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		<title>Corey Brunish, Shoshana Bean, Bill Rauch win 2026 Tony Awards</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bob Hicks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 20:20:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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."]]></description>
		
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		<title>76 trombones in the big parade (part 1)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[K.B. Dixon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 15:38:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[careoregon grand floral starlight parade]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Photographer K.B. Dixon captures a handful of floating highlights from the Portland Rose Festival's newly combined CareOregon Grand Floral Starlight Parade.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Oregon Shakespeare Festival launches its Elizabethan season with three shows</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Flint]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Allen Elizabethan Theatre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Show]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Henry IV Part One]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oregon shakespeare festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the taming of the shrew]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The outdoor theater’s opening weekend starts June 19 and the Green Show arrives during previews June 12. New this summer: a beer and wine garden on select evenings.]]></description>
		
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		<title>A depth of repertoire: Hearing and rehearing Andy Akiho&#8217;s concerti for percussion</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/a-depth-of-repertoire-hearing-and-rehearing-andy-akihos-concerti-for-percussion/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=a-depth-of-repertoire-hearing-and-rehearing-andy-akihos-concerti-for-percussion</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew Neil Andrews]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 03:44:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Andy Akiho: Beneath Lighted Coffers; Concerto for Steel Pans & Orchestra]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Concerto for Steel Pans & Orchestra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[david danzmayr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jon Greeney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Roberts]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sergio Carreno]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Kehner]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Oregon Symphony re-premieres their Composer-in-Residence's "Percussion Concerto" and releases a new album featuring two of his concerti for steel pans.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Beth Piatote’s ‘Antikoni’ finds parallels between today’s Native American cultural concerns and ancient Greek theater </title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/beth-piatotes-antikoni-finds-parallels-between-todays-native-american-cultural-concerns-and-ancient-greek-theater/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=beth-piatotes-antikoni-finds-parallels-between-todays-native-american-cultural-concerns-and-ancient-greek-theater</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brett Campbell]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 02:19:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Beth Piatote]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jeanette harrison]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hillsboro’s Native Performing Arts Network and Bag&#038;Baggage Productions stage the erstwhile Oregon writer’s Indigenized adaptation of ‘Antigone.’ ]]></description>
		
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		<title>&#8216;Lillian Pitt: Art, Memory, Home&#8217; at the Museum at Warm Springs</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/lillian-pitt-art-memory-home-at-the-museum-at-warm-springs/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=lillian-pitt-art-memory-home-at-the-museum-at-warm-springs</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Justin Duyao]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lillian Pitt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Museum at Warm Springs]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The artist's final exhibition comes home to the community that nurtured her and celebrates a career that transformed Indigenous visibility and public art in the Pacific Northwest.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Criterion&#8217;s Mobile Closet rolls into Portland, drawing movie buffs and distributing discs</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/criterions-mobile-closet-rolls-into-portland-drawing-movie-buffs-and-distributing-discs/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=criterions-mobile-closet-rolls-into-portland-drawing-movie-buffs-and-distributing-discs</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marc Mohan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 23:05:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[criterion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Criterion Collection]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of cinephiles waited in line at Portland's South Park Blocks for a chance to step inside the boutique video label's fabled Mobile Closet and peruse its cornucopia of DVDs, Blu-rays, and 4K Ultra HD discs.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Young readers visit a world of death in Portland author Shana Targosz’s ‘Underwild’ books</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/young-readers-visit-a-world-of-death-in-portland-author-shana-targoszs-underwild-books/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=young-readers-visit-a-world-of-death-in-portland-author-shana-targoszs-underwild-books</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fran Gardner]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 21:31:48 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[children's books]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Shana Targosz]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Underwild Relic of Thieves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Underwild River of Spirits]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Greek gods and Targosz's own creations — including the zombielike mormo —  populate the first two books in the immersive series set in the Underworld.]]></description>
		
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		<title>They&#8217;re back! Playwright Andrea Stolowitz and &#8216;Antarktikos&#8217;</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/theyre-back-playwright-andrea-stolowitz-and-antarktikos/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=theyre-back-playwright-andrea-stolowitz-and-antarktikos</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bobby Bermea]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 14:35:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[andrea stolowitz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Antarktikos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eastside jewish commons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ithaka]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Dramatatists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oregon Book Awards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[portland playwright]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Portland theater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Successful Strategies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Third Rail Repertory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unsettling Events]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Portland playwright, who spent several years at New Dramatists in New York City, is having a reading of her ice-bound, Oregon Book Award-winning drama at the Eastside Jewish Commons.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Daniel del Pino mesmerizes his audience with Andalusian-inspired classical pieces</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/daniel-del-pino-mesmerizes-his-audience-with-andalusian-inspired-classical-pieces/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=daniel-del-pino-mesmerizes-his-audience-with-andalusian-inspired-classical-pieces</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucie K. Scheuer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 14:24:58 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anima Muni Productions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[claude debussy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daniel del Pino]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[French classical music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Isaac Albéniz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Belle Ḗpoque]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manuel de Falla]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maurice ravel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oregon Center for the Arts]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Spanish classical music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tiziana DellaRovere]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Review: In a concert at Southern Oregon University, the renowned pianist showcases his deep connection to the cultural roots of Spanish and French music.]]></description>
		
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		<title>FilmWatch Weekly: &#8216;Carolina Caroline,&#8217; &#8216;Savage House,&#8217; and more</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/filmwatch-weekly-carolina-caroline-savage-house-and-more/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=filmwatch-weekly-carolina-caroline-savage-house-and-more</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marc Mohan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 20:31:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[FilmWatch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carolina Caroline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Claire Foy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Portland Horror Film Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richard E. Grant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Savage House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[twin peaks]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Plus: The Clinton Street Theater screens "Twin Peaks" and the Portland Horror Film Festival wraps up with a pair of all-day marathons.]]></description>
		
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		<title>NW Dance Project&#8217;s &#8216;Summer Waves&#8217;</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/nw-dance-projects-summer-waves/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=nw-dance-projects-summer-waves</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hannah Krafcik]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:13:51 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Dance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anne Plamondon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ground Relief]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ihsan Rustem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Le Fil Rouge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NW Dance Prokct]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Portland dance]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Review: The contemporary company dances smartly into a new season in Ihsan Rustem's "Le Fil Rouge" and the premiere of Anne Plamondon’s "Ground Relief."]]></description>
		
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		<title>‘Catch Me When I Fall’: STAGES Performing Arts Youth Academy tells stories about unhoused Oregonians – with empathy and humor</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brett Campbell]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Theater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cindy Wilkins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gg's House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hillsboro arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[STAGES Performing Arts Youth Academy]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Hillsboro performing arts education organization marks 16 years of teaching performing arts to local students with the world premiere of an original musical exploring issues close to home.]]></description>
		
