Recipe

Cook Cannabis Dinner & Dessert

'The Art of Cooking with Cannabis' by Tracey Medeiros features cannabis recipes from across the country, including two CBD dishes created in collaboration between Oregon's East Fork Cultivars and House of Spain EVOO.

04/19/2021 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Food News

Food News: Learn to Cook with Portland ‘Top Chef’ Contestant Sara Hauman

Plus, Dimo’s Apizza, Oma’s Hideaway, and Shipwreck are teaming up for a 4/20 benefit, and Kee’s Loaded Kitchen has reopened.

04/16/2021 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Profile

Japanese Breakfast’s Michelle Zauner Is Ready to Feel Again

With the release of her first book, Crying in H Mart, and third album, Jubilee, the Eugene native is exorcising her grief and looking for something grander.

04/16/2021 By Conner Reed

Environment

It's Wildfire Season in the Pacific Northwest. In April.

Yes, already.

04/16/2021 By Julia Silverman

Things to Do

Hustling, Bustling IRL Shopping Events are Back!

From Portland Night Market to Saturday Market to Portland Flea (and more), the in-person multi-vendor market returns.

04/16/2021 By Eden Dawn

Top Chef

‘Top Chef’ Season 18, Episode 3 Recap: Under African Skies

The chefs make gelato-inspired layered desserts, and then cook dishes inspired by Portland's pan-African restaurant scene

04/16/2021 By Julia Silverman

Footnotes

LISTEN: Tra'Renee Chambers on Elevating Underrepresented Voices with Her New Show

Portland Monthly senior editor, Eden Dawn, talks with the host of Situations & Conversations

04/16/2021 By Eden Dawn and Gabriel Granillo

Pomo Picks

Pop Culture Worth Your Time: An Art Heist, a Historical Adventure, and a Forgotten Tribute to Andy Warhol

The content in our queues, from Netflix's This Is a Robbery to the oeuvre of Dee Wallace.

04/15/2021 By Portland Monthly Staff

Arts News

Are You Portland's Next Creative Laureate?

The search for Subashini Ganesan’s successor is on.

04/15/2021 By Conner Reed

Pop-Ups

Elsy Dinvil’s Creole Me Up Brings Bright Haitian Cooking to Portland

Dinvil wants to demystify Haiti and Haitian food—one jar of pickleez at a time. (Plus, learn to make your own pickleez.)

04/14/2021 By Liz Crain

Education

Should Oregon Schools Stop Standardized Tests This Year?

With so little time in school buildings, districts are looking to opt out and scale back. But at what cost?

04/13/2021 By Julia Silverman

Interior Design

How to Make Vintage Shopping Work for Your Home

Portland interior designer Max Humphrey's new book, Modern Americana, shows how the old can be new.

04/13/2021 By Reina Harwood

Don’t Delay Care — Even Now

Even in a pandemic, health care and essential screenings can’t wait, and Kaiser Permanente’s medical and dental offices are open and ready to safely welcome patients back for treatment.

04/13/2021

Fashion in Film

From Puppets to Apocalyptic Series About Viruses, Jaymes Neon Knows How to Outfit a Character

The local costume designer talked to us about everything from crafting teeny puppet outfits to making Nicolas Cage look like he's been living in the woods for months.

04/13/2021 By Eden Dawn

#StopAsianHate

15 Ways to Support Portland's Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities

Want to help the AAPI community? Buy. Donate. Visit. Volunteer.

04/12/2021 By Aurora Biggers

Bakery

Mama Box Is Baking Some of the Most Exciting Pastries in Portland

Former Le Pigeon cook Darla Shaffer's waitlist is a month long. Go now.

04/12/2021 By Kayla Henderson-Wood

Politics

The Strangest Election in America Right Now Is This Portland School Board Race

As the filing deadline neared, public recruitment on social media and private calls behind the scenes created chaos for the open seat in North Portland’s Zone 4.

04/11/2021 By Margaret Seiler