Tickets for opening night Oct. 20 go on sale Monday and are expected to sell out fast, say organizers of the event held at the High Desert Museum.
Bag & Baggage’s “Our Utopia” riffs on themes from Thornton Wilder’s classic. Plus openings, closings, and Bill Rauch’s debut with the new Perelman Center in New York.
A special, five-episode series from Stage & Studio of interviews by and with 20 young artists and writers begins with the podcast “And That Happened.”
Ten Fifteen Theater will present a world-premiere staged reading of “Bartow” next month in Astoria.
The erstwhile Portland author’s new book shows how today’s professional basketball stars influence fashion, style and more.
“Mutt,” the first feature film by director Vuk Lungulov-Klotz, follows a trans man in New York over the course of two days.
The exhibition includes collage-based works from 44 artists from over the last 60 years. The works confirm the generative capacity and flexibility of collage as an artistic practice.
The awards to Oregon arts and cultural groups and county and tribal cultural coalitions are a bright spot in a difficult financial year.
A new artistic director and a revived, walk-through “immersive installation piece” at Zidell Yards keeps the veteran devised-theater company moving forward.
Choirs all over Oregon and Southwest Washington celebrate the close of summer programs and the beginning of fall concerts.
The Nov. 4 festival, presented by Literary Arts, is slated to feature events with more than 100 Oregon and national authors.
As summer’s end draws near and a new arts season approaches, some Oregon music institutions are welcoming new leadership, while others have suffered losses.
News & Notes: A new series of lectures on prominent women artists of the 20th century; The Immigrant Story goes live at The Armory; The –Ism Youth Files kicks off a podcast series.
The trio of violinist Inés Voglar Belgique, cellist-composer Nancy Ives, and pianist Susan DeWitt Smith performed music by Tomáš Svoboda, Ernest Bloch, David Schiff, Gabriela Lena Frank, and Ives.
Access and opportunity are at the heart of the mission of Pendleton Center for the Arts. The mission is especially fitting given that the center’s brick-and-mortar location was originally a Carnegie library.
From Portland’s museums and galleries to the Guggenheim and Whitney to Amsterdam, Australia, Berlin and beyond, Angela Allen focuses her camera on people interacting with art.
From the annual Art Harvest Studio Tour to metal and fiber arts exhibits, a double handful of autumn gallery and studio shows to catch in Yamhill wine country.
The heady shuffle of “52 Pick-Up” extends its winning hand. Plus: Good news/bad news in Oregon theater, CoHo Clown Festival, a little Sondheim music, openings and closings.
The Portland biennial’s point of depARTure: In a world of multiple crises, political art is having its day again.
With a new 4K restoration, Godard’s 1963 indictment of the post-studio era is worth revisiting 60 years later, when Hollywood once again finds itself at a crossroads.
An intimate, experiential report from the long-running Happy Valley campout music festival.
The director talks about his new film with Marc Mohan ahead of two screenings this weekend at the Portland Art Museum.
Patience, attention to detail, and years of experience are big factors in this niche profession.
‘Chakras – The Wheel of Energy,’ a sold-out show of Bharatanatyam dance and Carnatic music at Hillsboro’s HART Theater, brought an energizing flavor of classical Indian art forms to an eager Oregon audience.
Working hard with Renegade Opera, Jim Pepper Native Arts Festival, Cascadia Composers, Lose Yr Mind Fest, Ural Thomas, Amenta “Yawa” Abioto, and more.
Born following a ruckus about “political” symbols in local schools, the professional company — part of Yamhill County’s thriving theater scene — aims to create a safe space for minority communities.
Why everyone’s flocking to an old Victoria’s Secret to see a Beckett play. Plus: “Tina” on tour, the joys of a kids’ backyard theater camp, and a question: Must the show go on?
Musician/educator Mary-Sue Tobin premieres new music based on classroom experiences as she joins musicians Alan Jones, Darrell Grant, Domo Branch, and others at the 10th Annual Montavilla Jazz Festival.
The longtime curator and director, who spent almost half a century at the Portland Art Museum, was an internationally recognized expert on Asian art.
Local production of Nico Muhly’s opera brings complex emotions and conflicting points of view to Lincoln Hall.
The biennial features the work of local, national, and international artists at venues across the city. The opening festivities August 24-27 included performances, events, parties, and openings galore. Georgina Ruff reviews.
The city’s plan to go its own way on arts funding and policy is “a huge mistake” that doesn’t have to happen, the Regional Arts & Culture Council’s Carol Tatch writes.
The city commissioner speaks out on charting Portland’s future: increasing investments in arts, culture, and music.
Renegade Opera’s artistic director, Danielle Jagelski, talks about the company’s beginnings, its approach to opera, and its upcoming production, “Adam’s Run.”
The 27th annual Art in the Pearl festival highlights Portland’s Labor Day Weekend. Plus, art around Oregon in Astoria, Eugene, and The Dalles.
Director Maite Alberdi’s documentary chronicles the plight of a Chilean journalist with Alzheimer’s and his caregiving wife.
Mobile venue SoundsTruck NW hosted an improv-based concert co-sponsored by IRCO and Montavilla Jazz.
A conversation with the Nasalrod bassist and DIY label chief.
Converge 45 brings a suite of compelling shows to Portland-area art spaces and there is plenty to see around the state as well. Jason N. Le has the intel on September’s art events.
The singer and guitarist performed a sizzling set of jazz standards and pop classics at Portland’s struggling jazz club.
The McMinnville plumber taught himself to paint by watching YouTube tutorials during the pandemic. This fall, he’s teaching classes at Back Door Studio.
As the fall performance season approaches, there’s still time to catch some of the best dance summer has to offer, including performances by Linda Austin, NW Dance Project, B. Movement Project, and more.
Organizers say this weekend’s show aims not only to feature local and regional bands, but also to draw national bands to the city’s growing music scene.
Authors appearing around the state include Ann Patchett, Chuck Palahniuk, Casey Parks, Paulann Petersen, and others with names not beginning with P.
The Toledo Art Walk over Labor Day weekend epitomizes the city’s arts-centric focus, built largely on the legacy of painter Michael Gibbons.
The poet, painter, and writer, whose novel “Mala Noche” was turned into a film by Gus Van Sant, was a fixture of Portland’s poetry-reciting club scene in the 1970s and ’80s.
In a tiny Southeast Portland space, a lean and lively actors’ theater is emerging. Up next, “52 Pick-up.” Also: openings and last chances.
The Portland academy’s live multimedia performance tribute to the Talking Heads film incorporates original work by students with disabilities.
The Portland artist’s stack of birds in The Reser’s plaza brings something special to the Converge 45 biennial: a touch of joy.
Amid the move to a new headquarters and other staff changes, the nonprofit – home of the Portland Book Festival and Oregon Book Awards – will be led by an interim director this fall.
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