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Oregon ArtsWatch is a non-profit arts and culture journalism organization that explores the arts and their intersection with the wider culture in Oregon and the Northwest.

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Oregon Symphony will give the west coast premiere of the recent Pulitzer-winner's environmentally-themed "concerto for orchestra" on October 8, 10, and 11.
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When does a story need music?: Speaking with Gabriela Lena Frank about “Picaflor: A Future Myth”
Oregon Symphony will give the west coast premiere of the recent Pulitzer-winner's environmentally-themed "concerto for orchestra" on October 8, 10, and 11.
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Oregon ArtsWatch @orartswatch.org · 15h
After years of development in Ashland, Chicago and Dublin, the Irish musical will open off-Broadway with Nov. 4 debut.
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Ashland-born ‘Parcel From America’ completes its journey to New York stage
After years of development in Ashland, Chicago and Dublin, the Irish musical will open off-Broadway with Nov. 4 debut.
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Oregon ArtsWatch @orartswatch.org · 29/09/2026
Guitarist/composer Steve Mullins and longtime Sunriver Music Festival percussionist Doug Walter performed last Saturday for an enthusiastic audience of OAW road trippers and SMF devotees.
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ArtsWatch Road Trip ’26: Rim of the Well duo plays flamenco on guitar and marimba in Sunriver
Guitarist/composer Steve Mullins and longtime Sunriver Music Festival percussionist Doug Walter performed last Saturday for an enthusiastic audience of OAW road trippers and SMF devotees.
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Oregon ArtsWatch @orartswatch.org · 29/09/2026
October's visual arts offerings include a robust program of offerings related to Portland Textile Month as well as intriguing options around the state.
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VizArts Monthly: October Textiles
October's visual arts offerings include a robust program of offerings related to Portland Textile Month as well as intriguing options around the state.
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Oregon ArtsWatch @orartswatch.org · 29/09/2026
An impromptu jam session by four early rock legends – Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash – becomes a rollicking joyride at Broadway Rose Theatre Company.
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Rocking the house: A ‘Million Dollar Quartet’ inspired by a real rock ’n roll event
An impromptu jam session by four early rock legends – Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash – becomes a rollicking joyride at Broadway Rose Theatre Company.
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Oregon ArtsWatch @orartswatch.org · 29/09/2026
Holland Andrews & yuniya edi kwon, “how does it feel to look at nothing” at PICA’s TBA Festival.
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At TBA, opera as the future of being
Holland Andrews & yuniya edi kwon, “how does it feel to look at nothing” at PICA’s TBA Festival.
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Oregon ArtsWatch @orartswatch.org · 28/09/2026
Zachary Keller stars in the lead role and native Oregonian Bradley Parrish plays multiple roles in the musical at the Keller Auditorium, Sept. 29-Oct. 4.
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Young actors living best lives on Broadway tour for first time in ‘Water for Elephants’
Zachary Keller stars in the lead role and native Oregonian Bradley Parrish plays multiple roles in the musical at the Keller Auditorium, Sept. 29-Oct. 4.
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Oregon ArtsWatch @orartswatch.org · 27/09/2026
The South African cellist continues his run with Montgomery's new work based on her mother Robbie McCauley's poetry.
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These Righteous Paths: Oregon Symphony and Abel Selaocoe give new Jessie Montgomery cello concerto its West Coast premiere
The South African cellist continues his run with Montgomery's new work based on her mother Robbie McCauley's poetry.
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Oregon ArtsWatch @orartswatch.org · 27/09/2026
Speaking with artistic director Florian Conzetti about LCME's "Patterns of Wildness" -- featuring music by William Campbell, Andrea Reinkemeyer, Zach Gulaboff Davis, and Élana Gatien -- and their upcoming release concert October 3 in Portland.
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Cultivation and wildness: Linfield Collaborative Music Ensemble’s new album
Speaking with artistic director Florian Conzetti about LCME's "Patterns of Wildness" -- featuring music by William Campbell, Andrea Reinkemeyer, Zach Gulaboff Davis, and Élana Gatien -- and their upcoming release concert October 3 in Portland.
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Oregon ArtsWatch @orartswatch.org · 27/09/2026
The elusive Mr. Otis, who shared a name with writer Stephen Rutledge's Jack Russell dog, made a name for himself thanks to his "sponsor," Northwest writer and jokester Stewart H. Holbrook.