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		<title>June DanceWatch: As the world churns, dancers keep us in touch with humanity</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/june-dancewatch-as-the-world-churns-dancers-keep-us-in-touch-with-humanity/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=june-dancewatch-as-the-world-churns-dancers-keep-us-in-touch-with-humanity</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamuna Chiarini]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:53:19 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Dance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DanceWatch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A-WOL Dance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Expressive Works]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NW Dance Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OBT Encore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oregon ballet theatre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oregon dance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oregon origins project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[push/FOLD Dance Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[risk/reward festival]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The human body is part of the natural world, and in June A-WOL moves outside, Brian Simcoe and Carly Wheaton dance their farewells to OBT, Risk/Reward returns, Oregon Origins erupts, new performance blooms, and more.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Special Series: The –Ism Storytellers, Queer Elders</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/special-series-the-ism-storytellers-queer-elders/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=special-series-the-ism-storytellers-queer-elders</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dmae Lo Roberts]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 01:21:15 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[-ism Storytellers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gender]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stage & Studio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Horatio Hung-Yan Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kathleen Saadat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MediaRites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queer Elders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reid Vanderburgh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sandra de Helen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The – Ism Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The – Ism Storytellers Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tim seelig]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Stage &#038; Studio: MediaRites' "The – Ism Storytellers" tell their tales of finding themselves, making their art, and becoming Queer Elders.]]></description>
		
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		<title>DramaWatch: Here comes summer, and a bustle of theater</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Linda Ferguson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:43:14 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[DramaWatch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Theater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[100 Lives Rep]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[21ten Theatre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[address unknown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Antarktikos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Antikoni]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arbus & west]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Back to the Fure: The Musical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bag&Baggage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broadway in Portland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broadway Rose Theatre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eastside jewish commons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Echo Theater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[funny girl]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hand2Mouth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hillsboro artists' regional theatre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kickstand Comedy in the Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kristina Wong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lakewood Theatre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leapin louie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Los Dreamers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Magenta Theatre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mamma Mia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[murder on a billionaire$s yacht]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Native Perorming Arts Network]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oregon Contemporary Theatre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oregon shakespeare festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oregon theater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OUTwright festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Play On Shakespeare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[portland center stage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Portland theater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Profile Theatre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Riley Michael Parker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk/Reward]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Solo Speak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[storm large]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[theatre in the grove]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Third Rail Rep]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Triangle Productions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twilight Theatre]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Come up and see me: Season-enders from triangle, Bag&#038;Baggage, Profile and Portland Center Stage in June, and OSF begins its outdoor shows. Plus: Risk/Reward Festival, other opening and continuing shows, more new season announcements.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Lincoln statue return sparks unexpected controversy</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Redden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 19:37:27 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Converge 45]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dakota 36]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Floyd protests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indigenous Day of Rage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Portland 2020 protests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[portland abraham lincoln statue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Portland arts and culture office]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Portland toppled statues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retun of Lincoln statue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Park Blocks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thompson Elk]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[At long last, the statue toppled during Portland's 2020 social protests is set to return to its South Park Block home — but at a more modest level, without the pedestal on which it once stood high. The "shrinking" is prompting protests.]]></description>
		
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		<title>LitWatch June: Portland Book Week, Summer Fishtrap, Bigfoot Poetry Festival</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/litwatch-june-portland-book-week-summer-fishtrap-bigfoot-poetry-festival/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=litwatch-june-portland-book-week-summer-fishtrap-bigfoot-poetry-festival</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amy Leona Havin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 18:54:11 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LitWatch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[allen ginsberg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amelia Diaz Ettinger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Annie Bloom&#039;s Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[author appearances]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[author events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beth Piatote]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bigfoot poetry festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broadway Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cheryl Strayed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chris smalls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ellen waterston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[genevieve hudson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heather sellers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jackson country library services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[joan naviyuk kane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brehm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keith Rosson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kevin fedarko]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kim stafford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Literary Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liz Scott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[meaghan garvey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[melissa febos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[melody wilson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mike green]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mike huguenor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mother Foucault&#039;s Bookshop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poetry readings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Portland Book Week]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Powell's Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Powell's City of Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rene Denfeld]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roundabout Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stafford challenge conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[summer fishtrap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tim neville]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vanessa Veselka]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Willy Vlautin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[zayd ayers dohrn]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Other bookish events include readings by Naomi Shihab Nye, Kevin Fedarko, Liz Scott, and Melissa Febos.]]></description>
		
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		<title>VizArts Monthly: June shows pull at every thread</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Raylee Heiden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:55:23 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VizArts Monthly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Art Reach Gallery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blackfish Gallery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blue sky gallery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eddie Reed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Froelick Gallery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jay Wolke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jaydra johnson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mae Al-Jiborri]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mount Angel Abbey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newport Visual Arts Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rebecca Boraz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rebecca Hooper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Josephy Center for Arts & Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Torey Akers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Well Well Projects]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Whether you're staying in town or looking for an excursion, there is an art exhibition that fits the bill. Raylee Heiden rounds up some promising options.]]></description>
		
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		<title>A maritime mystery inspires Stephen Hayes’ debut novel, ‘Return of the Mary Celeste’</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/a-maritime-mystery-inspires-stephen-hayes-debut-novel-return-of-the-mary-celeste/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=a-maritime-mystery-inspires-stephen-hayes-debut-novel-return-of-the-mary-celeste</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Justin Duyao]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 23:24:36 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[author stephen hayes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mary celeste]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Northwest authors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Northwest writers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pacific northwest college of art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[return of the mary celeste]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seafaring mysteries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Hayes]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The retired Pacific Northwest College of Art professor says the story of the 1872 disappearance of the ship's crew has stuck with him from childhood.]]></description>
		
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		<title>At Milagro Theatre, three short films tell tales of Latine and dream life</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/at-milagro-theatre-three-short-films-tell-tales-of-latino-life/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=at-milagro-theatre-three-short-films-tell-tales-of-latino-life</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellen Clarke]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Film]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dawn Jones Redstone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dreamland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eduardo Jovanovic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hostile Work Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[June Film Shorts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Milagro Artist Fund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Milagro short film festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Milagro Theatre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MORA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[narcolepsy film]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ricardo and Veronica Alvarado]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tatiana Maria Corbitt]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Filmmakers funded in part by the Milagro Artist Fund show their audience short yet sweeping tales with big ideas, cultural import, and the art of storytelling.]]></description>
		
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		<title>UnionPDX: A feast of contemporary dance</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Angela Allen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 19:02:12 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Dance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alice in the Nite Hawk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Danzahuitzilopochtli]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heidi Duckler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Holly Shaw]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hybids of Plants and Ghosts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mamie Green]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[push/FOLD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rosanna Tavarez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sampark]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[samuel hobbes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tarika Nath]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Kid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UnionPDX Festival 26]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[push/FOLD's sixth annual festival of contemporary movement includes companies from Oregon and beyond, and features both Portland and world premieres.]]></description>
		
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		<title>From feed store to cultural hub, Camelot Theatre helps define Talent</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Flint]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Cultural Hubs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Theater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[camelot theatre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[camelot theatre company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[southern oregon theater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spotlight on Garth]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Built by volunteers, donors, and determination, the company has become a cornerstone of downtown life.]]></description>
		
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		<title>&#8216;X&#8217;: A (deliberate) confusion in Outer Space</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Darleen Ortega]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2026 13:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Theater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alistair McDowall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Austin Michael Young]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bruce Burkhartsmeier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fiona Kashinsky]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maureen Porter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike O'Connell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Olivia Matthews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Outter Space drama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Portland theater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rebecca lingafelter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rose Kashinsky]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Third Rail Rep]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[X play]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Third Rail Rep's production of Alistair McDowell's drama about five astronauts on Pluto who've lost touch with Earth is disorienting – and expertly performed.]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Cultural Landscape: Part 28</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/the-cultural-landscape-part-28/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-cultural-landscape-part-28</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[K.B. Dixon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Cultural Landscape]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aaron Wessling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daria Loi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forest Avenue Press]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Imperfecta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[john sibley williams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[K.B. Dixon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laura Stanfill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rebecca clarren]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Single File Studio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the cultural landscape]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Photographer K.B. Dixon continues his series of cultural profiles with portraits of novelist &#038; journalist Rebecca Clarren, photographer Aaron Wessling, publisher &#038; writer Laura Stanfill, poet &#038; editor John Sibley Williams, and mixed-media artist &#038; gallery owner Daria Loi.]]></description>
		
