closings report

The Show Is Over at Lollipop Shoppe

The music venue has closed its doors, while food truck pizzeria Reeva goes on indefinite hiatus.

12/12/2025 By Alex Frane

Fare Fashion

The Rise of the Transit Agency Holiday Sweater

TriMet's second annual holiday sweater is one for bus history nerds.

12/11/2025 By Margaret Seiler

At the Gallery

Christmas Special: The Gay Folk Art of Jeffry Mitchell

With a Tannenbaum and fireplace, the Portland artist leverages folk art’s autobiographical traces to celebrate queer home life.

12/11/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

seeing things

A Holiday Market of Glossies and Art Books

The Portland Art Book Fair, Little Women, and other events in town.

12/11/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

Fine Dining

Why Portland Chefs Are Going All In on Omakase

Local Japanese restaurants are turning more and more to the traditional tasting-menu format.

12/10/2025 By Andrea Damewood

Travel

9 Grand Lodges of the Pacific Northwest

For every season, there’s a dream destination.

12/09/2025 Edited by Ramona DeNies By Portland Monthly Staff

Love Letters

An Illustrated Ode to Stomptown

The LGBTQ+ country dance pop-up predates the recent wave in queer line dance and two-step popularity.

12/09/2025 Illustrations by Shay Mirk

Wild World

This Portland-Made Game Is a Crash Course in Animal Sex

Sisters Christa Berce and Gina Berce Lipor learned a lot about duck genitalia.

12/08/2025 By Rebecca Jacobson

Bookshelf

Portland Monthly’s Best Books of 2025

Our favorite fiction and nonfiction, children’s books, cartoons, and comics of the year by Oregon authors.

12/08/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

Dining Picks

Portland’s Best Spots for Chinese Food

Where to feast on soup dumplings, hand-pulled noodles, Peking duck, and more.

12/05/2025 By Alex Frane and Portland Monthly Staff

Real Estate

Property Watch: Will This Historic Beaumont-Wilshire Home Be Saved?

Visible water damage? Sure. But also a double-decker turret with views of the West Hills.

12/05/2025 By Melissa Dalton

seeing things

To Nutcracker or NOT-Cracker?

Two takes on the classic ballet, and other events in town.

12/04/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

at the gallery

At 50, Blue Sky Gallery Still Believes in Photography

Portland’s international photo gallery has been one of the art form’s biggest players since day one.

12/04/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

Sponsored Content

SHAWOOD at The Glades is Reframing the Idea of Home

Japanese precision craftsmanship meets American minimalism for discerning homebuyers amid the striking beauty of the Pacific Northwest.

12/03/2025

Holiday Guide

The Best Takeout, Dine-In, and Pop-Ups for the Holidays

Where to find holiday-themed bars, latke parties, Feasts of the Seven Fishes, and restaurants open on Christmas.

12/03/2025 By Alex Frane

Sponsored Content

Wrap Up Wonder

The ultimate Kaboodle gift guide.

12/02/2025

music preview

The Biggest Portland Concerts of Winter 2025–2026

Cardi B, Cat Power, Sudan Archives, Earl Sweatshirt, John Legend—and a Pink Martini New Year’s.

12/02/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

Transit Trip

Antique Store Hopping in Aurora via TriMet and Canby Area Transit

Plus wine tasting, shortbread samples, relics of a utopia, and so many plug-in plastic Jesuses.

12/02/2025 By Margaret Seiler

Sponsored Content

Mocel, Small-Batch Mezcal

A rare and special gift.

12/01/2025

Sponsored Content

Holiday Gift Guide 2025

Unwrap Portland’s Best This Holiday Season.

12/01/2025