Soak up the sun: Georgie Friedman
“BREATHING-LIGHT,” on view at Oregon Contemporary, offers viewers the chance to surround themselves with the surface of the sun. Hannah Krafcik contemplates this perspectival flip.
“BREATHING-LIGHT,” on view at Oregon Contemporary, offers viewers the chance to surround themselves with the surface of the sun. Hannah Krafcik contemplates this perspectival flip.
This weekend two classic works of 20th century American literature come to life in the form of 21st century ballet.
An in-depth conversation with the pianist and singer, pairing up for their ‘Cycles of Life’ concerts Feb. 10 & 11 in West Linn.
With music and dancing and dining and a welcoming vibe, a refugee from Pol Pot’s Cambodia has created a gathering place for Southeast Asians and others in greater Portland.
Shut out in the 2023 legislative session after a Senate walkout stalled action, Oregon arts advocates and legislators are pushing in ’24 for some major state funding.
Differing senses of time, space, movement, image and meaning were coordinated by artistic leaders Alissa Deeter and Samuel Hobbs in their dazzling recent performances at The Reser.
The actor, son of Oscar winner William Hurt, co-stars at 21ten theater in “A Number,” Caryl Churchill’s play about a father/son relationship. But he’s carving his own path.
The stop-motion animation master, who won an Oscar for “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio,” was revered in Portland’s vibrant animation community.
Themes of populist insurgency, ballot theft, and violence in 1930s Oregon carry resonances for modern readers.
The 3A artistic director’s solo flute show featured new music–including commissioned works by two Oregon composers–and a multimedia aura of spiritual mystery.
Finding a community model for their crowd-sourced choreography helped the Eugene dance company connect with donors, partners, and the public, and build sustainable financial support.
The mobile venue is a South By Southwest finalist; the former Oregon Symphony conductor’s CIM saga continues.
The pronk quartet returns to live music, Oregon Symphony celebrates the “Rhapsody” centennial, Grammy-winner Cann performans a recital of Black women composers for PPI, Eugene Concert Choir releases their “Black is Beautiful” CD, and the Albina Community Archive goes live.
Also this week: Mads Mikkelsen in “The Promised Land” and the documentaries “Dario Argento Panico” and “In the Dirt.”
K.B. Dixon’s cultural-portrait series continues with black & white images of jazz drummer Ron Steen, multimedia artist Pamela Chipman, musical-theater leader Sharon Maroney, filmmaker Jim Blashfield, and author and environmentalist Allison Cobb.
Other bookish events this month include jazz bassist Chuck Israels on his musical memoir, Doran Larson’s look at prisons from the inside, and Hamilton Nolan on the labor movement.
Commitment to New Year’s Resolutions may be waning but February’s art offerings remind us of the benefits of thoughtful attention and contemplation.
A collaboration showcasing Black composers working in the Orthodox tradition, ECC’s concert of choral music from Canada and Ecuador, and Bach Cantata Choir’s annual Super Bowl Sunday concert.
Heidi Schreck’s bracing play at Portland Center Stage dives smartly and entertainingly into the serious issues of the strengths and weaknesses of the U.S. Constitution.
How Beauford Delaney’s “Twilight Street” got from 119 Waverly Place in New York’s Greenwich Village to the studio of art conservator Nina Olsson to the Portland Art Museum’s walls.
The exhibition’s first iteration since the pandemic opens Feb. 1 as an invitational event and honors Henk Pander, the Northwest art giant who died last year.
The father and son artists share gallery space in the “Au Naturel” show of nude art opening Feb. 1 in Astoria’s Royal Nebeker Art Gallery.
The director and actor talk with Marc Mohan about filming in Astoria and working with an internationally famous movie star.
Jamuna Chiarini looks back on December and January shows and ahead to February’s dance, from BodyVox’s “Flights” to Rejoice!’s “Rites of Passage” to OBT’s “Peter Pan” and more.
Fifteen months after the death of the legendary showman and collector of rare and offbeat films, friends and colleagues are rescuing his films and bringing them back into theaters.