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		<title>E. Ellison and Camas High School Choir, creating &#8216;heartbreak, fear and friendship&#8217; </title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/e-ellison-and-camas-high-school-choir-creating-heartbreak-fear-and-friendship/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=e-ellison-and-camas-high-school-choir-creating-heartbreak-fear-and-friendship</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles Rose]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alex Radakovich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alicia Jo Rabins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bossa nova]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[camas high school choir]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[E. Ellison]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[E. Ellison Trio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ethan chessin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joni Mueller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lily breshears]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Luke Wyland]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Portland musician's trio and the Camas  teen-age singers collaborate on a song cycle featuring young love, growing up, wells of emotion, and  Brazilian grooves.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Hilary Pfeifer&#8217;s Eugene homecoming</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/hilary-pfeifers-eugene-homecoming/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=hilary-pfeifers-eugene-homecoming</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abby McGehee]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 16:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hilary Pfeifer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maude kerns art center]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[‘Forever in Blue Jeans,’ the artist’s mid-career retrospective at Maude Kerns Art Center, celebrates community, recycled materials, and ecological care.]]></description>
		
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		<title>A &#8216;Joyous Love Bomb&#8217; — &#8216;Mamma Mia!&#8217; and ABBA&#8217;s music bring the fun to Portland</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/a-joyous-love-bomb-mamma-mia-and-abbas-music-brings-the-fun-to-portland/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=a-joyous-love-bomb-mamma-mia-and-abbas-music-brings-the-fun-to-portland</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Vondersmith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Theater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABBA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broadway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dancing Queen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jessica Crouch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mamma Mia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Winner Takes It All]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The 25th anniversary tour of the hit musical, June 2-7 at Portland's Keller Auditorium, features "Dancing Queen," "The Winner Takes It All," "Mamma Mia," and more favorites.]]></description>
		
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		<title>FilmWatch Weekly: Dustin Hoffman and Leo Woddall in the delightful &#8216;Tuner,&#8217; desert-based relationship therapy in &#8216;Magic Hour,&#8217; and more</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/filmwatch-weekly-dustin-hoffman-and-leo-woddall-in-the-delightful-tuner-desert-based-relationship-therapy-in-magic-hour-and-more/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=filmwatch-weekly-dustin-hoffman-and-leo-woddall-in-the-delightful-tuner-desert-based-relationship-therapy-in-magic-hour-and-more</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marc Mohan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 19:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Film]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FilmWatch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Criterion Collection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dustin Hoffman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[film]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FilmWatch Weekly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Magic Hour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marc Mohan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[movies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oregon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PAM CUT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Portland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Portland Horror Film Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tuner]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Also this week: The Criterion Mobile Closet rolls into Portland, plus the 11th annual Portland Horror Film Festival and a weeklong celebration of Italian film at Cinemagic.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Snap!: The vibrant &#8216;Kristina Wong, #FoodBankInfluencer&#8217; entertains and enlightens with karaoke-style songs</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/snap-the-vibrant-kristina-wong-foodbankinfluencer-entertains-and-enlightens-with-karaoke-style-songs/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=snap-the-vibrant-kristina-wong-foodbankinfluencer-entertains-and-enlightens-with-karaoke-style-songs</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Linda Ferguson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 17:13:50 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Theater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[#foodbankinfluencer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boom Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Double Up Food Bucks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hunger in America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kristina Wong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[portland center stage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Portland theater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SNAP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[welfare queen]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wong’s solo musical comedy, playing at Portland Center Stage, also digs deep as it schools us on rising food insecurity in the richest nation in the world.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Long wait line, packed house, but an uneven Verdi’s Requiem</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/long-wait-line-packed-house-but-an-uneven-verdis-requiem/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=long-wait-line-packed-house-but-an-uneven-verdis-requiem</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[James Bash]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 16:34:08 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alessandro Manzoni]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[choral arts ensemble of portland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Damien Geter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keller Audiorium]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nicholas fox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[portland opera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Portland Opera Chorus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rossini]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Verdi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Verdi Requiem]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The most operatic of requiems is a heavy lift for soloists and chorus. Portland Opera's performance was at times powerful, and at other times muted, partly by Keller Auditorium's sonic limitations.]]></description>
		
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		<title>MusicWatch Monthly: The sincerity inside the weirdness</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/musicwatch-monthly-the-sincerity-inside-the-weirdness/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=musicwatch-monthly-the-sincerity-inside-the-weirdness</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew Neil Andrews]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[All Classical Radio Recording Inclusivity Initiative]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[andy akiho]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ashleigh Flynn & The Riveters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Caroline Louise Miller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[celilo falls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chamber music northwest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christòpheren Nomura]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cmnw 2026]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deep Water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elaina stuppler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gamera vs. Zigra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[house of scordatura]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Cantrell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Johnny Wheels & The Swamp Donkeys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[justin ralls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kenji bunch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kirsten Volness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lindsey Rae Johnson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lisa neher]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lost freedom: a memory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[metropolitan youth symphony]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nancy ives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicole Buetti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oregon east symphony]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oregon symphony]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Outer Orbit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Satan’s Pilgrims]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wildwood MusicFest]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Oregon Symphony's next two albums, featuring music by Akiho, Buetti, Ives, and Volness. New Wave Opera premieres Caroline Louise Miller's "Deep Water." House of Scordatura's "Gamera vs. Zigra," featuring music by Justin Ralls. Outer Orbit's latest album and tour. And the incept of Summer Festivals.]]></description>
		
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		<title>As colleges and universities in Oregon face budget squeezes, librarian jobs are in peril</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/as-colleges-and-universities-in-oregon-face-budget-squeezes-librarian-jobs-are-in-peril/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=as-colleges-and-universities-in-oregon-face-budget-squeezes-librarian-jobs-are-in-peril</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amanda Waldroupe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Libraries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AI use in colleges]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Library Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Association of College and Research Libraries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Orbis Cascade Alliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oregon college libraries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oregon Community College Library Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oregon universities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reduced Oregon library staff]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[With pinched budgets and increasing attacks on books, "qualified personnel" – librarians with the highest knowledge to aid students and faculty – are most at risk.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Arts and humanities supporters continue racking up local, state and federal wins, so far</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/arts-and-humanities-supporters-continue-racking-up-local-state-and-federal-wins-so-far/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=arts-and-humanities-supporters-continue-racking-up-local-state-and-federal-wins-so-far</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Redden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Endoment for the Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Endowmen for the Humanities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oregon state arts funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Portland arts tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[portland small arts grants]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The dealmaking isn't over yet. But the Portland Arts Tax, funding for individual artists and small arts groups, and even the threatened national endowments for the arts and humanities have scored tentative victories.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Telling tales of Portland&#8217;s Chinatown</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/telling-tales-of-portlands-chinatown/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=telling-tales-of-portlands-chinatown</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bob Hicks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 14:52:48 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[-ism Storytellers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Theater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[–Ism Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MediaRites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Portland Chinatown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Portland Chinatown Museum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Portland storytelling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roberta Wong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shay Knorr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Solo Speak]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
		
