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Honoring the past, investing in a future in Indigenous art

At an open house and marketplace at the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde's museum, artists weave a story that carries traditional skills and values into the modern world.

Portland Book Festival: Susan Orlean on a ‘Joyride’ of journalism and storytelling

Ten Fifteen Productions: The Astoria theater company that doesn’t shy from the controversial

Portland Book Festival: Reginald Dwayne Betts’ ‘Doggerel’ transforms his life into poetry

Portland Book Festival: In ‘So Far Gone,’ Jess Walter takes a road trip into the ‘reality gap’

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Oregon gets a new Arts and Culture Director

Amy Lewin will oversee the Oregon Arts Commission and Oregon Cultural Trust, and will be a part of Business Oregon's leadership team.

Thinking about The Big Re/Think

November 7, 2025Jim Redden

Arts & cultural leaders gather to plan a strategy for greater funding from the Oregon Legislature for arts, culture, heritage and humanities, aiming for the 2027 session.

‘Live Wire’ launches emergency fund drive

November 6, 2025Jim Redden

The popular Portland-based variety show, broadcast by public radio stations across the nation, is caught in the federal squeeze of public broadcasting and needs to raise $150,000 as the first step in a turnaround campaign.

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MusicWatch Monthly: Betterment of self or world

In which we consider the problem of “overproduction of cultural goods” in the context of encouraging you to touch grass with Portugal. The Man, Ural Thomas and the Pain, Nasalrod, Madeline Ross, Oregon East Symphony, Metropolitan Youth Symphony, Wonderly, and the Low Bar Chorale.

A sense of fragrance and bloom: Trio Afiori and composer Alex Ho

November 6, 2025Angela Allen

An interview with the British-Chinese composer — commissioned by the recently formed trio of pianist Gloria Chien, clarinetist Anthony McGill, and mezzo-soprano Fleur Barron — ahead of the trio's upcoming Chamber Music Northwest concert.

The Sonics of Community: A conversation with Friends After Good Sound

November 5, 2025Charles Rose

Friends After Good Sound are a newcomer to Portland’s experimental music scene. They are a collective of young, queer composers and performers that exclusively play works composed for them by…

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Honoring the past, investing in a future in Indigenous art

At an open house and marketplace at the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde's museum, artists weave a story that carries traditional skills and values into the modern world.

VizArts Monthly: Exuberance

November 5, 2025Raylee Heiden

November may be short on daylight but it is full of bright and joyful art exhibits and events including the grand opening of Portland Art Museum's Rothko Pavilion.

Schneider Museum at Southern Oregon University loses funding for at least three years

October 30, 2025Holly Dillemuth

Plans for a major expansion of the art museum are shelved, and its future is unsure: "You kind of feel like the rug was pulled from underneath you," the museum's director says.

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Something witty this way comes

Ashland to host its first-ever Sarcasm Festival Dec. 5–7 as a host of comedians converge on Shakespeare territory and aim for audiences' funny bones.

Ten Fifteen Productions: The Astoria theater company that doesn’t shy from the controversial

November 6, 2025Lori Tobias

The theme of the community theater’s next season is “America the Beautiful?” And, yes, the question mark is intentional.

‘Madonna of the Cat’: Everyday emotions, abandoned child, and, oh – a talking bear 

November 6, 2025Linda Ferguson

Review: The world premiere at 21ten Theatre of Sue Mach’s play filling in the 16-year gap in Shakespeare's "The Winter's Tale" uses fantasy and whimsy to explore real-life woes.

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FilmWatch Weekly: Jennifer Lawrence in ‘Die, My Love,’ Sydney Sweeney in ‘Christy,’ Predators in ‘Predator: Badlands,’ and more

Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Robert Pattinson, and LaKeith Stanfield, Lynne Ramsay's first feature film since 2017 depicts a woman's frenzied descent into psychosis.

2025 Bend Film Festival: A cinematic cornucopia over five days features Oscar candidates, copious shorts, Indigenous stories, and more

November 4, 2025Marc Mohan

Oregon's most prominent film festival returned for its 22nd year with panel discussions, social events, and more than 100 movies from around the globe.

