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A lot was going on ten years ago. In downtown Somerset, we were just starting to enjoy our newly-remodeled Fountain Square… which was given an unwelcomed bubble bath before it

This timing of seeing an increase in sharks is not a coincidence: Summertime is shark season in Southern California.

EVEN with a number of athletes suffering from illnesses and injuries, Vale Royal runners won a stack of medals when the club hosted the Cheshire…

STUDENTS at Newton Aycliffe’s Woodham Academy have been celebrating this morning after picking up their results.

The Portland post-jazz quintet Blue Cranes has been carving their own unique space in the Portland music scene since 2007. The group consists of Reed Wallsmith on alto saxophone, Joe Cunningham on tenor saxophone, Rebecca Sanborn on keyboards, Jon Shaw on bass, and Ji Tanzer on drums. The group recently dropped their ambitious fifth album Voices—an album years in the making, and a collaboration with nine talented vocalists who all have the shared experience of...

February 23 2021 Other items include new Gucci store, PDX Jazz Fest, Oregon Ballet Theatre, Willamette Valley wines and Beatloric! Summer fun Fun could be headed back to Portland parks this summer. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic and government restrictions, the Portland Parks & Recreations summer parks programs were canceled in 2020. But, Commissioner Carmen Rubio and the City Council have been working on restoring funding for many things, including the summer programs. If COVID-19 and...

February 15 2021 International concerts, music films, local shows mark the 18th event, which had to change like everything else. Before the COVID-19 pandemic began and normal life went away, the Biamp PDX Jazz Festival took place as usual in 2020 with in-person concerts. "We wrapped our last day of the 2020 festival 10 days before the COVID shutdown happened," said Nicholas Salas-Harris, the festivals artistic director. "We were literally one of the only jazz festivals to go to in 2020." ...

Willamette Week The need for strong, independent local journalism is more urgent than ever. Please support the city we love by joining Friends of Willamette Week. Get Inside: 8 Things to Do While You’re Stuck at Home “The Portland Book of Dates” may end up being somewhat useless as a guidebook, but it takes on greater importance as a historical text: a snapshot of Portland as it was just before it changed forever. 12 Years a Slave, recently created a film series titled Small Axe. Eac...