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July 8, 2024 · — Rachel Monahan
Hi! Welcome back from the weekend. The newsletter will be a little shorter today on account of the holiday.
What To Do
Monday, July 8
- 🚲 Meditation Mondays (Bike Summer/Pedalpalooza ride) | 8 a.m. | Free | Wilshire Park (Beaumont-Wilshire neighborhood)
- 💐 U-Pick Lavender | 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. (daily through Aug. 14) | Free Admission | Newberg, Ore.
- 📽️ ‘Pixels of Eden’ | 7 p.m. | $10 | Clinton Street Theater
Tuesday, July 9
- 🎶 Chamber Music Northwest Protégé Spotlight: Bassist Nina Bernat | Noon | $30 | Lincoln Recital Hall (PSU campus)
Wednesday, July 10
- 🎵 Sprout & Shout Children's Summer Concert Series: Mr. Ben | Noon - 12:45 p.m. | $13 for adults (free for 2 and under) | Leach Garden (East Portland)
- 🧑🎤 Portland Opera a la Cart at The Square | Noon - 1 p.m. | Free | Pioneer Courthouse Square
- 🏊 Duckworth Summer Wednesdays | 6 - 9 p.m. | Free | Duckworth Dock (Eastbank Esplanade)
Today on City Cast
Like, are you kidding me? Somebody writes ‘How to Murder Your Husband’ and then actually gets arrested for that crime?
The Story of a Stranger-Than-Fiction Portland Crime
The murder of a popular teacher at the Oregon Culinary Institute in 2018 became one of the most astounding true crime stories Oregon had seen in decades. The big plot twist: the murderer had previously written suspenseful romance novels with remarkably similar details to her crime. Also, she was Dan Brophy’s wife, Nancy. Heidi Joy Tretheway, host of the new podcast “Happily Never After: Dan and Nancy” talks about the ways fact and fiction blended together in this unexpected saga.
And now we’re back into the routine of a normal week. I’ll see you tomorrow!
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