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.

reading ahead

Portland’s Spring Book Calendar Is Wonderfully Overbooked

With readings from Maggie Nelson and Viet Thanh Nguyen, and local authors Jonathan Hill, Ling Ling Huang, and Cathy Whims.

04/03/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

things to do

Behind a World-Premiere Ballet About Marilyn Monroe, a Team of Women

Also: a play set at the height of #MeToo, and other things to do in Portland this week.

04/03/2025 By Rebecca Jacobson and Matthew Trueherz

Gimme Five

5 Portland Record Labels to Know

Local music publishers with sharp taste and inspiring missions.

04/01/2025 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

Music Preview

Jack White, Beabadoobee, Pink Martini, and Other Spring Concerts

Also: J Balvin, Leon Bridges, and more in our seasonal roundup of major concerts.

03/25/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

things to do

So You Think You ‘Get’ Robert Frost?

Also: Tootsie, Danzig, and other things to do in Portland this week.

03/20/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

things to do

Genesis Breyer P-Orridge Is Still Changing

Also: Hamilton, and other things to do in Portland this week.

03/13/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

Bookshelf

Karen Russell on Her Witchy Dust Bowl Epic, The Antidote

The Portland author and Pulitzer finalist follows Swamplandia! with a magical realist test of wills.

03/11/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

On and Off Broadway

The Theater Designer Who Designed a Theater

After The Lion King on Broadway, Olympic ceremonies, Taylor Swift stages, and Super Bowl halftime shows, Michael Curry wants a bigger stage.

03/03/2025 By Matthew Trueherz Photography by Jason Hill Illustrations by Michael Byers

things to do

We’re All Still Afraid of Virginia Woolf

Also: The Office’s Craig Robinson, and other things to do in Portland this week.

02/27/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

Festival Preview

Who’s Coming to Project Pabst This Summer?

Japanese Breakfast, Death Cab for Cutie, Devo, and Iggy Pop headline the waterfront festival in 2025.

02/25/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

keeping time

Revisiting Yo La Tengo’s Oh So Portland Old Joy Score

Kelly Reichardt’s deft portrait of the city from 2006 stands outside of time—so do its songs.

02/25/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

things to do

Cymande, Your Favorite Rapper’s Favorite British Funk Band

Also: a new book from Omar El Akkad, and other things to do in Portland this week.

02/20/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

Where to Live Now

Neighborhood Guide: Nob Hill

Find the city’s best shopping on its most concentrated strip, plus Portland’s greatest mix of old and new, high- and lowbrow tastes.

02/17/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

things to do

Dance Till You’re Dead: Oregon Ballet Theatre’s Giselle

Also: Hump! is 20, and other things to do in Portland this week.

02/13/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

arts preview

5 Art Gallery and Museum Shows to See in Portland This Spring

More Monet at PAM, Dinh Q. Lê’s anti-propaganda, and the Holocaust’s long shadow.

02/11/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

all that jazz

What to See at the 2025 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival

Erykah Badu headlines 10 days of jazz concerts across the city.

02/10/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

things to do

Russo Lee Reopens on a Painting-Filled First Thursday

Also: the Trocks’ drag ballet, and other things to do in Portland this week.

02/06/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

Long Story Short

Lidia Yuknavitch, Kristen Stewart, and an Ocean Outside of Time

As The Chronology of Water becomes a movie, its author revisits her past in a new memoir, Reading the Waves.

02/04/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

at the museum

Please, Play with the Art

A new show at PSU’s Schnitzer museum celebrates play as a critical life force, and a means of political resistance.

01/30/2025 By Matthew Trueherz