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...Ward isn't on your radar yet, he should be. The soft-spoken Portland, Oregon musician has released seven solo albums, toured with Norah Jones, co-produced a Jenny Lewis album, and recently teamed up with actress Zooey Deschanel to make one of the best folk-pop albums of 2008. Ward doesn't write songs so much as he makes melodies with words; the tunes will stick with you long after they've left your ears. His latest album, Hold Time, comes out Feb. 17. M. Ward talks to TIME about his songwriting process, living in Portland...
Depending on your definition of "Major U.S. City," Sam Adams, the new mayor of Portland, Ore., is not necessarily the first openly gay man to lead a major U.S. city [Feb. 9]. That designation may more deservedly go to David Cicilline, the mayor of Providence, R.I., elected in 2002. Portland's population is bigger, but Providence is its state's capital. That's pretty major in its own right. Rick Carson, ST. PETERSBURG...
...Nines for $99. The Nines, the new Starwood Luxury Collection hotel in Portland, Ore., is practically giving away rooms for $99 per night through April 18. The hotel is perched on the top nine floors of a former department store with a library stocked by famed local bookseller Powell's, which is within walking distance and definitely worth a visit. 525 SW Morrison Street...
...Monday before Inauguration, he called his colleagues and supporters to say there was truth to the charges. "I believe what I said was, 'You're a f___ing moron,'" says Wiener. "I was, and am, pissed and saddened by it." Another former ally, Randy Leonard, one of Portland's four city commissioners, was also dismayed, not least because Adams' story kept changing. His original version, a mentoring relationship, became a romantic liaison that the mayor insisted didn't become sexual until after Breedlove turned 18, the age of legal consent in Oregon. But in an interview published...
...mayor has his work cut out for him - and it's not just about political survival. Monday morning saw the first casualty of his office when his press spokesman, Wade Nkrumah, handed in his resignation. Portland, like the rest of the country, is feeling the effects of the recession; the city is also in the middle of something of a crime wave. Two teens were killed and seven injured in a shooting outside an under-21 nightclub last weekend. Only 10 days earlier, there had been a gang-related shooting in broad daylight. How does a public servant go about...