Courtesy PICA/Martin Argyroglo Philippe Quesne’s La Mélancolie des Dragons “Large scale theater work” is how TBA described Philippe Quesne’s newest production, La Mélancolie des Dragons. It’s fair enough, I suppose—it would be hard to call it a “play,” exactly, lacking as it is in traditional conflict and plot. And while it feels elaborate (a car […]
Thomas Alexander Ross
Thomas Ross writes about art and booze, and edits fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for Tin House.
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Where Can a Guy Get a Drink Around Here?
The Newcomers’ Guide to Booze in a Boozy Town
The newcomers’ guide to booze in a boozy town.
Posted inTBA
Confronting the Audience in Keyon Gaskin’s Its Not a Thing at BodyVox
<img src="https://www.portlandmercury.com/images/blogimages/2015/09/13/1442186746-keyongaskin_02.jpg" alt="Keyon Gaskin performs Its Not a Thing.” title=”Keyon Gaskin performs Its Not a Thing.” width=”500″ height=”281″ /> Alex Riedlinger via TBA Keyon Gaskin performs Its Not a Thing. Keyon Gaskin’s long-running piece, It’s Not a Thing, appearing as part of TBA Friday and Saturday at BodyVox, began subverting performance tropes as soon as […]
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Confronting the Audience in Keyon Gaskin’s Its Not a Thing at BodyVox
<img src="https://www.portlandmercury.com/images/blogimages/2015/09/13/1442186746-keyongaskin_02.jpg" alt="Keyon Gaskin performs Its Not a Thing.” title=”Keyon Gaskin performs Its Not a Thing.” width=”500″ height=”281″ /> Alex Riedlinger via TBA Keyon Gaskin performs Its Not a Thing. Keyon Gaskin’s long-running piece, It’s Not a Thing, appearing as part of TBA Friday and Saturday at BodyVox, began subverting performance tropes as soon as […]
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A Blended Family
A Survey of the Summer “Blendy”
A summer survey of blended booze!
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Bottoms Up at Sunup
Drinking the Mornings Away in Portland
Drinking the mornings away in Portland.
Posted inFeature
How to Pair Drinks with Any Summer Activity
Pairing Booze, Beer, or Wine with any Hot Weather Event
How to pair booze, beer, and wine with any summer event.
Posted inTheater & Performance
Eeeeexcellent
Dystopian Visions of The Simpsons in Portland Playhouse’s Mr. Burns
Dystopian visions of The Simpsons in Portland Playhouse’s Mr. Burns.
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Remote-Access Warfare
CoHo Productions’ Grounded: Another Mediocre Take on Drones
CoHo Productions’ Grounded: Another mediocre take on drones.
Posted inTheater & Performance
Love is Madness
Marriage and Mental Illness in Amy Herzog’s Belleville
Marriage and mental illness in Amy Herzog’s Belleville.
Posted inTheater & Performance
Boys’ Club
Sleek Suspense and Unexamined Ambivalence in The Invisible Hand
Sleek suspense and unexamined ambivalence in The Invisible Hand.
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The Malt Ball 2015: Bringing Bands and Beers Together TOMORROW NIGHT!
Portland’s great pastimes are beer and music. Even the staunchest teetotaler—let’s say John Lithgow in Footloose—or the most righteous anti-dance preacher—okay, Dennis Quaid in the Footloose remake—would have to agree that Portland wouldn’t be the city it is today without the traditions of beer from old Henry Weinhard’s pre-prohibition days to the craft movement, or […]