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The Bargeway Pub features Al Hare for Tacos and Tequila Thursday on April 4 and they may have let a little secret slip. Read here to find out more. Also indulge in this week's offering of the most inclusive list of art, music, film, and all things entertainment in the gorge.

Apr 3

Apr 3 April Adventures Await at The Dalles Wasco County Library: Explore Chess, Crafts, Lego's and more!

The Dalles, Wasco County, Home Page, Entertainment, Columns, Positive News

Spring is finally here in The Dalles, and let me tell you, the library is buzzing with excitement! We've got a bunch of cool stuff lined up for you – from chess lessons starting April 6th to arts and crafts classes that'll bring out your inner artist. Seriously, there's something for everyone!

Mar 28

Mar 28 The extraordinary life of my friend Yvonne Wakefield

Arturo Leyva

Home Page, The Dalles, Columns, Positive News

I am fortunate to know very talented people in music, in sports, and many fellow composers of international stature. But one of the most talented and brave people I know has to be my friend Yvonne Wakefield, a woman who from a very early age was clear about what she wanted to do with her life.

Mar 28

Mar 28 CCCNews debuts new comic strip; Come and read some "Ripe Cherries"

CCCNews debuts a new comic strip today, March 28, hoping to capture some of the magic and quirks of living in the communities around the Gorge. Enjoy and give us your feedback.

Mar 26

Mar 26 Bargeway Brunching set for Easter Sunday; Gorge Giggin' Guide filled with good eggs

Sunshine and 65 degrees will accompany an array of great food and entertainment at the Bargeway Pub Easter Brunch. That Bunny is delivering large on this Easter week as our Gorge Entertainment Guide is busting loose like boiled eggs in an overfilled easter basket. Roll on!

Mar 21

Mar 21 Column: Gorge Games' unsinkable Peggy Lalor retools for the planet

Environment, Columns, Home Page, Sports, Hood River County

There is no quit in Hood River legend Peggy Lalor. The Gorge Games founder has fought her way back from a near-death experience when she was hit by a car while riding her bike in Calgary in 2010. The physical challenges of recovery seem to have made her even more steadfast as she pushes forward on her goal of improving the planet.

Mar 20

Mar 20 Bargeway bangin' those drums; Gorge Gigs springing up like balsamroot

The Bargeway Pub, The Dalles Premier Outdoor Music Venue brings another four days of jams, juice and fare that will move you. Al Hare hits the stage for Tequila & Taco Thursday. The rest of the Gorge is emerging too with a feast of films, music, arts and activities. Check it all out here.

Mar 13

Mar 13 Leprechauns unleashed at Bargeway this weekend; Your full Irish Fun Gorge Guide

It’s an all-out shamrock shake at the Bargeway Pub in The Dalles this weekend with an Irish double on Saturday and Sunday. The Gorge be turning green, me lassies, and we’ve put it in a sweet little guide right here for you, with a prelude from James Butler Yeats Drake.

Mar 5

Mar 5 Bargeway coming up Roses on Friday; St. James kisses the Entertainment Stone, again

Trey Rose from NBC’s The Voice croons his way into your heart on Friday at the Bargway Pub as our own
St. James blesses us with another immaculate collection of entertainment options all around your gorge in this here guide. Read on, child.

Mar 5

Mar 5 Column: Tumbled glass pieces of wisdom: Let it be. Let it be.

Columns, Home Page

I reluctantly woke up and marveled that such a peaceful image had come to me. My inner dream maker had given me a gift that transcended rational thought or words. I spontaneously started humming the Beatles’ song, “When in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me, speaking words of wisdom: Let it be. Let it be.”

Mar 1

Mar 1 Review: Jacob Williams Winery

Brittany Drewett

Columns, Business, Home Page, Klickitat County

Last weekend I decided to take advantage of the spring (of faux spring) sunshine and engage in one of the Gorge’s most classic weekend activities: a hike followed by food, good wine, and good company at Jacob Williams Winery.

Feb 27

Feb 27 Tacos, Tequila & music that will heel ya; Gorgewide Wiggin' and Giggin'

Bargeway Pub offers flavor weekdays with penny pincher specials and Tacos, Tequila and tasty Jeff Carrell licks this Thursday. This Gorge Guide shooter has jams so salty you better bite that lime and hook up our refreshing entertainment IV right here.

Feb 24

Feb 24 El Sabor del Gorge: Las Tortas from Taqueria Los Hermanos

Arturo Leyva

Hood River County, Home Page, Positive News, The Dalles, Business, Columns

Arturo Leyva is back with his second El Sabor del Gorge column to talk tortas, the slang meaning of the word torta, and his high school days in Michoacán.

Feb 23

Feb 23 Bargeway bumpin' with Minnick tonight; Entertainment Springing up all over the gorge

Bargeway Pub welcomes Jeff Minnick to the stage tonight, Feb. 23 with Dave Tallman set for Saturday and Al Hare bringing some classics on Sunday. It’s a packed weekend and a packed entertainment guide gorge-wide. Check it all out here.

Feb 19

Feb 19 Suze Riley’s Bold Move in Maupin

Columns, Business, Home Page, Wasco County, The Dalles

To meet Suze Riley is to meet a personality as bold as the dark roast coffee she proudly, passionately and meticulously roasts and retails from her small, but state-of-the-art facility in Maupin, OR.

Feb 16

Feb 16 Column: Are you Frank or Honest? The difference can be astounding

Donna Henderson

Home Page, Columns

So if you are having difficulty feeling understood by a family member, coworker, or friend, take a look at your own behavior first. Do you focus more on expressing yourself than you do on listening? Is your focus more, that is, on trying to be understood than to understand?

Feb 13

Feb 13 Column: Coffee dream comes true for Kelsey Kelsey at Bubba's Brew

Brittany Drewett

Business, Columns, Home Page

Hospice Nurse goes after second dream in White Salmon. Family cheers her on as she dives deep into Bubba’s Brew.

Feb 13

Feb 13 Water of Love flowin' at Bargeway for Valentine's; Gorge Giggin' Guide overfloweth

Jeff Carrell will drip some honey with an acoustic set at the Bargeway Pub on Valentine’s Day as the chefs serve up delectables including steelhead, steaks, pasta and prawns on the pub side. Pull that bow Valentine as the Gorge goes ga ga. This week’s entertainment guide is big enough to make your heart explode.

Feb 11

Feb 11 Column: Living like a Lotus, part 2