THRU Magazine Archive
Design Week Co-Founder and Director, Tsilli Pines Explains the Scattered Development of a Burgeoning Festival. The story of Design Week Portland is not one of consistency. It has changed months, almost skipped years, and never really had a central organization in the beginning. That way of working is something I really appreciate. The innocence of […]
Everything is design, design is everything, and Portland is a microcosm. Design Week Portland is neither a week nor is it design. Actually, it is more than that. The provocative event spans a full nine days while exploring design solutions to broad political-economic issues. It is a convention by and for designers, on the one […]
The Few opens up a compelling love story in a forgotten setting. It was such a passing fancy around the year 2000 that we have already forgotten about it. I’m talking about the “Y2K Bug,” the time setting for The Few, by Samuel D. Hunter. The place setting is obscured — I wouldn’t know it was […]
Jewish Theatre Collaborative lifts “Davita’s Harp” from the page to the stage at Milagro Theatre. “This is a strange story. It doesn’t have an ending. Are you listening?” Walking into the intimate setting of the Milagro Theatre, I felt significantly unprepared. I was about to watch a production set around some of the most important events to […]
The 5th Annual Oak Street Art Show offers celebration and a much-needed dose of inspiration for one young man. It was sometime in the winter of 2013 that I found myself caught in a position of personal confusion. A stressful year of academics and tumultuousness had left me tired and ready for a break from being a theater […]