“As One” Is the First Story With a Transgender Protagonist in Opera, But it Still Excludes the Most Important Voices

With Portland Opera’s new production of As One, the process of self-discovery is focused inward on one character, Hannah, a transgender heroine who offers a much more radical message of love.

May Cat’s Portland Exhibit Grapples With Thai Ghost Movies, Her Family History and Livestock Entrails

“I’d wake up to a green glow of a floating head and the entrails. That made me who I am,” says Cat.

Five of Portland’s Best Visual Arts Shows to See This Spring

Watch performers give tutorials on “screenercise” and open packages while wearing boxing gloves.

The Five Best Music Events in Portland This Spring

One concert will take place in OMSI’s planetarium.

“Wolf Play” Tells the Story of a Boy Who Thinks He’s a Wolf and Who Gets “Re-Homed” By His Adoptive Father

It’s only a few weeks before Wolf Play premieres at Artists Repertory Theatre, but playwright Hansol Jung still isn’t totally sure what the production will look like.

Five Portland Performances You Shouldn’t Miss This Spring

NW Dance Project’s New Show Features Giant Puppets, a Cooking Show and Choreography Performed on Multiple Floors of One Building

Bringing dance out of a performance hall means Trip the Light Fantastic will evolve, and each performance of the show may be slightly different.

The Five Best Dance Productions to See in Portland This Spring

One of the pieces attempts to challenge the placid femininity white dresses can represent, while another addresses materialism.