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In Newport, ‘The SpongeBob Musical’ at Porthole...

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2025/11/17

The extravaganza received help from the Siletz Tribe and Oregon Coast Aquarium. “The county is all-in on this production,” says director Morgan Locklear.

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In Astoria, a Forest of Native Voices

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2025/11/16

Prompted by a U.S. stamp of his ancestor Chief Standing Bear, Cliff Taylor’s "Indigenous Visions" exhibit brings together Native artists and writers from across the Pacific Northwest.

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Old Portland Hardware Redux: The Secret Life of Salvage

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2025/11/15

In the creative hodgepodge of a Sellwood store of practical things, finding grace and beauty in the pared-down shapes of the everyday tools of life.

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Miller Foundation announces $500,000 in Spark Awards

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2025/11/14

Twenty literary and media artists in Oregon receive $25,000 each in the second year of the foundation's three-year push to boost the careers of individual artists in the state.

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FilmWatch Weekly: Linklater’s ‘Nouvelle Vague’ and...

Oregon ArtsWatch ·

2025/11/13

Also this week: the charmless "Now You See Me: Now You Don't," Edgar Wright's "The Running Man," and Nicolas Cage in the Gnostic horror film "The Carpenter's Son."

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Glowing brighter: Harpist Brandee Younger at The Old...

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2025/11/13

The jazz harpist, hosted once again by PDX Jazz, performed her own compositions and celebrated the music of her predecessors Alice Coltrane and Dorothy Ashby.

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‘A Larger Reality: Ursula K. Le Guin’ honors the work...

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2025/11/13

An expansive exhibit at Oregon Contemporary, curated by the late, great Portland writer's son, opens up the speculative worlds she created and how she shaped them in words.

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Oregon Contemporary gallery targeted by Trump...

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2025/11/12

A promised $30,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to help fund the center's 2026 Artists' Biennial is abruptly snatched back. But the show will go on.

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‘Recent Tragic Events’: Taking a trip back in time to...

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2025/11/12

Review: Celebrating its 20th anniversary, Third Rail Rep’s pitch-perfect revival of its inaugural show sheds light on the events of 2025.

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Trump takes aim at museums, history

Oregon ArtsWatch ·

2025/11/12

As the president rejects funding for art about gender, race, and "anti-American values," historians, museums, and cultural centers across Oregon and the U.S. fight back.

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Ghosts of the Flame light up a 5,000 square foot space

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2025/11/12

In a sprawling industrial space at Portland's Building 5, artist Jennifer Gilla Cutshall creates a vivid installation of beauty with a warning about the imperiled planet.

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Interleaving words and music: Third Angle New Music...

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2025/11/11

The Portland music group and the former Oregon Poet Laureate presented a concert featuring music by Dai Fujikara, Quinn Mason, Caroline Shaw and a world premiere composed by 3A violist Wendy Richman.

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Hallie Ford Museum: Touring collection of works by...

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2025/11/11

"Memories & Inspirations: The Kerry and C. Betty Davis Collection of African American Art" started when an Atlanta postal carrier wanted a painting for his home.

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ArtsWatch Insider: Look how much we’ve grown

Oregon ArtsWatch ·

2025/11/11

A remarkable transformation occurs when a collective community nurtures a garden of hope.

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Review: NW Dance Project dancers impress in Carmen+,...

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2025/11/10

The world premiere of Caroline Finn's "Don't Forget to Panic" and the return of Ihsan Rustem's "Carmen" with original stars Andrea Parson and Franco Nieto create a pleasurably riveting evening.

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Is Portland a war-ravaged hellscape? Portland Book...

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2025/11/10

“Safe,” “welcoming,” and “awesome” are a few words Portlanders and visitors alike used to describe downtown.

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Portland Book Festival: Stacey Abrams, Susan Orlean...

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2025/11/10

Melissa Febos and Lidia Yuknavitch also spoke at this year’s festival on their career successes and how they overcame bumps along the way.

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Portland Book Festival had it all: Rebecca Yarros,...

Oregon ArtsWatch ·

2025/11/09

Saturday's sold-out festival had something for everyone, from romantasy to biography, plus National Book Award winners and finalists.

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Portland Book Festival: A day stretching from comedy...

Oregon ArtsWatch ·

2025/11/09

One writer's day at the festival included hearing from Jess Walter, Kristen Arnett, Emma Donoghue, Jennifer Perrine, and Tara Roberts.

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Photo First: Authors, authors, everywhere

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2025/11/08

As the Portland Book Festival and its visiting writers move into high gear, photographer K.B. Dixon portrays 15 homegrown winners of Oregon Book Awards.

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