11-23-2024  3:01 pm   •   PDX and SEA Weather

The pads are open now at thirteen parks across the city. Hours are 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., through the end of September

More fun parks programs and activities are rolling out for the entire summer season, find out more about them at www.PortlandParks.org.


READ MORE

The baby is due next month

(CNN) -- Sometime in the not-too-distant future, Kanye West can once again break out the leather skirt and the pink Polos he once favored.


READ MORE

The Morehouse graduate went into investment banking before becoming an actor

Meet Ken Robinson, the Morehouse graduate and investment banker turned Shakespearean actor.


READ MORE

Upcoming film will follow Seattle-based bata drummers for their historic performance in Nigeria

Two local documentarians are bringing the Afro-Cuban bata drumming tradition to the screen.

READ MORE

By Breeanna Hare CNN

Rumors are circulating that American Idol plans to bring back Jennifer Hudson and other former Idol stars...


READ MORE

Pussy Riot was sentenced to two years in prison for performing a song critical of Putin

(CNN) -- A Russian court denied parole for Maria Alyokhina, a jailed member of the Pussy Riot punk band, state news agency Itar-Tass said Thursday.


READ MORE

High School Drummer, Tobias Kelly, chosen for internationally competitive spot in world-class music performance program

For the past 27 years, the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Mass., has hosted a five-week Summer Performance Program. Young musicians from around the world vie for the opportunity to participate and only few are chosen.


READ MORE

Prince will be honored with the Icon Award at 2013 Billboard Music Awards May 19


READ MORE

Oprah magazine is holding contest: prize is visit to farm with Oprah

Oprah shows E! around her Maui farm. She plans to eventually sell the produce.

READ MORE

Choreographer: AEG considered pulling the plug on Michael Jackson Show

AEG Live considered pulling the plug on Michael Jackson's comeback concerts 11 days before the pop icon died, the show's choreographer testified Tuesday. Travis Payne, who worked closely with Michael Jackson in his final days, earlier testified that in Jackson's last rehearsals before his death, he was not at show standards but he was rehearsing, he was processing.


READ MORE

Recently Published by The Skanner News

  • Default
  • Title
  • Date
  • Random

theskanner50yrs 250x300