Theatrical barbecue, skeleton piano, down on the sheep farm, Troubles in Belfast, schools & Congress, bustle of books, a galaxy far far away.
Marc Mohan at the movies: Branagh recalls his childhood during the Troubles; a political bio puts things in and leaves things out; some short streaming gems.
This week at the theater: Chewing over the issues in Portland Playhouse’s prism on race and language; “Mean Girls” and 600 Highwaymen hit town; last chances & more.
Composer and pianist Wright explains how she and her students are fighting climate change using instruments made from trash
Generations meet and play when the Keylock company’s young dancers take on the witty choreography of Oregon legend Bielemeier, 71.
Carrying on a tradition launched 17 years ago, the Salem choir opens its 37th season with a salute.
The bellwether: In Maryhill Museum’s second collaborative art project along a 220-mile stretch of the Columbia River – this one by fiber artists – sheep and their wool lead the way.
The bill, which would redress decades of inequality in arts access, has broad support but faces a long journey in Congress.
push/FOLD’s festival drew national and international contemporary-dance ideas from Brooklyn to New Jersey to Portland to L.A. to the Dominican Republic and Taiwan.
Mohammed Murshed’s exhibition is a “love letter” to his native Yemen exploring memory, violence, and hope.
The star of the rapid-fire one-man show coming Nov. 14 to Portland’s Newmark Theatre talks in an ArtsWatch Q&A about the method behind his miraculous madness.
If you’re a writer, do things look different here? Dao Strom, J.C. Geiger, Theodore C. Van Alst Jr., Amelia Díaz Ettinger, Laura Moulton, Ben Hodgson, Teresa K. Miller, and Rene Denfeld weigh in.
Pulitzer Prize winner Louise Erdrich will headline the Nov. 13 in-person festival, put on by Literary Arts, preceded by virtual events featuring more than 100 writers.
Carmona’s joyful and exuberant sculptures are inspired by memories of his childhood home in Puerto Rico.
A new month stirs up a storm of cultural activity, from a big book fest to galleries to stage, screen, and sound.
Marc Mohan at the movies: From audacious revivals to the Houses of Windsor and Marvel.
Curator Ella Ray’s latest project brings together the work of six artists who are imagining an “otherside” of the art world.
Robert Ham’s monthly scouring of Bandcamp to find good new stuff by Oregon musicians to add to your digital library.
Eschewing the “return” to “live” music in favor of a relieved, sustained, sustainable isolation.
Imago’s Jerry Mouawad talks about the Covid-era fear factor in Conor McPherson’s tense and anxious stage version of “The Birds.” Plus: Stage openings & closings.
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