News & City Life

Community

Portland Action Agenda: Ways to Make a Difference, Feb 27–Mar 12

From DACA rallies to POWFest, photography exhibits to LGBTQ history tours, here's how to get engaged right now.

02/27/2017 By Portland Monthly Staff

Food News

Fire Devastates Beloved Portland Pork Shop Tails & Trotters

An intense electrical fire swept through the artisan butcher shop late Wednesday, February 22. Now, a coterie of PDX foodies mobilizes to help them (and neighbor Pie Spot) recover.

02/24/2017 By Ramona DeNies

Weather

How Portland's Horrid Winter Storms Brought Small Businesses Together

A lonely upside to repeated batterings from snow and ice.

02/23/2017 By Jason Buehrer

Public media

Portland Community Media Is Reborn as Open Signal

In its bright, newly renovated quarters, Open Signal offers public access to media equipment and education, with a focus on social impact.

02/23/2017 By Fiona McCann

Oregon Film

How Mississippi Records Inspired This Year’s Grand Jury Prize Winner at Sundance

The director of I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore talks Sundance, filming in Oregon, and having Janet Weiss as your location scout.

02/23/2017 By Jason Cohen

Flower Power

We Are So Ready for These Eight Spring Blooms

Crocuses to rhodies, life-affirming spring gorgeousness is about to own this town. Here's what to watch for, and when.

02/21/2017 By Jason Buehrer

Music

Meet Kevin Burke, Portland's Giant of Traditional Irish Music

For nearly 40 years, the fiddle player has called the Rose City home.

02/20/2017 By Stephen Phillips

Dance

With Fresh Talent and Energy, Oregon Ballet Theatre Makes a Big Leap

OBT was all but pronounced dead near the start of the decade. Now, very much alive, it forges ahead into a bold, ambitious future.

02/20/2017 By Fiona McCann Illustrations by Nick Iluzada

Profile

Male? Female? Jamie Shupe Battles for a Third Option.

Portlander Jamie Shupe is the first person in the US to be legally recognized as nonbinary.

02/20/2017 By Tuck Woodstock

The Shakedown

The Shakedown on Starbucks

Does the mermaid measure up?

02/20/2017 By Marty Patail

Long Story Short

Why Movie Madness Owner Mike Clark Doesn't Feel Threatened by Netflix

Belmont's beloved 26-year-old video store stocks the largest VHS and DVD rental collection in Oregon.

02/20/2017 By Jason Buehrer

Ventures

Bike Brand Chrome Industries Buckles Down in Portland

The cycling-accessory maker moves from San Francisco to the Rose City in April.

02/20/2017 By Zach Dundas

Menswear

After Designing for Jay Z, Kanye, and Pharrell, Christopher Bevans Goes Bigger

Athletics meets aesthetics in menswear label Dyne.

02/20/2017 By Eden Dawn

DIY

Can This Project Help Portland Makers Survive?

Kelley Roy's Industrial Grange aims to preserve light industrial space in the central city.

02/20/2017 By Jason Buehrer

Boom Service

Are Hotel Restaurants Cool Again?

From the Heathman to the Hilton, Portland hotel grub gets serious.

02/20/2017 By Kelly Clarke

Soccer

After a Rough 2016, the Portland Timbers Reboot

As the soccer team prepares for the new season, coach Caleb Porter reflects on both past and prologue.

02/20/2017 By Zach Dundas

History

Takin' It to the Streets: Portland's Protest History

From 1857 to now, which issues have galvanized our city?

02/20/2017 By Arlo Voorhees

Community

Portland Action Agenda: Ways to Make a Difference, Feb 20–Mar 5

From concerts benefiting the ACLU to happy-hour chats about democracy to an evening of stories about Planned Parenthood, here's how to get engaged right now.

02/20/2017 By Portland Monthly Staff

Community

Portland Action Agenda: Ways to Make a Difference, Feb 13–26

From marches on Salem to dance parties for Planned Parenthood to comedy fundraisers for Don't Shoot Portland, here's how to get engaged right now.

02/13/2017 By Portland Monthly Staff

Film

A Portland Filmmaker's Personal Cold War Connection

In 1964, a B-52 carrying nuclear bombs crashed 90 miles from Washington, DC. That's the subject of Buzz One Four, a new film by Matt McCormick—whose grandfather was the pilot.

02/09/2017 By Jason Buehrer

Portland Monthly

News & City Life

Portland Action Agenda: Ways to Make a Difference, Feb 27–Mar 12

Fire Devastates Beloved Portland Pork Shop Tails & Trotters

How Portland's Horrid Winter Storms Brought Small Businesses Together

Portland Community Media Is Reborn as Open Signal

How Mississippi Records Inspired This Year’s Grand Jury Prize Winner at Sundance

We Are So Ready for These Eight Spring Blooms

Meet Kevin Burke, Portland's Giant of Traditional Irish Music

With Fresh Talent and Energy, Oregon Ballet Theatre Makes a Big Leap

Male? Female? Jamie Shupe Battles for a Third Option.

The Shakedown on Starbucks

Popular Content

The Rise of Public Tabletop Role-Playing Games

Your Quintessential Portland Bucket List: 50 Things to Do in Town

The 25 Restaurants That Made Portland

Tonya Harding Is Back—on the Ice, and on the Silver Screen

Tonya Harding Is Back—on the Ice, and on the Silver Screen

A Brief History of That Whole PDX Airport Carpet Thing

Why Movie Madness Owner Mike Clark Doesn't Feel Threatened by Netflix

Bike Brand Chrome Industries Buckles Down in Portland

After Designing for Jay Z, Kanye, and Pharrell, Christopher Bevans Goes Bigger

Can This Project Help Portland Makers Survive?

Are Hotel Restaurants Cool Again?

After a Rough 2016, the Portland Timbers Reboot

Takin' It to the Streets: Portland's Protest History

Portland Action Agenda: Ways to Make a Difference, Feb 20–Mar 5

Portland Action Agenda: Ways to Make a Difference, Feb 13–26

A Portland Filmmaker's Personal Cold War Connection

Latest Issue

The 25 Restaurants that Made Portland