Celebrating National Poetry Month, Thru Magazine will publish poems every Friday in April. Commencing the commemoration of the is Jen Scholten. Prerequithoughts: an ongoing, ever-expanding collection of poems. I. Pipe dreams — man, of me of us roving desert hills, chilling mountaintops with stares that stop them dead; winds dreading us. Can’t we figure in …
Author Archives: Jen Scholten
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ILLUSTRATION AND POEM BY JEN SCHOLTEN Surf & water can as water can’t alone; film a languid layer on this tired white bone under lying milkskin, overgrown and riddled with existence. Reminisce of comfort calling, but it’s not in this bath. Not this one. Skin shame is the same everywhere. None of us want to …
Oregonians Fight Over Nestlé’s Grip On Water Rights
At least 1,600 signatures will be delivered Monday morning to the Hood River County elections office by county residents with the Local Water Alliance. Their petition will place the Hood River Water Protection Measure on the 2016 ballot, in response to seven years of planning that would give Nestlé staggering access to vital waters. With each year, more voices …
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Chamber of Secrets
it’s really hard :: Alembic Artists Showcase It’s the same damp walk every time to Performance Works NW. I’ve only attended three performances here and yet somehow it rained each time. Maybe it’s just Portland. I underestimated the conjugated reputation this town has with dreary weather — it’s not all gossip, but it’s lighter than that. The …
Aqualair
Illustration and short story by Jen Scholten I fell into a pool when I was young, as I fell into so many bodies of water in my youth. I was born on the water too, like you, Lidia, except I can’t reflect on a moment of your literal near drowning — I don’t remember you writing …
Beneath All of the Layers, More Layers
Dear Armen is a theatre of selves told through dance It is obscure and difficult researching the life and work of Armen Ohanian, an Armenian performer, and of Sophia Pirboudaghian (Armen’s birth name). From doing so, I realized what an opportunity I missed after hastily leaving the venue last Friday. What was I rushing off for? …
The Mirror is Sebastião Salgado
I have seen nothing in my years on this planet. Not a thing. Of course, you realize this is not a revelation and that I’m speaking figuratively as we know I’ve not seen nothing in my life. However, I dare you to try not to feel that way about your own life after watching The …
T:BA:15 as it Happened to Jen
Holcombe Waller: Requiem Mass: LGBT/Working Title Go to Holcombe Waller: Requiem Mass: LGBT/Working Title alone or with someone you could sit with for hours in silence without giving a second thought to. Arrive early. Bring as little with you as possible mentally and try to exhaust whatever is left before you land. If you must, stroll …
Post5 to Grow Onward Post Boice
Just as a single year of our lives can pose unlimited opportunities for change, Post5 Theater has faced its own since its conception four years ago. At its dawn in 2011, it was a mere reverie connecting two young men: Ty Boice and Orion Bradshaw. Today, this reality is to be passed on to new …