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Walking the Line with Gill Dennis Hollywood screenwriter Gill Dennis talks Johnny Cash, Walk the Line, and the relationship of conflict and drama.
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Off-Track Photography A glimpse inside the Pre Classic, one of Eugene's most iconic events and a showcase of the best talent in track and field.
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Distill the Pacific Northwest Entrepreneurs in the Pacific Northwest are adding their stamp to the local libations industry. Bruce McGregor
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INTRO 14 Letter 18 Contributors 20 Digital
Make your own odyssey in Oregon wine country with this giveaway.
BUSINESS 23 Green Biz
Eco Fashion Week’s Myriam Laroche inspires recycled style in Vancouver.
24 Q/A
A University of British Columbia professor studies the correlation between checking your email and your well-being.
CULTURE 27 Chef Spotlight
Sybaris owner and chef Matt Bennett put farm-totable sourcing on the map for Albany's sybarites.
28 Musician
Jeremy Enigk reemerges with solo folk-inspired ballads after a rural hiatus.
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Blackfeet artist Terrance Guardipee's visual storytelling.
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42 Notes from the Adventure Cycling through Oregon wine country in the Willamette Valley.
47 Weekenders
Where to eat, drink, stay, play and shop.
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ON THE COVER: CHERRY BLOSSOMS ON THE PORTLAND WATERFRONT Leah Nash is an Oregon-based photographer who specializes in documenting real people having real moments. For our cover shot we asked Leah to head to Portland's waterfront with PDX Pedicab to capture the cherry blossoms of spring. Leah's work can be viewed at leahnash.com and nashcophoto.com.
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THE OREGON DEPARTMENT of Transportation (ODOT) partners with the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) and Amtrak to provide the Amtrak Cascades service from Eugene to Vancouver, British Columbia via Portland and Seattle. In Oregon, the vision for passenger rail service began in 1991, and Oregon has been investing in passenger rail since 1994 with the goal of a top-notch passenger rail service for the Pacific Northwest. Since that time, the state of Oregon has consistently invested in the service to grow it to the two trainsets owned by ODOT and the two round trips between Portland and Eugene with through trips north to Seattle and Vancouver, BC. The Amtrak Cascades is the backbone of intercity travel in Oregon and Washington. With that in mind, the two states continue to enhance multimodal connections, so that citizens and visitors can travel seamlessly throughout and outside of the states without reliance on a car. This requires ensuring that people can walk or bike to a bus stop, transit center or train station, something particularly important to younger residents who are delaying or foregoing investing in their own vehicles.
This type of connected system is critical to the movement of citizens and our state’s economic vitality. Our residents tell us how much they enjoy train travel, including the quality of the ride, comfort, amenities, service and productivity. Beyond train service, decisions on passenger rail also affect our rural intercity bus routes, which are key connections to more rural areas, though are not major revenue-generators. Together the rail and bus systems keep the special pieces of rural Oregon alive and allow people to travel through the state and region. We know how important Amtrak Cascades service is to Oregonians, and we’d like to ask for your continued support as the state faces funding challenges. We’d also like your thoughts on how to further improve and expand rail travel options and what you’d like to see going forward. Please visit our website at oregon.gov/ odot/rail for more information about our service, reports to the legislature and to sign up for email alerts. Thank you for riding Amtrak Cascades. We hope you continue to support passenger rail and look forward to providing you with this service for many more years to come.
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Contributors SPRING 2015
Andrew Seng
Photographer - Gallery: See how Andrew captured the spirit of last year's Prefontaine Classic on page 58.
Andrew Seng is a recent graduate from the University of Oregon. Born and raised in Portland, Oregon he spent six months in 2014 as a photo intern for The Sacramento Bee, Northern California’s largest circulating newspaper. In Spring 2015, he will return to The Bee for a nine-month extended position but will always remain an Oregonian at heart. He enjoys stargazing, looking at trees, daydreaming and eating cheeseburgers.
Charyn Pfeuffer
Michelle Hopkins
Seattle-based writer Charyn Pfeuffer specializes in food, travel and lifestyle topics. Over the past sixteen years, her work has appeared in more than 100 outlets, including National Geographic Traveler, San Francisco Chronicle, Sunset and travelandleisure.com. In her spare time, she’s an avid volunteer, animal rescue advocate and certified marine naturalist. For OnTrak, she explored tribal ledger art by Terrance Guardipee on page 30.
Michelle Hopkins is a freelance writer based in Vancouver, BC. She has extensive newspaper and magazine writing experience. Michelle is passionate about travel, art, culture and food. She writes for many notable publications including Western Living Magazine, Vancouver Magazine, North Shore News, Calgary Luxury Living and Westworld. In this issue's Business section, Michelle wrote about eco fashion (p. 23) and email checking research (p. 24).
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Felisa Rogers
Writer - Distill the Pacific Northwest
Felisa Rogers lives in the Oregon Coast Range, where she writes full time. She is a former food writer for Salon.com and is a contributing writer and editor for The People’s Guide to Mexico. She enjoys writing about her adventure, history, music, food and spirits. She particularly enjoyed the research for the Northwestern distilleries assignment (p. 62). 18
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Ellee Thalheimer Writer - Adventure Notes
Ellee Thalheimer (@elleethalheimer) is a Portland-based author and freelance writer. Her publishing imprint, Into Action Publications, creates guidebooks that artfully inspire adventure and lead readers to be transformed by travel. Her most recent book is Cycling Sojourner: A Guide to the Best Multi-day Tours in Washington. Read about her Willamette Valley cycling adventure on page 42. ontrakmag.com
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Eco Fashion Week’s Myriam Laroche By Michelle Hopkins
Myriam Laroche, 38, sits in a downtown café, petite and dressed in vintage jeans and a knit sweater. This French-Canadian’s diminutive size belies her considerable power in bringing fashion industry A-listers, such as Jason Matlo and New York socialite Cornelia Guest, to Vancouver’s Eco Fashion Week (EFW)—a weeklong dialogue about fashion and sustainability with seminars, fashion shows and cocktail parties. “When I first began, everyone told me I was crazy and it wouldn’t last,” said the founder of EFW and curator of fashionable second-hand clothing. In 2006, Laroche was on top of her game enjoying a two-decade long lucrative career as a retail buyer for Canadian women’s clothing stores such as Jacob and Historia. “I remember being in a garment factory in Hong Kong and negotiating hard to drop the price of a T-shirt to fourteen cents,” she recalled. “Something suddenly hit me. I did a lot of soul searching, and the industry just didn’t make sense to me anymore.” Laroche quit her high-paying job and moved to Vancouver in 2007. Troubled by the appetite for disposable clothing—especially in Vancouver, a city working hard to be the greenest city in the world by 2020—she created Eco Fashion Week in 2009. On average, between 1,200 and 1,800 people attend EFW each year. “Every year we attract bigger named designers and more international media attention—and we have 18,000 followers on Twitter,” said Laroche. “That is how I gauge our success.” Today, this fashionista is leading the chic sustainability fashion movement in Western Canada, with plans to take her runway shows and education seminars across Canada and into the United States. Alfonso Arnold
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The Importance of Unplugging Do you find yourself constantly logging on to email or checking it at all hours of the night? If you are a slave to your email, it can be causing you stress. Associate professor at the University of British Columbia, Elizabeth Dunn, studied whether there is a correlation between the frequency of checking your email and your well-being.
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The co-author of Happy Money: The Science of Happier Spending spoke to OnTrak about her findings on email-checking frequency.
Why did you choose this topic? I think emails have pervaded our daily lives. It is the most widespread online activity and is the bane of my existence. That inspired me to answer the question: Could the frequency with which you check your email affect your overall well-being? How did you measure your subjects’ stress levels? We recruited 124 adults from diverse occupations—ranging from students to professors to professionals. In the first week of the study, we told half our participants—whom we randomly assigned by flipping a coin—to check their email as often as they could each day. The other half were told to keep their email closed, turn notifications off and limit checking their email to three times a 24
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day. The following week, we switched up the instructions. We found that many of the participants assigned to check their email only three times a day found it extremely hard to do that. Many admitted to us that they checked their inbox at least five times a day. At the end of the two-week experiment, to assess stress, we asked them how often they felt unable to control the important things in their life and how often they had trouble coping with all the things they had to do that day. At what point did checking their emails cause them stress? There is no specific number here, nor is there a blanket solution. It’s about reducing the amount of times you check your email overall. Many of us can stand to take
a step back and ask ourselves honestly: “How often do I need to check my email?” I think people would find that stepping away from their inbox is not only good for their health, but also good in terms of productivity. When you multitask, switching from a demanding chore to another, such as checking your email, you cause yourself undue stress. You could make more errors, and you’re not as efficient. Having said that, I appreciate that for some individuals, such as stock brokers, checking email less frequently is simply not an option. Can you summarize your findings for us? Our study found that during the restricted-email-use-week, participants experienced significantly lower daily stress
than during the limitless-emailuse-week. In turn, lower stress predicted a higher sense of well-being in a number of areas in their lives. Our findings suggest that it might be worthwhile to ask yourself whether you are checking your email out of necessity or compulsion. It’s like salt … you don’t want to overdo it. How has your research changed the regularity with which you check your email? I try to cut back on checking my email, but I’m the first to say it’s very hard. Emails have a strong siren song … they suck you back in so easily. However, I have to say that I feel a lot better when I check my email less frequently. It’s like exercise; I know it’s really good for me when I do it.
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Chef Spotlight By Sophia McDonald
Fans of the The New York Times crossword puzzle may know that Sybaris is a town in ancient Italy known for its self-indulgent residents. Matt Bennett, the chef and owner of Sybaris restaurant in Albany, Oregon, first heard the word in middle school when “Sybarite” appeared on a spelling list. To demonstrate its meaning, his teacher used it in a sentence: “When Bennett grows up, he’s going to be a sybarite. He’s a lover of luxury.” If living a life of luxury means having access to the best of the Willamette Valley’s bounty, that teacher was prophetic. Bennett made a point of sourcing from local farms and fishing boats long before farm to table was trendy. His menu changes monthly to take advantage of the foods that are currently at their peak ripeness. Bennett, who is originally from Michigan, describes Sybaris as an eclectic Northwest bistro. Spring offerings such as grilled steelhead with Dungeness crab guacamole live up to the Northwest-inspired profile. Others skew more to the eclectic side. A dish called “I want to go to Hawaii” combined oyster egg foo yung, ahi poke, coconut shrimp, spammish rice and pineapple salsa. “I write recipes around the menu,” Bennett said. “The first night of the new menu is the first night we make that dish. It makes it a little more of a challenge. We have to make it work because it’s on the menu.” The one thing that’s always available is the Sybaris chocolate hazelnut cake. It’s a dense chocolate cake with local hazelnuts topped with hazelnut crème brûlée, chocolate mousse and chocolate ganache. On his day off, Bennett experiments. He loves tripe tacos from food trucks, “anything funky and ethnic with real big flavors. Stuff you don’t see all the time.”
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Jeremy Enigk Blue Collar Tribute By Stirling Myles
JEREMY ENIGK GARNERED attention in the 1990s as the lead singer and songwriter for the renowned Seattle emo band Sunny Day Real Estate (SDRE). While he played the cosmopolitan city of Seattle for years, he has been off the radar for a while. Enigk, 41, now finds respite in the quieter setting of Mt. Vernon, Washington, where he’s taken to writing solo folk-inspired ballads. His life, like many artists’ lives, went through a series of upheavals, yet indelible threads in Enigk’s lyrics over time are his highly confessional, vulnerable and captivating themes. Drawing from personal stories and his enigmatic spiritual mythos, Enigk’s songwriting is guided by beautiful, orchestral textures and conceptual lyricism. He moved to Mt. Vernon in 2009, the same year he released his fifth solo album, OK Bear. “Moving here was sort of an opportunity to slow down a bit and reflect and rebuild,” said Enigk. “I started to adopt a new kind of appreciation for what the area offered—natural beauty and crisp, clean air. Along with [this comes] the abundance of fresh, organic produce and the appreciation of a cleaner style of living.” After a long period of sparse public performances, Enigk is hitting the road on a mini-tour this spring to promote his upcoming yet-to-betitled album.