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Stewart Holbrook’s ‘Mr. Otis’ and my dog
The elusive Mr. Otis, who shared a name with writer Stephen Rutledge's Jack Russell dog, made a name for himself thanks to his "sponsor," Northwest writer and jokester Stewart H. Holbrook.
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Oregon ArtsWatch @orartswatch.org · 26/09/2026
The 10th annual festival brings together a decade of Oregon dance film and new international work, and looks back at a decade of dance made especially for camera.
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Portland Dance Film Fest celebrates 10 years of movement on screen
The 10th annual festival brings together a decade of Oregon dance film and new international work, and looks back at a decade of dance made especially for camera.
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Oregon ArtsWatch @orartswatch.org · 26/09/2026
The four-day October festival will bring 15 cozy mystery authors, audiobook narrators and more than 60 events to Ashland, drawing readers from more than 27 states.
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Ashland’s Mystery Fest expands its lineup and its reach in fourth year
The four-day October festival will bring 15 cozy mystery authors, audiobook narrators and more than 60 events to Ashland, drawing readers from more than 27 states.
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Oregon ArtsWatch @orartswatch.org · 26/09/2026
Hidden from the public for years, the Hillsboro artist’s wood carvings and sculptures find new admirers in public spaces.
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Manuel Regalado’s Gifts
Hidden from the public for years, the Hillsboro artist’s wood carvings and sculptures find new admirers in public spaces.
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Oregon ArtsWatch @orartswatch.org · 25/09/2026
A look back at Portland’s oldest dance company’s first 50 years as they prepare for exciting changes ahead.
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Change is on the horizon for the Jefferson Dancers 
A look back at Portland’s oldest dance company’s first 50 years as they prepare for exciting changes ahead.
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Oregon ArtsWatch @orartswatch.org · 25/09/2026
In the Converge 45 triennial, veteran dancemaker Johnson asks questions about how we move through public space, and what our bodies are invited to do or not do.
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Dance as a Living Archive: Linda K. Johnson’s ‘Evidence of Footfall’
In the Converge 45 triennial, veteran dancemaker Johnson asks questions about how we move through public space, and what our bodies are invited to do or not do.
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Oregon ArtsWatch @orartswatch.org · 24/09/2026
Also this week: a short film from Portland director Thom Hilton, a rocket-powered Lincoln Continental in "The Stunt Driver," and the stylish comedy "Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!"
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FilmWatch Weekly: Robert Pattinson in ‘Primetime,’ Brad Pitt (and pooch) in ‘Heart of the Beast,’ and much more
Also this week: a short film from Portland director Thom Hilton, a rocket-powered Lincoln Continental in "The Stunt Driver," and the stylish comedy "Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!"
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Oregon ArtsWatch @orartswatch.org · 24/09/2026
PPI season curator and pianist Boris Giltburg discusses the upcoming season, featuring himself and six other pianists performing a combination of known and unknown repertoire.
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Passion and intensity and love: Portland Piano International brings top-tier story-telling pianists
PPI season curator and pianist Boris Giltburg discusses the upcoming season, featuring himself and six other pianists performing a combination of known and unknown repertoire.
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Oregon ArtsWatch @orartswatch.org · 23/09/2026
The Hawaiian-born Lewis & Clark College professor discusses the upcoming WVS season, opening Sept. 26 & 27 with Chris Thomas' "Malheur Symphony."
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The power of sound: Conductor Lance Inouye and Willamette Valley Symphony
The Hawaiian-born Lewis & Clark College professor discusses the upcoming WVS season, opening Sept. 26 & 27 with Chris Thomas' "Malheur Symphony."
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Oregon ArtsWatch @orartswatch.org · 23/09/2026
Oregon's high desert country boasts its own variety of arts, from a world-premiere drama to an exhibit that examines how food harvesters are treated, to a bluegrass duo winging it in a park.
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ArtsWatch Road Trip ’26: Joy onstage in Bend, harvesting at the High Desert Museum, good ol’ tunes at the Sisters Farmers Market
Oregon's high desert country boasts its own variety of arts, from a world-premiere drama to an exhibit that examines how food harvesters are treated, to a bluegrass duo winging it in a park.
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Oregon ArtsWatch @orartswatch.org · 22/09/2026
Photographer K.B. Dixon continues his series of Oregon cultural profiles with portraits of author Deb Miller Landau, actor & dancer Evangeline Billups, and playwright, actor, dramaturg & director Sofia Molimbi.
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The Cultural Landscape: Part 31
Photographer K.B. Dixon continues his series of Oregon cultural profiles with portraits of author Deb Miller Landau, actor & dancer Evangeline Billups, and playwright, actor, dramaturg & director Sofia Molimbi.
