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Rick Bartow Art Studio finds a new home at Yakona Nature Preserve & Learning Center April 17, 2025Lori Tobias The tiny building when the beloved Newport artist worked will be reconstructed at the preserve, giving the arts program the home base it has lacked. FilmWatch Weekly: ‘Wedding Banquet’ redux, ‘Gazer,’ and ‘The Ugly Stepsister’ April 17, 2025Marc Mohan This week at the movies: a reimagining of Ang Lee's 1993 comedy "The Wedding Banquet", a microbudget indie triumph, plus some thoughts on the latest Marvel slop. In Salem, arts leaders and advocates gather to plan for a better future April 17, 2025Dee Moore At a reception sponsored by the Cultural Advocacy Coalition of Oregon, Oregon Cultural Trust and Oregon Arts Commission, leaders from across the state tell their stories and plan to lobby legislators. April DanceWatch, Part Two: From National Dance Week to Grupo Corpo and much more, a busy month of dance continues April 16, 2025Jamuna Chiarini Oregon's dance scene is a blur of motion with Step Afrika!, esperanza spalding, dance from India and Indonesia, BodyVox, OBT originals, and Ukraine's "Sleeping Beauty." In her novel ‘Sunshine Girl,’ journalist Nancy Townsley peeks into ‘newsrooms of yore’ April 15, 2025Amy Wang Townsley, longtime reporter for Portland-area community newspapers, will launch her first novel April 22 at Broadway Books. Salomé’s spellbinding strangeness April 15, 2025Linda Ferguson Imago Theatre’s mesmerizing production embraces the wonderful weirdness of Oscar Wilde’s verse play … and then some. The bouyant absurdity of ‘Melancholy Play’ April 15, 2025Linda Ferguson A parachute keeps the comic action moving in Blinking Eye Theatre’s production of Sarah Ruhl’s oddly uplifting play about sadness. Fertile Ground: Homegrown plays, west of the hills April 15, 2025Brett Campbell This year's greater Portland festival of new works inspires creation of original theater pieces in Beaverton, Hillsboro and beyond. ‘Hands of the Ancestors’: Kalapuya artist Stephanie Craig’s mix of past and present April 15, 2025Dee Moore Craig's woven basketry at the Linfield Art Gallery rekindles a fading heritage, blending contemporary methods with the traditions and meanings of ancestral ways. ‘You Can’t Be Serious’: Andrea Parson’s solo show inspired by her sister’s death comes to Astoria April 14, 2025Lori Tobias The choreographer will present her award-winning performance of dance and storytelling May 2 and 3 at Ten Fifteen Productions. Artistic wellspring: Trio of exhibits celebrates Arlene Schnitzer’s contributions April 14, 2025Justin Duyao Three exhibitions, two at the Oregon Historical Society and one at the Schnitzer Collection, explore the ways Arlene Schnitzer and her Fountain Gallery have shaped Oregon's artistic landscape. The last installment of 'A Fountain of Creativity: Oregon's 20th Century Artists and the Legacy of Arlene Schnitzer' closes May 4th. Catherine E. Coulson: ‘The Log Lady’ and so much more April 14, 2025Jim Flint The Ashland Independent Film Festival will honor the "Twin Peaks" star and one of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's most beloved artists with the Oregon premiere of the documentary “I Know Catherine, the Log Lady.” Dance review: Sarah Slipper’s ‘Hedda’ vividly captures the intensity of Ibsen’s play April 13, 2025Jamuna Chiarini NW Dance Project's deep and resonant production is sparked by fine design, excellent score, highly skilled ensemble and Slipper's feel for Ibsen's tense tale. PuzzleWatch: Pianos and Piano Players April 13, 2025Daryl Browne Practice your music trivia skills with this tricky tribute to some of the greatest talents ever to tickle the ivories. A noble effort: Classical Up Close enters thirteenth season April 12, 2025Matthew Neil Andrews The series of pop-up performances and full-length concerts – all free of charge, all featuring Oregon Symphony musicians – springs into action at a variety of venues this month and next. Not how you play but how you listen: The Jerusalem Quartet’s complete Shostakovich cycle for Friends of Chamber Music April 12, 2025Alice Hardesty The Israeli string quartet returned to Portland, twelve years after its last run through the Shostakovich quartets. Music on the Move: Oasis Ensemble takes contemporary Oregon chamber music and more around the state April 11, 2025Brett Campbell Eugene-based classical trio features award-winning veteran orchestra musicians, a rising star, and abundant new music. A farewell to James Edmondson, longtime star at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival April 11, 2025Jim Flint Edmondson, who began his long OSF career in 1972 by playing Petruchio in "Taming of the Shrew," died at home in Ashland at age 86, days after the death of fellow festival veteran Denis Arndt. Donna Guardino, gallery owner and a force behind the Alberta Arts District, dies at age 81 April 11, 2025Beth Sorensen A longtime icon in the Portland arts community, Guardino was known for championing the careers of new artists. Tiffany Mills steps up at Lewis & Clark April 11, 2025Hannah Krafcik The longtime New York contemporary choreographer, now director of dance at L&C, brings her company to campus for an invigorating performance and workshops. Looking then and now: ‘Differ We Must’ April 10, 2025William C. Stack In his Hatfield Lecture Series talk, National Public Radio’s Steve Inskeep discusses his new book on Abraham Lincoln and makes some surprising comparisons to today’s politics. FilmWatch Weekly: ‘Misericordia,’ ‘When Fall Is Coming,’ Alex Garland’s ‘Warfare,’ and much more April 10, 2025Marc Mohan This week at the movies: in two noirish dramas, dangerous secrets lurk behind the French countryside's picturesque facade. Plus: the buddy comedy "Sacramento," "The World Will Tremble," and more. A sense of awesomeness: Organist Paul Jacobs in Eugene April 10, 2025Angela Allen The virtuoso, a favorite of Oregon Bach Festival audiences, performed a solo concert of Ives, Franck, Mendelssohn, Stanley, Brahms, and Bach in Beall Hall. ‘Life of Pi:’ A shipwreck and a tiger’s tale April 9, 2025Linda Ferguson The Broadway in Portland show at Keller Auditorium sates our hunger for spectacle by offering a sumptuous feast of projections and puppetry. Singing is service: From Beethoven to Barbershop April 9, 2025Daryl Browne Also this month: Requiems, lamentations, yelling, Alzheimer’s stories, and more. Oregon Ballet Theatre’s ‘Marilyn’, the consideration of icons, and the influence of old Hollywood April 9, 2025Amy Leona Havin Dani Rowe's world-premiere ballet about the life and times of Marilyn Monroe moves through space deftly as it grapples with her legend and the men who surrounded her. Spark Plug: Taking risks, building trust April 9, 2025Brett Campbell Loading its sets in and out of a coffee shop via U-Haul with each performance, the intimate theater collective brings new and homegrown theater works to Beaverton. The Toni’s: Eugene Ballet presents a Toni Pimble retrospective April 8, 2025Jean Zondervan On Saturday, April 12, the company pays special tribute to Eugene Ballet’s founder and longtime artistic director, presenting five works, choreographed and selected by Pimble herself, which reflect her long career in dance. Steve Ehret: Here there be humors April 7, 2025Patrick Collier Ehret's monster-filled compositions both represent demons and exorcise them. 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