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WEB1 day ago · Willamette Week is Portland's source for news, culture, arts and entertainment. Find out what's happening in the city, from theater to pizza, and more.
How “Coraline” Became the Soulful and Sinister Cornerstone of …
WEBApr 9, 2024 · In Coraline, adapted from a novel by Neil Gaiman, our 11-year-old protagonist moves from Pontiac, Mich., to Ashland, Ore., with her work-distracted parents.Their new house is a musty, yet striking ...
New PERS Report Shows More Than 400,000 Now Participate in …
WEBDec 28, 2023 · 2. That generosity led to a large unfunded liability—i.e., the system owed more to future retirees than it could pay. 3. The unfunded liability meant that employers had to contribute ever-larger ...
Does the Term “What in the Sam Hill?” Originate With Oregon’s …
WEBFeb 6, 2022 · This is not to say, however, that fin de siècle railroad baron and financier Sam Hill didn’t cut a larger-than-life figure across the canvas of Pacific Northwest history.
I Used To Have an “Inny” Belly Button, Now I Have an …
WEBSeptember 20, 2017 at 5:31 am PDT. I've got a belly button issue. I used to have an "inny," now I have an "outy." My gut has gone from flabby to hard like a melon.
Black Portlanders Are More Likely to Be Murdered Than Their …
WEBAug 11, 2021 · Black people make up 5.8% of the city’s population. Put another way, Black Portlanders were killed at about seven times their share of the city’s population—and 12 times the rate of white ...
Legendary Trumpeter Herb Alpert Talks Luck, Success and Why He …
WEBOctober 17, 2023 at 8:12 pm PDT. At 88, Herb Alpert still plays the trumpet like the perky wunderkind who, leading the Tijuana Brass, made the title track of The Lonely Bull a Top 10 hit in 1962 ...
The History of the American Jojo, Which is Definitely Not a Potato …
WEBJuly 12, 2017 at 4:21 pm PDT. Ask a Portlander about jojos, and a lot of them will tell you the same story: It's just a funny name people in the Northwest call a potato wedge. The name was ...
Willamette Week — Portland News, Movies, Music, Restaurants, …
WEBMarie Müller Shows How the Thorns’ Roster Experiments Can Pay Off. She shines at reading her opponents’ play, picking off their passes with a controlled first touch and progressing the ball ...
Juanita’s Chips Now Sold Nationwide—as Juantonio’s
WEBDec 31, 2022 · Writer Matt Maxwell tweeted a photo of a bag of Juantonio’s just a few days after Sasser’s tweets. Maxwell tells WW the picture was from a grocery store in Folsom, Calif., where the sudden ...