things to do

Collages of Assimilation, 50 Years After the Vietnam War

Also: a new film festival, and other things to do in Portland this week.

04/10/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

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

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

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

Q&A

Shari Dunn Says Now Is Not the Time to Give Up on DEI

The equity consultant’s new book, Qualified: How Competency Checking and Race Collide at Work, argues that we need to rethink how we hire, evaluate, and train employees.

03/18/2025 By Brooke Jackson-Glidden

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

Things to Do

Watching Weird Films in a Former Fireboat Station on the Willamette

Also: a new novel from Karen Russell, and other things to do in Portland this week.

03/06/2025 By Rebecca Jacobson

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

Q&A

Hannah Chamberlain’s First Book Is a Master Class in Drinking Etiquette

Known by her handle @SpiritedLA, the Portland-based social media star wants to make you a better drinker.

02/26/2025 By Alex Frane

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

Book Review

Omar El Akkad Returns to Nonfiction to Undress American Mythology

Spurred by the war in Gaza, the celebrated American War novelist tests propaganda against the sanctity of human life.

02/19/2025 By Diana Abu-Jaber

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

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

things to do

It’s Nan Goldin Night at the Tomorrow Theater

Also: a sultry Spanish matador play, and other things to do in Portland this week.

01/30/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

things to do

At Open Space, Dance So Close You Can Almost Touch It

Also: Tim Heidecker’s serious tunes, and other things to do in Portland this week.

01/23/2025 By Rebecca Jacobson and Matthew Trueherz

things to do

Elliott Smith’s Kind and Gentle World at the Clinton Street Theater

Also: the poetics of politics with Anis Mojgani, and other things to do in Portland this week.

01/16/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

Things to Do

Eating as Self-Care and The Taste of Things

Also: Broadway musical Kimberly Akimbo and other things to do in Portland this week.

01/09/2025 By Matthew Trueherz