October gets in the swing of things
Bob Hicks
September 30, 2021
ArtsWatch Weekly: The doors swing open on live shows, PDX/NYC Tony connection, monthly guides & more.
ArtsWatch Weekly: The doors swing open on live shows, PDX/NYC Tony connection, monthly guides & more.
If this is (almost) October, it must be horror and Halloween and Lovecraft time. Plus, a Breathless bit of history.
A new collection of short stories finds loss, love, desperation and humor in the lives of people on the edge.
After a long layoff, dance is getting back in performance halls. Celebrate its return ā if you’ve been vaccinated.
Symphonies, concerti, chamber collabs, extra-curricular improv, progressive jazz, and Zoomer B.S.
Ethan Sperry prepares Oregon Repertory Singers and Portland State Chamber Choir for season-opener with Maestro Danzmayr
New this month from local artists: darkwave, splashy psych-pop, mental cinematheque, jazz for fly fishing, a griot tape & moreājust in time for Bandcampās Fee Free First Friday.
October is ripe with virtual readings, workshops, and Lan Su Chinese Garden’s Autumn Poetry Series.
Out of the Covid crisis rises the captivating specter of FranƧois Villon, a wild 15th century poet for our times.
Local choral ensemble returns to Cerimon house, with continued commitment to performance with purpose
It has been a year and a half since monuments started coming down in Portland. Should replacements be permanent?
Lindsay Costello’s monthly roundup of shows and events in October.
Jeffrey Silverstein gets a drummer; Negativland brings Sue-C to Holocene; Mdou Moctar apologizes for being SO LOUD
The Waldport cartoonist has been a cartographer, written a book about an Oregon cult, and traveled the world.
A cup of coffee, someplace to sit, a great book: A dive into the books that Portlanders are reading on the town.
Imago director brings his offbeat imagination to Eugene Opera’s “Lucy” and his own “Satie’s Journey.”
Covid clipped the new company’s wings as it was taking flight. Now it’s back, with a set of six filmed shows.
ArtsWatch Weekly: A building boom for the arts, cryptocurrency & art, Black operas, Latin film fest, aiding Yulia.
The new musical drama from Third Angle delves into gentrification and its cost to Black communities.
The project combines condos and a home for Eugene Ballet, plus office space for seven other arts groups.
