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On Thursday, September 6, 2012, Phillip Houk, Mayor of the City of Pendleton, called upon residents of Pendleton and Umatilla County, to participate in Oregon culture, especially between…
In 2011 the City of Newberg proclaimed October 1-8 Oregon Days of Culture, in perpetuity, making it the first of the Oregon cities and counties to proclaim Oregon…
Mayor N. Dale Thompson, of the City of Condon, declared October 1-8 Oregon Days of Culture, on September 5, 2012.…
The City of Bandon met at 7:00pm on September 3 and proclaimed October 1-8 Oregon Days of Culture for 2012.…
When I lived in Moscow in the early 90s, it was a drab, gray city of concrete, dotted with the few churches that had survived Stalinism. The run…
On July 11, I had the pleasure of giving a short keynote at the Cultural Coalition of Washington County’s grant announcement gala. What a marvelous celebration! 23 cultural…
The Oregon Cultural Trust Board, at its quarterly meeting in The Dalles July 26, awarded $502,552 in competitive cultural development grants, along with $508,746 in cultural participation grants…
On July 20-22 The Oregon Cultural Trust had a booth at the Salem Art Fair. We put out a jar to take contact information, and we also put…
Wishing Happy Birthday to our Oregon Poet Laureate Paulann Petersen today. It is a milestone birthday for her (we won’t say which one, achem…) and with 16,000 travel…
Guest Blog By Deb Vaughn, Arts Education Coordinator, Oregon Arts Commission, Since I started my job 4 ½ years ago, I have been looking for a way to…
Last weekend I hosted a yard sale for a personal charity project, our last fundraising push of the season. After eight hours of fun but exhaustive haggling with…
The May 11 fire at Woodburn High School stunned the entire state. The subsequent arson charges against three minor students have polarized whole segments of the population. But…