Gamblers, murderers, prostitutes, trappers, ghosts and thieves inhabit the new collection of songs from Mood Area 52. But these songs don't judge or condemn. They tell stories, often with a compassionate or humorous touch.
The subjects are sometimes obscure and sometimes tragic. At other times, the
The newbies sat in the lecture hall at Prince Lucien Campbell Hall in their shorts, polo shirts, T-shirts and sandals, listening intently to a speaker talk about what to expect at the University of Oregon in terms of academics, social life and finances.
It's almost summer and Team Best of .
.. has road-trip fever.
Bad. Tired of pretending we like slogging through the endless rains of winter, or sitting cooped up inside waiting for a break
There is a special talent in town this week. Her name is Devon Sproule.
(Rhymes with roll.) She's not really on a record-selling roll, but she sure is a favorite of people who write
Harry Connick Jr. brings his notable dimples and crooked smile back to town Wednesday for a concert at the Hult Center.
For the past several months a much younger colleague, who follows pop music closely for the newspaper, has been trying to figure out whether she and I might have any musical common ground. Anemic sales this year have hammered home the message that the record business is losing a lot of its punch, but Linkin Park has proved it's still possible to post impressive numbers at the cash
Fresh off giving the first major concert since 2003 at Northern California's infamous San Quentin State Prison, Michael Franti and Spearhead will headline the first paid admission event of the season
It's way too long and massively convoluted and ultimately just plain silly. But still, ``Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End'' is a lot of fun a lot of the time.
Emerging film artists will show their work during a video slam that begins at 4 p.m. Sunday at the Downtown Initiative for the Visual
``Bug'' is a different kind of woman-in-peril movie starring Ashley Judd, which has long been its own specific genre.
Judd is indeed in peril here once again, following ``Kiss the Girls'' and
Shelly - who wrote, directed and co-starred in this rich little dramedy - was killed
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End ** 1/2 It's way too long and massively convoluted and ultimately just plain silly. But still, it's a
David Duchovny plays an easygoing, professionally pragmatic writer battling bureaucratic power politics and focus groups and the gut instincts of teenage girls to create a television pilot for a
Pan's Labyrinth **** Writer-director Guillermo del Toro has crafted a masterpiece with this terrifying, visually wondrous fairy tale for adults that blends fantasy and gloomy drama
Richie Furay, Chris Hillman, Herb Pederson - 8 p.m.
Aug. 21, WOW Hall, $20, TM. On sale at 10 a.
m. today. Pink Martini - 6:30 p.
m.
Call us the Sunshine State. In a new report that puts Oregon's soggy reputation at risk, researchers at the University of Oregon say sunny skies have become more common - at least in
In a new report that puts Oregon's soggy reputation at risk, researchers at the University of Oregon say sunny skies have become more common - at least in
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