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City seeks applicants for Keller & PSU performance...

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2025/08/30

An 11-member panel is sought to help decide how and whether to proceed with plans for two Broadway musical-sized halls, together budgeted for at least $594 million.

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Diving deeply into familiar tales: Ashland’s ‘Shane’...

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2025/08/29

The final two shows of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's 2025 season rethink a classic Western and Cervantes' "Don Quixote" in fresh and stimulating ways.

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For the joy of singing: Choral season 2025-26 begins

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2025/08/28

But do choral seasons ever end, really?

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E.M. Lewis’s ‘Apple Season’: Biting into a tale of...

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2025/08/28

The Oregon playwright's newest, opening at 21Ten Theatre, spins a small-town story of tart memories and emotional isolation on a family farm.

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Art in the Pearl: Labor Day Weekend’s art feast in...

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2025/08/27

The 29th annual festival in Portland's North Park Blocks brings together art lovers and 140 artists in a weekend of looking, buying, selling, wandering, and discoveries.

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Remembering Vic Atiyeh, Oregon’s governor in a time...

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2025/08/27

James Moore's biography of the state's last Republican governor ranges from Atiyeh's roles in land use to Rajneeshees to the growth of the high-tech industry.

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Gather:Make:Shelter and Oregon Symphony present...

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2025/08/26

The collaborative summer evening event filled the South Park Blocks with music, fashion, poetry, and plenty of joie de vivre.

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Musical Playground – music for the fun of it at...

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2025/08/26

The hands-on learning day where kids are set free to explore making music on a variety of instruments, from guitars to drums to violins, is just one of the art center’s many programs targeted toward engaging children and youth.

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2025 Portland Book Festival lineup: Stacey Abrams,...

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2025/08/26

Literary Arts on Tuesday announced the 80-plus authors of fiction, nonfiction, memoir, poetry, young adult, and children’s books who are expected to attend.

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You are the witches: The audience as collective...

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2025/08/26

A conversation with the composer and creative team behind RO’s next immersive opera, this time tackling the history of witch trials, coming in early September.

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From Outliers to Kosher Pop Art, a new look at the...

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2025/08/26

Rebekah Sobel, the museum's executive director since December 2023, is aiming for a trifecta of highlighting Jewish culture, Jewish art, and managing trauma stories.

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Oregon artists and cultural groups share $1...

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2025/08/25

As federal arts and cultural money dries up, the annual grants from the Oregon Community Foundation allow 14 artists and groups to create their dream projects.

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Letter to the Editor: The scope of Opera in the Park...

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2025/08/24

In spite of city budget cuts to Parks & Recreation, a broad coalition of foundation, individual donors, and other sponsors allowed the free show to go on.

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PuzzleWatch: Then and Now – Creative Beginnings

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2025/08/24

Some of today's most beloved works of art weren't necessarily hailed as masterpieces when they were first unveiled to critics and the public. Test your knowledge of these pieces in this latest crossword puzzle.

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Dance Review: JmeJames Antonick’s XO-interstitium...

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2025/08/23

Dark whimsy, electronica, flashing lights, slow stoicism and a certain softness mark the debut of the troupe Trash Babe Productions at Performance Works Northwest.

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Portland’s for-profit music scene: A spur for...

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2025/08/22

Musicians and City Council members are pushing for city aid in keeping clubs and music venues healthy that play a big role in prompting visitors and locals to keep the money flowing.

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Participating in the ritual: Central Oregon’s...

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2025/08/21

The joys and miracles of live music in the rustic Great Hall, with SRMF director Brett Mitchell, concertmaster Yi Zhao, pianist and Cliburn medalist Vitaly Starikov, and an orchestra full of stars.

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FilmWatch Weekly: Jude Law and Sydney Sweeney in...

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2025/08/21

Ron Howard's latest film tells the true story of European settlers in the Galápagos in the 1930s. Plus: a restoration and re-release of 1980's "Night of the Juggler" and Riz Ahmed in "Relay."

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Brian Ferriso to leave Portland Art Museum

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2025/08/20

Ferriso, the Portland museum's director since 2006, will become director of the Dallas Museum of Art. He'll leave after the Nov. 20 unveiling of PAM's massive redesign.

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‘It’s just home’: Marianas Festival will share...

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2025/08/20

The three-day festival includes workshops in Vancouver, Wash., as well as dance, music, and food across the river in Fairview’s Blue Lake Regional Park.

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