Arts & Culture

Institutions

10 Must-Visit Museums in Portland

Museum-hopping without leaving city limits, from OMSI to the Zymoglyphic Museum.

8:30am By Conner Reed and Matthew Trueherz

Self-Care

6 Local Spas Where You Can Shake the Cold Weather Blues

A Hawaiian massage, a float tank, a wine-infused bath, and your choice of soaks and facials.

11/10/2025 By Isabel Lemus Kristensen and Portland Monthly Staff

Toe pick!

Where to Go Ice-Skating in Portland and Beyond

Total beginner? Wannabe Winterhawk? Aspiring Olympian? We have the rink for you.

11/10/2025 By Margaret Seiler

Pinball Wizard

Next Level Pinball Museum Is Oregon’s Finest Arcade

It's not just about the games—Next Level is a temple of pop culture and a nerdy parent's dream.

11/07/2025 By Jordan Michelman Photography by Michael Novak

Seeing Things

Things to Do in Portland This Week, November 2025

The Portland Book Festival, the Decemberists, and other events in town this week.

11/06/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

Hot Spots

The Best Saunas In and Around Portland

Bask in fir-scented steam, lounge near the hearth in a 200-degree cabin, or blast Mitski in your own private suite at one of these Portland spas.

11/05/2025 By Brooke Jackson-Glidden, Isabel Lemus Kristensen, and Allecia Vermillion

Seeing Things

Ursula K. Le Guin’s Worlds at Oregon Contemporary

A biographical exhibition curated by the author’s son, and other events this week.

10/30/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

Arts and Letters

Mother Foucault’s, the Lifeblood of Portland Literary Bohemia

“Hey, this is a real way to live,” says owner Craig Florence, who’s formalizing the community around his bookshop as a nonprofit.

10/29/2025 By Jaydra Johnson Photography by Michael Novak

Best of PDX

Your Quintessential Portland Bucket List: 50 Things to Do in Town

These are our city's can't-miss activities, whether you’ve lived here all your life or are just passing through.

10/27/2025 By Portland Monthly Staff

Bookshelf

Local Authors on the 2025 Portland Book Festival Lineup

Jonathan Hill, Emma Pattee, Leah Sottile, and Leni Zumas share who they’re looking forward to seeing at this year’s fest.

10/27/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

Seeing Things

With Barry Bostwick, Rocky Horror Takes Over the Schnitz

The Clinton Street Cabaret celebrates 50 years, and other events in town.

10/23/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

Book Review

Romance on the Basketball Court in Play You for It

The debut novel from sports journalist turned romance author Samantha Saldivar hops between Portland and Eugene.

10/22/2025 By Margaret Seiler

Costume Party

The Best Halloween Parties in Portland 2025

Summoning the dead? Looking for a risqué ball? Want to dance at Holocene? There’s a fright night party for you.

10/21/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

At the Museum

A Bike Path Now Runs Through the Portland Art Museum

PAM’s $111 million expansion is named for Mark Rothko instead of a benefactor and designed for Portlanders over tourists.

10/20/2025 By Matthew Trueherz Photography by Michael Novak

Things to Do

A Grimm Play for a Grim Period in History

A dystopian play of “The Twelve Dancing Princesses," and more events in town.

10/16/2025 By Isabel Lemus Kristensen

Movies

Oregon-Made Halloween Flicks to Watch This October

From a Disney Channel original to an ’80s Daryl Hannah slasher, these homegrown horror films will spruce up your spooky programming.

10/15/2025 By Conner Reed

Gimme Five

The 5 Ursula K. Le Guin Books You Need to Read, According to Her Son

While curating an exhibition of her life and work, Theo Downes-Le Guin shares his favorite books by Portland’s greatest author, a.k.a. his mom.

10/14/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

things to do

Tom Toro and Dracula Both Come to Town

Also: Louise Bourgeois and Isabelle Albuquerque at the Lumber Room.

10/09/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

Interview

Portland’s New Yorker Cartoonist on the Important Kind of Jokes

In a new book, Tom Toro collects 15 years of work for the magazine. Here, he talks about the role of cartoons in the present.

10/08/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

bookshelf

The Ursula K. Le Guin Cat Book You’ve Been Waiting For

A new collection gathers the late author’s poetry, sketches, and correspondence about her beloved feline companions.

10/08/2025 By Alex Frane

Portland Monthly

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