Arts & Culture

Visual Art

Latest Schnitzer Museum Art Exhibit Works to Demystify Technology through Weaving

Weaving Data traces computer technology back to 19th-century looms, giving an entry point to the intimidating technology industry.

02/10/2023 By Matthew Trueherz

Broadway

Coming Soon to PDX: Sondheim, Six, Beetlejuice, Tina Turner, and More

Broadway in Portland announces its 2023/2024 season, featuring Company, Les Misérables, and the wives of Henry VIII reimagined as pop princesses.

02/03/2023 By Matthew Trueherz

Theater

Review: ‘Ms. Holmes and Ms. Watson–Apt. 2B’ at Portland Center Stage

Playwright Kate Hamill’s witty, relevant, gender-flipped, pandemic-set adaptation of Sherlock Holmes runs through February 12.

02/01/2023 By Isabel Lemus Kristensen

Events

The Portland Winter Light Festival Sets the City Aglow

Discover a 16-foot-tall robot, a glow-in-the-dark community mural, wood-burning sculptures, projection mapping, and more at this year’s nine-day festival.

01/25/2023 By Isabel Lemus Kristensen

Books

Catching Up with Oregon Book Award Finalist Emme Lund

Through her essays and fiction, the Portland author elucidates trans and queer narratives, fleshing out the experience of being othered.

01/24/2023 By Matthew Trueherz

Oregon Book Awards

Literary Arts Announces 2023 Oregon Book Award Finalists

The winners will be announced April 3 in a ceremony at the Armory.

01/24/2023 By Matthew Trueherz

True Crime

Lifetime Movie Brings Daniel Brophy Murder to the Small Screen

Cybill Shepherd and Steve Guttenberg star in the ripped-from-the-headlines made-for-TV movie about the murder of a local chef and culinary instructor.

01/13/2023 By Margaret Seiler

Gallery Openings

Lisa Congdon’s New Show Opens Friday at Chefas Projects

A concurrent group show, curated by Congdon, features 16 local and national artists.

01/12/2023 By Matthew Trueherz

Interview

Catching Up with Katie Harman, Oregon’s First (and Only) Miss America

Crowned right after September 11, 2001, the theater kid turned beauty queen recalls the ‘absolute chaos’ that follows winning a pageant.

12/30/2022 By Emily Chenoweth

Light a Fire 2022: Extraordinary Volunteer

This Arts Advocate Reminds Us There’s a Lot Happening in Rural Oregon

Baker City’s Ginger Savage helped steer millions in COVID relief funding to arts groups all over the state, not just to Willamette Valley heavy hitters.

12/29/2022 By Matthew Trueherz

Movers & Shakers

Perfect Party: Winter 2022

From Pinocchio to Ryan Reynolds, here’s who we’re inviting to the dinner table to warm us up this season.

12/21/2022 By Conner Reed

Music

Portland Monthly’s Essential Winter 2022 Playlist

Fire tunes from Portlanders old and new to keep the season warm.

12/20/2022 By Conner Reed

Q&A

Ripping the City with Amanda Mailey

The entrepreneur and Women Supporting Women founder dishes on the organizations she cosigns, her go-to spots, and her outlook on the future of Portland.

12/19/2022 By Dalila Brent