From Drive-Thru Strip Clubs to Old-School Drive-Ins, Portlanders Are Finding Relief From Cabin Fever in Their Cars

Whether it’s taking a spin through a pop-up strip club or reembracing the drive-in theater, Oregon is improvising ways to satisfy our innate desire to socialize with others—and right now, the safest way to do that is from behind the wheel.

Assassin Moms, Mean Moms, and Mermaid Moms: Get Your Reps In

Go Fish

Tenants Find Landlords Unwilling to Take a Rental Assistance Check Designed to Get Them Through a Financial Pinch

The Portland Art & Learning Studios

Inside this 10,000-square-foot studio and gallery space, artists with intellectual and developmental disabilities get the spotlight.

Xhurch

This multipurpose event space—tucked away within the Alberta neighborhood—is housed in a former church and hosts all manner of far-out activities.

Velvet Rope

Keeping Portland sex weird for more than three decades, this vast multilevel swingers lodge hosts a diverse array of attendees across 10,000 square feet of twisting corridors, hidden lounges and trapeze-laden rec rooms.

Portland Puppet Museum

Sellwood’s most eccentric museum is the lifelong dream of an industry veteran.