‘Clint: The Man and The Movies’: Shawn Levy’s latest celebrity bio is his most successful yet

October 31, 2025Marc Mohan

The Portland author's 560-page biography of the Hollywood icon has received rave reviews in The New York Times and The New Yorker.

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November DanceWatch: From Dracula to Dia de los Muertos to Cirque Nutcracker, let the holidays (and more) begin

The month's dance calendar also includes Balinese dance, a "Sleeping Beauty" with lights, Barcelona's RUNA, push/FOLD's "Catalysts," "Enchanted Toyshop" and more.

Preview: Eugene Ballet’s ‘Dracula’

October 29, 2025Jean Zondervan

Suzanne Haag’s full-length world-premiere reimagines Dracula with a film noir theme, multi-media scenery, and gravity-defying choreography.

Review: Complexions’ dances of life

October 8, 2025Hannah Krafcik

In a three-night run at Portland's Keller Auditorium, the contemporary ballet troupe reflected growth, change, humor, and a welcome energy of joy.

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Photo First: Authors, authors, everywhere

As the Portland Book Festival and its visiting writers move into high gear, photographer K.B. Dixon portrays 15 homegrown winners of Oregon Book Awards.

Portland Book Festival: Susan Orlean on a ‘Joyride’ of journalism and storytelling

November 7, 2025Amanda Waldroupe

The former Portlander's new book is both a memoir and a tutorial on the craft of writing.

In book tour for ‘107 Days,’ Kamala Harris says she wanted to ‘lift the hood’ on presidential campaigns

November 6, 2025Amy Wang

In a nearly sold-out Portland event, Harris tells the audience, “Our democracy relies on our willingness to fight for it.”

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Honoring the past, investing in a future in Indigenous art

At an open house and marketplace at the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde's museum, artists weave a story that carries traditional skills and values into the modern world.

Oregon gets a new Arts and Culture Director

November 7, 2025Bob Hicks

Amy Lewin will oversee the Oregon Arts Commission and Oregon Cultural Trust, and will be a part of Business Oregon's leadership team.

Thinking about The Big Re/Think

November 7, 2025Jim Redden

Arts & cultural leaders gather to plan a strategy for greater funding from the Oregon Legislature for arts, culture, heritage and humanities, aiming for the 2027 session.

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Metropolitan Youth Symphony Music Concert Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall Portland Oregon

Emerald Art Center: The ‘real’ Springfield’s art heart

The 68-year-old nonprofit is famous for its mural of The Simpsons, but local artists know it for classes, workshops, youth camps, and gallery space.

Schools receiving Portland Arts Tax funding begin piloting new assessment tool 

October 9, 2025Amanda Waldroupe

The framework will access staffing, quality of facilities, and other factors that impact the quality of elementary school arts education.

Look: Up in the air! The Flynn Creek Circus is flying into the Big Top

September 29, 2025Jason Vondersmith

The juggling and acrobatic stars of the California-based touring circus troupe bring their physical marvels to Vancouver, Wash., for seven shows Oct. 2-5.

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Orchestra Nova Roosevelt High School Portland Oregon and The Reser Beaverton Oregon

Thinking about The Big Re/Think

Arts & cultural leaders gather to plan a strategy for greater funding from the Oregon Legislature for arts, culture, heritage and humanities, aiming for the 2027 session.

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Honoring the past, investing in a future in Indigenous art

At an open house and marketplace at the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde's museum, artists weave a story that carries traditional skills and values into the modern world.

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Future emerging: Four young classical musicians win Young Artists Competition

The teen winners each get a $1,000 scholarship and will perform with professional musicians in the chatterPDX Sunday musical series.

Stage & Studio: ‘Madonna of the Cat’

Podcast host Dmae Lo Roberts talks with playwright Sue Mach and director Gemma Whelan about Mach's play that creatively fills in the gaps in Shakespeare's "Winter's Tale."

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