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.

Broadway

Coming Soon to PDX: Sondheim, Six, Beetlejuice, Tina Turner, and More

Broadway in Portland announces its 2023/2024 season, featuring Company, Les Misérables, and the wives of Henry VIII reimagined as pop princesses.

02/03/2023 By Matthew Trueherz

Cocktails

Mile-High Speakeasy: Straightaway Canned Cocktails Take Flight on Alaska Airlines

The bar cart is getting an upgrade. Portland-produced high-end cocktails are now available on all Alaska flights—hosting 30 million passengers annually.

01/30/2023 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

Oregon Book Awards

Literary Arts Announces 2023 Oregon Book Award Finalists

The winners will be announced April 3 in a ceremony at the Armory.

01/24/2023 By Matthew Trueherz

Hotels

The Ritz-Carlton, Portland Brings More Than a Taste of Luxury Downtown

A waterfall-inspired floating staircase, condos for the 1 percent, and, just maybe, some new life in an area that lost foot traffic when construction killed its food carts

01/23/2023 By Matthew Trueherz

Wine Bars

Are Wine Bars the New Dive Bars?

Scraped-together natural wine bars are shifting the scene. They’re both all about the wine, and not about it at all.

01/20/2023 By Matthew Trueherz

Dining Picks

Where to Get Lunar New Year Dishes & Treats in Portland

Mark the holiday with dumplings, noodles, seafood, and more from Vietnam, China, and beyond.

01/18/2023 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Food News

Restaurants from Portland, Maine, Are Popping Up on This Coast

Eem and Magna Kusina will host two prominent restaurants from our namesake, the other Portland, later this month.

01/12/2023 By Matthew Trueherz

Gallery Openings

Lisa Congdon’s New Show Opens Friday at Chefas Projects

A concurrent group show, curated by Congdon, features 16 local and national artists.

01/12/2023 By Matthew Trueherz

Light a Fire 2022: Best New Nonprofit

WeShine Builds Small Pod-Villages as an Alternative Approach to Homelessness Solutions

Microvillages, housing around a dozen people and small enough to fit into most any neighborhood, build community and give residents agency over their housing.

12/30/2022 By Matthew Trueherz

Year In Review

Our Food Writers’ Best Bites of 2022 at Portland Restaurants

After another year of eating our way through Portland, at your service, these are the dishes we’re still chewing on.

12/29/2022 By Matthew Trueherz, Karen Brooks, and Katherine Chew Hamilton

Year in Review

Portland’s 2022 Restaurant Closures, from Acadia to Ya Ya

Longtime institutions, food carts, and fledgling restaurants all shuttered this year.

12/29/2022 By Katherine Chew Hamilton, Matthew Trueherz, and Karen Brooks

Light a Fire 2022: Extraordinary Volunteer

This Arts Advocate Reminds Us There’s a Lot Happening in Rural Oregon

Baker City’s Ginger Savage helped steer millions in COVID relief funding to arts groups all over the state, not just to Willamette Valley heavy hitters.

12/29/2022 By Matthew Trueherz