Bob Hicks

NEA Chair Mary Anne Carter visits cultural centers ranging from the city's "sign language cafe" to the refurbished Portland Art Museum. The Washington Post reports, meanwhile, that funding has fallen sharply at the Kennedy Center since Donald Trump's name was added to it.

West, the distinguished dance critic and author whose passion for dance and writing instilled her readers with deep insights, has died at age 88.

Hockney leaves a legacy of brilliantly colored and pleasure-inducing works. His exhibit of more than 200 works continues at the Portland museum through July 26.

The three, all with Oregon Roots, won at Sunday's Broadway theater ceremony for "Death of a Salesman," "Ragtime," "The Lost Boys," and "Cats: The Jellicle Ball."

Portland Chinatown Museum and The –Ism Project will present stories of the city's Chinese American population. Plus: The season-ending night of stories from Solo Speak.

News & notes: Street Roots artists, "I Am an American" stories at The Reser, Schnitzer Prize of the West, Oregon Community Foundation grants, Froelick Gallery honors the late Kevin Kadar.

The high quality and intimately scaled opera company will produce no shows in 2026, but vows to return in 2027. And Gov. Tina Kotek has extended Ellen Waterston's turn as the state's poet laureate through August 2028.

Portland's veteran namesake painter loved color and shapes that danced in front of viewers' eyes – creations that were not so much human-looking as human-feeling.

Portland's veteran namesake painter loved color and shapes that danced in front of viewers' eyes – creations that were not so much human-looking as human-feeling.

The foundation's newest round of grants, part of a three-year commitment of $23 million, helps boost the budgets of 277 arts and cultural groups across Oregon.