Journal honors Maryhill
GOLDENDALE — Maryhill Museum of Art, along with Schommer & Sons Inc. and GBD Architects, today announced that the museum’s Mary and Bruce Stevenson Wing was honored as a Top Project 2013 by the magazine Daily Journal of Commerce.
Big Library Read going on in The Dalles
The Dalles-Wasco County Library is encouraging its members to take part in the Big Library Read.
Bridge: Look at a weak hand with a long minor
what would you respond? The first question is: Does your partnership use transfers into the minors? If you do, you should go via that route, perhaps responding two spades. (And then two clubs followed by three clubs would show a four-card major, long clubs and at least enough points for game.)
Bridge: Stayman then three minor
What does it mean if, after opener begins with one no-trump, responder bids two clubs, Stayman, then rebids three of a minor?
3D printer adds new dimensions to art
Three-D printing technology is a game changer in the arts and crafts world.
Stafford rediscovers brother in prose
Writing helps author address tragedy; readings in Hood River and The Dalles May 16 Almost 25 years after author Kim Stafford lost his brother Bret to suicide, he realized his family had lost Bret a second time when they stopped talking about him in order to avoid the painful memories of his death. “I set out to write the story of how my brother disappeared — from the world, and from my family’s conversation — but by writing I find he begins to reappear as a rich dimension in my life,” Stafford wrote on the final page of “100 Tricks Every Boy Can Do.”
Jolie hailed for bravery over mastectomy column
NEW YORK (AP) — Brad Pitt says it was important for his partner, Angelina Jolie, to share her story about having her breasts removed to avoid cancer “and that others would understand it doesn’t have to be a scary thing.” In an interview published Wednesday in USA Today, the actor said: “In fact, it can be an empowering thing, and something that makes you stronger and makes us stronger.”
Hood River author ‘blown away’ by kids’ writing
Author of Red Hand Adventures hosts contests Young aspiring writers who feel like adults don’t take them seriously have a friend in Hood River author Joe O’Neill.
‘Mammas’ TV show is a study in maternal instinct
LOS ANGELES — Isabella Rossellini’s search for the meaning of maternal instinct in “Mammas” looks at nine animals where things like polygamy, lying and dying convince her that “anything goes.”
Bridge: Sorry, partner, I played too quickly
Perhaps one half of the mistakes at the bridge table can be traced to playing too quickly and not taking enough time to think things through.
Bridge: Two chances are better than one
One guesses that plans might have been drawn first. However, a bridge contract will have more chance of success if declarer has two ways to get home and is able to try them both — as in this deal.
Fine Arts Festival at Sherman Jr./Sr. High School, May 16
Sherman Junior/Senior High School announces the twenty-first annual Fine Arts Festival on Thursday, May 16th, from 6:00-8:30 p.m. in the cafeteria. Spanish students will offer a variety of Mexican entrees in the home economics class room at 6:00 p.m.
‘Briar Rose’ auditions May 17
The Theatre Company of The Dalles and Northern Wasco County Parks and Recreation are auditioning actors for the children’s classic “Briar Rose,” which is the story of Sleeping Beauty.
Stafford featured at Klindt’s
Author Kim Stafford will read from his book, 100 Tricks Every Boy Can Do: How My Brother Disappeared,” during an event Thursday, May 16, at 5:30 p.m., at Klindt’s Booksellers.
Voci choir performs Monday, May 13
Lovers of choral music have the chance to attend an upcoming performance Monday, May 13, at the Historic St Peter’s Landmark, in The Dalles, as the Mid-Columbia Voci community choir presents an evening of uplifting and thoughtful music.
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Events
Hound of Heaven exhibition
Sat, May 25, 10 AMOutdoor Sculpture Exhibition
Sat, May 25, 10 AMTed Horwitz at the piano
Sat, May 25, 6 PMAl Hare and Sid Ordoyne
Sat, May 25, 7 PMJim MacMillan, Ryan McAlexander and Randy Bell CD release party for “Celilo
Sat, May 25, 7 PM
