Willamette Week

The Portland Art Museum Has Set a Date For a Full Reopening

Beginning April 10, the museum will welcome patrons back to most of its galleries. Then, on May 5, guests can access the entire museum, including a new exhibition titled “Ansel Adams in Our Time.” The touring display features more than 100 of the renowned landscape photographer’s prints, and will be its only West Coast stop.

Someone Replaced the Toppled Harvey Scott Statue at Mount Tabor With a Monument to York, the Only Black Member of the Corps of Discovery

A statue of a controversial Oregon historical figure toppled by protesters in Mount Tabor Park last year has been replaced by the likeness of the only Black member of the Lewis and Clark expedition.

Fertile Ground May Be Virtual This Year, but It’s Still Vibrant

Oregon State University Discovered the First New Pigment of Blue in Over 200 Years. Now It’s for Sale.

In 2009, Oregon State University professor Mas Subramanian did something that hadn’t been done in two centuries—he discovered a new pigment of blue.

Apple Has Donated the Black Lives Matter Mural Painted Outside Its Downtown Store to Don’t Shoot PDX

On Friday, Apple announced it will donate the mural to the organization, calling it “a monumental art piece honoring the ongoing fight for justice.”

The Portland Winter Light Festival Will Go On In 2021—With Pandemic-Related Changes

Most organizers have pulled the plug on large-scale celebrations for the first quarter of 2021, but the Portland Winter Light Festival will go on—things are just going to look a little different. The sixth annual event is now scheduled to take place over two weekends, Feb. 5-6 and Feb. 12-13, in order to prevent crowds from mobbing the illuminated installations all at the same time. In another first, neither the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry nor the Eastbank Esplanade serve as hosts to any of the activities.