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In brief: Community Media offers screenwriting course

... produce short films for the annual McMinnville Short Film Festival as well as the annual McMinnville UFO Film Festival.
Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Mac Market, a popular gathering place since it opened on Alpine Avenue in 2019, will temporarily close for remodeling from April 16 to May 9. It will reopen with a new European-style bakery/coffee bar, two new restaurants and an additional marketplace.

 
Along the Street: Mac Market to close temporarily for remodeling

... 13. Registration can be made on the McMinnville Area Chamber of Commerce website, at mcminnville.org.   UFO 5K The UFO Festival 5K returns at 8:30 a.m., Saturday, May 20, at Joe Dancer Park, McMinnville. Fee ...

In brief: Alien Abduction 5K signups start

The annual Alien Abduction 5K, part of the McMinnville UFO Festival, returns at 8:30 a.m., Saturday, May 20, Joe Dancer Park, McMinnville, hosted by city of McMinnville. The ...

In brief: Entries due for sci-fi film fest

... The films will be shown during the event May 19 and 20, in conjunction with McMinnville’s annual UFO Festival. The nonprofit film fest is sponsored by The Reel Hollywood Video, Astro Zombie Bio Labs and ...

Turkey Rama had good run; some will mourn its passing

... fulfill the Turkey Rama tradition of being McMinnville’s community melting pot event. We count the UFO Festival, McMinnville Wine & Food Classic, Cruising McMinnville gut-dragging, Yamhill County Fair ...
Rachel Thompson/News-Register##Freddie Lamb and Courtney Zerizef, husband and sister-in-law of Crescent Cafe owner Nora Lamb, check the primer they just applied to the cafe’s new back exterior wall, facing Second Street, the former Ribslayer restaurant space. Crescent is expanding its dining room so the Third Street restaurant can accommodate more customers. The cafe is open Wednesday through Monday; call 503-435-2655 for more information.

 
Along the Street: Farmers market, Dine Out(side) to return downtown

... streets. The Farmers Market will open just prior to one of the biggest events of the year downtown, the UFO Festival, which will run May 19 and 20 with the parade at 2:30 p.m. that Saturday. Another program ...

Rucklos leaving McMinnville Downtown Association for Dayton job

... of MDA’s larger projects, the Farmers Market, resuming weekly starting May 11, and the annual UFO Fest, May 19-20. He was expected to emcee Thursday’s annual MDA awards dinner; details at newsregister.com.

Turkey Rama is out; 'BBB' festival is in

... activities that will fill McMinnville with sights, sounds and delicious smells this season, from the UFO Festival in May through the Scottish Festival in late summer and early fall. The Chamber will have ...

Along the Street: A new place for creativity, and more business news

... experimentation, mad-scientist stuff.” His first visit to McMinnville, in fact, was to attend the UFO Festival. That was about 15 years ago. He ended up choosing to settle here. Now he wants to build “a ...
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Tyrants at the top

... are buying into the local wine industry — something to keep an eye on. Our annual traditions are UFO Fest and Turkey Rama, not laying off 10% of our workforce. Of course, we are not immune to the broader ...
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Along the Street: Wines win at Classic competition

... already at work on upcoming events, including the MDA’s annual awards dinner on Feb. 23, and the UFO Festival and Farmers Market, both coming up in May. She said she is looking forward to meeting more ...
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T-shirts, candles and artwork made by local crafters are on display at Magick Attic, along with many one-of-a-kind vintage items.

 
Magick Attic filled with unique finds

... that’s also true in the Magick Attic, especially when visitors come to McMinnville for events such as the UFO Festival. “I’m really looking forward to UFO,” she said, pointing out several alien-related ...

 
2022 Year in Review, Part II: A selective look back

... to the Evergreen Space Museum to sip wine, taste food and buy artisan products. McMinnville’s UFO Festival also returned in full in May, after a truncated festival held in the fall of 2021. Locals and ...

Back, and Forth: Bring Santa down to earth, and other parade suggestions

... over the years. The ones I’ve seen in McMinnville, the two Santa parades and September’s UFO Festival event, have been enjoyable displays. Even the rainy Nov. 24 parade, which turned out to be ...
Rusty Rae/News-Register##Rounding the Bend” artists Angelina Marino-Heidel and Joel Heidel looked to their love of nature and their family history in the region, in creating the
new mural on Alpine Avenue, which is McMinnville’s latest such large artwork

 
New mural stretches along Alpine

... feathers, hops, and a turkey and an alien spaceship to represent the community’s Turkey Rama and UFO Days festivals. The Foundations Mural Project illuminates stories from McMinnville’s past and ...
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Picture taken October 2021 shows the Mack Theater’s marquee illuminated at night.

 
Mack Theater/Hotel Yamhill owners moving forward

Group feels it can meet challenges of restoring former Hotel Yamhill

Along the Street: Mac Club rebuilds from 2021 fire

... and other colors. It features images that represent the McMinnville area, such as the Spruce Goose and UFOs, as well as the Boho Building’s tenants, including Conservatory Bar, Radical Rubies salon, Tommy’s ...
Kirby Neumann-Rea/The News-Register##Walnut City Lanes sign, from the parking lot. Views of the sign from the Highway 99 side are blocked by trees.

 
Back, and Forth: quirk helps define community, though somet

... when you see it. Quirk is practically a hallmark of McMinnville, thanks to the “annual” UFO Days. And the 12-month stretch, for all its pandemic-burdened strangeness, was blessed with not one ...
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Mikey Howard, owner of three local arcades and restaurants, talked about his collection of game machines, many of which are featured in his businesses -- Mikey s Pizzeria and Joysticks in McMinnville and Retro Pizza in Amity. Howard has loved arcade games and pizza since he was a teen in Willamina.

 
Stopping by Pinball - and pizza - wizard

Mikey’s goes Retro as owner gamely expands restaurant, arcade business

Rusty Rae/News-Register##Artist Bryan Nichols and friends work on the mural at the east end of the Boho Building on Southeast First Street between Galloway and Irvine. The scene shows images related to the building’s tenants and to McMinnville, such as the Spruce Goose and a UFO.

 
A brighter Boho: New First Street mural honors building tenants — and McMinnville

... sunflower and trees to represent agriculture, the Spruce Goose and, flying even higher than the big plane, a UFO. Nichols also has completed several murals in Lincoln City and one in Sacramento over the past couple ...
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