The Portland-based ensemble performs Philip Glass’ science-fiction music drama under the Spruce Goose as the finale to its season exploring the human mind.
After a 3-year pandemic hiatus, the event for writers of all levels returns April 29. Festival participants Emily Grosvenor and Lisa Weidman talk about what to expect.
The Portland artist’s nearly half-century of work is informed by her travels and curiosity about subjects ranging from ecology to Asian art.
The former Oregon resident says the festival, which starts Thursday, is unusual in its focus on celebrating filmmakers and making connections.
The medium is “having a moment in the arts world” due to interest in studio crafts and handmade work, sustainability, and local cultures.
Near Willamina, Joe Robinson has created a haven for ceramicists working with the wood-fired kiln. “When you stand next to a fire,” he says, “you feel like you belong.”
The self-taught McMinnville pyrographer and etcher says creating art is integral to his life. “When it comes to doing what I’m passionate about, it’s close to meditation.”
The Dec. 10 show at the Yamhill Valley Heritage Center features 30 artists who make everything from jewelry to Viking armor.
Theater companies in McMinnville, Salem, and Forest Grove stage holiday plays, including a new “Christmas Carol,” and look ahead to their 2023 seasons.
Judge Henry Hughes calls the work in the 29th collection of poetry and prose “exceptionally high quality,” despite a pandemic hit to the budget and fewer contributions from adults.
Theaters and galleries ramp up for the holidays with a stone-age musical, a new adaptation of Dickens’ classic, art sales, and a Pride Winter Ball.
The 30-year-old event, last held in 2019, takes place on the West Valley Community Campus, an up-and-coming center for art and culture.
More than 100 pieces from the George and Colleen Hoyt collection show that Native art is both contemporary and as much about beauty as utility.
A show at Newberg’s Chehalem Cultural Center focuses on Mexican artisans, many in trades on the cusp of vanishing.
The self-guided tour over two weekends includes 49 painters, sculptors, book and jewelry makers, ceramacists, and fabric artists, among others.
The Portland photographer says she is interested in the “lived history of Black place,” the legacy of Black artists in Oregon who came before.
Coming months also see the return of the Walnut City Music Festival and Art Harvest Studio Tours, as well as Gallery Theater’s season and a Scottish 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 nonprofit offers two-week immersive classes in everything from print-making to Ghanian drumming to performing in a Shakespearean play.
The Scottish painter created images from the Middle East, traveling “at a time when things looked very different,” the exhibition curator says.
Ted Tally’s surreal play about Robert Scott’s ill-fated expedition to the South Pole is seldom staged, but you can see it this month in Salem.
The festival, which starts Thursday, includes musical chestnuts as well as concerts benefiting Ukrainian relief and “Ourland,” a modern, dystopian opera.
Nearly 40 bands and musicians attend the inaugural event, offering everything from Aztec dance to a “vibrational sound bath.”
Though the pandemic led to the demise of several wine-country arts groups, others are gearing up for summer.
The Portland artist’s paintings, at the Salem museum through March 26, tackle American history, culture, and racial injustice.
The 11th annual event returns to an in-person format with an epic vibe and changes afoot for next year.
A “film festival for filmmakers”, MSFF brings together national and local artists with an array of culturally diverse screenings, events, and gatherings
The images, from the collection of photographer Bill Rhoades, run from the New Deal to the present and include work by famous Oregon photographers.
The daughter of Stanley Kramer has a film, “NAKUSA,” in next month’s festival.
And in Salem, the Hallie Ford Museum showcases Northwest photography, as well as Arvie Smith’s paintings exploring race and identity.
The 60-plus pieces in the Salem show include work by Elizabeth Conrad Hickox, Andrew McDuffie Vincent, Carl Hall, April Waters, and Henk Pander.
Chehalem Cultural Center showcases local artists, and new owners plan to bring the long-shuttered Mack Theater back to life.
A little bit of architecture and a little bit of Dr. Seuss mix it up in the Oregon artist’s Hallie Ford Museum show.
Local galleries and theaters share common themes this fall.
The poet and Quaker minister talks about her books, hospice work, and the connection between poetry and science.
Plus, Yamhill County galleries offer impressionistic paintings and clocks with an attitude.
The McMinnville actor and construction contractor says he is selective about the roles he accepts.
The 28th annual anthology features the work of adults and children in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction.
In a Newberg exhibit, Black artists confront racism, as well as speak to the experience of being human.
Yamhill County calendar: Besides the photography show, the summer promises theater, music, poetry.
The McMinnville theater reopens with Lance Nuttman in a one-man show about the nature of inspiration.
Artists emerge from the shutdown with work created in isolation, and live theater returns to the Yamhill County stage.
The Oregon Book Award finalist talks about poetry collections, the Western sensibility, and his love of chapbooks.
The artist’s eco prints, at the Chehalem Cultural Center, are an earthy mix of abstraction, symbolism, and collage.
The pandemic thaw continues, with a lecture by Trystan Reese, music, visual art, and a camillia fest.
A narrative art exhibit at the Chehalem Cultural Center tells stories that “provide insight into the human condition.”
The Hallie Ford Museum of Art exhibits 70 pieces produced by Northwest artists during the New Deal.
Last month’s all-virtual festival receives rave reviews, and we tell you which films took home the honors.
Poetry, podcasts, theater, dance, and music are all available virtually from the McMinnville school.
A conversation about the difference between America’s ideals and its reality leads to a Newberg fiber arts show.
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