Graywolf Press 2015 is nearly here, which means one thing: new books are on their way to bookshelves (and our hearts!). While every blogger weighs in with their favorite books of the year, here are some of the books with 2015 publication dates to look forward to: The Argonauts, Maggie Nelson—Maggie Nelson is arguably one […]
Megan Burbank
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Deep Cuts: Blood, Guts, and Top 40 in The Maids’ Tragedy
JASON MANICCIA It seems perverse to call a play where (almost) everyone dies at the end “fun,” but oddly enough, that’s exactly what Northwest Classical Theatre Company’s The Maids’ Tragedy is. That’s surprising enough for straight-up tragedy, but it’s especially weird in this case: The play is an obscure, rarely performed Jacobean tragedy, written—in 1619!—by […]
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Here’s Hyperallergic’s Annual Roundup of the Most Powerless People in the Art World
#ARTSELFIE game strong. Every year, amid best-of-the-year and most-powerful lists, art blog Hyperallergic publishes my favorite art-nerd alternative: The 20 Most Powerless People in the Art World, an irreverent look at the unacknowledged cogs that make the world of art and art selling go ’round. Here are a few of the people the art world […]
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Deep Cuts
Blood, Guts, and Top 40 in The Maids’ Tragedy
The Maids’ Tragedy is less Zeffirelli, more Tarantino.
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Ghosts, Murder, and Sentient Candy: Here Are the Holiday Shows You Still Have Time To See
Owen Carey Holiday theater season isn’t over yet! Many of this year’s best and most imaginative/strange holiday shows have already closed (farewell, Rudolph, and SANTA, Liminal’s tale of Christmas and DEATH). You’ll have to wait until next year for delightful stop-motion animation acted out by actual people—and maybe until never for Liminal’s next holiday play, […]
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Today, in Art Mysteries: Who Put Up Those “Ca$h for Your Banksy” Signs?
If you’ve taken the #14 bus over the past month, you may have seen this stencil: Mad One If you call the number, you’ll be asked for your name, and directed to a Google Voice mailbox to leave a message. Who is behind this? The sign offers up no declaration of authorship. Could it be […]
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Comedy, Riot Grrrls, and Puppies: Here are the Projects Getting RACC Dollars for 2015
Allyson Mitchell RACC’d: Allyson Mitchell’s work is featured in Alien She, coming to Portland in 2015! It’s arts grant season, which is like Christmas for people who make things, if you had to write out a very detailed plan of attack and list of necessary funding items in exchange for a present. Does that sound […]
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Twist Your Dickens: Getting into the Mean-Spirited Holiday Spirit
Portland Center Stage I have seen so many holiday shows, I feel like my eyes are bleeding melted candy canes and holiday cheer. And I’m seeing another one tonight! (Sidenote: One holiday performance I didn’t go to is Liminal’s Santa, E.E. Cummings’ tale of killing Santa Claus. Jenna Lechner reports on it here.) Today’s report […]
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Sugar Lives, Sort of: Cheryl Strayed and Steve Almond Revive “Dear Sugar” in Podcast Form
The Rumpus Before Reese Witherspoon acted out the events of her life, Cheryl Strayed was known not as the writer of Wild or even as Cheryl Strayed, but as Sugar, the Rumpus‘ pseudonymous advice columnist, who developed a following among Rumpus readers for compassionate, bullshit-free responses to readers’ quandaries, delivered in the form of the […]
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Comedy Speakeasy
Inside Kickstand Comedy Space’s First Week
A week in the life of Portland’s newest comedy venue (yes, the one in the bike shop).
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The New Broad City Trailer is Full of Muscles, No Information About the Season Ahead!
Rejoice! There’s a new trailer for season two of Broad City, and it carries on Comedy Central’s tradition of delightfully nonspecific trailers for the (greatest) show’s second season, which would bug me if Broad City were at all plot-driven. Luckily, it’s not, and the new trailer is very funny, and features Abbi and Alana lounging […]
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Here Are Your 2014 PICA Precipice Fund Grant-Winning Artists
MB Presentation for “One Flaming Arrow,” co-curated by Demian Diné Yazhi’, Kaila Farrell-Smith, Carlee Smith, Thomas GreyEyes, R.I.S.E (Radical Indigenous Survivance & Empowerment). Last week, PICA announced the winners of their 2014 Precipice Fund grants, and they’re a varied, innovative group, with projects that run the gamut from alternative arts spaces to a free comics-heavy […]