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There was a three-way tie for third: The Children of Heaven, The Spanish Prisoner and The OtherSide of Sunday. Other crowd favorites were Wake Up Love, The Island on Bird Street, Little Dieter Learns to Fly, Artemisia, The Emperor's Shadow, My Life in Pink and A Price Above Rubies. The top five short films were Canhead, Dual Balls, Whacked!, The Latest News and Dinner for Two. If you skipped the festival or missed particular films that looked good, some of the winners and losers have opened in theaters or will be opening soon. The audience neglected it, but the current critical hit Love and Death in Long Island--starring John Hurt and Jason Priestley--and the Gwyneth Paltrow picture Sliding Doors will be opening (we hope) some time in March. If you miss their theatrical runs entirely, you'll have to rent the films--provided that Blockbuster Video winds up carrying them. --Kim Morgan
Dublin Calling
Portland may be the only place that compares to Ireland in beer production, precipitation counts and Celtic music concerts. But St. Patrick's Day, the annual celebration in honor of Ireland's patron saint, may be even more festive here than in Dublin. Portland's legion of Irish pubs stock up on beer and corned beef and call on fiddlers and crooners to conjure up "Danny Boy" for Guinness-swilling patrons decked out in various shades of green (teal doesn't count, by the way). The folks at Kells (112 SW 2nd Ave.) get so excited about St. Patrick's Day that they kick off the party five days before the holiday, setting up a street fair and hosting daily music performances that run all day and all of the night, as the non-Irish song goes. Featured acts at the eighth-annual festival include Shana Morrison, daughter of Van and an increasingly popular singer who lives in the Bay Area; Perfect, a band formed by ex-Pogues guitarist Jamie Clark; the Afro-Celt Sound System, which boasts another ex-Pogue, James McNally; Scotland's the Kelly Brothers; and Peter Yeates, one of the most well-known members of Portland's Irish expatriate community. (For a full lineup, schedule and admission fees, call 227-4057 or visit the Web site. The Irish Bank, a newcomer to the St. Patrick's scene, also gets off to an early start, beginning its festivities Wednesday inside the restaurant and pub (409 SW 2nd Ave.), then setting up a tent in a lot across the street to host shows Saturday through Tuesday. Featured performers include Cronin Tierney and the Foggy Dudes, Buds of May, Cul An Ti and a quartet composed of Geraldine Murray, Mike Beglan, Brendan Keenan and Nancy Conescu. For a schedule, call 464-1122. Another event, the St. Paddy's Blues and Brews Irish Fest, takes place nearby at Southwest Yamhill Street and 1st Avenue on Tuesday, March 17. Hosted by Paddy's Irish Pub, the lineup features locals such as the Dolomites, the Irish Fusiliers, Yeates, the Patrick Lamb Band, Hobnail, Linda Hornbuckle and others. The party starts at noon and continues until about 10:30 pm, with food and of course beer served throughout. Admission is $5.
--Richard Martin
Style Note
If you canvassed the town's boutiques last week and still came up short of Portland's only fashion newsletter, hit the pavement again, because Jill Spitznass' elusive Style Sheet went back to press for a second run. Positive responses and beseeching inquiries prompted the fashion phantom to print an additional 250 copies. Get yours now at Matisse, Odessa, Urban Outfitters, Zefiro, Zelda's Shoe Bar or Willamette Week's front desk. Those interested in advertising or subscribing can contact Jill by email: jspitz@earthlink.net. --Christina Melander
Treasure Hunting
A few weeks ago, a guy brought an oar he'd found in an English junk shop to the Antiques Road Show. Turns out, according to a renowned appraiser from Sotheby's, the oar is worth $350,000. This traveling show, which airs at 8 pm Monday nights on OPB, is coming to Portland on July 25. The show will be held at the Metropolitan Expo Center (2060 N Marine Drive); doors open at 9 am. Admission is free. You're allowed to bring only two of your prized possessions for appraisal, and the appraisals are done on a first-come, first-served basis. If you want to have a large piece of furniture appraised, send a photo of the piece, a brief history and a daytime phone number to Chubbs Antiques Road Show, 125 Western Ave., Boston, MA, 02134. Photos will not be returned, and the appraisal will not be made from the photo; it's just to let you know whether you should haul the piece in to the Road Show. The deadline for photos is May 25. For more information, call (888) ROADSHW.
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