HarperCollins I love Harper Lee’s writing. I review books all the time. I will not be reviewing this one. Harper Lee’s alleged lost companion novel to To Kill a Mockingbird, Go Set a Watchman, drops July 14, but if you’re looking for a review of it, you’ll need to look beyond this fiefdom: The Mercury‘s […]
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From Mount Hood, An Artist’s Answer to the Environmental Impact Statement
Chris Pureka ARTISTS ON A MOUNTAIN: Members of the Environmental Impact Statement collective in the field. “IT’S LIKE the artist’s version of the environmental impact statement,” says Portland artist Leif J. Lee of her work with local arts collective Environmental Impact Statement (IES), so named for the government-mandated document. Before getting the go-ahead on a […]
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The Week in Art: Lidia Yuknavitch, The Adventures of Kate & Kate, and Environmental Art
Lidia Yuknavitch ALL HAIL LIDIA YUKNAVITCH! She’s shaking up literature at its very foundation. Unpopular opinion: I hate fireworks. They hurt my delicate ears, they leave visually displeasing gray gashes across the sky, they freak out critters and tiny humans alike. No good! Do you hate fireworks too? Cool, here are some ideas for inside […]
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Here’s Your Lineup for PICA’s 2015 Time-Based Art Festival
It’s here! PICA just announced the lineup for this year’s Time-Based Art Festival, slated for September 10-20, and it looks GREAT. I’m especially excited that keyon gaskin is presenting his performance its not a thing, which I saw reduce audience members to tears back in February at PICA. It’s a performance that takes on race […]
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Ground Control
From Mount Hood, Artists’ Environmental Impact Statement
From Mt. Hood, artists’ environmental impact statement.
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PAM Announces Sara Krajewski as New Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art
Portland Art Museum MEET PAM’S NEWEST CURATOR. Her name is Sara Krajewski. Ian Gillingham of the Portland Art Museum just announced that PAM’s getting a new curator of modern and contemporary art. Sara Krajewski, previously of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, will fill the role vacated by Bruce Guenther, who retired last year after 14 years […]
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The 2015 Drammy Awards Are In! Hope You Like Musicals!
Drammy Awards MARY POPPINS, SWEEPIN’ THE DRAMZ: Tbf, those costumes look delightful. Portland’s hyper-local answer to the Tonys, the Drammy Awards, were announced last night at a ceremony at the Newmark Theatre. Full giant list of winners after the jump, but first, some initial observations: 1. There were so. many. musicals. on the list of […]
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The Week In Art: Gods, Dots, and What NYC’s Gentrification Means for Portland
Portland Art Museum “Come on bro, we know you hid our armor somewhere around here. I promise we’ll give you your concubine back if you tell us where you put it.” Mall air-conditioning is overrated. This sweaty weekend, escape into a cool, clean gallery space while you can! Or attend an outdoor play. Or bring […]
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LitHop PDX 2015 is Tonight! Here’s Where to Get Your Bookish Buzz Going
LitHop PDX It’s Bookworm Christmas, y’all! If you love books, tonight’s your night! It’s LitHop PDX, the most wonderful time of the year, when local presses and national lit journals alike fill six venues in Old Town/Chinatown with 54 writers for boozy, brief readings. If, like me, you’re prepping your liver and mind for tonight’s […]
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Border Crossings
Old Art World Meets New at PICA and the Portland Art Museum
Old art world meets new at PICA and the Portland Art Museum.
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Design Firm Snøhetta Reveals Concept for a New Public Market on the Waterfront
Snøhetta Rendering of the James Beard Public Market When Craig Dykers of design firm Snøhetta was tapped by the James Beard Public Market (JBPM) to design a concept for a central public food market for Portland, he was surprised to hear we didn’t have one already. Today, in an appearance alongside Ron Paul, executive director […]
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See Macbeth as Shakespeare Never Intended—in a Cemetery!
Portland Actors Ensemble BY THE PRICKING OF MY THUMBS: Something wicked this way comes. It’s June, and you know what that means: Shakespeare is invading all of our parks! I have a real soft spot in my heart for Shakespeare in the Park. One of the bummers about seeing theater in the summer is spending […]