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For his fifth release, Enigk wove ethereal and electric textures into a larger-than-life sonic tapestry, blending folk rock with cinematic strings. Heavy percussion and Enigk’s signature, clear vocal delivery guided this anthem-like personal album.
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Artist Keeps Blackfeet Tradition Alive By Charyn Pfeuffer
EVERY PERSON HAS A STORY to tell. The tradition of storytelling among the Blackfeet, an American Indian tribe in Montana, still survives. Prior to having a written language, Blackfeet preserved their heritage pictorially with visions and experiences painted on tipis, shields, pictographs and buffalo hides. Artist Terrance Guardipee, a Seattle painter and ledger artist who grew up on the Blackfeet Reservation in Browning, Montana, honors his heritage and ancient traditions through a creative style of visual storytelling called ledger art. The genre stems from the accounting ledger books that were a common source of paper for Plains Indians during the late nineteenth century. It was co-opted as a means of historical storytelling for the people of the Great Plains from roughly 1850 to 1910, and then hid in the shadows for several decades. Guardipee was one of the first Native artists 30
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to revive the historical tradition. Although he’s widely lauded for his time-honored depiction of Blackfeet legacy, he transformed the customary single-page style to his signature map-collage concept. “I knew about the process of making ledger art, but wanted to expand upon it and make it mine,” said Guardipee, who started creating ledger art more than 15 years ago. Painting bold colors on antique documents such as maps, checks, receipts and war rations, Guardipee uses a layered collage technique to interpret his personal experiences with Blackfeet culture. Many of his papers date back to the mid-nineteenth century and come from the Blackfeet homeland of Montana. He describes his work as a contemporary expression of ledger art based on real people, mostly family and tribal members. His beautifully intricate pieces incorporate ancient symbols used by the Blackfeet tribe for thousands of years. Different symbols hold significant meaning. A pyramid shape, for example, may represent mountains, while a tombstone shape signifies rolling hills. “My art is primar-
ily based on creation and tribal war stories,” said Guardipee. “Forty to fifty percent of my work features female warrior figures.” His work also prominently features horse riders, holy men, love and the railway. Guardipee’s grandfather worked on the train at Glacier National Park, and the significance of the Great Northern Route is evident throughout his collages. When the artist finished studies at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico and first traveled to Seattle, he rode the train. Each of Guardipee’s pieces—he doesn’t reproduce prints—comes with a complete description of what its symbolism means. His work can be found in private collections, as well as prominent museums and Indian art markets. In an increasingly globalized world, it’s work like Guardipee’s that helps keep the age-old tradition of storytelling alive. “In my ledger art, I hope to represent the old form while bringing snippets of my ancestor’s war history to life,” said Guardipee. “I hope to keep the spirit of the Blackfeet alive.” To view Terrance Guardipee's art, visit ontrakmag.com/guardipee ontrakmag.com
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COLOR ME RAD 5K Valley River Center April 11 at 9 a.m. TICKETS: $15-$35 colormerad.com Celebrate the beginning of spring with the most colorful run in the country. JASON ALDEAN: BURN IT DOWN TOUR Matthew Knight Arena April 25 at 7:30 p.m. TICKETS: $33.25-$63.25 matthewknightarena.com The two-time ACM “Male Vocalist of the Year” brings his country swagger to Oregon for the second leg of his tour. CINDERELLA: A ROCK OPERA BALLET Hult Center for the Performing Arts May 8-9 at 7:30 p.m., May 10 at 2:30 p.m. TICKETS: $29-$49 hultcenter.org Ballet Fantastique puts a charming twist on a Disney classic, transporting “Cindy” to the ’60s.
ROGUE FARMS INDEPENDENCE DAY 10K Rogue Hop Farms, Independence July 4 TICKETS: $49 runwithpaula.com Gear up for a gritty off-road 10k romp through Rogue's hop farms and celebrate a national pastime of working hard and partying in equal measure.
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PORTLAND TIMBERS Providence Park 2015 Season TICKETS: Prices vary timbers.com Join the Timbers Army in cheering on the city’s Major League Soccer team. ITALIAN STYLE Portland Art Museum February 6-May 3 TICKETS: $12-$15, members and kids under 17 free portlandartmuseum.org Marvel at the glamorous and iconic fashion from influential post-WWII Italy. URBAN BUSH WOMEN Newmark Theatre April 9-11 at 8 p.m. TICKETS: $25-$30 urbanbushwomen.org The Brooklyn-based dance troupe will move you and challenge you in this powerful and honest artistic display.
BRIDGE TO BREWS Waterfront Park April 10 at 11 a.m. TICKETS: $44-$113 terrapinevents.com Run across the landmark Fremont Bridge for beer and the fight against lupus in one of the largest running events in Portland. PORTLAND ROSE FESTIVAL Citywide May and June rosefestival.org This two-month festival celebrates the iconic flower in addition to Portland's diverse cultures with parades, fairs, entertainment, food and more. BRIDGETOWN COMEDY FESTIVAL Multiple venues May 7-10, various times TICKETS: $89-$225 bridgetowncomedy.com See for yourself why Portland has been hailed as the fifth funniest city in America. WHISKEYFEST NORTHWEST Northwest Portland May 8-9 TICKETS: $28-$45 whiskeytownusa.com Soak up the rich flavors of whiskey culture with cocktails, cigars, provisions, entertainment and education. THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Keller Auditorium May 13-23, times vary TICKETS: $30-$125 portland.broadway.com Experience Andrew Lloyd Webber’s beloved Broadway classic in one of the largest productions currently on tour. TUALATIN RIVER DISCOVERY DAY PADDLE Tualatin Community Park June 27 TICKETS: Free tualatinriverkeepers.org Celebrate the 25th River Discovery Day and take a 3.2-mile paddle down the beautiful Tualatin River. WATERFRONT BLUES FESTIVAL Tom McCall Waterfront Park July 2-5 TICKETS: TBA waterfrontbluesfest.com Don't miss your chance to see the legendary Buddy Guy and Greg Allman perform along with several blues icons and local artists.
WILDFLOWER AND MUSIC FESTIVAL Mount Pisgah Arboretum May 18, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. TICKETS: Suggested donation $8, kids under 12 free mountpisgaharboretum.com Bring the whole family for kids activities, craft booths, food, wine, dancing and to see more than 300 species of wildflowers.
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IN HONOR OF OUR CHILDREN POWWOW Kelso High School May 16 12 p.m. - 7 p.m. TICKETS: Free kelso.wednet.edu Celebrate the 30th anniversary of the In Honor of Our Children Powwow, complete with drumming, dancing and vendors.
ELVIS COSTELLO Paramount Theatre April 26 at 7 p.m. TICKETS: $41.25-$71.25 stgpresents.org Experience the one and only Elvis Costello perform clever, madcap, personality-drenched rock ‘n’ roll. SEATTLE BIKE-N-BREWS Schooner Exact Brewing Co. May 3 at 9 a.m. TICKETS: $40-$55 cascade.org Enjoy a 15-, 30- or 40-mile urban cruise with lunch, a cold beer and live music at the finish line. NORTHWEST PADDLING FESTIVAL Lake Sammamish State Park, Issaquah May 8-9 TICKETS: Free northwestpaddlingfestival.com Shop, compare and test the best in paddling sports, and enjoy a guided kayak tour and test your SUP skills. NORTHWEST FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL Seattle Center May 22-25 TICKETS: Free nwfolklife.org Spend your Memorial Day weekend with music, dance, films, visual arts and more. JJ GREY & MOFRO The Showbox May 28 at 8 p.m. TICKETS: $23.50-$26 showboxonline.com Watch JJ Grey and his band Mofro as they deliver gritty, soulful blues straight from the Florida swamps. BETTE MIDLER Seattle Key Arena June 1 at 8 p.m. TICKETS: $55-$235+ keyarena.com Experience the legendary, Grammy Award-winning performer in her first major tour in a decade. SEATTLE PRIDEFEST Seattle Center June 28 TICKETS: Free seattlepridefest.org Honor the past, celebrate the present and prepare for the future of the LGBTQ community in one of the largest free pride festivals in the country.
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THIS SPRING, SEATTLE’S DOWNTOWN Historic Theatre District comes alive with a wide variety of productions. Fans of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s classic musical, The Phantom of the Opera, can see Cameron Mackintosh’s new production at The Paramount Theatre April 30-May 10. Down the street, ACT Theatre presents Jacques Brel March 7-May 17, featuring the moving music of the Belgian songwriter. The new pop/rock musical Jasper in Deadland also takes the stage, at the 5th Ave Theatre from April 30-May 24. Catch a rare glimpse of Vietnam’s heritage though the 1,000 year-old folk art form of water puppetry when The Golden Dragon Water Puppet Theatre of Saigon performs at Town Hall, May 16 and 17. And this Mother’s Day, hear Seattle Rock Orchestra take on the Beatles’ classic albums: Let it Be and Abbey Road at The Moore Theatre. TACOMA
ELOQUENT OBJECTS: GEORGIA O'KEEFE AND STILL-LIFE ART IN NEW MEXICO Tacoma Art Museum March 1-June 7 TICKETS: $12-$14, family $34, members and children under 5 free tacomaartmuseum.org TAM is the only place on the West Coast to catch this compelling exhibit. NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK, TLC & NELLY Tacoma Dome May 6 at 7 p.m. TICKETS: $40-$330+ tacomadome.org NKOTB is joining forces with TLC and Nelly for a summer tour of true ‘90s nostalgia.
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OLYMPIA WOODEN BOAT FESTIVAL Percival Landing May 9-10 olywoodenboat.org Admire boats of all kinds and conditions along with arts and crafts, food, kids activities and local live music.
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4TH OF JULY Downtown Edmonds July 4th TICKETS: Prices vary edmondswa.com Celebrate our nation's Independence Day with a 5K Fun Run, parades, entertainment and, of course, fireworks.
RIDE AROUND CLARK COUNTY Clark College May 2 at 6:30 a.m. TICKETS: $35-$40 vbc-usa.com Choose from four scenic routes through the Clark County countryside in this 32nd annual event.
THE CRAFT WINEFEST OF VANCOUVER Esther Short Park June 12-14 TICKETS: Bring your Amtrak ticket and receive $4 off entrance. thecraftwinefest.com Celebrate Washington’s craft wines and enjoy local artisan vendors, live music and great food. Bring in your Amtrak ticket and receive $4 off your Winefest ticket. RECYCLED ARTS FESTIVAL Esther Short Park June 27-28 TICKETS: Free recycledartsfestival.com This fun, eco-conscious festival will inspire you to recycle in fresh, innovative ways.
WHALE WATCHING TOURS Island Adventures Whale Watching May 7-8 TICKETS: $39-$69 island-adventures.com Don't miss your opportunity to see a glimpse of migrating gray whales as 20,000 of them make their spring journey north up the western coastline.
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SKAGIT VALLEY TULIP FESTIVAL Multiple venues April 1-30 TICKETS: Prices vary tulipfestival.org Tour the area’s renowned tulip fields and experience the many tulip-themed events.
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PADDEN TRIATHALON Lake Padden Park June 27 at 8:30 a.m. TICKETS: $40-$80 cob.org Whether you choose the competitive or recreational route, this annual event will get your heart racing in a beautiful setting. THE HISTORIC FAIRHAVEN FESTIVAL Fairhaven District May 24 at 10 a.m. TICKETS: Free fairhaven.com See what makes Bellingham's Fairhaven district such a lovable destination with live music, a beer and wine garden and food and craft booths.
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Eloquent Objects: Georgia O’Keeffe and Still-Life Art in New Mexico On view through June 7, 2015 Only West Coast Venue Featuring 64 paintings and prints by Southwestern artists (22 are O’Keeffe’s), this exhibition explores how artists used still life to record their changing impressions of the starkly beautiful landscapes and evocative objects of this region.
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Organized by Joseph S. Czestochowski Produced by International Arts® Curated by Charles C. Eldredge Georgia O’Keeffe (1887–1986), Yellow Cactus, 1929. Oil on canvas, 30 × 42 inches. Dallas Museum of Art, Texas. Patsy Lacy Griffith Collection, Bequest of Patsy Lacy Griffith. 1998.217. (O’Keeffe 675) © 2015 Georgia O’Keeffe Museum / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy International Arts ®. Eloquent Objects is presented by Propel Insurance. Generous support provided by Nordstrom, ArtsFund, and Tacoma Arts Commission.
