Every Story Contains the World.
Death and the First of Spring Sitting at a family dining table on this first day of Spring, 2018, with the nourishing Tucson sun at my back, recalling the December night when THRU Media opened and shuttered its doors to the public for the last time, a belated post is published at THRU, and so ends my …
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New worlds of improvised form were showcased at Creative Music Guild’s fifth annual ISP. In the spirit of this festival, the following was developed in an improvisational manner. As the event progressed, I posted photos and thoughts that were gradually edited, revised, and distilled — when I was able to rouse myself back up. Two nights and one full …
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Linda Austin is “a head of time” in new, ongoing work. Don’t think too much. About the past, or what the bundles of colorful extension cords on the floor mean, or how flexible you’ll be at age 62. Don’t ask if you’ll even make it to 62. At “A head of time” you’ll be transported into another’s …
Allie Hankins curates a night of provocative humor in double bill: Ghosts and Snake Talk. Last Friday night at Performance Works Northwest, artists from Berlin, Ireland, and Oakland coalesced into a cohesive unit, despite having little to do with each other. Although their work was developed independently, it was as if specific guidelines were offered …
Samantha Shay, artistic director of Source Material Collective, provides a look into her recently revamped presentation of I Should Have a Party for All the Thoughts I Didn’t Say, at The Old Church, Portland, Oregon. Her insight about the work narrates exclusive rehearsal video, offering an immersive look into the interdisciplinary performance. This performance runs …
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I Should Have a Party for All the Thoughts I Didn’t Say comes from Source Material. When you’re out some place and you aren’t feeling up for the world’s cheery veneer, the internal dialogue of loneliness and despair can amplify. Surrounded by vivacious music and terrific booze hounds while you’re not feeling that mood, your …
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Source Material offers Nini Julia Bang upon migration to Portland The Headwaters Theatre is not a large venue, but when you remove the seats it is obviously smaller. For A Thousand Tongues, just two and a half rows of chairs are set right onto the stage, angled to face the opposite corner. At most, twenty-five …
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 …
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? …
