Filling in the silences with harmony and flavor: Portland Symphonic Choir returns to center court
Daryl Browne
November 3, 2021
PCS enters 76th season backing Andrea Bocelli at Moda Center
PCS enters 76th season backing Andrea Bocelli at Moda Center
Hannah Krafcik reviews the Serbian artist’s first solo show in the United States.
Partners Pasquale and Foit present a two-part event featuring lighthearted movement and a lively four-piece jazz band, followed by a slice of pumpkin pie.
Steph Littlebird interviews Lori Trephibio, the Stage Manager of the Oregon Symphony, as part of ArtsWatch’s series “Indigenous Resilience in Oregon”
Lindsay Costello’s monthly column highlights some of November’s art offerings in Portland and around the state.
One of Portland’s most impressive and alluring rappers/producers outdoes himself – and he’s performing live twice this week.
The singing’s terrific and the crowd shouted “Bravo!” But the story in Puccini’s 1900 hit can’t keep up with 21st century times.
Chehalem Cultural Center showcases local artists, and new owners plan to bring the long-shuttered Mack Theater back to life.
The title of Marina Allen’s debut album Candlepower does exactly what the best album titles do: evoke a multitude of images in the mind of anyone who happens upon the record even before they’ve heard one note of it. For me, it
“A sewing bee that can help mend our society”: Textile artist Bonnie Meltzer and a lot of helpers transform a giant parachute into a symbol of hope at the Jewish Museum.
The Portland contemporary dance company gets spooky—and silly—with “BloodyVox,” its seasonal splurge of the macabre.
ArtsWatch’s Amy Leona Havin talks with poet, author, and Reed College professor Lisa Steinman about reading, writing, community, and the landscapes of her childhood.
Themes echo and recur in Portland Playhouse’s “Barbecue,” Artists Rep’s “The Chinese Lady,” and “The Weir” in Astoria.
Beyond the haunts, here come “Tosca” & other sounds, book fests, movies & nostalgia, more.
From “Hip Hop Nutcracker” to “Cinderella,” Keylock & Bielemeier to Linda Austin’s explorations, dance is live and on the move again.
A clear-eyed view of the city’s swinging scene and the turmoil under the glamour, with fine performances by its young stars and a trio of ’60s veterans.
MusicWatch Monthly: November brings a wave of sounds (and don’t forget Halloween and Day of the Dead).
What’s old is bold: Lavine’s screen series is bringing famous and obscure gems back to life.
The opera opens with a new artistic director, a new interim music director, a fresh slate of forward-looking priorities – and an old standby in “Tosca.”
K.B. Dixon begins a new series with photographic portraits of eleven people who help define the shape of Portland’s culture.
The new month brings book festivals aplenty and other events offering virtual and in-person talks, workshops, and author readings, from Louise Erdrich to Eric Kimmel.
About that little Covid break: It’s time for the new choir to get down to business and sing for an audience.
Robert Ham gets out & about to where the music was, and where it’s going to be.
How does the French-Canadian director of “Dune” terrify, thrill, and inspire audiences? Let us count the ways, from 1998 to now.
Joyce Centofanti and Robert Conway’s community-based creative space will have a soft opening Wednesday
In Celine Song’s play about a tight-knit clan of half-siblings, hell is other people, and they seem to be all in the family.
A redesign of the ArtsWatch site brings many more options to the home page. Plus a reawakening performance scene, contemporary Japanese prints, and more.
Also in a busy week: A “Barbecue” at Portland Playhouse, “The Chinese Lady” at Artists Rep, a “Peep” from The Reformers and a “Lonely Vampire” from Imago, “Danse Macabre” returns, plus plays onscreen.
The owners of the Eugene gallery have always been smitten with prints from Sōsaku-hanga or Creative Print movement. A new exhibit showcases standouts from the gallery’s permanent collection.
As the dance film genre gains momentum, Portland Dance Film Fest returns to the Clinton Street Theatre to feature filmmakers from across the globe and encourage innovation.
David Danzmayr’s inaugural in-person season opens with Mahler, Bunch, Gabriela Lena Frank, and the massive “Constellation” sound system; Open Music finally commences at The Old Church
Season opening concerts October 23rd and 24th feature music of Aaron Copland, Stacey Philipps, Morten Lauridsen, Naomi LaViolette, Carlos Guastavino, Matthew Lyon Hazzard, Santiago Veros, and Kim Andre Arnesen
Wes Anderson’s “Dispatch” is about as Wes Anderson as a movie can be. And Benedict Cumberbatch stars as the Victorian polymath Wain, an artist who paints psychedelic cats.
Longtime Portland sculptor Michihiro Kosuge, philanthropist and friend to artists Debi Coleman, and youth music leader Ian Mouser have died. In their productive lives they helped make Portland a better place.
Back in the theater for the first time since February 2020, the company shows fine form in a program highlighted by Balanchine’s classic “Four Temperaments.”
Jarran Muse becomes the dancing legend Bill Robinson in the ebullient premiere of the new musical “Bojangles of Harlem.”
A fortuitous partnership results in “a brilliant LP that calls to mind the mood of vintage alt-country classics.”
Vanessa Severo’s virtuoso turn onstage joins a rush of Kahlo from the opera to a coming museum show.
José González and Dañel Malán lead the resurgence of the Northwest’s only Latinx theater company.
Emily Jones and Hannah Krafcik’s experimental performance “apogee” explores themes of nature and intuition.
Fall awakening: Suddenly Oregon’s cultural scene is bustling with art exhibits, theater, music, movies & dance.
Vanessa Severo talks about “becoming” the famed Mexican artist; Martha Washington bakes again.
Ridley Scott directs a Rashomon-like 14th century tale; marriage neo-Bergman style; a soccer team’s rescue.
A tale of time: The Oregon composer gave herself 10 years to decide if she was good at this. She is.
What the world needs now is nostalgia, sweet nostalgia. A Neil Simon comedy rises to the task.
The ballet company, disrupted by Covid and an abrupt change in leadership, opens a new season on Friday.
Niki Price of the Lincoln City Cultural Center is hiking the Coast to raise money for the center and awareness of public art.
Eyelids release a live album; Sour Deez, Wavy Josef, MadgesdiqCEG, and Hinnessy Da Goon at The Thesis.
On Stage & Studio, Dmae Lo Roberts talks with perhaps the most influential benefactor of Oregon arts.
An exhibit at Linfield Gallery raises deep and abiding questions about social values and the meanings of art.
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