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TICKETS: $8-$13, family $32 westerndriver.com Check out 500-plus classic British-built vehicles and motorcycles. VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S FESTIVAL Granville Island May 25-31 TICKETS: $12-$25 childrensfestival.ca Bring the kids to a festival of performing arts specially geared to young audiences. LADY GAGA & TONY BENNETT Queen Elizabeth Theatre May 25 and 26 at 8 p.m. TICKETS: $94-$275 coastaljazz.ca Two of the biggest stars in the world form a surprising, but incredible, jazz duo. CITY OF BHANGRA FESTIVAL Multi-venue May 28-June 6 TICKETS: Prices vary vibc.org Experience the art of bhangra— music and dance associated with the Punjabi culture—through diverse and engaging events.
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Vancouver Marathon May 3 at 8:30 a.m. bmovanmarathon.ca
AS CANADA’S TOP DESTINATION RACE, this Boston qualifier is perhaps the most scenic running event in the world. Set against a backdrop of the breathtaking North Shore Mountains and the city skyline, four unique routes wind through charming neighborhoods, bustling city streets, and along the seawall and natural beaches. From elite athletes and avid runners to beginners and kids, there’s something for everyone. The 42.2-kilometer (26.2-mile) route beckons the intensely dedicated marathon runners to strive for record time. Families, friends, and corporate teams can team up and split the miles for a new marathon relay. The half marathon takes runners from Yaletown through China Town, skirting historic landmarks and vibrant districts, to the West End. Kids and teenagers can also get a taste for racing experience. No matter your skill level, lace up the sneakers, set a goal and enjoy the view.
CANNERY FARMERS’ MARKET Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site April 12 and 26 gulfofgeorgiacannery.org Take in the bounty of local vendors who will showcase their “make it, bake it, catch it” goods. VANCOUVER SUN RUN Downtown Vancouver April 19 at 9 a.m. TICKETS: $22-$60 vancouversun.com Canada’s largest 10k road race includes a wheelchair division, a mini run, a team division and an elite athlete division. VANCOUVER OPERA PRESENTS SWEENEY TODD Queen Elizabeth Theatre April 25-May 3 TICKETS: $45-$175 vancouveropera.ca Catch the endlessly entertaining, dark-comedy classic in one of Canada’s largest proscenium theatres.
ART! VANCOUVER Vancouver Convention Centre May 21-24 TICKETS: $8-$20 artvancouver.net Explore the work of Canadian artists, exhibits from local and international art galleries and more at this prestigious art event. U2 Rogers Arena May 14 at 7:30 p.m. TICKETS: $40-$115+ rogersarena.com Experience the international superstars on their iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE tour. VANCOUVER ALL BRITISH FIELD MEET VanDusen Botanical Garden May 16 at 10 a.m.
FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP CANADA BC Place June 6-July 5 TICKETS: $15-$185 vancouver.fwwc2015.ca Witness the best in women’s soccer as teams from around the world compete for the coveted World Cup trophy. TD VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL Multiple venues June 18-July 1 TICKETS: Prices vary coastaljazz.ca For thirty years the Coast Jazz and Blues Society has brought worldclass performances to Vancouver. This year, performers include Natural 7 and Pink Martini. RIO TINTO ALCAN DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL Multiple venues June 19-21 TICKETS: Free dragonboatbc.ca Enjoy a colorful ceremony, nonstop entertainment, great food and dragon boat racing of the highest caliber.
EAT! VANCOUVER FOOD & DRINKING FESTIVAL Downtown Vancouver April 26-May 3 TICKETS: $9-$17 eat-vancouver.com Indulge in the city’s extraordinary culinary culture. Joe Perez
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Portland Thorns FC defender Rachel Van Hollebeke has her eye on the World Cup prize By Charyn Pfeuffer
Some girls grow up wanting to be a princess or a superhero. Rachel Van Hollebeke (formerly Buehler) dreamed of being a soccer player. The 29-yearold defender for the Portland Thorns FC grew up in a Southern California neighborhood of predominately boys. As a kid, she played many sports in the backyard—especially soccer. “I fell in love with the sport then, and just continued to get more and more competitive as I got older,” said Van Hollebeke. She followed a long-standing Buehler family tradition and attended Stanford University, graduating as one of the school’s most decorated athletes in 2007. She got her first call-up to training camp the year before graduating and started playing extensively with the U.S. Women’s National Team. Fast forward to 2014, when Van Hollebeke appeared in twelve regular season matches (nine starts) for the Portland Thorns FC and was named “Community Player of the Year.” Now, the tough-playing defender has her sights on FIFA’s Women’s World Cup Canada 2015, which kicks off June 6 in Edmonton. The U.S. Women’s National Team has been dominant for many years, Craig Mitchelldyer
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but hasn't won a Women’s World Cup in sixteen years. During the last World Cup in 2011, the team suffered an unfortunate loss to Japan in the finals in a penalty-kick shootout. Still, the team remains optimistic. “Wear rose-colored glasses,” said Van Hollebeke. “A positive outlook will get you far and make life much more enjoyable.” Four years later, the U.S. Women’s National Team is in the thick of a ten-match streak spanning nine countries leading up to the World Cup. Van Hollebeke hopes to make the final roster and help the United States take home the title. The U.S. Women’s National Team will match up 40
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against Sweden and Australia in Winnipeg, then head to Vancouver, BC to take on Nigeria. Then there’s Canada. “Ha! There is definitely a really good rivalry between the U.S. and Canada. Many of us play together professionally and have become good friends over the years, but once we step on the field for our respective national teams, the battle is on.” She said the semifinal game between the U.S. and Canada at the last Olympics was one of the most exciting and intense soccer games she’s ever witnessed. Before each match, Van Hollebeke tames stress and anxiety by getting herself into a happy mental state.
“I carry a little photo album in my backpack and look at pictures of my family, friends and myself playing soccer,” she said. “I also love to dance around the locker room with my teammates; when “Uptown Funk” comes on, I can't help but move.” As World Cup play approaches, Van Hollebeke recognizes that in soccer, and in life, there are many things that happen that we cannot control. Injury, coaching decisions, referees, you name it. Her advice: “Instead of dwelling on things that are out of your power, identify what you can change and work systematically and diligently to make those changes.”
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DON'T MISS FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP CANADA 2015 BC Place, Vancouver June 6-July 5 TICKETS: $15-$185 vancouver.fwwc2015.ca
PORTLAND THORNS FC 2015 SEASON Providence Park, Portland April 11-August 30 TICKETS: $10.50-$90 timbers.com/thornsfc
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Pedaling to Pinots
A two-day train and bike wine tour of the Willamette Valley By Ellee Thalheimer
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WHILE CYCLING to wineries in the mid-Willamette Valley, you won't likely recline on a Disney-esque version of a manicured Italian piazza, or have tasting notes talked “at” you by a salesperson while wine tour groups stampede. Instead, this approach to touring might have you rubbing elbows with the winemakers (or their father, wife or son) in tasting rooms set in a refurbished Shetland pony barn or a glorified turn-of-thecentury shack stuffed with wine awards. With very little pretense, these wine-obsessed folks
Wine tasting done by bike in the Willamette Valley combines exercise, nature and nature's viticultural bounty.
thrive on rolling up their sleeves to make beautiful vintages. So pull a chair up to the bar without worrying about your sweaty, ostentatious cycling get-up—because it’s all about the wine. The route
There is no better way to visit wineries than by bike. Smelling freshly turned dirt, hearing birds conversing across the trees and riding alongside hills covered in meticulously pruned vines made me feel more connected to the land and its wine. I passed gigantic Oregon white oak
trees draped with lichen, herds of sheep and goats, a woman in overalls weeding around her flower shop, two wildlife refuges, hazelnut orchards, hand-painted signs advertising “fresh eggs for sale” and green fields unfurling to the horizon. The first day entailed riding 47.5 miles from Salem’s Amtrak station to the Donovan Guesthouses (see sidebar) in Corvallis. The second day was a 53-mile trek to the Eugene Amtrak station; you could easily do this trip in a weekend. The Amtrak Cascades line ontrakmag.com
Outdoors wide shoulder on 99W for a couple of miles, you can then pedal some backroad gems such as Hulbert Lake Road and Washburn Lane to Alvadore Road. Another option is cutting east from Monroe to pick up the Willamette Valley Scenic Bikeway into Eugene. Tyee Wine Cellars, Since 1985 Mile 9.4 Russ Roca
has a car with space dedicated to bikes, so it’s easy to load and unload your ride. This low-traffic route includes a lot of flat terrain with occasional rolling hills. Be sure to check with wineries about their hours before arriving, as they change from season to season and sometimes with the weather. DAY 1 Salem to Donovan Guesthouses, Corvallis 47.5 miles total
The first 23 miles cruises down the Willamette Valley Scenic Bikeway then diverges to cross the Buena Vista Ferry on the way to Springhill Cellars. You avoid 99W completely by taking NE Pettibone Dr, NW Highland Dr and NW Walnut Blvd all the way to Donovan Guesthouses.
Springhill Cellars, Since 1988 Mile 31
In 1977, a VW road trip around France, specifically Burgundy, inspired owners Mike and Karen McLain to purchase their vineyard. Favorite: It’s a tie between the 2012 and 2008 single estate pinot noir—the latter being the more complex, brooding uncle of the former. Both are deep and savory. DAY 2 Donovan Guesthouses to Corvallis to Eugene Amtrak 53 miles total
Head south on the lovely Bellfountain Road toward Tyee Wine Cellars then continue on Bellfountain to Coon Road, which takes you into Monroe. If you are willing to ride the
The Buchanans have farmed this land since 1885, and winemaker Merrilee Buchanan Benson is the fifth generation to work the land. The family has also committed 246 acres to a wetland reserve program. Favorite: Yes, their award-winning 2012 Barrel Select pinot noir knocks it out of the park, though hats off to this winemaker who convinced me to buy a gewürztraminer for the first time. Monroe Mile 24
Near the tiny town of Monroe, there are a number of tasting rooms. You could head to Broadley Vineyards, a longtime family vineyard in the Valley, or hit up TeBri Vineyards, a newer winemaker that also has a gazebo and fields of lavender on its property.
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The tasting room, which is right on the Scenic Bikeway, is developing a delicious menu centered on wood-fired pizza. They also have a pastry chef, so watch out for their crème brûlée. Favorite: The 2012 pinot noir drinks like someone swatting your face with valley flowers, followed by a squeaky clean finish. 44
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Donovan Guesthouses & Christmas Tree Farm
Perfectly located on this bike route, you can’t get more iconic Willamette Valley than Donovan Guesthouses. The owner, Dale Donovan, is a master potter and sells his wares right off his solar-powered property, which is also a 13-acre Christmas tree farm. The modern two-bedroom flat below the Donovan’s house has amazing sunrise views. The neighboring 1880s farmhouse is more basic and economical with four bedrooms. Both accommodations ($165 per night) could pass for local art exhibits. Tip: American Dream Pizza delivers to the guesthouses if you don’t want to hop on your bike to get food. The closest restaurant is a mile away.
Detour to Philomath
Ride to Donovan Guesthouses from the Salem Amtrak, then day-trip (10 miles round trip from the guesthouses) the next day to visit the Philomath wineries before heading back to Salem via the Willamette Valley Scenic Bikeway or pedal to Eugene the following day. Philomath winemakers don’t own vineyards, but buy their fruit from Oregon grape growers, so you can try varietals grown all over the state. The main winemaker in town is Spindrift Cellars. Not only is the tasting room packed with wine awards, it is kid- and bike-friendly. Also right in town is the Wine Vault, Pheasant Court Winery’s tasting room, that has a dynamite 2010 Reserve syrah. If you want to head into downtown Corvallis for dinner afterward, the Corvallis-Philomath bike path is a pleasant ride. ontrakmag.com
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THIRSTING FOR a big-city fix, I set off for Seattle with my husband, who is a chef, and our 7-year-old son, Jahn, who is interested in penguins. Great food and zoos were at the top of our itinerary, but a major attraction was the journey by rail. I was excited to ditch the car and tap into my inner-metropolite. My husband was glad to forego driving three hours from Portland. Jahn was stoked to be free-range and explore the train, especially the snack-laden dining car. At King Street Station in Seattle, we were greeted by the re-
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sounding cheers of thousands of fans, even if it was meant for the Seahawks at CenturyLink Field. The red-carpet treatment was indeed intended for us, however, at the Grand Hyatt. As the sun set, we knew this would be the perfect weekend basecamp. First, we walked a couple of blocks to Loulay Kitchen & Bar, named for chef Thierry Rautureau’s hometown of Saint-Hilaire-de-Loulay, France. Many of his dishes are rooted in his childhood memories, such as hot chocolate with brioche and salted butter.