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Oregon ArtsWatch @orartswatch.org · 22/09/2026
DramaWatch: Portland Center Stage and Portland Playhouse take comic looks at love, Broadway in Portland brings a dazzling “Water for Elephants,” sparks fly between the guys and dolls at Stumptown Stages. Plus: Portland Playhouse’s “Thurgood” revival, Northwest Children’s Theater’s world premiere mus
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Love stories: Romance is blossoming in theaters this fall
DramaWatch: Portland Center Stage and Portland Playhouse take comic looks at love, Broadway in Portland brings a dazzling “Water for Elephants,” sparks fly between the guys and dolls at Stumptown Stages. Plus: Portland Playhouse’s “Thurgood” revival, Northwest Children’s Theater’s world premiere mus
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Oregon ArtsWatch @orartswatch.org · 21/09/2026
Sierra Club Oregon is hosting the free showing Saturday at the Pacific Maritime Heritage Center.
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Newport-area environmental activist Carol Van Strum to speak at screening of ‘The People vs. Agent Orange’
Sierra Club Oregon is hosting the free showing Saturday at the Pacific Maritime Heritage Center.
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Oregon ArtsWatch @orartswatch.org · 21/09/2026
Seekins is testament to artists coming in all forms; Redmond's Julie Miller rides in with horse art; and, of course, quilters are artists, and they gather each year at the Stitchin Post.
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ArtsWatch road trip ’26: What do you get with an ordained minister helping make ‘Game of Thrones’ art? A creative guy named Mark Seekins of Sisters
Seekins is testament to artists coming in all forms; Redmond's Julie Miller rides in with horse art; and, of course, quilters are artists, and they gather each year at the Stitchin Post.
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Oregon ArtsWatch @orartswatch.org · 20/09/2026
The Creswell resident has written seven books — three of them published by National Geographic — about birding and birds.
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Think like a bird: Noah Strycker’s newest guide is ‘Birder’s Atlas of the World’
The Creswell resident has written seven books — three of them published by National Geographic — about birding and birds.
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Oregon ArtsWatch @orartswatch.org · 20/09/2026
The Oct. 2-3 festival includes 28 short films, including two about Oregon's world-famous exploding whale.
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You’ll have a whale of a time at the Manzanita Film Festival
The Oct. 2-3 festival includes 28 short films, including two about Oregon's world-famous exploding whale.
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Oregon ArtsWatch @orartswatch.org · 20/09/2026
It's full of cherished words, images and artifacts. Also in this story, read all about woman-owned art businesses, Oregon Poet Laureate and Sunriver Music Festival.
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ArtsWatch road trip ’26: Visiting Central Oregon? One of the can’t-miss stops has to be High Desert Museum in Bend
It's full of cherished words, images and artifacts. Also in this story, read all about woman-owned art businesses, Oregon Poet Laureate and Sunriver Music Festival.
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Oregon ArtsWatch @orartswatch.org · 20/09/2026
On his retirement, the long-time director of the Salem museum draws praise for building the endowment, acquisitions, and community.
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The Hallie Ford Museum of art found a friend in John Obrantz
On his retirement, the long-time director of the Salem museum draws praise for building the endowment, acquisitions, and community.
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Oregon ArtsWatch @orartswatch.org · 19/09/2026
The Portland sculptor, printmaker, and book artist's show "Easy Does It" continues through Oct. 1 at Linfield University.
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Edie Overturf: Using the medium to reflect the underlying message
The Portland sculptor, printmaker, and book artist's show "Easy Does It" continues through Oct. 1 at Linfield University.
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Oregon ArtsWatch @orartswatch.org · 19/09/2026
The company, formed in 1990, strives to make about 20 guitars each month or 'hundreds to thousands' per year, and has an impressive client list. Plus: Art galleries and a world-pemiere play.
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ArtsWatch road trip ’26: It’s not easy making the most beloved string instrument, but Bend’s Breedlove Guitars makes the magic happen
The company, formed in 1990, strives to make about 20 guitars each month or 'hundreds to thousands' per year, and has an impressive client list. Plus: Art galleries and a world-pemiere play.
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Oregon ArtsWatch @orartswatch.org · 18/09/2026
Hankins' new avant-garde dance for TBA:26, the fifth installment in a series, features many performers and the spectre of lingering ghosts.
