Kickstart the week with three new songs hand-picked for your playlist.

Kickstart the week with three new songs hand-picked for your playlist.

It is with sadness but also a deep appreciation of their work that we remember artists who died in 2021. All of us on Oregon Art Beat are honored that these artists shared their stories with us. We celebrate their indelible contributions to the arts and culture landscape of Oregon.

Whether you love it, hate it, or something in-between—Christmas music is a genre you can’t escape during the holiday season. JT Griffith joins us to talk about what's new for 2021.

A wine bottle, a Chinook salmon, a comic book, the Siuslaw Bridge: At first glance, the 127 bright and colorful objects that make up one of the latest public artworks to debut at Portland International Airport could seem random. But take a step back, and the images and colors combine to tell a story about Oregon.

A Swedish video game conglomerate has entered an agreement to buy Oregon-based Dark Horse Comics.

An informal network of consumer activists, bereaved parents and green burial advocates are building websites to advise and empower families who may wish to handle funeral arrangements themselves. "Home funerals" are legal, yet just one of a widening set of options for how to lay a loved one to rest.

Kickstart the week with three new songs hand-picked for your playlist.

Nesmith rose to fame as one of the Pre-Fab Four — but he had a long and influential career after the Monkees. He helped invent the format that became MTV, and produced the cult film Repo Man.

The trailblazing publisher and musician shares a mix of songs by artists from around the world who blur the lines between the past, present, and future.