The library has weathered budget and staff cuts, an unwieldy inventory, and the pandemic to deliver everything from books to workshops, games, and homeless outreach to the Yamhill County community of 2,200.
The Turkish-born professor populates his politically charged work with images of Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un, Allen Ginsberg and Gollum.
The Portland author says he was surprised to find himself writing about Moms Mabley and Minnie Pearl as he chronicled influential women comedians.
The Waldport cartoonist has been a cartographer, written a book about an Oregon cult, and traveled the world.
Nehalem resident Paul Letersky’s new book describes working for “the greatest bureaucrat of all time.”
Cygnet presents “Xingu,” an Edith Wharton radio play adaptation full of literature, lies, and laughter.
Amy Leona Havin kicks off a new interview series with poet, teacher, illustrator, and long-time poetry activist Leanne Grabel.
From a giant baby to dogs & birds, Amy Leona Havin dives into the sights & sounds of the Cadence Festival.
The pandemic thaw continues, with a lecture by Trystan Reese, music, visual art, and a camillia fest.
Poetry, podcasts, theater, dance, and music are all available virtually from the McMinnville school.
As the pandemic shuts down in-person shows, director Patrick Nims blazes a trail in live video theater.
Portland theaters, shut off from the stage, find a future from the past: radio theater, updated for the digital age.
Yamhill County calendar: A “season like no other” on campus, plus a watercolor show and film festival preview.
Venice VR Expanded brings virtual reality to the Portland Art Museum. Two ArtsWatch writers tried it out.
The Fire Writers conference helps Yamhill County teenagers tap into their potential.
As theaters go dark, actors’ tales on “The Actor’s Nightmare” of real-life stage disasters seem a perfect antidote.
An online exhibition at Chehalem Cultural Center explores artistic responses to COVID-19.
Voices from the front: Anton Belov brings a community of singers together through Facebook Karaoke.
Yamhill and Polk county residents will have clearer listening to the classical radio station beginning Thursday.
Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn will talk about their book, “Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope.”
Gallery shows on glass, Rogue River Wars, and tea service; a play reading; and a native son comes to town.
The CALYX editor says “men would benefit a lot from reading female-centered narratives.”
Book author John Dodge will speak in Cannon Beach about the 1962 Columbus Day Storm.
The new year rolls in with a little of everything: gallery exhibitions, TEDx talks, readings, and music.
Author JB Fisher discusses the 61-year-old mystery of what happened to the Martin family of Portland.
In about 10 days, Ed Asner will take the stage at the Newport Performing Arts Center in the play God Help Us! The 90-minute show is described as “a political comedy for our times, and centers on two opposite-leaning pundits who are
If one were taking the vital signs of a region’s cultural life, the vitality of the local zine scene, it seems to me, would be a key indicator. It’s part of the fabric of an area’s DIY culture that can include (but
Local artists Roz Crews and Ralph Pugay plan a symposium for the times at the Crowne Plaza Hotel.
There’s a buzz in McMinnville concerning an 84-year-old house on the corner of Baker and Northeast Seventh Streets, which marks almost the exact center of town. In the last decade or so, it’s functioned as a florist, a salon and a home-goods
When Jose Carlos came to Oregon in the mid-1990s, he didn’t see much of his own Mexican culture in the community. Other Latinos attended his Woodburn high school, but public displays of culture from south of the border? No. “I didn’t see
Hispanic Heritage Month, Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, is designated as a time to celebrate the contributions — not just in arts and culture, but in all human endeavors — of Hispanic and Latino Americans. It started as Hispanic Heritage Week in
This past April, I had the pleasure of interviewing artists kiki nicole (they/them) and ariella tai (they/them) about their work through the first and the last—an experimental film/video and new media arts project. This endeavor offers a platform to amplify and support
In a recent discussion with manuel arturo abreu (they/them) the co-founder of a Portland-based pop-up art school called home school, a fundamental question surfaced—a question that directly relates to the relevance of this very platform: Why would someone hate art? For abreu, a
film, video, and media programming amplifies black femmes, women, and non-men in Portland
Introduction Harmonic Laboratory’s most recent experiment investigated the question: Can a creative cooperative based in digital media, dance, and music successfully add a new theatrical element to its existing compound to produce an integrative, immersive multimedia experience? This lab report examines the
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