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D.Y.K. Did You Know? Woodland Park Zoo's Humboldt penguins have a brand new, environmentally friendly habitat that mimicks the rocky, arid coastline of their home in Peru. Find them on the north end of the zoo near the Rain Forest Food Pavilion.
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Wander the Asian forest sanctuary for Cats of the Canopy, Pacific walruses, sea otters, tufted puffins, reindeer, the massive muskox, polar bears and more than 250 red wolves. Located within Tacoma’s 700-acre Point Defiance Park, views of Mount Rainier, the Olympic Mountains and Puget Sound complement the wildlife.
Chef Thierry Rautureau at his restaurant, Loulay Kitchen & Bar.
Accolades for his French onion soup, rich with veal broth, proved to be justified. We woke to clear blue skies—a perfect day for the Space Needle. As our elevator ascended 520 feet, a guide regaled us with fun facts (for example, the concrete foundation extends thirty feet underground). From the observation deck, Mt. Rainier appeared larger than the morning sun, and ferries cruised through Elliott Bay. Back at sea level, we grounded ourselves at Jack’s Fish Spot at Pike Place Market, ordering steaming chowder and fish ’n’ chips from the salty cashier. The fare warmed us, elbow to elbow on the wobbly aluminum diner stools. A block away at DeLaurenti Specialty Food & Wine, the selection of artisan breads, cheeses, chocolates, prosciutto, pasta and olive oils is rivaled only by a stroll through a mercato in Italy. ontrakmag.com
On the second sunny day, we hopped the monorail a couple of blocks away and headed to the Woodland Park Zoo. At Zoomazium, an indoor, nature-themed play space in the zoo, Jahn scaled a twenty-foot “tree,” crossed a rope bridge and zipped down the slide repeatedly for a nearly hourlong attempt to set a speed record. Next, it was off to feed the Humboldt penguins, an endangered species. About fifty of the flightless birds waddled throughout a 17,000-squarefoot outdoor re-creation of the rocky, arid coastline of their home in Peru. The exhibit and the feeding was emblematic of how this zoo, despite having nearly 1,100 animals, somehow feels intimate and emphasizes saving animals and their habitats through conservation and inspiring people to learn, care and act. In a discreet pocket of the exhibit, a keeper let
Jahn pick a few smelt from a bucket and offer them to the foot-and-a-half tall penguins. The peckish ones skittered forward, and the keeper greeted each by name: Sebastian, Cortez, Dora and Margarita. We rode the train back to Portland, and at the Oregon Zoo Jahn got within inches of all kinds of animals, from orangutans and strangely endearing naked mole rats to half-ton polar bears gliding through icy waters. The Oregon Zoo helps educate people about polar bear extinction, expected by the year 2100 because sea ice—polar bear habitat—is melting. The zoo offers tips for easy things humans can do to help, from adjusting your thermostat just two degrees to not idling your car more than ten seconds. That was the “icing” on our polar bear- and penguin-friendly rail trip.
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it was ambitious, but youth has its advantages when late nights are fueled with good music and booze. Our first stop was the old hippie college town turned Nike-sponsored Pac-12 college town, Eugene. Sam Bond’s Garage harkens locals and post-grads to the historic Whiteaker neighborhood, an area packed with co-ops and tie-dye, reminiscent of the town’s psychedelic reputation. Under the exposed wooden rafters of the revitalized old barn, twangy duo Kory Quinn and Foster Haney played to an audience drinking Sam Bond’s brews from mason
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jars. “The ma and pa spots are the best, always,” said Haney, a Portland native and harmonica-toting folk singer. Sam Bond’s fits the “ma and pa spots” bill, and seating was hard to come by. When it was time to duck out for the next show at Cozmic downtown, a table finally opened up, so we ordered vittles and soaked in the soulful and sorrowful, boot-tappin' ballads from two more bluegrass bands. Next was Olympia, once home to Kurt Cobain and the birthplace of the ’90s riot grrrl punk movement. After fueling up on fish tacos and oyster shooters at Olympia’s
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oldest brewpub, Fish Tale, we ventured over to our first stop of the night. Rhythm & Rye is off the main drag, but the short jaunt proved fruitful with the wide-open dance space, a full bar, couches in the back and a ping-pong room tucked in the corner. Olympia’s music scene has retained the ’90s grunge vibe, so we were happy to see Mudcat, an Olympia blues trio led by white-haired Daniel McKinstry, take the stage. The three men played on Western red cedar guitars that McKinstry built. Enraptured by the JJ Cale covers and songs about homemade moonshine, we sunk deeper 52
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into the couches, engaged in some ping-pong battles and forgot about our lofty goals. We would finish strong in Bellingham. Bellingham’s location between Seattle and Vancouver, BC, makes the city a happening place for music. The friendly, artsy community attracts acts big and small, and a range of clubs cater to the college crowd. Foregoing the sweaty dance floors and shots of Fireball, we opted for a hole-in-the-wall favorite, The Green Frog. We stopped a few doors down for inventive cocktails at the cozy Redlight before walking into a sea of cowboy hats and flannel shirts. The old-time country
bands, including the Ganges River Band from Seattle, seduced swing dancers onto the dance floor. The energy—and the extensive whiskey list—was intoxicating, motivating us to test our coordination and two-stepping abilities. When we left, we were greeted by the faithful Northwest rain, reminding me that we had not actually been transported to the South. On the train home, we were sufficiently tired and accepted the fact that we didn’t achieve what we set out to do. Inspired by the small local music scenes with big talent, we knew we would be back.
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Rhythm & Rye
311 Capitol Way N., Olympia facebook.com/rhythmandrye 360.705.0760 Opened in March 2014, Rhythm & Rye brings quality entertainment to downtown Olympia in an open and comfortable venue.
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Walking Gill Dennis the Line with
A screenwriter talks of conflict and redemption written by Kevin Max photos by Aubrie LeGault
GILL DENNIS REMEMBERS a time when conditions were beyond his control. He was aboard a ship, preparing to leave Beirut after completing his freshman year of high school there. While in port in the bay off of Mersin—awaiting the ship’s departure toward home in New York—Dennis had idle time on the hot deck of the Norwegian ship, so he went down below to put on swim trunks. He walked down one of the ship’s gangplanks and considered the cool waters of the Mediterranean Sea. Curiosity got the better of him, and he wondered just how deep that bay could be. Twenty feet? Thirty Feet? Certainly not more than that. Dennis found a heavy can, filled it with iron ore, tied a rope to the can’s handle and dropped in. As the weight dragged him down, he felt an unexpected sideways tug. A current pulled him under the massive hull of the ship, blocking his escape route. Dennis dropped the weighted can and his plans of reaching the bottom, and scraped his way up along the sharp barnacles on the bottom of the ship, eventually making contact with— and sucking in—the Mediterranean air. ontrakmag.com
It’s experiences like this that the screenwriter, 74, recalls as he sits down to write movies. “A screenplay is an emotional construct,” said the Portland-based writer. “It goes where characters lose control of themselves, where life is unmanageable.” Dennis easily found these places when he, along with his former screenwriting student at the CalArts film school, James Mangold, worked with Johnny Cash on his biopic, Walk the Line. The film, released in 2005, would go on to gross $186 million at the box office, and earn four nominations for Academy Awards and an Oscar for Reese Witherspoon’s portrayal of June Carter Cash. Dennis first met Cash at the Four Seasons hotel in Beverly Hills, the first day of three weeks of intensive interviews. He asked the singer to draw the floorplan of the house where he grew up in Dyess, Arkansas. “He sketched with a palsied hand and I watched,” said Dennis. “I wanted to know everything— where the sun came into the house in the morning, where he listened to the radio and where he slept.” Then Dennis began to ask Cash about
his father, Ray. “’You wanna know about my daddy?’” Dennis recalled Cash saying while growing agitated. “He got to his feet and started pacing. He was getting really upset and said, ‘You think you can be at peace with the Lord if you’re a racist?’ Here was John talking to a complete stranger and working through things that he didn’t want anyone to know.” While sipping a stout with me at a Northwest Portland haunt, the screenwriter considered the questions he uses to cull screenplays from his characters—What was the saddest moment? Most terrifying? The most shameful? When were you the angriest you’ve ever gotten? The proudest you’ve ever been? When have you laughed yourself to tears? What he ultimately seeks is a story built around pivotal moments—“times when there’s conflict, and you lose control of yourself,” he said. Cash’s life had many well-documented swings. There were moments when his life teetered out of his control. The iconic baritone voice of “Ring of Fire” and many other country ballads could smooth out SPRING 2015 |
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“He has an understanding of how things work and finds the right way of telling you something without saying it. That’s the best way to tell a story.” - Caleb Deschanel, Cinematographer the swings for most of his adoring fans, but behind the veil, Cash’s life was a mess of addiction. “John’s most shameful moment was when he beat his wife in front of his daughters,” Dennis noted, adding that, of course, there were happy times, too. Most notable among these was when June Carter agreed to marry Cash onstage during a concert in Ontario, Canada. The pieces that cause a character to fall apart are the same scraps that the screenwriter hopes to reconstruct and use to offer redemption, if only cinematic. “It’s important to identify with your characters and give them a second chance,” said Dennis. “This is a story about a man whose first marriage had failed, and you are rooting for him for a second chance. In my own life, I could identify with this.” DENNIS WAS BORN IN Charlottesville, Virginia and moved occasionally with his father’s academic and military career, from the University of Virginia to Louisiana State University to University of Pittsburgh. As an undergraduate at Reed College in Portland, Dennis began his love affair with stage production. Theatre and literature professor Seth Ullman inspired him to direct his first play—William Butler Yeats’ Cathleen ni Houlihan, the story of an Irish rebellion against the British Crown in 1798. “It ends with the majestic ‘the walk of a queen,’ and when the curtain came down, there was a collective sigh,” said Dennis. “We had communicated with all of these people, and I didn’t think that we could.” He left Reed College after two years to pursue theater at Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Tech (now Carnegie Mellon University), where he met aspiring actress Elizabeth Hartman. Hartman would be nominated by the Acad56
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emy for Best Actress for her role opposite Sidney Poitier in A Patch of Blue (1965). After knowing each other for eight years, Hartman and Dennis married in 1969, four years after he had returned from serving in Korea for the U.S. Army. Even in their first year of marriage, Hartman’s mental condition was deteriorating. Eventually her illness forced her into isolation, and the two divorced. “Her illness, like her talent, was undefinable,” People magazine said in a tribute to the actress after her suicide in 1987. “Early on, though, it became apparent that she suffered from a shyness that, increasingly, crippled her.” Dennis’s career as a screenwriter was just beginning. While working at an airplane parts factory in Los Angeles, he had his first break. Dennis and Hartman attended the Golden Globe Awards in 1966, and a film producer asked Dennis what he did. Dennis replied that he operated a swager press at a factory. “No, what do you really want to do?” Dennis recalled the producer asking. “I had my first real writing job,” said Dennis of his work on the screenplay for Temple of Gold. Another milestone was working alongside Walter Murch as an uncredited writer for the screenplay for The Black Stallion, the 1979 box office hit. “He doesn’t get credit, but he was really the writer of The Black Stallion,” said Caleb Deschanel (director of photography for The Black Stallion, Being There, The Right Stuff), a longtime colleague of Dennis. Along with directors David Lynch and Terrence Malick, Deschanel and Dennis were part of the inaugural class of the American Film Academy in 1967. “He’s the best writer who doesn’t like words,” said Deschanel, laughing. “He has an understanding of how things work and
finds the right way of telling you something without saying it. That’s the best way to tell a story.” Today, Dennis has a wife of forty years, Kristen, two grown sons and has lived in Portland for twenty-five years. His body of work encompasses films such as Riders of the Purple Sage (1996), a Zane Grey novel adaptation starring Ed Harris; On My Own (1993) starring Judy Davis and an acclaimed series for Showtime called “Home Fires” (1987) that Time magazine hailed as its Top 10 of the Year. In 1995, while still working on his own projects, Dennis returned to the American Film Institute to help the next generation of filmmakers find their own stories. One of his students, Tatia Pilieva, for whom Dennis was a thesis advisor, watched Walk the Line and saw the work of her mentor. “What made that film powerful for me is that it didn’t try to tell the whole life story of Johnny Cash,” Pilieva said. “It was about the character and his love story. I assume that was Gill’s work, in how Cash’s character found love and was then saved by that love.”