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Review: Allie Hankins’ ‘By My Own Hand, Part 5: INVISIBLE TOUCH’ is a magnificent portal
Hankins' new avant-garde dance for TBA:26, the fifth installment in a series, features many performers and the spectre of lingering ghosts.
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Oregon ArtsWatch @orartswatch.org · 18/09/2026
Milagro Theatre’s puppet production of Portland writer Ajai Tripathi’s play, onstage at Hillsboro’s Walters center Sunday, finds the childhood sources of the great Mexican artist’s inspiration.
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‘Autoretrato de Fridita’ portrays Frida Kahlo’s turbulent, magical childhood
Milagro Theatre’s puppet production of Portland writer Ajai Tripathi’s play, onstage at Hillsboro’s Walters center Sunday, finds the childhood sources of the great Mexican artist’s inspiration.
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Oregon ArtsWatch @orartswatch.org · 18/09/2026
The film returns to Portland for a special screening on Sunday, September 20, with Hoffman in attendance for a post-film Q&A.
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‘A Simple Machine’: Portland filmmaker Mark Hoffman discusses his debut feature, its roots in Thoreau, and its pandemic-era creation
The film returns to Portland for a special screening on Sunday, September 20, with Hoffman in attendance for a post-film Q&A.
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Oregon ArtsWatch @orartswatch.org · 18/09/2026
The museum, built in 1993, is a great place to educate yourself about one of Oregon's most important tribes, the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, and its extraordinary culture.
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ArtsWatch road trip ’26: Take our word for it, The Museum at Warm Springs is not be missed when visiting Central Oregon
The museum, built in 1993, is a great place to educate yourself about one of Oregon's most important tribes, the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, and its extraordinary culture.
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Oregon ArtsWatch @orartswatch.org · 18/09/2026
In the three-day fantasy festival at the Oregon Convention Center, fabulously dressed costumed characters took the tastiest slices of the cake.
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Rose City Comic Con: $28,000 comic books and cosplay to beat the band
In the three-day fantasy festival at the Oregon Convention Center, fabulously dressed costumed characters took the tastiest slices of the cake.
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Oregon ArtsWatch @orartswatch.org · 17/09/2026
In his latest creative endeavor, Hawke stars as a down-on-his luck single father tasked with smuggling gold across the wilderness of Depression-era Oregon.
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FilmWatch Weekly: Ethan Hawke in ‘The Weight,’ the Portland Latin American Film Festival, and more
In his latest creative endeavor, Hawke stars as a down-on-his luck single father tasked with smuggling gold across the wilderness of Depression-era Oregon.
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Oregon ArtsWatch @orartswatch.org · 16/09/2026
Literary Arts on Tuesday announced the 100-plus authors of fiction, nonfiction, memoir, poetry, young adult, and children’s books who will attend the expanded festival.
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2026 Portland Book Festival authors: Colin Meloy and Carson Ellis, Ke Huy Quan, Anand Gopal, Elizabeth Alexander, and so much more
Literary Arts on Tuesday announced the 100-plus authors of fiction, nonfiction, memoir, poetry, young adult, and children’s books who will attend the expanded festival.
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Oregon ArtsWatch @orartswatch.org · 16/09/2026
Fall comes to Oregon, where music is all one big happy family.
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MusicWatch Monthly: Beauty be not caused
Fall comes to Oregon, where music is all one big happy family.
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Oregon ArtsWatch @orartswatch.org · 16/09/2026
The September 19 gathering at Vancouver's Pearson Air Museum celebrates Whitefoot's 40-plus years of dedication to Native education and cultural continuity.
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Honoring a legacy: Confluence celebrates Patricia Whitefoot
The September 19 gathering at Vancouver's Pearson Air Museum celebrates Whitefoot's 40-plus years of dedication to Native education and cultural continuity.
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Oregon ArtsWatch @orartswatch.org · 16/09/2026
In the tradition of 19th-century male artists painting their colleagues in a studio, Ace's 2019 portrait celebrates her community. The exhibition 'Nine Women Artists' features the portrait alongside works by all of the sitters.
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Katherine Ace’s group portrait inspires Portland Art Museum show
In the tradition of 19th-century male artists painting their colleagues in a studio, Ace's 2019 portrait celebrates her community. The exhibition 'Nine Women Artists' features the portrait alongside works by all of the sitters.
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Oregon ArtsWatch @orartswatch.org · 16/09/2026
Stephen Holgate, who has portrayed Honest Abe for years, appeared in full character before statue supporters — and later told Oregon ArtsWatch all about his story.
