Aquilon Music Festival returns with Ukrainian music, opera about immigration
The festival, which starts Thursday, includes musical chestnuts as well as concerts benefiting Ukrainian relief and “Ourland,” a modern, dystopian opera.
This coverage is made possible in part by a grant from the Yamhill County Cultural Coalition.
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 11th annual event returns to an in-person format with an epic vibe and changes afoot for next year.
Linfield Gallery opens a window on the remarkable life and work of an Oregon artist who traveled the world restlessly and created beautiful, disquieting art.
A “film festival for filmmakers”, MSFF brings together national and local artists with an array of culturally diverse screenings, events, and gatherings
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.
Chehalem Cultural Center showcases local artists, and new owners plan to bring the long-shuttered Mack Theater back to life.
An exhibit at Linfield Gallery raises deep and abiding questions about social values and the meanings of art.
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.
Angela Allen talks with the Willamette Valley Chamber Music Festival’s multifaceted resident composer.
The McMinnville actor and construction contractor says he is selective about the roles he accepts.
In its sixth season, the Willamette Valley Chamber Music Festival will go hybrid this year, with live and virtual concerts from Aug. 7 through Sept 4. For safety’s sake, live concert audiences in Oregon wine country are limited — cut in half
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.”
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.
The 10-day festival starts this week, bringing 127 films, none longer than 20 minutes, to the comfort of your home.
Documentaries play a big role in the festival, with particular focus on the environment and Native Americans.
The Bend filmmaker talks about ‘Tutu Grande’ in the upcoming McMinnville Short Film Festival.
A McMinnville retrospective shows the late artist’s range, from echoes of the Holocaust to Fauvism.
Adrian Chitty’s work celebrates the unseen people who “work so very hard to get that wine in your glass.”
Many events are canceled or scaled back for 2021, as gathering in crowds remains unlikely, but it’s not all bad news.
A show at the Chehalem Cultural Center considers the ramble of clutter that makes up home.
A Yamhill County artist visited a local park over a year and came away with a series of pastels expressing her life.
The planned performing arts wing wins the support of an influential statewide arts lobbying group.
The Watercolor Society of Oregon’s show in Newberg debunks stereotypes about the medium.
Organizers are coming up with two scenarios for February, and a virtual fundraiser this weekend will feature greatest hits.
Yamhill County calendar: A “season like no other” on campus, plus a watercolor show and film festival preview.
Artists Natalie Niblack and Ann Chadwick Reid explore climate change in a Chehalem Cultural Center show.
Chehalem Cultural Center and Converge 45 respond to a year of crisis with a show of contemporary posters.
With autumn around the corner, arts and culture events are creeping back onto the Yamhill County calendar.
Composer Gabriela Lena Frank and Willamette Valley Chamber Music Festival create an album in a wine cellar.
The work of more than 40 Yamhill County artists is displayed in Newberg.
A music festival known for blending sounds and wine pops the cork on its fifth vintage – this time, via streaming.
Chehalem Cultural Center showcases work by the late Michael Gibbons, Kerri Evonuk, and Sara Siestreem.
The Oregon artist helped create Toledo’s arts colony, and has a show at Newberg’s Chehalem Cultural Center.
The Fire Writers conference helps Yamhill County teenagers tap into their potential.
Limited hours and requests to wear masks are common as galleries start welcoming back visitors.
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