Area artists John Maher, Susan Murrell, Marshall Stokes, and Melanie Thompson explore related pairs and triples through painting, photography, clay, and pyrography, in this show featuring diptychs and triptychs.

An Inspired Comic Romp

Winner of two Obie Awards and two Outer Critics Circle Awards as Best New American Play and Best Off-Broadway Production. An inspired comic romp, equal in inventive hilarity to the author's classic comedy The Nerd. Based on what the NY Post describes as a "devilishly clever idea," the play demonstrates what can happen when a group of devious characters must deal with a stranger who (they think) knows no English.

A Prom it will be, including a photo booth and the crowning of the King and Queen of Best Hair! Music by DJ Randy Haines, dancing, dessert and no-host bar. Don't be a wallflower! Wear your tacky, prom best and your biggest hair ever!

2nd Annual Trip for Theatre Lovers:
May 28, 29, 30

Registration ends Feb 28!  BOOK NOW! We sold out in 2008.

Join Kate Mills and Judie Hanel for three days and two nights in Ashland, where we'll see three great plays at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Stay at the beautiful and historic Ashland Springs Hotel, enjoy great meals, meet the actors, and enjoy the companionship of other theatre lovers. We'll see:

• Dead Man's Cell Phone
• Music Man
• Macbeth

This theatrical journey promises new discoveries about yourszelf along the way, as great theatre always does!

Part of Columbia Center for the Arts Film Series

Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Zelary is a gorgeously photographed, classically intimate rural drama about one woman’s unlikely romance and resiliency during World War II.

Set in the 1940s in the Czech lands occupied by the Nazis, Zelary tells the story of a clash between two different worlds and two different people.

Click for more information about Zelary.

School's Out, Art's In

This powerful and reflective show features beautiful art in a variety of media, with a focus on helping people heal ... their bodies, their minds, their souls ... whatever it is that needs healing.

March 21 & 22

Two days of presentations and workshops and a community forum ... aimed at engaging people in a dialog about our overall community well-being ... economically, socially, health-wise, educationally ... and more.

Thanks to Adele Hammond for letting us use her art as the background for the show logo.

Here's your chance to purchase great works of original art that for whatever reason, just don't fit in the homes of their donors.  Don't be misled ... these are all high-quality works of art. To ensure the highest quality, each donated piece will be "juried" before it is included in the sale.

Click here to see some of the donated works that will be included in the event.

More details coming soon.

Part of the GORGE MUSIC SERIES ... organized by the Oak Street Hotel.

A phenomenal ensemble of 20 high school students from Langley, British Columbia, will perform in concert playing ukuleles.

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Stubborn Twig

Stubborn Twig, by Lauren Kessler, has been chosen as the featured book for Oregon Reads 2009, a statewide community reading project that will take place in nearly every public library in every county in Oregon next year.

Stubborn Twig tells the story of one Japanese American family's century-long struggle to adjust, endure and ultimately triumph, spanning across Hood River, Portland, and Eugene.

"Friends of the Hood River County Library" are organizing the events in Hood River.

Opportunities for Artists & Performers                  

• Wednesday, 2/18 from 6 - 7 pm
• Thursday, 2/19 from 10 - 11
• Friday, 2/20 from 4 - 6
• Saturday, 2/21 from 2 - 4

Columbia Center for the Arts is currently seeking proposals from artists for solo or group exhibitions in the 2011 exhibition season. Deadline: November 15. Click here to learn how to submit artist proposals. 

Get Involved in the Arts

Columbia Center for the Arts is looking for Volunteers for a range of opportunities. Please contact Joanie Thomson at 541-387-8877 ext. 111 or director@columbiaarts.org.