Alphabet Dress Monthly Mobile Gallery, 288-9319 536 NE Cook, Saturday, March 24, 7:00 pm Today we’re going to talk about Alphabet Dress. But first, let’s do a little empathy-building exercise. Close your eyes. Wait, open them back up. Imagine you’re in an unheard-of rock band. You’ve got talent up to the collar of your Levi’s […]
Camela Raymond
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THE P.T. BARNUM OF CINEMA
The Lovably Eccentric Dennis Nyback and the Clinton Street Theater
Untitled Document DENNIS NYBACK, the rare film archivist and public face of the Clinton Street Theater since last September, has suffered his share of detractors. There was the New York man who demanded his money back from Nyback’s traveling “Politically Incorrect Humor on Film” program because it wasn’t politically incorrect enough. (Nyback’s reply: “I showed […]
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Gentrification Blues
Proposed Development Jeopardizes African American Neighborhoods
“THERE SHOULD BE A LIMIT on how often they can raise your rent,” said Birdie Nipper, a 64-year-old who pays for her apartment on N Interstate Avenue with meager disability income. Five years ago, she and her neighbors were forced from a nearby building when new owners from California hiked the rents. Now, Nipper may […]
Posted inArt
Joe Macca’s Hypostatics
PDX Gallery 604 NW 12 Ave, 222-0063 Through July 30 At first, it seems like Joe Macca’s shimmering, fruity color field paintings have as much gravity and substance as popsicles. Each is a rectangle, about 10″ by 14″ with one color at the top–say, tangerine–that grades seamlessly into another color at the bottom–say, watermelon. Or […]