For the Record

Remember How Everybody Was in Portlandia?

An incomplete list of the show’s celebrity cameos.

01/05/2026 By Matthew Trueherz

Television

15 Years Ago, Portlandia Told Portland Who It Was

Though it has undeniably shaped the city’s reputation, what exactly the show “did” to Portland is less cut-and-dried.

01/02/2026 By Matthew Trueherz Illustrations by Lisa Sheehan (Photo courtesy Chris Hornbecker/IFC)

RCCC

4 Can’t-Miss Events at Rose City Comic Con 2025

On the docket: cast reunions for Battlestar Galactica, The Goonies, and Doctor Who.

08/20/2025 By Alex Frane

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

Q&A

Ripping the City with Brett Brown, Portland’s Favorite Reality Star

‘I don’t think there could ever be a Love Is Blind in Portland. It’s too small.’

05/14/2025 By Dalila Brent

Sketch Comedy

Hasaan Hates Portland Casts an Uncomfortably Funny Light

In the series of web shorts, a Black Portlander’s day-to-day experience unravels the stories the city tells about itself.

01/08/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

Action!

A Tasteful Adaptation: What Goes into a Movie-Themed Dinner?

Performance art to parties, Sopranos- and Twin Peaks–inspired meals aren’t just for kicks.

08/28/2024 By Matthew Trueherz

RCCC

6 Can’t-Miss Events at Rose City Comic Con 2024

Our schedule: cosplay catwalk, chatting with the Our Flag Means Death cast, and celebrating 30 years of Hellboy with creator Mike Mignola.

08/20/2024 By Alex Frane

Q&A

Ex-Hasidic Queer Comedian Robby Hoffman Was ‘Totally Normal’ Growing Up

“But when you put me in regular society, suddenly it’s like, ‘Why would you say such a thing?’”

06/20/2024 By Matthew Trueherz

Movers & Shakers

Perfect Portland Party: Fall 2023

From Love Is Blind’s Brett and Tiffany to a Succession star, here’s who’s invited to our fantasy dinner table.

08/29/2023 By Margaret Seiler

BAONPDX

Portland Thorns and Other Local Connections at the Women’s World Cup

Who to root for throughout the tournament, where Soccer City, USA, will be fabulously well represented on the field

07/17/2023 By Margaret Seiler

Reality TV

Love Is Blind’s Kwame Is Confident About One Thing: Seattle, You’re Overpriced

While we don’t understand why you’d get engaged on reality TV, we can certainly understand why you’d pick Portland over Seattle.

04/14/2023 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

True Crime

Lifetime Movie Brings Daniel Brophy Murder to the Small Screen

Cybill Shepherd and Steve Guttenberg star in the ripped-from-the-headlines made-for-TV movie about the murder of a local chef and culinary instructor.

01/13/2023 By Margaret Seiler

Year in Review

The Best Oregon-Made Books, Films, Music, Theater, and Art of 2022

From a Decemberist’s spine-chilling ghost story to a joyful album from an old Portland master, 2022 was the year the arts roared back to life.

12/14/2022 By Conner Reed

Food on TV

Q&A: Netflix’s Snack vs Chef Features Portland Chef and Baker Luna Contreras

Contreras, along with other chefs, food scientists, and bakers, recreated classic corner store snacks in the new TV cooking competition show.

12/07/2022 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Events

'Pop-Up Magazine' Brings Multihyphenate Ryan O’Connell to Portland

The actor and writer will read a short memoir created as part of Pop-Up Magazine’s multi-media live show “Love Stories.”

10/21/2022 By Matthew Trueherz

Business

What Happened after Shark Tank for These Oregon Entrepreneurs?

An Oregonian hit paydirt on the first episode of this season. But what about seasons gone by?

10/18/2022 By Julia Silverman

Feature

Remembering Vampira and Tarantula Ghoul, Oregon’s Scream Queens

Inside the legacies of two locally grown horror hosts

10/03/2022 By Conner Reed Illustrations by Patrick Leger

Food on TV

Lovely’s Fifty Fifty—and Our Own Karen Brooks—Will Star in Netflix’s Chef’s Table: Pizza

Sarah Minnick’s Mississippi Avenue pizzeria and ice cream shop gets some much-deserved attention.

09/02/2022 By Katherine Chew Hamilton

Television

This Oregon Couple (and Their Goat) Star in a New Discovery+ Series

Chad, Cate, and Frankie make for lovely company on episode three of animal-centric docuseries The Bond.

08/05/2022 By Conner Reed