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Subashini Ganesan-Forbes: A game plan for Oregon arts & culture in perilous times April 23, 2025Subashini Ganesan-Forbes As federal funding shrinks and whole programs face the threat of dismantling, the dancer/choreographer and chair of the Oregon Arts Commission lays out practical steps that any and everyone can take. DramaWatch: Meaning and music in ‘Another Dialogue’ and ‘Ballad of Iron Jo’ April 22, 2025Linda Ferguson Music is key in productions from Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble and Bag&Baggage. Plus: "Joe Turner," "Storyteller," "Brothers Size," "Six" and other openings, continuing shows, Oregon Children's Theater's emergency fund drive and more theater news. Everything is play: Danni Lee Parpan and Caroline Shaw discuss their new Ringdown album, “Lady on the Bike” April 22, 2025Matthew Neil Andrews The electro-pop duo celebrates the upcoming release of their first album, featuring contributions from Portland band New Body Electric, with a May 1 Third Angle concert. David Eckard, sculptor and performance artist, dies at 60 April 22, 2025Daniel Duford The multitalented, prolific Portland artist was an energetic collaborator and beloved professor at Pacific Northwest College of Art. Transgressors: Crossing cultural boundaries as Indigiqueer and Two Spirit artists April 22, 2025Beth Sorensen An exhibit, curated by Anthony Hudson and Felix Furby, explores Indigenous history, identity, and cultural revitalization through the work of nine multidisciplinary artists, including Jeffrey Gibson and Geo Soctomah Neptune. In a time of need, Oregon Community Foundation’s $21 million gift to Oregon arts April 21, 2025Bob Hicks As federal funding threatens to dry up, OCF announces grants of up to $100,000 each to more than 300 arts and cultural groups of all sizes throughout the state. Fertile Ground wrap-up: Four shows from a vibrant festival April 21, 2025Linda Ferguson "Rogues," "545," "Unbound: A Bookish Musical," and "Camp Fire Stories" offered a rich array of theater at this year’s festival of new works. In ‘Holy Old Mackinaw,’ author Stewart Holbrook presents a ‘lowbrow’ look at Oregon loggers April 20, 2025Richard W. Etulain The historian’s first work, published in 1938, recounts lives that consisted of “booze, bawds, battle, and plenty of timber.” Review: Rakesh Sukesh’s dance of diversity April 20, 2025Hannah Krafcik The Indian dancer's Portland performances, sponsored by PICA and Boom Arts, give a contemporary twist to questions of race and class in India and the West. Kristie Strasen: A world not of this world April 20, 2025Friderike Heuer In the studio with the textile artist as she creates "River Stories," an abstract "map" in yarn of the Columbia River, set to open in June at the Columbia Gorge Museum. White Bird’s 2025/26 season of dance: Complexions, Limón, Dance Theatre of Harlem and more April 19, 2025Amy Leona Havin The Portland dance presenter's 28th season also includes Urban Bush Women, Ballet Jazz Montréal, Gibney Company, Hervé KOUBI, Barcelona's Lali Ayguade, and L.A.'s Versa-Style Street Dance. In forests, Liza Faktor finds inspiration and consolation April 19, 2025Brian Libby The photographer and curator, half a world away from her native Russia, explores a deep, ongoing relationship with wilderness. Dinh Q. Lê at Elizabeth Leach Gallery April 18, 2025Justin Duyao Lê died unexpectedly at age 56 in 2024. The survey at the artist's long-time Portland gallery includes the artist's well-known photo-weavings along with sculptural and photographic work. 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. Load more
