things to do

Waxahatchee is in “The Square”

Also: Lucy Dacus is at Edgefield, and more things to do in Portland this week.

08/07/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

things to do

Jessica Pratt’s timeless songs at Rev Hall

Also: Street Books’ Pedalpalooza ride, and more.

07/31/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

things to do

Love and Mushrooms at Literary Arts

Also: All About My Mother, and other things to do in Portland this week.

07/17/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

things to do

Painting with Bob Dylan and Your Best Friend

Also: a former public defender’s crime novel, and other things to do in Portland this week.

07/10/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

things to do

The First First Thursday of the Summer

Also: the Blues Fest, and other things to do in Portland this week.

07/03/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

things to do

Jonathan Richman Is Still Telling True Stories

Also: Wu-Tang Clan, and other things to do in Portland this week.

06/26/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

Cinematastic

Portland Outdoor Movie Guide

Open-air showings in and around Portland this summer include The Goonies at Sewallcrest Park and The Sandlot at Overlook Park.

06/26/2025 By Margaret Seiler and Portland Monthly Staff

things to do

How Portland Celebrates Juneteenth

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

06/18/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

As Seen on TV

Why Is PBS Teaching Me How to Sell Things Online?

The Portland-produced doc Generation: Freedom has a complex relationship to the problems it hopes to solve.

06/18/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

things to do

A Bird’s-Eye View of Ourselves in Mako Miyamoto’s Pictures

Also: 8 Seconds Rodeo, and other things to do in Portland this week.

06/12/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

things to do

Mother Foucault's Grand Reopening

Also: gays eat the rich, and other things to do in Portland this week.

06/05/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

things to do

Bridgerton Meets Gossip Girl Meets Oscar Wilde at PCS

Also: a Louis Armstrong tribute, and other things to do in Portland this week.

05/29/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

Index

The Goonies Turns 40

A look at the numbers behind the Oregon-shot classic.

05/28/2025 By Alex Frane and Margaret Seiler

things to do

A Psychoanalytic Take on the Perils of Techno-Parenting

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

05/22/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

things to do

Ceramicist Ginny Sims’s Pottery Dreamworld Come to Life

Also: a Bon Appétit editor’s memoir, and other things to do in Portland this week.

05/15/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

things to do

Fighting Trump’s NEA Cuts One Theater Ticket at a Time

Also: Rahill’s Iranian American tunes, and other things to do in Portland this week.

05/08/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

things to do

Maggie Nelson’s Follow-Up to Bluets and The Argonauts

Also: painting the internet, and other things to do in Portland this week.

05/01/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

things to do

The Broadway Pop Stars of Tudor England in Six

Also: dialoguing with PETE, and other things to do in Portland this week.

04/24/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

things to do

Robert Crumb, America’s Pervert

Also: Jimmy O. Yang, and other things to do in Portland this week.

04/17/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

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