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By Matthew Rowning Clackamas Community College’s own Sue Mach has struck the creatures at the play with her cunning scripts, and she’s currently striking twice at once. Dual shows at CCC and CoHo Productions in Northwest Portland both have Mach’s name in the byline. Before the stage is set, some exposition should illustrate the scene. Mach’s…
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Clackamas Community College welcomed a new exhibit to the Alexander Gallery on Jan. 13, “Inner States.” The show includes the work of Mandee Schroer and Don Olsen, two adjunct teachers at the college. “We’re really excited to have this opportunity for the student body to see their work this term,” said Kate Simmons, faculty member…
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On David Bowie’s 69th birthday came blasting from the depths of outer space his new album, “âśâ€ť (Blackstar). David Bowie came from outer space. Since his ascent to rock stardom with his call to astronaut Major Tom through his arrival to earth as Ziggy Stardust and his alien Thomas Jerome Newton, he has told us…
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Quentin Tarantino’s new film “The Hateful Eight” opened on Christmas Eve at the Hollywood Theatre, it was as lewd and as lovely a gift as anyone could have asked for. Tarantino’s aptly named eighth film is a masterwork western of a director in his prime. It has all the prerequisites to be dubbed an epic…
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Art Deco signs, lights and glitz. The hum of a real film projector and the sheen of film grit. Art cinema houses are a living entity here in Portland. From the Avalon to the Hollywood, and the Moreland to the Roseway, there are more independent theaters mining out an existence here than one could guess. They are divergent. Some allow minors, some don’t allow…
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Since I’ve arrived in college, I’ve acted in five plays and played in two orchestra pits. As a guitarist, I love the opportunity to play in an orchestra, as the guitar is not an orchestral instrument. The show “Once On This Island” at Clackamas High School showed Nov. 6 through Nov. 14 and was my last musical occupation. This time around I played…
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After years of playing, recording and working as a professional musician, Brian Rose founded the Music Technology Program at Clackamas Community College. The Clackamas Print: How long have you been playing music? Brian Rose: Since I was four. That’d be 56 years, cause I’ll be 60 in January. TCP: Tell us about your playing. Rose: I started with classical,…
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Musical puts Fats Waller tunes on stage “Ain’t Misbehavin’” at Portland Center Stage is worth seeing. It’s a great production that takes the amazing songwriting and recordings of Fats Waller and arranges them into a musical. It has songs you’ll love and it’s funny. Easy answer, and that’s my stance. If a close friend asked…
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Marijuana industry finds challenges in Clackamas County by Matthew Rowning To the joy of smokers, business owners and the 56 percent of voters who voted yes on Measure 91, recreational marijuana became legal statewide Oct. 1. A quick search of the Oregon Liquor Control Commission’s list of registered dispensaries turned up 132 places to buy marijuana in Portland. There are four in Clackamas County. While Multnomah County has seen…
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Students reflect on Umpqua tragedy, look to Clackamas’ own preparedness by Matthew Rowning Thursday, Oct. 1, at Umpqua Community College, a shooter took the lives of nine people and wounded at least nine more. The same day ‪at 4:51‪ p.m., Clackamas Community College released a memo to students and staff encouraging those students “who feel…
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