Arts & Culture

Song of the Week

Song of the Week: ‘What, Me Worry?’ by Portugal. The Man

The driving, tongue-in-cheek anthem is the first new, solo material we've heard from the Lords of Portland in roughly four years.

02/11/2022 By Conner Reed

Valentine's Day

Build-a-Bear’s Adult V-Day Collection, Ranked by How Much I Want to Date Each Character

Pawlette just has a vibe.

02/10/2022 By Conner Reed

Holidays

Valentine’s Day Date Ideas from 5 Local Experts

Chefs, designers, tastemakers and more give us the skinny on V-Day in Rose City

02/10/2022 By Karly Quadros and Shannon Daehnke

Events

10 Ways to Celebrate Black History Month in Portland

Film festivals, art shows, a Black Panthers retrospective, and more fill the Rose City's calendar this year. Here's what we have our eyes on.

02/08/2022 By Karly Quadros, Conner Reed, and Shannon Daehnke

Performance

Heart of Stone Mines Uyghur History for Universal Truths

The piece, which premiered in part at the 2022 Fertile Ground festival, blends dance and theater and takes inspiration from director/choreographer Alisher Khasanov's own life.

02/07/2022 By Shannon Daehnke

News

A Kids Company About Pulls Podcasts from Spotify

The Portland-born media company announced the move on February 4.

02/04/2022 By Conner Reed

Film

NW Film Center Announces 2022 Cinema Unbound Award Honorees

Carrie Brownstein and Shirin Neshat join five other filmmakers and artists in this year's lineup.

02/02/2022 By Conner Reed

Makers

How a Luthier from Uzbekistan Makes Some of Portland's Most Beloved Guitars

Luthier Peter Tsiorba on making music from trees, a 16th-century lute, and a Portland guitar that changed everything.

01/31/2022 By Gabriel Granillo

In Memoriam

Oregon-Born Actor Howard Hesseman Dies at 81

A very brief run with the University of Oregon’s theater department set the Lebanon-born, Silverton-raised college student on a new course.

01/31/2022 By Margaret Seiler

Music

Song of the Week: ‘Twilight’ by Ruth Radelet

The Chromatics vocalist covers the crushing Elliott Smith cut for Kill Rock Stars’ 30th anniversary

01/28/2022 By Conner Reed

Festivals

5 Things to Check Out at the 2022 Fertile Ground Festival

This year’s virtual performance fest will bring 38 new works to our screens. Here’s what we’re looking forward to.

01/27/2022 By Conner Reed

Video

The Portland Winter Light Festival Is Back

For eight days—up from last year's two—a slew of installations are lighting up the Rose City.

01/27/2022 By Karly Quadros With Monica Salazar and Rose Lee

Film

The First Teaser for Guillermo del Toro’s Portland-Made Pinocchio Is Here

Ewan McGregor voices a mustache-clad cricket in the brief, beguiling clip from the forthcoming stop-motion feature.

01/24/2022 By Conner Reed

Music

Song of the Week: ‘Nuestro Amor’ by Sávila

The Portland three-piece casts a gossamer spell in this cut from last summer's Mayahuel EP.

01/21/2022 By Conner Reed

Pop Culture Deep Dive

What We Talk About When We Talk About Hanya

The author of A Little Life has just published her third novel. It’s not very good, but that’s hardly the end of it.

01/20/2022 By Conner Reed

Music

Song of the Week: ‘Sundown, Sundown’ by Federale

A sweeping, satisfying cover of Lee Hazelwood and Nancy Sinatra

01/14/2022 By Conner Reed

Film

A New Documentary Traces MLK's Legacy in Portland

Keep Alive the Dream will premiere at the Hollywood Theatre on January 17.

01/14/2022 By Karly Quadros

Arts News

Will Omicron Set Portland’s Arts Venues Back to Spring 2020?

Canceled performances, postponed productions, ever-evolving protocols: how live events are weathering the latest COVID surge.

01/12/2022 By Conner Reed

Music

Song of the Week: ‘Night Things...’ by M A N E

Slippery weirdo-pop of the highest order

01/07/2022 By Conner Reed

Pop Culture Deep Dive

2021 Was the Year of Millennial Ambivalence

Lorde’s Solar Power and Sally Rooney's Beautiful World, Where Are You are polarizing explorations of a major 2021 theme: processing devastation by turning away from absolutes.

12/31/2021 By Conner Reed

Portland Monthly

Arts & Culture

Song of the Week: ‘What, Me Worry?’ by Portugal. The Man

Build-a-Bear’s Adult V-Day Collection, Ranked by How Much I Want to Date Each Character

Valentine’s Day Date Ideas from 5 Local Experts

10 Ways to Celebrate Black History Month in Portland

Heart of Stone Mines Uyghur History for Universal Truths

A Kids Company About Pulls Podcasts from Spotify

NW Film Center Announces 2022 Cinema Unbound Award Honorees

How a Luthier from Uzbekistan Makes Some of Portland's Most Beloved Guitars

Oregon-Born Actor Howard Hesseman Dies at 81

Song of the Week: ‘Twilight’ by Ruth Radelet

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