TBA:10 – Sleight of Hand, and Other Radical Stories
The Portland Institute for Contemporary Art’s Time-Based Arts Festival is a whirlwind of ecstatic energies – call it an audio/visual workout.
Haunting Rhythms: ‘Dissociative Fugue’ from Bobby Jones
While the partially reflective dissonant patterns play on, a hopeful underbelly emerges, rather human and raw.
Eva Speer: A Video Interview With the Artist
The artist’s current exhibit is “Landscaping,” at Charles A. Hartman Fine Art.
Who Is Greg Proops Anyway?
Stand-up comic is in Portland to play the Helium Comedy Club this weekend.
Brits Blitz: Two ’80s Classic Bands in Concert
Modern English (“I Melt With You”) plays the Aladdin; ska favorites The English Beat appear at Wonder Ballroom.
HOMELAND Keeping Contemporary Art Fresh
SE Portland gallery, now five years old, finds its groove with fresh offerings at a dynamic location.
10 Burning Questions: Daniel Menche
Daniel Menche, a born, raised and never-left Portlander, can flex decibels to beyond reason while finding time to work as a high school librarian.
Rockin’ Out, but Bringing the Kids Along
Rockin’ Out, but
Bringing the Kids Along
It’s the early afternoon on the final day of MusicfestNW 2010, and Portland pop-punk trio The Thermals are on stage inside Kennedy School bashing out the chords to a song called “Here’s Your Future” – an appropriate choice for an opening number, considering the front row is made up entirely of little kids. A pair of giant barn owls are dancing through the crowd as…
‘Quadrangle’: Pushing Jazz Boundaries
Mercury Falls displays forms that bring soulful melody into the foreground while the jam plays in the distance.
Two Exhibitions With a Contemporary Twist
Minimalism and geometry, trash and treasure combine in a pair of exhibitions that remix art and science.
