Art “The Lay of the Land,” work from the museum’s permanent collection, Portland Museum of Art, $4-$10. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today through Thursday; 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Through May 8. “European Drawings,” portraits and figure studies to landscapes and architectural studies by various artists, Portland […]

MINNEAPOLIS — With all the cosmic imagery on his recent albums, Conor Oberst could not have asked for a better setting than the riverfront park where his band Bright Eyes played two weeks ago in Austin, Texas, during the South by Southwest Music Conference. Those deep-in-the-heart Texas stars served as a backdrop, along with a […]

The 40th time you hear the f-bomb in a medieval setting isn’t nearly as funny as the fourth or fifth. That’s the shortcoming of the central conceit of “Your Highness,” a raunchy stoner comedy in tights from Team “Pineapple Express.” A Danny McBride vehicle directed and photographed by his pals from film school (University of […]

The Portland Museum of Art awarded five prizes to artists in its 2011 Biennial at Wednesday’s opening. The Purchase Prizes were awarded to four artists: Philip Brou for “Black Box,” James Groleau for “Arbil Rubia Riyadh” and “Sinjar Karbala Basra,” Siri Sahaj Kaur for “Kristie,” and Don Voisine for “High Time.” The prizes are chosen […]

There is a kind of collaborative art show that is born of great ideas and good intentions and bred by creative energy and innovative processes. Everything is terrific except, unfortunately, the art. Maybe it’s because more time was spent talking or scheming than on the art itself. Sometimes, the exciting ideas reach beyond the technical […]

This week • He has been called the most famous organist in the world today, and such hyperbole is probably not too far off the mark. Cameron Carpenter returns to Portland to work his magic on the Kotzschmar Organ at Merrill Auditorium. Cameron performs at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in a concert presented by the Friends […]

If you must see “Arthur,” choose a theater that serves alcohol. You’ll be needing it. Like a 3-D adventure, this fiasco is best viewed through beer goggles. A team of moviemakers takes millions of dollars, a classic comedy and a sheet of tracing paper, and produces a travesty. They had the blueprint for a great […]

Thursday’s glam Glitterati ball raises money for Portland’s nonprofit Telling Room.