Making music, symphonic & Black
ArtsWatch Weekly: Oregon Symphony picks a new leader; we begin a Black-music column; finale for Fertile Ground.
Fertile Ground 2021: The Aftermath
Covid changed the game for the new-performance festival. But going virtual was a renaissance, not a retreat.
Belling Shakespeare’s cat
Fertile Ground 2021: Sue Mach’s “Madonna of the Cat” fills in the 16-year gap in Shakespeare’s “Winter’s Tale.”
Looking for light, packing a punch
Fertile Ground 2021: In “Livin’ in the Light,” opera singer Onry seeks a space for a Black man to breathe.
Days of Fezziwig past
Fertile Ground 2021: An overlooked character from “A Christmas Carol” gets his close-up in “Fezziwig’s Fortune.”
A room with a redemptive view
Fertile Ground 2021: “The November Project,” which takes place in a bathroom, has roots in a life-turning crisis.
Strike up the virtual festival band
ArtsWatch Weekly: Fertile Ground marches on, film fest updates, Hal Holbrook on jackasses & politics.
A ‘Hot Mess’ of a zombie jamboree
Fertile Ground: Mark LaPierre and Ian Anderson-Priddy’s zombie comic-book musical will make your pulse rush. If you have one.
LitWatch Monthly: Love and literature
February on the literary arts front is looking warm and cozy, surrounded by cups of hot chocolate and coffee, and seated in comfortable chairs.
The rhythm and meaning of Lilies
Fertile Ground 2021: Joni Whitworth and Hannah Piper Burns find the mythic amid the reality of Covid-19.
Tough questions, tough answers
Fertile Ground 2021: Lisa Collins’ “Be Careful What You Ask For” delves into a Portland killing and issues of race.
Martha Bakes in Black & White
Fertile Ground 2021: Don Wilson Glenn and Damaris Webb take a spin through the first First Lady’s kitchen.