THRU Magazine Archive
The idea that everything is impermanent lasts in the group art show at PICA, The Lasting Concept. The first piece of The Lasting Concept exhibit at PICA’s headquarters downtown is Bill Hayden’s and Sam Pulitzer’s “Street Side Dressing,” vinyl lettering on the front windows, reading “what’s up civilians?” and legible only to those looking up from […]
The visual diaries of Wim Wenders concludes “Portraits Along the Road.” Concluding Northwest Film Center’s Wim Wenders retrospective are some of the German director’s far lesser-known works, many of which are documentaries. I was surprised to find out that in Wenders’ four decades in the film industry, he’s actually been most prolific in this arena. Often […]
“The Left-Handed Woman” is an unlonely story of being alone. In a scene from the opening ten minutes of Peter Handke’s “The Left-Handed Woman,” Marianne picks up her husband, Bruno at the airport after a business trip. He gently bows into her at the top of the escalator and she supports his leaning body. In […]
Kyle Abraham brings Black Lives Matter to the center stage in a provocative performance on racial violence. I’m sitting in front of my computer screen, hunched and tired and frustrated. I’m re-watching the brutal video of the death of Eric Garner for the first time since the video came to light and tears are streaming down my face. […]
Stupid Fucking Bird implants itself behind laughs in new existential play. Only when I was home from the theatre and laying may head onto the pillow, lights off, quiet, and all alone, did I realize how powerful this play was. Playwright Aaron Posner has a reputation for careful, methodical adaptation of classic theatre works, but […]