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==Culture== Media in Wilsonville consists of the 28 radio stations and 7 television stations broadcast in the Portland media market, regional newspapers such as ''[[The Oregonian]]'', and the local paper, the ''[[Wilsonville Spokesman]]''.<ref name=econ>{{cite web|url=http://www.orinfrastructure.org/profiles/Wilsonville/#communications|publisher=Infrastructure Finance Authority|title=Wilsonville Community Profile: Communications Resources|access-date=June 30, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100307170932/http://www.orinfrastructure.org/profiles/Wilsonville/#communications|archive-date=March 7, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> The ''Spokesman'' is published once a week on Wednesdays and has a circulation of 3,176.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.orenews.com/web/members/details.php?MemberID=90|title=Wilsonville Spokesman|publisher=Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association|access-date=June 2, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100516175717/http://www.orenews.com/web/members/details.php?MemberID=90|archive-date=May 16, 2010}}</ref> There was a single movie theater operated by [[Regal Cinemas]], operated from 1996 to 2023, which featured the first stadium style seating in the Northwest.<ref>{{cite news|title=Wilsonville theater fires up 9 screens|last=Amick|first=Steven|date=December 19, 1996|work=The Oregonian|page=C4}}</ref><ref name="Regal Wilsonville" /> [[File:Town Center Park, Wilsonville.jpg|thumb|left|Town Center Park picnic shelter]] [[Wilsonville Public Library]], founded in 1982, is a member of [[Library Information Network of Clackamas County]] and had an annual circulation of 493,000 in 2006 to 2007.<ref name=OSLstats/> The library is located adjacent to [[Wilsonville Memorial Park]], the largest and oldest of the city's 12 parks.<ref name=mempark/> Memorial Park includes a water feature, athletic fields, and the Stein-Boozier Barn used as meeting space, among other amenities.<ref name=mempark/> [[Town Center Park]] also has a water feature along with a visitor's center operated by the Clackamas County and the [[Oregon Korean War Memorial]]. Other parks in the city are River Fox Park, Park at Merryfield, Montebello Park, Hathaway Park, Courtside Park, Tranquil Park, Willamette River Water Treatment Plant Park, Willow Creek/Landover Park, Canyon Creek Park, and Boones Ferry Park located on the Willamette River at the landing for the defunct [[Boones Ferry]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.wilsonville.or.us/Index.aspx?page=172|title=Parks|publisher=City of Wilsonville|access-date=June 2, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609145203/http://www.ci.wilsonville.or.us/Index.aspx?page=172|archive-date=June 9, 2011}}</ref> The Wilsonville Community Center holds classes and community programs as well as community meeting space. Wilsonville holds an annual arts fair each May called the Wilsonville Festival of Arts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wilsonvillearts.org/|title=Wilsonville Arts & Culture Council|publisher=Wilsonville Arts & Culture Council|access-date=June 2, 2009|archive-date=June 15, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615060824/http://www.wilsonvillearts.org/|url-status=live}}</ref> Another annual event, Wilsonville Celebration Days, started in 2000 and replaced Boones Ferry Days.<ref name=boonesferrydays>{{cite news | last = Tims | first = Dana | title = Wilsonville's annual festival will leave past behind; Organizers aim to appeal to the interests of the 31-year-old city's many newcomers, many from out of state| work = The Oregonian | page =D2 | date = January 28, 2000 }}</ref> A [[farmers' market]] started in 2009 at the Villebois development, held on Thursdays from May into October.<ref>{{cite news|title=Metro South Neighbors: Villebois market gets its start this weekend|last=Ericson|first=Cathie|date=April 30, 2009|work=The Oregonian}}</ref> Charbonneau Golf Club is the only [[golf course]] in the city, with Langdon Farms and Sandelie just to the south and east respectively. Wilsonville also is along the Willamette Greenway series of open spaces and trails.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.portlandonline.com/PARKS/index.cfm?a=204509&c=44698|title=Willamette Greenway|work=Portland Parks & Recreation|publisher=City of Portland|access-date=June 2, 2009|archive-date=June 9, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609074007/http://www.portlandonline.com/PARKS/index.cfm?a=204509&c=44698|url-status=live}}</ref> Wilsonville is the setting for the 2008 film ''[[Wendy and Lucy]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bendsource.com/bend/dog-days-wendy-and-lucy-goes-existential-in-oregon/Content?oid=2133259|title=Dog Days: Wendy and Lucy goes existential in Oregon|last=Bookey|first=Mike|date=April 15, 2009|work=The Source Weekly|location=Bend, Oregon|access-date=June 30, 2013|archive-date=July 18, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718021726/http://www.bendsource.com/bend/dog-days-wendy-and-lucy-goes-existential-in-oregon/Content?oid=2133259|url-status=live}}</ref>
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