Bob Hicks

Oregon Shakespeare Festival's "Much Ado" leads a bevy of Bards. Plus: Another side of Ashland, a quintet of musicals, Agatha Christie knocks'em dead, taking new shows for a spin.

Taft is pleased to have acted as legal counsel to Command Investigations, a portfolio company of private equity funds sponsored by Monument MicroCap Partners, in connection with its acquisition of Abacus Research.

The beloved Portland actor, known over his 40-plus year career for his distinctive voice and his devotion to family, friends, the stage, and radio theater, leaves a giant legacy.

Portland Center Stage's JAW festival is off and running. Plus: "Reggie Hoops," the return of Eliza Doolittle, site-specific plays in a century-old country store, farewell to Sam Mowry.

Riswold, known for his groundbreaking work at the ad firm Weiden+Kennedy, also made his mark as a visual artist creating sharply pointed and often deeply comic satiric works deflating notorious autocratic strong men.

Cirque's "Kooza" settles under the Big Top for a lengthy run. A fireside chat with the author of the "Narnia" novels. And Larissa FastHorse gives a bold new twist to the musical "Peter Pan."

As the fall theater season rolls out and the big dogs get ready to bark, the revival of a century-old sci-fi play about humans and human-like robots imagines an unnerving new world.

A Labor Day weekend fixture in downtown Portland since 1997, the free festival offers booths for more than 100 artists, plus food, music, demonstrations, and hands-on activities.

As the labor movement faces new challenges, a look at art that reveals the highs and lows of work and its significance in life.

An adjacent restaurant fire Aug. 5 poured smoke and soot into the blue-chip gallery, coating everything. Now restorers are beginning to clean 1,500 artworks, and the gallery hopes to reopen in December or January.