arts

In the mid-1960s, Portland experienced a revo¬lution in public space with plazas designed by Lawrence Halprin and Associates. On September 12, Charles Birnbaum of the The Cultural Land¬scape Foundation will put the plazas into the larger context of the Modern landscape movement in America as part of City Dance—a week-long series of events celebrating Halprin’s work—and will offer strategies for future stewardship.

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Portland’s ascendance as a creative center has won worldwide attention. Continuing this development in a time of shrinking resources and expanding public needs will require leveraging some of Portland’s creative capital — creatively.

From its inaugural concert at the Marquam Grand Theater in Portland on October 20,1896, the Oregon Symphony has grown to become one of the largest orchestras in the nation and one of the largest arts organizations in the Northwest. Still, despite its successes, the Oregon Symphony faces considerable financial challenges and is struggling to attract a new generation of supporters in a state with little classical music education.

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