Weekend Picks
Last chances, last dances, and an all-around hoot.
Posted by: Anne Adams on Jun 04, 2010 at 10:30AM
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“If you want to see OBT perform this summer, you’ll have to buy a plane ticket to Korea,” warns artistic director Christopher Stowell. While that may be an option for some, it’s probably easier to catch the season’s last dance, Bolero, this weekend at the Keller. For this program, Ravel’s passionate masterpiece is juxtaposed with the exuberant Russian classicism of Raymonda and the delicate harp-accompanied intimacy of Hush.
Tonight, Siren Nation presents its fifth annual Dolly Hoot fundraiser, a Dolly Parton tribute show in which Portland music’s creme femmes (Rachel Taylor Brown, Stephanie Schneiderman, etc.) bring their own interpretations to the iconic smart blonde’s songs.
Best Of The 36th Annual Northwest Film And Video Festival
If you missed last November’s Northwest Film And Video Festival, don’t despair—a new rainy weekend ushers in another chance to go in for some of the Fest’s best entries. And, who knows; a diverse barrage of ideas and themes, may prove a perfect distraction from the same old rain.
Educating Rita
Bag & Baggage Productions’ season closing play, the My Fair Lady-like story of a working-class hairdresser seeking help from an English professor in a quest for refinement, explores the meaning of higher education.
Aw, I should have read this sooner. I missed Hoot Night!
Sorry to hear it, Herb.
If it’s any consolation, you can still mark your calendar for Siren’s Patti Smith tribute in late summer. And check back next Friday afternoon for new Culturephile picks!
dear anne—i never saw your kind plug for hoot night! thank you so much for this. i had to pull out at the last minute and was unable to do the show (no! not a habit!), but thanks. love your blog—still catching up on some past entries (obviously). keep up the great work.