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Wed, May 1 2013
Putting The Left Hand Of Darkness On Stage
Portland author Ursula K. Le Guin's groundbreaking 1969 science fiction novel is being staged by Hand2mouth Theatre and Portland Playhouse.
Wed, Jan 30 2013
Bringing The Issue Of Homelessness To The Stage
Feral is a play highlighting the lives of hundreds of Portlanders who are experiencing homelessness.
Thu, Dec 6 2012
Red Door Project Prompts Dialogue About Race
The August Wilson Red Door Project is using August Wilson's plays to prompt dialogue about race in Portland.
Thu, Sep 27 2012
Culture Club
Our weekly conversation about some of the most talked about stories of the week.
Mon, Sep 10 2012
TBA: Andrew Dickson
Artist, advertiser, and occasional auctioneer, Andrew Dickson, performs live life coaching at this year's TBA Festival.
Thu, Jun 14 2012
Writing Myself
Portland filmmaker Brian Lindstrom's new documentary offers a window into a playwriting class at an alternative high school.
Fri, May 11 2012
A Carlin Home Companion
The daughter of the late comedy icon George Carlin is swinging through Portland. We'll talk to her about her one woman show about her relationship with her dad.
Tue, Mar 20 2012
TAL's Mike Daisey Retraction
What does This American Life's retraction of its Mike Daisey hour tell us about journalism, theater, and our expectations of truth?
Thu, Jan 19 2012
Weekend Look-Ahead
It's time for the Weekend Look-Ahead. What are you planning on doing this weekend?
Tue, Nov 22 2011
The Portland Ballet
This weekend the Portland Ballet performs a world premiere of A Midsummer Night's Dream. We'll find out about the school, the show, and what these young people hope to get from a youth dedicated to ballet.
Fri, Oct 28 2011
The Class of Shakespeare
The new movie "Anonymous" is about to bring a long-standing debate about the authorship of Shakespeare's plays and sonnets to a popular audience. What are the class implications of the fight?
Fri, Jul 15 2011
JAW: A Playwrights Festival
What makes Portland's annual playwrights festival, JAW, worth experiencing?
Wed, Jun 22 2011
Shakespeare Festival Disrupted
What will a damaged theater mean for patrons of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival?
Fri, Apr 29 2011
Northwest Passages: Susan Mach
Playwright Susan Mach won an Oregon Book Award this week for her story about an 1874 kidnapping, The Lost Boy.
Fri, Jun 4 2010
The Bard in Oregon
Exploring the legacy of the Bard, as the Oregon Shakespeare Festival turns 75.
Thu, Mar 19 2009
Not At School
What plays and books are appropriate on school grounds?
Thu, Sep 11 2008
All In The Timing
What statement does time-based art make?
Wed, Jun 11 2008
Nine Iraqi Women
How do bring Iraqi lives live onstage?
