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Choose Your Own Benson Bubbler
Quench your thirst on a free-flowing adventure through downtown.
By Marc Young
What to Do in Portland (July 15–21)
Check out OMSI trivia, march in the Portland Pride Parade, and check out House of Danger queer wrestling.
Get Your Reps In: ‘Prince of Darkness’ Is More Than a John Carpenter B-Side
The director’s 1987 dalliance with satanic panic plays July 17, 18 and 22 as part of Cinemagic’s monthlong Carpenter extravaganza.
Shows of the Week: Foodman Brings the Japanese Footwork Sound to Turn! Turn! Turn!
Foodman, Jeffrey Silverstein, and Snõõper take the stage in Portland this week.
Life’s Biggest Questions Await at the Art Gallery Above Mother Foucault’s Bookshop
Instead of a theme, SOCIETY’s summer group show actually has something to say.
Farag’s Is Here for a Good Time, Not a Long Time
Behind Güero, a summery dream of Egyptian mezze and small-batch mezcal.
Overlook Porchfest, the Most Wholesome Music Festival in Town
Howdy, neighbor! We’re having a concert over here. And over there. There, too.
Rocker Patti Smith Is Coming to Portland for an Evening of Songs and Stories
The Sept. 15 Literary Arts event is tied to Smith’s newest memoir ‘Bread of Angels.’
Nutmeg, the Ginger Tabby and ‘Unofficial Mayor of Sellwood,’ Has Died
The beloved cat kept regular hours at CVS and charmed many Portlanders.
Go for a Stroll, Take a Dip or Grab a Bite at Four Nearby Lakes
We found three lakes within an hour’s drive of Portland—and one in the city proper—where you can get in your laps.
