Photo: Textile artist Bonnie Meltzer The Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education’s exhibition “Mending the Social Fabric” by textile artist Bonnie Meltzer has at its core a parachute with a 314-foot circumference that is encircled by 75 handkerchiefs embroidered with text that amplifies the embedded themes. Mounted behind the parachute are textiles…
Photo: The Tinker Hatfield X SEE SEE custom electric motorcycle. On October 21, Bonhams will be selling a custom electric SR/F Zero motorcycle designed by Nike creative director and design innovator Tinker Hatfield, whose timeless designs such as the Air Max and Air Jordan are known across the globe, in collaboration with See See…
The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, along with partners PJ Library, announced a collaboration with Broadway star Tovah Feldshuh to commemorate Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s upcoming Yahrzeit. Feldshuh, who originated the role of Ginsburg on stage in the play Sisters-in-Law, will bring her talent to the smallest screen in an all-ages read-along of Debbie Levy’s I Dissent:…
Metro and Portland’5 Centers for the Arts announced on Aug. 19 plans to require audiences show proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test within 48 hours of shows and performances. Metro and Portland’5 Centers for the Arts are committed to the health and safety of the community as theatres reopen and provide spaces…
With forecasts calling for another hot week ahead, hundreds of the Oregon Zoo’s tiniest residents are heading for the coast. Over the warmest days of summer, zoo butterfly specialists and their conservation partners have been releasing Oregon silverspots at select sites in the coastal mountain range in an effort to save this beautiful Northwest…
Photo: MacKenzie Scott, the former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) Artists and arts organizations in Oregon received much-needed funding thanks to a $4 million gift from Pacific Northwest philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. The gift to the Oregon Community Foundation’s…
Set against a majestic Tel Aviv sunset, Israeli soul singer Bat Ella presents a special tribute concert honoring the late Jewish-American singer-songwriter Debbie Friedman (1951-2011), who was among the most prolific and influential spiritual leaders in the world of Jewish music. The concert will premiere on Jewish Life Television/JLTV, the largest Jewish-themed television network…
By Lauren Isaacs The new Netflix series, “My Unorthodox Life,” is a reality show about a former religious Jewish woman and her family, and the current secular lives that they live. The show’s main character describes her harrowing journey from religious Jew in a somewhat closed community to entrepreneur, model agent aficionado, and all-around…
Photo courtesy Oregon Homeworks with MODaby Design The end of the coronavirus pandemic is in sight for Americans, and people are venturing outside and gathering once again with close friends and loved ones… but, we are still not quite ready for large-scale gatherings in small spaces like private homes. For lovers of architecture and…
Photo: “Goddess of the Moon” by artist Maya Milton. Maya’s work will be on display at the The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at Washington State University Nov. 16, 2021 through Feb. 13, 2022. In the wake of the social unrest and national reflection that followed the death of George Floyd in 2020, Portland…
