Arts & Culture

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

Literary Road Trip

New Mural in Clatskanie Celebrates Writer Raymond Carver

A free festival this weekend shows off the mural, which is nearly complete, and includes a poetry contest and Birdman screening.

05/20/2022 By Margaret Seiler

Comedy

Girl God Brings Surreal, Frenetic Comedy to Portland

Grace Freud and April Clark will come to town for a May 21 date at the Old Church Concert Hall.

05/17/2022 By Conner Reed

Nightlife

Portland Is Dancing Again

A combination of roving dance nights, new venues, and pandemic fever has pushed Portlanders back out to the clubs.

05/16/2022 By Conner Reed

Long Story Short

This Portland Quilter Has Become a TikTok Sensation

Chris Marchini’s modern quilts and bright persona have made him a hit with online crafters.

05/13/2022 By Fiona McCann

Theater Review

Profile Theatre's Appropriate Sees the Forest, the Trees, and a Whole Lot More

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' sharp, lacerating family drama shines in the hands of director Jerry Ruiz and a game cast.

05/11/2022 By Conner Reed

Baseball

Gaming Out the Brine Lives of Baseball Mascot Dillon T. Pickle

We imagine the next steps for Portland’s favorite seven-foot gherkin.

05/10/2022 By Dalila Brent

Visual Art

BanksyLand Is a Worthy (But Expensive) Intro to the Reclusive Street Artist

The traveling exhibition will run in Portland through May 8 before making its way around the country.

05/04/2022 By Shannon Daehnke

Pop Culture Deep Dive

Electra Heart 10 Years Later

Revisiting one of Tumblr-pop's most indefatigable outputs on its tin anniversary.

04/29/2022 By Conner Reed

Poetry

How Oregon's Poet Laureate Launched a Poem Hotline

Anis Mojgani's project features a poem a day from himself and his predecessors.

04/28/2022 By Conner Reed

Books

These Are the Winners of the 2022 Oregon Book Awards

Omar El Akkad, Dao Strom, Cynthia Whitcomb, and four others walked home with prizes on April 25.

04/26/2022 By Conner Reed

Film

Cinema 21 Is Popping Off with Limited-Engagement Flicks This Month

A hard-to-find Tilda title, queer Austrian favorite, and newly restored David Lynch rarity are all hitting the Northwest Portland theater in April.

04/22/2022 By Conner Reed

Visual Art

Rick Silva’s Peaking Makes a Stunning Visual Map of Our Overwhelming Age

The Eugene artist's new video installation is on view at Oregon Contemporary through June 26.

04/20/2022 By Conner Reed