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Portland Center Stage Launches Urgent “Save PCS” Campaign
The theater needs $2.5 million by Aug. 31 to survive.
National Endowment for the Arts Terminates More Portland Arts Organization Grants
Cancellations leave theaters and nonprofit organizations scrambling.
Oregon Ballet Theatre Principal Dancer Jessica Lind to Retire
Lind is hanging up her pointe shoes after 14 years at the company.
Michael Speciàle Explores His Holes in “Bottoming for Jesus”
The queer cabaret play, staged in the nightclub Process, was written to make common ground for religious and LGBTQ+ communities.
Portland Playhouse Loses $25,000 National Endowment for the Arts Award
The NEA rescinded the award the day before opening night of Portland Playhouse’s season closer, “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone.”
White Bird Dance Announces 2025–26 Season
A contemporary ballet set to U2 songs will kick off the lineup in October.
Oscar Wilde’s “Salome” Still Shocks More Than 130 Years After Its Premiere
Imago Theater commits to the bit down to every detail of Wilde’s erotic Biblical play.
Verselandia! Youth Poetry Slam Championship Turns 20
McDaniel High School librarian Nancy Sullivan reflects on the program she started in 2005 and previews this year’s event.
Comedy Wrestling Show Punchlines & Pile Drivers Returns
Portland’s Funniest Person Ally J Ward hosts the event.
