Forget Bookstores – It’s Truck Stops All the Way! Writer and road warrior Barbara Richardson will read to truckers and roustabouts at the Troutdale TA Travel Center truck stop, TONIGHT at 7:00 PM. Why read at a truck stop restaurant? To honor the restless characters who populate GUEST HOUSE. The Salt Lake Tribune says GUEST HOUSE is "the most rapid-fire novel of domestic hope and strife you’re likely to read all summer." Check out the book, and then come check out the warm peach pie, on what may just be the very first literary truck stop tour in the U.S.! That's at the TA Travel Center Buckhorn Restaurant in Troutdale, Exit 17 off I-84 on Thursday, TONIGHT at 7:00 PM. Richardson's books will also available there. For more info visit barbarakrichardson.com
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The Alberta Art Walk & Habitat for Humanity Benefit/Fundraiser hosted by NE Oregon First: with mixed media paintings by artist Samuel Cochrane will be held TONIGHT from 5:30-10pm at 5136 NE Garfield Ave. in Portland. All Donations and Half of all artwork proceeds will go to benefit Habitat for Humanity Portland Metro/East. Enjoy drinks, food, socializing, and come show your support! Everyone is Welcome! More information at 503.285.4382.
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Also happening TONIGHT Please join Ecotrust for a free, rockin' outdoor concert series every Thursday evening from 5 – 9 pm in July. Tonight's show will be: Climber with The Greater Midwest. Arrive by bike (enjoy plentiful bike parking) or public transit, listen to local music, and connect with the programs and projects of Ecotrust. The concert is held at the Jean Vollumn Natural Capital Center - west parking lot, located at 721 NW 9th Ave in Portland. Check out the band line-up and more information at www.ecotrust.org/sundown.
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