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America 250 spotlight: Veteran actor plays Abraham Lincoln in midst of real political drama playing out in Portland
Stephen Holgate, who has portrayed Honest Abe for years, appeared in full character before statue supporters — and later told Oregon ArtsWatch all about his story.
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Oregon ArtsWatch @orartswatch.org · 16/09/2026
What began as a Kim Stafford poem has grown into a multilingual musical composition by Theresa Koon, film by Ron Bourke, and vision of how art might impact the world.
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Proclamation for Peace: The ambitious journey of a poem
What began as a Kim Stafford poem has grown into a multilingual musical composition by Theresa Koon, film by Ron Bourke, and vision of how art might impact the world.
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Oregon ArtsWatch @orartswatch.org · 15/09/2026
The bandleader-songwriter-singer-trumpeter-keyboardist and math tutor discusses his band, the problem-solving benefits of learning math, and why math phobia is silly.
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Sharpen your pencil, sharpen your mind: Speaking with Mr. Jordan Vale about his Math Class
The bandleader-songwriter-singer-trumpeter-keyboardist and math tutor discusses his band, the problem-solving benefits of learning math, and why math phobia is silly.
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Oregon ArtsWatch @orartswatch.org · 15/09/2026
Review: Clackamas Rep's production of Jocelyn Bioh’s play uses color, humor and warmth to make a potent statement about the United States' attitude toward immigration.
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A political and powerful ‘Jaja’s African Hair Braiding’
Review: Clackamas Rep's production of Jocelyn Bioh’s play uses color, humor and warmth to make a potent statement about the United States' attitude toward immigration.
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Oregon ArtsWatch @orartswatch.org · 15/09/2026
The inaugural festival runs September 17-20 at the Hollywood Theatre in Portland.
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‘Sonic Silents’: Composer Mark Orton masterminds a four-day spree of silent film treats with brand-new scores
The inaugural festival runs September 17-20 at the Hollywood Theatre in Portland.
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Oregon ArtsWatch @orartswatch.org · 14/09/2026
Remembering the beloved choral leader, who passed away this summer and will be memorialized this month in a special Oregon Repertory Singers concert.
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Singing is basic to life: The Gil Seeley story
Remembering the beloved choral leader, who passed away this summer and will be memorialized this month in a special Oregon Repertory Singers concert.
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Oregon ArtsWatch @orartswatch.org · 14/09/2026
There'll be a fundraising event Sept. 19 at Echo Theater; Muir, who died three years ago, revered in air guitar community, and honored with special award in her name.
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Documentary, called ‘Sparkle On!, being made about late, great Portland air guitar hero Kara ‘Picante’ Muir
There'll be a fundraising event Sept. 19 at Echo Theater; Muir, who died three years ago, revered in air guitar community, and honored with special award in her name.
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Oregon ArtsWatch @orartswatch.org · 14/09/2026
Triangle Productions opens its season with an entertaining look at ego, art and men in a play about three famous actors stuck on a boat together.
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Rough waters: ‘The Shark Is Broken’ turns the embattled filming of the movie ‘Jaws’ into an enjoyable voyage for audiences
Triangle Productions opens its season with an entertaining look at ego, art and men in a play about three famous actors stuck on a boat together.
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Oregon ArtsWatch @orartswatch.org · 13/09/2026
Suddenly, public plazas in Portland neighborhoods are popping with vibrant and engaging public art, bringing verve and pleasure to community gathering spaces.
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Across the city, Art in Plazas sparks joy
Suddenly, public plazas in Portland neighborhoods are popping with vibrant and engaging public art, bringing verve and pleasure to community gathering spaces.
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Oregon ArtsWatch @orartswatch.org · 13/09/2026
To celebrate 100 years of the Maryhill Museum of Art, this puzzle tests your knowledge of the museum's treasures and the founders who turned a shared dream into reality.
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PuzzleWatch: The Dream of the Maryhill Museum
To celebrate 100 years of the Maryhill Museum of Art, this puzzle tests your knowledge of the museum's treasures and the founders who turned a shared dream into reality.
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Oregon ArtsWatch @orartswatch.org · 12/09/2026
Director Seth Renne says he hopes the tale of Germany's descent into fascism frightens audiences a little. “We are living through a time when authoritarian ideas are becoming normalized.”
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Gallery Theatre’s production of ‘Cabaret’ is a musical for our times
Director Seth Renne says he hopes the tale of Germany's descent into fascism frightens audiences a little. “We are living through a time when authoritarian ideas are becoming normalized.”
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