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Portland Art Museum Uncorks 54 Willamette Valley Wineries for One Big Night

Fifty-four Willamette Valley wineries are set to pour inside the Portland Art Museum Wednesday, November 11, as the museum teams up with the Willamette Valley Wineries Association for Harvest Celebration: Where Wine & Art Meet. The event pairs winemakers with six artists for an evening built around tastings, creative stations, and seasonal food, all contained to the museum's Grand Ballroom rather than its gallery spaces.

Portland, OR · 5d

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Wine Wednesday: ¡Salud! auction doubles as a winery guest pass

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Two unforgettable experiences in Oregon wine country are giving back to one very important cause. The nonprofit ¡Salud! is once again hosting its annual Oregon Pinot Noir Auction, which includes a Pinot Party on Friday, Nov. 13, at Domaine Serene and a gala on Saturday, Nov. 14, at The Allison Inn […]

Portland, OR · 4d

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ChefStable's Kurt Huffman Plans Late-Night Bar The Balboa for Portland's Pearl District

A new late-night bar and restaurant called The Balboa is in the works for 1134 NW Everett St. in Portland's Pearl District, with plans for pool tables, DJs, dancing and a patio that would keep the doors open from noon until 2:30 a.m. every day. The project comes from Kurt Huffman of ChefStable, the restaurant group behind a growing list of Portland bars and restaurants.

Portland, OR · 3d

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6 Oregon Meat Markets Where Filling Your Freezer Before The Holidays Costs Less Than The Grocery Store

One Oregon butcher keeps a freezer case of frozen meat that’s marked down 20 percent. Not on a holiday weekend. That little detail sent me down a rabbit hole. Small-town shops across the state sell 25-pound and 50-pound meat packs built for stocking a chest freezer. Some even sell...

Oregon · 7d

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The Oregon Greenway Where You Can Walk, Bike or Jog Surrounded by Trees and Total Tranquility

Some days you just need to escape the noise – the constant ping of notifications, the rush of traffic, the endless to-do lists. This Oregon greenway offers exactly that kind of relief. A place where the only sounds are birdsong, rustling leaves, and your own steady breath. The path...

Oregon · 6d

KOIN 6 News

Portland Holiday Market returns this weekend with food, gifts, wreath-making

The Portland Holiday Market is scheduled to return to the Portland Expo Center this weekend, offering visitors a variety of gifts, food, and holiday activities.

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Joni Harms stops by the ‘Who’s on Third’ concert series in November

The November “Who’s on Third” Community Concert will feature local singer/songwriter Joni Harms. Harms is known for writing most of her own songs, enjoying the process of writing about rodeo, […]

Woodburn, OR · 5d

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Award-Winning Cocktail Company Crafts Ready-To-Drink Libations in Local Facility

Deep in the heart of Tualatin, Straightaway Cocktails mixes award-winning canned spirits for everyone from Alaska Airlines to Costco. It’s a company that pours with a purpose. Straightaway’s small team does everything from recipe writing and batch brewing to bottling, canning and shipping from a 49,000-square-foot Southwest Manhasset Street...

Tualatin, OR · 5d

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Oregon City Homecoming Parade, a Fun Tradition for All

Oregon City had a parade for Homecoming. There were floats, fire trucks, and the marching band. There were many sounds, including sirens, cheering, and clapping. The marching band played the Oregon City Fight Song. There were a lot of people in the parade, and they gave out candy to the...

Oregon City, OR · 6d

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Anne Broyles: Everyone Deserves To See Themselves in Books

Anne Broyles is a world traveler, vegan cook, Cherokee Nation citizen, social activist and hiker. She lives in Portland, Oregon in a multi-generation household with two cats and a dog. Anne won the Oregon Book Award for I'm Gonna Paint: Ralph Fasanella, Artist of the People. Other books include Eating...

Portland, OR · 4d

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Yelp names 3 Oregon pasta places among best in U.S. in 2026

Yelp recently released a list of the 100 best places for pasta in the United States – with a few spots in Portland and Eugene making the list.

Portland, OR · 7d

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Tualatin Teen Designs custom Nikes for Annual Doernbecher Fundraiser

It was unremarkable to walkers who passed without noticing the moment: a young teen chatting easily on a park bench in the dappled sunlight of a warm October afternoon. But for Avery Wilson, the 13-year-old girl at the center of this deceptively casual-looking scene, it was a moment full of extraordinary details.

Portland, OR · 5d

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Award-winning PNW chef heads up Bellpine at Ritz-Carlton

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Two-time James Beard Award semifinalist for best chef, Jack Strong, just became the executive chef for Bellpine at the Ritz-Carlton Portland in the summer. . Before that, he was at the Allison Inn and Spa in Newberg for nearly four years. The born-and-raised...

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Where to Dine In and Get Takeout for Thanksgiving

Making a Thanksgiving feast is no mean feat. Maybe you can’t stand the smell of Brussels sprouts permeating your kitchen, or pie crust is your sworn enemy. Perhaps your tiny apartment kitchen could never dream of roasting a 20-pound bird. Whatever your reasons, the Mercury is here to help with our list of restaurants for Thanksgiving dine-in and takeout.

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Oregon Zoo: Tula-tu shows 'encouraging signs' amid battle with elephant herpes virus

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s elephant calf, is “showing encouraging signs” as she battles the potentially life-threatening elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus, or EEHV. Zoo staff said she was diagnosed with EEHV last week, a latent virus present in nearly all Asian elephants in the...

Portland, OR · 4d

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Museum to host largest gathering of Willamette Valley wineries in decades

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The largest gathering of Willamette Valley wineries in decades is coming to the Portland Art Museum for a one-of-a-kind tasting extravaganza. It’s a rare chance to explore wine, learn from the makers, and take in art with a fresh lens. “Harvest Celebration: Where Wine & Art Meet” is happening Wednesday, Nov. […]

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