Other bookish events this month include jazz bassist Chuck Israels on his musical memoir, Doran Larson’s look at prisons from the inside, and Hamilton Nolan on the labor movement.
Commitment to New Year’s Resolutions may be waning but February’s art offerings remind us of the benefits of thoughtful attention and contemplation.
A collaboration showcasing Black composers working in the Orthodox tradition, ECC’s concert of choral music from Canada and Ecuador, and Bach Cantata Choir’s annual Super Bowl Sunday concert.
Heidi Schreck’s bracing play at Portland Center Stage dives smartly and entertainingly into the serious issues of the strengths and weaknesses of the U.S. Constitution.
How Beauford Delaney’s “Twilight Street” got from 119 Waverly Place in New York’s Greenwich Village to the studio of art conservator Nina Olsson to the Portland Art Museum’s walls.
The exhibition’s first iteration since the pandemic opens Feb. 1 as an invitational event and honors Henk Pander, the Northwest art giant who died last year.
The father and son artists share gallery space in the “Au Naturel” show of nude art opening Feb. 1 in Astoria’s Royal Nebeker Art Gallery.
The director and actor talk with Marc Mohan about filming in Astoria and working with an internationally famous movie star.
Jamuna Chiarini looks back on December and January shows and ahead to February’s dance, from BodyVox’s “Flights” to Rejoice!’s “Rites of Passage” to OBT’s “Peter Pan” and more.
Fifteen months after the death of the legendary showman and collector of rare and offbeat films, friends and colleagues are rescuing his films and bringing them back into theaters.
The Portland-based national cultural organization chooses Shyla Spicer to carry its multiple programs forward as its new president and CEO.
Choreographer Samuel Hobbs partners with PSC artistic director Dr. Alissa Deeter to create a powerful meditation of voice and movement drawn from ‘All-Night Vigil,’ Sergei Rachmaninoff’s choral masterpiece.
Portland Center Stage sinks its teeth into “What the Constitution Means to Me”; The Old Church’s “Moon Series” goes musical; Chapel Theatre hosts 10 new works; a Wilde “Earnest” & more.
Storm damage shuts down the Beaverton arts center’s galleries for repairs; The Judy reopens after its own storm damage; and All Classical’s biggest-ever grant, from the Murdock Trust, helps its move to new downtown Portland headquarters.
The Albina Music Trust celebrates its trove of recordings, photos, memorabilia, articles, and oral histories with a searchable archive and a Feb. 3 release party at Oregon Historical Society.
Last Monday’s concert at The Old Church featured ebows and superball mallets in music by Skye Neal, Kirsten Volness, Rachel Modlin, Bora Yoon, and Kimberly Osberg.
In upcoming workshops in Cannon Beach and Astoria, the self-described “story doula” will help participants hone personal tales of their hero’s journey.
A fictionalized film adaptation of Isabel Wilkerson’s best-selling book “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents” falls short of its ambitions. Plus: where to watch every Oscar-nominated film before the awards show.
Boosted by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, “The Hatchery” will help launch new theater works that emphasize music and movement.
The photographer uses self-portraiture to explore trans identity and sacredness. His current exhibition at Blue Sky Gallery is a celebration of self and the journey it took to get here.
The vibrant musician, born in Mexico and bringing its sounds and traditions to the Northwest, has died. Dmae Lo Roberts brings back this podcast conversation with him.
Winners in seven categories will be announced April 8 during a ceremony in Portland. In addition, Ellen Waterston of Bend will be recognized for her contributions to the state’s literary scene.
Seeds for the career of the acclaimed playwright, whose “What the Constitution Means To Me” opens this week at Portland Center Stage, were planted and nurtured in Oregon.
A taut, terrific staging of Caryl Churchill’s speculative drama kicks off Portland theater’s “second season.” Plus: OSF Ashland stars on a new stage; how companies weathered the weather.
The iconic conductor, composer, and music educator, back in the limelight after getting the biopic treatment, now receives the greatest honor of them all: his own ArtsWatch crossword puzzle.
