After 10 years, Enlightened Theatrics is closing its doors and transferring its Salem-based theater education programs and performances to the Bridgetown Conservatory of Musical Theatre.
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ART: Artist exhibitions in Salem for June
This month, galleries in Salem are sharing a wide range of perspectives in various mediums. June’s gallery roundup includes work from Indigenous artists, career-spanning collections and large sculptures of metal and wood.
Pentacle’s “An Inspector Calls” puts wealth inequality under a spotlight
The play, an engaging mystery for fans of “Knives Out,” runs at Salem’s Pentacle Theatre through Feb. 4.
He failed high school, but Salem artist went on to acclaim as an artist and a gallery now provides a fresh look
Roger Hull, a Willamette University professor emeritus, curated a new exhibition at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art featuring the work of the late Clifford Gleason, an artist who had a “very difficult life.” (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) The historically significant artist Clifford Gleason, whose story and career aren’t well known,[Read More…]
Now, Willamette musicians head to the studio to record a song born of collaboration
The musical piece “Birds in this Woman” involved (from left) singer Laura Aguero, poet Elizabeth Woody, composer Robert Nelson and Hector Aguero, a Willamette University associate professor. (Photo courtesy Hector Aguero) A music conductor and a singer from Salem, a poet from Warm Springs and a composer from Texas combined[Read More…]
Uncategorized Salem Art Association’s “highlight of the year” student exhibit opens March 6
Art covers the walls as the Salem Art Association prepares for the opening of its annual Young Artists Showcase on March 6, 2020 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) For the next month, Salem Art Association’s upstairs gallery will be covered floor to ceiling with hundreds of paintings, drawings, sculptures and more. It’s[Read More…]
Uncategorized Local museums, theaters and festivals will get a boost with Oregon Arts Commission grants
Nupurum Folk Dance showcased dances from the different states of India in brightly colored saris during the World Beat Festival in June. (Saphara Harrell/ Salem Reporter) Salem art organizations will have more money in their pockets after the Oregon Arts Commission recently announced its largest grant award of the year.[Read More…]
Uncategorized Young Latino artists highlight school-to-prison pipeline in graffiti exhibition
Tony Villaneda touches up a painting in a graffiti art exhibit about the school-to-prison pipeline in the Bush Barn Annex on Nov. 7, 2019. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter) The smell of spray paint hung thick in the air of the Bush Barn Annex Thursday evening as a half dozen teen artists[Read More…]
“Music for people who are into music”: 105.5 The Moon brings quirky sound to Salem airwaves
Owner Sean Mulrooney poses in The Moon’s downtown broadcasting location. (Kaitlyn Wimmer/Chemeketa Courier) “We’re not a political station, we’re not a talk station, but we could do a lot with music, and that’s what we’ve chosen to do,” said Sean Mulrooney, owner of Salem’s homegrown radio station 105.5 The Moon. For[Read More…]
