Arts & Culture

President Trump and the Easter Bunny wave during the annual White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn on April 22, 2019.
White House solicits corporate sponsors for its Easter Egg Roll event
Corporate sponsors for the usually apolitical event held on the White House South Lawn include tech giants Meta, YouTube and Amazon.
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Putin calls an Easter ceasefire as Russia and Ukraine swap hundreds of POWs
The Russian president announced a temporary ceasefire, citing humanitarian reasons, as Russia and Ukraine swapped hundreds of captured soldiers.
Worried artists reached out to Kennedy Center president Richard Grenell. His responses didn’t help
Since President Trump took over leadership of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts earlier this year, some artists are trying to figure out how to proceed. One musician emailed the interim director, Richard Grenell. He responded.

Wink Martindale, the genial game show host and early interviewer of Elvis, dies at 91
The legendary TV host of game shows "Tic-Tac-Dough" and "Gambit" died at his home in Rancho Mirage, California. He had been battling lymphoma for a year.

Lloyd Center mall reimagined in films featured in Portland Panorama festival
"Chispa" and "Mall Town," both featured in the festival running from April 10–20, use the Lloyd Center shopping mall as their backdrop, but with very different goals.

Will tariffs drive more people to shop secondhand? It’s a mixed bag, experts say
This moment of economic uncertainty could drive more Americans to buy used. But experts say secondhand stores won't be immune from tariffs either.
Central Oregon cultural events canceled over safety concerns
Latino Fest in Madras and Juneteenth in Bend are off the calendar for 2025.

‘The Economist’ editor unpacks the ‘biggest trade policy shock’ of Trump’s tariffs
President Trump's sweeping tariff policy has upended the global economy. Zanny Minton Beddoes, the editor-in-chief of The Economist, likens it to The Art of the Deal — on steroids.

A rock opera about the Columbia Gorge watershed comes to life
We hear from the creative team behind a rock opera about the Columbia River Gorge which is kicking off in a series of sold-out performances this weekend in Hood River.

Clark County Historical Museum braces for cuts as DOGE eyes cultural institutions
Cultural institutions like the Clark County Historical Museum rely on programming and grants from Humanities Washington, which is in turn funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Denis Arndt, Tony-nominated star of ‘Heisenberg’ and veteran of David E. Kelley TV shows dies at 86 in Oregon home
Arndt turned to acting after spending multiple seasons at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and performing as an early member of the Intiman Theatre in Seattle.