News & City Life

Soccer

Thorns and Timbers Took the Field Together in Ukraine-UNICEF Fundraiser

Roses, logs, a near mob on the pitch at the end: the at-times bizarre mixed match in a packed Providence Park raised $435,000 and counting.

04/28/2022 By Margaret Seiler

Elections

We Read the Voters' Pamphlet so You Don't Have to

Just kidding! You should read it too, but here are some highlights

04/26/2022 By Julia Silverman

Fun!

Portland Night Market Returns With Food, Performances, Stalls, and Crucially Libations Galore

The event in the Central Eastside Industrial District has free admission, and boasts in the region of 150 vendors.

04/22/2022 By Shannon Daehnke

Education

At Portland Public Schools, a Budget Debate Is Looming Large

The district says it costs more to run its schools than money at hand, and cuts need to be made. Not everyone is on board.

04/22/2022 By Julia Silverman

Coronavirus

COVID Cases Are Rising Again in Oregon. OHA’s Doctors Say You Shouldn’t Panic.

Thanks to vaccinations, natural immunity, and therapeutics, the health care system is in better shape this time around.

04/20/2022 By Julia Silverman

Soccer

Timbers and Thorns Will Play Together April 27 for Ukraine Fundraiser

For the PTFC for Peace match, Kelli Hubly and Diego Chara captain the blue team and Sebastián Blanco and Christine Sinclair, the yellow.

04/20/2022 By Margaret Seiler

Analysis

Oregon Primary Campaign Ads Take Over Your TV

We’ve got the lowdown on some of the prominent ads in rotation as gubernatorial candidates battle for primary wins.

04/19/2022 By Julia Silverman

Presidential Plans

What Should President Biden Do on His Portland Trip?

We’ve put together an itinerary for no. 46.

04/18/2022 By Portland Monthly Staff

Politics

It's a Non-Affiliated Voter's World Now—and They Can't Vote in It

The number of voters who aren't affiliated with a political party continue to swell in Oregon. But when it comes to the May 17 primary, they are out of luck.

04/13/2022 By Julia Silverman

COVID-19

Oregon's Digital Vaccine Card Delayed till End of April

The state is now hoping to launch the optional, voluntary, $2.25 million effort in late April.

04/07/2022 By Julia Silverman

Development

Big Ideas for 3 Prime Portland Parcels

Dreaming up the next chapter for Lloyd Center, Centennial Mills, and the US Post Office HQ

04/07/2022 By Karly Quadros

Real Estate 2022

In Portland, Your Real Estate Agent Might Just Have a Past

Local real estate professionals include a longtime TV news anchor, a former Timbers player, one of the Dandy Warhols, and more.

04/06/2022 By Julia Silverman

Bar Openings

Watching Women’s Sports Is Hard. The Sports Bra Makes It Easier.

Jenny Nguyen’s new sports bar on NE Broadway is open, with smash burgers, tots, framed Thorns and Power and UO Ionescu jerseys, and TV screens dedicated to women’s games.

04/01/2022 By Margaret Seiler

Affordable Housing

A New Life for the Century-Old Anna Mann House in Kerns

Turns out, affordable housing and historic preservation can coexist.

03/30/2022 By Karly Quadros

Feature

Inside the Search for Hundreds of Portland’s Missing Students

When school buildings reopened in September, hundreds of students who should have been there never came back. A small team of Portland Public Schools employees is on their trail.

03/29/2022 By Julia Silverman Photography by NASHCO PHOTO

Editor’s Note

From the Editor: A New Season Blooms in the City

Spring is the perennial Portland promise.

03/28/2022 By Fiona McCann

Q&A

Jackpot! Recording Studios’ Larry Crane on Portland’s Music Scene, Past and Present

‘One person can walk in the room and make the record completely different, and that’s you.’

03/25/2022 By Conner Reed

Long Story Short

Meet Portland’s Most Beloved Bookseller

Earl Dizon, of Green Bean Books, has gained a following for solid recommendations, a sunny attitude, and a worldview that’s committed to the written word.

03/24/2022 By Fiona McCann

Q & A

7 Questions for the Next Head of the Joint Office of Homeless Services

Shannon Singleton on why she said yes to one of the hardest jobs in town.

03/23/2022 By Julia Silverman

Music

50 Oregon Albums That Define Our State

From Elliott Smith to Emancipator, Cool Nutz to Quasi, we’re running down the Beaver State’s most essential LPs.

03/23/2022 Edited by Conner Reed By Conner Reed, Gabriel Granillo, Karly Quadros, Katherine Chew Hamilton, Margaret Seiler, and Fiona McCann

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