Gill Dennis's Current Writing Projects: Cathouse, co-written with director Tatia Pilieva, is close to pre-production. An adaptation of Canada with the novel’s author, Richard Ford. Currently writing an adaptation of Joe Sacco’s Footnotes in Gaza for the French producer Amiel Tenembaum. ontrakmag.com
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E R P IC S S A CL HAILED AS TRACKTOWN USA, Eugene and the University of Oregon have been home to many legendary athletes, coaches, Olympians and the most respected track-and-field program in the world. It was here that Nike founders Phil Knight (a middle-distance runner from Portland) and his coach Bill Bowerman developed the contemporary running shoe and transformed the world of athletic wear. Every year the top track-and-field athletes—both nationally and internationally—compete in the Prefontaine Classic, named in honor of the iconic runner, Steve “Pre” Prefontaine. Pre died a tragically early death at the age of 24, after winning seven NCAA titles, finishing fourth place in the Olympic 5K, and setting eight American records from 2,000 meters through 10,000 meters. Pre was in a class of his own. For the 2014 Pre Classic, Andrew Seng, a then-student at the University of Oregon, captured the 40th anniversary of the event at historic Hayward Field.
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The PNW Distilled The Make-Local movement moves into gins, whiskeys and vodkas
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giant burnished maroon vessel looks like an elaborate samovar or perhaps the mysterious creation of a 19th century inventor. This hand-hammered alembic pot still was manufactured in France in 1978 and is now the heart of Ransom Spirits, located on a 40-acre organic farm outside of Sheridan, Oregon. With a ruddy complexion, wool
duced America to good coffee while small-scale hat, and grey-blue eyes, distiller Tad Seestedt, craft breweries were bubbling up in Portland and 49, looks like a Norwegian fisherman heading Seattle. These days, Oregon has more craft brewout to sea. “I was curious about distilling, espeeries per capita than any other state, and ranks cially about making brandies, because we were fifth in the nation for craft beer consumption. already doing half of the equation in the winIt was only a matter of time before the region’s ery—fermenting,” Seestedt said, fondness for artisanal beverages gesturing toward his still. “I had spilled over to artisanal booze. The craft a small still built and started exDespite an enthusiastic condistilling perimenting. The first time I did sumer base, Pacific Northwest it, I was hooked. It was so magical movement is distillers have faced hurdles. Disa spirited to put wine in a kettle, boil it, and tilling has a steep learning curve then watch the clear liquid drop- extension of and producing quality spirits rethe “local, ping out. It’s not rocket science. quires patience from a world that It’s simple physics: boil, evaporate, demands things instantly. Everycraft condense.” one wants to make whiskey, but and slow” Seestedt’s experiment began in good whiskey takes time. New cultural earnest in 1997, when he maxed distillers have struggled to stay fimovements out his credit cards and invested in the Pacific nancially viable as they hone their his life savings in Ransom Spirits, craft and wait for their whiskeys Northwest. a name chosen to represent the to age and mellow. debt he’d incurred. Ransom was A few Northwest distillers ahead of the curve. At inception, it solve this problem by buying was one of a handful of craft distilleries operating bourbon by the barrel from MGP/LDI, a in Oregon. That changed in 2008 when Oregon mammoth facility in Lawrenceburg, Indiand Washington passed laws that loosened reana. The whiskey is then tweaked in-house, strictions on craft distilling and sparked a disor simply put in a fancy bottle and sold as tilling boom. Oregon is now home to sixty-nine a craft spirit. This practice frustrates the distilleries, the majority of them micro distilleries local distillers who have logged the time that produce everything from vodka to verto produce an aged product in-house. “It's mouth. The growth of the industry in Washingbeen one of our core values since we started ton has been similarly dramatic. In 2007, Dry Fly that we will never compromise,” said Orlin was the first distillery to open in the state since Sorensen of Woodinville Whiskey Co., a Prohibition. Today there are eighty-seven craft Washington distillery. “We didn’t start with distilleries in Washington, with thirty applicaa lot of money, and we found a way to do it. tions pending. Frankly, we feel sourcing whiskey from inThe craft distilling movement is a spirited dustrial distilleries and bottling it under a extension of the “local, craft and slow” cultural ‘local’ brand name is fraud.” movements in the Pacific Northwest. This reWoodinville has been selling housemade gion is home to early adopters of organic, farm to bourbon for several years and is nearing the table, artisanal and just about every other buzzrelease date for its most aged products yet— word in the locavore lexicon. Seattleites introfive-year bourbon and rye.
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“We didn’t start with a lot of money, and we found a way to do it. Frankly, we feel sourcing whiskey from industrial distilleries and bottling it under a ‘local’ brand name is fraud.”
ortland’s House Spirits Distillery and Seattle’s Sound Spirits answered the aging problem by initially focusing on vodka, gin and other un-aged spirits. To create its flagship gin, House Spirits employed the expertise of bartender Ryan Magarian. The collaboration resulted in Aviation Gin, a success story of the craft distilling world. In 2012, Wine Enthusiast awarded Aviation a 97, a higher ranking than Bombay Sapphire or Hendrick’s. The brand is now distributed internationally, and Magarian
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has gone on to become a gin ambassador of sorts. In response to the surge in popularity of American gins, Magarian is cultivating a new category—“new western dry gin”—to describe gins that relegate juniper for the taste of botanicals such as lavender, coriander and dried sweet orange peel. The House Spirits Tasting Room is on Distillery Row in Portland, an east-bank riverside neighborhood that’s home to seven local distilleries. Modeled on a traditional apothecary
shop, House Spirits Tasting Room was built with weathered wood, and rustic shelves hold rows of old-fashioned bottles. A dollar will buy you a sample of one of six House Spirits products: vodka, gin, coffee liqueur, two varieties of aquavit and a delightful single malt whiskey that has been aged for at least two years. The single malt's nuanced flavor is a testament to taking the slow and steady approach. Competition among Portland distillers reaches its apex in the gin department. Rolling River Spirits is gin-centric, and New Deal has two award-winning gins. In nearby Sheridan, Ransom Spirits made a name for itself with its Old Tom gin, a revival of an older, sippable style popular during the nineteenth century. Prior to Ransom’s revival, Old Tom had become a Holy Grail for cocktail enthusiasts. Production of Old Tom had all but stopped by the 1950s, but the name still turned up in dusty recipes, taunting the true spirits aficionado. To reproduce the classic product, Seestedt collaborated with Brooklyn-based
Jason Traeger - New Deal Distillery located in Portland
spirits historian David Wondrich. The team tinkered with the recipe until they struck a balance that was true to Wondrich’s research. Ransom’s Old Tom is aged in oak for eight to ten months, which gives it a distinct golden hue and a mellow flavor. Seestedt and his crew were not prepared for the gin’s broad acceptance. “We thought the gin would be a favorite with a few nerdy Brooklyn bartenders,” noted Julia Catrall, Ransom’s assistant winemaker. Within months, however, the Ransom crew was inundated with orders. They had vastly underestimated the Old Tom fan base. “We were in no way prepared for it,” Catrall said, laughing. “We had just moved to this facility, and it was just the three of us. Honestly, that summer was terrible. It felt like we spent all of our time labeling. At some point, I had the realization that I didn’t think I could be this person who just waxes and labels bottles of Old Tom gin.” Ransom now has a crew of four who manage to keep up with international demand for Old Tom, which is now available in thirty states, as well as Asia, Australia and Europe. Today, the distillery also ontrakmag.com
produces bourbon, vermouth, grappa, two varieties of dry gin, and The Emerald 1865, a traditional Irish-style whiskey that includes organic barley from the Ransom farm and oats, a grain not found in modern mass-produced Irish whiskeys. Ransom is not alone in its homage to history and its emphasis on local or organic ingredients. From the rain-swept spires of Vancouver Island to the lichen-bright gorges of Southern Oregon, the northwestern seaboard is dotted with tiny distilleries devoted to organic ingredients and time-honored techniques. Lisa Simpson of The Liberty Distillery said they do historical recipes “with a twist.” Located on Vancouver’s Granville Island, Liberty is producing Old Tom made with organic British Columbia wheat. Like Ransom, Liberty emphasizes the terroir of its products. Its gins are made with 100 percent organic local grains. Most American gin makers import some traditional botanicals from overseas. Liberty has created Endeavour Origins, a gin made with all local ingredients, including twenty-five foraged botanicals, such as salal berries and wild juniper.
A half mile away, Vancouver’s Long Table Distillery uses a small copper pot still to distill gins infused with local cucumbers, as well as Marc du Soleil, a traditional marc spirit made from local organic grape pomace. Farther south in Everett, Washington, Bluewater Organic Distilling makes vodka and gin in hand-hammered copper stills, while Eugene, Oregon’s tiny Crescendo Organic Spirits is producing a line of organic liqueurs, including a traditional limoncello that is less expensive than its mainstream, non-organic competitor. “I priced myself below the non-organics to prove the point that you don’t have to spend an arm and a leg to treat your body better,” said Crescendo’s manager and co-owner Kyle Akin. Akin is a former marine who credits his business success to his military training. The journey from marine to maker of organic limoncello may seem a surprising leap, but, in a way, Crescendo exemplifies the character of Pacific Northwest distillers—a hard-working blend of traditional and progressive with just a touch of the unexpected.
