things to do

Jon Raymond’s ‘God and Sex’

Also: a new Jeff Buckley doc, and other things to do in Portland this week.

08/14/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

things to do

What, Exactly, Will Happen to Portland When the Big One Hits?

Also: Jim Henson’s Labyrinth: In Concert, and other things to do in Portland this week.

03/27/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

Book Review

You’re Safe Here, A Sci-Fi Novel Set In 2060, Reads Eerily Current

Author of the popular Substack newsletter Morning Person, Leslie Stephens takes aim at the wellness industrial complex in her debut novel.

06/27/2024 By Matthew Trueherz

Books

Catching Up with Oregon Book Award Finalist Emme Lund

Through her essays and fiction, the Portland author elucidates trans and queer narratives, fleshing out the experience of being othered.

01/24/2023 By Matthew Trueherz

Pomo Picks

What to Read, Watch, and Listen to to Take Your Mind off the Apocalypse: Week of April 8

The Portland Monthly team shares the non-pandemic content keeping us sane this week.

04/08/2020 By Portland Monthly Staff

Profile

Author Mitchell S. Jackson Is a Blistering, Lyrical Voice of Our Time

For proof, read the Portland-raised writer's staggeringly smart new book, Survival Math.

02/26/2019 By Fiona McCann

The Essentials

11 Things to See and Do in Portland: November 2018

Tom Hanks and Abbi Jacobson come to town, Tank and the Bangas play the Roseland, and the Oregon Symphony mashes up Tchaikovsky and Drake.

10/17/2018 By Rebecca Jacobson and Fiona McCann

Books & Talks

Women's Rage Is Transforming America, Says Rebecca Traister

In her new book, Good and Mad, the journalist argues that female fury is exactly what our country needs right now.

10/02/2018 By Rebecca Jacobson

The Essentials

13 Things to See and Do in Portland: June 2018

Pop star Frankie Simone drops her debut EP, Soweto Kinch plays genre-crossing jazz, and Masha Gessen talks straight about Trump and Putin.

05/22/2018 By Rebecca Jacobson and Fiona McCann

READ 'EM AND EAT

Hot Cookbook Events in November

From the Pollan Family cookbook to a guide to cooking with non-wheat grains, Portland will draw some serious culinary talent in the coming weeks.

10/27/2014 By Anna Loh