Through broken glass, darkly: Douglas Detrick’s polyglot premiere
Brett Campbell
June 30, 2022
Multi-disciplinary ‘Glass Stories’ project leads the Portland jazz musician to other times, places, and art forms.
Multi-disciplinary ‘Glass Stories’ project leads the Portland jazz musician to other times, places, and art forms.
Stage & Studio: Musician Kye talks (and plays, and sings) in Dmae Lo Roberts’ podcast. Kids, anti-AAPI violence, his new band Joe Kye & The Givers, and a big bash in the park are on his mind.
From old movie trailers to car culture to “educational” reels to documentaries by the great Les Blank, if it’s 16 mm and offbeat, the Portland film curator is on it – and putting on a show.
As summer rises, dance goes outdoors and site-specific (and sometimes stays inside on theater stages, too).
In praise of the hands and minds behind a massive museum yarn-bombing, and the parade of poppies that bring light and remembrance.
In a bold new take, Chekhov’s characters are stuck in the Arctic and beset by all sorts of disasters – but they still know how to have fun.
At the confluence of the Snake and Columbia rivers, the artist’s seven “Story Circles” tell a tale of past and present culture from ground level.
The festival, which starts Thursday, includes musical chestnuts as well as concerts benefiting Ukrainian relief and “Ourland,” a modern, dystopian opera.
The Special Collections Room at Central Library is a place for serious research amid a trove of rarities, from 13th century Bibles to early-edition copies of Beatrix Potter’s children’s tales.
On July 9, poets will read their work around town, and the event culminates with a July 31 reading by Oregon Poet Laureate Anis Mojgani.
Nearly 40 bands and musicians attend the inaugural event, offering everything from Aztec dance to a “vibrational sound bath.”
Yamamoto’s quietly stunning work of dance at the Portland Art Museum begs to be widely seen.
PETE’s radically slimmed-down “Cherry Orchard” streamlines a classic. Plus Risk/Reward, last chance for “Mr. Madam,” and more.
The Soul Restoration Center, begun by Darrell Grant and carried forward by Dr. S. Renee Mitchell, revives a key cultural space for Black Portlanders.
At the Corvallis Arts Center, an exhibit by Hanne Niederhausen and Judith Wyss reveals a continuing artistic evolution and inventiveness in maturity.
Annual new music marathon features music by LatinX composers and a tribute to its inspiration.
Portland cosmic rock quartet’s new album “Planet High” marks a creative leap forward.
Portland State University alum, recently hired as the school’s Director of Opera, talks artistic development, coping with Covid fallout, and romanticism.
Baz Luhrmann’s latest is myth, not history, but Austin Butler is a knockout as The King. And if you’re up for the joke, the gory “Evil” is a hoot.
The Portland-based singer-songwriter releases her latest album with a concert at The Old Church.
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