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Bookshelf

Portland Monthly’s Best Books of 2025

12/08/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

arts & crafts

The Old-School Japanese Printer Bringing Portland Artists Offline

12/23/2025 By Isabel Lemus Kristensen

At the Gallery

Christmas Special: The Gay Folk Art of Jeffry Mitchell

12/11/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

Profile

Ralph Pugay Is Troubling Paradise

11/13/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

Movies

Kristen Stewart’s Chronology of Water Captures the Book’s Emotional Force

12/15/2025 By Chase Hutchinson

Gimme Five

5 Portland Activist and Community Choirs to Know

12/01/2025 By Isabel Lemus Kristensen Illustrations by Dilek Baykara

Sing a Song

6 Very Different Karaoke Experiences Around Portland

Book a private room, share the spotlight with a stripper, or jam out with a real, live band.

12/26/2025 By Katherine Chew Hamilton and Margaret Seiler

arts & crafts

The Old-School Japanese Printer Bringing Portland Artists Offline

How an ’80s office printer called the Risograph became a zeitgeisty, analog tool for art prints.

12/23/2025 By Isabel Lemus Kristensen

Required Reading

Must-Visit Portland Indie Bookstores

Our list of more than 20 shops spotlighting the African diaspora and children’s books, sci-fi and fantasy, artist monographs, comics, and…yarn?

12/22/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

seeing things

Things to Do in Portland This Week, December 2025

Holcombe Waller's A Very George Michael Christmas, and other events in town.

12/18/2025 By Rebecca Jacobson

Nice Digs

Portland’s Best Record Stores

Where discophiles and vinyl collectors dig through crates and grab stereo equipment (and beers) across the city.

12/18/2025 By Jenni Moore

Movies

Kristen Stewart’s Chronology of Water Captures the Book’s Emotional Force

The Twilight star’s directorial debut stays true to Oregon author Lidia Yuknavitch’s intimate portrait of reclaimed agency.

12/15/2025 By Chase Hutchinson

At the Gallery

Christmas Special: The Gay Folk Art of Jeffry Mitchell

With a Tannenbaum and fireplace, the Portland artist leverages folk art’s autobiographical traces to celebrate queer home life.

12/11/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

seeing things

A Holiday Market of Glossies and Art Books

The Portland Art Book Fair, Little Women, and other events in town.

12/11/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

Bookshelf

Portland Monthly’s Best Books of 2025

Our favorite fiction and nonfiction, children’s books, cartoons, and comics of the year by Oregon authors.

12/08/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

seeing things

To Nutcracker or NOT-Cracker?

Two takes on the classic ballet, and other events in town.

12/04/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

Popular Content

    11 Must-See Holiday Light Displays in Portland and Beyond

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

    Must-Visit Portland Indie Bookstores

    The Old-School Japanese Printer Bringing Portland Artists Offline

    Where to Go Ice-Skating in Portland and Beyond

    Kristen Stewart’s Chronology of Water Captures the Book’s Emotional Force

at the gallery

At 50, Blue Sky Gallery Still Believes in Photography

Portland’s international photo gallery has been one of the art form’s biggest players since day one.

12/04/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

music preview

The Biggest Portland Concerts of Winter 2025–2026

Cardi B, Cat Power, Sudan Archives, Earl Sweatshirt, John Legend—and a Pink Martini New Year’s.

12/02/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

Gimme Five

5 Portland Activist and Community Choirs to Know

Instead of Christmas carols and religious hymns, these local groups sing to resist oppression and foster community.

12/01/2025 By Isabel Lemus Kristensen Illustrations by Dilek Baykara

Get Lit

11 Must-See Holiday Light Displays in Portland and Beyond

It's twinkle time. From Peacock Lane to Zoo Lights to dazzling shows across the state, here’s how to make the season extra bright.

11/25/2025 By Portland Monthly Staff

Seeing Things

Lisa Jarrett Weaves Personal History with Beauty (Literally)

Also: a director screening of Pee-wee as Himself, and other events in town.

11/20/2025 By Brooke Jackson-Glidden

seeing things

Portland Authors Present Norwegian Film Dreams at the Tomorrow Theater

Plus the history of Portland concert posters at Mint Gallery Records, and more.

11/13/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

Profile

Ralph Pugay Is Troubling Paradise

The Portland artist’s collages capture the fractured beauty of his own queer, immigrant experience.

11/13/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

Institutions

10 Must-Visit Museums in Portland

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

11/11/2025 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

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