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

Oregon ArtsWatch ·

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

Oregon ArtsWatch ·

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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Columbia Gorge Discovery Center & Museum reopens...

Oregon ArtsWatch ·

2025/09/23

Closed due to fire and water damage since June, the museum’s reopening this month includes a new exhibit celebrating the high desert rangelands of Wasco County and the ranchers and artists dedicated to sustainable stewardship of both the land and animals.

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Always all or nothing: Cliburn medalist Evren Ozel’s...

Oregon ArtsWatch ·

2025/09/22

The bronze medalist brought sensitive lyricism and dexterity to his interpretations of Scarlatti, Beethoven, Bartók, Fauré and Schumann.

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The shadow of his smile: Remembering David Stabler

Oregon ArtsWatch ·

2025/09/21

The elegant and insightful writing of the longtime classical music critic for The Oregonian helped shape thousands of readers’ understanding of the world of music and the nature of sounds.

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Photo First: Sing a Song of Sisters

Oregon ArtsWatch ·

2025/09/21

The Central Oregon town becomes a musical feast for the ears with its annual Sisters Folk Festival Sept. 26-28. With a portfolio of images from around the town, photographer K.B. Dixon proves it's a feast for the eyes, too.

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PuzzleWatch: Artistic Destinations

Oregon ArtsWatch ·

2025/09/21

Put your geographic knowledge to the test with this globe-trotting crossword puzzle.

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An impact beyond the notes on the page: Kenji Bunch...

Oregon ArtsWatch ·

2025/09/20

Oregon’s favorite fearless church of new music opens its season with a marathon concert reading of scores by Oregon composers.

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Dao Strom, re-associating yellow at TBA

Oregon ArtsWatch ·

2025/09/20

Review: In "Tender Revolutions/Yellow Songs" at PICA's Time-Based Art Festival, Strom and collaborators rethink Asian stereotypes and the diaspora through poetry, music, memory, and Vietnamese creation myth.

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A way forward from the homeless crisis

Oregon ArtsWatch ·

2025/09/20

The Oregon Historical Society's exhibition of Jim Lommasson's close look at the work of Portland's Street Roots newspaper reveals the face of poverty and suggests ways to break the cycle.

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Lin-Manuel Miranda: Portrait of an artist

Oregon ArtsWatch ·

2025/09/20

Interview: Oregon author Daniel Pollack-Pelzner talks about his new biography chronicling how the creator of the smash Broadway hit "Hamilton" reached impossible heights.

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Crossing borders, starting new: The Immigrant Story Live

Oregon ArtsWatch ·

2025/09/19

An evening of storytelling, mariachi music and dance tells the tales of a vibrant United States culture of variety and counters the upswell of anti-immigrant sentiment.

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Loss of NEA Creative Writing Fellowship “diminishes...

Oregon ArtsWatch ·

2025/09/19

The program’s cancellation is among administrative actions leading to turmoil in Oregon’s arts, cultural, and literary organizations.

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FilmWatch Weekly: ‘The History of Sound’ makes a...

Oregon ArtsWatch ·

2025/09/18

A busy movie week includes four Portland film fests, including the 30th annual H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival, plus documentaries spotlighting Kanye West, the making of Francis Ford Coppola's "Megalopolis," and more.

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The sacred outcasts deserve support and protection:...

Oregon ArtsWatch ·

2025/09/18

"The blessings will test you" : Portland-based Diné transdisciplinary artist reflects on ancestry, survival, and their recent work on Fire Island.

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Portland independent bookstores weathering economic...

Oregon ArtsWatch ·

2025/09/18

Recent layoffs by Powell’s and calls for help from other stores point to lingering effects of the pandemic shutdown, but other stores are doing just fine, thank you.

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‘Goats in America’: Portland author Tami Parr offers...

Oregon ArtsWatch ·

2025/09/18

Parr will talk goats — from the conquistadors to goat cheese to goat yoga — on Sept. 18 at Powell's Books on Hawthorne.

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An Update to PCC’s Music and Sonic Arts degree closure

Oregon ArtsWatch ·

2025/09/17

The ongoing story of how this Portland Community College program – and the community involved in it – has responded to budget cuts and impending closure.

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Nancy Eng’s Emotional Spaces and Places

Oregon ArtsWatch ·

2025/09/17

Review: The artist's landscapes at the Salem Art Association's Annex Gallery veer into the abstract. "I have no one process," she says. "I do a lot of experimenting."

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DramaWatch: Autumn’s abundance of theatrical riches

Oregon ArtsWatch ·

2025/09/16

A spectacular season of new shows, musicals, and more looms as Portland Playhouse, Portland Center Stage, Experience Theatre Project and others inaugurate new seasons. Plus: The launch of 100 Lives Repertory, continuing shows, and theater news.

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