The Portland Claymation studio founder and Oscar winner had big dreams – and lost them in a legal battle with the Knights.
August is festival season in the Pacific Northwest. Two to watch for: Portland Homowo & Twins Festival, Washougal Art Festival.
The Roseburg show of nearly 100 pieces in various media explores the gap between urban and rural Oregon — and strives to bridge it.
The sax quartet and virtuoso pianist joined forces for a surprising CMNW concert.
The dual exhibition “Curly Hair/Hot Metal” juxtaposes Takasaki’s bold, gestural abstractions with Rogers’ figure-inclusive collages.
Maryhill Museum of Art finishes its sweeping Columbia Gorge fiber-arts project with a grand party on the museum grounds.
New cabaret musical continues Laura Dunn’s comic commingling of theater, music, and social issues.
Maryhill Museum’s “Exquisite Gorge II” throws a party. Who is and isn’t getting ahead in the ballet world. Geezer Gallery gets a new home. A Portland artist’s child faces a health crisis.
Keep keeping your fingers crossed for an Augustful of festivals, from jazz to loopers to hip-hop.
A tale of a 32-year-old “teenager”; a dad who goes way, way too far; the Criterion Channel’s exquisitely timed look at a chapter in Hollywood’s spotty racial history.
The nonprofit offers two-week immersive classes in everything from print-making to Ghanian drumming to performing in a Shakespearean play.
August is for art and there’s plenty to see! Lindsay Costello rounds up the month’s offerings in galleries and alternative venues.
“A safe place inside a dangerous place”: A dozen years in the making, and three after its director’s death, a rare collaboration with inmate actors comes to the screen.
Kenneth Overton, Sandbox Percussion, and Ellen Hwangbo filled the hall with spirituals and percussion at a recent Chamber Music Northwest concert.
Street art abounds on the city’s walls – sometimes sanctioned, sometimes not. Is it time for Portland to join the “Free Walls” movement?
Other literary events feature authors Carey Wong, Brittney Corrigan, Casey Parks, and tunes on a beloved Eugene piano.
Make the most of the last month of summer with a diverse array of outdoor cultural celebrations.
The late Will Vinton’s musical-theater passion project is carried forward to the Lakewood stage. And, yes, the story’s familiar.
Two brothers with different mothers. One mother who disappears. A quest to find her again, and a family tale 25 years in the making.
Berry says his work, part of the “Animals in Nature” show at the Newport museum, aims to raise awareness of climate degradation and loss of species.
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