Chehalem Cultural Center goes for ‘A Walk in the Woods’

The show, at the Newberg center through March 13, features tree-themed art by Tabby Ivy, Rebecca Kiser, Elena and Trifon Markova, Karin Carter, and Linda Workman-Morelli.

North County Recreation District: From a pool to plays, Nehalem’s hub serves coastal community

Based in a school designed by A.E. Doyle, the 30-year-old NCRD is home to concerts, lectures, an art gallery, and soon, a new $16.4 million aquatics center.

Ashland youths experience theater as a creative act

In the heart of Oregon Shakespeare country, Empowered Arts Ensemble participants study before the performance how to connect on stage — and collaborate on their own play.

Reclusive Washington artist Charles Swank subject of two-day show in Yachats

Local art appreciator Dan Stein brings a five-decade retrospective of his friend's work to Yachats Commons on Feb. 15 and 16.

Art Center East in La Grande: Bringing art opportunities and access to Eastern Oregon

The nonprofit center serves a 10-county swath of the state with exhibitions, classes, and annual events, often engaging with the past in ways that speak to the present.

Brenda Mallory’s threads of time, family, culture, and nature at Hallie Ford Museum

In a show that began at the Heard Museum in Phoenix, the Portland artist's sculptures at the Salem museum call on influences ranging from her Cherokee heritage to the art of Marcel Duchamp.

‘The Bridge of the Gods’: Frederic Homer Balch’s novel of Indigenous people, ministry, and romance

Some literary historians consider the book the most important novel of the Pacific Northwest written during the 19th century.

Ashland’s Bellwood Violin plays on under new ownership

Stephen Bacon, who founded the respected Southern Oregon sales and repair shop in 1985, sells it to store manager Will Scharen – and the tradition continues.

Eugene Public Library Foundation wins national award for its ‘Love Your Library’ campaign

Patrons designed promotional logos for the library and, during a “Library Love-In,” wrote postcards about what the library means to them.

“Forever thine, forever mine, forever us” – Northwest Sinfonietta and violinist Denise Dillenbeck premiere Nancy Ives’ Beethoven-inspired violin concerto

The Tacoma orchestra, part of the commissioning consortium for Ives’ Immortal Beloved Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, delivered intensity in quest for Beethoven’s “Immortal Beloved.”

Literary Arts announces 2025 Oregon Book Award finalists

The awards, to be given April 28, will recognize authors in seven categories, as well as two Portlanders who have improved the state's literary landscape.

LitWatch February: Valentine’s Day, Neko Case, Nikole Hannah-Jones, and Jess Walter

This month brings Hannah-Jones, author of "The 1619 Project," to Oregon, as well as appearances by poets Ross Gay and Judith Barrington, among others.

‘I Lived to Tell the World’: The Immigrant Story’s exhibit at Oregon State University’s PRAx shares the experiences of genocide survivors who live in Oregon

The exhibit, which opens Jan. 27, spotlights “the held and felt and experienced stories of our neighbors” through live performances, discussion, and photography.

Sea fever: Big Blue Film Festival brings 34 films about the ocean to Newport

The Jan. 24-25 festival aims to raise awareness about challenges facing the ocean while fostering hope in viewers.

With everything from bluegrass stars Della Mae to instrumental workshops, the Florence Winter Music Festival promises to be a hootenanny

Ticketed events are nearly sold out, but the festival, which starts Thursday, also includes workshops and free jam sessions.

Chehalem Cultural Center celebrates MLK Jr. Day with music, film, and a call to action

Roughly 300 people gathered at Monday’s event in Newberg for a multi-media production by Denver’s Mizel Museum.

High Desert Museum scores two NEH grants

The museum's grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities will help fund projects on desert climate change and a website exploring the culture and nature of the High Desert. A third grant to historian Julie Weise will help underwrite a book on migrant workers in the U.S. and beyond.

Daniel Tankersley’s Unknown Unknowns

Creating mysteries: Tankersley's exhibition at Western Oregon University of manipulated digital photographic prints manipulates the perceptions of gallery viewers, too.

Woven, stitched, and recycled: Fiber Fest brings fabric art to the Newport Visual Arts Center    

The show opens Saturday in four galleries and includes quilts, Siletz basketry, weavings, and wearable art, as well as classes.

Ryan Hopper: Art from Arizona’s Diné reservation to Salem’s Bush Barn Annex

The printmaker and painter, who now lives in Salem, invests his art with memories of his grandmother's Navajo rug weaving, his childhood on a sheep camp, and the realities of his everyday life.

2024 in Review: All around Oregon

From OSU's new PRAx arts center to libraries both energized and threatened, Nehalem's Trash Bash Art Festival, a fresh start at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and much more, a look at the arts year around the state.

All Classical Radio’s Media Arts Center: Portland’s newest cultural hub

The venerable broadcaster’s move to new studios in downtown's KOIN Tower opens space for an energetic and expanded mission beyond the radio dial.

Oregon libraries see record challenges to books — and record checkouts

Libraries have ordered more copies to keep up with the sudden demand to read books that some would ban.

Efforts to ban books in Oregon libraries are on the rise; library patrons and supporters are pushing back

The most common reasons for book challenges include unsuited to age group; LGBTQ content; depicts sex, nudity, abuse; or contains profanity, according to the State Library of Oregon's 2024 report.

TOC Portland: A new song for an old institution

The venue formerly known as The Old Church Concert Hall reimagines and expands its mission to provide greater support to its home community.

Painter Shirl Ireland: From the Adirondacks to Nehalem’s NCRD Gallery, by way of Yellowstone

The recent arrival to the North Coast has her first Oregon show, “Ode to Mother Nature,” at the gallery through Dec. 31.

Happy theater holidays on the Oregon Coast

Theaters in Nehalem, Cannon Beach, and Newport welcome the season (and audiences) with some timely onstage comedy, family-friendly nostalgia, and a live radio-style "Wonderful Life."

Newport’s Pacific Maritime Heritage Center chronicles history of Black sailors

"Take Me to the Water," on display through Jan. 12, includes panels on Oregonians Louis Southworth and Alvin McCleary.

Yamhill County art galleries offer a bounty of gift ideas

From pastel drawings to ceramics to metal crafts, artsy options are plentiful in wine country.

Portland’s Bridgetown Conservatory of Musical Theatre expands acting, dance, and vocal classes to second location in Salem

The company’s first show to be staged in both cities, “G.I. Holiday Jukebox,” opens Dec. 5.