Jazz, string quartet, rock violin and more set the rhythm for the new festival in a music-happy town. Next up, March 20: Peter Eldridge of New York Voices.

K.B. Dixon takes a camera tour through the McMinnville museum, from the Spruce Goose to the world's fastest jet to replicas of the Spirit of St. Louis and Apollo Lunar Rover & more.

Students had a say in picking the artists whose work is featured in the artistically complex and politically engaged exhibition, which runs through March 16 at the McMinnville university.

The 13th annual festival runs Feb. 23-25 with something for everyone -- more than 100 films will be screened in 90-minute blocks.

The exhibit, which runs through February, includes both aesthetic and pedagogical components, and has a high “wow” factor. An artists' reception will be Feb. 16.

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.

The year ends with holiday opportunities to shop local, view art, hear music, or see a play.

The weekly McMinnville gathering, like others around the state, draws participants who say they are both energized and calmed by the practice. “The primitive nature of the drum in the story of humanity,” says one drummer.

The library has weathered budget and staff cuts, an unwieldy inventory, and the pandemic to deliver everything from books to workshops, games, and homeless outreach to the Yamhill County community of 2,200.

The Turkish-born professor populates his politically charged work with images of Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un, Allen Ginsberg and Gollum.

Kulla, part of a team that documented 70 plants around the world, combines her organic-farming and illustrating skills on an international publishing project.

"Quarterback Princess," a 1983 TV movie that kicked off two future Academy Award winners’ careers, is also a McMinnville (or rather, “Minnville”) time capsule.

Lemire fell hard for the pipe organ as a child. On Tuesday, he will play his own score to accompany the silent film in McMinnville.

The show, in the McMinnville gallery through Oct. 6, features work by artists from Outside the Frame, a nonprofit that mentors unhoused youth.

From the annual Art Harvest Studio Tour to metal and fiber arts exhibits, a double handful of autumn gallery and studio shows to catch in Yamhill wine country.

Born following a ruckus about “political” symbols in local schools, the professional company -- part of Yamhill County's thriving theater scene -- aims to create a safe space for minority communities.

The McMinnville plumber taught himself to paint by watching YouTube tutorials during the pandemic. This fall, he's teaching classes at Back Door Studio.

Organizers say this weekend’s show aims not only to feature local and regional bands, but also to draw national bands to the city’s growing music scene.

This year’s festival features a commemorative wine, named and bottled in honor of composer-in-residence Kareem Roustom, paired with music by Roustom, Hawa Diabaté, Caroline Shaw, Kenji Bunch, and Beethoven.

Director Katrina Godderz calls Kate Hamill's adaptation a “wink-wink, nudge-nudge” take on the romantic comedy.

The warhorse-at-a-winery production featured students from the festival’s Young Artists Showcase–and a last minute replacement.

A Q&A with Roustom, composer-in-residence for this year’s Willamette Valley Chamber Music Festival.

The Oregon wine country music festival's Young Artists program is helping young opera singers get a leg up on their careers.

The Portland-based ensemble performs Philip Glass’ science-fiction music drama under the Spruce Goose as the finale to its season exploring the human mind.

After a 3-year pandemic hiatus, the event for writers of all levels returns April 29. Festival participants Emily Grosvenor and Lisa Weidman talk about what to expect.

The former Oregon resident says the festival, which starts Thursday, is unusual in its focus on celebrating filmmakers and making connections.

The medium is “having a moment in the arts world” due to interest in studio crafts and handmade work, sustainability, and local cultures.

Near Willamina, Joe Robinson has created a haven for ceramicists working with the wood-fired kiln. “When you stand next to a fire,” he says, “you feel like you belong."

The self-taught McMinnville pyrographer and etcher says creating art is integral to his life. “When it comes to doing what I’m passionate about, it’s close to meditation.”

The Dec. 10 show at the Yamhill Valley Heritage Center features 30 artists who make everything from jewelry to Viking armor.

Theater companies in McMinnville, Salem, and Forest Grove stage holiday plays, including a new “Christmas Carol,” and look ahead to their 2023 seasons.

Judge Henry Hughes calls the work in the 29th collection of poetry and prose “exceptionally high quality,” despite a pandemic hit to the budget and fewer contributions from adults.

Theaters and galleries ramp up for the holidays with a stone-age musical, a new adaptation of Dickens’ classic, art sales, and a Pride Winter Ball.

The 30-year-old event, last held in 2019, takes place on the West Valley Community Campus, an up-and-coming center for art and culture.

A show at Newberg’s Chehalem Cultural Center focuses on Mexican artisans, many in trades on the cusp of vanishing.

The self-guided tour over two weekends includes 49 painters, sculptors, book and jewelry makers, ceramacists, and fabric artists, among others.

The Portland photographer says she is interested in the “lived history of Black place,” the legacy of Black artists in Oregon who came before.

Coming months also see the return of the Walnut City Music Festival and Art Harvest Studio Tours, as well as Gallery Theater’s season and a Scottish festival.

The nonprofit offers two-week immersive classes in everything from print-making to Ghanian drumming to performing in a Shakespearean play.

The festival, which starts Thursday, includes musical chestnuts as well as concerts benefiting Ukrainian relief and “Ourland,” a modern, dystopian opera.

Nearly 40 bands and musicians attend the inaugural event, offering everything from Aztec dance to a “vibrational sound bath.”

Though the pandemic led to the demise of several wine-country arts groups, others are gearing up for summer.

The 11th annual event returns to an in-person format with an epic vibe and changes afoot for next year.

