News & Notes: Portland’s biggest theater company is one of three nationally to win $1 million grants from the Mellon Foundation. Plus: Center Stage’s new season; new faces at the Oregon Arts Commission and Oregon Cultural Trust.
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The Portland author’s new book about 16 Oregonians who survived atrocities ranging from the Holocaust to Rwandan genocide launches March 29 with an event at Mekong Bistro.
Five artists interpret the legendary creature in sculpture, paintings, film, and multi-media work in a show that goes beyond the popular-culture image of Bigfoot.
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.
Five artists interpret the legendary creature in sculpture, paintings, film, and multi-media work in a show that goes beyond the popular-culture image of Bigfoot.
The abstract paintings hum with an energy entirely befitting for their caffeine-centered display location – Stumptown Coffee Roasters.
News & Notes: Portland’s biggest theater company is one of three nationally to win $1 million grants from the Mellon Foundation. Plus: Center Stage’s new season; new faces at the Oregon Arts Commission and Oregon Cultural Trust.
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.
Plus: “Asphalt City,” “Lousy Carter,” and the latest Liam Neeson revenge fantasy “In the Land of Saints and Sinners.”
Five artists interpret the legendary creature in sculpture, paintings, film, and multi-media work in a show that goes beyond the popular-culture image of Bigfoot.
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 Portland author’s new book about 16 Oregonians who survived atrocities ranging from the Holocaust to Rwandan genocide launches March 29 with an event at Mekong Bistro.
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.
Five artists interpret the legendary creature in sculpture, paintings, film, and multi-media work in a show that goes beyond the popular-culture image of Bigfoot.
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.
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Hannah Krafcik explores the gender nonconforming and trans experience in a series of essays.
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