Willamette Week's picks for the incredibly hard to shop for people in your gift-giving social circle. Stick to the basics and give them things they have no excuse not to use.
Gifts for a Good Time
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November 26, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Willamette Week's picks for the incredibly hard to shop for people in your gift-giving social circle. Stick to the basics and give them things they have no excuse not to use.
Willamette Week's picks for the incredibly hard to shop for people in your gift-giving social circle. Stick to the basics and give them things they have no excuse not to use.
Gifts for That Sensible Someone
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November 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Willamette Week's picks for the incredibly hard to shop for people in your gift-giving social circle. Stick to the basics and give them things they have no excuse not to use.
Willamette Week's annual gifting guide is curated with care, to make your shopping easy and meaningful. We hope it inspires you to leave those online carts empty and share the love with businesses that keep Portland vibrant; they need you now more than ever before!
Holiday Shopper 2025
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November 26, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Willamette Week's annual gifting guide is curated with care, to make your shopping easy and meaningful. We hope it inspires you to leave those online carts empty and share the love with businesses that keep Portland vibrant; they need you now more than ever before!
The dispute is part of a larger disagreement over who should be allowed to sell hard liquor in Oregon.
OLCC Rejects Grocers’ Bid to Sell Booze-Based Canned Cocktails
Nigel Jaquiss
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November 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The dispute is part of a larger disagreement over who should be allowed to sell hard liquor in Oregon.
The bike bus concept is gaining in popularity, and Portland is now home to about 25 bike buses. This is largely thanks to Sam Balto.
Sam Balto Has Made Portland’s Bike Buses Famous. Can They Last?
Rachel Saslow
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November 26, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The bike bus concept is gaining in popularity, and Portland is now home to about 25 bike buses. This is largely thanks to Sam Balto.
Preschool for All is sitting on a lot of money. So it might come as a surprise that the people monitoring the program are making their chief concern whether it will remain financially solvent a decade from now.
A Half-Billion-Dollar Bank Balance Increases Political Pressure on Preschool for All
Joanna Hou
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November 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Preschool for All is sitting on a lot of money. So it might come as a surprise that the people monitoring the program are making their chief concern whether it will remain financially solvent a decade from now.
Portland Public Schools’ teachers levy collected almost $5 million less than expected this year.
Murmurs: PPS Teachers Levy Hauls in Less
WW Staff
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November 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Portland Public Schools’ teachers levy collected almost $5 million less than expected this year.
Rent costs Lane County just $577,304 a year, but the rooms do something a $3.2 million deflection center can’t: house people while they wait for drug treatment.
In Eugene, Drug-Crime Deflection Comes With a Place to Stay and Get Clean. Not in Portland.
Anthony Effinger
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November 26, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Rent costs Lane County just $577,304 a year, but the rooms do something a $3.2 million deflection center can’t: house people while they wait for drug treatment.
Court filings show massive debts to suppliers, Lincoln County and the Port of Newport, along with a contested legal claim.
Rogue Ale & Spirits Files Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
Christen McCurdy
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November 26, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Court filings show massive debts to suppliers, Lincoln County and the Port of Newport, along with a contested legal claim.
Two days after the NWSL championship match—and just over a week after the Portland Thorns bowed out in the semifinals—the club has fired its head coach.
Thorns Fire Head Coach Rob Gale
Leo Baudhuin
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November 26, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Two days after the NWSL championship match—and just over a week after the Portland Thorns bowed out in the semifinals—the club has fired its head coach.
The Rose City can officially defrost Mariah Carey and get into the Christmas spirit this week.
What to Do in Portland (Nov. 26–Dec. 2)
Brianna Wheeler
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November 26, 2025 at 1:21 AM
The Rose City can officially defrost Mariah Carey and get into the Christmas spirit this week.
Roberto Hernandez Guerrero was advised he could attend his final immigration hearing in Mexico and still return to his family and business.
Reeva Closes Indefinitely After Co-Owner Denied Reentry to the United States
Andrew Jankowski
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November 26, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Roberto Hernandez Guerrero was advised he could attend his final immigration hearing in Mexico and still return to his family and business.