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King's Raven Winery 11603 S. New Era Road 5.6 miles from station 503.505.6873 kingsravenwine.com Nebbiolo Wine Bar 800 Main Street 0.9 mile from station 503.344.6090 Find on Facebook Loncheria Mitzil 212 Molalla Avenue 1.5 miles from station 503.655.7197 Rivershore Bar & Grill 1900 Clackamette Drive 0.9 miles from station 503.655.5155 rivershorerestaurant.com Vault 244, Albany
EUGENE
The Barn Light 924 Willamette Street 0.4 mile from station 458.205.8914 thebarnlightbar.com Beppe & Gianni's 1646 E. 19th Avenue 2.1 miles from station 541.683.6661 beppeandgiannis.net Café Lucky Noodle 207 E. 5th Avenue 0.2 mile from station 541.484.4777 cafeluckynoodle.com
Sam Bond's Garage 407 Blair Boulevard 0.9 mile from station 541.431.6603 sambonds.com Sushi Pure 296 E. 5th Avenue 0.3 mile from station 541.654.0608 sushipureeugene.com Ta Ra Rin Thai Cuisine 1200 Oak Street 0.7 mile from station 541.343.1230 tararinthai.com
ALBANY
Falling Sky Brewing 1334 Oak Alley 0.7 mile from station 541.505.7096 fallingskybrewing.com
Calapooia Brewing 140 NE Hill Street 1.1 miles from station 541.928.1931 calapooiabrewing.com
La Perla Pizzeria 1313 Pearl Street 0.8 mile from station 541.686.1313 laperlapizzeria.com
Sybaris Bistro 442 1st Avenue 0.8 mile from station 541.248.3666 sybarisbistro.com
Oregon Electric Station 27 E. 5th Avenue 374 feet from station 541.485.4444 oerestaurant.com
Vault 244 244 1st Avenue 0.6 mile from station 541.791.9511 vault244.com
Sabai 27 Oakway Center 1.4 miles from station 541.654.5424 sabaicafe.com
Frankie's Restaurant 641 NW Hickory Street 1.4 miles from station 541.248.3671 frankiesoregon.tumblr.com
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Christo's Pizzeria & Lounge 1108 NE Broadway Street 1.6 miles from station 503.371.2892 christospizzasalem.com Gamberetti's 325 SE High Street 0.7 mile from station 503.399.7446 gamberettis.com Rafns' 479 NE Court Street 0.9 mile from station 503.530.2936 rafns.com Wild Pear Restaurant 327 State Street 0.9 mile from station 503.378.7515 wildpearcatering.com
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Andina 1314 NW Glisan Street 0.5 mile from station 503.228.9535 andinarestaurant.com Breakside Brewery 820 NE Dekum Street 3.9 miles from station 503.719.6475 breakside.com Caffe Mingo 807 NW 21st Avenue 1.1 miles from station 503.226.4646 caffemingonw.com House Spirits Distillery 2025 SE 7th Avenue 2.4 miles from station 503.235.3174 housespirits.com Laurelhurst Market 3155 E. Burnside Street 2.6 miles from station
503.206.3097 laurelhurstmarket.com Le Bouchon 517 NW 14th Avenue 0.5 mile from station 503.248.2193 bouchon-portland.com Lúc Lác Vietnamese Kitchen 835 SW 2nd Avenue 1.3 miles from station 503.222.0047 luclackitchen.com McMenamins Various locations mcmenamins.com New Deal Distillery 900 SE Salmon Street 2.1 miles from station 503.234.2513 newdealdistillery.com Oven & Shaker 1134 NW Everett Street 0.5 mile from station 503.241.1600 ovenandshaker.com Ox 2225 NE MLK Boulevard 1.4 miles from station 503.284.3366 oxpdx.com Paragon Restaurant 1309 NW Hoyt Street 0.5 mile from station 503.833.5060 paragonrestaurant.com Wilf's 800 NW 6th Avenue 226 feet from station 503.223.0070 wilfsrestaurant.com
Willamette Valley Vineyards 8800 SE Enchanted Way, Turner 8.4 miles from station 503.588.9463 wvv.com
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Adelsheim Vineyard 16800 NE Calkins Lane, Newberg 2.9 miles from station 503.538.3652 adelsheim.com
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Caravan: The Tiny House Hotel 5009 NE 11th Avenue 3.1 miles from station 503.288.5225 tinyhousehotel.com Friendly Bike Guest House 4039 N. Williams Avenue 2.1 miles from station 503.799.2615 friendlybikeguesthouse.com Heathman Hotel 1001 SW Broadway 0.9 mile from station 503.241.4100 heathmanhotel.com
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Campbell House Inn 252 Pearl Street 0.4 miles from station 541.343.2258 campbellhouse.com C'est La Vie Inn 1006 Taylor Street 1.5 miles from station 541.302.6963 cestlavieinn.com Excelsior Inn 754 E. 13th Avenue 1.1 miles from station 541.342.1991 excelsiorinn.com Farmhouse & Loft at Sweet Cheeks Winery 27007 Briggs Hill Road 14.3 miles from station 541.607.6963 sweetcheekswinery.com Hilton 66 E. 6th Avenue 0.2 miles from station 541.342.2000 hilton.com Holiday Inn Express & Suites 2117 Franklin Boulevard 1.9 miles from station 541.342.1243 ihg.com
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Inn at the 5th 205 E. 6th Avenue 0.3 miles from station 541.743.0869 innat5th.com Oval Door Bed & Breakfast Inn 988 Lawrence Street 0.7 miles from station 541.683.3160 ovaldoor.com The Secret Garden 1910 University Street 1.9 miles from station 541.484.6755 secretgardenbbinn.com Valley River Inn 1000 Valley River Way 2 miles from station 541.743.1000 valleyriverinn.com
ALBANY Best Western Plus Prairie Inn 1100 SE Price Road 2.9 miles from station 541.928.5050 book.bestwestern.com Comfort Suites 100 NE Opal Court 2.9 miles from station 541.928.2053 comfortsuites.com
Phoenix Inn Suites 3410 SE Spicer Drive 2.1 miles from station 541.926.5696 phoenixinn.com
SALEM Century House of Salem 292 SE 17th Street 0.6 miles from station 503.884.7062 centuryhouseofsalem bandb.com The Grand Hotel 201 SE Liberty Street 0.8 miles from station 503.540.7800 grandhotelsalem.com Hampton Inn & Suites 510 SE Hawthorne Avenue 503.362.1300 hamptoninn3.hilton.com Red Lion 3301 Market Street NE 2.6 miles from station 503.370.7888 redlion.com University Street Guest Cottage 2110 SE University Street 1 mile from station 503.689.0681 universitystreetguest cottage.com
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Best Western Plus Rivershore Hotel 1900 Clackamette Drive 0.9 miles from station 503.655.1927 book.bestwestern.com Clackamas River House Bed & Breakfast 17850 S. Clackamas River Drive 6.3 miles from station 503.502.8478 clackamasriverhouse.com
PORTLAND Ace Hotel 1022 SW Stark Street 0.7 miles from station 503.228.2277 acehotel.com The Benson 309 SW Broadway 0.5 miles from station 503.228.2000 coasthotels.com Bluebird Guesthouse 3517 SE Division Street 3.8 miles from station 503.238.4333 bluebirdguesthouse.com
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Hotel Modera 515 SE Clay Street 1.1 miles from station 877.484.1084 hotelmodera.com Inn @ Northrup Station 2025 NW Northrup Street 0.9 mile from station 503.224.0543 northrupstation.com Jupiter Hotel 800 E. Burnside 1.4 miles from station 503.230.9200 jupiterhotel.com McMenamins Various locations mcmenamins.com The Nines 525 SW Morrison Street 0.7 mile from station 877.229.9995 thenines.com Resort at the Mountain 68010 E. Fairway Avenue, Welches (Mt. Hood) 41 miles from station 503.622.3101 theresort.com Riverplace Hotel 1510 SW Harbor Way 1.5 miles from station 503.228.3233 riverplacehotel.com Tierra Soul Urban Farm & Guesthouse 4614 N. Michigan Avenue 2.3 miles from station 503.489.7645 tierrasoulpdx.com ontrakmag.com
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Bijou Metro 43 W. Broadway 0.4 mile from station 541.686.2458 bijou-cinemas.com Cascade Raptor Center 32275 Fox Hollow Road 5.1 miles from station 541.485.1320 eraptors.org Cozmic Presents 199 W. 8th Avenue 0.4 mile from station 541.338.9333 cozmicpresents.com Fifth Street Public Market 296 E. 5th Avenue 0.3 mile from station 541.484.0380 5stmarket.com Hayward Field 1580 E. 15th Avenue 1.6 miles from station 541.346.1000 goducks.com Hult Center 1 Eugene Center 0.2 mile from station 541.682.5087 hultcenter.org Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art 1430 Johnson Lane
1.9 miles from station 541.346.3027 jsma.uoregon.edu Laurelwood Golf Course 2700 Columbia Street 2.6 miles from station 541.484.4653 golflaurelwood.com Museum of Natural & Cultural History 1680 E. 15th Avenue 1.7 miles from station 541.346.3024 natural-history.uoregon. edu
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Albany Antique Mall 145 SW 2nd Avenue 0.5 mile from station 541.704.0109 albanyantiquemall.com Historic Carousel & Museum 503 W. 1st Avenue 0.8 mile from station 541.791.3340 albanycarousel.com
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Gilbert House Children's Museum 116 NE Marion Street 1.4 miles from station 503.371.3631 acgilbert.org
Historic Elsinore Theatre 170 SE High Street 0.8 mile from station 503.375.3574 elsinoretheatre.com Meadowlawn Golf Course 3898 Meadowlawn Loop 3.2 miles from station 503.363.7391 meadowlawngolf.net Salem Center 401 NE Center Street 1.1 miles from station 503.364.0495 salemcenter.com
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Clackamas Repertory Theater 19600 Molalla Avenue 3.8 miles from station 503.594.6047 clackamasrep.org Oregon City Farmers' Market Seasonal locations 503.734.0192 orcityfarmersmarket.com
PORTLAND
Alberta Arts District 503.683.3252 albertamainst.org Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
Portland Timbers at Providence Park, Portland
1037 SW Broadway 0.9 mile from station 503.248.4335 portland5.com Boys Fort 902 SW Morrison Street 0.8 mile from station 503.567.1015 boysfort.com Ellington Handbags 1211 NW 23rd Avenue 1.2 miles from station 503.542.3149 ellingtonhandbags.com Hawthorne Business District 503.292.6010 thinkhawthorne.com McMenamins - Crystal Ballroom 1332 W. Burnside Street 0.8 mile from station 503.225.0047 mcmenamins.com Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Resort 14040 Hwy 35 67.7 miles from station 503.337.2222 skihood.com
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Oregon Museum of Science and Industry 1945 SE Water Avenue 1.9 miles from station
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206.402.4588 thechefinthehat.com Mkt. 2108 N. 55th Street 6.2 miles from station 206.812.1580 ethanstowellrestaurants.com The Pine Box 1600 Melrose Avenue 1.7 miles from station 206.588.0375 pineboxbar.com Urbane Restaurant & Bar 1639 8th Avenue 1.5 miles from station 206.676.4600 urbaneseattle.com
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VANCOUVER
McMenamins East Vancouver 1900 NE 162nd Avenue 9.8 miles from station 360.254.3950 mcmenamins.com Niche Wine & Art 1013 Main Street 0.8 mile from station 360.980.8352 nichewinebar.com Old Ivy Brewery & Taproom 108 W. Evergreen Blvd 0.8 mile from station 360.980.8352 oldivybrewery.com
KELSO/LONGVIEW
Hop-N-Grape 924 15th Avenue 2.4 miles from station 360.577.1541 hop-n-grape.com The Office 842 842 Washington Way 1.1 miles from station 360.442.4647 theoffice842.com
CENTRALIA
McMenamins - Olympic Club Pub 112 N. Tower Avenue 0.1 mile from station ontrakmag.com
360.736.5164 mcmenamins.com Picasso Brothers Café & Espresso 1001 S. Gold Street 0.9 mile from station 360.807.4800 picassobros.com
OLYMPIA/LACEY
McMenamins Spar Café 114 4th Avenue E. 7.7 miles from station 360.357.6444 mcmenamins.com Obsidian 414 4th Avenue E. 7.5 miles from station 360.890.4425 facebook.com/obsidian olympia Swing Café & Wine Bar 825 SW Columbia Street 7.8 miles from station 360.357.9464 swingwinebar.com
TACOMA
Asado 2810 6th Avenue 4.8 miles from station 253.272.7770 asadotacoma.com Harmon Brewing Company 1938 S. Pacific Avenue
1 mile from station 253.383.2739 harmonbrewingco.com Pacific Grill 1502 Pacific Avenue 1.4 miles from station 253.627.3535 pacificgrilltacoma.com
TUKWILA
Miyabi Sushi 16820 Southcenter Pkwy 1.4 miles from station 206.575.6815 miyabisushi.com
SEATTLE
