Feast Portland Interviews

Q&A: Adam Rapoport

Bon Appétit’s trendsetting chief honcho and four-day Portland ambassador dishes on New York’s P-town obsession and the future of food journalism.

09/12/2012 By Karen Brooks

Happenings

PDX Collective Sale

Eleven local boutiques join together for one massive sale this weekend.

09/12/2012 By Eden Dawn

record productivity

Mike Coykendall

After 30 years and 21 albums, this folk-rock "Band-pa" keeps it real with analogue recording, community collaboration, and an inexhaustible passion for music-making.

09/12/2012 By Anne Adams

helio goes dark

New Helio Sequence Album + Video Out Today

The band's long-anticipated fifth album, Negotiations, is out today, along with a dark new video.

09/12/2012 By Aaron Scott

dark secrets

La Contessa's Late-Night Radio Confessional

Meet a late-night radio sensation with a secret identity and a worldwide listenership who holds her own niche among "Portland Weird" performers.

09/11/2012 Edited by Anne Adams By Riley Stevenson

too much of a not great thing

TBA Day 6: Perforations Review

A series of site specific performances by Serbian and Croatian artists contain moments of beauty that are overshadowed by moments of boredom. Final performance on Tuesday at 8:30.

09/11/2012 By Aaron Scott

Out and About

Yo La Tengo, a.k.a. the Buckminster Fuller Band

How often do you go to the movies, hear a live band, and learn about a fascinating, visionary design icon, all at the same time?

09/11/2012 By Kristin Belz

tiny dancers writ large

TBA Day 5: Ten Tiny Dances Slideshow

The perennial favorite delighted with goats, cyborgs, all new performers, gunshots, group slow dances, and a new record for the maximum number of people on stage.

09/10/2012 By Aaron Scott

Slideshow

TBA:12: Ten Tiny Dances Slideshow

09/10/2012

darkness and light

TBA Day 4: Contrasting Review of Miguel Gutierrez + Nora Chipaumire

The two artists give performances from opposite sides of the artistic spectrum: from light to darkness and self-revelation to self-obfuscation. Gutierrez performs again tonight at 6:30.

09/09/2012 By Aaron Scott

eyes on the black body

TBA Day 3: Christeene Recap + Nora Chipaumire Talk

Christeene sings "African Mayonnaise," and Zimbabwean-born dancer Chipaumire talks about being an African artist, dealing with the black body, and her performance, Miriam, which will have its final showing tonight.

09/08/2012 By Aaron Scott

an epic of ingenuity

TBA Day 2: Big Art Group's The People—Portland Review

Big Art Group transforms Washington High School, inside and out, into a modern retelling of a Greek tragedy that's epic both in scope and imagination. Playing tonight and tomorrow at Washington High School.

09/07/2012 By Aaron Scott

no apologies

Interview with TBA's Gender Terrorist Christeene

Austin performer Paul Soileau talks about his booty-bouncing, trash-rapping, grill-wearing, gender queer alter ego who will shake up the Works tonight at 10:30pm.

09/07/2012 By Aaron Scott

Article

Time-Based Art Festival Preview

TBA celebrates its 10th birthday with a global lineup, some returning stars, a new curator, and a fancy new late night setup at Washington High School. Here are our picks for Week 1.

09/06/2012 By Aaron Scott

gallery grazing

First Thursday Sampler

Industrial and rural landscapes, masked men, abstract fleshy forms, and more!

09/05/2012 By Anne Adams

ticket giveaway

Win Tickets to Food Guru Mark Bittman

The author and New York Times food visionary is kicking off the new blockbuster foodie fest, Feast, with a talk on Sept. 20. And we've got tickets for you!

09/05/2012 By Aaron Scott

if a war falls on the forest..

Review: Shaking the Tree's Far Away by Caryl Churchill

A biting political dystopia imagines a world where everything is at war, and 'us' versus 'them' has taken on absurd new heights.

09/04/2012 By Aaron Scott

Slideshow

Slide Show: Bridge Club

09/04/2012

art is about looking at the world differently...

A Tour of PAM's Ellsworth Kelly/Prints Exhibit with Kelly's Partner

Photographer Jack Shear, Kelly's partner since 1970, gives us a tour of the famed abstract artist's print exhibition at the Portland Art Museum—and shares a few stories along the way.

09/04/2012 By Aaron Scott

sliding scale

Trombone Shorty Gives Hospital and Zoo a Show

The Grammy nominee regaled young fans at a new children's hospital before taking the Zoo concert stage.

08/31/2012 By Camille Grigsby-Rocca