Party

How can I be so lucky to have these great people in my life?

Performance & Production

This play took up all the parts of us that are dark, acknowledged them, and then made us feel good anyway.

Portland’s Lan Su garden

The longer you gaze out across the waters, or through the branches, the more you see.

Odd Ends and Mill Ends

Bits and pieces of our smaller adventures in early March.

RENT, a few years later

I wonder if art is supposed to make its audience find a truth?

Black Violin at the Schnitz

“For us the violin is the vehicle for a bigger message, which is not to be afraid to be different,” Kev Marcus.

Japanese garden in the sun

Students from different countries and internationally-themed gardens were a nice mix on a summer weekend.

Rainy Rhododendrons

I had a whole day in front of me. Why not see some flowers in the rain?

Arting up Alberta Street

The character, the activism, and the arts from the complicated and heroic history shine through on Alberta Street today.

If your home is full of strangers, go to the zoo

My landlady wants us out of the house so she can sell it. We actually had this conversation a year ago, but I begged her to let us stay another year so Tara could graduate from high school first. Graduation is in one month and that means no more stalling: we have to go. The […]