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		<title>At the &#8216;new&#8217; Portland Art Museum, the kids are alright</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/at-the-new-portland-art-museum-the-kids-are-alright/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=at-the-new-portland-art-museum-the-kids-are-alright</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Friderike Heuer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 14:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HeaRT of Portland Visual Art Exhibition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[portland art museum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rothko Pavilion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[student artwork at Portland Art Museum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Windows of Our Future]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[At the revived downtown museum, an exhibit of 100-plus artworks by public school students shines energetically – and several works by older artists stand out, too.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Focus on America 250: The people who make a difference in community organizing, yesterday and today</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/focus-on-america-250-the-people-who-make-a-difference-in-community-organizing-yesterday-and-today/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=focus-on-america-250-the-people-who-make-a-difference-in-community-organizing-yesterday-and-today</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Redden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[America 250 Oregon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abolitionists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[america 250 oregon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Revolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[civil rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oregon historical society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[suffragettes]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[In an Oregon Historical Society online event June 4, panelists will discuss the history of the topic in "A Conversation Series on the Right to be Free."]]></description>
		
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		<title>Preview: Eugene Ballet’s &#8216;Alice in Wonderland&#8217; and &#8216;The Large Rock and The Little Yew&#8217;</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/preview-eugene-ballets-alice-in-wonderland-and-the-large-rock-and-the-little-yew/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=preview-eugene-ballets-alice-in-wonderland-and-the-large-rock-and-the-little-yew</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jean Zondervan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Dance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alice in Wonderland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eugene ballet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gregory M. Ahlijian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lewis Carroll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[suzanne haag]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Large Rock and the Little Yew]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toni Pimble]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Lewis Carroll’s 1865 tale of falling down a rabbit hole and a 2010 story by children’s author Gregory Ahlijian inspired these reprisals of two of Eugene Ballet’s most popular family productions.]]></description>
		
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		<title>From Puck to composer, Justin Huertas does it all at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/from-puck-to-composer-justin-huertas-does-it-all-at-the-oregon-shakespeare-festival/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=from-puck-to-composer-justin-huertas-does-it-all-at-the-oregon-shakespeare-festival</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Flint]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Theater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Come from Away]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Justin Huertas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lizard Boy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oregon shakespeare festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Puck]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Huertas brings his multiple skills to the OSF stage in this season's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and "Come From Away," and last year's "Lizard Boy," which he created.]]></description>
		
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		<title>A happy variety of colors: Central Oregon Chamber Orchestra performs Corelli, Haydn, Prokofiev, and Oregon composer Chris Thomas</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/a-happy-variety-of-colors-central-oregon-chamber-orchestra-performs-corelli-haydn-prokofiev-and-oregon-composer-chris-thomas/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=a-happy-variety-of-colors-central-oregon-chamber-orchestra-performs-corelli-haydn-prokofiev-and-oregon-composer-chris-thomas</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew Neil Andrews]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 20:13:28 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[central oregon chamber orchestra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Central Oregon Symphony]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[charlene chi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Thomas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[michael gesme]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Bend ensemble, a subset of the Central Oregon Symphony, premiered a new work commissioned for COCO and Bend mezzo Charlene Chi alongside Baroque, Classical, and Neo-Classical music.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Manzanita&#8217;s Hoffman Center for the Arts gets a new leader</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/manzanitas-hoffman-center-for-the-arts-gets-a-new-leader/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=manzanitas-hoffman-center-for-the-arts-gets-a-new-leader</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lori Tobias]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hoffman Center for the Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India Downes-LeGuin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liam whitworth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manzanita arts center]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Liam Whitworth takes over as director of the arts center on Oregon's North Coast, bringing ideas that include adding more youth opportunities and making programs more affordable for working families.]]></description>
		
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		<title>PuzzleWatch: 100 Year Old Man, and Friends</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/puzzlewatch-100-year-old-man-and-friends/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=puzzlewatch-100-year-old-man-and-friends</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daryl Browne]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[PuzzleWatch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[comedy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crossword]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crossword puzzle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mel Brooks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[puzzle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[puzzlewatch]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Comedy giant Mel Brooks celebrates a century of life in June. Test your knowledge of "Blazing Saddles," "Young Frankenstein," and more in this honorary crossword puzzle.]]></description>
		
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		<title>This void is what&#8217;s holding the whole dome together: Catching up with Andy Akiho</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/this-void-is-whats-holding-the-whole-dome-together-catching-up-with-andy-akiho/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=this-void-is-whats-holding-the-whole-dome-together-catching-up-with-andy-akiho</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew Neil Andrews]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 13:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Catching Up With]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[andy akiho]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bang it! festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beneath Lighted Coffers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[david danzmayr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oregon symphony]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The composer and steel pan player discusses Oregon Symphony's repeat performance this month of his "Percussion Concerto," their June album of his steel pan concerti, his recent tour with Imani Winds, and why his biggest enemy is time.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Review: Ballets Jazz Montréal’s ‘Dance Me’</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/review-ballets-jazz-montreals-dance-me/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=review-ballets-jazz-montreals-dance-me</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Beth Sorensen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 13:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Dance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adonis Foniadakis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Annabelle Lopez Ochoa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ballets Jazz Montréal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ihsan Rustem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leonard cohen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[White Bird Dance]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[A multimedia homage to famed poet, artist, and songwriter Leonard Cohen is a hit-and-miss production to close out White Bird’s season.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ships ahoy: Oregon Coast museums celebrate the history of life on the water</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/ships-ahoy-oregon-coast-museums-celebrate-the-history-of-life-on-the-water/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=ships-ahoy-oregon-coast-museums-celebrate-the-history-of-life-on-the-water</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lori Tobias]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 13:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[America 250 Oregon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[America250]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coastal Arts Guild]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Columbia River Maritime Museum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coos History Museum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garibaldi Maritime Museum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Lincoln County Historical Museum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oregon Coast museums]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oregon nautical history]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oregon250]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[As Oregon and the nation mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, museums in Astoria, Garibaldi, Lincoln City, Newport and Coos Bay tell the historical tales of the state's and nation's nautical life.]]></description>
		
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		<title>When the stars align: The Tom Grant story</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/when-the-stars-align-the-tom-grant-story/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=when-the-stars-align-the-tom-grant-story</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lynn Darroch]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 21:24:48 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Grant]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[A portrait of the Portland pianist, singer/songwriter and composer on the occasion of his 80th birthday and latest album "Omniphoria."]]></description>
		
