High Desert Museum Creations of Spirit Bend Oregon
May 2021

The eggs and I: a love story

Art of the stovetop, art of the camera: a daily gift of fried eggs becomes a portfolio of variations on a theme.

Imagining the Portland of tomorrow

Diana Burbano’s audio play “The Vertical City” is a tragic (and triumphant) vision of a futuristic PDX.

Reimagining the museum with a Native lens

Steph Littlebird’s series “Indigenous Resilience in Oregon” continues with a feature on the Chachalu Museum and Cultural Center.

European art and the baggage claim

The Portland Art Museum has had a European collection since its founding. What does it mean to exhibit European art in Portland in 2021?

Radio Rejuvenation

Portland’s All Classical Radio moves to bring more diverse music to more diverse audiences.

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Try different paths

Lizzy Ellison moved to L.A. and then came home to Portland. Now, with Cardioid, she’s making her mark again.

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Art from the quarantine life

Artists emerge from the shutdown with work created in isolation, and live theater returns to the Yamhill County stage.

Art for and from unprecedented times

Luiza Lukova explores RACC’s new program “Capturing the Moment – Stories from a Pandemic” and highlights artist projects from the debut selections.

A more hopeful apocalypse

Lindsay Costello explores Ryan Pierce’s latest show “Awake Under Vines” on view at Elizabeth Leach Gallery.

Stage moms storm the gates

ArtsWatch Weekly: Storm Large and 3 Leg Torso make a movie, Chamber Music NW goes live, the Joy of words.

Festivals of the future

With vaccines on the rise, the Oregon Symphony plans a fall return to the Schnitz – and has more news.

Remembering Jacques d’Amboise

The great American ballet star, who has died at age 86, was also a great teacher and a great human being.

Now Hear This: May edition

Robert Ham’s monthly cruise through Bandcamp’s catalog unearths some good new local sounds.

Sing a song of Oregon

An effort to remove offensive language from the state song could end up with dual anthems to Oregon.

Desdemona Chiang – A Great Leap

The director of Lauren Yee’s “The Great Leap” talks via podcast about racial equity, sound design & virtual theater.

Hallie Ford Museum of Art Willamette University Tom Prochaska Music for Ghosts Salem Oregon
Cascadia Composers A Ligeti Odyssey The Old Madeleine Church Portland Oregon
Lincoln County Historical Society Pacific Maritime Heritage Center The Curious World of Seaweed Newport Oregon
Portland Center Stage William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream Portland Oregon
Portland Playhouse The sounds of Afrolitical Movement Portland Oregon
Oregon Bach Festival Musical Wanderlust Eugene Oregon
High Desert Museum Creations of Spirit Bend Oregon
Triangle Productions The Inheritance Part 2 Portland Oregon
Profile Theatre How To Make An American Son Imago Theatre Portland Oregon
Portland Piano International Alexander Korsantia Portland Oregon
Portland Revels Rancho Trinidad Portland Oregon
Artists Repertory Theatre EM Lewis True Story The Armory Portland Oregon
Maryhill Museum of Art Columbia Gorge Washington
Oregon Bach Festival Musical Wanderlust Eugene Oregon
Northwest Dance Project Stravinsky Newmark Theatre Portland Oregon
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