THRU Magazine Archive
Larry Yes becomes the first featured artist in a series of live recordings for the Horizon Times blog and podcast. I joined him at The Waypost for an intimate concert where he performed some new songs, including this anthem “Time Doesn’t Exist, Love is All There Is.” It is a beautiful sentiment if not an […]
Dance+ 2014, Program II Last week, Paula brought you a review of Program I for Conduit’s Dance+ performance series. This annual cross-disciplinary merger of talent has been running for three years. Essentially, the program asks choreographers, both emerging and established, to work with non-dancers. This is carefully curated by Conduit. I was there for year […]
Dance+ Performance Festival, Week 1 Last night was the opening of Conduit’s annually curated performance festival. It’s a chance to see local and regional artists reaching across disciplines to collaborate on new experimental works. The festival offers two different programs, one this week, one next week. This week offers four works split with a 10 […]
The fourth annual Quiet Music Festival hosted by Disjecta, curated by Chris Johanson, softened hearts and ears last Friday and Saturday (June 27-28). Surrounding a stage only two feet above the concrete floor are layers of pads, blankets and pillows, accommodating an audience of roughly one hundred, which may have swelled up to almost two […]
Mamele & Cupcakes at the 22nd Portland Jewish Film Festival Two films and seventy-five years can make for two experiences a world apart from each other. I watched two films back to back at Whitsell Auditorium on Sunday as part of the 22nd Portland Jewish Film Festival presented by NWFC and the Institute for Judaic […]