Portland's I Am MORE helps traumatized young people heal by sharing their stories
February 11, 2021Bennett Campbell Ferguson
Covid changed the game for the new-performance festival. But going virtual was a renaissance, not a retreat.
February 7, 2021Marty Hughley
Fertile Ground 2021: Sue Mach's "Madonna of the Cat" fills in the 16-year gap in Shakespeare's "Winter's Tale."
February 6, 2021Max Tapogna
Fertile Ground 2021: In "Livin' in the Light," opera singer Onry seeks a space for a Black man to breathe.
February 6, 2021Bennett Campbell Ferguson
Fertile Ground 2021: An overlooked character from "A Christmas Carol" gets his close-up in "Fezziwig’s Fortune."
February 5, 2021Bobby Bermea
Fertile Ground 2021: "The November Project," which takes place in a bathroom, has roots in a life-turning crisis.
February 4, 2021Bob Hicks
ArtsWatch Weekly: Fertile Ground marches on, film fest updates, Hal Holbrook on jackasses & politics.
February 4, 2021Max Tapogna
Fertile Ground: Mark LaPierre and Ian Anderson-Priddy's zombie comic-book musical will make your pulse rush. If you have one.
February 2, 2021Max Tapogna
Fertile Ground 2021: Joni Whitworth and Hannah Piper Burns find the mythic amid the reality of Covid-19.
January 31, 2021Jamuna Chiarini
We are still dancing, but mostly we are watching dance on screens. And we are getting better at it, too.
January 30, 2021Max Tapogna
Fertile Ground 2021: Lisa Collins' "Be Careful What You Ask For" delves into a Portland killing and issues of race.
January 30, 2021Bobby Bermea
Fertile Ground 2021: Don Wilson Glenn and Damaris Webb take a spin through the first First Lady's kitchen.
January 28, 2021Bob Hicks
ArtsWatch Weekly: Portland's festival of new performance goes online, finding the people in the picture, more.
January 28, 2021Bennett Campbell Ferguson
A baking show and an augmented reality game at the Fertile Ground festival mix viewing with performing.
January 25, 2021Bennett Campbell Ferguson
Portland's annual festival of new works, running Jan. 28-Feb. 7, has become a garden of virtual theater.
August 6, 2020Bob Hicks
ArtsWatch Weekly: Sharp virtual turn for Fertile Ground '21, extraordinary ordinary tales, The Immigrant Story.
