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Clear the Way for TBA
The Mercury’s Guide to Portland’s Biggest Arts Fest
Get yer TBA tickets! Get yer TBA tickets! The official TBA Box Office is in the PICA building, 1122 NW Glisan, and is the best place to hit up for tickets, which run from around $10 for individual events all the way up to a $500 Patron Pass that gives you full access to everything, […]
Posted inTheater & Performance
D.O.A.: A Primer for the Afterlife
D.O.A.: A Primer for the Afterlife Tribe Theatre, 510 NW Glisan, Thurs-Sat 8 pm, through Sept. 17, $10-12 It’s not exactly improv, but there was never really a script for D.O.A. either. The Box Ensemble, a “physical theater company primarily interested in creating entertaining theater,” essentially made it up as they went. In its infancy, […]
Posted inBooks
Lunar Park
Reading Lunar Park is like going on a first date with a recently jilted dude. Said dude will name-drop celebrities in order to impress, bare his soul to show his softer side, and mock himself to exhibit his sparkling sense of humor. It’s all a pretext for getting down your pants, though—and, most importantly, coming on your
Posted inTheater & Performance
Desdemona…
A Play About A Handkerchief
I am such an admirer of Paula Vogel’s plays I would probably go see one even if the cast of Reba were headlining. She’s innovative, intelligent, and at times hilarious. Her Shakespeare-skewing
Posted inMovies & TV
Lights! Camera! Ass Shot!
Gettin’ Paid for Gettin’ Laid in Torremolinos 73
I’m a sucker for ’70s-era dramas—if you ask me, the only thing that could make Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? any better is if it were filmed in
Posted inFeature
Estacada: Why Aren’t You There Yet?
While every other newspaper and magazine in town are popping out “Best of Portland” issues like a Gresham teen makes babies, let’s be honest: How many times
The Best of Estacada
Posted inTheater & Performance
A Light in the Dark
A Light in the Dark, Back Door Theater, 4319 SE Hawthorne, Thurs-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm, through Aug 7, $10-15 After premiering his one-man show A Light in the Dark last June in Los Angeles, Ezra LeBank shelved it for a year to complete his thesis. The time spent researching philosophy and theater history […]
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Journey to the Bottom of My Colon
How a Colonic Helped Me Purge Poop and Prejudice
Colonics are amusing–often the butt of jokes, if you will. As for me, I’ve always lumped colon hydrotherapy with other useless cosmetic fads from Hollywood–like collagen injections and dating Katie Holmes. As recently as a month ago, I was still skeptical. But, finally, someone I knew (and respected) had endured several colonic treatments and emerged […]
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Season of the Snake
Season of the Snake by Claire Davis (St. Martin’s) During a recent lecture, Claire Davis described landscape as not solely backdrop for the main characters, but as an integral character itself. Like the protagonists, she said, landscape must relate to the readers’ experiences, emotions, and heritage. Davis’ prose exemplifies this statement–she is as adept at […]
