Film critic and author of food, arts and culture stories for the Source Weekly since 2010.
Bend native Gavin Douglas is an actor. A real one. The kind of actor that does not remember why he wanted to act in the first place because it’s what he has always done for as long as he can remember. “I did a play in kindergarten, and then did one every year because it […]
It is understood that all opinions are basically relative. I mean, for example, I am not a huge fan of eggplant, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that a dish with eggplant in it is atrocious. (But, let’s say it together: Yuck!) That said, all opinions aside, there are two absolutes when it comes to the […]
Nathan Brown attacks words like a man fresh from the desert stumbling into a buffet. That’s not to say he doesn’t choose his words carefully because the current Poet Laureate of the State of Oklahoma doesn’t waste a syllable either in his poetry or in conversation. His writing ranges from unpretentious intellectualism to matters of […]
Passion for opera never seems to wane too far from the cultural zeitgeist. Art forms like written and spoken word poetry and certain styles of theater seem to come and go, but opera never fully disappears. But since the Obsidian Opera closed down five years ago, Bend’s opera scene has been in a holding pattern; […]
Dam removal is one of those topics, like gun control, where a middle ground doesn’t seem to thrive. It seems like the arguments bounce between, “Dams equal jobs and if you get rid of a single one you’re a communist” and, “All dams must go, because Mother Nature shouldn’t be boxed in, man. Plus, I […]
“I have been an actress since I was 10 years old but always felt frustrated with saying other people’s words,’” says Sharon “Shay” Knorr, who in 2008, after years of successful stage and TV roles, eventually wrote her own one-woman show and performed in the Portland Story Theater. It was then that she learned she […]
2nd Street Theater is now in the business of taking chances. When Maralyn Thoma first opened the theater, its slate of shows leaned toward safer fare, like Greater Tuna and Dracula. But when the space fell into dire financial straights several years ago, they threw caution to the wind and started experimenting. With Evil Dead: […]
I Remember You is a play about embracing nostalgia in doses. It is easy to get caught up in memories of a glorious past until all that is left are recently polished trophies and a contact list made up of people you don’t know anymore. Deep in that sense of ennui is where we meet […]
After the first 15 minutes of Le Week-End, I couldn’t stand the film’s two lead characters, Nick and Meg Burrows. He was drowsy and a bit oafish, while she was sour and prickly to the point of being unlikeable. Luckily, a few moments later I realized I was not supposed to like them since they […]
When looking at an original Escher work, hanging on a wall a foot away, it is impossible to oversell it. The shading is so precise and the lines are haltingly delicate, yet so strong and breathlessly assured that being in the same room as those prints is akin to existing in a state of perpetual […]
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