Despite the president's threat of sending National Guard troops to the heart of the city, arts groups large and small report steady rises in attendance, though not yet to pre-pandemic levels.

The longtime arts administrator, opera singer, and flamenco dancer discusses the role of administrative work in keeping the arts alive.

Portland Playhouse's not-to-be-missed production of Dominique Morisseau’s brilliant "Paradise Blue" sets a private drama against the larger cultural crisis of a thriving Black community on the brink of being demolished.

Photographer K.B. Dixon continues his series of cultural profiles with portraits of best-selling author Cheryl Strayed, Portland Art Museum curator Lloyd DeWitt, artist & photographer Laura Domela, Orchestra Nova Northwest's Adam Eccleston, and poet & fiction writer Brittney Corrigan.

At the end of a weeklong residency in Portland, the legendary dance minimalist talks onstage about virtuosity, her artistic process, and thinking at a cellular level.

Roselit Bone, Kalakendra, Okaidja Afroso, Cascadia Composers, and a season’s worth of symphony orchestras.

We accomplished another year of astonishing growth and continue to punch way above our weight at a time when independent journalism is more critical than ever.

At a time of massive federal fund-cutting, the Oregon Cultural Trust awards a record $4.1 million to statewide groups, and the Oregon Arts Commission grants $310,000 for arts education projects.

Also this week: a dog's-eye view in "Good Boy," June Squibb in "Eleanor the Great," plus "Plainclothes" and the Venezuelan "Zafari."

The Portland-based artist has had a string of recent successes. Among them is her first hometown retrospective, 'Storywork: The Prints of Marie Watt, from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and his Family Foundation' on view at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at Portland State University.

A gumshoe slips back and forth in time, trying to solve and prevent his own murder, in Gigi Little's witty new tale upending the conventions of the traditional detective novel.

NWO presented a pair of women-centered operas: one about Marie Curie learning to swim, the other about the unknown woman “Alice Tierney.”

October boasts Portland Open Studios as well as Sitka's 31st Art Invitational at Oregon Contemporary. Read on to explore art options to accompany all of your pumpkin-related pursuits!

The juggling and acrobatic stars of the California-based touring circus troupe bring their physical marvels to Vancouver, Wash., for seven shows Oct. 2-5.

“Driving Through Yellowstone During Buffalo Calving Season We Would Strain to Catch a Glimpse of the Small Chocolatey Calves Fighting Out of Their Mothers beneath the Hard Montana Sun,” by Andrea Joyce Heimer (acrylic and oil pastel on panel, 2022, courtesy the artist and Nino Mier Gallery, Los Ange

From OBT's "Dracula" and White Bird's Complexions and Limon troupes to a seasonal "BloodyVox," dance from Korea, India and the Philippines, and small-scale contemporary works, October dance opens its doors to all.

The textile artist and "radical knitter" explores the many angles of protection in "Apotropaic" on view at the Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery.

Authors appearing around the state include Justin Hocking and Daniel Pollack-Pelzner, and events will celebrate Katherine Dunn and Ursula K. Le Guin.

In William Thomas Berk’s new play "Anno Machina: An Apocalyptic Elegy," a surviving Human Service Unit is left to find its own emotions and meaning in life.

The percussionist and Pa’lante bandleader was honored with this year’s Nick Fish Community Service Award from the Montavilla Jazz Festival.

City Parks, which includes three heavily used arts centers, is banking on passage of a new levy to keep its operations going. But despite popular support, a stressed city budget and some opposition could upset its plans.

Paul Thomas Anderson's latest film, inspired by Thomas Pynchon's novel "Vineland," stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a freedom-fighting stoner trying to rescue his daughter from a Christofascist colonel played by Sean Penn.

Three longstanding choral organizations lean into community collaboration, recreate a sonic paragon, sing big and bold for Breast Health Awareness and bring the great classics to a wider audience.

The Emmy-winning filmmaker's portrait of an early-20th-century icon of Okanogan, WA screens Sunday, September 28 at Vancouver's Kiggins Theatre.

