In 1950 a photo of a possible UFO hovering in the Yamhill County sky swept the nation. In the 21st century, space-visitor wannabes strut their stuff once a year in celebration.
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Patricia Rojas, chosen after a national search by the Regional Arts & Culture Council as it transitions from a string of setbacks, will begin her new job August 1.
May 16, 2025Claire Willett
The war against DOGE comes to Portland as state humanities councils join forces in court to challenge attacks on their funding and programming.
May 8, 2025Charles Rose
The local musicians advocacy group has started a survey to help with students and instructors opposing PCC's proposal to end their MSA program.
In the concert "Found Sounds," composers and players discover percussive possibilities by whacking and smacking all sorts of everyday non-instruments.
May 17, 2025Charles Rose
Flutists Zach Galatis and Alicia DiDontano Paulsen took center stage in a concert of impressionist music by the two composers, one Oregonian and one Japanese-French.
May 17, 2025Jim Flint
The Jazz in the Vineyard series brings guitarists Mimi Fox and Derek Gripper, plus the Marcos Silva Quintet, to Ashland's Grizzly Peak Winery stage beginning May 25.
In 'Underdone Potato', an expansive exhibition at the Schneider Museum of Art in Ashland, Grabner continues her meditations on craft and daily life. Ham tins, jam jars, and cereal boxes all make an appearance.
May 16, 2025Lori Tobias
The club, which offers an egalitarian welcome to artists ranging from painters to needleworkers to gourd-crafters, is celebrating its 75th anniversary.
May 5, 2025David Bates
The appearance by the poet and memoirist is part of the school's “Learning Across Boundaries” program, which also includes a literary and visual art display.
Despite funding cuts, vibrant stories are busting out all over, from "The Book of Mormon" to Ten Fifteen’s "Again! The Art of Perfection" to "Assassins" and other continuing shows.
May 16, 2025Linda Ferguson
A look inside the making of Triffle's "Happyness (The Wrecking Ball)" and Webb's "Precipice: re-remembering, forgetting, and claiming home."
May 12, 2025Dmae Lo Roberts
The "memory activism" festival, established to tell stories of the lasting cultural effects of the 1948 Vanport Flood, continues with a rich tapestry of music and theater. Dmae Lo Roberts talks with the Mosaic's leaders and co-founders.
Plus: the documentary "Deaf President Now!" on Apple TV+, Portland's 22nd annual Filmed by Bike festival, and battling Bigfeet in "The Siege of Ape Canyon" at the Kiggins Theatre.
May 8, 2025Marc Mohan
Two modest releases from Vertical Entertainment offer a welcome break from the standard big-budget studio fare.
May 4, 2025Jim Flint
With robust audiences and several hit films, this year's lively festival climbed out of the pandemic-years slump. Coming in 2026: AIFF's 25th anniversary celebration.
The two dances, both choreographed by Toni Pimble, mark the end of Pimble's almost half-century as the Eugene company's co-founder, artistic director, and creative force.
May 7, 2025Beth Sorensen
The Brazilian dance company, renowned for its precise synchronized dancing and Afro-Brazilian movement, provided a joyful night that transfixed and transported its Portland audience.
May 1, 2025Jamuna Chiarini
Oregon's busy May dance calendar ranges from world premieres to personal solo work, rock operas, Indian dance, African dance, Shakespearean remixes and more.
The author of ‘The Cabin at the Trail’s End’ strove to convey a more authentic West than that depicted by popular novelists Owen Wister, Zane Grey, and Max Brand.
May 17, 2025David Bates
More than 200 people gathered at the Chehalem Cultural Center in Newberg to hear writers read their work appearing in the 32nd annual anthology.
May 15, 2025Bob Hicks
Michael N. McGregor doubles up with his novel "The Last Grand Tour" and memoir "An Island to Myself," and Doyle's lavish Oregon Coast novel goes to the theater. Plus: Willie Vlautin's big prize; an Oregon Book Awards finalist stages a musical.
May 20, 2025Dee Moore
May 17, 2025Bob Hicks
May 19, 2025Prudence Roberts