OBF has announced Jos van Veldhoven and Craig Hella Johnson as the festival’s new artistic partners.
The large-scale geometric prints are inspired by 20th-century utopian design movements and offer viewers the chance to relish balance and formal flourish.
As Oregon Children’s Theatre prepares a dual opening of “Goodnight Moon” and “The Lightning Thief,” Dmae Lo Roberts talks in her newest podcast with company Artistic Director Jenn Hartman Luck.
Chanticleer goes with the flow and reschedules Friday’s Reed performance for Saturday at PSU’s Lincoln Hall; performances of Rachmaninoff’s ‘Vespers’ with push/FOLD and Portland Symphonic Choir will proceed as planned at The Reser.
This week, director Jonathan Glazer provides a stark reminder of the banality of genocide, and Anthony Hopkins stars as the father of psychoanalysis opposite Matthew Goode’s C. S. Lewis.
Portland Youth Philharmonic’s chamber orchestra strutted their stuff with a challenging program that included four world premieres.
The program of music for solo flute and electronics features music by Keiko Devaux, Alison Loggins-Hull, Nicholas Denton Protsack, Chloe Upshaw, and Oregonians Elaina Rae Stuppler and Daniel Vega.
The Oregon State University painter passed away in 2021. In 2023, The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art acquired ‘Last Supper’ and the Oregon State University Press published a new catalog based on ‘First Meal.’
From a Cirque du Soleil hit to updates on Don Quixote and Maxim Gorky to an opera about Malcolm X and more, Seattle’s stages are bringing some heat to the chilly season.
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, take seven minutes to watch and hear the eloquence and artistry of the famous speech that helped re-set a nation’s compass.
Yes, Portland’s in the middle of a rare winter storm, and events are shutting down. Then again, it’s a good time to slow down, take a break, reminisce and recharge.
A new exhibit at the Beaverton art center showcases a variety of rising artists displaying fresh work that engages in many kinds of conversations.
The opera will sell the Hampton Center and look for a new home; the symphony and its musicians agree on a new three-year contract.
Also this week: Paul Mescal and Saoirse Ronan in “Foe,” three Heisei-era Gamera films at Cinemagic, and Lakeith Stanfield in “The Book of Clarence.”
A new take on the liturgical work, from choral director Alissa Deeter and choreographer Samuel Hobbs; also, Chanticleer returns to Oregon.
45||’s four-venue evening sprawled across Mississippi Avenue in North Portland, featuring: singer-songwriters Jim Brunberg and Ben Landsverk; clarinetists James Shields, Mark Dubac, and new executive director Lisa Lipton, plus violinist and outgoing ED Ron Blessinger; the all-star jazz trio of John Nastos, Clay Giberson, and Christopher Brown; the North Pole Cello Sextet; and some fancy footwork.
A photograph begets a mosaic begets quilted fiber art in an iterative exhibit at the Lincoln City Cultural Center.
Filming commercials for tech company Ubiquiti, actors develop their characters while navigating a disorienting, featureless world.
The Eugene paper, which had laid off its entire staff in a financial emergency, is making progress, and the Dell’Arte theater school is bouncing back. Triangle’s Off-Broadway show extends; artist grants announced.
The Louisiana-born, Texas-raised singer and educator, recently named Hinckley Assistant Professor of Music Education and Social Justice at Portland State University, is one of ten finalists for this year’s Grammy Music Educator Award.
Two February performances of “My Words Are My Sword” will celebrate Black History Month and the memory of the long-time festival conductor, who died in September.
During the day, a family fun event featuring crayons, dance, music, and a noon ball drop. The evening before, PCO and Ortiz performed music from 19th-century Vienna.
The Eugene museum, which began with a collection of pioneer memorabilia, has evolved into a more inclusive institution.
Films range from 3 minutes on an 83-year-old collector of sea lion data to a one-hour documentary about a Hawaiian woman trying to maintain a family bay-keeping legacy.
The new year takes flight with a festival of Portland bands, a local pop star, and a bevy of chittering contemporary classical music.
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