Portland poet Willa Schneberg’s latest volume, Rending the Garment, her fifth book, is a compendium of interconnected narratives that includes much poetry interspersed with prose, some of which speaks eloquently in the language of poetry. When taken as a whole, it maps the evolution – or “trajectory” – of one Jewish family in America, Schneberg’s…
Portland Center Stage’s 2014-2015 11-play season opens with “Dreamgirls,” (Sept. 20-Nov. 2) and concludes with “Three Days of Rain” (May 17-June 21, 2015). “Dreamgirls,” loosely based on the career of The Supremes, takes the audience to a revolutionary time in American music history when rhythm and blues blended with other styles of popular music and…
Jewish theater professionals make up one-quarter of Artists Repertory Theatre’s expanded resident artist company, which now features 20 of “Portland’s most lauded professionals from a variety of theatrical disciplines.” “Theatre is an art form born of collaboration, and a theatrical experience is created by the innovative and inspired work of many disciplines,” said Artistic Director…
When Portland Jewish Academy launched a school bus to serve families on the east side of the Willamette River, students thrived and parents sighed with relief that they could skip the commute across rush hour-clogged bridges. It’s been so well received that PJA is not only continuing the service this school year, the school is…
Lainie Block Wilker Joins Treehouse Island Lainie Block Wilker has joined Treehouse Island, Inc., an educational technology company, in Business Development & Strategic Partnerships. She will be building partnerships with schools, community programs and workforce alliances to expand access to relevant technology education in web development, computer programming and app design to provide job-ready skills…
Calendar Sept. 2 First day of school: • Maimonides Jewish Day School • The Gan-Portland Preschool • Maayan Torah Day School of Portland (K-8th) • Portland Jewish Academy (infant and toddler classes) Sept. 3 First day of school: • Portland Jewish Academy day school and preschool • Maayan Torah Day School of Portland (ECE/preschool) Sept….
Steven Patton graduated from Drake University with a music business degree because, he says, it was safer than a performance degree. “You have the business minor to fall back on.” Be that as it may, there he was, 22 years old and in a band called “Andrew’s Ave.” (short for avenue) with three of his…
During the past two months, Israel has been at the forefront of our minds. Citizens endangered by rocket fire from Gaza and soldiers killed attempting to ensure the security of their nation tear at our heartstrings, as do the deaths of Palestinian civilians put into danger by the Hamas leadership who wage war hiding among…
My mother will tell you that since I was a little girl, I have loved rummaging through her closet, casually borrowing tops, bottoms, bags – anything I can find. I still do. Similarly, when I think back to my college years living in a home with two roommates, suffering late nights and long days in…
