McMinnville Short Film Festival gets real
David Bates
February 8, 2021
Documentaries play a big role in the festival, with particular focus on the environment and Native Americans.
Documentaries play a big role in the festival, with particular focus on the environment and Native Americans.
Fertile Ground 2021: Sue Mach’s “Madonna of the Cat” fills in the 16-year gap in Shakespeare’s “Winter’s Tale.”
Veteran Portland actor Tobias Andersen remembers talking with Plummer about how to play Prospero.
Fertile Ground 2021: In “Livin’ in the Light,” opera singer Onry seeks a space for a Black man to breathe.
Fertile Ground 2021: An overlooked character from “A Christmas Carol” gets his close-up in “Fezziwig’s Fortune.”
Fertile Ground 2021: “The November Project,” which takes place in a bathroom, has roots in a life-turning crisis.
The Astoria artist has gone from designing giant inflatables to painting the city’s landmarks.
ArtsWatch Weekly: Fertile Ground marches on, film fest updates, Hal Holbrook on jackasses & politics.
Now Hear This scours Bandcamp for new work from local artists. This time around: Quadraphonnes and quarantined overdubs, delicate synths and deconstructed metal, moody rap and all-ages kids music.
Marc Mohan’s sneak peek at the Portland International Film Fest; the “Citizen Kane” of awkward first-date movies.
Fertile Ground: Mark LaPierre and Ian Anderson-Priddy’s zombie comic-book musical will make your pulse rush. If you have one.
February on the literary arts front is looking warm and cozy, surrounded by cups of hot chocolate and coffee, and seated in comfortable chairs.
Fertile Ground 2021: Joni Whitworth and Hannah Piper Burns find the mythic amid the reality of Covid-19.
The vibrancy of Portland’s art scene is the perfect antidote to a gloomy February. Lindsay Costello gives a run down of the many options.
The Bend filmmaker talks about ‘Tutu Grande’ in the upcoming McMinnville Short Film Festival.
We are still dancing, but mostly we are watching dance on screens. And we are getting better at it, too.
A dance troupe navigates Covid-19 shutdowns in a new studio and looks to Portland’s modern dance elders for direction.
Fertile Ground 2021: Lisa Collins’ “Be Careful What You Ask For” delves into a Portland killing and issues of race.
Fertile Ground 2021: Don Wilson Glenn and Damaris Webb take a spin through the first First Lady’s kitchen.
ArtsWatch Weekly: Portland’s festival of new performance goes online, finding the people in the picture, more.
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