Films range from 3 minutes on an 83-year-old collector of sea lion data to a one-hour documentary about a Hawaiian woman trying to maintain a family bay-keeping legacy.
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.
The 45-year-old community theater emerges from the pandemic shutdown with its first full-scale musical since 2019 and a new focus on fundraising and drawing fresh, young faces.
November sweeps in the wet and cold but there is plenty to relish in this month’s offerings. Jason N. Le introduces a vibrant array of art to encounter.
The “Ambassador’s Portal” by Ken McCall replaces a beloved sculpture as the city expands its public art offerings with plans for five more new pieces and an arts garden.
Converge 45 brings a suite of compelling shows to Portland-area art spaces and there is plenty to see around the state as well. Jason N. Le has the intel on September’s art events.
The 35-year-old building, along with the nearby Visual Arts Center, has helped transform the Nye Beach neighborhood from “poverty gulch” into an arts community.
Composer Sara Graef says her piece strives to express gratitude for the spirit of the 400-acre space, “what was decimated and what has been given back.”
The composer of country hit “My List” says he is proud to be performing in the theater named for his friend, David Ogden Stiers.
Jerry Mouawad and Drew Pisarra’s new “Voiceover” dips into dance and sound with an existential twist. Plus the JAW new plays festival, a Stan Foote tribute, openings and closings.
The Newport artist (and former mayor) finds her new show’s inspiration along the tidal flats of Yaquina Bay Road.
The holiday tradition returns Dec. 17 and 18 after the theater company went dark for nearly two years due to COVID.
The new executive director of the Oregon Coast Council for the Arts is excited by his new job and his new home.
Technology challenges an online drama club, but the tradeoff is lessons in creativity and self-reliance.
Catherine Rickbone of the Oregon Coast Council for the Arts says pandemic cutbacks make this a good time to retire.
Kids in Newport’s Online Summer Drama Club will learn all about theater — and put on a play — via computer.
In Newport, films will be shown outdoors, and the Lincoln City Cultural Center has reopened to the public.
Young filmmakers, stories inspired by Cinderella and Dr. Suess, and a documentary about Anne Frank.
Pacific Story Slam continues, chanteuse Lady Rizo visits, and theatrical comedies offer Elvis and old folks.
A fundraiser auctions a Rick Bartow sketch and the 14th annual “Au Naturel” show opens in Astoria.
Newport’s Juergen Eckstein — painter, sculptor, and community presence — died Oct. 31.
Newport Visual Arts Center celebrates Astoria to Brookings in paint, woodwork, and film.
In about 10 days, Ed Asner will take the stage at the Newport Performing Arts Center in the play God Help Us! The 90-minute show is described as “a political comedy for our times, and centers on two opposite-leaning pundits who are
Theater fans could do worse than to find themselves on the Coast this summer. Performers are taking the stage in multiple venues from Newport to Cannon Beach. Let’s start with a reminder that tickets are still available, but going fast, for God
What started out as a plea for cash has turned into what likely will be the biggest draw at the Newport Performing Arts Center this summer. It’s a play called God Help Us!, and playing the title role is the actor with
An editor once told me the best way to learn anything is to write about it. That lesson was driven home this year as I took on the beat covering arts on the Oregon Coast. Prior to that, I would have told
It’s sure to be a bittersweet night at the Coaster Theatre Playhouse in Cannon Beach when The Trail Band takes the stage Dec. 26. It’s the last performance of the eight-piece ensemble, which has been together since 1991, when it formed at
In 2018 ArtsWatch writers spent a lot of time out and about the state, putting the “Oregon” into “Oregon ArtsWatch.” Theater in Ashland and Salem. Green spaces and Maori clay artists in Astoria. A carousel in Albany. Aztec dancing in Newberg. Music
Fourteen years ago, I was reporting a news story when I encountered a man weed-whacking. His back was turned and he wore a headset meant to protect his hearing. Few things are more awkward — and possibly risky — than approaching a
I discovered Newport in 1993, a fluke visit on our way home from Portland to the southern reaches of the state. I stayed in Nye Beach at a hotel that no longer exists, just a few steps from the Performing Arts Center,
The central Coast pays homage to two of its famous former citizens this month. As part of the Oregon Coast Council for the Arts’ capital campaign program, plans are under way to change the name of the Performing Arts Center’s Black Box
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