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PDXtoday’s 2025 holiday gift guide: 90+ finds for everyone you love
Including gifts for significant others, retirees, holiday parties, young people, and gifts that ship fast.
October 14, 2025 08:09 AM
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Emily Shea-Owen
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Here’s how you can support free, unbiased local journalism in Portland
We fill your inbox with positive, impactful local news and events. Support our mission.
May 1, 2024
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Sarah Leonhardt
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April 29, 2024
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Food
Bauman’s Cider Company prepares to open 1st Portland taproom
The Marion County-based cidery has taken over Ecliptic Brewing’s former Moon Room in Southeast Portland.
April 16, 2024
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Cambrie Juarez
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Travel and Outdoors
Seed starting 101 with Portland’s Heirloom Seedhouse
Learn how to grow your own food and flowers using budget-friendly items and advice from a local seed company.
April 12, 2024
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Cambrie Juarez
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Food
Helen Bernhard Bakery celebrating 100 years in Portland
The longstanding shop will celebrate 100 year by offering cakes that showcase its history in Northeast Portland.
April 11, 2024
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Michael Beausoleil
People sit at picnic tables and around a covered fire pit in a courtyard surrounded by food carts on a cloudy day.
Food
Embark on an appetizing adventure during Portland Food Cart Week
The event celebrates and supports the small eateries that contribute to Portland’s reputation as a culinary paradise.
April 8, 2024
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Cambrie Juarez
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Culture
Keep on rolling with these bike maintenance resources in Portland
Join a workshop to learn how to fix things yourself or drop your ride off at a local shop.
April 1, 2024
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Ben McBee
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Travel and Outdoors
Q+A: Regenerative landscaper Kyle Leslie-Christy turns Portland lawns into food forests
The founder of PDX Urban Gardens is establishing self-sustaining green spaces that support the surrounding environment and community.
March 21, 2024
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Cambrie Juarez
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Culture
Spring break activities for kids
Whether you’re spending quality time with your little ones or dropping them off at camp, they’ll make memories to last a lifetime.
March 20, 2024
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Ben McBee
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Food
Portland sets the pace in coffee industry sustainability
From reusable cups to direct trade practices, a number of local coffee businesses are working toward a more sustainable future.
March 19, 2024
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Cambrie Juarez
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Here’s how the 2024 general election will change Portland city government
Portlanders have big choices ahead of them as the city prepares to enter 2025 with a new mayor and 12 City Council members.
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The space will double as an edible garden and event space.
October 24, 2024
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LAIKA will help Portland State University develop new animation program
The Oscar-winning studio will also fund scholarships for six students.
October 23, 2024
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Pitch in with these volunteer opportunities in Portland
This list of volunteer opportunities around Rose City includes everything from fostering a pet to mentoring at-risk youth.
October 23, 2024
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Cambrie Juarez
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Hike of the Month: Council Crest Park
Get your steps in as you climb to one of Portland’s tallest points, which offers vistas of five Cascade peaks as well as an off-leash dog park.
October 22, 2024
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Ben McBee
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Try on these Portland-inspired Halloween costumes
Short on time and creativity? We’ve got you covered with some costume ideas that will help keep Portland weird.
October 22, 2024
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Cambrie Juarez
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Help rid Portland’s natural areas of invasive vines on No Ivy Day
Volunteer your time at one of 17 No Ivy Day events across the metro area.
October 21, 2024
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Cambrie Juarez
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Travel and Outdoors
Squirrel away these facts about Portland-area squirrels
These abundant critters are busy in the fall — but can you tell one species apart from the next?
October 21, 2024
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Cambrie Juarez
A model shows Lawrence Halprin's design for a potential Pioneer Courthouse Square, involving rounded archies and lots of glass and trees.
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Exploring the Pioneer Courthouse Square designs that never came to be
In an alternate universe, Portland’s Living Room could look very different.
October 18, 2024
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Ben McBee