As we head into July, art offerings around Oregon offer opportunities to slow down and contemplate memories, ancestors, and landscapes (among other things). Raylee Heiden rounds up some strong options.
All right, much more than a snap. Photography is history and documentation, truth and illusion, high art and a creative tool for everyone. Celebrate its day on June 29.
Other summer events include poetry readings, a memoir by the scion of a gangster family, and a 4th of July book sale in Cannon Beach.
With the sun shining, Oregon’s dance scene skips happily into the great outdoors (and a few indoor performances, too).
The company brings its comic operettas to downtown Portland and Hillsboro.
Review: Robin Goodrin Nordli’s trek through a lifetime of playing Shakespeare’s women and Justin Huertas’ superhero musical about a guy with scaly green skin light up the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s intimate Thomas Theatre.
As tight school budgets threaten to slash arts classes across Oregon, Rose Lifschutz and her students at the Portland school reveal the creative rewards of a healthy arts program.
The latest film from “Poor Things” director Yorgos Lanthimos is a darkly bizarre anthology featuring Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons.
This summer’s OBF in Eugene features artistic partners Jos van Veldhoven and Craig Hella Johnson; visiting artist-in-residence Eric Whitacre; Bach specialist John Butt; Anton Armstrong, Therees Hibbard and the young singers of the Stangeland Family Youth Choral Academy; and plenty more.
As it begins its second decade, the Salem company based at Willamette University is creating new opportunities for Oregon dramatists
The museum’s plans to nearly double in size will increase exhibits and add classroom space to serve maritime enthusiasts, children, and researchers alike.
A new degree program at PSU by Darrell Grant and Suzanne Savaria will be the only one of its kind in the country.
K.B. Dixon and his camera take in the wetness and the glory of Sunday’s splashy race, a Rose Festival favorite since 1973.
With its new adaptation “a seagull,” the experimental theater troupe aims to sand off the romantic sheen and reclaim the intense verve and vitality of the Russian master’s plays.
The Portland-based filmmaker’s first narrative feature screens Thursday, June 27, at the Tomorrow Theater.
Austin Butler and Tom Hardy star as members of a criminal motorcycle gang in “The Bikeriders,” the latest film from director Jeff Nichols.
‘Mel Bochner: Words Mean Everything’ is on view in the new gallery space at NW Yeon. Angela Allen sits down with Jordan Schnitzer to discuss the new show, the gallery space, and his vision for his art collection.
The end of June heralds the tenth iteration of DUO Stephanie & Saar’s modernist microfest, the 54th year of the much-loved CMNW, and another relatively Bach-light but nevertheless lovely OBF.
The Portland choir celebrated its “third official year” with the Thompson classic “The Peaceable Kingdom” and a commissioned companion piece from Portland composer and educator Rose.
The 61st annual Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts brings a feast of art and music to town. Plus: Portland’s 18th Dolly Parton Hoot Night celebrates the pop icon and defies the naysayers.
The artist’s letterpress works lean into language’s incomplete capacity to describe feelings. Hannah Krafcik reviews “To know what we say we know,” on view through June at Well Well Projects.
Here comes summer, and the acting heads outdoors. Plus: Ashland under the stars, Risk/Reward Fest, Deep End’s improv dive, a “Madwoman” at Cygnet, and a 24-hour play-a-thon.
Half-hidden behind trees in an 1880s Sellwood former grocery building, the museum is one of the few in the nation dedicated to preserving the art, history, and pleasures of all things puppetry.
In her new podcast Dmae Lo Roberts talks with four members of a busy Portland “theater family” about juggling schedules, “Matilda the Musical” and more.
Try your luck at this art-themed crossword puzzle that’s sure to leave a lasting impression.
In the exhibition “Ms. Molly’s Voice” at the Columbia Gorge Museum, a collection of family quilts reveals beauty, pain, remembrance, and secret signs along the Underground Railroad.
Review: In Portland Center Stage’s heart-filled production of Lynn Nottage’s truck-stop diner comedy/drama, ex-inmates in the kitchen aspire to a better meal and a better life.
Eyesore or art? Landmark or blight? Photographer K.B. Dixon gets up close with the paintings and graffiti scrawls on an abandoned building that Portland’s City Council has voted to foreclose on.
On the occasion of the publication of his 12th book, the Portland poet discusses writing with joy, living in the moment, and poems as acts of service.
Also this week: Jude Law as Henry VIII and Alicia Vikander as Katherine Parr in “Firebrand,” and the latest film from “Fists in the Pocket” director Marco Bellocchio.
Review: Profile Theatre’s premiere of christopher oscar peña’s “our orange sky” tells an immigrant story steeped in ambition, family discord, and pursuit of the American Dream.
During Pride Month, Oregon’s fifth largest city celebrates openness and diversity amid recognition that the quest to overcome fear and repression is far from over.
As Broadway revs up for this year’s Tony Awards, Misha Berson takes in the tales of “Stereophonic,” “The Outsiders,” “Water for Elephants,” “Uncle Vanya” and “Patriots” – and wishes for more.
Besides monthly club meetings, group members participate in reading-themed happy hours, book swaps, a book festival, and retreats.
The Broadway tour of the Bob Dylan musical “Girl from the North Country” comes to Portland. Also: Openings in Portland and Ashland; Seattle theaters sing the budget blues.
Artist Phyllis Yes’s paintings of a man doing housework in the buff, banned from a church gallery, find a new home – and after a half-century, her nude model comes clean.
With a June show at Astoria’s Imogen Gallery, the Oregon encaustic painter from New Jersey comes full-circle.
What began with doormats made from discarded maritime gear has grown to include baskets, wall art, and jellyfish. A fiber arts show at the Lincoln City Cultural Center features her Gypsea Weaver work.
The two-day event at The Vault drew entries from around the globe and raised funds for host Bag&Baggage Productions.
Featuring three world premieres by guest choreographers and a special performance by the Jefferson Dancers, this second iteration of ‘Made in Portland’ demonstrates OBT continues as, under Dani Rowe’s leadership, a creative force in the Portland dance community.
A hundred booths of indie handmade artisan fine art, crafts, food and more will line downtown Bend for a day of browsing and buying on Saturday, June 8.
For four days, the Portland garden joins others around the world in the artist and peace activist’s almost 30-year project of creating and adorning Wish Trees in pursuit of peace.
The actor-comedian and his musical sidekick join the Oregon Symphony Orchestra for a wry and funny look at the slings and arrows of outrageous classical music critics.
Resonance Ensemble celebrates fifteen years, In Medio Choir sings Randall Thompson and Judy A. Rose, Oregon Symphony plays Beethoven’s Tenth, Britt Music & Arts Festival warms up, and In A Landscape gets rolling.
North Pole Studio’s mission is to “increase opportunities for artists with autism and intellectual / developmental disabilities to thrive as active members of the art community.” Hannah Krafcik explores what makes North Pole Studio tick.
In a relatively uneventful week for theatrical releases, a few straight-to-streaming indie flicks are still worth a watch.
The musical “The Spitfire Grill” and the comedy “Clyde’s” are cooking in the kitchen. Plus: a Christopher Oscar Peña premiere at Profile; Oregon Children’s Theatre’s call for help; more.
The Forest Grove artist uses images from old maps and nearly a century’s worth of American magazines to create pieces that range from overstuffed to exuberantly symbolist.
The Portland theater company pays tribute to Florence Ballard, the Motown girl group’s original lead singer, but leaves a wanting audience and an underserved legacy.
The Oregon Symphony Orchestra’s principal bassoonist and founder of Bassoons Without Borders is ready for her solo spotlight.
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