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Tomoya Matsuzaki’s Paintings Are Inspired by Trinkets He Pulls Out of the River Thames
The London artist’s first U.S. show is at Portland gallery Adams and Ollman through the year.
Get Your Reps In: Food and Sex in ‘Tampopo’
Juzo Itami’s sensual, food-centric comedy screens at the Tomorrow Theater on Nov. 15.
Get Busy: What to Do in Portland (Nov. 11-17, 2026)
Laugh with Ron Funches, see the Misfit Toys Puppet Show, and go skating at OMSI.
An Oldie but a Goodie: The Hollywood Theatre Has a Retirement Community Film Club
The movie house has a new roadshow that visits seven senior communities each month.
Carla Rossi Is Not Dead, at Least Not in Anthony Hudson’s New Book
‘Lamp Back: Plays and Other Grievances’ collects a decade of the Portland artist’s work, and that of his drag clown alter ego.
Documentary Spotlights Richard Neuberger, Oregon’s ‘First Celebrity Candidate’
The late U.S. Senator served from 1954 until his untimely death in 1960.
Keith Z Once Played Himself Onscreen. His Own Pictures of Homelessness and Addiction Look Different.
‘Outside,’ the Portland photographer’s new book, collects portraits of his friends still living on the streets.
Patrick deWitt’s ‘Dodge City’ Is an Alarmingly Hilarious Road Novel
Following a ’60s draft dodger, the book twists the familiar genre from the inside like a screwdriver in the gut.
Get Your Reps In: The Barely Repressed Homoeroticism of ‘Beau Travail’
French auteur Claire Denis’ most iconic film screens at Cinemagic this week.
Get Busy: What to Do in Portland (Nov. 4–10, 2026)
Go to Live Wire’s special Book Fest edition, check out the Pancakes and Booze Art Show, and ooh and ahh at the Stimson Lumber Tree Arrival.
Jim Nollman and Rankin Renwick Will Talk to the Animals at the Hollywood on Nov. 1
An experimental musician best known for recording with orcas and a Portland filmmaker present a night of art centered around interspecies communication.