Goodbye, Mr. Gerding, and thank you
Sad news this week: After a long fight with cancer, Bob Gerding passed away (you can read the Oregonian article here.) An environmentalist at heart, a pioneer of the green building movement, a strong...
View ArticleQuiet Amid the Chaos
I got a sneak peek of the new DISQUIETED exhibit at the Portland Art Museum a couple of weeks ago, and I’m really looking forward to seeing the whole thing — lying down. (More on that below.) The...
View ArticleMuscle Envy
I sat in the audience of High Art at the Portland Art Museum last night watching Pendulum dancers/aerial artists blow my mind. Seeing this type of movement up close with live music in the Masonic...
View ArticleSensational September
September is my favorite month in Portland. The weather’s warm, the streets are busy and activities are in full swing. Here are a few of the things I’m looking forward to experiencing: See Robert...
View ArticleThe Allure of the Art Museum
As an artist and art lover, I figured it was time to put my money where my mouth is, so I recently became a member of the Portland Art Museum; an amazing venue that Ive long appreciated. I imagined...
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Mark Rothko, Home Again
The Portland Art Museum has just opened the Pacific Northwest’s first retrospective of celebrated abstract expressionist Mark Rothkos work. That is a somewhat shocking fact, given that Rothko spent...
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Ode on Some Grecian Urns
Kim Kardashian's curves get all the ink these days, but legend has it the woman who launched a thousand tweets couldn't hold a candle to Helen of Troy. And though you won't catch the sultry spartan at...
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On view, on stage, along the trail
Random notes on some recent experiences — an exhibition, a play and a hike – filled with dramatic peaks (both figurative and literal) that are rooted in history and culture, and enriched by the written...
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“Cyclepedia” comes to Portland
Bikes are big in Portland. Like 300-plus miles of bike lanes big. So big that we were dubbed “America’s Best Bike City” by Bicycling Magazine in 2012 — another in a list of accolades that stretches...
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