Arts & Culture

Read 'Em and Eat

Dishing Up the Dirt with Hood River Farmer and Blogger Andrea Bemis

Score a recipe for spring harvest pizza from this CSA-inspired cookbook.

03/17/2017 By Tuck Woodstock

VISUAL ART

Don't Fear the Art: A New 'Passport' Beckons First-Timers to Portland Galleries

No, you don't have to be rich. Or an expert. Go ahead. Step inside.

03/16/2017 By Lauren Kershner

PoMo Picks

Top Things to Do This Weekend: Mar 16–19

What's on deck? The masterminds behind Serial, Japandroids, Indian dance, a variety show co-produced by a cannabis company, Indigo Girls, and a feminist Wikipedia edit-a-thon. That's what.

03/16/2017 By Rebecca Jacobson and Lauren Kershner

Q&A

Project Runway's Michelle Lesniak Brings Her Sexy Style to Carmen

The award-winning local designer teams up with NW Dance project to update the classic story of passion and murder.

03/14/2017 By Eden Dawn

Food Science

Alton Brown Brings His Onstage Culinary Wizardry to Portland

An actual, factual food-science celebrity—what a time to be alive.

03/09/2017 By Jason Buehrer

Comedy

John Cleese Wants Your Crankiest Questions

The Monty Python veteran says Portlanders are smart. When he swings through town on March 15, he hopes we've also got sass.

03/09/2017 By Ramona DeNies

Independent TV

XRAY.fm Comes to a Television Near You

Portland's indie radio station launches XRAY TV on March 11, promising original series and footage curated by local artists.

03/09/2017 By Fiona McCann

PoMo Picks

Top Things to Do This Weekend: Mar 9–12

From classical guitar to Brazilian street dance, papier-mâché puppets to summer camp for grown-ups, the weekend is ready for action.

03/09/2017 By Rebecca Jacobson and Lauren Kershner

International Women’s Day

Here’s What Happens When Women Go on Strike

Portland Monthly’s editorial staff is 69 percent women.

03/08/2017 By Portland Monthly Staff

Poetry

Morgan Parker Turns Beyoncé and Gin-Soaked Olives into Electric Poetry

The New Yorker hits Portland with her new book, There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé.

03/07/2017 By Rebecca Jacobson

Steals & Deals

Grimm Is Selling All of Its Weird Props and Monster Costumes

The production team behind the now-canceled TV show will hawk six years' worth of props in one massive sale.

03/06/2017 By Eden Dawn

Film

A New Movie Brings Portland’s Star Burlesque Performers to the Big Screen

Burlesque: Heart of the Glitter Tribe comes—fully sequined—to town. Director Jon Manning talks feminism, filmmaking, and a cure for loneliness.

03/02/2017 By Fiona McCann

PoMo Picks

Top Things to Do This Weekend: Mar 2–5

Circus performers flip omelets onstage, POWFest turns 10, Jens Lekman hits Revolution Hall, Third Angle performs a string quartet in total darkness, and Matilda: The Musical swings (literally) through the Keller. Hello there, March.

03/02/2017 By Rebecca Jacobson and Lauren Kershner