CULTURE
Seasons Eatings: Your Perfect Summer Dinner
Campfire kabobs, tzatziki sauce and peach balsamic toast.
Portland World Naked Bike Ride Announces Grant Park as Starting Location
The ride returns after taking 2024 off to reorganize its leadership team.
Collective Artist Market Iridescent Daydream Is a Manifestation of Queer Dreamers
“We want to keep the space belonging to everyone in the collective as much as we can.”
What to Do in Portland (July 2-8, 2025)
This year’s Waterfront Blues Festival is a two-day celebration on the Willamette.
Multnomah County Formally Apologizes for Desecrating Lone Fir Cemetery’s Chinese American Graves
A million-dollar memorial to Block 14’s paved-over graves is expected to be completed by next year.
Executive Director and Co-Founder Meara McLaughlin Steps Down From MusicPortland and MusicOregon
Nearly all funding and programs will be on hold as both nonprofit organizations restructure.
Willamette Week Presents: Sounds of Rose City
Our new monthly series highlighting Portland’s local music scene, hosted by Vinny White.
Longtime Arts Education Nonprofit Pauses Programming
Arts for Learning Northwest was founded in 1958. Its finances are in shambles.
Where Portland Children Can Go to See and Be Seen This Summer
Your guide to the “It” grounds this season.
Rachel Wilkinson’s Mother Made Classes Combine Strength Training and Sisterhood
“I have a newfound sense of autonomy and purpose within this group.”
Rose City Rollers’ Junior Roller Derby Summer Camp Is Where Kids (and Parents) Find Their People
Roll forth!
Portland Center Stage Poised to Receive $1.5 Million in State Funds
The bill awaits final passage but would be huge for the struggling theater.