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Rogue Theater Company’s ‘Godot’ finds depth in the...

Oregon ArtsWatch ·

2025/10/22

Review: In Ashland, Samuel Beckett’s classic delivers humor, humanity and introspection, leaving audiences deeply moved.

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DramaWatch: Bring it on, from Bart Simpson to The Bard

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2025/10/22

Oregon's theaters are offering a host of innovative entertainment in the coming weeks. Plus, continuing shows, a peek at early November offerings, and theater news.

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Touring the Rothko Pavilion with Brian Ferriso

Oregon ArtsWatch ·

2025/10/21

As his 19-year tenure reaches an end, Portland Art Museum Director Brian Ferriso leads an enthusiastic tour of his signature achievement, the new Rothko Pavilion.

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And music in the list’ning place: Southern Oregon...

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2025/10/21

A brief history of the Ashland choir, from its inception at a pizza parlor through its upcoming season featuring music by Peter Relph, Eric Whitacre, and Rep Singers composer-in-residence Jodi French.

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PuzzleWatch: Mythology in Music

Oregon ArtsWatch ·

2025/10/19

Ghosts, ghouls, and other graveyard grotesqueries are the backbone of any Halloween bash, but they're also a mainstay of the musical stage. Test your knowledge of these creatures and other legendary beings in this musically minded crossword puzzle.

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Emerald Art Center: The ‘real’ Springfield’s art heart

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2025/10/19

The 68-year-old nonprofit is famous for its mural of The Simpsons, but local artists know it for classes, workshops, youth camps, and gallery space.

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‘Electric Mixer’ at Ditch Projects

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2025/10/19

The Springfield gallery's latest show celebrates art with an affinity for late 20th-century technology, particularly the beloved children's drawing software program 'Kid Pix.'

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‘Resistance can be joyful’: Portland protest artists...

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2025/10/18

As No Kings Day protesters crowd the streets, Portland artists declare the importance of positive creative energy in protecting the soul of the city.

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Lincoln City Cosmography honors the natural world, as...

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2025/10/17

The LithoMosaic mandala, to be dedicated during a Nov. 1 open house, is the capstone of the Lincoln City Cultural Center’s plaza restoration project.

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Deceptively simple but life-affirming, part one:...

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2025/10/16

The three week festival presents concerts featuring a wide variety of Portland musicians, from esperanza spalding to M. Ward to a long-awaited collaboration between Resonance Ensemble and Fear No Music.

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FilmWatch Weekly: ‘Urchin,’ ‘An Officer and a Spy,’...

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2025/10/16

Also this week: Coming of age in '70s and '80s San Francisco in "Fairyland," plus the documentaries "The Man Who Saves the World?" and "American Skyjacker," the madcap tale of a D. B. Cooper copycat.

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Portland Art Museum reaches $116 million capital...

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2025/10/16

A month before the unveiling of its decade-long construction and expansion project that reinvents the downtown museum's galleries and campus, all the money is in hand.

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Portland parks audit heats up operating levy election

Oregon ArtsWatch ·

2025/10/16

As the Nov. 4 election draws close, parks supporters push back against a city audit declaring that the Parks department, which hosts many arts events, has allowed the city's parks to fall into disrepair.

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‘The Yeomen of the Guard’: A feast for the eyes as...

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2025/10/15

Review: With delightful music and motion, Light Opera of Portland’s production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s tragicomedy is a perfect October treat.

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Design for Living: Champagne bubbles with the hint of...

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2025/10/14

In Imago Theatre’s production of Noël Coward’s 1933 play, a three-way affair is cause for comedy as well as angst for its characters.

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An Irish tale born in Ashland earns a ticket to...

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2025/10/14

"Parcel From America," based on a story Tomáseen Foley told in Ashland in 1998, is green-lighted for a musical production in New York

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Every sound has its own life: The Steinway Piano...

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2025/10/13

Dr. Susan Chan’s piano series at Portland State University, an “All-Steinway school,” combines masterclasses and performances.

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The Big Re/Think seeks to advocate for the arts,...

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2025/10/13

A new statewide initiative, launched this fall, addresses the obstacles facing nonprofit arts organizations during political and funding uncertainties.

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Review: Katherine Dunn’s ‘Near Flesh’ is a grim and...

Oregon ArtsWatch ·

2025/10/12

The 18 short stories in the posthumous collection by the Portland author explore motherhood, the body, the natural world, violence, and death.

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Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Not McMinnville’s...

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2025/10/12

The Yamhill County theater takes on the challenge of Edward Albee's great and gritty American drama, and photographer Dee Moore follows the process from beginning of rehearsal to final preview performance.

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