What a wonderful and heart-warming surprise to see in The Oregonian this letter to the editor  …

A cultural gem  

Alfredo Muro

Last month, we walked under a glorious full moon to the little Miracle Theatre (Teatro Milagro) and heard a classical guitar performance worthy of any high-end venue on the West Coast. For about $20 a ticket, we listened to Alfredo Muro, a Peruvian artist whose credentials include a special concert for Pope John Paul II and an invitation as a featured artist at the Kennedy Center.   

There were fewer than 100 people in the audience, and yet the cheers and clapping at the end of the performance were so loud and persistent that we were gifted with three encores.   

This is our second year of attending a selection of festival performances as part of La Luna Nueva, an annual two-week festival of Hispanic arts and culture. Last year we saw “Be Careful! The Sharks Will Eat You!” a one-man show worthy of Broadway.  

With all the articles on what there is to see and do in Portland, we cannot believe this little gem of theater does not receive more coverage.  

NANCY FORMAN
Beaverton  

Thanks, Nancy, for your support of the Miracle. With dwindling arts coverage in print, it’s been increasingly difficult to share news about all the wonderful and exciting cultural opportunities at intimate venues like Milagro. We encourage consumers of not only The Oregonian (which, incidentally, was a media sponsor of La Luna Nueva as well as our Day of the Dead celebration Raíz and next spring’s production of Guapa) but all media to express their desire for greater and deeper editorial coverage of arts and culture in Portland and around the state. See you at Milagro!