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• MANIA: The ABBA Tribute | Tuesday, March 19 | 7:30 p.m. | Revolution Hall, 1300 SE Stark St., Ste.110, Portland | $35-$55 | Take a chance on this show that will leave you singing “Mamma Mia” all week long.
• Neave Trio | Tuesday, March 19 | 7:30 p.m. | Lincoln Performance Hall, 1620 SW Park Ave., Portland | $32-$59 | With a name inspired by the Gaelic word for “bright” and “radiant”, these performing artists will certainly lift your week with their sound.

• Cooking with Friends feat. Chefs Doug Miriello and Rick Gencarelli | Wednesday, March 20 | 5-9 p.m. | The Houston Blacklight, 2100 SE Clinton St., Portland | Price of purchase | Dig into a special East Coast menu with Italian flair, courtesy of Thomas Pisha-Duffly (Gado Gado and Oma’s Hideaway) and other transplant chefs living in Portland.
• Portland Trail Blazers vs. LA Clippers | Wednesday, March 20, Friday, March 22 | 7 p.m. | Moda Center, 1 N. Center Court St., Portland | $6+ | Rip City’s playoff hopes are already sunk, so we can’t be hurt anymore.
• “Quixote Nuevo” | Wednesday, March 20-Sunday, March 31 | Times vary | Portland Center Stage, 128 NW 11th Ave., Portland | $25-$98 | Don’t miss this modern retelling of “Don Quixote” as a professor battling dementia embarks on a quest to find his long-lost love.

• Floral Bouquet Class | Thursday, March 21 | 6-8 p.m. | Portland Cider Co., 8925 SE Jannsen Rd., Clackamas | $38 | Sip a beverage and create a blooming awesome arrangement with local blossoms.

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• Portland Pickles Public House. Say that 10 times fast. Our dill-ightful baseball team is opening a sports bar across from Mississippi Studios this Thursday, March 21. On top of local craft beers, specialty cocktails, Dodger Dogs, and Fenway Franks, there will be a dedicated merch pop-up for fans to shop team gear.

• The Atlantic has added “Geek Love” by Portland author Katherine Dunn to its list of “The Great American Novels,” naming it one of “the most consequential novels of the past 100 years.” Don’t let your Rose City reading stop there — here’s a shelfful of books written by local authors. (Portland Tribune)

• The March equinox, marking the start of astronomical spring (not to be confused with meteorological spring). Today, the Northern and Southern hemispheres will receive the same amount of sun as neither pole is angled more than the other.

• During the 2021 Pacific Northwest heat dome, 72 people died in Multnomah County — over the weekend, volunteers honored them by planting a tree for each life lost in Nadaka Nature Park and surrounding neighborhoods. (KGW)

• Southeast Portland brunch spot Little Griddle will add dinner service with Hawaiian food pop-up Kau Kau early next month. The move offers a next step as chef-owners Tracee and Brandon Hirahara search for a brick-and-mortar location of their own. (Portland Business Journal)

• For several years, Eastern European and Latin American cuisines came together at Rusa; the food cart is now permanently closed. If you can’t get rid of cravings for beef borscht tacos and pork chorizo pierogies, keep an eye out for pop-ups in April. (Portland Eater)

• After Oregon men’s basketball’s unlikely run to becoming PAC-12 tournament champions, Ducks fans need to get familiar with the rest of the field, starting with the next opponent South Carolina (Thursday at 1 p.m.). Locked On College Basketball will help you break down the brackets in a special podcast.
  

• Apizza Scholls | Is it a surprise that this neo-Neapolitan powerhouse that consistently ranks among the country’s best landed in our final? The answer’s no.
• Boxcar Pizza | Vegan and very tasty, this trendy spot on Northeast Sandy Boulevard is the go-to for foodies looking for plant-based bites, and really anyone who enjoys pies that pack flavor.