The Barnacle Bar 4743 NW Ballard Avenue 5.7 miles from station 206.706.3379 thebarnaclebar.com DeLaurenti 1435 1st Avenue 1 mile from station 206.622.0141 delaurenti.com
Roux 4201 N. Fremont Avenue 4.7 miles from station 206.547.5420 restaurantroux.com
EDMONDS
Demetris Woodstone Taverna 101 Main Street 0.1 mile from station 425.744.9999 demetriswt.com Woodinville Whiskey Co. 14509 Woodinville Redmond Rd. NE, Woodinville 14.8 miles from station 425.486.1199 woodinvillewhiskeyco.com
EVERETT
Anthony's Restaurant 1726 W. Marine View Dr. 2.4 miles from station 425.252.3333 anthonys.com Bluewater Organic Distillery
1205 Craftsman Way 2.8 miles from station 206.369.0739 bluewaterdistilling.com
STANWOOD
Jasmin 8715 NW 271st Street 495 feet from station 360.629.2044 stanwoodjasmin.com Stanwood Grill 8628 NW 271st Street 289 feet from station 360.629.5253 stanwoodgrill.com
MOUNT VERNON
Olde Towne Grainery Tea Room & Galleria 100 E. Montgomery Street 0.2 mile from station 360.419.9090 facebook.com/oldetowne grainery Skagit River Brewery 404 S. 3rd Street 0.2 mile from station 360.336.2884 skagitbrew.com
BELLINGHAM
Ciao Thyme 207 Unity Street 3.3 miles from station 360.733.1267 ciaothyme.com Fat Pie Pizza 1015 Harris Avenue 0.3 mile from station 360.366.8090 fatpiepizza.com Redlight 1017 N. State Street 2.5 miles from station redlightbellingham.com
Jack's Fish Spot 1514 Pike Place 1 mile from station 206.467.0514 jacksfishspot.com Loulay Kitchen & Bar 600 Union Street 1.1 miles from station
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VANCOUVER Heathman Lodge 7801 NE Greenwood Drive 6.6 miles from station 360.254.3100 heathmanlodge.com Hilton 301 W. 6th Street 0.9 mile from station 360.694.8341 hilton.com Red Lion at the Quay 100 Columbia Street 1.1 miles from station 360.694.8341 redlion.com
KELSO/LONGVIEW
Hudson Manor Inn & Suites 1616 Hudson Street 2 miles from station 360.425.1100 hudsonmanorinn.com Monticello Hotel 1405 17th Avenue 2.1 miles from station 360.425.9900 themonticello.net
CENTRALIA
Centralia Square Hotel 202 W. Centralia College Boulevard 0.3 mile from station 360.807.1212 centraliasquare.com
McMenamins - Olympic Club Hotel & Theater 112 N. Tower Avenue 0.1 mile from station 360.736.5164 mcmenamins.com
OLYMPIA/LACEY
The Governor Hotel 621 S. Capitol Way 7.9 miles from station 360.943.9349 coasthotels.com Red Lion Hotel 2300 Evergreen Park Drive SW 8 miles from station 360.943.4000 redlion.com
TACOMA
Chinaberry Hill Inn 302 N. Tacoma Avenue 2.8 miles from station 253.272.1282 chinaberryhill.com Hotel Murano 1320 Broadway Plaza 1.5 miles from station 253.238.8000 hotelmuranotacoma.com
TUKWILA
Cedarbrook Lodge 18525 S. 36th Avenue 4.3 miles from station 206.901.9268 cedarbrooklodge.com
Springhill Suites 200 SW 19th Street 1.8 miles from station 425.226.4100 marriott.com
SEATTLE
Alexis Hotel 1007 First Avenue 0.8 mile from station 206.624.4844 alexishotel.com Coast Gateway 18415 International Boulevard 12.1 miles from station 206.248.8200 coasthotels.com Greenlake Guesthouse 7630 E. Green Lake Dr. N. 7.1 miles from station 206.729.8700 greenlakeguesthouse.com The Maxwell Hotel 300 Roy Street 2.5 miles from station 206.286.0629 themaxwellhotel.com Hyatt Regency Bellevue 900 Bellevue Way NE 9.9 miles from station 425.462.1234 bellevue.hyatt.com The Inn at El Gaucho 2505 1st Avenue 1.6 miles from station 206.728.1133 elgaucho.com
Fairhaven Village Inn, Bellingham
Inn at the Market 86 Pine Street 1.2 miles from station 206.448.0631 innatthemarket.com The Moore Hotel 1929 2nd Avenue 1.3 miles from station 206.448.4851 moorehotel.com The Roosevelt 1531 7th Avenue 1.3 miles from station 206.621.1200 coasthotels.com Watertown Hotel 4242 NE Roosevelt Way 4.6 miles from station 206.826.4242 watertownseattle.com
EDMONDS
Best Western Plus Edmonds Harbor Inn 130 W. Dayton Street 0.2 mile from station 425.771.5021 book.bestwestern.com
EVERETT
Inn at Port Gardner 1700 W. Marine View Drive 2.4 miles from station 425.252.6779 innatportgardner.com
STANWOOD Cedar Bluff Cottage 18520 Swanson Lane 5.2 miles from station 360.445.3333 cedarbluffcottage.com Hotel Stanwood 26926 NW 102nd Avenue 1.4 miles from station 360.629.2888 stanwoodhotelsaloon.com
MOUNT VERNON
Tulip Inn 2200 Freeway Drive 1.8 miles from station 360.428.5969 tulipinn.net
BELLINGHAM
Chrysalis Inn & Spa 804 10th Street 0.8 mile from station 360.756.1005 thechrysalisinn.com Fairhaven Village Inn 1200 10th Street 0.3 mile from station 360.733.1311 fairhavenvillageinn.com Hotel Bellwether 1 Bellwether Way 4 miles from station 360.392.3100 hotelbellwether.com
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VANCOUVER Clark County
Historical Museum 1511 Main Street 1 mile from station 360.993.5679 cchmuseum.org
OLYMPIA/LACEY Rhythm & Rye 311 Capitol Way N. 7.8 miles from station 360.705.0760 facebook.com/rhythm andrye
Kiggins Theatre 1011 Main Street 0.8 mile from station 360.816.0352 kigginstheatre.net
Splash Gallery of Olympia 501 Columbia Street 8.3 miles from station 360.754.6225 splashgalleryolympia.com
KELSO/LONGVIEW
TACOMA
Kelso Theater Pub 214 S. Pacific Avenue 0.1 mile from station 360.414.9451 ktpub.com
Three Rivers Mall 351 Three Rivers Drive 0.7 mile from station 360.577.5218 threeriversmall.com
CENTRALIA
Centralia Factory Outlets 1342 Lum Road 2.8 miles from station 360.736.3327 centraliafactoryoutlet.com Centralia Fox Theatre 123 S. Tower Avenue 0.2 mile from station 360.623.1103 centraliafoxtheatre.com Capitol Tours 215 Sid Snyder Avenue 7.5 miles from station 360.902.8880 des.wa.gov
Tacoma Art Museum 1701 Pacific Avenue 1.2 miles from station 253.272.4258 tacomaartmuseum.org Museum of Glass 1801 Dock Street 0.9 mile from station 253.284.4750 museumofglass.org Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium 5400 N. Pearl Street 7.4 miles from station 253.591.5337 pdza.org
TUKWILA
Foster Golf Links 13500 S. Interurban Avenue 1.8 miles from station 206.242.4221 fostergolflinks.com
SEATTLE
The 5th Avenue Theatre 1308 5th Avenue 1 mile from station
206.625.1900 5thavenue.org Ballard Shopping District 206.395.9475 inballard.com CenturyLink Field 800 S. Occidental Avenue 0.2 mile from station 206.381.7555 centurylinkfield.com Chihuly Garden & Glass 305 Harrison Street 2.5 miles from station 206.753.4940 chihulygardenandglass.com Fremont Shopping District 206.632.1500 fremont.com Pike Place Market Pike Street 206.682.7453 pikeplacemarket.org Safeco Field 1250 1st Avenue 0.8 mile from station 206.346.4000 seattle.mariners.mlb.com Seattle Art Museum 1300 1st Avenue 0.8 mile from station 206.654.3100 seattleartmuseum.org Seattle Space Needle 400 Broad Street 2 miles from station 206.905.2100 spaceneedle.com Woodland Park Zoo 750 N. 50th Street 5.3 miles from station
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EDMONDS
Edmonds Bookshop 111 S. 5th Avenue 0.4 mile from station 425.775.2789 edmondsbookshop.com Edmonds Center for the Arts 410 N. 4th Avenue 0.6 mile from station 425.275.9595 edmondscenterforthearts. com
EVERETT
Island Adventures Whale Watching 1801 Commercial Avenue 2.7 miles from station 1.800.465.4777 island-adventures.com Future of Flight Aviation Center & Boeing Tour 8415 Plaine Field Boulevard 8 miles from station 425.467.4777 futureofflight.org
STANWOOD
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MOUNT VERNON
Downtown Mount Vernon 360.336.3801 mountvernondowntown.org Lincoln Theatre 712 S. 1st Street 0.2 mile from station 360.336.8955 lincolntheatre.org
BELLINGHAM
Bellingham Railway Museum 1320 Commercial Street 3.1 miles from station 360.393.7540 bellinghamrailway museum.org The Green Frog 1015 N. State Street 2.8 miles from station 360.961.1438 acoustictavern.com Whatcom Falls Park 1401 Electric Avenue 4.6 miles from station 360.778.7001 cob.org
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matchstickcoffee.com Noodlebox 1867 W. 4th Avenue 4.2 km from station 604.734.1310 noodlebox.net Novo Pizzeria & Wine Bar 2118 Burrard Street 4 km from station 604.736.2220 novopizzeria.com The Oakwood Canadian Bistro 2741 W. 4th Avenue 5.6 km from station 604.558.1965 theoakwood.ca
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Bishop's 2183 W. 4th Avenue 4.8 km from station 604.738.2025 bishopsonline.com Blue Water Cafe 1095 Hamilton Street 2.2 km from station 604.688.8078 bluewatercafe.net The Boathouse 1795 Beach Avenue 4.4 km from station 604.699.2225 boathouserestaurants.ca Camagnolo 1020 Main Street 290 meters from station 604.484.6018 campagnolorestaurant.ca Central Bistro 1072 Denman Street 4.7 km from station 604.689.4527 centralbistro.com Chambar 568 Beatty Street 1.6 km from station 604.879.7118 chambar.com Cioppino's Mediterranean Grill & Enoteca 1133 & 1129 Hamilton Street 2.3 km from station 604.688.7466 cioppinosyaletown.com ontrakmag.com
Dockside Restaurant & Brewing Company 1253 Johnston Street 4.4 km from station 604.685.7070 docksidevancouver.com The Diamond 6 Powell Street 1.5 km from station 604.568.8272 di6mond.com Fable Kitchen 1944 W. 4th Avenue 4.4 km from station 604.732.1322 fablekitchen.ca The Flying Pig Gastown 102 Water Street 1.7 km from station 604.559.7968 theflyingpigvan.com Jules 216 Abbott Street 1.7 km from station 604.669.0033 julesbistro.ca The Keefer Bar 135 Keefer Street 850 meters from station 604.688.1961 thekeeferbar.com Kishimoto Japanese Kitchen & Sushi Bar 2054 Commercial Drive 2.6 km from station 604.255.5550
Kitsilano Daily Kitchen 1809 W. 1st Avenue 4.4 km from station 604.569.2741 kitsdaily.com L'Abattoir 217 Carrall Street 1.4 km from station 604.568.1701 labattoir.ca The Liberty Distillery 1494 Old Bridge Street 3 km from station 604.558.1998 thelibertydistillery.com
Opus Bar 322 Davie Street 2.2 km from station 604.642.6787 opushotel.com Raw Canvas 1046 Hamilton Street 2.1 km from station 604.687.1729 rawcanvas.com The Refinery 1115 Granville Street 2.5 km from station 604.687.7479 therefineryvancouver.com Salt Tasting Room 45 Blood Alley 1.5 km from station 604.633.1912 salttastingroom.com
Savary Island Pie Company 1533 Marine Drive 10.6 km from station 604.926.4021 savaryislandpiecompany. com Tojo's Restaurant 1133 W. Broadway 3.2 km from station 604.872.8050 tojos.com Vij's 1480 W. 11th Avenue 4 km from station 604.736.6664 vijsrestaurant.ca Wildebeest 120 W. Hastings Street 1.5 km from station 604.687.6880 wildebeest.ca Yaletown Brewing Co. 1111 Mainland Street 2.1 km from station 604.681.2739 mjg.ca YEW Seafood & Bar 791 W. Georgia Street 2.2 km from station 604.692.4YEW yewseafood.com Zeitoon Restaurant 1795 Pendrell Street 4.8 km from station 604.899.0700 zeitoonrestaurant.com
Longtable Distillery 1451 Hornby Street 3 km from station 604.266.0177 longtabledistillery.com Forty Ninth Parallel CafĂŠ & Lucky's Doughnuts 2902 Main Street 1.8 km from station 604.872.4901 49thparallelroasters.com luckysdoughnuts.com Marutama Ramen 780 Bidwell Street 3.6 km from station 604.688.8837 marutamaramen.com Matchstick Coffee Roasters 213 E. Georgia Street 650 meters from station 604.336.0213
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Auberge Vancouver Hotel
Coast Vancouver Airport Hotel
Barclay House
English Bay Inn
Bee & Thistle Guest House
Executive Hotel LeSoleil
The Burrard
Executive Hotel Vintage Park
837 W. Hastings Street 2.6 km from station 604.678.8899 aubergevancouver.com 1351 Barclay Street 3.5 km from station 604.605.1351 barclayhouse.com
1842 Parker Street 3.3 km from station 604.669.0715 beeandthistle.ca
1100 Burrard Street 2.9 km from station 604.681.2331 theburrard.com
