Reasons to Love Portland 2026
26 Reasons to Love Portland
The Arts Community Has a Head Cheerleader
Andrew Proctor says Portlanders themselves deserve credit: they’re turning out for arts events in higher numbers than ever before.
The Unofficial Mayor of Sellwood Is an Elderly Orange Cat
Nutmeg usually arrives at the Sellwood CVS early in the evening and hangs out until the store closes at 10.
A Ragtag Group of Nonprofits Serves Sunnyside
The tenants at Sunnyside Community Center include everyone from a youth basketball organization to Alcoholics Anonymous to a felt and fiber artist.
We Sent a Teenager to the Olympics
Alessandro Barbieri will compete in the snowboard halfpipe at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games Feb. 11.
You Can Find Any Ingredient You Want in Portland’s Grocery Stores
You’ve got to get groceries anyway; you might as well grab something you’ve never tried before.
Madam Cooper’s Parlor Is Bringing Back Old Portland
“Country music would not accept me if I was a stripper. And then I went and did the country music thing and realized they weren’t going to accept me anyway because I’m a woman with an opinion.”
Willy Vlautin Can’t Stop Writing About St. Johns
Vlautin now lives in Scappoose, but his office and heart are both in North Portland.
You See Scott McCaughey Everywhere You Go
The musician rates his level of fame as “recognizable to a very small sect” and even wrote a song called “Famous Enough.”
Protesters Show Up to Oppose Trump, Rain or Shine
People who join Kier Karson say they do so in part to keep themselves sane as barely trained men in masks terrorize and kill immigrants and American citizens who defend them.
A Portland-Made Splattercore Puppet Movie Simply Refuses to Stop Filming
“Frank & Zed” is still raising money on Patreon and has garnered an Instagram following of 125,000-plus.








