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The Fixers

Repairing Broken Objects to Mend a Broken System

Oregon’s Right to Repair bill, and the community organizers and fix-it shops fighting planned obsolescence.

07/27/2026 By Matthew Trueherz

Landmarks

Ursula K. Le Guin House Added to National Register of Historic Places

The legendary writer spent most of her adult life on NW Thurman.

07/24/2026 By Margaret Seiler

Training Wheels

Waymo Considers Portland as Portland Considers Waymo

As of today, the self-driving taxis are simply learning Portland’s streets. Then what?

07/23/2026 By Amelia Arvesen

Cheap Thrills

At Shirtzenpantz’s New Downtown Shop, Whimsy Rules

Affordable vintage and a giant throne of jeans in a former underwear store.

07/20/2026 By Brooke Jackson-Glidden

Q&A

Ripping the City with Meech Boakye

The artist on Portland’s creative pull, food as care, and a summer of foraging and abundance.

07/02/2026 By Dalila Brent

Love Letters

An Illustrated Ode to Sidewalk Joy

Rachael Harms Mahlandt’s sidewalk art installations and exchanges go way beyond a Little Free Library.

06/22/2026 Illustrations by Shay Mirk By Shay Mirk

Oscars of Food

Scotch Lodge and Nodoguro’s Ryan Roadhouse Win Big at James Beard Awards

Portlanders nab the titles of Outstanding Bar and Best Chef: Northwest and Pacific at the prestigious awards.

06/15/2026 By Margaret Seiler

Big Picture

When a 1905 Heat Wave Sent Swarms of Naked Boys into the Willamette

Can you blame them?

06/05/2026 By Rebecca Jacobson

From the Archive

Dude, Where’s My Accent?

From 2013, a linguist’s take on Portland English: ‘Why the California Vowel Shift may have us all by the tongue.’

05/27/2026 By Chris Lydgate

Superfan

Feeling Right at Home at Lombard House

It might be famous for its Philly fandom, but you don’t have to love the Eagles to be welcomed at this St. Johns bar.

05/07/2026 By Margaret Seiler

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    A Guide to Portland Run Clubs

    Four Portlanders Explain Why Gathering Matters

Tooting Our Horn

Portland Monthly Nominated for James Beard Media Award

The magazine is recognized in the Food Coverage in a General Interest Publication category.

05/06/2026 By Margaret Seiler

Design

Could a Waterfront Park Makeover Revitalize Portland?

Fifty years ago, the city demolished a freeway to build a riverside green space. Today, much of it often sits empty.

05/04/2026 By Brian Libby Illustrations by Michael Novak

Coming in Hot

The Fire’s Return Fans the Flames of Portland Women’s Basketball Culture

After a 20-year absence, the WNBA is back. This town’s women, trans, and nonbinary players have been hooping all along.

04/27/2026 By Lola Milholland Photography by Molly J. Smith

Arrivals

PDX Airport’s New Exits Mean a Shorter Walk

And no more fighting your way through the crowded terminal to get to baggage claim.

04/21/2026 By Margaret Seiler

PDX Index

How Franz Bakery Makes 1 Million Buns Every Day

Running the numbers on the Portland company, which got its start 120 years ago.

04/06/2026 By Rebecca Jacobson

Cobra Pose

A Portland Reptile Shop Strikes It Big with Snake Yoga

At Hisss, downward dog comes with a massage from a ball python.

03/30/2026 By Rebecca Jacobson

Dance Dance Revolution

How a Pandemic-Era Dance Party Grew Up

Now a full-blown pop-up festival, Tabor Dance remains as vital as ever.

03/23/2026 By Rebecca Jacobson

Blossoms

A Flower CSA Will Keep You in Local Blooms All Season Long

Skip the grocery store bouquets by signing up for a flower subscription from a Portland-area farm.

03/18/2026 By Rebecca Jacobson

Long Story Short

Fat Cyclist Marley Blonsky Won’t Leave You Behind

The All Bodies on Bikes cofounder wants to create a more welcoming, inclusive cycling world, one ride at a time.

03/16/2026 By Brooke Jackson-Glidden Photography by Molly J. Smith

from the archive

The Wet: Brian Doyle’s Rain Journal

From 2007, the celebrated Oregon author’s “Waterlogged notes from rainy seasons present and past.”

03/10/2026 By Brian Doyle

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