Building Resiliency with the Arts
Brett Campbell
February 15, 2021
Portland’s I Am MORE helps traumatized young people heal by sharing their stories
Portland’s I Am MORE helps traumatized young people heal by sharing their stories
Covid changed the game for the new-performance festival. But going virtual was a renaissance, not a retreat.
Fertile Ground 2021: Sue Mach’s “Madonna of the Cat” fills in the 16-year gap in Shakespeare’s “Winter’s Tale.”
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.
ArtsWatch Weekly: Fertile Ground marches on, film fest updates, Hal Holbrook on jackasses & politics.
Fertile Ground: Mark LaPierre and Ian Anderson-Priddy’s zombie comic-book musical will make your pulse rush. If you have one.
Fertile Ground 2021: Joni Whitworth and Hannah Piper Burns find the mythic amid the reality of Covid-19.
We are still dancing, but mostly we are watching dance on screens. And we are getting better at it, too.
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.
A baking show and an augmented reality game at the Fertile Ground festival mix viewing with performing.
Portland’s annual festival of new works, running Jan. 28-Feb. 7, has become a garden of virtual theater.
ArtsWatch Weekly: Sharp virtual turn for Fertile Ground ’21, extraordinary ordinary tales, The Immigrant Story.
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