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		<title>OSF unveils 2027 season of Shakespeare, classics, new plays, and musical theater</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/osf-unveils-2027-season-of-shakespeare-classics-new-plays-and-musical-theater/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=osf-unveils-2027-season-of-shakespeare-classics-new-plays-and-musical-theater</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Flint]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 18:21:50 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Theater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A Doll's House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A Loco-Motive for Murder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Allen Elizabehan Theatre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Branden Jacobs-Jenkins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frida...a Self Portrait]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hamlet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heidi Schreck]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oregon shakespeare festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OSF 2027 season]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Purpose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shrek The Musical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Comedy of Errors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Winter's Tale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tim Bond]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what the constitution means to me]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Oregon Shakespeare Festival's 2027 season will range from "Hamlet" to the broad comedy of "Shrek the Musical," with the world-premiere comedy "A Loco-Motive for Murder" and more in the nine-play lineup.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Stage &#038; Studio: Kristina Wong, #foodbankinfluencer</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/stage-studio-kristina-wong-foodbankinfluencer/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=stage-studio-kristina-wong-foodbankinfluencer</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dmae Lo Roberts]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Stage & Studio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Theater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[#foodbankinfluencer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boom Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dmae Lo Roberts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kristina Wong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[portland center stage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Portland theater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[theater podcast]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Dmae Lo Roberts talks in a podcast with Wong, whose solo show from Portland Center Stage and Boom Arts combines comedy with the serious plight for many of access to food.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Make heaven drowsy with the harmony: Oregon choirs moving toward summer</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/make-heaven-drowsy-with-the-harmony-oregon-choirs-moving-toward-summer/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=make-heaven-drowsy-with-the-harmony-oregon-choirs-moving-toward-summer</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daryl Browne]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 19:36:30 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Choral]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A Grain of Sand Revisited]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a notion a scream]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A Thousand Tongues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adrianna Tam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrea Ramsey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bach cantata choir]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coty Raven Morris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DeReau K. Farrar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Don Macdonald]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In Medio Choir]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latinx Choral Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lynn Mendoza-Khan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[metropolitan youth symphony]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Multnomah Women’s Chorus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oregon chorale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paolo Debuque]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[portland sage singers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[portland state university choirs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[resonance ensemble]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[s. renee mitchell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sara Rivara]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shohei Kobayashi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St. Paul’s Episcopal Church]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tim seelig]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vox Femina Los Angeles]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Retro pop concerts, tours, commissions and premieres.]]></description>
		
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		<title>FilmWatch Weekly: Speaking with the trees in &#8216;Silent Friend,&#8217; and Jude Law as Vladimir Putin in &#8216;The Wizard of the Kremlin&#8217;</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/filmwatch-weekly-speaking-with-the-trees-in-silent-friend-and-jude-law-as-vladimir-putin-in-the-wizard-of-the-kremlin/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=filmwatch-weekly-speaking-with-the-trees-in-silent-friend-and-jude-law-as-vladimir-putin-in-the-wizard-of-the-kremlin</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marc Mohan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 17:41:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hungarian director Ildikó Enyedi's "Silent Friend" stars Tony Leung and follows three stories separated by time but united by a single gingko tree.]]></description>
		
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		<title>ArtsLink expands to include four more categories</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Grimes]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The second phase of a series of community resources goes live to now include auditions, classes, company profiles, and resources.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Shine on: ‘The Pavilion’ is a showcase for stellar performances</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/shine-on-the-pavilion-is-a-showcase-for-stellar-performances/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=shine-on-the-pavilion-is-a-showcase-for-stellar-performances</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Linda Ferguson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 00:11:23 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Theater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[100 Lives Repertory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alex Lathrop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Annie Kehoe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brooke Totman]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Portland theater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Pavilion]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Cosmic musings coexist with humor and romance in Craig Wright’s superbly acted play at 100 Lives Repertory.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Breath control: Aruna Quartet at Gordon House for ChatterPDX</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles Rose]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 19:38:20 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Schoen]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jose Guzman]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The sax ensemble performed Kenji Bunch's "Apocryphal Dances" alongside arrangements of music by Debussy, Glazunov, Puccini, and Rameau as part of ChatterPDX's latest series in Silverton's historic Frank Lloyd Wright house.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Grant County will form library tax district, Oregon Historical Society levy renewed</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/grant-county-will-form-library-tax-district-oregon-historical-society-levy-renewed/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=grant-county-will-form-library-tax-district-oregon-historical-society-levy-renewed</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amanda Waldroupe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 18:26:07 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Libraries]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Baker County Library levy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[May 2026 Oregon primary election]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[With one exception, voters in Tuesday’s primary election approved library and culture-related ballot measures by huge margins.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Stage &#038; Studio: Brian Lindstrom, in his own words</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dmae Lo Roberts]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 15:21:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mt. Hood Community College]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[In memoriam: The brilliant Portland filmmaker, who died May 15, talks in a 2013 podcast with Dmae Lo Roberts about his life and work.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Freud on cocaine? Psychoanalyze that!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Darleen Ortega]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 14:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ajai Triapthi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cocaine Papers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drucilla O'Brien]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freud on cocaine]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Michael Teufel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OUTwright Theatre Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paulina Jaeger-Rosete]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ruby Welch]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sara King]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[It's true – and Howard Skora's "Freud on Cocaine," the featured play in Fuse Theatre's OUTwright Theatre Festival, tells the tale with comic zest and a whiff of darkness.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Astoria Column celebrates its 100th birthday this summer with a one-of-a-kind party</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/astoria-column-celebrates-its-100th-birthday-this-summer-with-a-one-of-a-kind-party/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=astoria-column-celebrates-its-100th-birthday-this-summer-with-a-one-of-a-kind-party</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lori Tobias]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 23:40:03 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[America 250 Oregon]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The shindig isn’t until July 18, but a deadline is coming up May 31 for writing and poster contests heralding the landmark.]]></description>
		
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		<title>DramaWatch: A spectacular spectrum of shows</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Linda Ferguson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 23:07:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Broadway Rose's whimsical classic musical, Third Rail's sci-fi/horror, Center Stage explores food insecurity, UO Theatre explores our anti-immigrant crisis. Plus: More opening and continuing shows, Eastside Jewish Commons’ new reading series, more new season announcements.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Spring Reawakening: Portland State University’s return to large-scale musicals signals a resurgence in theatrical ambition</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/spring-reawakening-portland-state-universitys-return-to-large-scale-musicals-signals-a-resurgence-in-theatrical-ambition/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=spring-reawakening-portland-state-universitys-return-to-large-scale-musicals-signals-a-resurgence-in-theatrical-ambition</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brett Campbell]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 15:41:10 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts Education]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[as you like it]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Improvisation Initiative Symposium]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[PSU's spring productions, led by a stylish, successful "Spring Awakening," highlighted expanded theater programming.]]></description>
		
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		<title>In memoriam: Filmmaker Brian Lindstrom</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Libby]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 22:56:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Remembering the artistry and humanity of Oregon documentary filmmaker Brian Lindstrom, who died May 15 at age 65.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Only in song and laughter: Darius Wallace and Jasnam Daya Singh&#8217;s settings of Langston Hughes for Siletz Bay Music Festival</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Angela Allen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 18:31:11 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Black Music Matters]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Darius Wallace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hold Fast to Dreams: The Poetry of Langston Hughes]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The orator and composer reunite to present their "Hold Fast to Dreams: The Poetry of Langston Hughes" in late May as a springtime prelude to the August festival.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Arts supporters push to stabilize, increase Oregon and Portland support</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Redden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[cultural advocacy coalition of oregon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cultural resource economic fund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oregon arts and music education]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[As the city and state wrestle with tough budget issues and business interests push back on some arts funding proposals, arts and cultural interests seek government aid to keep and boost their own slim funding.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Rick Atkinson on the causes and effects of the American Revolutionary War</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/rick-atkinson-on-the-causes-and-effects-of-the-american-revolutionary-war/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=rick-atkinson-on-the-causes-and-effects-of-the-american-revolutionary-war</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William C. Stack]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 13:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adam Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Revolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[benjamin franklin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[British National Archives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Washington]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[King George III]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark O. Hatfield Lecture Series]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nathaniel Green]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Native Americans and the Revolutionary War]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oregon historical society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rick atkinson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Fate of the Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women in the american revolution]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[No, King George III wasn't a fool. Yes, he made mistakes, as did the colonists. In his talk in the Oregon Historical Society's Hatfield Lecture Series, the three-time Pulitzer-winning historian recounts "The Fate of the Day."]]></description>
		
