Arts & Culture

Performing Arts

Portland Theater and Dance Shows to Catch This Fall and Winter

On and off Broadway, the upcoming season promises holiday camp, cupcakes, election dramaturgy, and a Harlem braid shop.

10/04/2024 By Matthew Trueherz

TBA

The Time-Based Art Festival Is 21. How’s It Looking?

Our editors recap PICA’s beloved festival, with all its glistening torsos, humor and rage, and lightsabers and tassels.

10/04/2024 By Matthew Trueherz and Rebecca Jacobson

Cinema

Where to Watch Horror Movies on the Big Screen in Portland This Halloween

The city’s classic theaters are ready to bring a chill to your October.

10/02/2024 By Conner Reed and Matthew Trueherz

Stage Fright

Live Nation and AEG Are Racing to Build Portland’s First ‘Small Arenas’

The world’s two largest music presenters partnered with local groups to open the city’s first midsize venues. Is there room for both?

09/30/2024 By Sam Pape Illustrations by Matthew Billington

Photobook

Protest City Photographer Rian Dundon’s Next Project Is a Quieter Ride

Post-divorce and post-COVID, the intimate photos in Dundon’s Passenger distill Portland’s normalized strife.

09/25/2024 By Matthew Trueherz Photography by Rian Dundon

Booktopia

With New HQ, the City’s Literary Heart (Finally) Finds a Permanent Physical Form

Literary Arts’ expansive Southeast building will house a bookstore, café and bar, and all-ages community resources.

09/18/2024 By Matthew Trueherz

Q&A

Mostly True Stories: Chelsea Bieker on Her Novel ‘Madwoman’

“I wanted to write this zany book about motherhood and wellness powders,” she says. “And then it turned into this much deeper thing.”

09/17/2024 By Matthew Trueherz

Author Events

Portland Book Festival Announces 2024 Lineup

Richard Powers, Renée Watson, Ani DiFranco, and Danez Smith are among this year’s 80+ authors.

09/12/2024 By Matthew Trueherz

Picture Book

Carson Ellis Finds Her Past in an Old Portland Warehouse

New paintings illustrate a 20-year-old diary in the artist’s latest book, recounting her first week in town, falling in love, and reading Dylan Thomas aloud.

09/10/2024 By Matthew Trueherz

Q&A

Oh, Rose’s Olivia Rose Has a Lot of Problems Still

Living in Olympia while the rest of her band lives in Portland isn’t one of them.

09/09/2024 By Brooke Jackson-Glidden

Music Preview

The Biggest Portland Concerts of Fall 2024

Winter is on the way, but so is Billie Eilish.

09/06/2024 By Matthew Trueherz

Festival Preview

The 2024 Time-Based Art Festival Revives the Party

If PICA’s annual extravaganza has a theme in 2024, it’s resurrecting the buzzy energy that’s escaped the fest in recent years.

08/30/2024 By Matthew Trueherz

Q&A

Portland-Raised TikTok Comic EJ Marcus Comes Home

Known for his impressions of a “cool LA dad” and “your mom’s friend with random political beliefs,” the LA-based comic will conjure his Portland childhood at Mississippi Studios.

08/29/2024 By Brooke Jackson-Glidden

Action!

A Tasteful Adaptation: What Goes into a Movie-Themed Dinner?

Performance art to parties, Sopranos- and Twin Peaks–inspired meals aren’t just for kicks.

08/28/2024 By Matthew Trueherz

Hotel, Motel

Roots of a Scene: The Jupiter’s 20 Years on East Burnside

Blitzen Trapper will headline the hotel’s birthday block party celebrating its decades as a cultural touchstone.

08/22/2024 By Matthew Trueherz

RCCC

6 Can’t-Miss Events at Rose City Comic Con 2024

Our schedule: cosplay catwalk, chatting with the Our Flag Means Death cast, and celebrating 30 years of Hellboy with creator Mike Mignola.

08/20/2024 By Alex Frane

Lingua Franca

Portland Artist Sidony O’Neal Mines Math and Art for Connective Tissue

What can mathematical proofs, linguistics, and swimming pool ladders teach us about each other?

08/13/2024 Photography by Jason Hill By Matthew Trueherz

Retreat Yourself

You Deserve a DIY Creative Retreat

Regardless of whether you call yourself an artist, a quick getaway offers both respite and play.

08/06/2024 By Erica Berry Illustrations by Mark Wang

Memoir

Breaking Bread and Capitalism with Lola Milholland

The Umi Organic founder’s memoir challenges the nuclear family model with food.

08/01/2024 Photography by Jason Hill By Matthew Trueherz

At the Museum

The Portland Art Museum Is Having a Very French Summer

At the center of four shows is a traveling exhibit of fan-favorite Impressionist paintings. There are plenty of dots to connect, Monet to Bonnard.

07/31/2024 By Matthew Trueherz