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Alison Hallett served nobly as the Mercury's arts editor from 2008-2014. Her proud legacy lives on.
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day—way better than you’d expect!
FANS OF DAVID MITCHELL know to keep their expectations both high and flexible. The British novelist’s previous work includes the Booker-nominated Cloud Atlas, which marries six interlocking stories and genres into one ingenious whole; the charming semi-autobiographical bildungsroman Black Swan Green; and 2010’s foray into historical fiction, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, a […]
The Bone Clocks is a return to form for David Mitchell.
In Sean Wilsey’s hands, anything is interesting.
Pat Moran Host Pepper Pepper and her clipboard. Critical Mascara: A Post-Realness Drag Ball debuted last year at TBA, and was so well-received that it just might be a new festival tradition, filling the coveted Saturday night spot once occupied by Ten Tiny Dances. The Paris Is Burning-inspired drag contest features extravagant, glamorous, and occasionally […]
Pat Moran It’s a Rorschach test of sorts: Fifty adults in a room, all wearing sheets with eyeholes cut out. What do you see? Ghosts, decided most people at Luke George’s Sunday afternoon show, though I heard a few comments on the resemblance to a full-body hijab. The Klan connection is there too, though I […]
Eugenie Frerich Portland choreographer Tahni Holt‘s Duet Love begins with iconic images of heterosexual couples, and breaks down those images over the course of the evening. The show opens with four dancers, two women and two men, striking and holding poses in the silent theater. These establishing shots let the audience know we’re dealing with […]
Pat Moran Every year at TBA, one or two performances leave an indelible mark. Gob Squad’s Andy Warhol-inspired Kitchen. Sam Green’s documentary The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller, live-soundtracked by Yo La Tengo. Rude Mechs’ Method Gun. Reggie Watts at the Someday (RIP). Tanya Tagaq in Concert with Nanook of the North is one […]
Flings has more names than your high school yearbook.
The 12th annual Time-Based Art Festival launches into the stratosphere.
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