Portland's Newsweekly | wweek.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/wweek.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/wweek.com/post/3mvqwlya2qx26Few can access the new real time bed capacity data that OHSU team is working to collect. And of those who do have access, very few are consulting it to coordinate treatment for patients with mental health and addiction problems. https://www.wweek.com/news/health/2026/09/17/fancy-ohsu-state-mental-health-tracker-leaves-lawmaker-underwhelmed/18 Sep 2026 00:39 +0000at://did:plc:gcvoa7aaq5jogdstiwblqo7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvqwlya2qx26https://bsky.app/profile/wweek.com/post/3mvqlmzubgg2oMike Rosen, the former board member behind the filing, says the School Board has shown “no sense of fiduciary responsibility” under Eddie Wang’s leadership. https://www.wweek.com/news/schools/2026/09/17/former-school-board-member-files-prospective-recall-petition-for-pps-board-chair/17 Sep 2026 21:23 +0000at://did:plc:gcvoa7aaq5jogdstiwblqo7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvqlmzubgg2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/wweek.com/post/3mvqby7umnv2gAuthors Ke Huy Quan, Colin Meloy and Carson Ellis will be featured at the November event. https://www.wweek.com/arts/books/2026/09/17/goonies-and-wildwood-tie-ins-headline-the-portland-book-festival/17 Sep 2026 18:31 +0000at://did:plc:gcvoa7aaq5jogdstiwblqo7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvqby7umnv2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/wweek.com/post/3mvqbqajcev2tIn the past 10 years, the blushing and beautiful Italian leafy vegetable has become a local star. It didn’t happen by accident. https://www.wweek.com/food/2026/09/19/a-new-book-recounts-radicchios-rise-to-pacific-northwest-fame/17 Sep 2026 18:26 +0000at://did:plc:gcvoa7aaq5jogdstiwblqo7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvqbqajcev2thttps://bsky.app/profile/wweek.com/post/3mvqbewdrq52zA vegetarian dish with lots of Italian sausage flavor. https://www.wweek.com/food/2026/09/17/what-were-cooking-this-week-pasta-with-peppers-and-fennel/17 Sep 2026 18:20 +0000at://did:plc:gcvoa7aaq5jogdstiwblqo7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvqbewdrq52zhttps://bsky.app/profile/wweek.com/post/3mvppxaply522The album debuted this year’s Montavilla Jazz Festival. She says it may never be performed again. https://www.wweek.com/music/2026/09/17/rebecca-sanborns-shadow-work-is-almost-too-big-to-play-live/17 Sep 2026 13:08 +0000at://did:plc:gcvoa7aaq5jogdstiwblqo7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvppxaply522https://bsky.app/profile/wweek.com/post/3mvodt6f4mw2yA conservative pundit found and posted dozens of Councilor Mitch Green’s inflammatory deleted tweets. The police chief is nonplussed. https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2026/09/16/police-chief-says-he-no-longer-has-confidence-in-councilors-judgment-after-old-tweets-resurface/16 Sep 2026 23:58 +0000at://did:plc:gcvoa7aaq5jogdstiwblqo7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvodt6f4mw2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/wweek.com/post/3mvnqgrhyyf2zSecretary of State’s Office traces overpayments to cases where one Oregon Health Plan member got counted multiple times. It says duplicates are rare, but still imperil federal funding. And it has ideas for how state systems could improve. https://www.wweek.com/news/health/2026/09/16/oregon-may-have-overpaid-medicaid-administrators-by-millions-audit-finds/16 Sep 2026 18:11 +0000at://did:plc:gcvoa7aaq5jogdstiwblqo7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnqgrhyyf2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/wweek.com/post/3mvnc5xgzom2zWhen PPS has shuttered school properties in the past, it hasn’t taken a uniform approach to what happens next. https://www.wweek.com/news/schools/2026/09/16/what-will-happen-to-the-school-buildings-the-district-closes/16 Sep 2026 13:56 +0000at://did:plc:gcvoa7aaq5jogdstiwblqo7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnc5xgzom2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/wweek.com/post/3mvnadf6e4o2tA higher proportion of District 3 and 4 voters feel represented by at least one member of