Category Archives: Art

It’s already begun. Late nights staying up, leafing through my dog-eared copy of the TBA guide, marking and re-marking which events to attend and in what order. (“How fast could I run between events on opposite sides of town without … Continue reading →

There is so much about TBA that is unique and challenging… Often, it isn’t just the art. With so much to see in so many different venues around our fair city, sometimes the most challenging aspect of the festival is … Continue reading →

I’d been hearing whispers about this holy grail of performance festivals for some time. Even before I moved to Portland. “It’s like if you took all of the Walker Art Center’s programming and shoved it into ten days,” they said … Continue reading →

mindblowing cheap stage effects aerialists leading boylesque performer force of nature! Hoontown Puppet Festival (Bangkok) “modern lexicon of suburban hell” artist-as-fighter Slovak-born professional statistician intellectual property law diorama form one super-party formal evening of R. Kelly songs Songs to Drown … Continue reading →

Brede Rorstad is a quiet force composing, conducting and collaborating his way through his latest project the Music Population Orchestra. Last week the MPO took to the streets, their brilliant noise fighting against the din of first thursday traffic and … Continue reading →

posted by laurabecker man, i love portland. the beers, the books, the blissful progressive spirit and the beauty that is the pacific northwest. combine all that with the fact that this seems like the only part of america that isn’t … Continue reading →

PAVOL LISKA! photo by kelly copper we just had a sneak peak at some of this upcoming TBA Performance ” Poetics: A Ballet Brut” by wunderkind Pavol Liska and his Nature Theater of Oklahoma. It is the dance routine that … Continue reading →

We just got a few FRESH copies of the new TBA catalog. It will hit the streets Monday. If anyone wants it sent right to your door – you can sign up for a copy on the new PICA web … Continue reading →

Dearest Blog, I have forsaken you. It is a crying shame that I have not written down every little thing that has transpired in recent months. There was the Lecture Series at PSU, there was Pablo Helguera and his School … Continue reading →

One of my favorite PICA lectures last year was Hans Weigand and Raymond Pettibon. More theater than theory – these friends, band-mates and killer artists – are not defined by their chattering but by their work. Crinkum Crankum – Pettibon … Continue reading →