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Movie Review: Everything Oscar Round up all at Once

Movie Review: Everything Oscar Round up all at Once

Tom Peterson
Art, Columns, Entertainment, Home Page

My predictions for Best Picture? It’s a tough call. While Everything Everywhere All at Once leads the pack in the number of nominations (11 in total), this is, historically, an uneven indicator as to whether it will win, and in the last few years, results have actually gone the other direction. So we can’t count out Banshees of Inisherin, The Fabelmans, Triangle of Sadness, or even Tár for that matter–though.

Nothing Dull about January Here: End of the month screaming with entertainment

Nothing Dull about January Here: End of the month screaming with entertainment

Jim Drake
Art, Business, Columns, Education, Entertainment, Home Page, Hood River County, Klickitat County, Wasco County, The Dalles

Take your pick. From Pink Martini to Nerve Damage. From Lord of the Rings to Saturday Night Fever. Fun facts, bad movie jokes and secret salsa are all part of the gamut this week in the Gorge’s most inclusive listing of entertainment options, including country and western. You can’t go if you don’t know. Check it all out here.

And the winner is....Dancing With The Gorge Stars Delivers on Big Laughs; Big Talent

And the winner is....Dancing With The Gorge Stars Delivers on Big Laughs; Big Talent

Cole Goodwin
Home Page, Positive News, Entertainment

Pattie Blagg said that the Dancing with the Gorge Stars had “its best crowd ever” on Friday January 13th, 2023. Now in its 9th season this production from Mid-Columbia Community Concert Association has really mastered that art of putting the ‘fun’ in fun-draising with an opening dance routine by The Dalles Dazzling Dancers, seven competitors of varying levels of skill, and professional dance performances from the Utah Ballroom Dance Company. 

The Gorge is Gaming it: Music, Scrabble, Poker, Pool all options this week in entertainment

The Gorge is Gaming it: Music, Scrabble, Poker, Pool all options this week in entertainment

Jim Drake
Art, Columns, Business, Education, Entertainment, Home Page, Hood River County, Klickitat County, Wasco County, The Dalles

Games abound in this week’s round-up of local social events, music offerings and local shows. Scrabble, pool and poker options sit along side productions such as Dancing with the Gorge Stars at The Dalles High School Auditorium or “Ripchord” at the Bingen Theater.

Movie Review: 'M3gan' Unsettling; Embodies unhinged gleefulness of '80s Horror

Movie Review: 'M3gan' Unsettling; Embodies unhinged gleefulness of '80s Horror

Mo Burford
Art, Entertainment, Home Page, Columns

At its best, M3gan embodies the unhinged gleefulness of 80’s horror movies like Child’s Play, while keeping it fresh by inverting old tropes and subtly infusing the movie with a critique of our dependence on technology for our emotional needs. And while, for me, there could have been a little more gore, to its credit the movie actually manages to still create thrills while maintaining a PG-13 rating.

Column: Awarded Best Light Display: Stephanie and Doug Hoffman, 407 W. 11th Street

Column: Awarded Best Light Display: Stephanie and Doug Hoffman, 407 W. 11th Street

Sarah Cook
Art, Entertainment, Home Page, The Dalles

“We love to hear people say they drove by our house and they loved the decorations or that their kids really like Frosty,” said Stephanie Hoffman. “I would miss coming home in the evening or leaving in the morning and seeing the lights. I would miss watching cars slow down to look at the lights. I believe the decorations help people get in the Christmas spirit. As a kid, my parents used to drive us around to look at lights. It was one of my favorite things to do.” 

Column: Awarded Best Inflatable Scene: Dorothy Waters, 1534 E. 11th Street

Column: Awarded Best Inflatable Scene: Dorothy Waters, 1534 E. 11th Street

Sarah Cook
Art, Columns, Entertainment, The Dalles, Home Page

“It’s kinda hard for me to do this—it’s a lot of work—but I do enjoy doing it, and I do it because the kids come by and they like seeing everything. I have people who will pull up in front of the house at night and stay for 5 minutes just taking it all in,” said Dorothy Waters. “Some years I think, Well, maybe I shouldn’t…But I always do. Recently a neighbor said, Boy, I’m glad you do this every year, it’s so nice to look at.”

Column:  Awarded Best Tree: Linda and Wayland Huteson, 1221 E. 11th Street 

Column:  Awarded Best Tree: Linda and Wayland Huteson, 1221 E. 11th Street 

Sarah Cook
Columns, Entertainment, Home Page, Art

For years, our columnist Sarah Cook and her partner have made popcorn and hot chocolate hopped in their tiny Subaru, put on All Classical Portland, and driven around The Dalles as they pretended to assign trophies to the most spectacularly decorated houses.  This year Sarah is handing out accolades in CCCNews with four awards. First up: Best Tree goes to the Hutesons.

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