http://www.portlandtribune.com/features/index.php Portland and surrounding area community news and information http://www.portlandtribune.com/features/story.php?story_id=126739016574323600 2010-03-05 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/features/story.php?story_id=126739016574323600 en-us The traditional big American family sedan is alive and well at Ford – with more style, comfort and performance that any time since the early 1970. Back before the first gas crisis, Detroit ruled the roads with large cars that could easily carry families from coast to coast. But when OPEC ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/features/story.php?story_id=126774291246629200 2010-03-05 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/features/story.php?story_id=126774291246629200 en-us I love getting e-mail messages, especially the enticing one headed “Manure Connection.” I clicked on the link, www.emswcd.org/manure-connection and jumped to the site, hosted by East Multnomah Soil and Water Conservation District. When I hit “Manure Wanted,” up came a list ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/features/story.php?story_id=126765200591301400 2010-03-04 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/features/story.php?story_id=126765200591301400 en-us March 5 Far East to Midwest Minneapolis post-punk Chinese rockers Birthday Suits are a guitar-drums duo that has stripped rock ’n’ roll down to its barest of bones, crushing them into dust and then creating a Great Wall of Sound out of the detritus. However, unlike the one ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/features/story.php?story_id=126765207314760300 2010-03-04 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/features/story.php?story_id=126765207314760300 en-us Not too often does a 20-year-old college student from Portland get the opportunity to be on the front lines of an international conflict. In late December 2009, Sarah Hassouneh, a Lincoln High grad and Portland State student, traveled to the Middle East to visit the Gaza Strip and take part in an ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/features/story.php?story_id=126765204963555900 2010-03-04 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/features/story.php?story_id=126765204963555900 en-us Memorial Coliseum in all its glory isn’t seen very often, but Jeremy Bitterman’s photo captures it. His image of the old “MC,” with curtains drawn and sun shining in during the 2009 Rose Parade, helps portray the beauty of the 50-year-old building, says Brian Libby, who has ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/features/story.php?story_id=126765198223567200 2010-03-04 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/features/story.php?story_id=126765198223567200 en-us ART Shaun Peterson Quintana Galleries features Peterson, a member of the Puyallup band of Washington’s Salish tribe, focusing on Salish forms mingling with contemporary composition and vibrant colors. 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily, March 6-31, Quintana Galleries, 120 N.W. 9th Ave., ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/features/story.php?story_id=126765209550734200 2010-03-04 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/features/story.php?story_id=126765209550734200 en-us Joel David Moore will be in attendance at the Academy Awards on Sunday in Los Angeles when a little feature film called “Avatar” will surely be highlighted early and often. For Moore, a Portland native, being part of an epic film that has made nearly $2 billion worldwide, earned nine ... http://www.portlandtribune.com/features/story.php?story_id=126765202726480700 2010-03-04 00:00:00 http://www.portlandtribune.com/features/story.php?story_id=126765202726480700 en-us The funny thing is Amanda Jarman doesn’t usually watch “Wheel of Fortune” “I don’t have a television; well, I have a TV, but no reception with rabbit ears since the digital changeover,” the Portland resident says. “I watched it before the digital ...