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From Imogen Cunningham to the Brontë sisters to the new NEA chief and more, women take the holiday-season cultural spotlight.
December 16, 2021Bob Hicks
At the airport, a cultural banner flies high. At the art museum, the Nabis put on a show. At the movies, remakes happen. In Ashland and Newport, art starts over.
December 9, 2021Bob Hicks
More music than you can jingle a bell at. Sex farce at the movies, ghosts onstage, democracy in the galleries, dancing cupcakes & nutcrackers.
December 2, 2021Bob Hicks
Inside an "immersive art" extravaganza. Plus: Philip Cuomo and other deaths in the family, Indigenous culture and the future, talking with Willy Vlautin, what's up in December.
November 25, 2021Bob Hicks
As the holiday season begins, a time to remember, a time for thanks, a time for art and song.
November 18, 2021Bob Hicks
A festival by and for Asian American/Pacific Islanders. Music for the holidays. Lighting the theatrical Fuse. 9,000 years of Oregon art. Wrapping up the Book Fest.
November 11, 2021Bob Hicks
Theatrical barbecue, skeleton piano, down on the sheep farm, Troubles in Belfast, schools & Congress, bustle of books, a galaxy far far away.
November 4, 2021Bob Hicks
A new month stirs up a storm of cultural activity, from a big book fest to galleries to stage, screen, and sound.
October 28, 2021Bob Hicks
Beyond the haunts, here come "Tosca" & other sounds, book fests, movies & nostalgia, more.
October 21, 2021Bob Hicks
A redesign of the ArtsWatch site brings many more options to the home page. Plus a reawakening performance scene, contemporary Japanese prints, and more.
October 14, 2021Bob Hicks
Fall awakening: Suddenly Oregon's cultural scene is bustling with art exhibits, theater, music, movies & dance.
October 7, 2021Bob Hicks
Wake up. Put on your game face. Ready or not, theater doors are open and a strange revival's under way.
September 30, 2021Bob Hicks
ArtsWatch Weekly: The doors swing open on live shows, PDX/NYC Tony connection, monthly guides & more.
September 23, 2021Bob Hicks
ArtsWatch Weekly: A building boom for the arts, cryptocurrency & art, Black operas, Latin film fest, aiding Yulia.
September 16, 2021Bob Hicks
ArtsWatch Weekly: Whole lotta talent goin' on; TBA takes the spotlight; license plates & movie picks & more.
September 9, 2021Bob Hicks
ArtsWatch Weekly: Remembering an extraordinary dance after 9/11; Beaverton rising; can't stop the music.
September 2, 2021Bob Hicks
ArtsWatch Weekly: Remembering an iconic Portland cultural figure and a TV star; Art in the Pearl & more.
August 26, 2021Bob Hicks
ArtsWatch Weekly: As Covid ebbs and flows, arts & culture find fresh form – and Oregon stories arrive in a rush.
August 19, 2021Bob Hicks
ArtsWatch Weekly: In praise of the beloved actor and teacher, dead at 67. Plus: Healing art, stage & screen, more.
August 12, 2021Bob Hicks
ArtsWatch Weekly: The ballet company reshuffles its season, dropping three Nicolo Fonte pieces.
August 5, 2021Bob Hicks
ArtsWatch Weekly: As Covid concerns grow again, the arts world moves half-speed ahead. But it IS moving.
July 29, 2021Bob Hicks
ArtsWatch Weekly: A musical trip in a funhouse mirror, talking about "Lorelei," creative laureates & more.
July 22, 2021Bob Hicks
ArtsWatch Weekly: An enduring friendship; new opera leader; Ursula K. Le Guin's stamp of approval; more.
July 15, 2021Bob Hicks
ArtsWatch Weekly: Performances all over; a presidential son and the art market; a hoop star's big art gift.
July 8, 2021Bob Hicks
ArtsWatch Weekly: A dive into the state's art history; farewell to Carlton Jackson; guts, glory & opera; more
July 1, 2021Bob Hicks
ArtsWatch Weekly: Chamber Music Northwest enters the concert hall, shakeup at OBT, summer of soul.
June 24, 2021Bob Hicks
ArtsWatch Weekly: Beating the heat, 'Frida' at last, Creative Laureate x 2, hip-hop dynamo & more.
June 17, 2021Bob Hicks
ArtsWatch Weekly: Billionaires & struggling artists; the way we look at things; Metallica & the symphony.
June 10, 2021Bob Hicks
ArtsWatch Weekly: Photographic tales of Black Portland; picturing Pride; symphony's new chief; more.
June 3, 2021Bob Hicks
ArtsWatch Weekly: Oregon laureate has projects for the money. Plus: Classical Up Close, theater, egg art, more.