Plus: Sunstone's "The Grown-Ups," Shake&Pop's "Midsummer Night's Dream," Stage Fright Queer Horror Fest, Fuse's "Magnetic Electric," Portland Playhouse's "Paradise Blue," more opening and continuing shows.

"tba: to be diasporic un determined," in PICA's annual Time-Based Art Festival, feels like "a co-creation of a world in the making; a portal to (Black) possibility."

Closed due to fire and water damage since June, the museum’s reopening this month includes a new exhibit celebrating the high desert rangelands of Wasco County and the ranchers and artists dedicated to sustainable stewardship of both the land and animals.

The bronze medalist brought sensitive lyricism and dexterity to his interpretations of Scarlatti, Beethoven, Bartók, Fauré and Schumann.

The elegant and insightful writing of the longtime classical music critic for The Oregonian helped shape thousands of readers’ understanding of the world of music and the nature of sounds.

The Central Oregon town becomes a musical feast for the ears with its annual Sisters Folk Festival Sept. 26-28. With a portfolio of images from around the town, photographer K.B. Dixon proves it's a feast for the eyes, too.

Put your geographic knowledge to the test with this globe-trotting crossword puzzle.

Oregon’s favorite fearless church of new music opens its season with a marathon concert reading of scores by Oregon composers.

Review: In "Tender Revolutions/Yellow Songs" at PICA's Time-Based Art Festival, Strom and collaborators rethink Asian stereotypes and the diaspora through poetry, music, memory, and Vietnamese creation myth.

The· Oregon Historical Society's exhibition of Jim Lommasson's close look at the work of Portland's Street Roots newspaper reveals the face of poverty and suggests ways to break the cycle.

Oregon author Daniel Pollack-Pelzner's new biography chronicles how the creator of the smash Broadway hit "Hamilton" reached impossible heights.

An evening of storytelling, mariachi music and dance tells the tales of a vibrant United States culture of variety and counters the upswell of anti-immigrant sentiment.

The program’s cancellation is among administrative actions leading to turmoil in Oregon’s arts, cultural, and literary organizations.

A busy movie week includes four Portland film fests, including the 30th annual H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival, plus documentaries spotlighting Kanye West, the making of Francis Ford Coppola's "Megalopolis," and more.

Portland-based Diné transdisciplinary artist reflects on ancestry, survival, and their recent work on Fire Island.

Recent layoffs by Powell’s and calls for help from other stores point to lingering effects of the pandemic shutdown, but other stores are doing just fine, thank you.

Parr will talk goats — from the conquistadors to goat cheese to goat yoga — on Sept. 18 at Powell's Books on Hawthorne.

The ongoing story of how this Portland Community College program – and the community involved in it – has responded to budget cuts and impending closure.

"Take Me to the Water," on display through Jan. 12, includes panels on Oregonians Louis Southworth and Alvin McCleary.

Theaters in Nehalem, Cannon Beach, and Newport welcome the season (and audiences) with some timely onstage comedy, family-friendly nostalgia, and a live radio-style "Wonderful Life."

Review: The artist's landscapes at the Salem Art Association's Annex Gallery veer into the abstract. "I have no one process," she says. "I do a lot of experimenting."

A spectacular season of new shows, musicals, and more looms as Portland Playhouse, Portland Center Stage, Experience Theatre Project and others inaugurate new seasons. Plus: The launch of 100 Lives Repertory, continuing shows, and theater news.

The quilt, made in the 1800s by a Black woman likely born into slavery, is the subject of a talk Thursday and a new exhibit at the museum.

Nine quartets from around the world – and a group of Oregonian enthusiasts headed by Friends of Chamber Music’s Pat Zagelow – traveled to Alberta, Canada, for the prestigious string quartet competition.

RO’s setting of the Ashi Day chamber opera drew parallels between 16th-century witch-hunts and their present day equivalents.

Collins says she drew on her experiences during residencies at the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology — including living with a noisy refrigerator — in writing "One Death in Seven Doorways."