Author Archives: pica-blogger

Miguel Gutierrez and the Powerful People, Last Meadow 09/04/09 6:30 p.m. posted by: Allison Halter I suppose I am jumping in a little late in the game here – there have already been so many entries about this specific piece … Continue reading →

Kalup Linzy, Conversations Wit De Churen Episodes I – VII, Northwest Film Center By Jens Larson The episodic films in Kalup Linzy‘s Conversations Wit De Churen were created over six years, and the seventh episode was specially commissioned by PICA … Continue reading →

Working Together Noontime Chat: A.L. Steiner, Sonya Robbins, Layla Childs, and AJ Blanford talk about C.L.U.E. 09/05/09 12:30 p.m. posted by: Allison Halter “What is so important about a singular vision?” Although it wasn’t the first question asked in this … Continue reading →

Luke Cage and Prescott Sheng, Crock: The Motion Picture 09/05/09 4:30 p.m. posted by: Allison Halter We all know that Portland is a small city. It is the reason that so many of us choose to live here. As a … Continue reading →

Miguel Gutierrez and the Powerful People’s Last Meadow was a piece that I found mostly lacking in coherence and accessibility. It didn’t resonate with me on any level. As I rode home on my bike, feeling exasperated, dissatisfied and empty, … Continue reading →

Meg Stuart/Damaged Goods & Philipp Gehmacher/Mumbling Fish Maybe Forever Friday, September 4th 8:30 PM Newmark Theatre By Eve Connell Rainy Saturday afternoon, and I can’t shake the dregs of Meg Stuart’s melancholy study in mood and movement from last night’s … Continue reading →

Miguel Gutierrez and the Powerful People/LAST MEADOW Posted by: Benjamin Ford Asriel Know this: I’m biased. When I first encountered Miguel Gutierrez and the Powerful People, I was a college student and a comparative troglodyte. Seeing MGPP popped my dance-cherry … Continue reading →

Young Jean Lee’s Theater Company: The Shipment (Gerding Theater) By Jens Larson The reviews from Young Jean Lee‘s four-week run of The Shipment in New York were almost uniformly positive, and for good reason. Performed in three vignettes, the play’s … Continue reading →