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Fireworks, the Waterfront Blues Festival and 12 Other Things to Do and See in Portland July 4-10

Where we’ll be catching the blues and digging deep to find something about America worth celebrating this week.

“Leave No Trace” Tells the True-ish Story of a Father and Daughter Living in Forest Park and Avoids Local Color

Leave No Trace, director Debra Granik’s adaptation of the 2007 novel My Abandonment, digs deep into the lingering questions raised by the pair’s sudden disappearance. But locals wondering about the fate of Tom (Thomasin McKenzie) and her troubled dad, Will (Ben Foster), shouldn’t anticipate any easy answers. Leave No Trace is a dreamy, nuanced reverie that’s dismissive of plot and shy on local color.

Another Book By a Portland Author Was Made into a Movie

The Sisters Brothers comes on the heels of Wild Wild County and Lean on Pete, based on the book by Portland author Willy Vlautin, as well as the soon to be released Leave No Trace, about a man and his daughter who lived in Forest Park for four years. Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far On Foot, Gus Van Sant’s movie about Portland cartoonist John Callahan, will be released next month.

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Portlandia is dead. Long live Portland.

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