The expanded tango band -- now a nine-piece -- discusses their new album "Exceso de Joda" and why live music is better for dancing than a recording.

A consideration of what makes music "new."

Patchwork of grant funding, including from the Oregon Cultural Trust, keeps Confluence providing students with culturally grounded creative activities and connections with Native artists.

Stephen Dow Beckham's book about the lives and histories of Indigenous peoples along the coast brings back the stories and cultures of people who pre-dated white colonizers.

King Ghidora returns from outer space, Renegade Opera quotes The Raven, ChatterPDX chatters, Friends of Chamber Music get friendly, orchestra seasons commence, and All Hallows' Eve harrows.

Oregon choirs enter the spooky season with requiems, vigils, oratorios and more.

Plus: the documentary "The History of Concrete," the H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival, and a goofy 1984 horror flick restored in 4K.

The kickoff Arts Week, which combined arts and sports, gave a big boost to post-Covid activity downtown. In June 2027, the second ArtsWeek will feature arts and food.

October in Oregon is a month of literary variety, from a Robert Frost ode to the month to a book on women field biologists, memories of Ursula K. LeGuin, and much more.

From 1905's Lewis & Clark Centennial Exhibition to contemporary designs, a parade of grand but unrealized architectural ideas that might have reshaped Portland.

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.

After years of development in Ashland, Chicago and Dublin, the Irish musical will open off-Broadway with Nov. 4 debut.

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.

October's visual arts offerings include a robust program of offerings related to Portland Textile Month as well as intriguing options around the state.

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.

Holland Andrews & yuniya edi kwon, “how does it feel to look at nothing” at PICA’s TBA Festival.

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.

The South African cellist continues his run with Montgomery's new work based on her mother Robbie McCauley's poetry.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Hidden from the public for years, the Hillsboro artist’s wood carvings and sculptures find new admirers in public spaces.

A look back at Portland’s oldest dance company’s first 50 years as they prepare for exciting changes ahead.

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.

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!"

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.

The Hawaiian-born Lewis & Clark College professor discusses the upcoming WVS season, opening Sept. 26 & 27 with Chris Thomas' "Malheur Symphony."

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.

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.

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

Sierra Club Oregon is hosting the free showing Saturday at the Pacific Maritime Heritage Center.

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.

The Creswell resident has written seven books — three of them published by National Geographic — about birding and birds.

The Oct. 2-3 festival includes 28 short films, including two about Oregon's world-famous exploding whale.

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.

On his retirement, the long-time director of the Salem museum draws praise for building the endowment, acquisitions, and community.

The Portland sculptor, printmaker, and book artist's show "Easy Does It" continues through Oct. 1 at Linfield University.

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.

Hankins' new avant-garde dance for TBA:26, the fifth installment in a series, features many performers and the spectre of lingering ghosts.

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.

The film returns to Portland for a special screening on Sunday, September 20, with Hoffman in attendance for a post-film Q&A.

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.

In the three-day fantasy festival at the Oregon Convention Center, fabulously dressed costumed characters took the tastiest slices of the cake.

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.

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.

Fall comes to Oregon, where music is all one big happy family.

The September 19 gathering at Vancouver's Pearson Air Museum celebrates Whitefoot's 40-plus years of dedication to Native education and cultural continuity.

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.

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.