Performance A pair of Australians, Chunky Move’s Gideon Obarzanek and choreographer Lucy Guerin, have devised one of the most frustrating, fun and inquisitive dance-theater hybrids to come to town for quite ...   More

Performance Times are tough for everyone, but America’s cultural institutions are taking a beating. Last autumn’s stock market crash put severe stress on the endowments of the major cultural trusts an ...   More

Performance “If we were a band, I’d say, ‘We’re making a live album and you’re all going to be a part of it,’” said BodyVox co-founder Jamey Hampton, as he welcomed a cap ...   More

Performance OhmyGod, ohmygod don’tpickme. Touch me. TOUCHMEEEE. That’s a lot of sweat. Jesus, my socks probably smell. She almost hit me. During Dutch choreographer Anouk van Dijk’s STAU, presen ...   More

Performance When composer David Bernstein retired after 28 years on the Cleveland State University music faculty and moved to Portland, he encountered three surprises: His new home boasted two veteran chamber ens ...   More

Performance With Oscar Wilde’s unrelentingly witty comedy The Importance of Being Earnest, Portland Center Stage presents its second, unexpectedly relevant, classic of the season: First came Guys Dolls, se ...   More

Performance When dance lovers speak wistfully of finding the next Balanchine, Trey McIntyre’s name often comes up. And why not? McIntyre began at Houston Ballet as a dancer and left as an associate choreogr ...   More

Performance Go to any Portland rock club and the chances are you’ll hear a local band playing original music. The same goes for most local art galleries, theaters and dance performances. The idea that local ...   More

Performance Talk about a mean streak—the cheeky ensemble at Theatre Vertigo really has a thing for human cruelty. In recent years they’ve produced plays by misanthropes like John Patrick Shanley and D ...   More

Performance It’s been a long time coming. I’m not talking about change, hope and a black president, though heaven knows we’ve waited too long for those. No, I’m talking about Apollo, Nancy ...   More