OPB to feature Americana Project

Public broadcasting’s Oregon Art Beat will profile Sisters’ Americana Project and take a look at an unusual theater company on Thursday, April 7 at 8 p.m.

The “Americana Project” teaches kids about America’s rich folk heritage and encourages them to write their own songs. Oregon Art Beat found fifth graders learning their first guitar chords and high school students mustering the courage to sing at the Sisters Folk Festival.

The show also features The Profile Theatre Company and Andrea Streedain of the Portland Opera.

Upcoming broadcasts will feature Brent McGregor and other Sisters artists.

The Oregon Art Beat program airs at 9 p.m. Thursdays and repeats at 7 p.m. on Sundays. For more information visit opb.org/artbeat.