Dead Air

Musicians Loved PCC’s Sonic Arts Program. The College Killed It Anyway.

As enrollment dwindles and federal decisions loom, community colleges are axing programs to cut costs.

09/08/2025 By Karly Quadros

Real Estate

Portland Real Estate Guide 2022

A look at the numbers on home sales from Arbor Lodge to Argay, Bridlemile to Buckman, Laurelhurst to Lents, Canby to Camas, plus the skinny on the market from local real estate agents and a check-in on some big Portland projects

05/16/2022 Edited by Julia Silverman By Melissa Dalton, Cami Hughes, Fiona McCann, Karly Quadros, Conner Reed, and Margaret Seiler

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

Q&A

Portland Author Chelsea Bieker Returns with a New Short Story Collection

The Oregon Book Award–nominated writer's latest book hits shelves April 5.

04/04/2022 By Karly Quadros

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

Home

Vintage Furniture Gets a Pendleton-Style Upgrade

Portlander Amanda McLeod gives elegant and funky midcentury designs a second life.

03/29/2022 By Karly Quadros

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

Real Estate

8 Portland Suburbs With the Biggest Home Price Increases Last Year

Prepare for some sticker shock

02/22/2022 By Karly Quadros

Rentals

Rent Crawl: 4 Great Spaces at the Base of Mount Tabor

We scour apartment listings so you don’t have to.

02/18/2022 By Karly Quadros

Holidays

Valentine’s Day Date Ideas from 5 Local Experts

Chefs, designers, tastemakers and more give us the skinny on V-Day in Rose City

02/10/2022 By Karly Quadros and Shannon Daehnke

Events

10 Ways to Celebrate Black History Month in Portland

Film festivals, art shows, a Black Panthers retrospective, and more fill the Rose City's calendar this year. Here's what we have our eyes on.

02/08/2022 By Karly Quadros, Conner Reed, and Shannon Daehnke

Real Estate

Rent Crawl: 5 Places in Southwest Portland

We scour rental listings so you don't have to.

02/04/2022 By Karly Quadros

Q&A

What to Know About Counting Portland's Houseless Population

The biannual tally helps secure state and federal dollars for homeless services. One outreach worker takes us through the process.

02/01/2022 By Karly Quadros

Video

The Portland Winter Light Festival Is Back

For eight days—up from last year's two—a slew of installations are lighting up the Rose City.

01/27/2022 By Karly Quadros With Monica Salazar and Rose Lee

Hiking

Skip the Snow with These 6 Winter Hikes

Leave your snowshoes at home with hikes at Forest Park’s Wildwood Trail, the Coast Range's Kentucky Falls, the Gorge's Cape Horn, and more.

01/22/2022 By Karly Quadros

Real Estate

Rent Crawl: 4 North Portland Pads

We scour rental listings so you don’t have to.

01/20/2022 By Karly Quadros

Community Service

Where to Help Out This MLK Day

Ideas for a day of service

01/14/2022 By Karly Quadros

Film

A New Documentary Traces MLK's Legacy in Portland

Keep Alive the Dream will premiere at the Hollywood Theatre on January 17.

01/14/2022 By Karly Quadros

Health

Portland Blood Banks Are Running Out of Blood

And they're asking for donors to step up.

01/06/2022 By Karly Quadros

Books

The Best Oregon Books of 2021

From crying in H Mart to folding paper stars to tracking tigers in Japan-occupied Korea, these Beaver State books took us places we were more than happy to go.

12/31/2021 By Fiona McCann, Conner Reed, and Karly Quadros