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“Oppenheimer” poised for a big night at the Oscars
Need a final boost for your Oscar pool this year? My predictions might be just the ticket — or they could lead you completely astray.
Director Headrick returns to the scene of an outrage in “Eclipsed”
Charlotte Headrick first directed “Eclipsed,” a play about the notorious Magdalene laundries, in 1999. She’s directing the play again for a production at Albany Civic Theater, and she says the play still packs a punch.
For today’s “special day:” Five great EW&F tracks
Just in time for Earth, Wind & Fire Day: Five favorite EW&F tracks. And here’s a shocker: “September” doesn’t make the list.
Merely Players embraces the silliness of “Love’s Labour’s Lost”
Merely Players, a new actors’ cooperative theater company in Corvallis, is taking its first show, “Love’s Labour’s Lost,” on the road to Lumos Wine Co., the Albany Masonic Lodge and the Majestic.
It’s ‘Much Ado,’ in a new location, for OSU’s Bard in the Quad
“Much Ado About Nothing,” the 18th “Bard in the Quad” production, opens Thursday, Aug. 3 for an eight-show run at Oregon State University. But this year’s show is in a slightly different location.
Theater veterans tackle “Educating Rita,” a love letter to education
Three mid-valley theater veterans reunite for a readers’ theater production of “Educating Rita,” Willy Russell’s love letter to the power of education. Friday’s show at Tyee is sold out, but tickets remain for Sunday.
Chintimini 2023: Recovery, resilience and remembrance
The 2023 Chintimini Chamber Music Festival is all about recovery, resilience – and remembrance. The festival begins Friday night in Corvallis.
Future sounds — and old-timey ones, too — at OSU’s ‘Soundbox’
OSU’s “Soundbox 6” festival offers a close-up look at how musicians are carving out new artistic territory — even if it requires going back to a 1916 silent movie. The festival starts Monday at OSU.