#local-arts

#local-arts

The Second Friday Artwalk is a ad-hoc group of galleries and businesses in the Alameda/Jingletown arts districts to promote art and culture in the community. Select studios, galleries and businesses open their doors to support the local arts from 6-9 PM. Exact locations change month to month, to keep up with who is open on 2nd Friday visit their website.

Celebrating old and new works, two more companies open their seasons this month. In celebration of its 20th anniversary, Third Rail Reportory is revisiting the first show it produced, in 2005, Craig Wright's Recent Tragic Events, while Corrib Theatre has commissioned a work, Stilt, by award-winning playwright Joy Nesbitt. Meanwhile, former Fertile Ground producers continue to flourish this fall. Jed Sutton (What the Fox?, 2025) and Ariel Bittner (Mountain Woman, 2025) are joining forces with Maddy Schultz this month to present, three short plays onstage at Ethos Music Center.

IN LOCAL NEWS: In 2002, when the city of Portland initially granted Zenith Energy permission to continue operating its fuel transport and storage facility in Northwest Portland, it did so with a number of conditions-in an attempt to limit further potential for local pollution. Environmental advocates who disagreed with the permit subsequently sued, and now a city attorney has admitted that the city does not believe it can enforce those compromise conditions at all. For the Mercury, Abe Asher has more.

The majority of Bay Area theatre critics embody the Anton Ego stereotype that does our profession no favors, demonstrating a disdain for the local theatre scene.

District Fringe aims to fill the old Capital Fringe's customary latter-three-weekends-in-July footprint, providing a platform for emerging and unconventional talent.

It's extremely frustrating. You've got a much-loved film festival which is very popular and a launchpad for young creatives into the industry. It's such a lovely thing to have in the local area.