Arts & Culture

The Complete Guide to Portland's Holiday Shows

The lights are up, the trees are out, and the holiday arts are running all December long. Help plan your month with our list of the best events from the classics to the quirky—and everything in between.

12/04/2014 By Portland Monthly Staff and Matthew Schonfeld

Top Things to Do This Weekend: Dec 4–7

Ring in the season with our Holiday Guide! Also: warm toast to Rufus Wainwright, Rubber Chickens, the ticklings of Andre Watts, and very Late Nights with Alex Falcone.

12/04/2014 By Portland Monthly Staff

TELEVISION

Jerry Seinfeld and Fred Armisen Grab Coffee in Portland

The Portland episode of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee premiered today. It's awkward, it's funny, and it's worth a watch.

12/04/2014 By Marty Patail

SLIDE SHOW SNEAK PEAK

Tender Loving Empire Opens New Hawthorne Store and Launches Innovative E-Commerce Site

Big growth for the local record label/store/e-commerce maven, including a new store, new office, new Christmas compilation, and a new online sales site with a charity twist. The opening celebration featuring local musicians is December 4.

12/03/2014 By Nathan Tucker

DANCE

A Collage of Young Movers Wants to Bring Dance to a Millennial Audience

The new dance company Elevate invited 11 choreographers to each make a work based on a distinct human emotion for an immersive performance. Dec 4, 6, and 7.

12/03/2014 By Matthew Schonfeld

Slideshow

Slide Show: Tender Loving Empire's New Hawthorne Store

12/03/2014

TELEVISION

New Portland TV Show Starring Rainn Wilson Slated for January 22

Fox announced that its new darkly comic police procedural set in Portland and starring 'The Office' actor will air after American Idol on Jan 22.

12/03/2014 By Aaron Scott and Peter Holmstrom

BOOKS & TALKS

Insider Secrets on The Princess Bride as Told to Us by Westley Himself

Iconic actor Cary Elwes tells us insider secrets about what it was like making one of the most beloved films of all time. Hear from Elwes yourself at his upcoming Dec. 17 reading from his new book, 'As You Wish'.

12/02/2014 By Eden Dawn and Margaret Seiler

THEATER REVIEW

Artists Rep’s ‘Blithe Spirit’ Haunts the Holidays with Humor

The Noël Coward classic about a remarried man who accidentally summons the ghost of his manipulative first wife offers a comedic alternative to Scrooges and elves. Thru Jan 4

12/02/2014 By Nathan Tucker

WINTER BUCKET LIST

50 Things Every Portlander Must Do This Winter

However you want to play it, Portland winter is a wonderland.

12/01/2014

SHOPPING LIST

Gift Guide: 5 Intellectual Books for Your Bibliophile Bestie

Dark mahogany, spindly chairs, and a cell-phone-free zone make Mother Foucault’s Bookshop on SE Morrison Street a heady hub for global literature and philosophy. Owner Craig Florence picks his favorites to stoke the intellectual Yule fire.

12/01/2014 By Kate Goodling

DISPATCH

Leveraging the Success of 'Leverage' for Future Portland-Based TV Hits

The crew behind the TNT hit reunites to tell new tales of the weird with 'The Librarians.' Debuts Dec 7

12/01/2014 By Jonathan Frochtzwajg

WINTER BUCKET LIST

How to Hibernate Like a True Portlander

From oddball home deliveries to streaming videos and board games, we've got plenty of reasons to pray for a snow day.

12/01/2014 By Aaron Scott, Allison Jones, Win Goodbody, and Sarah Ostaszewski Edited by Kelly Clarke

WINTER BUCKET LIST

This Winter, Become a Smarter, Craftier, Better Person

Put that winter weekend to good use with a class that will help you level up your life.

12/01/2014 By Margaret Seiler and Marty Patail Illustrations by Matty Newton

WINTER BUCKET LIST

16 Ways to Keep Yourself (and Your Guests) Entertained This Winter

Our guide to Portland's best seasonal shows, winter sports, holiday lights, and after-hours fun

12/01/2014 By Zach Dundas, Aaron Scott, Kelly Clarke, and Marty Patail

Top Things to Do This Weekend: Nov 26-Nov 30

Take a break from turkey leftovers to sing along to Abba hits with Mamma Mia!, start an indie-folk dance-party at Horse Feathers' record release show, or take in the tree lighting and Macy's Parade.

11/26/2014 With Portland Monthly Staff

POMO PICKS

Choose Your Own Holiday Arts Adventure

Christmas classic or a sardonic winter satire? Portland's stages have something for everybody, and we'll help you find it with our Christmas Decision Tree.

11/26/2014 By Aaron Scott