Brett Campbell looks back on his year in the seats and declares the lively works-in-progress festival his most memorable theater experience of 2023.
In a show of paintings at the Columbia Gorge Museum, the artist reveals a Realism beyond reality – and a gnarly Medusa-like image blowing in the wind.
Katherine Ace, Yaki Bergman, Margaret Chapman, Walt Curtis, Darcelle, Cai Emmons, Michael Griggs, Donald Jenkins, Henk Pander and more: Oregon arts figures who died in 2023.
A longitudinal study of everything we loved (and a few things we didn’t) in Oregon music this year, and last year, world without end, amen.
From dancerly Broadway musicals to Éowyn Emerald’s return to a Bantu circus, a mystical being from Buenos Aires, Linda Austin’s birthday bash and more, 2024 kicks off in grand style.
Our LitWatch columnist looks back on a year of good reading, writing, and talking about books.
Graham Cole’s newest production, featuring dramatic lighting design and a joyful solo performance by Elenaluisa Alvarez, struck an incongruent note with the introspective, feminist poetry which was its inspiration.
From a magnificent dancerly takeover of Zidell Yards to a push/FOLD contemporary festival to her own solo Odissi show, our DanceWatch columnist steps deftly through a busy year.
Despite some fine performances and guest conductor Jos van Veldhoven from the Netherland Bach Society, OBF 2023 was hampered by a lack of strong artistic leadership, poor acoustics, and a dearth of music by its namesake.
The paper, whose journalism includes vital arts and cultural coverage, is fighting a financial crisis allegedly caused by embezzlement, and is turning to the public for help.
From coast to desert to hills and valleys and places in between, culture thrived in towns large and small around the state. Wherever people were, so was art.
Marc Mohan shares his picks for this year’s best films.
Three new films from directors Michael Mann, Blitz Bazawule, and George Clooney round out the year with more whimper than bang.
For this dance teacher and Contact Improvisation devotee, gender and movement are fluid: “We are in constant motion—that’s life. We’re constantly evolving. We are the transition.”
In her newest podcast, Dmae Lo Roberts talks with ArtsWatch’s Bob Hicks about the cultural highs and lows of 2023, and the lingering effects of the pandemic on the arts.
From the Rothko Pavilion to Converge 45 to the Hallie Ford’s 25th anniversary and much more, a look at some of the highlights of Oregon’s year in the worlds of museums and visual art.
The notable Oregon artist is selected to show his ceramic pieces at the Smithsonian Craft Show in Washington, D.C., this spring, and he hopes to complete a 13-foot owl sculpture in 2024.
A fond farewell (and hopes for next year) as the show nears its end. Plus: Dickens and other Christmas quickies, “Dracula” and more last chances, national notes.
The 12-minute show, free and visible from the Bayfront, brings to life images of Native Americans, loggers, fishing fleets, and farmers.
Recent moves and kudos about 45th Parallel Universe, Third Angle New Music, Friends of Chamber Music, Cappella Romana, Tomas Cotik, and other figures in Oregon classical and jazz music.
The state’s innovative tax credit system allows you to double the impact of your donations to nonprofit cultural groups – but you must act by Dec. 31.
Seventeen prints, made between 1961 and 2005, showcase both the artist’s prowess in print media and the arc of the print renaissance in the United States.
Also this week: the Hollywood Theatre’s year-end 70 mm extravaganza, and some joyful holiday favorites including “White Christmas,” “Elf,” and “Eyes Wide Shut.”
The recently appointed artistic director brings a new sense of energy and magic to the familiar holiday classic.
From Pasolini to Jackie Chan to Werner Herzog’s memoirs, here’s a picture-perfect assortment of gift ideas sure to please even the most discerning movie lover.
Sure, it’s an entertaining action flick. But its connections to Christmas are surface stuff. Go ahead: Watch it, and have fun. But when it comes to the spirit of the holiday, it doesn’t fit the bill.
The local opera company’s Artists in Conversation Festival featured Samantha Rose Williams’ interview-based staged song cycle and music by Oregon composer Lisa Neher.
From the rhythms of tap to the glories of Nijinska to “Why Dance Matters” and more, Martha Ullman West prepares a list of great dance reads just in time for giving.
Photographer K.B. Dixon takes a tour of Portland’s neighborhoods and discovers an impromptu people’s garden of inflatable statues celebrating the holiday season.
Suggestions range from Brian Doyle’s “Mink River” and a collection of speeches by former Gov. Barbara Roberts to picture books and poetry.
The Oregon jazz guitarist discusses his background, his love for Pat Metheny and for education, and his new album on Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble Records.
Breathe in, breathe out: Yes, there’ll probably be disasters. But Portland therapist, astrologist, and Pushcart-nominated poet Dr. Mindy Netifee also says the “whole end of the year could be very sweet.”
Get in the holiday spirit with a festive crossword puzzle for the whole family.
Since arriving in town in 2016, Grant has made his mark in an array of roles on stage and film. Now he’s Portland Playhouse’s producing director, and director of this year’s hit “A Christmas Carol.”
Every year, the holiday classic provides aspiring young dancers from the Willamette Valley to Alaska with their first experience of the world of professional ballet.
Webb’s colleagues remember him as a passionate and creative supporter of the arts.
From heavy chunks of wet clay the Portland artist creates sculptures that dazzle on the surface as they dive more deeply into memories, experiences, and conflicting meanings.
Director Isabel McTighe and creator/star Elsa Dougherty make sure nothing bad will ever happen. Plus: Portland Revels’ “Emerald Odyssey,” openings, last chances.
Following jazz around Oregon, from Jack London Revue to Jo Bar & Rotisserie and beyond.
Part Two of choreographer Amy Leona Havin’s “Precious Cargo” adds more dance to its poignant look at shifting landscapes, memory, and the urgency of life.
Emma Stone and Mark Ruffalo give superb performances in the new film by Yorogs Lanthimos, plus the latest from Aki Kaurismäki and Portland filmmaker Irene Taylor.
Through personal interviews, intergenerational research, and visual art, the Rogue Valley native is leading the Latinx community of Southern Oregon on a journey to challenge cultural stereotypes and change society.
The Portland dance company continues their 20th anniversary season with a winter showcase of new works by five Portland-based women choreographers, including Carla Mann and Andrea Parson.
The paintings and drawings in the artist’s solo exhibition at Adams and Ollman use humor as a vehicle for incisive social reflection. Drawing on social media feeds, they feature everything from human caterpillars to zebra surrogates.
Creating the special condensed version of the holiday classic, which will premiere on December 19, is part of Artistic Director Dani Rowe’s vision for making classical dance more welcoming to a broader audience.
The evergreen seasonal oratorio received a stellar complete performance from choir, soloists, and period instruments at First Baptist Church.
The Portland actor and friends are staging a one-night performance of a modern adaptation of Homer’s classic Greek tale before taking it back on the road – including to prisons.
Seattle’s theater companies are hoping a sleigh full of holiday shows will bring in audiences and help overcome a slow bounceback from the pandemic and a soaring cost of living.
After a lifetime of working with clay, “Fired Up” will showcase the artist’s last works in the medium. The show is at White Lotus Gallery in Eugene through December 30th.
Cast and crew from Portland State’s School of Music & Theater gave the staged premiere of Meier and Lewis’ opera with style.
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