Q&A

Ripping the City with Gabbi Thomas

The solo camper and herbalist shares her Pacific Northwest adventures, from healing and foraging to winter camping and her scariest moment in nature.

10/30/2025 By Dalila Brent

Interview

Melissa Febos on Her Year Without Sex

‘How do you forge and define a healthy, conscious relationship to something in a society that has a sick relationship to it?’

06/03/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

Long Story Short

At Oregon Ballet Theatre, Dani Rowe Takes on Marilyn Monroe

Rowe, the first woman to serve as the company's artistic director, has wanted to tell Monroe's story since Kim Kardashian wore the actor’s dress to the Met Gala.

03/24/2025 By Rebecca Jacobson Photography by Jason Hill

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

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

Q&A

Mostly True Stories: Chelsea Bieker on Her Novel ‘Madwoman’

“I wanted to write this zany book about motherhood and wellness powders,” she says. “And then it turned into this much deeper thing.”

09/17/2024 By Matthew Trueherz

Picture Book

Carson Ellis Finds Her Past in an Old Portland Warehouse

New paintings illustrate a 20-year-old diary in the artist’s latest book, recounting her first week in town, falling in love, and reading Dylan Thomas aloud.

09/10/2024 By Matthew Trueherz

Q&A

Oh, Rose’s Olivia Rose Has a Lot of Problems Still

Living in Olympia while the rest of her band lives in Portland isn’t one of them.

09/09/2024 By Brooke Jackson-Glidden

Q&A

Portland-Raised TikTok Comic EJ Marcus Comes Home

Known for his impressions of a “cool LA dad” and “your mom’s friend with random political beliefs,” the LA-based comic will conjure his Portland childhood at Mississippi Studios.

08/29/2024 By Brooke Jackson-Glidden

Chef’s Notes

Five Portland Chefs Trace Back Their Favorite Dishes and Ingredients

Güero’s specialty import mezcal, Jeju’s riff on the Big Mac, and Måurice’s black pepper cheesecake.

08/23/2024 By Matthew Trueherz Illustrations by Rebecca Nguyen

Q&A

Ripping the City with Kimiko Matsuda

'My story is not the only story of people trying to reinvigorate Portland.'

08/07/2024 By Dalila Brent

Q&A

How the New Film Cora Bora Captures Portland’s Music World

Screenwriter Rhianon Jones revisits her decade in the local scene, including its tragedies.

07/03/2024 By Brooke Jackson-Glidden

Life’s Fictions

Miranda July in Conversation with Portland Novelist Chelsea Bieker

“A feeling of recklessness is what made me write it down,” July says of her latest novel, All Fours. “I’m pointing at a thing and calling it out.”

05/15/2024 By Chelsea Bieker Illustrations by Becki Gill

Self Portrait

Y La Bamba Calls In from Mexico City

“Leaving the US has been the biggest blessing for me,” they say. “It’s like I’m in a different portal.”

04/19/2024 By Matthew Trueherz

Self Portrait

Reyna Tropical Is in Concert with the Universe

Ahead of a new album, the guitarist and singer shares her healthy diet of ancestral dialogues, TikTok dances, and Sushi Ichiban.

03/27/2024 By Matthew Trueherz

Golden Years

Secrets of Our Wisest Portlanders

We've got the scoop about everything from friendships that last to retirement planning to midlife career pivots.

03/22/2024 By Portland Monthly Staff

Golden Years

Lifestyles of the Happy and Gray

For our wisest Portlanders, flexible schedules and good company are the key to joy.

03/21/2024 By Andi Prewitt and Arianne Cohen Photography by Jason Hill

Self Portrait

Painter Jeremy Okai Davis Doesn’t Sleep Much

Graphic designer and father to two preschoolers by day, the celebrated portrait artist rewrites Black history in his backyard by night.

02/23/2024 By Matthew Trueherz

Self Portrait

The Artist Who Volleys Ceramics, Papier-Mâché, Needlepoint, and Tennis?

Jessica Jackson Hutchins is chasing beauty and collecting old couches, but she’d rather be on the courts.

02/02/2024 By Matthew Trueherz Photography by Michael Raines

Q&A

Ripping the City with Amir Morgan

The owner of Barnes and Morgan, a tea and fashion house, talks about the future of Chinatown and his take on Portland style.

01/29/2024 By Dalila Brent Illustrations by Betty Turbo