The dark and twisted Yukio Mishima could be funny, too ā and in his kabuki play “Sardine seller,” is. Plus a fresh look at the AIDS era’s “Rent,” the OUTwright Festival and more.
The Oregon Potters Association held its first in-person Ceramic Showcase in two years in May at the Portland Convention Center. Maguelonne Ival attended and interviewed fellow ceramicists about art, value, and prestige.
The rising artist performs at The Six in Southeast Portland.
The retired Reed College composition professorās āPrefontaineā and āVineyard Rhythmsā come to Eugene and Portland.
As theaters gear up for big-budget Summer Movie Season, several intriguing small films slip into town. Plus: some big, loud flicks that AREN’T “Top Gun: Maverick.”
Portland Columbia Symphony Orchestra hires the former Oregon Ballet Theatre leader as its executive director, and other comings and goings in Oregon music.
Set against Big Sky country, the filmmaking duo’s intimate tale of family conflict is rooted in the past but unfolds resolutely in the present.
POās artistic director and general director discuss their upcoming season.
A teller of tales and theater-artist-about-town digs into the “cauldron of creativity” of his happy place, the rehearsal room. And, oh: Got a story idea? Let him know.
An unrepentant (and successful) outsider talks from his Oregon coast home about indie movies, American imperialism, and the pleasures of a good beer and a good dog.
Jenn Sova’s exhibit probes the failed hopes and expectations of fatherhood by juxtaposing remnants, personal effects, and organic materials.
The best part of “Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Mexican Modernism” is in the museum’s Schnitzer Sculpture Court, before you enter the exhibition.
Yes, it’s a great beach town ā and part of that is its cultural life. K.B. Dixon brings home the photographic proof.
Portland’s annual festival of new works, which reinvented itself during the pandemic, will take a “strategic hiatus” in 2023 to reinvent again.
After a long Covid layoff the Great White Way is bursting with energy, from “Hadestown” to “Six” to “A Strange Loop” and more.
The widely loved Foote, who retired to Mexico after years of helping Oregon Children’s Theatre rise to national prominence, was 69.
Michelle Fujii explores questions of identity through music, stories, and dance.
King Hannah comes to Doug Fir; Sigur RĆ³s subdues the Theater of the Clouds audience.
Entering into the abstract: “I found myself wanting to slide through an imagined gap between several layers as if a door was left ajar. ‘Explore,’ it tempted.”
FNM performs music by Asian and Asian-American composers at The Old Church.
