert at McMenamins Edgefield featuring Primus and Coheed and Cambria. When it was announced back in February, the co-headlining tour took some by surprise, seeing as Coheed’s heavily conceptual prog rock falls outside Primus’ psychedelic music festival milieu, though upon reflection, the pairing makes perfect sense. Primus has always had a strong footing in both the heavy metal world and jam band scene thanks to Les Claypool‘s idiosyncratic style and eclectic taste. The band recently toured with A Perfect Circle and Puscifer—both fronted by Tool singer Maynard James Keenan—and its heavy metal street credit may have actually peaked around the time that Coheed blew up on a national level with help from games like Rock Band and Guitar Hero, which also featured tracks from Primus.
This Telephone Pole Is Ready for Its Close-Up
Telephone poles deal with a lot: dog pee, staple guns and remnants of long-past concert posters. But the humble telephone pole is now also the subject of a photography exhibit by Portland artist Heléna Dupre Thompson. Bridge City Diary is on view in the storefront windows of 811 SE Stark St. through Dec. 16.
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