Arts & Culture

Concerts

McMenamins Has Launched a New Concert Series in Forest Grove

At last: shows for people who would like to be in bed by 10.

06/17/2022 By Conner Reed

Juneteenth

Here’s Where to Celebrate Juneteenth in Portland

From a parade to a bike ride to a Black book festival, here’s where to go and what to do to commemorate the holiday in the Rose City.

06/16/2022 By Dalila Brent and Conner Reed

Transformations

The Jupiter Hotel Is Ready for Its Next Act

For the past two years, the hotel had served as a quarantine space for COVID-positive people who were homeless. Now it's gotten a refresh and is ready for other hotel guests again.

06/16/2022 By Michelle Harris

Theater

Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble Is Transporting Chekhov to the Arctic

For the latest installment in its Chekhov project, the Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble heads north.

06/16/2022 By Conner Reed

Music

The 1985 Kate Bush Classic Resurrected by Stranger Things Is the Song of the Summer

Where in Portland have you heard “Running Up That Hill”?

06/15/2022 By Margaret Seiler and Conner Reed

Pride

Catching Up with Two of Portland’s Reigning Queer DJs

DJs Sappho and Silversound on Portland's queer nightlife and their most reliable pump-up tracks.

06/15/2022 By Shannon Daehnke

Visual Art

VIDEO: Portland Painter Arvie Smith Talks Racial Stereotype and Dialogue through Art

Vibrant colors and dark humor define the octogenarian painter’s work.

06/10/2022 With Monica Salazar & Rose Lee

Art

Portland Artist Creates ‘Neon Terror’ Image of Local Sports Figures

Neon Black Tiger’s love for sports brings a bright and scary approach to portraits and cards of Portland athletes.

06/10/2022 Edited by Dalila Brent

Dance

Northwest Dance Project's Latest Brings Little Women to Life

The company's summer premieres will include a Greta Gerwig-inspired ode to the Louisa May Alcott tale.

06/09/2022 By Conner Reed

Pride

Portland’s Pride Guide 2022

What’s new for the LGBTQ?

06/08/2022 Edited by Conner Reed Illustrations by Dorothy Siemens

Pride

The Queen’s Head and Rebel Rebel Are Keeping Old Town Queer

The new bars are ready to restore Old Town to its former queer glory.

06/08/2022 By Thom Hilton Photography by Thom Hilton

Pride

What Does the Future Look Like for Darcelle’s?

Checking in on the future of Old Town's standby drag club

06/08/2022 By Conner Reed

Pride

All-Ages Pride Events for Families and the Under-21 Crowd

Gay Skate at Oaks Park, the big party at Waterfront Park, and more!

06/08/2022 By Conner Reed Illustrations by Dorothy Siemens

Events

A Rundown of Portland’s Biggest Summer 2022 Concerts and Events

An incomplete guide to Portland’s best summertime cultural offerings

06/08/2022 By Conner Reed

Q&A

Ripping the City With Bimma Williams

The entrepreneur and podcaster dishes on his favorite Portland spots and the future of the city.

06/07/2022 Edited by Dalila Brent

Music

‘Backup Plan’ Pulls Dakota Theim's Music to the Present

The Portland singer/songwriter's infectious new single bridges his love of Harry Nilsson with contemporary bedroom pop.

06/03/2022 By Conner Reed

Theater

How Portland Center Stage Is Refreshing Rent

The iconic rock musical is stubbornly of its time. In a new production, Portland's largest theater company hopes to locate its contemporary resonances.

05/27/2022 By Conner Reed

Film

A New HBO Doc Chronicles a Pre-Roe Abortion Underground

The Janes, out June 8, shows how a group of young women in Chicago took health care into their own hands. Among those featured in the film? Portlander Judith Arcana.

05/27/2022 By Rebecca Jacobson

Events

6 Can't-Miss Speakers at TEDx Portland 2022

An anonymous poet, a Meow Wolf cofounder, a stripper-slash-writer, jazz drummer, and plenty of others will grace the Moda Center on May 28.

05/24/2022 By Conner Reed

Theater

A New Musical Brings a Lost History to the Portland Stage

Vanport the Musical opens at Northwest Children's Theater.

05/20/2022 By Shannon Daehnke