What to see and hear this week.
Shows of the Week: Jens Lekman Wields Schmaltz Like Tarantino’s Violence
Daniel Bromfield
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November 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
What to see and hear this week.
What to see and what to skip.
Your Roundup of New Movies: All Aboard for “Train Dreams”
WW Staff
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November 26, 2025 at 1:07 AM
What to see and what to skip.
Portland Art Museum’s outgoing director shares his No. 1 accomplishment from his 19 year tenure. Hint: It’s not the new Rothko Pavilion.
Brian Ferriso Makes His Artful Exit
Rachel Saslow
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November 26, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Portland Art Museum’s outgoing director shares his No. 1 accomplishment from his 19 year tenure. Hint: It’s not the new Rothko Pavilion.
Oregon-raised historian Marc James Carpenter’s book reveals how misunderstood former Governor Joseph Lane’s legacy was even by his own family.
“The War on Illahee” Describes How Progressive-era Historians Papered Over the Genocide of Northwest Tribes
Christen McCurdy
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November 26, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Oregon-raised historian Marc James Carpenter’s book reveals how misunderstood former Governor Joseph Lane’s legacy was even by his own family.
The local legend blows back to the Aladdin Theater for “Storm Large’s Holiday Ordeal.”
Storm Large Makes Merry
Nicole Eckrich
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November 26, 2025 at 12:48 AM
The local legend blows back to the Aladdin Theater for “Storm Large’s Holiday Ordeal.”
Cincinnati actor Beasley plays Alcott and March sister Jo without veering into lovesick tomboy territory established in other adaptations.
Portland Center Stage Embraces Louisa May Alcott’s Queerness in “Little Women”
Laura Hill
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November 26, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Cincinnati actor Beasley plays Alcott and March sister Jo without veering into lovesick tomboy territory established in other adaptations.
What to see at Portland’s repertory theaters.
Get Your Reps In: Defy Gravity With “Kiki’s Delivery Service”
Chance Solem-Pfeifer
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November 26, 2025 at 12:42 AM
What to see at Portland’s repertory theaters.
Comedians, DJs and drag queens are pitching in to help the state’s food banks catch up from the federal government shutdown.
Portland Entertainers Use Their Talents to Fight Food Insecurity
Andrew Jankowski
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November 26, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Comedians, DJs and drag queens are pitching in to help the state’s food banks catch up from the federal government shutdown.
And if you are a hungry Portlander, these folks should be able to help fill you up for the holidays.
Dinner and a Show: Where to Support Entertainers Helping Hungry Portlanders
Andrew Jankowski
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November 26, 2025 at 12:33 AM
And if you are a hungry Portlander, these folks should be able to help fill you up for the holidays.
Mikaela Straus and her band helped Portland recover from “girl violence.”
King Princess Reigns Supreme Over the Roseland Theater
Nicole Eckrich
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November 26, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Mikaela Straus and her band helped Portland recover from “girl violence.”
This Thanksgiving helper harkens back to a time before Cuisinart.
What We’re Cooking This Week: Blood Orange Cranberry Relish
Jim Dixon
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November 26, 2025 at 12:25 AM
This Thanksgiving helper harkens back to a time before Cuisinart.
Union says its ready to negotiate, but health system says bargaining “will be paused” in lead up to—and for duration of—any strike.
Group of Legacy Clinicians Now Days Away From Striking
Andrew Schwartz
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November 26, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Union says its ready to negotiate, but health system says bargaining “will be paused” in lead up to—and for duration of—any strike.
Our annual (free!) magazine, Oregon Winter, is out now, and available at coffee shops and local businesses all over Portland. Inside, we explore great ways to spend the blustery months ahead. Find a free magazine close to you on this map. www.google.com/maps/d/u/1/v...
November 25, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Our annual (free!) magazine, Oregon Winter, is out now, and available at coffee shops and local businesses all over Portland. Inside, we explore great ways to spend the blustery months ahead. Find a free magazine close to you on this map. www.google.com/maps/d/u/1/v...