Linfield Gallery opens a window on the remarkable life and work of an Oregon artist who traveled the world restlessly and created beautiful, disquieting art.

A “film festival for filmmakers”, MSFF brings together national and local artists with an array of culturally diverse screenings, events, and gatherings

The daughter of Stanley Kramer has a film, "NAKUSA," in next month's festival.

And in Salem, the Hallie Ford Museum showcases Northwest photography, as well as Arvie Smith's paintings exploring race and identity.

Chehalem Cultural Center showcases local artists, and new owners plan to bring the long-shuttered Mack Theater back to life.

An exhibit at Linfield Gallery raises deep and abiding questions about social values and the meanings of art.

Local galleries and theaters share common themes this fall.

The poet and Quaker minister talks about her books, hospice work, and the connection between poetry and science.

Plus, Yamhill County galleries offer impressionistic paintings and clocks with an attitude.

Angela Allen talks with the Willamette Valley Chamber Music Festival's multifaceted resident composer.

The McMinnville actor and construction contractor says he is selective about the roles he accepts.

In its sixth season, the Willamette Valley Chamber Music Festival will go hybrid this year, with live and virtual concerts from Aug. 7 through Sept 4.  For safety’s sake, live concert audiences in Oregon wine country are limited — cut in half from their usual number of barrel- and tasting-room concertgoers. Partly for that reason, […]

The 28th annual anthology features the work of adults and children in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction.

In a Newberg exhibit, Black artists confront racism, as well as speak to the experience of being human.

Yamhill County calendar: Besides the photography show, the summer promises theater, music, poetry.

The McMinnville theater reopens with Lance Nuttman in a one-man show about the nature of inspiration.

Artists emerge from the shutdown with work created in isolation, and live theater returns to the Yamhill County stage.

The Oregon Book Award finalist talks about poetry collections, the Western sensibility, and his love of chapbooks.

The artist’s eco prints, at the Chehalem Cultural Center, are an earthy mix of abstraction, symbolism, and collage.

The pandemic thaw continues, with a lecture by Trystan Reese, music, visual art, and a camillia fest.

A narrative art exhibit at the Chehalem Cultural Center tells stories that “provide insight into the human condition.”

Last month’s all-virtual festival receives rave reviews, and we tell you which films took home the honors.

Poetry, podcasts, theater, dance, and music are all available virtually from the McMinnville school.

A conversation about the difference between America's ideals and its reality leads to a Newberg fiber arts show.

The 10-day festival starts this week, bringing 127 films, none longer than 20 minutes, to the comfort of your home.

Documentaries play a big role in the festival, with particular focus on the environment and Native Americans.

The Bend filmmaker talks about ‘Tutu Grande’ in the upcoming McMinnville Short Film Festival.

A McMinnville retrospective shows the late artist’s range, from echoes of the Holocaust to Fauvism.

Adrian Chitty's work celebrates the unseen people who "work so very hard to get that wine in your glass."

Many events are canceled or scaled back for 2021, as gathering in crowds remains unlikely, but it’s not all bad news.

A show at the Chehalem Cultural Center considers the ramble of clutter that makes up home.

A Yamhill County artist visited a local park over a year and came away with a series of pastels expressing her life.

The planned performing arts wing wins the support of an influential statewide arts lobbying group.

The Watercolor Society of Oregon’s show in Newberg debunks stereotypes about the medium.

Organizers are coming up with two scenarios for February, and a virtual fundraiser this weekend will feature greatest hits.

Yamhill County calendar: A "season like no other" on campus, plus a watercolor show and film festival preview.

Artists Natalie Niblack and Ann Chadwick Reid explore climate change in a Chehalem Cultural Center show.

Chehalem Cultural Center and Converge 45 respond to a year of crisis with a show of contemporary posters.

With autumn around the corner, arts and culture events are creeping back onto the Yamhill County calendar.

Composer Gabriela Lena Frank and Willamette Valley Chamber Music Festival create an album in a wine cellar.

The work of more than 40 Yamhill County artists is displayed in Newberg.

A music festival known for blending sounds and wine pops the cork on its fifth vintage – this time, via streaming.

Chehalem Cultural Center showcases work by the late Michael Gibbons, Kerri Evonuk, and Sara Siestreem.

The Oregon artist helped create Toledo's arts colony, and has a show at Newberg's Chehalem Cultural Center.

The Fire Writers conference helps Yamhill County teenagers tap into their potential.

Limited hours and requests to wear masks are common as galleries start welcoming back visitors.

Voices from the front: Members of the coastal arts community talk about how the pandemic has changed them.

Voices from the front: Philanthropist Ronni Lacroute says COVID-19 is forcing arts groups to think in new ways.

An online exhibition at Chehalem Cultural Center explores artistic responses to COVID-19.

McMinnville’s Third Street Books rides out COVID-19 with home deliveries, curbside pickup, and mail order.

Fiber artists explore the toll plastics are taking on the oceans in a Chehalem Cultural Center exhibit.

Voices from the front: Anton Belov brings a community of singers together through Facebook Karaoke.

Yamhill and Polk county residents will have clearer listening to the classical radio station beginning Thursday.

Things are changing daily, but most local art and cultural events have been closed or postponed because of COVID-19.

Wine country calendar: A little of everything at Linfield, new shows in Newberg, and Salem goes steampunk.

From horse-racing to Newberg's 99W drive-in, there's a lot to like in this weekend's McMinnville Short Film Festival.

The Yamhill County calendar also includes new gallery shows and jazz by the Christopher Brown Quartet.