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The Best Shows and Events in Portland This Week, March 2026

How to Be an Antiracist author Ibram X. Kendi chats with Sen. Jeff Merkley.

9:15am By Matthew Trueherz

Plants

At Rancho Cacto, Molly Malecki Is All About the Succulents

She's known to some as the Cactus Lady.

7:00am By Jordan Michelman Photography by Michael Novak

In Blossom

A Flower CSA Will Keep You in Local Blooms All Season Long

Skip the grocery store bouquets by signing up for a flower subscription from a Portland-area farm.

03/18/2026 By Rebecca Jacobson

shop local

Tariffs Are Hamstringing Italian Imports. Oregon Wine, Cheese, and Pasta Offer an Alternative.

Trouble finding your favorite Italian provisions lately? A large local contingent of Italophile farmers, foragers, fisheries, and restaurants can help.

03/18/2026 By Elena Valierote

Editor’s Note

Building Community Isn’t Always Fun. Do It Anyway.

How fighting for a working elevator taught me how to talk to strangers.

03/17/2026 By Brooke Jackson-Glidden

Awesome Blossom

Guide to the Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival

Thirty miles south of Portland, 40 rainbow acres await.

03/16/2026 By Rebecca Jacobson