Blanco, best known as the poet for Barack Obama’s second inauguration, teamed up with fellow Cuban American writer Vanessa Garcia on ‘Sweet Goats and Blueberry Senoritas,’ a play commissioned by Portland Stage, where it premieres this month.
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Lifetime turns Zumba prostitution scandal into made-for-TV movie
‘Let’s Get Physical’ doesn’t specifically name Alexis Wright, who went to jail in 2013 for running a prostitution ring from her Kennebunk fitness studio, but the setting and story are extremely similar.
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West Coast design firm chosen for Portland Museum of Art expansion
Lever Architecture, based in Portland, Oregon, and Los Angeles, was chosen ahead of three other finalists to design a new building on the site of the former Children’s Museum that will be integrated into the museum’s existing campus overlooking Congress Square.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World
Multiple wounded near rapper French Montana video shoot
The Miami Herald cited a law enforcement source saying as many as 10 people were wounded in the shooting outside The Licking, a soul food restaurant in Miami Gardens.
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Jeremy Renner was ‘completely crushed’ by snowplow, according to 911 call log
Record of an emergency call placed Sunday at 8:55 a.m. Pacific Time states that the Marvel actor was ‘run over’ by the vehicle.
Posted inJ.P. Devine, Life & Culture, Movie Review J.P. Devine
‘Yellowstone’ returns with new governor, pack of wolves in pinstripe suits
“One Hundred Years is Nothing,” Season 5, episode 1.
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Lion roars on Broadway as box office hauls reveal winners
It made history with the biggest haul ever – an astonishing $4,315,264 over nine performances for a 25-year-old show with no stars.
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British novelist, screenwriter Fay Weldon dies at 91
Much of Weldon’s fiction explored issues surrounding women’s relationships with men, children, parents and each other, including the 1971 ‘Down Among The Women’ and ‘Female Friends,’ published in 1975.
Posted inLife & Culture, On Music Lucky Clark
Molly Gawler says music holds family, band together
Gawler Family Band set to perform Jan. 12 at One Longfellow Square in Portland.
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Tony Award-winner, Chicago stage champion Frank Galati dies
His screenwriting credits include ‘The Accidental Tourist,’ which earned him an Oscar nomination.