THRU Magazine Archive
Bridgetown Comedy Festival begins tonight and runs through Sunday. With so many difficult stories, so many trying moments in our lives, news of riots and disasters, climate change and war, the heart can become weary. But for the price of one hour on the couch with a psychologist, you can watch comics from all over the world […]
The more one lives life, the more they realize that it is not an experience that can very easily be tied up in a pretty bow. Things get dark, weird, confusing, and very rarely offer the privilege of a pretty conclusion; that however, does not mean our documentaries can’t be like that! Crescendo! The Power […]
An ode to a resurrected 1977 Volkswagen Dasher on her maiden voyage through the Columbia Gorge. You started singing a Queen song, something about loving his automobile. Mary in the back, talking drones and saying what she shouldn’t say. She loves saying what she shouldn’t say. Her Mississippi accent like the shadows of the clouds […]
Comedian, Jonathan Katz joined Ambit Mag’s Sean Ongley over the phone for a thirty minute talk about Dr. Katz Live, soon to debut in Portland as part of Bridgetown Comedy Festival. This audio was edited very lightly from its original recording on April 29th, 2015.
Bridgetown Comedy Festival comes around for its eighth year this Thursday with a program that runs the gamut of laughter-inducing art forms, some cutting edge and some timeless. Jonathan Katz, this year’s festival headliner and creator of Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist, falls into both categories. In 1995, Katz was an innovative humorist with improvised dialogue and stand-up comedy […]