Broadway

With Oh, Mary!, Gay Oregon Theater Kids Take Over Broadway

Cole Escola’s Mary Todd Lincoln comedy is a runaway hit, and Jinkx Monsoon is its latest star.

08/14/2025 By Conner Reed

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Jessica Pratt’s timeless songs at Rev Hall

Also: Street Books’ Pedalpalooza ride, and more.

07/31/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

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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

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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

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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

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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

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How Portland Celebrates Juneteenth

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

06/18/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

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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

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Robert Crumb, America’s Pervert

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

04/17/2025 By Matthew Trueherz

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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

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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

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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