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		<title>From Ukraine to Ashland, pianist Iryna Kudielina builds a new life through music</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/from-ukraine-to-ashland-pianist-iryna-kudielina-builds-a-new-life-through-music/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=from-ukraine-to-ashland-pianist-iryna-kudielina-builds-a-new-life-through-music</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Flint]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alexander Tutunov]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Concurso Internacional de Piano do Alto Minho]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Constantin Sandu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Erasmus+ Project Competition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iryna Kudielina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kotlyarevsky Kharkiv National University of Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[La Forza]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oregon pianists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Premio Elisa de Sousa Pedroso]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Southern Oregon University]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stakhanov]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teatro Nacional São João]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ukrainian refugees in Oregon]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The prize-winning musician, who completed grad studies in piano at Southern Oregon University, performs, teaches, and is now a mom, married to a fellow Ukrainian immigrant.]]></description>
		
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		<title>University of Oregon exhibit highlights Oregon voices in America’s 250-year story</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/university-of-oregon-exhibit-highlights-oregon-voices-in-americas-250-year-story/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=university-of-oregon-exhibit-highlights-oregon-voices-in-americas-250-year-story</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Williams]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[America 250 Oregon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[america 250]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA['America at 250 — Before, Between, Beyond' is being shown simultaneously with two state-centric exhibits.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Julian Saporiti finds music and stories in Oregon’s forests and natural history</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/julian-saporiti-finds-music-and-stories-in-oregons-forests-and-natural-history/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=julian-saporiti-finds-music-and-stories-in-oregons-forests-and-natural-history</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brett Campbell]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 12:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hoyt arboretum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julian Saporiti]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Oregon singer-songwriter’s Hoyt Arboretum residency inspires new music and personal transformation]]></description>
		
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		<title>At The Portland Ballet, a century-plus of dance history</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/at-the-portland-ballet-a-century-plus-of-dance-history/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=at-the-portland-ballet-a-century-plus-of-dance-history</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Martha Ullman West]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 23:27:20 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Dance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carol Shults]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Current/Classic 2026]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dennis Spaight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elizabeth Guerin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[For Those Who Wait]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gloria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lauren Lane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Max Richter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nancy Davis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Le-Jurica]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Petipa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sleeping Beauty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tchaikovsky]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Portland Ballet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vivaldi]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The company's May 16-17 "Current/Classic 2026" will range from excerpts of Petipa's late 19th-century "Sleeping Beauty" to Dennis Spaight's late 20th-century "Gloria" and a premiere by company graduate Nick Le-Jurica.]]></description>
		
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		<title>An expanded canvas: Talking with Elaina Stuppler</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/an-expanded-canvas-talking-with-elaina-stuppler/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=an-expanded-canvas-talking-with-elaina-stuppler</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[James Bash]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 19:14:55 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elaina stuppler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[portland youth philharmonic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PYP]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Oregon composer, graduating this month from Lakeridge High School and headed to Yale in the fall, was featured on a recent Portland Youth Philharmonic concert.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Urban strategist Matthew Claudel on how Portland adapts</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/urban-strategist-matthew-claudel-on-how-portland-adapts/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=urban-strategist-matthew-claudel-on-how-portland-adapts</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian Libby]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Architecture & Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carlo Ratti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[city of possibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Design Portland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Field Discovery Substack]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Field States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gilligan's Island]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[made in old town]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matthew Claudel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[No Vacancy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OMSI District]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Open Source Architecture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Perpetual Purpose Trust]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Portland architecture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Portland urban design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Production Potential]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The City of Tomorrow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Venice Biennale]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[As the city and its downtown core seek to move out of the Covid-fed doldrums, it's not so much what we build as how we adapt (plus a little lesson from "Gilligan's Island").]]></description>
		
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		<title>Satpreet Kahlon&#8217;s quasi-moon of styrofoam</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/satpreet-kahlons-quasi-moon-of-styrofoam/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=satpreet-kahlons-quasi-moon-of-styrofoam</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hannah Krafcik]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 21:53:35 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pica]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Satpreet Kahlon]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[In "an imagined place (here and now)," Kahlon transforms PICA's warehouse space into a scaled representation of a celestial body, complete with a backstory of imagined longing.]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Thompson Elk is back. What about Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Roosevelt?</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/the-thompson-elk-is-back-what-about-washington-jefferson-lincoln-and-roosevelt/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-thompson-elk-is-back-what-about-washington-jefferson-lincoln-and-roosevelt</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Redden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Erika Bolstad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Floyd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harvey Scott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Henry Waldo Coe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[portland abraham lincoln statue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Portland George Washington statue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Portland Monuments Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Portland statues taken down in protests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Portland theodore roosevelt statue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Portland Thomas Jefferson statue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Promised Land statue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thompson Elk]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.orartswatch.org/?p=252861</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[The statues, damaged by protesters in the wake of the 2020 slaying of George Floyd, still await reinstallation – and Portlanders remain split on whether they should be.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Blending resonances: ChatterPDX&#8217;s new LATEworks series</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/blending-resonances-chatterpdxs-new-lateworks-series/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=blending-resonances-chatterpdxs-new-lateworks-series</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles Rose]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[andy akiho]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chatterpdx]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Whyte]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[daniel feldberg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hallowed halls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[james shields]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jon Greeney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kimberly Osberg.monica ohuchi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lateworks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maria Garcia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Roberts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ryan francis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sergio Carreno]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Kehner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Will Pyle]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The latest from the weekly-plus chamber music collective presented music by Ryan Francis, Steve Reich, Andy Akiho, Kaija Saariaho, John Luther Adams, ChatterPDX artistic co-director James Shields, and Chatter composer-in-residence Kimberly Osberg.]]></description>
		
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		<title>In &#8216;A Modest Trumpet Fanfare,&#8217; novelist Molly Best Tinsley looks at family life inside the fortress</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/in-a-modest-trumpet-fanfare-novelist-molly-best-tinsley-looks-at-family-life-inside-the-fortress/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=in-a-modest-trumpet-fanfare-novelist-molly-best-tinsley-looks-at-family-life-inside-the-fortress</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Flint]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A Modest Trumpet Fanfare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ashland library]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[author appearances]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[author events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barnes & Noble Medford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bloomsbury Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[books about military families]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[military families]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Molly Best Tinsley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sibylline Press]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA["Wars have never been over," says Tinsley, an Air Force brat who taught at the U.S. Naval Academy. "Their chaos just comes home.”]]></description>
		
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		<title>Not just for classical music lovers, but for everyone: A conversation with Britt Fest Orchestra&#8217;s new Music Director Norman Huynh</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/not-just-for-classical-music-lovers-but-for-everyone-a-conversation-with-britt-fest-orchestras-new-music-director-norman-huynh/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=not-just-for-classical-music-lovers-but-for-everyone-a-conversation-with-britt-fest-orchestras-new-music-director-norman-huynh</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew Neil Andrews]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 20:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Britt Fest Orchestra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Norman Huynh]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The former Oregon Symphony Associate Conductor discusses the beauty of Southern Oregon, the joys and perils of outdoor orchestra concerts, and why conducting the BFO is like driving a Lamborghini.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Speaking up: ‘Brown Face’ gives voice to today’s young Latinos</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/speaking-up-brown-face-gives-voice-to-todays-young-latinos/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=speaking-up-brown-face-gives-voice-to-todays-young-latinos</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Linda Ferguson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 20:13:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Set in the call-and-response culture of slam poetry, the show at Milagro Theatre boos Donald Trump’s racist rhetoric off the stage.]]></description>
		
