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Guest opinion: Double your contribution for free

This is a letter to the editor submitted by Mark Buser of Johnstone Financial Advisers in Lake Oswego. It was recently published in the Lake Oswego Review. I…

Liberty Theater restoration transforms Astoria

Liberty Theater restoration transforms Astoria

The Liberty Theater is the spark that ignited Astoria’s remarkable renaissance. For years, the once-elegant theater, home to silent movies and vaudeville performers, leaked, rotted and tilted with…

It’s match time for cultural giving!

It’s match time for cultural giving!

The Willamette Week Give!Guide is now live and plans are heating up for OregoniansGive, a statewide celebration of #GivingTuesday on Dec. 1. Welcome to the giving season! This…

2015 Days of Culture to celebrate how Oregonians experience culture

Salem, Ore. – “Active is an understatement. Oregonians are erupting with imagination…” So starts the new brand anthem for the Oregon Cultural Trust and it’s true. Oregonians constantly…

‘Days of Culture’ Photo Contest: Show Us Your Oregon Culture!

‘Days of Culture’ Photo Contest: Show Us Your Oregon Culture!

Winning photo(s) to be Featured in the Trust’s New Ad Campaign Have you noticed? The Trust has a new look and feel these days. We’re here for Oregonians,…

New Cultural Trust brand celebrates statewide creativity, expression and exchange

Salem, OR – A record year of fundraising and grant-making has culminated in a fresh brand for the Oregon Cultural Trust – a brand that is energetic, empowering…

New Cultural Trust brand celebrates statewide creativity, expression and exchange

Salem, OR – A record year of fundraising and grant-making has culminated in a fresh brand for the Oregon Cultural Trust – a brand that is energetic, empowering…

Introducing the Cultural Trust’s new brand!

Introducing the Cultural Trust’s new brand!

Dear Cultural Trust Friend, We are very proud to share with you the Oregon Cultural Trust’s new brand! It is the result of an intensive and inclusive rebranding…

Oregon Symphony Waterfront Concert to be bigger than ever

Oregon Symphony Waterfront Concert to be bigger than ever

On Sept. 3, the skies above Tom McCall Waterfront Park will once againlight up following Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture, complete with military cannons fromthe Oregon Army National Guard 218th…

Trust grants record $2.6 million to partners, coalitions and organizations

Salem, Ore. – Statewide cultural organizations will receive a record $2.6 million in grants from the OregonCultural Trust in fiscal year 2015-16, up a full 30 percent over…

Portland Opera to close 50th anniversary season with Aug. 1 Street Fair

Portland Opera to close 50th anniversary season with Aug. 1 Street Fair

Portland Opera’s 50th anniversary season concludes with a community-wide celebration featuring a Street Fair and free simulcast on Aug. 1, 2015. To coincide with its last performance of…

Light keeper’s garden restored at Yaquina Head Lighthouse

Light keeper’s garden restored at Yaquina Head Lighthouse

Restoring the historic light keeper’s garden at the Yaquina Head Lighthouse has long been a dream for the Bureau of Land Management’s Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area and…

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