It’s time for Oktoberfest, the time for drinking Oktoberfest bier. The traditional beer served at Oktoberfest is Marzen, which can be spelled Maerzen, which actually means “March beer.” So, you might wonder, why is March beer served at beer bashes in October? It goes back to a 16th-century Bavarian beer purity law, which says the […]
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Et Cetera: Hot Ticket and Cheap Thrill
• HOT TICKET It’s one thrifty, nifty fashion show Friday THRIFTY FASHIONISTAS will want to attend Dress for Less fashion show by St. David’s Episcopal Church. Featured fashions come from the Budget Box, the church’s consigment shop, and will be for sale after the show. WHEN: 7 to 9 p.m. Friday WHERE: St. David’s Episcopal […]
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The Movies: The ‘Face’ of our addiction brilliantly revealed on film
Mark Zuckerberg, the creator of Facebook, is the smartest guy in the room. He used to be the smartest “kid” in the room, though he aged out of that. Kind of. But the questions posited by David Fincher’s brilliant film, “The Social Network,” scripted by the brilliant Aaron Sorkin, is why anyone would want to […]
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The Movies: ‘Let Me In’ creepily unleashes vampires on school bullies
There are monsters who wander the halls of our schools, selecting victims, destroying lives. We call them bullies. And they’re the real beasts of Matt Reeves’ “Let Me In,” his bloody, almost note-for-note remake of the Swedish “tween” vampire hit “Let the Right One In.” Whatever horrors the bloodsucker unleashes on 1983 Los Alamos, N.M., […]
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Bar Guide: Good times, low prices keep Buxton Tavern humming
Good times, low prices keep Buxton Tavern humming
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DVD Releases
NEW ON DVD AND BLU-RAY: “IRON MAN 2,” starring Robert Downey Jr. and Don Cheadle. We all know that billionaire-turned-superhero Tony Stark (Downey, reprising the role that made him a household name once again) can handle himself admirably against almost any adversary, armed as he is with up-to-the-minute technology and a rapid-fire wit. But can […]
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Indie Film: Global Phenomenon
The prestigious Camden International Film Festival boasts documentaries from the world over (and many from its home state).
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Art and Theater: In the fast lane
Over the next few months, Portland theater audiences will have the chance to experience several plays that are just different enough and outside the norm that they conspire to give the fall season a happy edge of anticipation.
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CD Review: Late to the Boneheads party? New CD will punch your ticket in
Listening to the career retrospective (with three new songs) Boneheads CD makes me want to buy cowboy boots and take up darts at a creaky old bar. The bar is an unassuming joint with a jukebox that only plays 45s and has walls adorned with wooden surfboards, a signed Johnny Cash photo and a faded […]
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The Movies: Simplistic tale of ‘Dancer’ well-acted, but slow going
Here’s a quaint little artifact from those dark days when Chinese youth were raised to believe that everyone was starving in evil, imperialist America, that all any good Chinese citizen needed was a copy of Mao’s Little Red Book to get by. OK, maybe it’s not so quaint, and not as dated as you might […]