Things to Do

The Portland Book Festival Turns 10

Also: Christine Sinclair plays her final match, and other things to do in town this week.

10/31/2024 By Matthew Trueherz

Performing Arts

Portland Theater and Dance Shows to Catch This Fall and Winter

On and off Broadway, the upcoming season promises holiday camp, cupcakes, election dramaturgy, and a Harlem braid shop.

10/04/2024 By Matthew Trueherz

TBA

The Time-Based Art Festival Is 21. How’s It Looking?

Our editors recap PICA’s beloved festival, with all its glistening torsos, humor and rage, and lightsabers and tassels.

10/04/2024 By Matthew Trueherz and Rebecca Jacobson

Festival Preview

The 2024 Time-Based Art Festival Revives the Party

If PICA’s annual extravaganza has a theme in 2024, it’s resurrecting the buzzy energy that’s escaped the fest in recent years.

08/30/2024 By Matthew Trueherz

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

Theater

PETE’s A Seagull Caps Its Decade with Chekhov’s Major Plays

The series helped the Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble define itself. Its final and wildest adaptation asks what’s next.

07/08/2024 By Matthew Trueherz

Culture

Want to Support the Arts? 7 Steps to Becoming an Arts Benefactor (Yes, You)

Prolific arts donor Ronni Lacroute tells us how to become a rookie arts benefactor.

09/25/2023 By Arianne Cohen Illustrations by Lars Leetaru

Summer Fun

An Incomplete Guide to Portland’s Biggest Summer 2023 Concerts and Events

Feeling hungry like a wolf for live entertainment? Here’s your guide to the full monty of local shows.

06/01/2023 By Margaret Seiler and Sam Stites

Arty Attractions

Bend’s New Music and Performing Arts Scene

There’s more to this Central Oregon city than just outdoor adventures and great beer.

04/20/2023 By Sam Stites

Theater

'Where We Belong' at Portland Center Stage Grapples with Identity, Colonialism, and Shakespeare

Native theatermaker Madeline Sayet’s play runs through March 26.

03/02/2023 By Isabel Lemus Kristensen

Theater

Pandora's Box Meets Alice in Wonderland at Shaking the Tree Theatre

Audiences are invited to embrace their curiosity at this installation performance, which runs through April 1.

02/24/2023 By Isabel Lemus Kristensen

Broadway

Coming Soon to PDX: Sondheim, Six, Beetlejuice, Tina Turner, and More

Broadway in Portland announces its 2023/2024 season, featuring Company, Les Misérables, and the wives of Henry VIII reimagined as pop princesses.

02/03/2023 By Matthew Trueherz

Theater

Review: ‘Ms. Holmes and Ms. Watson–Apt. 2B’ at Portland Center Stage

Playwright Kate Hamill’s witty, relevant, gender-flipped, pandemic-set adaptation of Sherlock Holmes runs through February 12.

02/01/2023 By Isabel Lemus Kristensen

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

Theater

A New Play at Portland Center Stage Examines the Link Between Segregation and Swimming

PCS and ART are tackling the second-ever production of Tony-nominated playwright Christina Anderson’s ‘the ripple, the wave that carried me home.’

10/14/2022 By Matthew Trueherz

Theater

Northwest Children’s Theater Finds a New Home in Downtown Portland

For nearly three decades, NWCT has operated in a former Christian Science church in Nob Hill. In January, it’s moving to Broadway.

09/21/2022 By Conner Reed

Theater

Artists Repertory Theatre Announces New Artistic Director

Jeanette Harrison will be just the third person in the company's 41-year history to hold the role.

09/20/2022 By Conner Reed

Theater Review

tick, tick ... BOOM! at Portland Center Stage Plays Plenty of Grace Notes

At its best, this production of Jonathan Larson’s autobiographical musical convinces us there really is no day but today.

09/02/2022 By Conner Reed

fall arts

Get Ready for Portland’s First Full-Blown Theatrical Season since 2019

Portland Center Stage, Artists Repertory Theatre, Profile, Lakewood, and other companies have big plans for local stages.

09/02/2022 By Conner Reed

Events

20 Totally FREE Things to Do in Portland This Summer

Music, movies, plays, and more: you can catch ’em all for an unbeatable price at these in-city events.

07/12/2022 By Matthew Trueherz, Michelle Harris, and Conner Reed