Author Archives: pica-blogger

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 →

-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 →

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 →

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 →

Meow Meow, dahling, where have you been? It’s been ages. When the red-lipped and scantily clad Meow Meow performed at The Works for TBA 05 she stripped, she sang, and she had audience members hoist her clumsily onto a trapeze. … Continue reading →

The Works is always filled with TBA regulars, but on the night of local band 31 Knots the hipsters came out of the dingy woodwork in force. For once the crowd was full of the 20 somethings I usually see … Continue reading →

Cody on Culture Jamming. Thursday, Oct. 5th at 12:30-1:30 FREE Feldman Gallery , PNCA 1241 NW Johnson in conjunction with the exhibition Illegal Art on view until Oct 21. Laws that were originally designed to protect creative types – people … Continue reading →

“In the shadow of a big tree, another tree cannot grow.” — Constantin Brancusi’s reply to his mentor, Rodin, when Rodin suggested that Brancusi become his assistant Throughout Paradise NOW! Matthew Day Jackson begs, borrows and steals from a variety … Continue reading →

photo credit: Serena Davidson The other day at Corberry Press, I picked up a pamphlet promoting and explaining Red76’s Travelers and Record Sound System: A Meditation & Sound Collection Center. By reading it, I discovered the following: To fully participate … Continue reading →

Photography by Serena Davidson A completely spontaneous photo shoot in collaboration with Brad Adkins. I brought my camera along to photograph what I thought might be another walk in the park. Instead he asked me to collaborate in a photoshoot … Continue reading →