January 24, 2026Bob Hicks
The grants from RACC and the city's Office of Arts & Culture are for up to $5,000 each, and cover a broad array of arts and cultural projects throughout the city.
January 24, 2026Lori Tobias
The store survived Amazon, then the pandemic, through a focus on customers. "They make you feel like part of the family," says one.
January 23, 2026Jim Redden
A new market feasibility study declares that the city can't support both the 3,000-seat Keller and a new large hall at Portland State University, but champions the PSU project. Now the city must decide what to do.
January 23, 2026Matthew Neil Andrews
The Venezuelan-born, El Sistema-trained trumpeter, conductor, and composer discusses his new flute concerto – which receives a repeat performance this weekend by commissioning flutist Adam Eccleston and Orchestra Nova Northwest – and his work with Oregon Symphony, Metropolitan Youth Symphony, Portland Youth Philharmonic.
January 22, 2026Marc Mohan
Also this week: the surreal romcom "Two Sleepy People" and the documentary "Mr. Nobody Against Putin."
January 22, 2026Caitlin Nolan
The playwright talks about his "absurd, irreverent satire" of Asian American identity, tiger parents, and the model-minority myth, opening at Portland's Profile Theatre.
January 21, 2026James Bash
The guest conductor got into a mind-meld with the orchestra, creating a spectacular concert that also included works by Beethoven and Lili Boulanger.
January 21, 2026Brett Campbell
Guitar virtuoso Towner has died at 85, following vocalist King's death last year. In the early 1960s they and jazz bassist Moore kicked off their world-class careers together at the University of Oregon.
January 20, 2026Linda Ferguson
Chapel Theatre, Corrib Theatre, triangle and Broadway Rose Theatre are presenting new shows. Plus: Stumptown’s “Pippin” revival, other opening and continuing plays, and good news from Oregon Children’s Theatre.
January 20, 2026Marc Mohan
The documentary, which was also nominated for a Critic’s Choice Award, is available to stream for free on the PBS website and app.
January 20, 2026Lynn Darroch
Remembering the life and irresistible jazz vocals of Kilgore, the great Portland-based singer and interpreter of the American Songbook, who has died at age 76.
January 19, 2026Amy Leona Havin
Review: In a performance and photo exhibit, the dancemaker and visual artist deftly winds up their arts residency at Stelo Arts, talking with the audience afterward about the ideas driving their work.
January 19, 2026Fran Gardner
"Shaping the Soul: Books in Medieval Life" runs through March 6 in the Watzek Library, with an opening reception Jan. 24.
January 18, 2026Bob Hicks
The longtime, much admired Portland painter's works straddled the line between realism and the imaginary, often veering into realms of vividly compelling fantasy.
January 18, 2026Daryl Browne
A century and a half after his death, the Victorian writer's novels and stories remain as popular as ever. Test your knowledge of Tiny Tim, Miss Havisham, and other characters in this literary crossword puzzle.
January 16, 2026Angela Allen
The string trio performed music by Bach and Meyer – without a page of sheet music – at The Reser for Chamber Music Northwest.
January 15, 2026Marc Mohan
Plus: "Night Patrol," Ralph Fiennes in "The Choral," and the documentary "Rainier: A Beer Odyssey."
January 15, 2026Matthew Neil Andrews
NSO’s late September concerts featured a hearing-themed program revolving around Gabriela Lena Frank’s “Elegia Andina,” two by Ludwig van Beethoven – Oregon-born pianist Ben Kim performing the “Emperor” concerto and Willamette Master Chorus joining in for the “Choral Fantasy” – plus Jake Runestad and Todd Bass’s interpretation of LvB’s chilling and heroic “Heiligenstad Testament.”
January 15, 2026Jim Redden
The Oregon Historical Society, Oregon Humanities, Oregon Contemporary and The Immigrant Project are looking beyond 4th of July fireworks to the nation's and state's histories of inequities – and toward a brighter future.
January 13, 2026Ellen Clarke
The museum is one of many events in the community reading program, this year focusing on Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s memoir, “Lovely One.”
January 13, 2026Bob Hicks
The awards go to a quartet of artists who "spark hope, inspiration and connection, and ... raise voices that aren’t always heard." Eight finalists receive $10,000 each.
January 12, 2026Charles Rose
The aptly-named “ensemble” (a loose collective) of Eugene musicians making “difficult” (or “experimental”) music hosted their fourth annual gathering in October.
January 12, 2026Susan Grace Banyas
The lasting impact of the photographer, writer and environmental advocate who died in October 2025, and whose work and life are honored in an exhibit at Astoria's RiverSea Gallery through February 10.
January 11, 2026William C. Stack
The essay collection explores the migration of a "mystery people" from Europe to the American West, as well as providing thumbnail sketches of novels in which they feature.
January 10, 2026Friderike Heuer
Sam Marroquin's vivid paintings at Alexander Gallery of the ongoing horror experienced by Palestinians in Gaza go straight to the heart of both shame and action.
January 9, 2026Jim Redden
The bill to fund the national arts and humanities endowments is headed for the Senate, and then must be signed by the president to take effect. But the House approval is a promising first step.
January 9, 2026Amanda Waldroupe
The 61-year-old building is structurally unsound and the library may soon move. But after two failed bond measures, supporters ask where and how.
January 8, 2026Matthew Neil Andrews
ChatterPDX shows us how it’s done; Jennifer Wright echolocates; Pyxis Quartet takes Portland to school; New Wave Opera previews Caroline Louise Miller; Orchestra Nova Northwest revives Giancarlo Castro D’Addona’s flute concerto for Adam Eccleston; Jimmie Herrod dominates the Oregon Symphony.
January 8, 2026Marc Mohan
Also this week: Lucy Liu in "Rosemead," and the Portland Art Museum's Whitsell Auditorium reopens after a lengthy renovation.
January 8, 2026Charles Rose
Chatter’s ever-changing string quartet, with co-artistic director and clarinetist James Shields, premiered a new work by Osberg, one of three composers in Chatter’s unique residency program.
