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Looking up at a long truss bridge spanning a river before it meets the ocean. A stunning sunset has cast everything in varying shades of orange, pink, and blue.

Travel and Outdoors

Spend a weekend in the historic port town of Astoria

Explore our recommendations on where to eat and stay and how to fill your free time.

August 6, 2024

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Cambrie Juarez

Portland is spelled out in lower case arial font on a slime green background. The black text is substantially blurred.

Culture

What’s a ‘brat summer’ and how do I have one?

Thanks to Charli XCX’s hit pop album, we’re here to decode why “brat” is all over the airwaves, internet, and right outside your front door.

August 5, 2024

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Madison McMillen

Art in the Pearl

August 5, 2024

A six-piece brass band holding instruments and wearing white button-down shirts and ties stands before a hedge.

Culture

New Orleans-style jazz funeral band offers catharsis, comfort ‘in an honest and truly connected way’

The brass band plays a mournful dirge, followed by joyful, uplifting jazz music to help grieving loved ones embrace their feelings.

August 2, 2024

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Cambrie Juarez

Several oysters on the half shell arranged on a round plate.

Food

Where to eat fresh oysters in Portland

These three spots offer standout selections of the bivalve mollusks served in unique ways.

August 2, 2024

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Cambrie Juarez

A white and brown dog sits on a grey couch in a living room with an abstract painting hanging above its head.

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Dancers wearing pink and red silk dresses arrance themselves in a group on stage. Behind them you can see large red Chinese drums. One woman in the center holds a rose.

Events

Celebrate culture and cuisine at the Oregon Chinese Festival

The event put on by the Oregon Chinese Coalition returns to Pioneer Courthouse Square for the fifth time with dance and musical performances, food vendors, and community outreach.

August 1, 2024

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Ben McBee

A yellow warehouse next to train tracks with a rainbow arching over its roof.

Culture

Q+A: Take a walk in a Portland photoblogger’s shoes

Mark McClure has taken 900+ walks in Portland over the past 14 years, documenting each walk with the help of a camera and sharing his images online.

July 31, 2024

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Cambrie Juarez

A Google Street View image taken in 2024 of a large industrial building with a billboard of a soccer player that reads "This is Soccer City." The Steel Bridge is visible in the background.

Real Estate

What would you do with this 3-acre riverfront property near Moda Center?

The former Louis Dreyfus Co. grain terminal listing highlights the site’s potential as a mixed-use redevelopment.

July 29, 2024

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Cambrie Juarez

Culture

LAIKA Studios to blaze trail of ‘Coraline’ cats in downtown Portland

Coraline’s Curious Cat Trail will be a free urban trail featuring sculptures hand-painted by local artists.

July 29, 2024

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Cambrie Juarez