Dismayed at the closing of OFFICE PDX‘s brick ‘n’ mortar? You’re looking at things all wrong, according to owners Tony Secolo and Kelly Coller, who after taking stock of the economy and the fact that over half of their sales were being made online decided to overhaul their business model. First step, lose the storefront. […]
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$25 Portland Center Stage Tickets
… in an online-only promotion, today and today only. Promotional code=ENEWS, buy here. Come Christmas, you probably will want to see A Christmas Carol—you’re also looking at Snow Falling on Cedars, Sedaris’ The Santaland Diaries, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The Receptionist, Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps…. $25 is considerably cheaper than usual; it’s […]
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“Creativity Under Pressure” and the Sledgehammer Writing Project
I only caught a teaser for this morning’s Think Out Loud, themed “Creativity Under Pressure”—just enough to hear mention of the 48-Hour Film Fest (the results of which screen at the Hollywood tomorrow and Thursday) and National Novel Writing Month (coming up in November). So I’m not sure if they mentioned another deadline-based competition: Sledgehammer […]
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PCS Posters
Portland Center Stage just released poster designs for their 2009/2010 season, and gosh they’re pretty: More here. (Via PCS graphic designer Michael Buchino, whom you may remember from the Beard Review.)
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Portland Cello Project + Oregon Ballet Theatre
In case you missed it the first time…. Brian Perez and Portland Cello Project from Portland Cello (Documentary) Pro on Vimeo. *fans self* Uh… so anyway the ostensible purpose of this blog post is to inform you that tomorrow night the Portland Cello Project and special guests Brian Perez, John Brophy, and more will co-headline […]
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The Duffy Lucas Interview
Once, he was a kid dancing to Sussudio. Today, if it’s possible, he’s even more incredible than that. I first saw the Duffy Lucas tapes last week, a grainy Youtube that originally aired in 1986. Yesterday, Lucas and I connected via Facebook, and this evening, he gave me the interview you’ve been waiting for. Since […]
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A Few of My Favorite Things – Tonight!
Tonight marks the start of Holocene’s new series entitled A Few of My Favorite Things. Put away the lederhosen, Hansel, this is not a Sound of Music-themed event, instead Holocene is handing the keys to the venue over to a local artist—Brian Mumford of Dragging an Ox Through Water is the inaugural curator—who then fills […]
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Back to Back Theatre at TBA Fest
It’s not too early to start thinking about PICA’s annual TBA Fest—the Central Box Office opened today, in fact, at 224 NW 13th. If you haven’t started looking into the lineup, I recommend that you do so ASAP—there are some super intriguing artists and performances this year. Take Back to Back Theatre, a company driven […]
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Carson Ellis for Converse
Fans of Carson Ellis‘ work, most notably for the Decemberists (decorating their posters and album covers, bearing the lead singer a son), here’s your new must have in the shoe department: You’ll not only get to wear one of your favorite PDX artists every other day (it’s not good for you to wear the same […]
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Another Week, Another Arts Bailout? Not So Fast…
Conduit, Portland’s 13-year-old non-profit contemporary dance center, needs $15,000 by August 31, or it may go out of business. They’ve just finished a weekend of benefit performances featuring stalwart Portland dancers and dancemakers, including guest soloists from the recently bailed out Oregon Ballet Theater. My take? The center, like many small to midsize arts non-profits […]
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Naked Obamas with Unicorn
Today in the “Memes-You-May-Have-Missed-But-Really-Need-to-See” department is this visionary work of art by painter Dan Lacey:Lacey is famous for painting naked Obamas with unicorns, and celebrities and/or animals with pancakes on their heads. Quite a prolific and talented fellow, I should say.
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The Last Splash
If you liked Forecast, the Mercury‘s most recent spring fashion show, then the next project coming up for our crew—myself, the illustrious promoter and event planner Connie Wohn, Mercury contributor Brett Glass, and Frances May‘s Pamela Baker-Miller—should be on your radar: It was born out of the fact that Connie, whose birthday is in January, […]