From a Penelope Cruz and Antonio Banderas showbiz satire with a dark twist to a toothless take on an Austen-esque romcom.
July heats up with a revisionist anthology reconsidering “Sex and the Single Girl” and a panel discussion of Oregon author Ursula K. Le Guin.
Multi-disciplinary ‘Glass Stories’ project leads the Portland jazz musician to other times, places, and art forms.
Stage & Studio: Musician Kye talks (and plays, and sings) in Dmae Lo Roberts’ podcast. Kids, anti-AAPI violence, his new band Joe Kye & The Givers, and a big bash in the park are on his mind.
From old movie trailers to car culture to “educational” reels to documentaries by the great Les Blank, if it’s 16 mm and offbeat, the Portland film curator is on it – and putting on a show.
As summer rises, dance goes outdoors and site-specific (and sometimes stays inside on theater stages, too).
In praise of the hands and minds behind a massive museum yarn-bombing, and the parade of poppies that bring light and remembrance.
In a bold new take, Chekhov’s characters are stuck in the Arctic and beset by all sorts of disasters – but they still know how to have fun.
At the confluence of the Snake and Columbia rivers, the artist’s seven “Story Circles” tell a tale of past and present culture from ground level.
The festival, which starts Thursday, includes musical chestnuts as well as concerts benefiting Ukrainian relief and “Ourland,” a modern, dystopian opera.
The Special Collections Room at Central Library is a place for serious research amid a trove of rarities, from 13th century Bibles to early-edition copies of Beatrix Potter’s children’s tales.
On July 9, poets will read their work around town, and the event culminates with a July 31 reading by Oregon Poet Laureate Anis Mojgani.
Nearly 40 bands and musicians attend the inaugural event, offering everything from Aztec dance to a “vibrational sound bath.”
Yamamoto’s quietly stunning work of dance at the Portland Art Museum begs to be widely seen.
PETE’s radically slimmed-down “Cherry Orchard” streamlines a classic. Plus Risk/Reward, last chance for “Mr. Madam,” and more.
The Soul Restoration Center, begun by Darrell Grant and carried forward by Dr. S. Renee Mitchell, revives a key cultural space for Black Portlanders.
At the Corvallis Arts Center, an exhibit by Hanne Niederhausen and Judith Wyss reveals a continuing artistic evolution and inventiveness in maturity.
Annual new music marathon features music by LatinX composers and a tribute to its inspiration.
Portland cosmic rock quartet’s new album “Planet High” marks a creative leap forward.
Portland State University alum, recently hired as the school’s Director of Opera, talks artistic development, coping with Covid fallout, and romanticism.
Baz Luhrmann’s latest is myth, not history, but Austin Butler is a knockout as The King. And if you’re up for the joke, the gory “Evil” is a hoot.
The Portland-based singer-songwriter releases her latest album with a concert at The Old Church.
The musical theater company opens a $3.4 million expansion; Lake Oswego welcomes a weekend arts festival and an Ed Carpenter sculpture.
A new feature documentary from former Portlander Warren Pereira talks about his quest to discover the answer.
The Maupin therapist and Oregon Book Award finalist says both poetry and psychotherapy are about discovery.
McMenamins 39th birthday beer is actually an IPA, but its
ingredients include a long swig of West Coast history.
Marilyn Milne and Linda Kirk have written a journalistic memoir about the 1960s battle that followed changes in the local dairy industry.
The company presents new dances from Andrea Parson and Yoshito Sakuraba, plus a 2004 re-staging from Sarah Slipper.
Danzmayr steers the ‘Ninth’ into the fast lane; Georgia Jarman sings ‘Seven Early Songs’ gorgeously; OSO Creative Alliance member Frank reimagines Beethoven interacting with indigenous Peruvian traditions.
Fabric artist Amanda Triplett and her team learn the science of the Columbia River Basin and transform it into the language of art.
As a new season kicks off, Eugene’s venerable music festival showcases a trio of artistic director candidates and music from Baroque and beyond.
From Portland’s queen of sex-positive theater, a little bit of love at the OUTwright Festival and on its way to the Edinburgh Fringe.
Do you have what it takes to complete this crossword?
Isaac Lamb stages his “dream show,” a gathering for Tim Stapleton, a pair of Shakespeare festivals, singing cats, openings, closings & more.
Amy Leona Havin’s newest work with The Holding Project is a vivid and very contemporary stroll down memory lane.
The Bend poet and author of Oregon Book Award-nominated “spare change” says the most essential quality for a writer is perseverance.
Emma Thompson, Mark Rylance, Dakota Johnson and some fresh faces shine in a trio of movies for grownups.
The artist continues his “Conflux” series with his signature Gansai dots and gilded clouds in this June show at Froelick Gallery.
Black Bandcamp Matters: A wealth of sounds, from JxJURY to Darrell Grant.
Collaboration among Joe Cantrell, Ed Edmo, and Nancy Ives continues Portland Chamber Orchestra’s championing of new music.
The museum, a thriving cultural hub on the Oregon coast, is more than ever asking its audience to consider how the past shapes the future.
Married artists Tammy Jo Wilson and Owen Premore bring a collaboration of diverse approaches to Maryhill Museum’s Columbia River art project.
Japanese musician Yosuke Fujita brings his custom built pipe organ to The Old Church.
After a two-year Covid layoff, the big LGBTQ+ celebration is returning to Waterfront Park. Photographer K.B. Dixon shows us what we’ve been missing.
The Portland and New York producer wins his fourth Tony Award, for the revival of the Stephen Sondheim musical “Company.”
In far northeastern Oregon, the curtain’s rising on a brand new Shakespeare festival. A Portland actor revels in the adventure.
The artist’s “Museo du Profundo Mundo” at the Newport Visual Arts Center reimagines the curiosities and collections of natural history museums.
The pieces from the museum’s Rasmussen Collection of Native American Art, taken from their Alaska homes in the 1930s, are given back.
The versatile actor moves into the top seat at The Actors Conservatory. Plus: Wade McCollum’s return, openings, closings.
The works in Diedrick Brackens and D’Angelo Lovell Williams’ joint show explore Black identity, joy, and liberation.
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