City Council than voters in the rest of the city. https://www.wweek.com/news/2026/09/16/portlanders-feelings-of-representation-by-the-city-council-are-returning-to-their-dismal-baseline/16 Sep 2026 13:23 +0000at://did:plc:gcvoa7aaq5jogdstiwblqo7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnadf6e4o2thttps://bsky.app/profile/wweek.com/post/3mvn7luc3642pThey stand in all sorts of places: city halls and the book-return windows of libraries, mostly, but also next to a public swimming pool in Eugene, a grange hall in Spray, and two different McDonald’s restaurants in Portland. https://www.wweek.com/news/2026/09/16/as-oregon-officials-install-more-ballot-drop-boxes-we-checked-which-counties-have-the-most-per-person/16 Sep 2026 13:10 +0000at://did:plc:gcvoa7aaq5jogdstiwblqo7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvn7luc3642phttps://bsky.app/profile/wweek.com/post/3mvn6hbmpd42t“I’m not going to hide my shock and disappointment at this.” https://www.wweek.com/news/2026/09/16/murmurs-fancy-mental-health-care-tracker-underwhelms-key-lawmaker/16 Sep 2026 12:49 +0000at://did:plc:gcvoa7aaq5jogdstiwblqo7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvn6hbmpd42thttps://bsky.app/profile/wweek.com/post/3mvmmhvvs6y2zGet off the couch and learn how to reinvent your rooms. NestFest is this weekend. https://www.wweek.com/culture/2026/09/16/welcome-home/16 Sep 2026 07:28 +0000at://did:plc:gcvoa7aaq5jogdstiwblqo7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvmmhvvs6y2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/wweek.com/post/3mvmllvlumu2gPaint a chair, make a collage, or go to home design therapy. https://www.wweek.com/culture/2026/09/16/express-yourself-with-11-diy-experiences/16 Sep 2026 07:12 +0000at://did:plc:gcvoa7aaq5jogdstiwblqo7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvmllvlumu2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/wweek.com/post/3mvmlltioja2zMeet the Signature Rooms designers for this year’s NestFest. https://www.wweek.com/culture/2026/09/16/step-inside-rooms-with-a-viewpoint/16 Sep 2026 07:12 +0000at://did:plc:gcvoa7aaq5jogdstiwblqo7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvmlltioja2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/wweek.com/post/3mvml52kxig2gEach is hour spent in the company of people shaping Portland’s creative scene. https://www.wweek.com/culture/2026/09/16/talk-it-out-at-nestfest-panels-this-weekend/16 Sep 2026 07:04 +0000at://did:plc:gcvoa7aaq5jogdstiwblqo7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvml52kxig2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/wweek.com/post/3mvml4xxqhe2y“I think I quite literally surround myself with things to feel like part of something.” https://www.wweek.com/guides/2026/09/16/nolan-kurtz-created-a-maximalist-oasis-in-the-middle-of-downtown-portland/16 Sep 2026 07:04 +0000at://did:plc:gcvoa7aaq5jogdstiwblqo7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvml4xxqhe2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/wweek.com/post/3mvmazi2fe226The festival is mum on whether the change is due to advocacy by protest group Literary Portland for Palestine. https://www.wweek.com/culture/2026/09/15/after-protests-portland-book-festival-has-a-new-non-bank-sponsor/16 Sep 2026 04:03 +0000at://did:plc:gcvoa7aaq5jogdstiwblqo7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvmazi2fe226https://bsky.app/profile/wweek.com/post/3mvlqxc3jol2gThe audit finds that PPS did not establish a sound business case to move bond program management from its in-house Office of School Modernization to Procedeo, the construction firm it engaged. It also finds the district overspent on its contract with Procedeo, and has overpaid the firm. https://www.wweek.com/news/schools/2026/09/15/external-auditor-finds-ppss-bond-program-is-at-heightened-risk-of-fraud/15 Sep 2026 23:15 +0000at://did:plc:gcvoa7aaq5jogdstiwblqo7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvlqxc3jol2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/wweek.com/post/3mvm4dr3g4c2t“It’s my hope,” he concluded, “that we can lower the temperature honestly a bit in these negotiations.” https://www.wweek.com/sports/2026/09/15/nba-commissioner-says-portland-losing-the-blazers-would-be-a-failure/16 