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This coverage is made possible in part by a grant from the Yamhill County Cultural Coalition.

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.

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.

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.

Joe Wilkins, Bethany Lee, Nicholas D. Kristof, Hannah Grace Spenner: New books by a quartet of Yamhill County writers

The 2024 releases include a novel, poetry, nonfiction, and memoir.

William Lysander Adams stirred the pot of 19th-century Oregon politics with ‘Treason, Stratagems, and Spoils’

The poetic satire pitted Democrats against Whigs in a story of a judge willing to break laws to fulfill his outsized political ambitions.

A new chapel at Newberg’s George Fox University, filled with art

Murals by professor Tim Timmerman and stained glass by Bryant Stanton add color to the graceful space, where an open house on Thursday will welcome visitors.

‘A Democracy of Multiples’:  Linfield University displays political works by Mullowney Printing

The show, running through Nov. 22, is a tribute to the power of ink on paper and how that power has functioned as a political tool — and still can.

Portland Book Festival: Joe Wilkins, author of ‘The Entire Sky,’ on importance of place and ‘the mythic years’

The Linfield University professor has written poetry, novels, essays, and memoir. "Working with language and story somehow gets me back into the way I need to be," he says.

Transformations: The A to Z of wine and art

Time, talent, and a fertile soil for nourishing creativity: At Yamhill County's A to Z Wineworks, artists in residence help produce the wine as they create their art.

From barns to studios, Yamhill artists open their doors

For two weekends, more than 60 wine country artists will open their work spaces to visitors for the 30th annual Art Harvest Studio Tour of Yamhill County.

LaJoie Theatre adds new jewel to the Chehalem Cultural Center crown

This month’s opening of the 250-seat theater makes the Newberg cultural hub one of the largest in the state, as well as an example of the “everything-for-everyone” center that thrives in smaller Oregon cities.

McMinnville’s Art Alley turns blank walls into colorful murals

A summer project adds seven works of art to a downtown alley between Davis and Evans streets.

In the footsteps of the Impressionists: McMinnville’s Erin Hanson Gallery unveils paintings inspired by the artist’s visit to France

The gallery, in an industrial park, is a sprawling nexus of beautiful, high-end art, savvy entrepreneurship, state-of-the-art technology, and light industry.

Fall theater in wine country ranges from ‘Grease’ and ‘Putnam County Spelling Bee’ to ‘Footloose’ and ‘Death by Design’

Drama, comedy, and music take center stage at Gallery Theater, Linfield University, Struts & Frets Theatre Company, Gather Repertory, and Pentacle Theatre.

Yamhill County gallery scene: Paintings by James Frey, clocks by Ann Durley, and art by art teachers

August shows also include a family of ceramicists at Linfield University and stories from the forest at the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde's cultural center.

Cherie Savoie Tintary’s collages at Chehalem Cultural Center turn old magazines into nostalgic whimsy

The Forest Grove artist uses images from old maps and nearly a century's worth of American magazines to create pieces that range from overstuffed to exuberantly symbolist.

Poet Q&A: Portland’s Valerie Witte on the pleasures of collaboration, poetics of the strange, and going beyond the written page

Witte will read May 9 from her collection "A Rupture in the Interiors" during the McMinnville Public Library’s monthly Poetry Night.

‘Connected to the Land’: Photographer Leland Butler’s timeless images of beach and forest grace Linfield University Art Gallery

The show leads into Linfield’s May 10 Camas Festival, which honors the cultural significance of plants and landscapes important to Northwest Indigenous peoples.

In McMinnville, Keynote Concerts add to the growing musical mix

Jazz, string quartet, rock violin and more set the rhythm for the new festival in a music-happy town. Next up, March 20: Peter Eldridge of New York Voices.

Photo First: Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum

K.B. Dixon takes a camera tour through the McMinnville museum, from the Spruce Goose to the world's fastest jet to replicas of the Spirit of St. Louis and Apollo Lunar Rover & more.

Jess X. Snow and Kill Joy tackle Palestine, capitalism, ecological destruction, immigration in multi-media show at Linfield

Students had a say in picking the artists whose work is featured in the artistically complex and politically engaged exhibition, which runs through March 16 at the McMinnville university.

Q&A: Liz Cardenas, McMinnville Short Film Festival keynote speaker, on loving movies, the effects of streaming, and staying busy

The 13th annual festival runs Feb. 23-25 with something for everyone -- more than 100 films will be screened in 90-minute blocks.

Mixed-media artist Marvin Eans reflects on the life of Martin Luther King Jr. in show at Newberg’s Chehalem Cultural Center

The exhibit, which runs through February, includes both aesthetic and pedagogical components, and has a high “wow” factor. An artists' reception will be Feb. 16.

2023 in Review: Around and about Oregon

From coast to desert to hills and valleys and places in between, culture thrived in towns large and small around the state. Wherever people were, so was art.

Yamhill County calendar: Metal Arts Gift Show, “Anne of Green Gables” at Gallery Theater, jazz by Lauren Kinhan

The year ends with holiday opportunities to shop local, view art, hear music, or see a play.

Inner Oasis Drum Circle: Connecting to the heartbeat of life

The weekly McMinnville gathering, like others around the state, draws participants who say they are both energized and calmed by the practice. “The primitive nature of the drum in the story of humanity,” says one drummer.

Willamina Public Library: The little library that could

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.

Artist Serhat Tanyolacar confronts racism, nationalism, authoritarianism in Linfield show

The Turkish-born professor populates his politically charged work with images of Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un, Allen Ginsberg and Gollum.

‘Edible,’ guide to sustainable plants, includes illustrations by Dayton-area farmer Katie Kulla

Kulla, part of a team that documented 70 plants around the world, combines her organic-farming and illustrating skills on an international publishing project.

Forty Years of ‘Princess’ Pride

"Quarterback Princess," a 1983 TV movie that kicked off two future Academy Award winners’ careers, is also a McMinnville (or rather, “Minnville”) time capsule.