Dear EarthTalk: What should I know about artificial sweeteners before I opt for them for myself or my kids in place of regular ol’ sugar? — Gretchen Abdow, Philadelphia, PA These days, it’s incredibly easy to consume a huge daily dose of sugar. Grabbing a non-fat, grande latte at Starbucks before work will start your […]
Powell’s City of Books is the world’s largest new and used bookstore, filling a whole city block with more than a million new, used, and out of print books. The Portland Mercury is a weekly guide to music, art and news in Portland. PHOTO CREDIT: Torsten Kjellstrand /www.travelportland.com
Dudes and dudettes, it is time to get psyched for the winter ski and snowboard season. And what better way to get ready than to attend the Wentworth Subaru SkiFever & Snowboard Show!® November 4 – 6 at the Portland Expo Center. Look for very big deals such as the awesome Six Million Dollar SkiFever Bonanza Sale,™ when […]
Andrea Traphagen paints her original watercolors and acrylics in vibrant hues…taking you from fantasy worlds to old world to current times. With the stroke of a brush and a vivid imagination, Andrea’s vision takes you into a world of mermaids, dragon flies and old growth forests. She currently exhibits her work at Bay Avenue Gallery […]
Bring the family to the Woodland Park Zoo for the annual Pumpkin Bash and Trick-or-Treating scheduled for Sat., Oct 29 from 9:30 a.m. to Sun. Oct 30 at 3 p.m. Discover a repertoire of animal behavior as hippos, bears, Malayan tigers, lemurs, and other animals crunch, smash or stomp on pumpkins! The pumpkins are part […]
Run for your life or for a lot of fun at the Run 2 Survive 5K, which includes a Little Zombie Run at Blue Lake Park in Fairview on October 29, 2016 Registration for the event starts at 9:30 a.m. with the Survivors Start at 11 .m. and the Zombies Chase three minutes later! Afterwards hangout […]
For those age 21 and older Experience Music Projects Fashionably Undead Prom promishes a night of goulish delights on Saturday, October 22 from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. at the museum. The cost is $25 or $19 for members. The invitation reads: Dive into EMP Museum for a night of ghastly amusement and hair-raising fun […]
The Wooden Shoe Tulip Fest is an invitation to enjoy all things that make spring in Oregon and the Northwest, open daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., March 25-May, 2016. Stroll through 40 acres of stunning beauty, experience expansive views of vineyards, distant mountains, and a few mud puddles. Fresh flowers, food, and fun […]
Come hungry to taste loads of veggie treats and surprises at the Portland VegFest , which also offers free films, cooking demonstrations, 100 exhibitors, speakers, and tasty food at the Oregon Convention Center on Oct. 22-23, 2016. Features: Notable speakers, experts and authors to discuss topics in health and nutrition; environmentalism; and animal welfare and compassion […]
Get ready to be frightened out of your mind at the annual Nightmare at Beaver Lake scare-a-thon that runs Oct 14-31at Beaver Lake Park in the City of Sammamish Tickets are on sale now at http://nightmareatbeaverlake.brownpapertickets.com/. A Full Scare costs $18, a Family Scare $12 and Skip the Line with a Fast Pass costs $10 […]
