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Portland State picked to finish toward the bottom in 2024 Big Sky football preseason polls
The Big Sky conference released its 2024 football preseason polls and all-conference selections on July 19, projecting the Portland State Vikings to finish at the back-end of the conference and with one all-conference honoree. The Big Sky's media poll projected the Viks to finish 10th out of 12 teams, while the coaches poll had them up one spot at nine. The selections come after Portland State finished out 2023 with a 5-6 overall record and a 4-4 record in conference. ...
Barn Radio Hosts Late-Night DJ-Led Events Downtown
Portland has long cemented its status as a vital hub for electronic music in the U.S. thanks to welcoming venues like Holocene and 45 East, and promoters like Spend the Night and Juice Drum and Bass. But over the past few years, it feels as though a new wellspring has burst open as the concert calendar has been flooded with new DJ nights, underground events, and new spaces.
AHMA Healing Soup Offers Cantonese Medicinal Soups
Silas Lee knew the Portland metro area had several well-connected Asian communities before he moved to town with his wife, Grace, but says he is surprised by how strong the cross-cultural response has been to AHMA Healing Soup (333 SE 2nd Ave., 541-536-4018, ahmahealingsoup.com), the Cantonese medicinal soup shop blending ingredient kits and premade cups of traditional herbal soup from seasonally fresh ingredients.
On the Go with Ayo at Washington County Fair
HILLSBORO, Ore. (KPTV) - Get in on all the fair fun happening this week at the Washington County Fair. FOX 12′s Ayo Elise was in Hillsboro this morning for a look at all the fun. For more details about the Washington County Fair, click here.
Student Rock Opera “The Last Dragon” Returns to the Stage After 40 Years
College art doesn’t always age well, especially after more than 40 years. But The Last Dragon, a rock opera staged at the University of Oregon in the ‘80s, not only bonded its cast and crew for life, but belts out an important message about staying true to yourself. Most of The Last Dragon’s original cast and crew will reunite at the Winningstad Theatre (1111 SW Broadway) for a three-night run Aug. 8–10. After recouping production costs, proceeds from The Last Dragon will be used as seed money for a new UO theater scholarship.
Nonprofit dedicated to Lake Oswego graduate who died of leukemia to hold fundraiser
After witnessing her daughter endure the challenges of a stem cell transplant, West Linn resident Deb Helgerson runs a nonprofit dedicated to helping others who are undergoing such procedures at Oregon Health & Sciences University. Teisha’s Place in North Portland is named after Helgerson’s daughter Teisha Helgerson, who grew up in Lake Oswego, graduated from Lake Oswego High School in 1987 and died of leukemia in 2011. The nonprofit offers care and lodging free of charge to patients undergoing a transplant at OHSU. It provides...
Portland Band Doombia Blends Doom Metal and Cumbia
The description of Doombia (doombia.bandcamp.com) reads like pure kitsch: a band that combines the heavy fist of doom metal with the danceable rhythms of cumbia. But damn if those two seemingly disparate genres didn’t manage to blend together into a headbanging, hip-shaking whole. The project was born during the...
Benchmark Is a Gallery, Gathering Space, Store, and More
“We don’t want people just to buy things,” Rob McCallum says. “We want them to feel inspired.” He’s talking about Benchmark (2280 NW Lovejoy St., 503-970-7095, benchmarkpdx.com), which he opened in November with partners Ian Mazie and Ben Boutros (and Cookie the bulldog who greets you at the door).
“Portland Tennis Courterly” Is the News Source for All Things Tennis
Tyler Pell would like to consider Portland a kind of tennis paradise. One can jump on a bike and get to fairly uncrowded, if poorly maintained, courts nestled in trees all summer (when it’s not scorching hot), and still play into the shoulders of fall and spring when the days are mild. “I think we objectively have a huge chunk of the calendar for tennis weather,” Pell says.
Littman and White Galleries Works to Bridge Culture and Reconnect Communities of Color
Littman and White Galleries (1825 SW Broadway, littmanandwhite.com) is Portland State University’s student-run art gallery, named after Jewish sculptor Frederic Littman who moved to Portland in 1941 and was a professor at PSU until 1973. The gallery’s mission is to be an artistic platform for historically marginalized voices and...
Salem teen arrested in May homicide of man found dead along I-5
Oregon State Police have arrested a teenager who is charged with second-degree murder in the death of a Salem man whose body was found in May along the shoulder of Interstate 5 in Clackamas County. Police found the body of Oscar Lizardo Chaidez, 42, on May 29 on the shoulder of southbound I-5...
Pilot Baseball Named ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award Winners
GREENSBORO, NC – Portland Pilots Baseball was recognized by the American Baseball Coaches Association with a 2023-24 ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award. The Pilots were one of 470 teams to earn the honor. To qualify, a high school or college program must have a head coach that is an...
Salem woman gets 9 years for mail theft spree, identity fraud in Oregon
DALLAS, Ore. (KATU) — A woman was sentenced to nine years in prison for mail theft and related charges, according to a press release from the Polk County District Attorney's Office. Officials say Michelle Nadine Ray, 47, pleaded guilty to 153 counts of mail theft and related charges including...
Book tour brings Hillary Clinton to Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in October
Hillary Clinton will be visiting Portland's Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall on Oct. 21 to discuss her latest book, "Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections on Life, Love, & Liberty" and meet with fans.
'Tuck Everlasting' to open Aug. 2 at Beaverton's Lovegood Performing Arts Company
Beaverton’s Lovegood Performing Arts Company is featuring the classic story of “Tuck Everlasting,” at its theater location at 16260 N.W. Bronson Road on Aug. 2-4; and again Aug. 9-11. The story, based on the children’s novel by Natalie Babbitt, has been adapted for modern audiences through an updated book (Claudia Shear and Tim Federle), as well as a lively score by Chris Miller and Nathan Tysen and “exuberant dance numbers,” producers of the performance said. ...
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