THRU Magazine Archive
Day 1: Artist Talk Begins T:BA On opening day of T:BA:15 Thursday, I attended an artist lecture at the new PNCA campus, housed in the old federal building at the tip of the park blocks. The artist, Jibade-Khalil Huffman, is from Detroit, studied photography and poetry in Providence, RI, continued his studies and showed work in […]
Pure Surface new performance series celebrates its first anniversary. Over the past year, Pure Surface has explored the collaboration of different forms, with the bodies and minds of multi-disciplinary artists coming together in Portland. I recently learned about the series through co-Founder Stacey Tran, having been moved by her presentation at Poetry Press Week. On a […]
Photo of Markeith Wiley and Danielle Hammer, by Tim Summers For two weekends, the 4th Annual Risk/Reward Festival of New Performance will occupy the upper floor of Artists Repertory Theatre, featuring debut works from eight unique artists. Last night, the first batch was revealed. Markeith Wiley, Faith Helma, Nancy Ellis, and Eowyn Emerald & Dancers […]
Robert Tyree transforms the dance studio room into a circus-like kids’ classroom or gym, navigating the obstacle course of a fitness routine. This is what it appears like at first. He is dressed the part, in short blue gym shorts and a red tank-top. His blond hair is combed neatly to one side. He is tall […]
Linda K. Johnson + Matthew Shyka unearthed a memory from the catacombs of my consciousness. Around the age of eight or nine, I was fortunate enough to witness a professional dance performance in an ultra-luxurious Manhattan venue. It should have been quite the dazzling experience for those of us lucky enough to be there. But at that […]