Talk about local pride, Portland! Not only are the actresses portraying Portland author Cheryl Strayed and her mother (Reese Witherspoon and Laura Dern, respectively) nominated for their work in the movie-based-on-the-book, “Wild,” but Strayed is also going with a chic Pacific Northwest look for the red carpet. On her facebook page, Strayed revealed that she …
Whether you’re a doodler, an accomplished cartoonist looking to network, or someone interested in developing drawing style and skills, you should know about this! King’s Books in Tacoma hosts monthly meetings for a group called CLAW: the Cartoonist’s League of Absurd Washingtonians. You can become a CLAW member on the CLAW site; you can also read …
This bit of based-on-the-book Oscar fun came to us by way of Shelf Awareness. Yakima’s Encore Books is sponsoring a contest for readers to award Oscars to their favorite book characters or subjects who appeared in Oscar-nominated movie versions this year. So the consideration is for Billy Beane, NOT Brad Pitt. As a sweet and …