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		<title>As America marks 250 years, rich Chinese history lives on at Portland Chinatown Museum, which plans major exhibit changes</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/as-america-marks-250-years-rich-chinese-history-lives-on-at-portland-chinatown-museum-which-which-plans-major-exhibit-changes/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=as-america-marks-250-years-rich-chinese-history-lives-on-at-portland-chinatown-museum-which-which-plans-major-exhibit-changes</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amy Wang]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 14:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A new book, "Portland's Chinatowns," will accompany planned exhibit update/redesign — funded by a gifts campaign — that will represent Chinese life through the 1980s.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Rescue party: Willy Vlautin on his new novel, &#8216;The Left and the Lucky’</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/rescue-party-willy-vlautin-on-his-new-novel-the-left-and-the-lucky/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=rescue-party-willy-vlautin-on-his-new-novel-the-left-and-the-lucky</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Valarie Smith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 22:03:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Although his characters face darkness and disappointment, they get by with a little help from their friends. Vlautin says, “I wrote this one for fun.”]]></description>
		
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		<title>119th Florence Rhododendron Festival celebrates iconic coastal shrub &#8212; and a new partnership</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/119th-florence-rhododendron-festival-celebrates-iconic-coastal-shrub-and-a-new-partnership/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=119th-florence-rhododendron-festival-celebrates-iconic-coastal-shrub-and-a-new-partnership</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lori Tobias]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Siuslaw Chapter of the American Rhododendron Society]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians provided the festival theme and logo and will serve as parade grand marshal.]]></description>
		
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		<title>25 years and counting: Ashland Independent Film Festival marks a milestone and a comeback</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/25-years-and-counting-ashland-independent-film-festival-marks-a-milestone-and-a-comeback/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=25-years-and-counting-ashland-independent-film-festival-marks-a-milestone-and-a-comeback</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marc Mohan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 21:22:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Adam's Apple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alex Cox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ashland Independent Film Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aura Johnson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blood and Guts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cheryl Dunye]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dennis Nyback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[First They Came for My School]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harrod Blank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jacy Mairs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Katerina Stoykova]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Les Blank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Our Mr. Matsura]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rick Prelinger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sam Green]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Southern Oregon indie festival celebrates a quarter-century of creative programming with a broadly diverse and high-quality array of filmmakers and films.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Western Flyer, made famous by John Steinbeck, sails into Newport for a week</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/western-flyer-made-famous-by-john-steinbeck-sails-into-newport-for-a-week/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=western-flyer-made-famous-by-john-steinbeck-sails-into-newport-for-a-week</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lincoln Chronicle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 02:20:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Steinbeck wrote about the boat, built in Tacoma in 1937, in "The Log From the Sea of Cortez." It will stop at several Oregon ports on its way to Port Townsend, Wash.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Native Performing Arts Network nurtures new plays by Native writers</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/native-performing-arts-network-nurtures-new-plays-by-native-writers/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=native-performing-arts-network-nurtures-new-plays-by-native-writers</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brett Campbell]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 20:09:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bag&Baggage Productions]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[NPAN’s reading of Cherokee playwright DeLanna Studi’s new ‘I is for Invisible’ highlighted national commemoration of missing and murdered Indigenous women.]]></description>
		
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		<title>One true inner voice: Jennifer Wright and Kathleen Supové&#8217;s &#8216;Female Gaze&#8217;</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/one-true-inner-voice-jennifer-wright-and-kathleen-supoves-female-gaze/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=one-true-inner-voice-jennifer-wright-and-kathleen-supoves-female-gaze</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles Rose]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amelia Lukas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bonnie miksch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diane Chaplin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jennifer wright]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lincoln Hall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Madeline Ross]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matias Brecher]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music fighting the patriarchy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the female gaze]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The pianist-composers teamed up with Diane Chaplin, Amelia Lukas, Bonnie Miksch, and Madeline Ross for a lively and theatrical evening of patriarchy-smashing.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Death is no laughing matter – or is it? Find out in Liz Scott’s ‘You’re Going to Die But Not Me!&#8217;</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/death-is-no-laughing-matter-or-is-it-find-out-in-liz-scotts-youre-going-to-die-but-not-me/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=death-is-no-laughing-matter-or-is-it-find-out-in-liz-scotts-youre-going-to-die-but-not-me</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fran Gardner]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 01:39:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Portland psychologist tackles everything from how to dispose of a body to the Tarot in an effort to come to terms with the inevitable.]]></description>
		
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		<title>FilmWatch Weekly: &#8216;The Sheep Detectives&#8217; delights, Charli XCX stars in &#8216;Erupcja,&#8217; and much more</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/filmwatch-weekly-the-sheep-detectives-delights-charli-xcx-stars-in-erupcja-and-much-more/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=filmwatch-weekly-the-sheep-detectives-delights-charli-xcx-stars-in-erupcja-and-much-more</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marc Mohan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 20:23:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ben McKenzie]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Charli XCX]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Also: the autobiographical "Blue Heron," plus "Everyone Is Lying to You for Money," a documentary investigating the cryptocurrency industry.]]></description>
		
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		<title>2026 Biennial: Framing 250 years of history</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/2026-biennial-framing-250-years-of-history/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=2026-biennial-framing-250-years-of-history</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hannah Krafcik]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 18:38:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ash Stone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DeepTime Collective]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[demian dineyazhi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Demian DinéYazhi´]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Enos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oregon Contemporary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sahar al-Sawaf]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taishona Carpenter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teressa Raiford]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Curated by TK Smith, the '2026 Oregon Contemporary Artists' Biennial: The Price of the Ticket' tackles the thorny layers of American history and identity on the occasion of the semiquincentennial.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Portland musician Lizzy Ellison, Camas High choir students join forces for unique music experience, featuring Brazilian beats and personal lyrics</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/portland-musician-lizzy-ellison-camas-high-choir-students-join-forces-for-unique-music-experience-featuring-brazilian-beats-and-personal-lyrics/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=portland-musician-lizzy-ellison-camas-high-choir-students-join-forces-for-unique-music-experience-featuring-brazilian-beats-and-personal-lyrics</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Vondersmith]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Camas High School]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[choir]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[E. Ellison Trio]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[E. Ellison Trio and 170 singers take the stage May 9 at Revolution Hall, as part of industry mentorship program established by music teacher Ethan Chessin.]]></description>
		
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		<title>A spring storm and a rainbow: A busy time for Oregon choirs</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daryl Browne]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 22:23:49 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Choral]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[2026 Dale Warland Singers Commission grant]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Annissa Boulder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beth B. Martin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Braeden Ayres]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[caroline shaw]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ezra weiss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Preservation Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Snow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[greg steinke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I’lana Cotton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jimmie herrod]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ken Devaney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latinx Choral Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laura Zaerr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lullaby project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marianna thielen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Jacobs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Path Home]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Reece Marshburn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[resonance ensemble]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tim Karplus]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vanessa Nowitsky]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[From Resonance Ensemble and Caroline Shaw's Dale Warland Singers Commission grant to the 50th anniversary of Portland State University's choral microverse.]]></description>
		
