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Ten pins, 12 lanes, a new place to hang in Bayside

PORTLAND – Portlanders with a penchant for the tenpin will soon be able to strike in town. Or loiter in the gutters, as the case may be. The Bayside Bowl bowling alley in Portland’s Bayside neighborhood is finishing up construction this month. Located in the former Skillful Vending building on Alder Street, the assembly of […]

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Movie Review: Lightweight ‘Just Wright’ runs afoul of NBA reality

“Just Wright,” starring Queen Latifah as a physical therapist who helps an NBA star rehab a bum knee, isn’t a “romantic comedy.” It’s light in tone, feather-weight. But there aren’t many laughs in it. So it’s a romance, softer and squishier than director Sanaa Hamri’s superior romance “Something New.” Everybody, from the love triangle at […]

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Ballet school gives depth to Flat Stanley

Can a flat boy dance? Well, the flat boy in question here is Stanley Lambchop, star of the “Flat Stanley” children’s book series that dates back to 1964. We know he can move, since he uses his flatness to mail himself to exotic locales around the globe. But the question remains, can he dance? Portland […]

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Bull Moose Top 10

Top 10 for Portland store April 26-May 2 1. “Avatar” (DVD) 2. “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnasus” (DVD) 3. Gogol Bordello, “Continental Hustle” 4. “Avatar” (Blu-ray, DVD) 5. MGMT, “Congratulations” 6. Bullet for My Valentine, “Fever” 6. “The Descent: Part 2” (DVD) 8. Hole, “Nobody’s Daughter” 8. Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, “Up from […]