Portland Center Stage’s adaptation of A Christmas Story doesn’t quite justify its theatrical existence.
Noah Dunham
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Call of Duty: Black Ops: Now Kobe Approved!
I’m not sure why the below live-action trailer for Call of Duty: Black Ops has stuck with me ever since I saw it during last week’s The Walking Dead. I’m guessing many of you saw it too. There’s something about this trailer that seriously bothers me. And I’m not one to hate on live-action depictions […]
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Live Review: Violet at the IFCC. Upside Down Smiley Face.
There are two elements to a theatrical production that I believe to be pretty essential to its success. The first being a well executed exposition. And the other being the ability to hear the words coming out of the performers mouths. Unfortunately neither of these elements were present in Staged! Musical Theatre Series’ most recent […]
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So Many PDX High-Schoolers Doing Shakespeare! So Little Time!
This weekend is a big weekend for high school thespians here in Portland Oregon. Starting today seven metro-area high school drama departments will gather in PCPA’s Winningstad Theater to put on a weekend long festival featuring seven different plays written by Mr. William Shakespeare.What’s the deal with this? Well it’s all part of Portland Playhouse’s […]
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Theater Season is Upon Us!
Portland Playhouse’s Telethon So fall is here. Or are we in winter now? I think we’re still in fall… anyway, we’re in the midst of a season in which things are cold and wet, which means us Portlanders are seeking out activities to do indoors. Preferably things that entertain, engage, and stimulate so that our […]
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Dracula
Genuine Theatrical Frights at NWCTC
Northwest Classical Theatre’s adaptation of Dracula provides honest-to-god fright.
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Heart Beats Cute
CoHo’s Pun-Tastic Heart Beatings.
Heart Beatings is too cute for its own good.
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Further Thoughts on Tahni Holt’s Culture Machine
In this week’s issue of The Mercury, I wrote a preview of Tahni Holt’s new contemporary dance experiment Culture Machine that opened last night at Disjecta and runs the rest of the weekend. I commented in the preview that while I thought my interview with Holt fleshed out some interesting concepts about the piece (namely […]
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More Than Mechanics
Tahni Holt explores the feedback loop of culture in Culture Machine.
Tahni Holt explores the feedback loop of culture in Culture Machine.
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Border Crossing
Year Four of the Portland Latin American Film Festival
The Portland Latin American Film Festival returns for its fourth year.
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Today in Really Fucking Unsafe Things To Do on a Bicycle!
People. I’m all for multitasking. But really? This has gotta stop! Come on you little shit, we’re late for trivia! This isn’t the actual picture of the person I saw riding their bike while walking their dog this morning, but I needed to show an image so everyone could see, and hopefully agree, that this […]
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WANTED: Ass Kicking Arts Intern!
[Previously posted, but you need a reminder, don’t you?] Do you just love the Arts?! Do you just love the Portland Mercury?! Then come take my job! We’re looking for a new Arts Intern and it could be you! But first, some criteria: • We want to get someone in here who is interested in […]