1+ hour, 46+ min ago  (371+ words) The story of Portland's Chinatowns is rich, complex, and not widely known to the city's larger population. The Portland Chinatown Museum and Media Rites" "Ism Storytellers Project are about to make the stories better known: At 1 p. m. Sunday, May 31, they'll present…...

1+ hour, 54+ min ago  (689+ words) As Western Oregon University Professor Kimberly Jensen sees it, the story of America is all about community organizing. "Ordinary people have been able to accomplish extraordinary things. They've been able to make changes in their own communities, and even nationally…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago  (1617+ words) At the Oregon Shakespeare Festival this season, audiences can catch Justin Huertas sprinting across the stage as the mischievous Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream, harmonizing through the emotionally charged ensemble of the musical Come From Away, and " in a…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (913+ words) The stage at the Hult Center for Performing Arts will be ablaze with color and whimsy on May 30 and 31 as Eugene Ballet presents Toni Pimble's Alice in Wonderland and Suzanne Haag's The Large Rock and The Little Yew. These popular…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago  (943+ words) Ever since I hauled ass out of Portland in 2020, I've come to appreciate afresh the constellation of regional orchestras which I hesitate to damn with the appellation "smaller" but which nevertheless are distinctly not ye grande olde Oregon Symphony Orchestra…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago  (240+ words) Mel Brooks will celebrate his 100th birthday next month. This puzzle is for him. But you will find several other talented film industry folks who deserve a Happy 100th(plus), including Eva Marie Saint, Gene Shalit, Sir David Attenborough, and Dick Van…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago  (331+ words) If you love Leonard Cohen, then chances are you loved "Dance Me," Ballets Jazz Montr'al's dance production set to the music and poetry of Canada's folk-rock legend. The enthusiastic standing ovation at the end of the show surely reflected the…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago  (616+ words) Just about any place you happen to be on the Oregon Coast this summer, it shouldn't be much of a journey to an exhibit commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. And while the America250 official observance takes place July…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago  (299+ words) The 2026 Portland Eco Film Festival continues with a shorts program of New Indigenous Films, including the hour-long The River Remembers, which follows the efforts by indigenous members of the Elwha and Klamath River communities to bring about the largest dam…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago  (1802+ words) We're living proof," said Portland Sage Singers tenor Nori La Rue in a recent email to OAW, that singing and music are an integral part of society no matter your age." Portland Sage Singers were born in the 40s, 50s, and 60s," wrote…...