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What We’re Cooking This Week: Italian Sausage and Peppers
The trick to getting a nice, snappy sausage texture? Salt and a little patience.
By Jim Dixon
A Look Into the Campaign to ‘Keep Portland Operatic’
Portland Opera is on pace to fundraise $5 million. And it’s pushing the art form into the future.
By Eric Ash
Week of Activities Planned for Lloyd Center’s Final Days in Business
Festivities include a prom on the ice rink, a last Food Court 5000 mall walk, and a celebration of life bike ride.
The National ‘Oh, Mary!’ Tour Is Skipping Portland
Oregonian Cole Escola’s Tony-winning Broadway play will instead hit Seattle and three cities in California this fall.
A Horticulturist Weighs In on the Struggling Trees at Portland International Airport
Is it dog pee and coffee or just flawed interior landscape design?
Council Punts Performing Arts Center Vote as Mayor Proposes Two-Venue Solution
The fate of Keller Auditorium is still up in the air after the Portland City Council punted the deliberation and vote to Aug. 11 after an afternoon of public testimony July 28.
Portland’s Relationship With the Grateful Dead Is Especially Thick
Thirty-one years after Jerry Garcia’s death, Dead fandom shows no signs of letting up. Especially at McMenamins.
What to Do in Portland (July 29–Aug. 4, 2026)
Go to Tabor Dance, check out the Venardos Circus, and see Margaret Cho.
Shows of the Week: Ani DiFranco Kicks Off the Annual PDX Live Concert Series
Sigh, FunSize Renegade, Scott Gibbons and Ani DiFranco take the stage in Portland this week.
Get Your Reps In: ‘Nashville’’s Dark Happy Birthday Rings Prophetic
Robert Altman’s Americana musical comedy screens at the Tomorrow Theater this week.
