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Honky-tonk Band The Buckles

The Buckles may be Portland’s staunchest country traditionalists. Their hard-core Bakersfield twang, right out of the playbooks of Buck Owens and Merle Haggard, is world's away from the homogenized country-pop of today. Put on your dancing shoes.

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Burning Man Artist David Butts

A trip to the Burning Man Festival in the Nevada desert inspired Portland architect David Butts to try something new. He returned to the festival a year later with a mirrored steel “sunflower” that concentrates sunlight so powerfully that it can melt plastic - or cook hot dogs.

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Painter Margret Short

The paintings of the Dutch Old Masters have been a source of inspiration for Margret Short because of their dramatic use of light and shadow. She also prefers materials that have stood the test of time. Her paintings of fruits, flowers, and rich fabrics draw on the traditions of the Renaissance but have a fresh quality of their own.

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