Percussion’s vast instrumentarium
Charles Rose
October 31, 2019
Portland Percussion Group bangs the drums every which way. Is this the bridge the music world needs?
Portland Percussion Group bangs the drums every which way. Is this the bridge the music world needs?
Frankenstein, Día de Muertos, tribute bands, dinosaurs, warps & wefts, a Dope Elf: Welcome to the art week.
As a new season settles in, Oregon’s dance calendar overflows with opportunities.
“The Brothers Paranormal” delivers a masterly blend of social commentary and supernatural horror.
Fossil fanatics Ray Troll and Kirk Johnson will visit Salishan Resort to talk about their latest book.
The world is already a haunted house. Killer clowns, mercenary robots, dystopian surveillance states, wildfires galore–what do you need a haunted house for? Instead, go lurk in the shadows with some dark music and costumed fun. There are dozens of tribute shows
Artists and scholars talk about the past, present, and future of textile art and culture at the Textile Connections Symposium
Remembering the wide-ranging and distinguished Oregon artist and teacher, who has died at 68.
The Salem museum features 13 artists in a traveling exhibit emphasizing the range of visual art.
Gawdafful National Theater visited Yale Union for ‘The Dope Elf,’ a play about white supremacy that kept the audience in motion.
Amina Ross’s multimedia installation at Ditch Projects in Springfield meditates on the nature of water and light.
At Portland Playhouse, Tina Packer and Nigel Gore dive deeply into the world of women in Shakespeare’s plays.
Reflections on the end of Bill Rauch’s tenure at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival; plus the week in Portland theater.
A conference introduces a national organization to Portland. Tackling of pressing issues in Oregon arts ensues.
A critic’s voice is human, fallible, individual. It will sometimes please you, sometimes amuse you, sometimes infuriate you.
The present author normally adheres to a strict “no promoting your own shows” policy, but since I spent a month telling you all about band camp in Bali, I feel it’s only fair to let you know that the results of that
Women & Shakespeare, Roger Kukes’ stories in paint, Día de Muertos, prison tales, “Butterfly” time.
The fullness of spirit in Milagro’s Día de Muertos-inspired tale makes it unmissable.
The inaugural Clatsop County Arts Summit will cover everything from lease-to-own art to copyright law.
As her mentor Stan Foote retires, Oregon Children’s Theatre’s Baldwin commits to her Young Professionals.
An interview with Justin Zimmerman of the McMinnville Short Film Festival.
The drawings and paintings of Roger Kukes brim with intertwining images and stories.
A collaboration of artists and inmates gives lively, often funny voice to the view from inside the walls.
“Women of Will,” a season-highlight at Portland Playhouse, charts Shakespeare’s growth through his female characters.
Third Angle welcomes Oregonian composers home. Creative Music Guild improvises.
In the Northwest, images of horror and hope – plus a West Side story and a divine voice.
Stumptown Stages’ energetic production of “West Side Story” makes some missteps but still has the moves.
Lincoln City seeks public art; Sitka Center holds a fundraiser; Floyd Skloot reads from his new book.
It’s a busy month in Yamhill County: art openings, author readings, theater, and music.
Anne Sofie von Otter and Kristian Bezuidenhout show Portland how it’s done.
White Bird Dance’s first foray into contemporary German choreography runs into a vast wall. Sasha Waltz’s ‘KÖRPER’ examines the bodies that crash into it.
A fresh look at “A View From the Bridge” highlights a busy theater week, along with musicals, Greek epics and scary Halloween treats.
Composer Andy Akiho and percussionist Colin Currie chat about ceramic bowls and meaty marimba.
From Scheharazade spinning stories to a 6-year-old spinning a galaxy, a whirl of Oregon creative life.
We stumble upon a Hall of Fame inductee, learn about joiking and konnakol, and hear from the audients.
Artist Michael Bernard Stevenson Jr. and a 6-year-old boy collaborate on a Newberg installation.
Oregon Ballet Theatre lights the fireworks with Forsythe, Balanchine, and the dazzling return of “Scheherazade.”
Lincoln City’s Bijou Theatre hosts the six-day Oregon-Made Film Festival.
Wondrous music tempers an overstuffed story in Broadway Rose’s “Once.”
A new work by circus duo Kate Law and Amaya Alvarado reveals great skill—and a story of a sexual assault.
Sebastian Zinn discusses Jo Hamilton’s new mural at SE 56th and Foster.
Shaking the Tree’s ravishing new version of Euripides’ ancient Greek tragedy ripples nervously down the centuries.
A Delgani String Quartet concert featuring living local composers raises questions of tradition and timeliness.
Tragedy strikes Center Stage (that’s a good thing), Broadway Rose sells out, Shaking the Tree goes Greek.
Same old story? Brash new wave? In Oregon this week, old and new and always mix it up.
The weekly paper and its vendor-poets celebrate 20 years as beacons of advocacy for the city’s homeless.
It’s fundraising season at the beach, with performances ranging from fingerstyle guitar to sea shanties.
Ním Wunnan’s October art picks, from the Chinese Garden to the High Desert Museum.
Warm up your fall with saxophones, film and classical music, international virtuosi, and metallized Metroids.
Dance to haunt the senses and call on spirits, from OBT to White Bird and beyond—way beyond.
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