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The 3,000-seat Keller needs replacing. What’s the best choice: a new building at PSU, a new hall at a revamped Lloyd Center, or a full-scale renovation where it is now?
The busy cultural hub celebrates its 20th anniversary with a day-long party this Saturday, March 16
The Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble co-founder talks about his love for Early Jazz and his recent return to Oregon.
CMNW’s March mini-fest delivered all of the maestro’s piano trios with elan.
The abstract paintings hum with an energy entirely befitting for their caffeine-centered display location – Stumptown Coffee Roasters.
A $300 million gift of more than 200 artworks jump-starts the Seattle University Museum of Art. Plus: Maryhill Museum season begins, Asian American writers, Andrew Proctor returns, jazz at Milagro, Billie Holiday tribute night.
The veteran playwright, screenwriter, and opera librettist, whose play “Yohen” is about to open in Portland, talks on a new podcast about his career and the rise of Asian-American theater.
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival shifts into its ’24 season with “Macbeth” and three other shows. Plus: Openings, last chances, a Steep & Thorny party, a pre-peek at Fertile Ground.
Also this week: a trio of Tarantino double features, OMSI’s 2024 Sci-Fi Film Fest, and a Middle Earth marathon at the Hollywood Theatre.
Kristen Stewart and Katy O’Brian star in a stylish neo-noir, plus the feature film debut of writer-director-star Julio Torres of HBO’s “Los Espookys.”
The Keller Auditorium audience was repeatedly brought to their feet as the Ailey company dancers dazzled with exhilarating performances of both contemporary choreography and Ailey’s own iconic “Revelations.”
Presented at the 2024 Portland Jazz Festival, SKC’s latest world premiere promised to transcend artistic boundaries with innovations that take dance and sound in a new dimension, though delivered a more puzzling traditional concert dance experience.
The Portland theater company’s Youth Devising Residency program teaches young people stage skills and more. The show they created, “What Brings You Here?,” is at PSU March 7-9.
Bobby Bermea: Promising writer and recent high school grad Evan McCreary gets a weekend of readings at IFCC with talent and a little help from his older friends.
The Clackamas-based historian’s new book documents the work of writers from 1800 to the present to help readers expand their understanding of the Pacific Northwest.
Entries are open for May’s “Rising from the Trashes” event, which includes an art gallery, fashion show, and storytelling – all spotlighting trash.
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival shifts into its ’24 season with “Macbeth” and three other shows. Plus: Openings, last chances, a Steep & Thorny party, a pre-peek at Fertile Ground.
The Clackamas-based historian’s new book documents the work of writers from 1800 to the present to help readers expand their understanding of the Pacific Northwest.
Cultural centers are essential gathering places that uniquely serve and reflect their communities.
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Arts education helps young people learn and think.
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Hannah Krafcik explores the gender nonconforming and trans experience in a series of essays.
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