By Erin Rook, Source Weekly Quilts are generally considered more of a craft than an art. But local quilters like Sheila Finzer are working to change that… Read more “Fields of Fabric: Art quilts capture tangible landscapes”
Category: Arts
Triple Threat Todd Looby: BendFilm director brings filmmaking, business, and nonprofit experience
By Erin Rook, Source Weekly When Todd Looby was growing up in a middle class neighborhood on the south side of Chicago in a community full of… Read more “Triple Threat Todd Looby: BendFilm director brings filmmaking, business, and nonprofit experience”
Source Weekly: Out of Town 3/19 – 3/27
By Erin Rook, Source Weekly Boise If you’re leaving town this weekend, go for broke and head east to Boise’s third annual Treefort Music Festival. In the… Read more “Source Weekly: Out of Town 3/19 – 3/27”
Poison Waters Returns to Bend for 11th Annual HDC Drag Show
By Erin Rook, Human Dignity Coalition Portland drag superstar Poison Waters returns to Bend this weekend for the 11th annual drag show benefitting the Human Dignity Coalition, Oct. 12… Read more “Poison Waters Returns to Bend for 11th Annual HDC Drag Show”
CARTER SICKELS
The up-and-coming queer novelist discusses his journey, from Appalachia to Oregon By Erin Rook, OutCity It’s been a busy year for Portland author Carter Sickels, who in… Read more “CARTER SICKELS”
Hidden in plain view: A trans activist reflects on performing at MichFest
By Erin Rook, PQ Monthly It’s been more than two decades since musician and trans activist Jenn Burleton performed on stage at the Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival,… Read more “Hidden in plain view: A trans activist reflects on performing at MichFest”
Claiming the spotlight: PHAME gives adults with disabilities the stage
By Erin Rook, PQ Monthly When Stephen Beaudoin first heard about Pacific Honored Artists, Musicians, and Entertainers (PHAME) — an arts organization serving adults with developmental disabilities… Read more “Claiming the spotlight: PHAME gives adults with disabilities the stage”
Model Citizens: PQ Monthly’s 2013 Pride cover models
By Erin Rook, PQ Monthly This month’s cover models are a few of the local activists who comprise the vanguard of the LGBTQ movement. Together, they help make… Read more “Model Citizens: PQ Monthly’s 2013 Pride cover models”
Radical Faerie Film Fest makes Portland debut
By Erin Rook, PQ Monthly After attending the 2011 Seattle Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Michael Nugent (aka Sweet Chi), 27, and Sister Bhakti Shakti, 52, started… Read more “Radical Faerie Film Fest makes Portland debut”
QDoc goes big with ‘Divine’ opening night
By Erin Rook, PQ Monthly As QDoc grows into a preeminent festival for queer documentary film, it is expanding its reach into the LGBTQ community and the… Read more “QDoc goes big with ‘Divine’ opening night”
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