This weekend's performances of Portland musician Aaron Nigel Smith's new folk opera tells the story of a crucial member of the Lewis & Clark Expedition.
September 2, 2025James Bash
Three weeks of “combo concerts” at Butler Barn in Tualatin Valley combined different musical styles to celebrate summer.
August 26, 2025Brett Campbell
The hands-on learning day where kids are set free to explore making music on a variety of instruments, from guitars to drums to violins, is just one of the art center’s many programs targeted toward engaging children and youth.
June 20, 2025Brett Campbell
A pair of multimedia concerts at Beaverton’s Reser Center presents original visual and musical creations inspired by the state’s natural history.
June 14, 2025Amy Leona Havin
Beaverton's visual and performing arts center announces its newest season of performances, to kick off in September.
May 5, 2025Shannon M. Lieberman
The artists in the group show 'Infinite Possibilities' use paper as a medium to explore complex ideas around family, memory, and history. The resulting works are as poignant as they are beautiful.
February 7, 2025Angela Allen
The Oregon composer’s new chamber piece “Copper Variations” was featured in a concert of contemporary classical music alongside works by Steve Reich, Philip Glass, and Daniel Wohl.
January 28, 2025Angela Allen
The jazz pianist, with bassist David Wong and drummer Aaron Kimmel, performed a set of originals and uncommon tunes by Jobim, Monk, and Shorter.
March 12, 2024Brett Campbell
Recent productions "North" and Red Door Project’s "The Evolve Experience" highlight the Beaverton arts center’s socially responsive programming.
January 7, 2024Joe Cantrell
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.
August 25, 2023Friderike Heuer
The Portland artist's stack of birds in The Reser's plaza brings something special to the Converge 45 biennial: a touch of joy.
July 9, 2023Joe Cantrell
Life is a cabaret: Poison Waters and a bevy of drag stars dress up, feel their Pride, light the lights, and put on a show.
May 1, 2023Prudence Roberts
Christine Bourdette and Michael Boonstra's exhibition, on view through May 10th, features works inspired by the landscape and natural processes.
January 8, 2023Kendall Baldwin
As Studio Abioto's African-diaspora "Red Thread: Green Earth" closes with a vibrant performance at the Reser Center, show and space seem made for each other.
November 14, 2022Friderike Heuer
The Beaverton arts center's new gallery show from Studio Abioto, a family of talented Black women artists, traces a thread back to the land.
October 18, 2022Angela Allen
The conductorless chamber orchestra premiered music by Jessie Montgomery, Valerie Coleman, Carlos Simon, Michael Dudley, and Ricardo Herz.
October 7, 2022Brett Campbell
Hatton had led the orchestra for a dozen years. Plus: A memorial concert for PSU's Mary Hall Kogen, radio raves, more music news.
July 25, 2022Joe Cantrell
... and as a bright and shiny Saturday fades into evening, food and art and crafts and celebrations of the many cultures of Washington County, too.
March 28, 2022Friderike Heuer
In "Celilo, Never Silenced," the inaugural gallery show at Beaverton's new arts center, contemporary artists carry forward the memory of the great lost waterway.
March 1, 2022Bob Hicks
A Tuesday ribbon-cutting sets the stage for art and performance at the new, $55 million Patricia Reser Center for the Arts.
September 9, 2021Brian Libby
The center's director talks about programming, inclusiveness, flexibility, and the rise of "surban" identity.
September 8, 2021Brian Libby
The Patricia Reser Center for the Arts, due to open in March 2022, gives Beaverton a stage and sense of place.
Help expand access to trusted local arts news.
