17+ hour, 51+ min ago   (939+ words) Neighborhoods around Portland are popping with portraits, furniture, murals and more. Portland has 20 plazas throughout the city — community spaces with public seating, activities and space for businesses — where neighbors can gather outside. Portland Bureau of Transportation and the Office of…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1126+ words) Arts advocates supporting a new City-owned 3,000-seat auditorium at Portland State University won a key City Council vote in their favor on Sept. 9, while other longtime Portland arts and heritage supporters lost their bid to instead have Keller Auditorium renovated…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (676+ words) Name: Oregon City Public Library Address: 606 John Adams St. Date of dedication: June 21, 1913 Size: 20,200 square feet. A 15,000-square-foot addition, completed in 2016, tripled the library’s size. Architectural style: American Renaissance, characterized by the building’s front columns. The addition, while a modern…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (884+ words) On Thursday, Sept. 3, the Portland City Council held the first public hearing on the resolution to build a new City-owned 3,000-seat performing arts center at Portland State University and then downsize the existing 3,000-seat Keller Auditorium into a smaller theater....

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (499+ words) Nobody knows what will happen to the first generation of kids raised on smartphones. How will screen time affect the development of their brains? How will A.I. alter the ways they navigate the physical (and digital) world? How severely will “the…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (501+ words) Founded in 1997 by a group of fifteen volunteer artists, AITP was created with a simple but ambitious mission: “to create a quality venue for exceptional visual artists to share their work and build an interactive environment between artists and the…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (508+ words) NEWPORT — The Year of the Fire Horse has spurred five coastal artists to join in an exhibit inspired by an infrequent confluence in the Chinese zodiac. It happens once every 60 years and was believed in Japanese culture, where it is…...