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Chris Young

Chris Young

Chris Young is a contributor to Willamette Week.

Friends of Noise’s New All-Ages Venue Opens Next Month
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Friends of Noise’s New All-Ages Venue Opens Next Month

The Off Beat will start a new era for the building that housed the landmark Kenton strip club Dancin’ Bare.

By Chris YoungOctober 14, 2025 at 4:19 pm PDT

Brent Knopf and Patti King Float in the ’80s With Their Synthy Duo Port Velvet
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Brent Knopf and Patti King Float in the ’80s With Their Synthy Duo Port Velvet

“There was an uncanny locus from whatever was in the water in 1983.”

By Chris YoungAugust 26, 2025 at 4:18 pm PDT
OSU Robotics Professor Jonathan Hurst Helped Create a $2.5 Billion Company That Makes Humanoid Robots With AI Intelligence

OSU Robotics Professor Jonathan Hurst Helped Create a $2.5 Billion Company That Makes Humanoid Robots With AI Intelligence


An Oregon Health Insurer Outsourced Its Work to Silicon Valley. The Transition Has Not Gone Well.

An Oregon Health Insurer Outsourced Its Work to Silicon Valley. The Transition Has Not Gone Well.


Public Pressure on Home Forward Ramps Up

Public Pressure on Home Forward Ramps Up


Murmurs: It’s Hard to Find a Doc in Portland

Murmurs: It’s Hard to Find a Doc in Portland


The Pets Issue

The Pets Issue


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