Portland Opera takes on Puccini’s tale of love and betrayal.
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Madame Butterfly
Portland Opera Takes on Puccini’s Tale of Love and Betrayal
Jenna Lechner
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Madame Butterfly, in the 21st Century
The Portland Opera opened Madame Butterfly this past weekend. Recently I sat down for a generous and sprightly chat with Caitlin Mathes (the mezzo-soprano who plays Kate Pinkerton) and André Chiang (the baritone who plays Yamidori) at the Portland Opera studios. They told me some surprising things, and tried to shut down some preconceptions about […]
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The Tyranny of Basements
Bruce Nauman’s Frustrating, Sophisticated Video Work
Experiencing the tyranny of Bruce Nauman’s video work in Basements.
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Fertile Ground Review: Make/Believe
Patrick Weishampel/tEEth So, have you seen a tEEth performance yet? You probably should. The Portland-based dance group opened their latest piece last night, as part of the Fertile Ground Festival. Recent kudos came from Dance magazine, who listed the collaboration of Angelle Hebert and Phillip Kraft within their 2012 list of “top 25 to watch.” […]
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Dancing… IN THREE DIMENSIONS!
Wim Wenders Gets Visceral with Pina 3D
Wim Wenders gets visceral with Pina 3D.
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Tonight: First Thursday
It’s the first week of the new year! Celebrate the slough-off of 2011 by checking out some art. Our art connoisseur Matt Stangel is out of town, so I’m filling in to highlight some First Thursday action. For starters: Ethan Rose, Reflections Ethan Rose has been tinkering again. PDX Contemporary presents his show Reflection, which […]
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Jets Vs. the Sharks: 50 Years and STILL Fighting?
Carol Rosegg Bernardo vs. Riff West Side Story opened last night to a standing ovation. A favorite musical for lots of people, this is the first national tour of the show and the 2009 revival version (a little darker and different than the original 1957 premiere). Unlike other musicals, West Side Story grows younger! That’s […]
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NWDP: As Good As They Say?
Christopher Peddecord NWDP’s Franco Nieto, all wrapped up and ready to go. A couple weeks ago I stopped by the Northwest Dance Project’s studio to do a preview of their upcoming holiday show. During our meet-up, executive director Scott Lewis talked a bit of smack: “We can do everything OBT does. And more.” Though the […]
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Life in the Margins
Joakim Eskildsen Photographs the People Formerly Known as Gypsies
The Roma Journeys documents the lives of the people formerly known as Gypsies.
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The Nutcracker, in Review…Ok, This Is Not Really a Review (Sorry)
Blaine Truitt Covert Snowflakes dance with unexplainable snow during OBT’s The Nutcracker The Nutcracker began last week, and I saw it! It was my second time seeing it. I don’t remember any of the show I saw before, at 4, but I DO remember the EXPERIENCE of The Nutcracker (admiring the giant auditorium…swinging my bitty […]
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‘Tis the Season
Holiday Theater Season Is Upon Us
Parsing the season’s holiday-themed performances.
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RACC: New Office, New Art
Foyer and conference room of new building. Wavy RACC-logo mural included. Last week RACC held an open house for their fancy new LEED Gold building in the Pearl District (411 NW Park Ave), with around 300 people in attendance. They’ve got plans for growth, and part of this is via their call for the Portable […]