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• Gimme that mimosa
• A bloody mary is where it’s at
• Coffee, and keep it coming
• Lots of water — hydration please!

• Portland Quilt, Craft, & Sewing Festival | Thursday, April 11-Saturday, April 13 | Times vary | Portland Expo Center, 2060 Marine Dr. W., Portland | $10 | Shop for craft supplies, sewing, embroidery, and quilting machines, fabric, tools, DIY books, and more.
• BLOOMFEST 2024 | Thursday, April 11-Friday, April 12 | Locations vary | $10 | Order a tulip bouquet for local pick-up to support Easterseals Oregon’s efforts serving local veterans, seniors, and children and adults with disabilities.

• Portland Trail Blazers vs. Houston Rockets | Friday, April 12 | 7 p.m. | Moda Center, 1 N. Center Court St., Portland | $14+ | It’s the last home game of a less-than-spectacular season — but hey, there’s always next year.

• Community Recycling Event by New Seasons Market | Saturday, April 13 | 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | Revolution Hall parking lot, 607 SE 14th Ave., Portland | $3 per grocery-sized bag of plastics, all other items free | If you’ve been saving plastic utensils, tape dispensers, and other items that can’t go in curbside bins, now’s your chance to recycle them.
• Cherry Blossom Bazaar | Saturday, April 13-Sunday, April 14 | 10 a.m.-4 p.m. | Royal Palm Hotel, 310 NW Flanders St., Portland | Free | Hunt for collectibles, clothing, books, furniture, and more at the Japanese American Museum of Oregon’s “rummage sale of Japanese treasures.”

• Tina Fey & Amy Poehler: Restless Leg Tour | Sunday, April 14 | 6 p.m. | Moda Center, 1 N. Center Court St., Portland | $75.50-$115 | The leading ladies of “Parks & Rec” and “30 Rock” are on their first-ever live stand-up tour originally set to hit Portland in January.

• Stumptown Coffee has put a lid on 15 years of business in Southwest Portland’s Ace Hotel. If it was your go-to morning coffee stop, don’t worry — Stumptown is opening a new location around the corner. The new shop at Southwest 11th Avenue and Washington Street opens Saturday, April 20.

• In-N-Out Burger aims to open its new Ridgefield location by 2025. The fast food chain’s new outpost, which will be Portland’s closest, is slated for the Union Ridge Town Center where a 151,000-sqft Costco is also being developed. Officials plan to widen the surrounding road to accommodate traffic. (KOIN)

• Today is the first day of the Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia. If you’re feeling inspired and want to improve your putting game, check out our guide to 20 golf courses + indoor facilities in and around the Rose City.

• Xiao Ye opened last September in the Hollywood District, serving label-defying “first-generation American food.” Couple and co-owners Louis Lin and Jolyn Chen gear their menu around experiences, as evidenced by their diverse range of dishes like mochi-flour madeleines, a half chicken cloaked in S&B Golden Curry, and rigatoni with chiles. (Portland Monthly)

• Spring signals the start of baby animal season — but do you know what to do if you see a fawn alone in the grass or find a days-old squirrel under a tree? Learn when to leave a creature alone, when to step in, and where to turn for local guidance.

• The Portland company behind the jars of nut butters with the winking squirrel label is shutting down. Wild Friends Foods, started by two University of Oregon students in 2011, ceased online sales last week and grocery stores are expected to run out of stock within the next month or two. (Portland Inno)

• A strong start and a lackluster second half characterized the Trail Blazers’ loss to the Pelicans. What does their performance say about the team’s future? Find out in this episode of Locked On Blazers.
  

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• Ken Kesey Award for Fiction — Patrick deWitt, “The Librarianist”
• Frances Fuller Victor Award for General Nonfiction — Josephine Woolington, “Where We Call Home: Lands, Seas, and Skies of the Pacific Northwest”
• Sarah Winnemucca Award for Creative Nonfiction — Erica Berry, “Wolfish: Wolf, Self, and the Stories We Tell about Fear”
• Stafford/Hall Award for Poetry — Daniela Naomi Molnar, “CHORUS”
• Eloise Jarvis McGraw Award for Children’s Literature — Nora Ericson and Elly MacKay, “Too Early”
• Leslie Bradshaw Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Literature — Waka T. Brown, “The Very Unfortunate Wish of Melony Yoshimura”
• Award for Graphic Literature (Biennial) — Kerilynn Wilson, “The Faint of Heart”

• Villa Angel Taqueria — “There should be a line to eat at this cart. From his Halibut Bowl to his QuesaBirra, it’s all outstanding. This is not a traditional Mexican food cart.”
• Farmer and the Beast — “Best smash burgers, Beast of the Sea [made with] albacore, and new spring bowl”
• General Burnside’s Canteen