oral fixations

tEEth Debuts Make/Believe As Part of Fertile Ground

At Lincoln Hall this Thursday through Saturday, Jan 26–28 at 8pm.

07/24/2012 By Anne Adams

bounce!

TBA 2011: Vockah Redu

07/24/2012 By Anne Adams

static clings

TBA 2011: The Radio Show

Kyle Abraham’s hit parade leaves space for provocative bursts of static.

07/24/2012 By Anne Adams

dance

Dance Discussion: In Site Part I

Jeans, waves, wind…and a bright red stumbling-block. A viewer’s impressions, and the artist’s response.

07/24/2012 By Anne Adams

culture cheat-sheet

Grieg + Lauderdale

Oregon Symphony’s lineup for the weekend features an iconic pianist and a classic piece.

07/24/2012 By Anne Adams

culture cheat-sheet

White Bird presents Laboratory Dance Project

A sneak peek at a hiphop-infused modern dance piece from Seoul.

07/24/2012 By Anne Adams

poppin' off

PDX Pop Favorites

The all-Portland, all-ages, free festival presented a 45-band program over three days. Here are a couple of acts we hit with the highlighter.

07/20/2012 By Anne Adams

pyramid scheme

Local Author talks Egypt + Evel Knievel

Lewis & Clark professor and Red Weather author Pauls Toutonghi has given a lot of thought to heritage, labels, and the larger-than life.

07/16/2012 By Anne Adams

read up/listen in

Love Rock Revolution: The Soundtrack

07/16/2012 By Anne Adams

blast from the past

Slash, Ringo, Beach Boys in Town?!

Where are they now, you ask? Well—here, believe it or not, playing shows this week. Catch up on these long-timers’ latest stylings.

07/12/2012 By Anne Adams

music appreciation

Portland Piano Brings Beethoven Sonatas

Portland Piano International’s Summer Festival begins tomorrow, but our own Thomas Cobb already knows his number-one pick: Beth Levin’s All Beethoven show, featuring sonatas 30-32. by Thomas Cobb

07/09/2012 By Anne Adams

music mania

14 Upcoming Music Festivals

Tent, water bottle, picnic blanket, lighter. We can’t help you pack, but here’s an updated list of music festivals you could plan to catch this summer!

07/02/2012 By Anne Adams

culture cheat-sheet

Art Headlines: June 2012

A huge month of season announcements, staffing changes, awards and solicitations—summarized for a quick study.

06/27/2012 By Anne Adams

had to be there

Risk/Reward 2012 Leaves Indelible Impressions

Last weekend, Hand2Mouth Theatre presented its fifth—and most ambitious—Risk/Reward performance art showcase. In case you missed it, here’s the play-by-play, from Shmooquan’s prosthetic parts, to H2M’s hold on our heart.

06/25/2012 By Anne Adams

why not?

Win Tickets to "What The Festival!"

06/22/2012 By Anne Adams

carpe deim/caveat emptor

Risk/Reward This Weekend

The director reports (and the roster corroborates) ever-improving odds for Hand2Mouth’s high-stakes performance festival. by Jerry Tischleder, as told to Anne Adams

06/20/2012 By Anne Adams

hot diggity dog

Dandy Warhols: Review & Slide Show

At the tail end of their US tour and the launch of new album This Machine, the psych-pop supergroup still sounds daisy-fresh and admits that there’s no place like home.

06/18/2012 Edited by Anne Adams

Article

Japanther’s Punk-Rock Puppet Show

06/06/2012 By Anne Adams

blutbad to the bone

A Word from Grimm’s Wolf-Man

Silas Weir Mitchell, who plays a wolf-human hybrid in the locally taped NBC series Grimm, tells PoMo about assimilating to "Portland Weird."

06/04/2012 By Anne Adams

in the loop

Art News Highlights: MAY 2012

Arts orgs made a few major moves this month. Here’s a dry-as-toast summary with links to the juicy details.

06/02/2012 By Anne Adams