50 Things Every Portlander Must Do

50 Things Every Portlander Must Do Pick your own blueberries. (Check.) Forge for mushrooms. (Check.) Angle for trout. (Check.) Dig up some razor clams. (Check.) Congratulations! You’ve just earned your first achievement badge on the way to qualifying as a definitive denizen of our town. Now only ten more badges to go! Plus, a tribal battle over a casino at Cascade Locks, and a portrait of gallery owner Elizabeth Leach.

In this issue:

Arts & Culture

from the archive

Making a Scene

Gallery gal Elizabeth Leach has spent 25 years getting Portland’s art crowd up to speed.

02/13/2026 By Elizabeth Armstrong Moore

Eat & Drink

Post

Let it B

05/19/2009 By Sylvan Goldberg

FEAST

Czech Please!

Take comfort in the manifold charms of Central European cuisine.

05/19/2009 By Seth Lorinczi