hood river thursday 25 – sunday 28 CGWA Beach Bash Experience the awesome sport of windsurfing up close. The Columbia Gorge Windsurfing Association is throwing a Beach Bash and everyone is invited. High wind demonstrations and races, including the Never Windsurfed Before Race, are enticing enough to bring out the windsurfer in nearly anyone. But […]
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Out of Town 6/18-6/24
ashland friday 19 – sunday 21 Footwear Symposium It turns out that most of the shoes that Americans wear are not made by elves that sneak into cobblers’ shops in the middle of the night. Nor are they even made in America. Most are mass-produced in China, yet there are still fine shoe-craftspeople here in […]
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Out of Town 6/10-6/17
portland thursday 11 – sunday 21 Portland Beer Week Blind tastings. Delectable pairings. Grab your favorite designated driver or take one of the handy shuttles and drink some beer, good beer. If you think you have tried them all, you probably haven’t, especially with a commemorative beer brewed by two local breweries to honor this […]
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Out of Town 6/3-6/10
astoria and cannon beach thursday 4 – sunday 7 Goonies 30th Anniversary Celebration The “truffle shuffle” never gets old, and neither do the Goonies. It is simply hard to beat a group of kids trying to save their homes from an impending golf course with a pirate treasure adventure thrown in. This 1985 classic is […]
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Out of Town 5/27-6/3
portland wednesday 27 Cheryl Strayed interview It is a safe bet that the woman who hiked the Pacific Crest Trail with no experience and told her incredible story in her book, Wild, which was made into a major motion picture last year, just might have a few more tales up her sleeve. Of course some […]
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Out of Town 5/20-5/27
grants pass thursday 21 – monday 25 Boatnik For over 50 years, Grants Pass has thrown the biggest Memorial Day party in the Rogue Valley. The main event is the Memorial Day Hydroplane Boat Race, where the loudest boats you have ever heard scream down the usually serene Rogue River at breakneck speeds vying for […]
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Out of Town 5/13-5/20
mcminnville thursday 14 – saturday 16 McMenamins UFO Festival It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No really, this nuclear physicist says it’s a UFO! This festival commemorates the infamous Trent sighting of a UFO in 1950, one of the most credible UFO sightings to date. Speakers include witness and abductee Travis Walton, researcher and author […]
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Out of Town 5/6-5/13
portland wednesday 6 – sunday 10 Cirque Du Soliel: Varekai “Varekai” means “wherever” in the Romany language of the gypsies, so expect to be transported to another world in an attempt to find fantasy in Cirque Du Soliel’s new production. Paying tribute to nomadic life and the tradition of the circus, the performance will tell […]
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Out of Town 4/29-5/6
eugene wednesday 29 – sunday 3 Cinema Pacific Film Festival Typical U of O—go big or go home. Their annual Cinema Pacific Film Festival features films from countries surrounding the Pacific Ocean. Though that seems a wide net to cast, the focus of this year’s event is The Philippines. Films will be shown daily on […]
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Out of Town 4/22-4/29
portland wednesday 22 – thursday 30 Portland Photo Month Whether feeling photogenic or not, Portland had better be ready for glamour shots. As the fifth annual Portland Photo Month comes to a close, the final weekend promises a Portfolio Walk on April 23, giving a chance to stroll and see the best photos and photographers […]