Arts & Leisure
‘Sure, it’s a nice piece, but how much is it?’
published: 9/7/2010 2:01:13 PM
A thing of beauty is a joy forever ... but paying for that special painting or sculpture may not be. What should it cost and how does one know if one is getting a good deal? For those who make a living as artists, the question is a vital one.
9-16 Arts & Leisure Briefs
published: 9/14/2010 2:24:47 PM
Gypsy jazz concert announced The Gonzalo Bergara Quartet will perform in concert at 5 p.m. Sunday at Fusion Art Glass Studio, 15500 N.E. Kincaid Road.
GFU stages art exhibit
published: 9/14/2010 2:25:36 PM
George Fox University will host a pair of local artists, Paula Portinga Booth and Corrine Loomis Dietz, in an exhibit entitled “Tales From the Back Porch,” opening Thursday in the Minthorne Gallery.
Reading for All set for Sept. 25
published: 9/14/2010 2:26:41 PM
The Reading For All Literacy Initiative started in September 2009 via a $1 million grant from the Oregon Community Foundation in Yamhill, Marion and Polk counties.
Art Harvest season is approaching
published: 9/14/2010 2:29:55 PM
Summer seemed a painfully brief interlude in the middle of the rainy season this year, but with fall’s advent comes not only more rain but the 18th annual Art Harvest Studio Tour of Yamhill County, which begins Oct.
Symphony has new conductor, big ambitions
published: 9/14/2010 2:33:02 PM
Dennis Hagen, a former George Fox University music professor, started the Chehalem Symphony 43 years ago. The group provides an opportunity for the university and community at large to play in a high-quality symphonic orchestra sampling all the famous classical composers.
9-22 Arts & Leisure Briefs
published: 9/22/2010 11:02:57 AM
American Legion holds golf tourney McMINNVILLE — American Legion Post #21 will hold a best ball golf tournament Sept. 26 at the Bayou Golf Course.
GFU seniors now have studio space in downtown
published: 9/22/2010 11:04:15 AM
Visitors to Newberg’s First Friday art shows will soon have another destination to add to their downtown tour. George Fox University is opening studios for hand-selected seniors on East First Street.
County joins ‘Days of Culture’
published: 9/22/2010 11:05:38 AM
The Chehalem Cultural Center will host free events and performances Oct. 1 as part of the “Days of Culture,” a statewide celebration organized by the Oregon Cultural Trust The center will host performances by YEA! People’s Choir, a project of Chehalem Youth and Family Services, at 6 p.
Food for Thought: Nothing says fall like zucchini dishes
published: 9/22/2010 11:08:19 AM
The much-maligned summer squash that is the zucchini is persona grata in my house, as it is one of my favorite vegetables. Botanically speaking it’s an immature fruit, the swollen ovaries of the zucchini flower.
Ukrainian pianist returns in GFU concert series
published: 9/22/2010 11:15:09 AM
Pianist Valentina Lisitsa will perform at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 30 in Bauman Auditorium as the headliner for the fifth annual Bösendorfer Artist Concert Series.
9-29 Arts & Leisure Briefs
published: 9/28/2010 1:46:41 PM
GFU will host author Shauna Niequist Inspirational author Shauna Niequist, whose works include “Bittersweet” and “Cold Tangerines,” will appear at George Fox University today (Wednesday).
Cultural center will soon begin hosting folk jam sessions
published: 9/28/2010 1:48:26 PM
Call it folk, bluegrass, Appalachian or just plain “old-time,” it’s the music that Adam Andres loves and wants to share. Andres, who plays guitar and banjo, is seeking fellow enthusiasts of Americana to join him and fiddle player Billy Williams to teach, study and jam in a weekly session at the Chehalem Cultural Center.
A forest grows in an NHS hallway
published: 9/28/2010 1:51:57 PM
Freshmen students at Green School in Newberg High School built a tree grove in their gallery space as part of their freshmen humanities classes.
