Q & A Elaine Calder, the Oregon Symphony’s newly named president, has her work cut out for her. Portland’s beloved Oregon Symphony is in real trouble. The 112-year-old organization is hemorrhagi ... More
Elaine Calder
New Oregon Symphony president sounds off on classical vs. gospel and fundraising.
Q & A Elaine Calder, the Oregon Symphony’s newly named president, has her work cut out for her. Portland’s beloved Oregon Symphony is in real trouble. The 112-year-old organization is hemorrhagi ... More
Theory: 1 Dance Presents Cocoon Bird
Tracy Broyles dances all up in your house.
Performance Clear out the throw rugs and push the coffee table aside: Tracy Broyles wants to dance, dammit, and she's going to do it in your living room. Sort of. While most other dancemakers in town take August ... More
Oy, Gays!
Local conservative Jewish congregation makes bold step with gay marriage ceremonies.
News A seemingly innocuous email went out last Friday to the 1,000 families of Portland's Jewish Congregation Neveh Shalom. But the contents of that communiqué from the rabbi for the synagogue affi ... More
Streets of Flamenco
Campallo breaks out, and the people say, "Alé!"
Performance When's the last time you left a live performance in a soppy, wet mess of tears? I did last Saturday night at the Newmark Theatre, where the Northwest International Flamenco Festival offered the Portl ... More
Beck Meets Beethoven
Music Some indie band leaders like to boast about high-minded influences—evoking French pop music (in the case of the Magnetic Fields' Stephin Merritt), Japanese folk tales (à la the Decemberists) or Harry Partch and Goethe (see the Books). But 29-year-old Michael Herrman, founder of local chamber-pop o... More
Beck Meets Beethoven
Buoy LaRue makes classical crossover sexy, and not too catchy.
Music Stories Some indie band leaders like to boast about high-minded influences—evoking French pop music (in the case of the Magnetic Fields' Stephin Merritt), Japanese folk tales (à la the Decemberis ... More
Mamma Mia!
IKEA isn't the only Swedish phenom to hit town today.
Performance The advent of the jukebox musical was born with a raucous scream greeting the glorious downbeat of "Dancing Queen" in the old but new ABBA musical, Mamma Mia! Now, from Movin' Out to the Tony Award-wi ... More
6 Hours at BachFest, 3 Hours on the Road, a Few Minutes of Bach
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It's just after noon on a Friday in Eugene, Oregon—sunny, not humid—and organist Barbara Baird is sounding out the first notes of Baroque composer Franz Tunder's characterful Preludium in G Minor. A genteel and mostly gray... More
Portland Int'l Piano Festival: Jeremy Denk
Meet the thinking-man's pianist with an iPhone.
Performance When everyone else in the free world was waiting in hours-long lines or bribing store employees to expedite their wait for the illustrious new iPhone, Jeremy Denk simply showed up to his local 24-hour ... More
PGMC Soars, then Stumbles with "Peacemakers"
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There was a moment of exquisite beauty in Portland Gay Men's Chorus' pride weekend performance last Saturday at the Schnitz [see preview, June 13], and it didn't come accompanied by bombastic percussion or full-throated choral singing 120 male voi... More
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Attention, shoppers: Loud Protestant hymn singing in Aisle 3. Opera Theater Oregon: Opera Cinema—Carmen
Buxom Madsen-Bradford Bares All as Carmen. Altar Boyz
All genuflect to the catholic tastes of a cult musical hit. Amy Schwartz Moretti
What does it say about Portland arts that the 30-year-old concertmaster of the Oregon Symphony is leaving for Georgia? Portland Gay Men's Chorus
A bunch of gay guys singing the words of Jesus, Gandhi...and Mother Teresa? Brian Ferriso
New Portland Art Museum executive director says what he really thinks about football fans and art snobs. Jun Iwasaki & the Oregon Symphony
A new town, a new sound and a big raise for this young violinist. Wade Mccollum
What a standout Portland actor really thinks about local theater. Key Turn Project
Free eats and cheap drinks can't save a free-falling new dance company.
The artist/inventor/entrepreneur returns to Portland, golden tits and bling in tow. Portland Sacred Harp Singing
Attention, shoppers: Loud Protestant hymn singing in Aisle 3. Opera Theater Oregon: Opera Cinema—Carmen
Buxom Madsen-Bradford Bares All as Carmen. Altar Boyz
All genuflect to the catholic tastes of a cult musical hit. Amy Schwartz Moretti
What does it say about Portland arts that the 30-year-old concertmaster of the Oregon Symphony is leaving for Georgia? Portland Gay Men's Chorus
A bunch of gay guys singing the words of Jesus, Gandhi...and Mother Teresa? Brian Ferriso
New Portland Art Museum executive director says what he really thinks about football fans and art snobs. Jun Iwasaki & the Oregon Symphony
A new town, a new sound and a big raise for this young violinist. Wade Mccollum
What a standout Portland actor really thinks about local theater. Key Turn Project
Free eats and cheap drinks can't save a free-falling new dance company.
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