Coast calendar: Here’s to an arty new year
Lori Tobias
December 31, 2019
Art exhibits and author readings are among events getting 2020 off to an inspiring start.
Art exhibits and author readings are among events getting 2020 off to an inspiring start.
DanceWatch Monthly is hoping that Marquee TV will fill the void in performing arts on your devices, whatever they may be.
Martha Daghlian’s monthly roundup of things to see in January
A look back at the ups and downs and curious side trips of the year in Oregon culture.
Stories keep reinventing Oregon culture and art. Looking back, and peeking ahead to 2020 and beyond.
New Year’s Eve, like Death, is the great equalizer. We all celebrate the solstice-adjacent holidays differently–Christmas, Kwanzaa, Yule, Festivus, Hogswatch, and so on–but those of us who follow the Gregorian calendar all come to the end of 2019 at more or less
• Portland Opera has named Sue Dixon the company’s sixth general director, replacing Christopher Mattaliano, who departed in June after 16 years. She’s served the company in other capacities since 2014. PO also temporarily assigned Mattaliano’s artistic direction responsibilities to Palm Beach
In which our coast correspondent learns the secret to publishing a novel is to never, never, never give up.
Stuck in an impeachment funk? Liberace, Liza, and a whole lot of holiday shows to reset the mood.
Treat your ears with modern classical, vintage pop, nouveau prog, Australian psych, and Portland Gothic.
Ten portraits by K.B. Dixon of Oregon writers who are making a mark, with excerpts from their work.
It seems dark and stormy at the end of December, but upcoming events promise a lot of merry and bright.
Excoriated musical Americana lives on with Portland Sacred Harp’s shape note singing convention.
The Portland pop star talks about singing with the Oregon Symphony and making her own oddball musical way.
NW Dance Project’s weekend holiday show, “Winter Wonders,” felt like a sampler plate of grandma’s cookies.
Portland Tuba Christmas makes a mighty sound in Pioneer Courthouse Square, renewing a pleasure we’ve been missing.
It’s year-end donation time. Help us keep the arts clock ticking. Also: Whole lotta holiday shows goin’ on.
Ho ho ho! Oregon First Winter is fully upon us: the snow and ice and seasonal depression haven’t hit in full force yet, but it’s finally cold and rainy enough to talk about holiday music. Let’s get started with an old favorite:
An expansive exhibit at the Getty gets to the grit of the great German modernist’s life and work.
What makes Imago’s critter spectacular such a cool treat? An inside-the-costume source tells all.
