Matthew Trueherz is the senior associate editor at Portland Monthly, where he oversees arts and culture coverage and writes criticism and reported stories on art and restaurants. Matthew has also written for Taste and Epicurious.

Civil War

Booksellers vs. Bookstore: Powell’s Books Staff Strikes

The war between staff and management at the beloved literary landmark plunges book lovers into anxiety. We investigated.

09/04/2023 By Matthew Trueherz

It's Madness

Why Are Portland Fall Arts Festivals So Unusual This Year?

This year's programming looks very different—yet the city is slated for its biggest arts autumn ever. We dove in to untangle the chaos.

08/25/2023 By Matthew Trueherz

Fashion

A Portland Boutique’s Surprising Strategy to Thrive Downtown

After years of moves and downtown upheaval, Frances May puts down permanent roots ahead of an incoming wave of luxury.

08/25/2023 By Matthew Trueherz

Cheat Sheet

Where to Go and What to See at the Converge 45 Biennial

Your guide to the free citywide arts biennial, with events across Portland.

08/23/2023 By Matthew Trueherz

Workshop

Studio Visit: Inside Peter Gronquist’s Geological Self-Portraits

The artist talks drawing automatons, introspection, and recording fleeting moments.

08/08/2023 By Matthew Trueherz

Activism

Definitely Do This Tuesday: The Ukrainian Folk Punk of DakhaBrakha

Activism meets music tonight at Revolution Hall.

08/08/2023 By Matthew Trueherz

Profile

Oregon Poet Laureate Anis Mojgani Is Rewriting the Role

How do you promote poetry during a pandemic? Ask Oregon’s youngest-ever poet laureate (by decades), who is reinventing the dusty title.

07/19/2023 By Matthew Trueherz Illustrations by Lars Leetaru

Music

The PoMo Essential Summer 2023 Playlist

Summer songs from Portlanders old and new, and even a tribute to the city itself, to spin this season on our Spotify playlist, brought to you by Portland Monthly.

06/14/2023 By Matthew Trueherz and Margaret Seiler

Coffee

The Definitive Guide to Portland’s Best Indie Coffee Shops

The revolutionary roasters and old-school cafes shaping Portland’s dynamic new coffee culture.

04/05/2023 By Jordan Michelman, Matthew Trueherz, Karen Brooks, Katherine Chew Hamilton, and Isabel Lemus Kristensen

Restaurant Review

Surviving Brunch at Jojo

Portland’s most proudly indulgent restaurant delves into the most punishing of meals.

04/03/2023 By Matthew Trueherz

Visual Art

A Texas Art Gallery Is Taking Over an Old Orchard Hardware

Hopscotch, Portland opens this summer in 23,000 square feet with bites from Top Chef’s Sara Hauman and an international cast of installation artists.

03/31/2023 By Matthew Trueherz

Silver Screen

A Movie About Movies Is Filming at One of Portland’s Oldest Cinemas

With sponsorship from PAM CUT and a cast featuring Carla Rossi, Genre Flick will shoot at the Clinton Street Theater in May.

03/30/2023 By Matthew Trueherz

Restaurant Review

No Saint Carves a Place among Portland’s Pizza Elite

The scrappy pop-up takes residence, with dinner-party charm and ridiculously light and bubbly pies.

03/23/2023 By Matthew Trueherz Photography by Thomas Teal

Taste Test

The Best Chocolate Chip-ish Cookies in Portland

From Toll House–inspired to smoky almond toffee to Ecuadoran bean-to-bar chocolate, we talked shop with some bakers and then tasted through the city’s best.

03/21/2023 By Matthew Trueherz Photography by Michael Novak

Music

Portland Monthly’s Essential Spring 2023 Playlist

Days are getting longer, bees are buzzing, Margo Cilker is crooning, and Yeat’s bars are flowing. Loves, good and bad, old and new, fill out our spring tunes.

03/20/2023 By Matthew Trueherz

Events

Some of Portland’s Biggest Spring 2023 Concerts and Events

An incomplete guide to Portland’s best cultural offerings this spring, including onetime locals Ari Shapiro and Yeat

03/15/2023 By Dalila Brent, Margaret Seiler, and Matthew Trueherz

Restaurant Openings

Reopening or Rebirth? What to Expect from Ava Gene’s After 3 Years Away

The famed Portland restaurant is reopening with new staff and corporate backing, and notably without its founding chef.

03/07/2023 By Matthew Trueherz

Profile

Pace Taylor’s Work Is About Slowing Down, But They’re Climbing the Art World Quickly

The artist’s work depicts intimate scenes of autistic and transgender narratives, but the emotions therein pull viewers of all identities.

03/07/2023 By Matthew Trueherz

Interview

Andy Shauf on His Latest Record, Cartoon God, Skimming Headlines, and Leaning into Pop Music

The Toronto-based singer-songwriter is playing Rev Hall March 7. Norm, Shauf explains from the road, holds a different kind of love song.

02/28/2023 By Matthew Trueherz

At the Gallery

Thoroughly Modern Surrealism with a Nod to Tolkien at Chefas Projects

Laura Burke’s still lifes play on outmoded motifs, twisting them with a magical bent. And there are cats.

02/24/2023 By Matthew Trueherz