The Portland-based national cultural organization chooses Shyla Spicer to carry its multiple programs forward as its new president and CEO.
Choreographer Samuel Hobbs partners with PSC artistic director Dr. Alissa Deeter to create a powerful meditation of voice and movement drawn from ‘All-Night Vigil,’ Sergei Rachmaninoff’s choral masterpiece.
Portland Center Stage sinks its teeth into “What the Constitution Means to Me”; The Old Church’s “Moon Series” goes musical; Chapel Theatre hosts 10 new works; a Wilde “Earnest” & more.
Storm damage shuts down the Beaverton arts center’s galleries for repairs; The Judy reopens after its own storm damage; and All Classical’s biggest-ever grant, from the Murdock Trust, helps its move to new downtown Portland headquarters.
The Albina Music Trust celebrates its trove of recordings, photos, memorabilia, articles, and oral histories with a searchable archive and a Feb. 3 release party at Oregon Historical Society.
Last Monday’s concert at The Old Church featured ebows and superball mallets in music by Skye Neal, Kirsten Volness, Rachel Modlin, Bora Yoon, and Kimberly Osberg.
In upcoming workshops in Cannon Beach and Astoria, the self-described “story doula” will help participants hone personal tales of their hero’s journey.
A fictionalized film adaptation of Isabel Wilkerson’s best-selling book “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents” falls short of its ambitions. Plus: where to watch every Oscar-nominated film before the awards show.
Boosted by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, “The Hatchery” will help launch new theater works that emphasize music and movement.
The photographer uses self-portraiture to explore trans identity and sacredness. His current exhibition at Blue Sky Gallery is a celebration of self and the journey it took to get here.
The vibrant musician, born in Mexico and bringing its sounds and traditions to the Northwest, has died. Dmae Lo Roberts brings back this podcast conversation with him.
Winners in seven categories will be announced April 8 during a ceremony in Portland. In addition, Ellen Waterston of Bend will be recognized for her contributions to the state’s literary scene.
Seeds for the career of the acclaimed playwright, whose “What the Constitution Means To Me” opens this week at Portland Center Stage, were planted and nurtured in Oregon.
A taut, terrific staging of Caryl Churchill’s speculative drama kicks off Portland theater’s “second season.” Plus: OSF Ashland stars on a new stage; how companies weathered the weather.
The iconic conductor, composer, and music educator, back in the limelight after getting the biopic treatment, now receives the greatest honor of them all: his own ArtsWatch crossword puzzle.
OBF has announced Jos van Veldhoven and Craig Hella Johnson as the festival’s new artistic partners.
The large-scale geometric prints are inspired by 20th-century utopian design movements and offer viewers the chance to relish balance and formal flourish.
As Oregon Children’s Theatre prepares a dual opening of “Goodnight Moon” and “The Lightning Thief,” Dmae Lo Roberts talks in her newest podcast with company Artistic Director Jenn Hartman Luck.
Chanticleer goes with the flow and reschedules Friday’s Reed performance for Saturday at PSU’s Lincoln Hall; performances of Rachmaninoff’s ‘Vespers’ with push/FOLD and Portland Symphonic Choir will proceed as planned at The Reser.
This week, director Jonathan Glazer provides a stark reminder of the banality of genocide, and Anthony Hopkins stars as the father of psychoanalysis opposite Matthew Goode’s C. S. Lewis.
Portland Youth Philharmonic’s chamber orchestra strutted their stuff with a challenging program that included four world premieres.
The program of music for solo flute and electronics features music by Keiko Devaux, Alison Loggins-Hull, Nicholas Denton Protsack, Chloe Upshaw, and Oregonians Elaina Rae Stuppler and Daniel Vega.
The Oregon State University painter passed away in 2021. In 2023, The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art acquired ‘Last Supper’ and the Oregon State University Press published a new catalog based on ‘First Meal.’
From a Cirque du Soleil hit to updates on Don Quixote and Maxim Gorky to an opera about Malcolm X and more, Seattle’s stages are bringing some heat to the chilly season.
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, take seven minutes to watch and hear the eloquence and artistry of the famous speech that helped re-set a nation’s compass.
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