Coast Plaza
1763 Comox Street 4.2 km from station 604.688.7711 coasthotels.com
Coast Coal Harbour Hotel
1180 W. Hastings Street 2.7 km from station 604.697.0202 coasthotels.com
1041 SW Marine Drive 9.3 km from station 604.263.1555 coasthotels.com 1968 Comox Street 5 km from station 604.683.8002 englishbayinn.com
657 Hornby Street 2.2 km from station 604.632.3000 hotellesoleil.com
1379 Howe Street 2.9 km from station 1.800.570.EXEC executivehotels.net
Fairmont Chateau Whistler
4599 Chateau Boulevard 124 km from station 604.938.8000 fairmont.com
Georgian Court Hotel 773 Beatty Street 1.5 km from station 604.682.5555 georgiancourthotel vancouver.com
Granville House B&B 5050 Granville Street 6.3 km from station 604.733.2963 granvillebb.com
Hotel Blue Horizon
1225 Robson Street 2.9 km from station 604.688.1411 bluehorizonhotel.com
The Kingston Hotel
757 Richards Street 2.1 km from station 604.684.9024 kingstonhotelvancouver. com
L'Hermitage Hotel
788 Richards Street 2 km from station 778.327.4100 lhermitagevancouver.com
The Landis Hotel & Suites
1200 Hornby Street 3 km from station 604.681.3555 landissuitesvancouver. com
The Listel Hotel
1300 Robson Street 3.1 km from station 604.684.7092 thelistelhotel.com
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Loden Hotel
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Moda Hotel
Summit Lodge & Spa Whistler
1177 Melville Street 3.4 km from station 877.225.6336 theloden.com 900 Seymour Street 2.2 km from station 604.683.4251 modahotel.ca
OPUS Vancouver 322 Davie Street 2.2 km from station 604.642.6787 opushotel.com
Patricia Hotel
403 E. Hastings Street 1.2 km from station 604.255.4301 patriciahotel.ca
The Riviera on Robson Suites Hotel 1431 Robson Street 3.2 km from station 604.685.1301 rivieravancouver.com
Rosewood Hotel Georgia
801 W. Georgia Street 2.1 km from station 604.682.5566 rosewoodhotels.com OPUS Hotel, Vancouver
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4359 Main Street 132 km from station 604.932.2778 summitlodge.com
The Sylvia Hotel
1154 Gliford Street 4.3 km from station 604.681.9321 sylviahotel.com
A TreeHouse Bed and Breakfast 2490 W. 49th Avenue 9.1 km from station 604.266.2962 treehousebb.com
Victorian Hotel
514 Homer Street 1.7 km from station 604.681.6369 victorianhotel.ca
Wedgewood Hotel & Spa
845 Hornby Street 2.4 km from station 604.689.7777 wedgewoodhotel.com ontrakmag.com
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Aquatic Venture Salmon Fishing & Boat Charters 1510 Mariner Walk 4 km from station 778.882.FISH fishingchartervancouver. com Bau-Xi Gallery 3045 Granville Street 4.3 km from street 604.733.7011 bau-xi.com Beaty Biodiversity Museum 2212 Main Mall 14.2 km from station 604.827.4955 beatymuseum.ubc.ca Capilano Suspension Bridge Park 3735 Capilano Road 10.7 km from station 604.985.7474 capbridge.com The Cross Decor & Design 1198 Homer Street 2.3 km from station 604.689.2900 thecrossdesign.com Cycle City Tours 1798 W. Georgia Street 3.6 km from station
604.618.8626 cyclevancouver.com Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden 578 Carrall Street 1.2 km from station 604.662.3207 vancouverchinesegarden. com Ecomarine Paddlesport Centres 1668 Duranleau Street 4.1 km from station 604.689.7575 ecomarine.com Granville Island 4.1 km from station 604.666.6655 granvilleisland.com Granville Island Toy Company 1496 Cartwright Street 4.3 km from station 604.684.0076 toycompany.ca Greater Vancouver Zoo 5048 264th Street 53.3 km from station 604.856.6825 gvzoo.com Grouse Mountain 6400 Nancy Greene Way
14.4 from station 604.980.9311 grousemountain.com
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Gulf of Georgia Cannery 12138 4th Avenue, Richmond 21 km from station 604.664.9009 gulfofgeorgiacannery.org Harbour Cruises & Events 501 Denman Street 3.7 km from station 604.688.7246 boatcruises.com Ian Tan Gallery 2202 Granville Street 4 km from station 604.738.1077 iantangallery.com Kids Market 1496 Cartwright Street 4.3 km from station 604.689.8447 kidsmarket.ca Kurbatoff Gallery 2435 Granville Street 4.2 km from station 604.736.5444 kurbatoffgallery.com Lighthouse Park West Vancouver
Museum of Anthropology 6393 NW Marine Drive 13 km from station 604.822.5087 moa.ubc.ca Museum of Vancouver 1100 Chestnut Street 4.8 km from station 604.736.4431 museumofvancouver.ca Northlands Golf Course 3400 Anne Macdonald Way 16.4 km from station 604.924.2950 golfnorthlands.com Pirate Adventures 1820 Mast Tower Road 4.1 km from station 604.754.7535 pirateadventures.ca Robson Street 2.8 km from station 604.669.8132 robsonstreet.ca Rockwood Adventures 6342 Bruce Street 7.4 km from station 604.913.1621 rockwoodadventures.com
Rogers Arena 800 Griffiths Way 2 km from station 604.899.7400 rogersarena.com Science World at TELUS World of Science 1455 Quebec Street 400 meters from station 604.443.7440 scienceworld.ca Squamish Lil'Wat Cultural Centre 4584 Blackcomb Way, Whistler 1.866.441.7522 124 km from station slcc.ca Stanley Park 5 km from station 604.681.6728 vancouver.ca Vancouver Art Gallery 750 Hornby Street 2.3 km from station 604.662.4700 vanartgallery.bc.ca Vancouver Aquarium 845 Avison Way 6.3 km from station 604.659.3400 vanaqua.org Vancouver Maritime Museum 1905 Ogden Avenue 4.8 km from station 604.257.8300 vancouvermaritime museum.com Vancouver Symphony Orchestra 500-843 Seymour Street 2.1 km from station 604.876.3434 vancouversymphony.ca Whistler Blackcomb 4545 Blackcomb Way, Whistler 124 km from station 1.800.766.0449 whistlerblackcomb.com Yaletown District 2.3 km from station 604.683.7473 yaletowninfo.com
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ASIAN ELEPHANTS BELONG TO the largest family of mammals to roam the earth, weighing in at 6,000 to 13,000 pounds. In their native regions of southern and Southeast Asia, they live in thick jungles and grassy plains. In 2015, the Oregon Zoo will expand its Asian elephant exhibit from 1.5 acres to 6.25 acres, which is good news for the endangered giants. They will have access to meadows, forests, pools and mud wallows like they would have in the wild. Oregon Zoo’s new Elephant Lands exhibit will open this fall and cost $8.50 for kids ages 3-11, $11.50 for adults and $10 for seniors. Free admission for kids 2 and under.
Elephant Phacts
Enter to win at ontrakmag.com/sam-trak. Must be 12 or younger to win.
Train Trivia
DIET
Bamboo, fruit, leaves, roots, grasses, bark
HEIGHT
Asian elephants are 7-10 feet tall. African elephants are 8-13 feet tall.
Courtesy University of Washington
This station was built circa 1885 in hopes of spurring the continued construction of the transcontinental railroad between New York City and Seattle. It now serves as a museum. Can you tell us in what city this depot lies?
TRUNKS
Used to communicate, touch, eat, drink, smell, lift heavy objects, even as a snorkel. For more information, visit oregonzoo.org ontrakmag.com
Go to ontrakmag.com/train-trivia to answer. We will select a winner every issue for OnTrak schwag. Courtesy Oregon Zoo
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Amtrak Cascades Promotions EXPLORE OREGON
25% off
From March through June, enjoy an offer for 25% off, 14-day advance sale tickets along the Oregon segment of the Amtrak Cascades Corridor.
65% off Flash sales will occur during the following dates for 65% off of ticket prices for travel within Oregon.
FLASH SALE DATES
TRAVEL DATES
April 14-16
May 27 – June 11
May 12-14
June 16 – July 1
June 2-4
July 7 – July 30
MCMENAMINS IS PARTNERING WITH AMTRAK CASCADES
Sit back, relax and enjoy your trip the way it was meant to be. McMenamins is partnering with Amtrak Cascades to offer a 25% discount off regular full adult fares on Amtrak Cascades through April 28, 2015. For information on how to book your ticket, visit mcmenamins.com/1970-olympic-club-amtrak-take-the-train
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TRIP IDEA Take the train to the annual Olympic Club Brewfest on April 18, or continue your quest to fill your McMenamins Passport by traveling via rail to any McMenamins along the Amtrak Cascades route.
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Depot Spotlight The history and architecture of our stations
Pacific Central Station Vancouver, BC Built in 1919 for the Canadian Northern Railway, Pacific Central Station acts as the western terminus of The Canadian and the northern terminus for Amtrak Cascades at the confluence of the Fraser and Pitt rivers. The iconic Vancouver landmark was designed by Pratt and Ross Architects in Beaux-Arts style, a theatrical and heavily-ornamented classical style of the 19th Century. This style is seen in the exterior monumental arch and pediment above the main entrance, projecting corner pavilions, the symmetrical and tripartite vertical composition of the façade, engaged Doric columns, bracketed cornice and raised parapet. The classic detailing both inside and out characterize the building’s elegance, while the envelope of the building is built with locally-sourced granite, brick and andesite.
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Union Station - Portland
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Salem Station - Salem Located on the edge of downtown, Salem Station acts as a gateway to the state’s capital city. The Beaux-Arts structure was designed by Southern Pacific architect J.H. Christie and constructed by the Steinberger Brothers of Portland. The Salem Station that still stands today was opened in 1918 after the two previous depots had both burned down. The style is characterized by the masonry conontrakmag.com
struction—one of five remaining masonry depots along the original Southern Pacific West Coast line. Large portal columns and grand, arched Roman windows decorate the outside of the building. The inside is dominated by a 1,500-square-foot waiting room. Decorative plasterwork, coved corner entries, period radiators, terrazzo marble floor patterns and a black marble ticket counter add the to the station’s elegance.
Portland was originally known as “the clearing” between Oregon City and Fort Vancouver, and in 1896, Union Station was constructed to facilitate a transportation hub for the growing metropolis. Now the station’s building, with its 150-foot clock tower centerpiece, is a regional landmark. Designed by Van Brunt & Howe in Romanesque and Queen Anne style, the
building has a graceful curve that faces downtown. The exterior is embellished with terra cotta and molded brick. The interior is grand and open with Italian marble floors and walls. In 1948, the signature neon signs reading “Go By Train” and “Union Station” in blue and gold were added to the four-sided Seth Thomas clock, a distinguishable characteristic of Portland’s cityscape.
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Parting Shot
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TAKEN ON JULY 24TH, 2013 IN ROCKAWAY BEACH, OREGON. Anthony Sheler, who took the photo, and his wife were on vacation and decided to take the scenic train ride down to Garibaldi and back. He took this shot just after the train pulled up to the station and people were beginning to board. The couple thoroughly enjoyed the journey, and even saw the Coast Guard on maneuvers in the bay from an open passenger compartment.
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5 minutes west of downtown Portland, in Washington Park. Ride MAX to the zoo for $1.50 off admission. www.oregonzoo.org