Category: Performing Arts
Renegade Opera -Adam’s Run
Since 2020, Renegade Opera has been striving to produce operas in equitable ways that support and feature emerging artists while creating an immersive experience for their growing audience.
Renegade Opera’s artistic director and founding member, Danielle Jagelski, talks with Jenna … Read the rest
Regina Taylor at PassinArt
Dmae Lo Roberts first saw actress Regina Taylor on the television show “I’ll Fly Away” in 1991. She admired her presence and the way she could command a scene with just a look and a feeling. That show went on … Read the rest
Vanport Mosaic with Chisao Hata and Aaron Spriggs
The 8th Annual Festival Vanport Mosaic Festival is underway in Portland through May 29, 2023.
Curated and produced by Laura Lo Forti, who calls herself a Story Midwife, two artists who’ve worked with the festival through the years are taking … Read the rest
Priti Gandhi & Thumbprint
Priti Gandhi came to take the helm as artistic director of Portland Opera during the fall of 2021. She inherited a dynamic season that began with one of her favorite operas Carmen and followed by newer operas Thumbprint and ABSENCE: … Read the rest
Remembering William Hurt
(Photo: Hurt at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival from his Wikipedia page)
Stage & Studio focuses on an interview on Oscar-winning actor William Hurt who died in Portland on March 13, 2022. He was 71. A prolific actor both … Read the rest
David Ornette Cherry- Remembrance
You always think you have more time. That’s what I thought when I hit a snag in scheduling an interview with David Ornette Cherry. I was shocked to learn he died on November 20th 2022 in London from … Read the rest