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Future emerging: Four young classical musicians win...

Oregon ArtsWatch ·

2025/11/01

The teen winners each get a $1,000 scholarship and will perform with professional musicians in the chatterPDX Sunday musical series.

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Welcome to our first edition of ArtsWatch Insider

Oregon ArtsWatch ·

2025/11/01

We have some new features in store for the next two months to celebrate the season of giving and thanks.

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As federal funding slashes cut deep, Oregon arts...

Oregon ArtsWatch ·

2025/10/31

The Trump Administration's assault on arts, culture, and the humanities has hit arts groups hard in the pocketbook. The fight for free expression could end up in the Supreme Court.

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‘Clint: The Man and The Movies’: Shawn Levy’s latest...

Oregon ArtsWatch ·

2025/10/31

The Portland author's 560-page biography of the Hollywood icon has received rave reviews in The New York Times and The New Yorker.

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Keeping Portland Odd: Sounds Like Portland festival,...

Oregon ArtsWatch ·

2025/10/30

The three-week festival of Portland music, sponsored and curated by Oregon Symphony and Gabriel Kahane, comes to a conclusion with The Decemberists, Dandy Warhols, and the complete string quartets of Caroline Shaw.

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FilmWatch Weekly: Yorgos & Emma keep going with...

Oregon ArtsWatch ·

2025/10/30

Also this week: the Australian animated film "Lesbian Space Princess," Colin Farrell in "Ballad of a Small Player" on Netflix, and "Mr. Scorsese" on Apple TV.

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Schneider Museum at Southern Oregon University loses...

Oregon ArtsWatch ·

2025/10/30

Plans for a major expansion of the art museum are shelved, and its future is unsure: "You kind of feel like the rug was pulled from underneath you," the museum's director says.

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‘Understand history, create empathy’: Telling the...

Oregon ArtsWatch ·

2025/10/30

In the OPB documentary "Uncovering Boarding Schools" premiering Nov. 3, members of the Klamath Tribes of Southern Oregon uncover hidden stories and a legacy of resistance and resilience.

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A different kind of satisfaction: Catching up with...

Oregon ArtsWatch ·

2025/10/30

The clarinetist-composer discusses the Sunday morning chamber music series he co-founded with cellist Trevor Fitzpatrick.

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‘What We Hold & Leave Behind’: Personal artifacts...

Oregon ArtsWatch ·

2025/10/30

Poet Willa Schneberg and photographer Jim Lommasson enlisted 20 senior poets for the project, a Cover to Cover event combining a reading and slide show.

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November DanceWatch: From Dracula to Dia de los...

Oregon ArtsWatch ·

2025/10/29

The month's dance calendar also includes Balinese dance, a "Sleeping Beauty" with lights, Barcelona's RUNA, push/FOLD's "Catalysts," "Enchanted Toyshop" and more.

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Preview: Eugene Ballet’s ‘Dracula’

Oregon ArtsWatch ·

2025/10/29

Suzanne Haag’s full-length world-premiere reimagines Dracula with a film noir theme, multi-media scenery, and gravity-defying choreography.

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Lauren Modica-Soloway: Beyond ‘Witch’

Oregon ArtsWatch ·

2025/10/29

As the Portland actress approaches the final week in the title role of Profile Theatre's hit show, she looks back on the highs and lows of her creative career and her return to the stage from a five-year hiatus.

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Coming out of ‘hiding’: Clark County Open Studios...

Oregon ArtsWatch ·

2025/10/29

51 Clark County artists show off their workspaces for visitors Saturday-Sunday, Nov. 1-2, and the Washougal Studio Artists Tour of 23 artists' studios follows Nov. 15-16.

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LitWatch November: Kamala Harris book tour; Rebecca...

Oregon ArtsWatch ·

2025/10/29

More than 100 writers and interviewers will discuss fiction, nonfiction, memoir, poetry, graphic novels, and books for young readers during the Nov. 8 festival.

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A real vibrancy: Catching up with Oregon Symphony...

Oregon ArtsWatch ·

2025/10/28

The Salzburg-born conductor, now in his fourth season with OSO, discusses the ongoing “Sounds Like Portland” festival, the challenges of presenting new classical music, and the possibility of balancing continuity and change.

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Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s 2026 season will...

Oregon ArtsWatch ·

2025/10/28

The Ashland festival announces key cast members for next year's 10-play season; tickets go on sale for members in November and for the general public Dec. 2.

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Liv Rainey-Smith: Woodblock by woodblock, building...

Oregon ArtsWatch ·

2025/10/27

The Portland artist talks about the allure of fantasy worlds, the ancient art of woodblock printing, and the long journey that has made her a finalist for a prestigious prize.

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Vajra Chandrasekera’s ‘Rakesfall’ wins 2025 Ursula K....

Oregon ArtsWatch ·

2025/10/26

In awarding the $25,000 prize to the Sri Lankan writer, the selectors called the novel “an extraordinary achievement in science fiction, and a titanic work of art.”

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Brad Majors at 50: Barry Bostwick talks a...

Oregon ArtsWatch ·

2025/10/26

Bostwick, who starred as Brad, will be at a pre-Halloween screening of the enduring cult movie Oct. 27 at Portland's Schnitzer Hall, along with the Clinton Street Cabaret.

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