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		<title>VizArts Monthly: Vibrancy and versatility</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/vizarts-monthly-vibrancy-and-versatility/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=vizarts-monthly-vibrancy-and-versatility</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Raylee Heiden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 20:05:27 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VizArts Monthly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[david eckard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Donald Dahlke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gallery 114]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hilary Pfeifer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jenene Nagy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kimber Shiroma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kimberly Gronquist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lillian Pitt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maude kerns art center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nancy Helmsworth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pacific northwest college of art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paragon Art Gallery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PDX Contemporary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Portland Community College]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SE Cooper Contemporary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Museum at Warm Springs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Forestry Center]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Exhibitions around the state in May offer a wealth of perspectives and options. Raylee Heiden points out some promising highlights.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Jesse Applegate: Politician, pioneer, chronicler of the Oregon Trail</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/jesse-applegate-politician-pioneer-chronicler-of-the-oregon-trail/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=jesse-applegate-politician-pioneer-chronicler-of-the-oregon-trail</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard W. Etulain]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[America 250 Oregon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A Day With The Cow Column in 1843]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[books of the west]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jesse applegate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oregon Trail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oregon's literary history]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Applegate’s short story “A Day With the Cow Column in 1843” is considered among the best descriptions of life on the overland journey.]]></description>
		
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		<title>&#8216;The Spongebob Musical&#8217;: Not just for kids</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/the-spongebob-musical-not-just-for-kids/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-spongebob-musical-not-just-for-kids</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Darleen Ortega]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Theater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bikini Bottom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brian weaver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[portland playhouse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Portland theater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sponebob Squarepants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spongebob musical]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Think you're too old for all the playful silliness in this cartoon musical comedy at Portland Playhouse? So why that big goofy grin on your face, oh-so-mature person?]]></description>
		
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		<title>DramaWatch: A season of festivals in May</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Linda Ferguson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 22:04:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Theater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["Into the Woods"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[100 Lives Rep]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alameda fire survivors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[an heir to his throne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ashland fringe festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[black cat lost]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brown fae]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[camp granada!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Campfire Tales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[close in far out festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corey Brunish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DeLanna Studi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Experience Theatre Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forest grove high school thespian toupe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freud on cocaine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fuse Theatre Ensemble]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I is for Invisible]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[institute for contemporary performanceashland fringe festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julian Saporiti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lucy darling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mad hatter's tea party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Milagro Theatre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[native performing arts network]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Northwest Children's Theatre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oregon Children's Theatre]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[OUTwright Theatre Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PassinArt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Phantom of the Opera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Portland theater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Readers Theatre Rep]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shaking the Tree]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shoshana bean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stelo Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stumptown Stages]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tennessee shorts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the pavillion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Awards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vanport Mosaic]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Fuse Ensemble, PETE, Ashland Fringe and Vanport Mosaic are all featuring festivals this month. Plus: Opening and continuing shows and more new season announcements.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Newport watercolorist Joyce Gaffin remembered as world traveler, intellectual, maker of perfect martinis</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/newport-watercolorist-joyce-gaffin-remembered-as-world-traveler-intellectual-maker-of-perfect-martinis/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=newport-watercolorist-joyce-gaffin-remembered-as-world-traveler-intellectual-maker-of-perfect-martinis</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lori Tobias]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 16:52:14 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Memorials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ben gaffin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[industrial art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[joyce gaffin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[joyce gaffin obituary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maritime art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pacific Maritime Heritage Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[watercolorist joyce gaffin]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[A celebration of life will be held Saturday at the Pacific Maritime Heritage Museum for the well-known artist.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Jim Lommasson and art of the streets, immigrant tales, arts grants and more</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/jim-lommasson-and-art-of-the-streets-immigrant-tales-arts-grants-and-more/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=jim-lommasson-and-art-of-the-streets-immigrant-tales-arts-grants-and-more</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bob Hicks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brad Perry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dumpsta D]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Froelick Gallery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[High Desert Museum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I Am an American Live]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Lommasson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jordan Schnitzer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Kadar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oregon Community Foundation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patricis Reser Center for the Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Portland Arts Collective]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Schnitzer Prize of the West]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[School in the Sky]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sreet Roots]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Talilo Marfil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the reser]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Prochaska]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[News &#038; 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.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Psst: The NEA says art is good for you</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/psst-the-nea-says-art-is-good-for-you/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=psst-the-nea-says-art-is-good-for-you</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Redden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 20:07:28 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arts and cultural health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national endowment for the arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NEA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trump defunding of arts]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The National Endowment for the Arts, which is on President Trump's chopping block, declares that participating in the arts is good for the nation and helps create a better society.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Bonnie Ratner&#8217;s &#8216;Hobo Rules&#8217;: Solving a murder and riding the rails</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/bonnie-ratners-hobo-rules-solving-a-murder-and-riding-the-rails/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=bonnie-ratners-hobo-rules-solving-a-murder-and-riding-the-rails</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bobby Bermea]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 21:26:35 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bonnie Ratner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hobo Code of Ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hobo Rules]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hobo Signs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Workers of the World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oregon novelists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Utah Phillips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wobblies]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Portland writer's new mystery novel delves into the lives and loyalties of transient workers, the legacy of the Wobblies, and the realities of race, class, and the war on women.]]></description>
		
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		<title>&#8216;Fat Ham&#8217;: a little murder, a little comedy, a little wedding, a little backyard barbecue</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/fat-ham-a-little-murder-a-little-comedy-a-little-wedding-a-little-backyard-barbecue/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=fat-ham-a-little-murder-a-little-comedy-a-little-wedding-a-little-backyard-barbecue</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Darleen Ortega]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 13:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Theater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fat Ham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hamlet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hamlet comedy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Ijames]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[portland center stage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[portland playhouse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Portland theater]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Portland Playhouse and Portland Center Stage combine on a lively production of Jame Ijames' updated version of "Hamlet," set amid a North Carolina barbecue bash.]]></description>
		
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		<title>America 250 spotlight: In Jacksonville, the Southern Oregon town is the museum — and its historical story keeps expanding</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/america-250-spotlight-in-jacksonville-the-southern-oregon-town-is-the-museum-and-its-historical-story-keeps-expanding/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=america-250-spotlight-in-jacksonville-the-southern-oregon-town-is-the-museum-and-its-historical-story-keeps-expanding</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Flint]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[America 250 Oregon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1881 Old City Hall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[america 250]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jacksonville Oregon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Museum Without Walls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Southern Oregon]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The ‘Museum without Walls’ will soon have a front door — the Jacksonville History Center, housed in the 1881 Old City Hall.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Eugene Symphony&#8217;s &#8220;Four Extractions of Water Musick&#8221;</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/eugene-symphonys-four-extractions-of-water-musick/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=eugene-symphonys-four-extractions-of-water-musick</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[James Bash]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alex prior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bryce Schmidt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eugene Symphony Orchestra]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The orchestra delivered new Music Director Alex Prior's lively reimagining of Handel’s Water Music with élan.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Artists in Action: Supporting Salem-area artists for a quarter-century</title>
		<link>https://www.orartswatch.org/artists-in-action-supporting-salem-area-artists-for-a-quarter-century/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=artists-in-action-supporting-salem-area-artists-for-a-quarter-century</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dee Moore]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 00:29:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The public is invited to join an anniversary celebration Sunday afternoon at Elsinore Framing &#038; Fine Art Gallery.]]></description>
		
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		<title>DanceWatch: The merry, merry month of May</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 20:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[From a Song of India to a Taste of Ireland to aerial dance, butoh, White Bird's new season and much more, the new month is bursting with all sorts of lively dance.]]></description>
		
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