The Marsh Band at The Dalles Civic Auditorium tonight, Sept. 22, kicks off a week of great music at local venues around the Gorge. Check out what’s happenin’ here in arts, entertainment, and untypically good times.
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The Marsh Band at The Dalles Civic Auditorium tonight, Sept. 22, kicks off a week of great music at local venues around the Gorge. Check out what’s happenin’ here in arts, entertainment, and untypically good times.
Teen leaders will gain professional and social-emotional learning (SEL) skills through a career-connected service learning project incorporating VEX robotics and STEAM maker activities. The focus of the grant is to provide youth with increased access to engineering and computer science career exploration supported by paid community teen leaders.
The Columbia Gorge Orchestra Association (CGOA) is proud to announce they have received a small operating grant of $2,261 from the Oregon Arts Commission. CGOA is also ready to swing at the Hood River Elks this Friday, Sept. 23 with the Jazz Collective Big Band. Tickets are still available.
The History Museum of Hood River County is proud to present Cemetery Tales 2022, featuring people who lived in Hood River County and the Gorge and were connected to music. The documentary-style video from award-winning director/producer/writer team Joe Garoutte and Michael Friend will portray a diverse cast of characters from different cultures, backgrounds and time periods.
Mid-Columbia Housing Authority, in partnership with Columbia Cascade Housing Corp. and the Oregon Law Center will host two bilingual Landlord and Tenant Law information and Q&A events in Hood River and The Dalles.
Columnist Jim Drake discovers some super free powers through our local libraries. He also takes a deep dive into local entertainment at venues around the Gorge. Come on and take the ride - Drake is punching your card for free.
Home and business owners in Hood River County, Oregon will have a unique opportunity between September 6th and October 31st to gain the benefits of solar energy and battery storage through a campaign called Solarize Hood River County.
Hotel California, a group of seven musicians will be dedicating themselves to the incredible run of music created by the Eagles in a concert set for Saturday, Sept. 3 in The Dalles. Tickets are still available as the Gorge is alive with entertainment, art, and culture during September. Find out what’s going on here.
Comunidades has launched a new website with additional information from partners as the nonprofit works to promote the civic engagement of our Latino/a/x communities in social and environmental justice issues.
Spend a day on a public bus in the gorge and you’re bound to meet all kinds of people. The Gorge TransLink motto is “Everybody rides”, after all but why do they ride? CCCNews spent a day on the CAT Bus in Hood River to find out.
Entertainment abounds this week with a Muralfest in The Dalles and pubs and bars knocking out the jams all over the Gorge for the next several days. There are also a whole lot of other nuggets here in the Gorge’s most comprehensive entertainment listing.
TD’s Emily Peterson continues to push on in her goal to hike the entire Pacific Crest Trail this season. She recently surpassed the 2,000-mile marker and will likely make it to Cascade Locks next week. But first a reunion with some new-old friends and some gorgeous scenery.
Metallica rips in this encore that brings $100,000 in local scholarships to students in career-technology training at Columbia Gorge Community College.
A local man was apprehended on Sunday night, Aug. 21, but not before 28 miles were covered in pursuit and spike strips were deployed.
A plea hearing for former Haven Executive Director Tara Koch who is accused of 26 charges related to the theft of more than $96,000 has been scheduled for Aug. 22nd, 2022 at 9:45 a.m.
Most of the work - 88 percent - will be performed in Bingen, according to the announcement.
Performing since he was 14 years old, Hogan’s life and musical journey has taken him from the rockabilly swinging 1960s of England to a communal lifestyle in southern Oregon in the 1970s. He’s a pioneer of Seattle’s underground music scene. Hogan says “he was there” when bands like Nirvana and Soundgarden became Grunge Gods and put Seattle on the map as a source of new music culture.
Our friend Jeff Carrel hits the Last Stop Saloon in TD tonight, Aug. 2. He is just one of a few local legends making headlines in this week’s guide for entertainment. Our man Jim Drake is laying out the schedule for the next few days and weeks to come in this comprehensive listing. You can’t go if you don’t know.
$100,000 will to the Ken Jernstedt Airfield in Hood River for the installation of weather reporting equipment.
"The Visiting Authors Program meets the cultural needs of our students, many of whom have never met a contemporary author, much less one of their culture or who speaks to their concerns," Wendy Patton explained. “This project selects diverse authors and integrates their work into existing courses. We will be inviting the wider Gorge community, recording and archiving the visits so people will benefit from this project well into the future.”