Sep 2026 02:39 +0000at://did:plc:gcvoa7aaq5jogdstiwblqo7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvm4dr3g4c2thttps://bsky.app/profile/wweek.com/post/3mvlupdfl352yArtist Amy Ruhl’s ‘Other Worlds’ came out of her sci-fi book club. https://www.wweek.com/performance/2026/09/16/ursula-k-le-guin-reading-groups-and-woo-woo-promises-at-oregon-contemporary/16 Sep 2026 00:22 +0000at://did:plc:gcvoa7aaq5jogdstiwblqo7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvlupdfl352yhttps://bsky.app/profile/wweek.com/post/3mvluee5anm23The show features the work of 22 artists, a handful of whom asked to remain anonymous. https://www.wweek.com/arts/visual-arts/2026/09/15/leaving-the-fold-is-a-group-art-show-about-exiting-cults-and-high-demand-religions/16 Sep 2026 00:16 +0000at://did:plc:gcvoa7aaq5jogdstiwblqo7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvluee5anm23https://bsky.app/profile/wweek.com/post/3mvltlkosxu2gThe Japanese director’s 2008 animated film about a half-fish girl screens at Academy Theater on Sept. 18–24. https://www.wweek.com/arts/movies/2026/09/15/get-your-reps-in-ponyo-aka-miyazakis-take-on-the-little-mermaid/16 Sep 2026 00:02 +0000at://did:plc:gcvoa7aaq5jogdstiwblqo7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvltlkosxu2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/wweek.com/post/3mvltlgxase2gThe result is in line with an earlier poll, but the Republican’s 2-point lead is less than the margin of error. https://www.wweek.com/news/state/2026/09/15/new-poll-shows-drazan-with-slight-lead-in-governors-race/16 Sep 2026 00:02 +0000at://did:plc:gcvoa7aaq5jogdstiwblqo7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvltlgxase2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/wweek.com/post/3mvlt5msrw22yAlso: “Sexy After Dark” singer Joshua Ray Walker hits Mississippi Studios and Stoner-metal legends Sleep are at the Roseland. https://www.wweek.com/music/show-calendar/2026/09/15/shows-of-the-week-croz-boyce-is-big-on-david-crosby/15 Sep 2026 23:54 +0000at://did:plc:gcvoa7aaq5jogdstiwblqo7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvlt5msrw22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/wweek.com/post/3mvlst2lza42yLaugh at Geek Week, Jog the MLK Dream Run, and go to Portland Weird Fest. https://www.wweek.com/culture/2026/09/15/get-busy-what-to-do-in-portland-sept-1622-2026/15 Sep 2026 23:49 +0000at://did:plc:gcvoa7aaq5jogdstiwblqo7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvlst2lza42yhttps://bsky.app/profile/wweek.com/post/3mvlqxc3jol2gThe audit finds that PPS did not establish a sound business case to move bond program management from its in-house Office of School Modernization to Procedeo, the construction firm it engaged. It also finds the district overspent on its contract with Procedeo, and has overpaid the firm. https://www.wweek.com/news/schools/2026/09/15/external-auditor-finds-ppss-bond-program-is-at-heightened-risk-of-fraud/15 Sep 2026 23:15 +0000at://did:plc:gcvoa7aaq5jogdstiwblqo7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvlqxc3jol2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/wweek.com/post/3mvlky2serm23The $1.1 billion gift is one of the largest ever to a U.S. health care institution. Funding also will be routed to Providence’s cardiovascular program. https://www.wweek.com/news/health/2026/09/15/providence-st-vincent-will-build-womens-hospital-with-huge-new-donation-from-the-knights/15 Sep 2026 21:28 +0000at://did:plc:gcvoa7aaq5jogdstiwblqo7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvlky2serm23https://bsky.app/profile/wweek.com/post/3mvli6dixjy2kEvery home tells a story about the person who lives there. https://www.wweek.com/guides/2026/09/15/nester-magazine-2026-our-guide-to-making-a-home/15 Sep 2026 20:38 +0000at://did:plc:gcvoa7aaq5jogdstiwblqo7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvli6dixjy2khttps://bsky.app/profile/wweek.com/post/3mvlbjkfuhn2gThe Portland comedy scene mourns one of its own, postpones Kickstand Comedy event. https://www.wweek.com/arts/comedy/2026/09/15/comedian-nariko-ott-a-former-ww-funniest-five-dead-at-46/15 Sep 2026 18:39 +0000at://did:plc:gcvoa7aaq5jogdstiwblqo7s/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvlbjkfuhn2g