Performing Arts

Portland Spring and Summer Plays and Dance Performances

Twists on Shakespeare, The Lion King on Broadway, classics updated with pop stars, and more fill out the season.

04/29/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

Music Preview

The Biggest Portland Concerts of Winter 2024–2025

This season, the Dandy Warhols are taking us back, and Tyler, The Creator is taking us forward.

12/06/2024 By Matthew Trueherz

Game Time

Local Artist Jordan Mishra Johnson Is Releasing an Illustrated Culinary Card Game with Bunnies

Drawn Hungry has players competing to create the best meals.

11/22/2024 By Alex Frane

TBA

The Time-Based Art Festival Is 21. How’s It Looking?

Our editors recap PICA’s beloved festival, with all its glistening torsos, humor and rage, and lightsabers and tassels.

10/04/2024 By Matthew Trueherz and Rebecca Jacobson

Music Preview

The Biggest Portland Concerts of Fall 2024

Winter is on the way, but so is Billie Eilish.

09/06/2024 By Matthew Trueherz

Retreat Yourself

You Deserve a DIY Creative Retreat

Regardless of whether you call yourself an artist, a quick getaway offers both respite and play.

08/06/2024 By Erica Berry Illustrations by Mark Wang

At the Museum

The Portland Art Museum Is Having a Very French Summer

At the center of four shows is a traveling exhibit of fan-favorite Impressionist paintings. There are plenty of dots to connect, Monet to Bonnard.

07/31/2024 By Matthew Trueherz

Art Review

Janitors, Farmers, Landscapers: Invisible Work Made Visible in Labor of Love

At the Schnitzer Museum at Portland State University, eight international artists spotlight unseen workers.

03/04/2024 By Matthew Trueherz

Best of 2023

The Top 4 Portland Arts Moments of 2023 (You Can Still See Two!)

This year, we just wanted to feel something. Here are the Portland experiences that stuck with us.

12/27/2023 By Matthew Trueherz and Rebecca Jacobson

Culture

Want to Support the Arts? 7 Steps to Becoming an Arts Benefactor (Yes, You)

Prolific arts donor Ronni Lacroute tells us how to become a rookie arts benefactor.

09/25/2023 By Arianne Cohen Illustrations by Lars Leetaru

Arts

Arts Insiders Share Their Culture Picks for Fall 2023

No need to guess. We cribbed the must-see arts and music plans of Portlanders in the know.

09/07/2023 Illustrations by Lars Leetaru By Arianne Cohen

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

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

Q & A

Ripping the City with Elan Hagens

The mycophile and Portland native dishes on her favorite Portland spots and the worst advice she's ever received.

08/09/2023 By Dalila Brent

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

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

Q&A

Ripping the City with Anela Malik

The influencer and entrepreneur voices her opinion on Portland and dishes on her newly discovered favorites in and around the city.

11/07/2022 By Dalila Brent

Dance

This Contemporary Dance Festival Is Ready to Broaden Portland’s Horizons

Union PDX concentrates global talent in Southeast Portland.

11/07/2022 By Fiona McCann

Q&A

Ripping the City With Jordan Thierry

The Portland-born author, filmmaker, and creative director shares his go-tos and the changes he's looking forward to most in the city.

10/20/2022 By Dalila Brent

Cinemas

The Hollywood Theatre Gets a Makeover

The iconic cinema’s façade receives a long-awaited renovation.

10/11/2022 By Conner Reed