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The restoration of Claude Monet’s Waterlilies wasn’t met with hushed reverence, but with an audible thrill. The Portland Art ...

The disorientation of assimilation was Lê’s subject, the complicated experience of giving up something you knew, something ...

In this month’s edition of Today’s Collectibles, our readers shared a historically important original “Kodak” camera and a ...

In Business of Home’s series Shop Talk, we chat with owners of home furnishings stores across the country to hear about their ...

In 1975 a group of citizens gathered at Mollie A. Fearing’s house and started a nonprofit, originally called the Sea and ...

From a canal boat in London to an architectural masterpiece in Helsinki, these are the world's most brilliant bookstores ...

Concertgoers walking the red carpet into downtown Medford’s Holly Theatre Thursday will not feel as if they’re entering the ...

Portland Opera’s production stays true to the author’s original story, unlike the 1980 film adaptation, which took liberties with the plot.

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

Despite an alarming top-down national trend to the contrary, inclusion is a good thing. An inclusive mindset — where all ...

From Solvang to Seattle, here’s where to find giant troll sculptures by Danish artist Thomas Dambo in a park near you.