THRU Magazine Archive
“BROOMSTICK,” A PLAY ABOUT A WITCH WITH AN IDENTITY CRISIS COMES TO ARTISTS REPERTORY THEATER The lights come up on a witch’s cottage complete with a wall o’ potions and a number of other eccentric, dusty knickknacks, all backed by what looks like the strands of a giant fraying wicker chair. Basically, the kind of […]
And We Will Throw the Sea Behind You documents the stories of several migrants from middle eastern nations to Greece and Turkey. Pieced together from low resolution video and film, spanning roughly 2009 to 2012, and audio recordings of testimonials from migrants, an impression of the life of the Arab migrant is sculpted. Lacking a […]
Japan Noise Tour Kicks Off in North Portland The term “noise” might be derogatory in some cases, implying uninvited sound. But there is another view which contends that all sound, invited or not, is music, so it just depends on how seriously the musician takes their noise. One might suggest that the latter would be […]
Last night at the La Muerte Baila performance at the Milagro Theatre in southeast Portland, I wrote down the name of a friend who passed away two years ago. The performance marked Dia de los Muertos, the Mexican holiday honoring and celebrating the dead, and everyone in attendance was invited to do this after the […]
You know you’ve found yourself at an absurdly deranged theater show when during the performance you begin silently scribbling to yourself the following; […]