1+ hour, 28+ min ago  (300+ words) I think that's what this show does. While there may be a prolific number of objects on view, each is carefully, lovingly made, most often from recycled and repurposed materials. Each of these bodies of works addresses the natural world…...

2+ week, 10+ hour ago  (535+ words) The University of Oregon is celebrating the 250-year anniversary of the United States with a special exhibition, America at 250 " Before, Between, Beyond, highlighting the many contributions of Native American people, Western settlers, and modern history-makers. Not only emphasizing the country…...

2+ week, 22+ hour ago  (825+ words) Maria Anna Mozart might not be a household name like her brother Wolfgang, but if it were up to Elaina Stuppler that might change a bit. That's because Stuppler is writing a musical based on the life of Maria Anna....

3+ week, 18+ hour ago  (537+ words) Pianist-composers Jennifer Wright and Kathleen Supov" teamed up for The Female Gaze at Lincoln Recital Hall on an April evening, performing their own music alongside pieces by Daniel Felsenfeld, Randall Woolf and Bonnie Miksch. All the works on the program…...

3+ week, 23+ hour ago  (814+ words) The 2026 Oregon Contemporary Artists" Biennial: The Price of the Ticket came to be through a saga that speaks pointedly to its title and theme. Curator TK Smith met with me and elucidated some twists and turns in gestation of the…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (379+ words) He also became increasingly recognized as one of the most important early immigrants to Oregon. Because of that enlarging reputation, he was asked to present his take on travel along the Oregon Trail during the Great Migration in 1843. He presented…...

4+ week, 4+ hour ago  (1687+ words) Now, as the nation approaches the 250th anniversary of the United States Declaration of Independence, Jacksonville, located five miles west of Medford, is reframing how that story gets told " not in a single building, but across an entire town. They call…...

1+ mon, 18+ hour ago  (516+ words) Though I was out of town for most of the Fertile Ground Festival of new work this year, I had the very good fortune to catch a staged reading of Little Gun: A Tragedy of the American West on the…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (509+ words) If the Fertile Ground Festival ever has a Hall of Fame, Eleanor O'Brien might be the first artist inducted. She'd at least be in the first class. O'Brien took part in the very first Fertile Ground Festival ever, back in…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (480+ words) Woodburn will become a gathering place for historians, preservationists and community advocates as it hosts the Oregon Heritage Conference, April 29-May 2. Along with Woodburn, there'll be select events held at Mt. Angel. Cost varies: Attendees can choose between individual workshops…...