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MusicWatch Monthly: The beauty of the universe

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2025/10/02

Roselit Bone, Kalakendra, Okaidja Afroso, Cascadia Composers, and a season’s worth of symphony orchestras.

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Read our 2024-2025 annual report and discover our...

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2025/10/02

We accomplished another year of astonishing growth and continue to punch way above our weight at a time when independent journalism is more critical than ever.

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A little good news: Fresh funding for Oregon arts &...

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2025/10/02

At a time of massive federal fund-cutting, the Oregon Cultural Trust awards a record $4.1 million to statewide groups, and the Oregon Arts Commission grants $310,000 for arts education projects.

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FilmWatch Weekly: Dwayne Johnson in ‘The Smashing...

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2025/10/02

Also this week: a dog's-eye view in "Good Boy," June Squibb in "Eleanor the Great," plus "Plainclothes" and the Venezuelan "Zafari."

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Marie Watt’s banner fall season

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2025/10/02

The Portland-based artist has had a string of recent successes. Among them is her first hometown retrospective, 'Storywork: The Prints of Marie Watt, from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and his Family Foundation' on view at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at Portland State University.

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It’s about time: ‘Who Killed One the Gun?’

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2025/10/02

A gumshoe slips back and forth in time, trying to solve and prevent his own murder, in Gigi Little's witty new tale upending the conventions of the traditional detective novel.

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Always working in the light: New Wave Opera’s double...

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2025/10/01

NWO presented a pair of women-centered operas: one about Marie Curie learning to swim, the other about the unknown woman “Alice Tierney.”

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VizArts Monthly: October Reflections

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2025/09/30

October boasts Portland Open Studios as well as Sitka's 31st Art Invitational at Oregon Contemporary. Read on to explore art options to accompany all of your pumpkin-related pursuits!

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Look: Up in the air! The Flynn Creek Circus is flying...

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2025/09/29

The juggling and acrobatic stars of the California-based touring circus troupe bring their physical marvels to Vancouver, Wash., for seven shows Oct. 2-5.

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October DanceWatch: Celebrating democracy in dance

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2025/09/28

From OBT's "Dracula" and White Bird's Complexions and Limon troupes to a seasonal "BloodyVox," dance from Korea, India and the Philippines, and small-scale contemporary works, October dance opens its doors to all.

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Freddie Robins’ webs of protection

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2025/09/27

The textile artist and "radical knitter" explores the many angles of protection in "Apotropaic" on view at the Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery.

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LitWatch October: Fishtrap Fireside returns and the...

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2025/09/26

Authors appearing around the state include Justin Hocking and Daniel Pollack-Pelzner, and events will celebrate Katherine Dunn and Ursula K. Le Guin.

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Bobby Bermea: After the humans die out, what do the...

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2025/09/25

In William Thomas Berk’s new play "Anno Machina: An Apocalyptic Elegy," a surviving Human Service Unit is left to find its own emotions and meaning in life.

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Keeping Latin music alive in Portland: Nick Gefroh...

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2025/09/25

The percussionist and Pa’lante bandleader was honored with this year’s Nick Fish Jazz Community Award from the Montavilla Jazz Festival.

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Portland Parks & Recreation levy campaign launches...

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2025/09/25

City Parks, which includes three heavily used arts centers, is banking on passage of a new levy to keep its operations going. But despite popular support, a stressed city budget and some opposition could upset its plans.

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FilmWatch Weekly: ‘One Battle After Another’ speaks...

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2025/09/25

Paul Thomas Anderson's latest film, inspired by Thomas Pynchon's novel "Vineland," stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a freedom-fighting stoner trying to rescue his daughter from a Christofascist colonel played by Sean Penn.

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A never-ending proclamation of hope: Choral Arts...

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2025/09/25

Three longstanding choral organizations lean into community collaboration, recreate a sonic paragon, sing big and bold for Breast Health Awareness and bring the great classics to a wider audience.

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‘Our Mr. Matsura’: Director Beth Harrington discusses...

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2025/09/25

The Emmy-winning filmmaker's portrait of an early-20th-century icon of Okanogan, WA screens Sunday, September 28 at Vancouver's Kiggins Theatre.

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DramaWatch: ‘Triangle,’ Broadway Rose’s moving new...

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2025/09/24

Plus: Sunstone's "The Grown-Ups," Shake&Pop's "Midsummer Night's Dream," Stage Fright Queer Horror Fest, Fuse's "Magnetic Electric," Portland Playhouse's "Paradise Blue," more opening and continuing shows.

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TBA Festival: keyon gaskin’s dark mirrors

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2025/09/24

"tba: to be diasporic un determined," in PICA's annual Time-Based Art Festival, feels like "a co-creation of a world in the making; a portal to (Black) possibility."

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