Hillsboro's Features
May 17, 2013
Families bond, explore at weekly art night
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- Walters center draws diverse, enthusiastic crowd The stuffed great horned owl was supposed to be the model for the young artists who gathered on a recent Thursday evening in Hillsboro. But…
May 17, 2013
Hiker offers traveling tales
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Deep in Oregon’s Coast Range, Portland-based writer Doug Lorain rounded a corner and saw something unusual. He knew the creature hadn’t seen him and, with the wind blowing straight at him,…
May 17, 2013
Call for submissions
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Writers in the Grove is seeking applicants for the annual Lend an Ear, Come and Hear on Saturday, July 13 at Plum Hill Winery in Gaston, from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Authors will read an original story,…
May 10, 2013
Path to perfect fit filled with fun
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Cinderella version brings song, dance and humor to Hillsboro In Stages Performing Arts Youth Academy’s production of "Cinderella," the heroine's fairy godmother's humorous re-telling of…
May 10, 2013
Bilingual Treasure play muy bueno
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Music, dance and action-packed story help teach languages What’s the difference between mole and a mole? It all depends on what language you’re speaking, said Cyndi Turtledove, whose young team…
April 26, 2013
Book art: demanding, entrancing, overlooked
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Washington County Museum displays 45 works from top-notch artists For 10 years, printmaker Barbara Mason wanted to try her hand at an “artist’s book.” She and a poet friend finally sat down and…
April 19, 2013
"Story therapy" entertains and inspires
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It took almost 30 years before the meaning of a scene in one of his favorite stories finally dawned on professional storyteller Ken Iverson. Toward the end of the tale, “The Water of Life,” the…
April 19, 2013
Feed and fuse with glass artist to benefit commission
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Fused glass artist and welder Bill Zuelke will be the featured artist for the ninth “Meet the Artist” event sponsored by the Forest Grove Public Arts Commission at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 4.…
April 19, 2013
Glencoe rises to the challenge of adolescent angst
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Daniel Rocket tackles isolation and bullying with honesty and compassion Glencoe High School will present “The Rise and Rise of Daniel Rocket” this month, a play by Peter Parnell that combines…
April 12, 2013
Tale-tellers pay annual visit to libraries
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Two very different storytellers come to western Washington County this week, during Washington County Cooperative Library Services' ninth annual free storytelling festival, “Hearing Voices: Art…
Apr 12, 2013
Clothing full of surprises, history
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Of the many perils of pioneer life in the Oregon Territory, hoop skirts are rarely mentioned. Yet after crossing the country in covered wagons, braving storms, stampedes, raging rivers and wild…
Apr 05, 2013
Cellist gives sound to silence
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Silent-film comedy made funnier by Freudmann Black and white silent films may seem like dinosaurs to a generation reared on Dolby sound and spectacular special effects. But one of those…
Apr 05, 2013
Yesterdays news is genealogists treasure
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Expert speaks at Washington County genealogy meeting on mining old newspaper gold John Rudnick is behind the times. He’s so far behind, in fact, that he’s reading newspapers from the wrong…
Mar 29, 2013
Get silly with Young at Heart
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“Fan Tom of the Opry” is a melodramatic production filled with silliness, twists, secrets, gold, good guys and bad — all from a dusty Wild West view point. The Young at Heart Readers Theatre…
Mar 29, 2013
Good Dream shows Shakespeares silly side
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HART Theatre presents classic Midsummer It’s a hot summer night when anything can happen and fairies are casting spells on lovesick mortals in a magical Athenian forest. For an evening of…
Mar 22, 2013
Well-known wordsmith highlights "Conversation"
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Two experiences in the early 1970s made Judith Arcana a public person. She was accused of unorthodox methods and attitudes and fired from her high school teaching job. Two years later, she was…
Mar 22, 2013
FIT for the KIDS
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Hillsboros Liberty Fit is making great strides On any given Saturday morning in spring, it’s not unusual to see nearly 200 people jogging along Brookwood Parkway. It’s quite a spectacle. And…
