Invest in the Arts
Ninety-three years ago, cheeky cubist Pablo Picasso reflected on his career choice, on a life spent scratching away at reality. “We all know that art … Continue reading
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Stumbling Toward Grace
Kenneth Lonergan’s masterful new film, Manchester by the Sea, grapples with the wages of grief
There came a moment early in Kenneth Lonergan’s new film when I knew I was in trouble, emotionally speaking: Led by the doctor into a … Continue reading
Back Beat
Music news & notes from down in the Willamette valley
The road to becoming Sonic Bent is long and winding. The self-described “progressive jam with a splash of cry-in-your-beer Americana” band — featuring Jeff Alberts … Continue reading
Waterworld
Composer Justin Ralls premieres Water is Life at the Wildish, plus more holiday favorites
If someone makes a movie about the Standing Rock Lakota fighting back against Big Oil, that filmmaker might find the soundtrack at 7:30 pm Friday, … Continue reading
Paper Cuts
A novelist takes revenge in director Tom Ford’s pretty but vacant new film Nocturnal Animals
Tom Ford’s second feature, , is a movie within a movie, and while both are lushly attractive, full of precise light and deep reds, neither … Continue reading
Shine On
Moonlight proves that good art speaks for itself
As a critic expected to say something moderately interesting and revealing about the film at hand, I find myself in a difficult position here. I … Continue reading
Gentleman Blag
It’s often said punks and hippies don’t get along. Nevertheless, Blag Dahlia, vocalist and founding member of legendary and, in some circles, notorious San Francisco … Continue reading
Fear and Loathing in Santaland
David Sedaris is a masterfully droll storyteller, and his one-man play The Santaland Diaries, playing now at Oregon Contemporary Theatre, is the perfect pairing for … Continue reading
Folk Queen
Portland singer-songwriter Tara Velarde fuses a wide range of vocals and Latin rhythms to create a concoction I can only describe as diva folk. In … Continue reading
Berlin to Baroque
December music features everything from feminist capers to Fantasia
Ah, the holidays! Time for families and friends to get together and celebrate love and friendship and all those other virtues. So what’s the big … Continue reading