Coverage of cultural events, history, museums, literature, and community heritage
Gorillaz will bring The Mountain Tour 2026 to Portland and Seattle this October, according to KOIN. The shows add major cultural events within reach of Southwest Washington residents.
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A local family has published the Vietnam War journal of a U.S. Navy aviator, preserving a rare firsthand account from the early years of the conflict more than sixty years after it was written.
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A renewed wave of research and public exhibitions is spotlighting Maxville, Oregon—a nearly vanished company town whose integrated logging crews defied the racial barriers of their era and shaped timber history across the Northwest.
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A new memorial at Portland’s Lone Fir Cemetery highlights long-overlooked Chinese immigrant history and carries lessons for communities across Southwest Washington.
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Holocene in Portland is hosting a "Regency Rave" inspired by Netflix’s "Bridgerton," a themed event drawing interest from some Southwest Washington residents who frequent cross‑river arts and entertainment.
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The City of Longview Historic Preservation Commission is now accepting nominations for the 2026 Robert A. Long Historic Preservation Award, recognizing local contributions to preserving the community’s historical and cultural heritage.
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A remembrance event honoring Japanese Americans incarcerated during WWII has renewed discussion in Southwest Washington about how historical lessons shape today’s debates over immigration enforcement and government power.
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A look at how Vancouver’s post‑World War II housing crunch—despite the collapse of Kaiser Shipyards employment—shaped long‑term regional patterns that still resonate in Southwest Washington.
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The Vancouver Arts Hub drew roughly 200 people on February 6 for the Asian Arts and Culture Exhibit, a lively gathering of performers and visual artists that highlighted the region’s growing interest in cultural arts programming.
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Tibetan Buddhist monks are creating a sand mandala at Clark College this week, concluding with a dissolution ceremony and release of the sand into the Columbia River.
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