Now Hear This scours Bandcamp for new work from local artists. This time around: lowkey collaborations, Gothic chamber-folk, Neo-psychedelia, and plenty more–just in time for Bandcamp’s next Fee Free First Friday.
Lindsay Costello has the inside scoop on September’s arts offerings in her monthly column.
It’s TBA time! Amy Leona Havin checks out the literary side of PICA’s festival and other book events.
Shannon M. Lieberman reviews a pair of shows at Nucleus Portland. One features intimate portraits and the other works in miniature.
Double-exposure photographs by Mike Vos, Dinh Q. Lê and Gary Burnley speak to our polarized times.
The immigrant founder of Advance Gender Equity in the Arts says she often did not fit in – until she found theater.
In the wake of the ballet’s reshuffle, the philanthropist talks about perceptions, funding, and the duties of boards.
Lindsay Costello reviews “some rights from a spring reckoning,” a thesis show installed in five parts by five artists at PNCA.
ArtsWatch Weekly: As Covid ebbs and flows, arts & culture find fresh form – and Oregon stories arrive in a rush.
A remake of a 1992 horror flick strikes a vein of fear and blood in the long history of American racial violence.
Poet, teacher, memoirist and activist Judith Barrington talks about her career with ArtsWatch’s Amy Leona Havin.
The virtual reality competition of the Venice International Film Festival will be on view in Portland in September.
In the wake of the ballet company’s abrupt split with artistic leader Kevin Irving, much remains unexplained.
Sebastian Zinn reviews Storm Tharp and Grace Kook-Anderson’s exhibition of Northwest portraits from PAM’s permanent collection.
The Delta variant and ensuing restrictions effectively stopped ticket sales, then the headliner pulled out.
The poet and Quaker minister talks about her books, hospice work, and the connection between poetry and science.
Goofing around as a teen, Tines sang operatic-style to his choir-director granddad. “Well,” his grandfather said, “I think you have a voice.”
Stage & Studio: A conversation with leading design figure Hill about the history of fashion by Black designers.
COVID concerns prompt organizers to adopt a drive-by format for the 18th annual tour of historic homes.
On Street Photography Day, Portland photographer K.B. Dixon celebrates the art of capturing the moment.
On view at the JSMA in Eugene: Belkis Ayón’s collagraphs explore the mythology of an all-male secret society that she could never join.
PassinArt’s Pacific Northwest Multi-Cultural Festival serves a virtual feast of stories by and for artists of color.
ArtsWatch Weekly: In praise of the beloved actor and teacher, dead at 67. Plus: Healing art, stage & screen, more.
Charles Rose soaks up the sights, sounds & ideas of this year’s new-music festival, where women ruled.
“From the get-go, the portrayal of this family feels as authentic as any glimpse into deaf culture I’ve seen on screen.”
Maeve Z O’Connor talks about her stuck-in-a-storm play “Omission,” opening at the Keizer Cultural Center.
Plus, Yamhill County galleries offer impressionistic paintings and clocks with an attitude.
Portland’s former Creative Laureate Subashini Ganesan-Forbes leads a city drive to nurture art for healing.
The Oregon Coast Council for the Arts’ repurposed school bus will bring activities to children in rural areas.
As “The Oldest Profession” nears an end, a look at the method that shapes Paula Vogel’s incendiary work.
ArtsWatch Weekly: The ballet company reshuffles its season, dropping three Nicolo Fonte pieces.
A lavish portrait of a “hot mess” heroine; a look beyond the tabloids at Billy Tipton; a sexy, updated “Snow White.”
Portland future-pop/R&B artist Jan Julius talks with Robert Ham about music, life, a new album, and utopia.
Angela Allen talks with the Willamette Valley Chamber Music Festival’s multifaceted resident composer.
The Emerald City is tiptoeing back into live performances. It’s still spotty – but Shakespeare’s in the parks.
A Lincoln City exhibit calls attention to “living laboratories” set aside for conservation and research.
From a barn studio in Ashland, the sculptor creates works infused with the spirit of his native Japan.
Friends of the beloved Portland arts figure, who died in March, will gather on Thursday at The Armory.
Morocco’s “The Unknown Saint” and South Korea’s “It’s Okay to Not Be Okay” spin beauty from fable.
In his continuing series of portraits of Oregon artists, photographer K.B. Dixon profiles 11 outstanding writers.
Part one in a series about how theater companies are transitioning back to in-person performances.
Once a flight attendant, Sora O’Doherty soars with her large-scale calligraphic performance art.
ArtsWatch Weekly: As Covid concerns grow again, the arts world moves half-speed ahead. But it IS moving.
Adam Driver in a busy musical, a searing documentary about news in the sky, a tale of philosophical gravy.
It’s a busy August of album-release shows, neighborhood concerts, a renamed synth library, Hip Hop Week & more.
The Lincoln County clay sculptor, who has a show opening Saturday, says faces are more alike than different.
“Once upon a time not everyone in the lively arts was versed in ZOOM.” How singers zing through the pandemic.
A lush retelling of a Nancy Mitford novel, a winner from New Zealand about the travails of three Maori cousins.
In Aki Onda’s exhibition at PICA, the collections find their spirit and fly toward the future.
The McMinnville actor and construction contractor says he is selective about the roles he accepts.
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