Category Archives: Art

Regina Silveira, Outgrown (Tracks and Shadows)

Regina Silveira’s tracks as first encountered on the outside wall of PNCA are a maddeningly seductive advertisement of themselves. They link street to gallery and intertwine promotion with presentation setting up a tension that is as much about the narrowing … Continue reading

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T:BA Day One

I woke up this morning a bit excited. The sun was shining, the air was crisp, and today was the first day of the Portland Institute for Contemporary Arts’ “Time-Based Arts” Festival, an event that I not only look forward … Continue reading

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LISTEN UP. Rinde Eckert and Larry Krone on KINK FM

Click here to listen to Krone and Eckert chat and croon on ye olde radio. Krone’s songs are super sweet.

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Life at home with a Rinde Indie chorister

Over the past few weeks, my fiance has been singing with fellow TBA-ers in preparation for the opening night performance on the steps of Pioneer Courthouse Square. Despite pressing her for hints as to what is in store, Rinde Eckert’s … Continue reading

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Commercial Enterprise

And sitting in the audience, isn’t there a little part of us waiting to see if they can actually pull it off, wondering if we’ll see them land face first with a mouth full of earth and rocks and broken teeth?
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Hand2Mouth Theatre – Repeat After Me, Photography by Justine Avera

I was lucky enough to see a first run of the show back in April. Pee your pants funny, Hand2Mouth Theatre puts on an extremely physical, and surprisingly moving performance. The show opened with one of my favorite songs from … Continue reading

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Navigating the T:BA Festival

Here is something to help you figure-out your T:BA schedule: Fredrick’s T:BA Matrix Except for one conflict between the Donna Uchizono Workshop and a Noon:30 Chat at PNCA entitled “Pop! Crash! Boom!” on Saturday the 8th, it really is possible … Continue reading

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Miranda July goes to church

-by Abe Yesterday I joined the thronging masses in the First Congregational Church to catch some of that distinctive Miranda-ness. She read a few stories from her new book No One Belongs Here More Than You, including “It Was Romance,”a … Continue reading

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TBA 07 Artists Announced! Get Stoked!

Today the TBA artists were officially announced, and it looks like it’s going to be a great festival this year. Mark Russell said that he wanted the theme of this year to be “suprise,” and promised that, in addition to … Continue reading

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Piss, Jelly, Protest art.

Yngstrom and Hjalmarsson: PSU MONDAY NIGHT LECTURE SERIES Piss, Jelly, Protest art. Insane names take over the marquee… Frida Yngstrom’s “Piss Sculpture” was pretty amazing–a cast of the bottom half of a woman wearing jeans, set high up on a … Continue reading

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