Making everything perfect
Elizabeth Mehren
September 7, 2021
Kate Nason’s memoir traces an emergence from bad marriages and the shadow of a president and a White House intern.
Kate Nason’s memoir traces an emergence from bad marriages and the shadow of a president and a White House intern.
Third Angle premieres an opera inspired by gentrification’s damage to Portland’s Black community.
The director and composer discuss their new opera “Sanctuaries” and staging it outside Memorial Coliseum.
A feast of films by a legendary director of “indelibly weird classics”; return of a Portland women’s film fest.
Lindsay Costello has the inside scoop on September’s arts offerings in her monthly column.
It’s TBA time! Amy Leona Havin checks out the literary side of PICA’s festival and other book events.
The immigrant founder of Advance Gender Equity in the Arts says she often did not fit in – until she found theater.
A remake of a 1992 horror flick strikes a vein of fear and blood in the long history of American racial violence.
Poet, teacher, memoirist and activist Judith Barrington talks about her career with ArtsWatch’s Amy Leona Havin.
The poet and Quaker minister talks about her books, hospice work, and the connection between poetry and science.
Stage & Studio: A conversation with leading design figure Hill about the history of fashion by Black designers.
On Street Photography Day, Portland photographer K.B. Dixon celebrates the art of capturing the moment.
“From the get-go, the portrayal of this family feels as authentic as any glimpse into deaf culture I’ve seen on screen.”
Plus, Yamhill County galleries offer impressionistic paintings and clocks with an attitude.
Portland’s former Creative Laureate Subashini Ganesan-Forbes leads a city drive to nurture art for healing.
The Oregon Coast Council for the Arts’ repurposed school bus will bring activities to children in rural areas.
As “The Oldest Profession” nears an end, a look at the method that shapes Paula Vogel’s incendiary work.
A lavish portrait of a “hot mess” heroine; a look beyond the tabloids at Billy Tipton; a sexy, updated “Snow White.”
Morocco’s “The Unknown Saint” and South Korea’s “It’s Okay to Not Be Okay” spin beauty from fable.
In his continuing series of portraits of Oregon artists, photographer K.B. Dixon profiles 11 outstanding writers.
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